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Feast Day Fun: St Monica, Patron Saint of Moms!

August 26, 2017 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

{August27} Feast Day Fun: St Monica!

St Monica is remembered as having a stressful life, between her ill-tempered husband and rebellious son! Through persistent prayer, sacrifice, patience and gentleness, St Monica’s husband converted before he died. Her rebellious son Augustine was also converted and became a bishop and saint and is recognized as a Doctor of the Church. With patience, gentleness and persistence, St Monica reminds us to pray for others, even when they are difficult to get along with …and resistant to changing their ways! She offers us hope in our prayer for those who stray from Jesus.

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Equipping Catholic Families…for September!

August 21, 2017 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

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NEW FEATURE: Equipping Catholic Families for September!

Welcome to our monthly summary of crafts and family traditions related to the Monthly Devotion, Key Feast Days and the appropriate Season of the Liturgical Calendar.

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Review: The Mass Box

August 6, 2017 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

So, I happily received the June edition of The Mass Box in exchange for my honest review back in JUNE…and I sheepishly admit that it has taken me until the last day of July to crack out the crafts in this action-packed box.

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Equipping Catholic Families for August

August 1, 2017 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

NEW FEATURE: Equipping Catholic Families for August!

We will be posting a monthly summary of crafts and family traditions each month related to the Monthly Devotion, Key Feast Days and the appropriate Season of the Liturgical Calendar. We hope to give you a little more notice next time…launching the summary post a week or two before the start of the month.

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Feast Day Fun!

March 18, 2017 by Monica McConkey 4 Comments

Gallery of Feast Day Fun posts, featuring the Kelly Saints and fun activities, crafts and family traditions to live Liturgically! Celebrate the Feast Days! These are our own heroes of our Catholic Faith!

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Keep the SAINT in SAINT Valentines!

February 9, 2017 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Frozen, Star Wars, Minions and Paw Patrol Valentines are nice…but don’t you want to glean the wisdom of the Saints about Love on Saint Valentine’s Day? Introduce the Saints to your kids’ classmates this Valentine’s Day with these super cute

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Fill your Shoes with Catholic Faith! Feast of St Nick is coming!

November 17, 2016 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Do you fill shoes on the Eve of the Feast of St. Nicholas?

As tradition holds, the saintly bishop is allowed by God to continue the kindness to children that he is known for, by returning on his Feast day and visiting them. St. Nicholas gives little treats to good children who can answer catechism questions and recite their prayers.

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Easy as Abacus Divine Mercy (+Novena tracker!)

November 13, 2016 by Monica McConkey 1 Comment

Easy as Abacus Divine Mercy

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The Easy as Abacus Divine Mercy offers prayers and clipart to customize a Divine Mercy Abacus made from a Dollarstore square framed canvas*. The strung Pony beads are perfect for little fingers to count the prayers of the Divine Mercy as well as the 9 days of the Novena.
Includes Divine Mercy Prayers Bookmark and a One page Divine Mercy template with all the prayers and beads to color.

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Feast Day Fun: St Louis and St Zelie

July 11, 2016 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Welcome to Feast Day Fun: St Louis and St Zélie

With the canonization of the first Saint couple last October, July 12th is the first official Feast Day of St Louis and St Zélie!

We are reminded that part of our vocation in marriage is to help get our spouses to Heaven and St Louis and St Zélie lead the way in this, being the FIRST COUPLE to be CANONIZED TOGETHER!

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Feast Day Fun: St Joseph the Worker!

April 30, 2015 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Feast Day Crafts and Activities

Excerpts from A Treasure Chest of Traditions for Catholic Families , various posts at Equipping Catholic Families and our Saint Scripts Craft Kits (Series ONE and TWO). Although we enjoyed the Feast of St. Joseph on March 19, May 1st is the Feast of the SAME St. Joseph, this time focusing on the Worker. St Joseph was humble, pure, gentle and wise, protecting the Holy Family. He walked by Faith, taking Mary as his wife and guiding and protecting the Baby Jesus, heeding the instructions from the Angel of the Lord. He worked humbly and diligently as a carpenter, to provide for his family. It is believed that Joseph died peacefully in the Arms of Jesus and Mary. One of the symbols of Saint Joseph is the lily in honor of his purity, so we present the Handprint Lilies craft! A couple years ago, we turned a couple of on-clearance TY dolls into Saints…like St. Patrick, Mother Mary, Jesus, St John Paul II. Here is my St. Joseph…and the St Joseph made by friend Lucia who inspired me with her idea and even sent me a doll (St John Paul II) along with these cute little tools she found!