I would like to join my voice to those of the Catholic blogosphere, in praying for Amy Wellborn and her family. This last week her husband, Michael Dubruiel, collapsed and died while working out. He leaves behind a grieving family as well as devastated friends and colleagues and many, many grateful readers of his books. I […]

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A while back I told you all about a book to help with teaching your children about the week’s Gospel readings. (If you missed that post, you can read it here.) In my post I mentioned that I would receive a small amount of any sales generated through my blog and I also mentioned that […]

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Attention primary catechists….that would be you parents. And I would also like the attention of DRE’s, CCE catechists, aunts, uncles, and anyone else who has a role in the faith formation of children. Have you been looking for something to help you make Mass more acessible for your children? Want something to help you teach […]

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I have finished the bulk of my homeschool planning for the coming year. [Deep contented sigh.] For those of you who are interested in what I use, here are the general details.
We have used Sonlight Curriculum from the very beginning of our homeschooling. I like that I can re-use each year's curriculum with my […]

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Save your book money. There's a book scheduled to be released in September that you are going to want. Let me rephrase that. You need this book.
Now those of you who know me more than just reading what I write here and those who read regularly enough to be deeply suspicious that I am […]

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Updated here.
I am going to shamelessly steal an idea from Soutenus at A Catholic Notebook who had the grand idea of asking Catholic bloggers what their favorite Catholic books are. There is a fabulous list growing from the comments. Such a great list that I am going to see if I can do something like […]

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I am home again and mostly recovered from a couple of weeks of very hard work; therefore, I'm back at the computer. Unfortunately, I am back at the computer working on making up next year's lesson plans for our homeschool and that means that I am unlikely to encounter the sort of inspiration that will […]

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The May-June 08 issue of This Rock has a fascinating article on Thomas Merton. I particularly loved this quote from Conjectures of Guilty Bystander (this book is recommended with caution since it was written in Merton’s less orthodox period….but I liked this quote anyway):

I will be a better Catholic, not if I can refute every shade […]

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Even though I didn’t recognize it at the time, Mary was at the center of my conversion. I was thoroughly anti-Catholic when Jesus pointed out to me in prayer that she was His mother and that she would do what He told her to do for His purposes and that it wasn’t necessary to consult […]

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Around the first of the year, I said that I would occasionally blog about our discernment and preparation for the diaconate. I haven’t done that because so far it’s been pretty boring. We go to class. We take notes. We study. We take tests. If you’ve ever gone to school, you’ve done this too and […]

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I hear about the terrible state of things in the Irish Catholic Church on that Protestant homeschooling forum that I hang out on as “proof” of the terrible state of the Catholic Church in general. Now I happen to think that personal bias of the person testifying to the disintegration of the Catholic Catholic Church […]

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Et-tu Jen of all people should understand. You need explicit rules….none of this general stuff. Look at these rules.
Book Meme Rules:
1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people.

Excuse me? Nearest book? What if you […]

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