Today, November 3rd, is the feast of St. Martin de Porres. After a very busy week, this momma is tired! I don't have much planned for today, but I do have a new picture book for the children.Martin de Porres: The Rose in the Desert, written by Gary D....
The St. Philomena Foundation has recently released The King of the Golden City on a 2 CD set! The original version, which was only available on cassette (and was our first introduction to this beautiful story), has been completely digitally remastered and...
I recently was given a copy of The Gift of Summer Snow: A Tale from the Garden of Mysteries to read and review. As a child I always loved mysteries... Some of my favorite books were The Mandie Collection, The Adventures of the Northwoods, and the Nancy Drew...
A couple years ago I had the pleasure of reading, for review, Olivia and the Little Way by Nancy Carabio Belanger. This past December the author kindly offered to send me a copy of her newly released sequel, Olivia's Gift! I just finished reading...
One of my boys has a birthday coming up this next week and I am trying to decide on a few gifts for him, while I still have time to place an order online. Anyhow, I recently came across a series of books by Dianne Ahern - Adventures with Sister Philomena,...
"In the mountains of Mourne, up twisted old bends, past blackberry brambles and ancient wood glens, there stood a tall tower - a circle of stone-where holy men lived, wearing simple brown robes,filling simple brown books, eating simple brown bread,and saying...
This past weekend I finally had a little bit of time to sit down and start planning out next school year. One of the things I did was make a wish list of all the books I'd like to purchase for History. (We'll be using Connecting With History Volume 3,...
This photo arrived in my inbox last night from a dear friend who I am taking very "small steps" towards hopefully meeting someday! I still don't have a copy of her new book yet, but my sister-in-law (Hubby's only sister Melissa) received a signed copy...
With Easter just two weeks away, I spent some time this weekend pulling out and organizing all of our Easter Picture Books, and ordering a few new ones for the children's Easter Baskets this year. I have most of them listed in my sidebar right now, but since I've...
Do you have Amazon Prime?? I've wanted to upgrade to Amazon Prime (Free 2-day shipping from Amazon) for a long time, but have not been able to spend the $79.00 it costs per year... I had a month long trial back in 2006 and just loved it. SO, I was very excited when...
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.
