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Advent Challenge – Day One – Advent Wreath
As it’s the First Sunday of Advent, we did a fair bit today. The kids helped me decorate the house and I brought up the Advent wreath. I picked up this beautiful Advent wreath the year I was first...
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Advent Challenge – Day Two – Sacrifice Manger
So this is the tradition that I’ve been most excited about starting. I never did this growing up, but learned about it last Advent when Jennifer Fulweiler mentioned it in a post, that I haven’t been...
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Advent Challenge – Day 4 – Advent Calendar
Advent calendars are about the simplest Advent tradition to maintain and are a fun and easy way to help anticipate Christmas. Unfortunately, most commercially available Advent calendars have nothing...
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Advent Challenge – Day 5 – St. Nicholas
Happy Feast of St. Nicholas! Most of us know that who we currently know as Santa Claus is actually the Coca-Cola-fied version of St. Nicholas. But not everybody knows exactly how it all originated. So...
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Advent Challenge – Day 8 – Praying for Others
As we prepare our hearts for the birth of Christ, it is always beneficial to remind ourselves of not just our own needs, but the needs of others. One way we can do this is to pray for others. This...
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Advent Challenge – Day 9 – Holy Heroes Advent Adventure!
Before Advent began I came across an ad for Holy Heroes on the National Catholic Register. If you sign up for their Advent Adventures mailing list you receive free activities and videos to your email...
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Advent Challenge – Day 12 – St. Lucy II
Today is the feast of St. Lucy, a martyr of the church. To celebrate the feast of St. Lucy, I made Lussekatter, a sweet saffron bun. They turned out really well, and the kids had a fun time helping....
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Angels Among Us
I’ve been trying to take my kids to daily Mass when I’ve had the opportunity. It has sort of been an experiment in patience, but so far it has gone pretty well, and I enjoy being able to teach my...
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Another Way
IVF ( or better known as In Vitro Fertilization), is becoming a more and more commonly used method for a woman to achieve pregnancy if her and her partner are having difficulty conceiving on their own....
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Web Find … Thursday?
Sorry ladies and gents who’ve been waiting anxiously for their Wednesday dose of “Web Find Wednesday”…MamaJ’s a bit late. I’m blaming it on the pregnancy brain, I can’t keep track of what day of the...
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Confirmation and an Honest Heart
It’s that time of year again! Lent is a sure reminder to all of us that the celebration of Easter is not too far away. With the coming of Easter is also the coming of a very special sacrament for many...
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