Encouraging and teaching children to pray can be a little daunting but one thing small children are really good at picking up are nursery rhymes and here is where mums can be a little creative. Have you ever thought of adapting a few prayers to the tune of a nursery rhyme? Neither had I […]
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St Christopher Patron: Of travellers, invoked against storms and plagues Feast day: July 25th I am sure many of you pray through St Christopher on car journeys, I know he is the one I call on when travelling. Yet, I never knew much about him.. St Christopher was a martyr. He served the king
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Saint Amelia Feast day: 10th July Patronage: Fishermen, farmers, broken arms and bruises. I chose to write about St Amelia this week as I know a few of our mums have little baby girls named Amelia. She was martyred at Tavo (region of central Turkey). She was known for having torments inflicted upon her
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What a week ahead! We have the feast of St Elizabeth of Portugal on Tuesday the 8th July, St Maria Goretti and Saint Thomas More on Wednesday the 9th July, then we have St Benedict and St Pius I on Friday the 11th July. Although due to my personal love for St Maria Goretti and
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“Therese, Faustina, and Bernadette: Three Saints Who Challenged My Faith, Gave Me Hope, and Taught Me How To Love” is a book well received by many, easy to read and not easy to put down! I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book as a part of our book club last month (June). I found it very
I have a confession to make. I’m one of those mums whose family stand at the very back of the Church during Mass. There are two main reasons for this: We are almost always late for Mass. I’m sorry – I’m not proud of this. We’re working on it. On the rare occasion we
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Saint Thomas of India Feast: 3rd July Patronage: Architects, India Saint Thomas was one of the twelve apostles. Some call him “doubting Thomas”. I know personally I can really relate to Thomas. It’s tough believing and trusting God sometimes, yet with his help (only) we can be strengthened and believe in the unseen. Although
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The authors provide ‘Points to Ponder’ for each topic as well as useful suggestions for activities and practical application in family life. The questions were asked by children aged between seven and eleven but resemble those asked by children of all ages. The authors drew on their experience in the parish-based Faith in the
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Saint Cyricus and Saint Julitta Feast: June 16th Patron of Children Cyricus and Julitta were mother and son whom both professed their faith and died for it. I thought this weeks, Saint of the Week, was fitting it as was these two saints are the patron and protector of children. In the fourth century these two saints
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Saint Aloysius Gonzaga Patronage: youth; scholars and students Feast: June 21st I have to admit that I decided to post about this saint, St Aloysius, this week as I really liked his name! Yet as I began to read more about this Saint I found his life fascinating and rich with God’s graces. He proves
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