We all have our little slice of luxury in life. I must admit that mine is that precious 30 minutes of me time of an evening where I can have a soak in the tub and read a good book without interruption. It might only be half an hour but to an avid bookworm […]
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In my late teens I was part of a ‘Catholics Returning Home’ program that was run out of my parish. The program is specifically designed to successfully reintroduce lapsed Catholics back into the fold. It is a five week program that helps guide their faith journey and prepares them by explaining important truths about
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Saint Isabel of France Feast: 23rd February Patronage: sick and needy St Isabel of France lived a virtuous life, born in 1125. She had a devotion to the Franciscan Order and way of life. Isabel developed a strong conviction to practice and exercise a devotion to piety, modesty and virtues. Through her life she rejected
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You will need: Coloured paper Tissue paper in assorted colours Clear contact Scissors Cross template (at bottom of post) What to do: Print out cross template and cut. Cut the clear contact into a rectangle that is as long as your cross, but twice as wide. Fold in half. Remove backing paper to fold
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This week, as well as challenging ourselves with the activity below, we will continue our evening prayer around our Lenten wreath by lighting two candles and offering the prayer of St Francis for peace in our world: Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; Where there is hatred, let me sow charity; Where
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Saint Valentine might be the name that conjures up romantic ideas of love and marriage but in reality he knew exactly what real love was: God. You can read about Saint Valentine here. Here are some printable quotes about love you can use to create your own Saint Valentine’s day cards, or frame and
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Advent wreaths and calendars are a fairly common approach to preparing for Christmas, but during Lent it can be more difficult to keep our eyes focused on Easter when we have less visual reminders of the season that we are in. Here are two simple ideas to create a suitable visual reminder in your
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We’re very connected and being away from our phone or computer can fill us with anxiety. On the other hand, unrestricted access to social media platforms can eat into our time and take us away from being present to our family. We are the most technologically connected generation in history – at present that
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On May 30, 2008 the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith declared, through the Vatican daily newspaper ‘L’Osservatore Romano’, that any women who attempted ‘ordination’ or any bishops who attempted to ‘ordain’ women are automatically excommunicated by their actions. This decree came in the wake of a number of women attempting to be
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Budgeting is part and parcel of running a household but we all have items that we prefer not to buy in generic brands. For some its tissues or toilet paper and others cheese or bread. Almsgiving challenge: This Lent, buy generic brands for everything. After each shopping trip calculate the money you’ve saved and
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