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The Little Oratory Giveaway– Winner Announcement
ELisa has won. Yay Elisa!!!! I wish I could give a copy of the book away to everyone who entered. If you do decided to go ahead and buy a copy… consider buying through my affiliate link: The Little...
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The Little Oratory– Curating My Religious Art Collection
So I’ve been slowly inching my way through The Little Oratory. (I’m almost done with the other book I’m reading for to months and when I’ve done with that then I’m sure I’ll finish up The Little...
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Learning Notes: First week of August
Bella sips coffee She looks much, much too old. But then there’s Piggy on the table next to her. Monday Oh it was a very Mondayish sort of Monday. Maybe because last night was a late night? The kids...
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Learning Notes: All the World’s a Stage
The gang on the dome According to my Facebook feed, all the kids who aren’t back to school yet are getting ready to go next week. We’re still chugging along, but we’re about to finish up Volume 2 of...
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Judith, Holofernes, and the Fear of the Lord
Judith with the head of Holofernes Last week at the Museum of Fine Arts we saw a little ceramic statue of Judith holding the head of Holofernes. One of the kids asked me about it and while I was able...
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Book Review: The Book of Angels by Marigold Hunt
The kids and I have thoroughly enjoyed every Marigold Hunt book we’ve read so far so we were all very much looking forward to this book and it did not disappoint. Hunt is so very good at breaking open...
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The End of the Fiery Sword: Adam & Eve and Jesus & Mary
The End of the Fiery Sword: Adam & Eve and Jesus & Mary by Maura Roan McKeegan, illustrated by Theodore Schluenderfritz. Do you know about Adam and Eve? About Jesus and Mary, too? Two are from...
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“Nobody Likes the Tangerines”–Reinventing the Liturgical Year
“Nobody likes the tangerines,” says the Doctor to Father Christmas Sunday morning on our way to Mass Dom commented on the sign at the corner pharmacy advertising Valentines Day merchandise, wondering...
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Literature, Courtship and Marriage
The Duke of Osuna and his Family by Francisco Goya Recently I discovered this blog, Love Among the Ruins, dedicated to publishing students’ essays about the intersection of Theology of the Body and...
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Potential Energy and the Spirit
A Thai depiction of Pentecost via my friend Anthony Crifasi. The deacon’s homily for the feast of Pentecost had so much potential energy that was never released. He began by describing forest fires in...
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Christmas Picture Book Notes Part 2
St Nicholas Day shoes in 2010. Way back in 2011 I wrote up a list of all our Christmas books along with little reviews of each. When a friend was looking for some recommendations this weekend, I dug...
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A Christmas Board Book for your Wish List.
My First Prayers for Christmas by Maite Roche I got this book for Lucy for Christmas. We already have the Maite Roche My First Pictures of Christmas board book and frankly don’t need more board books,...
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The Lazy Homeschooler’s Guide to Memorizing Scripture
Madonna and Child at the MFA. Some time ago Brandon Vogt, a Catholic convert from Protestantism, wrote about how reading and memorizing scriptures is something he’s held on to from his protestant days....
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Serving Lazarus: Teaching Children Openness to Others’ Needs
Rich Man and Lazarus by Fyodor Andreyevich Bronnikov (1827–1902), via Wikimedia Commons Openness and Introversion? The other day I glanced down at an old Magnifikid from September that one of the kids...
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Building Stately Mansions
Chambered Nautilus hemishell showing the camerae in a logarithmic spiral. Via Wikimedia Commons You are the temple of God When I was in high school I memorized The Chambered Nautilus by Oliver Wendell...
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Children’s Books for Lent and Easter
It’s that time of year again, time to muster the books and plans for Lent with children. Time to look fondly on that box full of picture books for Advent and Christmas that I brought out just three...
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Benedict’s First Communion
Ben and Sophie, ready to go. Benedict made his first communion yesterday. It was at our regular Sunday Mass and he was the only child to receive. As homeschoolers, we do sacrament prep at home. Mass...
View ArticleOn the Redemptive Value of All Work
In his book about his experience in the Russian labor camps, He Leadeth Me, American Jesuit Father Walter Ciszek writes about how work is ennobling. Although I read this book five years ago, I don’t...
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St Isaac Jogues Illuminated Missal
Last fall after visiting an exhibition of medieval manuscripts I wrote about how I longed for an illuminated missal. In the comments to that post someone suggested I investigate the St Isaac Jogues...
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Kicking the Devil Down the Stairs: St Michael, Superheroes, Swords, and...
A mom in one of my Facebook groups is — understandably— concerned that her six year old boy is suddenly obsessed with the devil, talking about him constantly, asking lots of questions about the devil,...
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