The Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle is celebrated on November 30th. The beginning of Advent is alway determined by St. Andrew’s Day. The Sunday nearest to his feast is always the First Sunday in Advent. If November 30th falls on a Monday through Wednesday, Advent...
I finally gave up looking for purple wrapping paper and wrapped all the books for our Advent Book Basket in brown paper since I had plenty... It's the first year I haven't been able to find the purple paper locally and I couldn't bring myself to order it online... I...
Our Advent and Christmas Book collection has really grown over the past 14 years. I've been getting quite a few requests to share our favorites (not to mention the fact that I was having a hard time choosing which books to wrap up for our Advent Book Basket this...
So… Our family has this little collection of Christmas books! ;)As I've mentioned in the past, we started collecting Christmas picture books in 2000, following the birth of our oldest son, and we still love adding to our collection each year. In 2007, following...
Today I wanted to share some of our Advent and Christmas favorites available from Holy Heroes! Advent is right around the corner and I have been making plans! I am still working on this year's Advent Book Baskets (you can find last year's book basket here) and I have...
Every year on December 6th, the feast of St. Nicholas, our children wake up to find their shoes or slippers filled with treats and chocolate gold coins (sometimes they even find new shoes or slippers if they are needed), along with a new Christmas Picture...
I know I should be making plans for Our Annual All Saints' Party at the end of the month, but I got a little distracted this afternoon thinking about Christmas and trying to choose a couple more picture books to give the children on St. Nicholas Day this year. (It's...
I had a package arrive in the mail this afternoon, from one of my new sponsors, and just had the pleasure of listening to the beautiful sacred music created by The Boys of St. Paul's Choir School!Christmas in Harvard Square was released today and is going to make a...
Of all the Valentine Cards we have been creating, the Madonna and Child Valentines that Rose and I made, inspired by an image a friend of mine pinned, are my favorite! ❤These would also be perfect for Mother's Day and Christmas, don't you...
The doll baptisms continued the day after Christmas. . .. . . until our little "priest" finally exclaimed "Girls! Could you please stop! My hands hurt!"I wonder if St. Francis Xavier's hands hurt after baptizing (according to one of his letters) the "ten...
Father in heaven, grant me the grace to appreciate the dignity which you have conferred on me. Let me realize that not even the Angels have been blessed with such a privilege—to share in your creative miracle and bring new Saints to heaven. Make me a good mother to all my children after the example of Mary, the Mother of your Son. Through the intercession of Jesus and Mary I ask your continued blessings on my family. Let us all be dedicated to your service on earth and attain the eternal happiness of your kingdom in heaven. Amen.
