Your baby squeals out as a toy is pulled away by their sibling… The kneeler falls noisily to the floor and you cringe! You panic and rustle through your bag looking for a distraction or snack of some sort for the toddler who is about to have a tantrum. You feel eyes staring at you […]
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One of the most challenging elements of being a Catholic parent is that you want to raise your children in the faith. But how do you approach this with toddlers? I don’t profess to have all the answers but here are a few easy Bible craft activities you can do with just a few items
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Such a peaceful serenity can be experienced being outdoors. You can see it in your children and in yourself. The fresh breeze, the tranquility and beauty of nature, it can lead us into inspiration, awe and wonder at God’s creation. What a perfect setting to pray? You will be free from the distractions of
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Christmas is coming up. While it may still be a few months away, it is the perfect time to start planning if you are thinking of undertaking any DIY projects for Advent. In this tutorial I will be showing you how to paint Jesse Tree Ornaments. These are the ones I made in 2015, and
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A little while back Sarah H posted a great tutorial on making Jesse Tree ornaments here. And while I loved her set, something I have a lot of is fabric, not wood. With this in mind I created a felt ornament set that was true to Sarah’s original painted images. Because the designs are fairly simple and
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As my two year old and I were driving home from the beach one day, she sadly recanted to me that “the boy took my shell, mummy”. This little incident had taken place about 10 months ago when a little boy had accidentally taken a shell that she had already found and claimed for herself.
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This flying novena to the Infant of Prague is great for urgent intentions for which you don’t have nine days to spare – you just say it once an hour for nine consecutive hours. Set reminder alarms on your phone and get the kids to stop and pray with you! Novena prayer O
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The Israelites knew what it was like to wander in the desert…Like them we have allowed ourselves to become complacent. We are so used to having Mass and Communion on demand that we fail to even recognise the reality that we consume. We are so angered that our churches have been closed because we have
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I was recently at a talk by Fr John Corrigan, who spoke about making a spiritual communion daily. He said St Thomas Aquinas even taught that it was almost as good as receiving the Eucharist sacramentally! So if daily mass isn’t do-able, we can still make a spiritual communion daily and gain the immense
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“Why did Adam and Eve have to sin?” moans my eldest as a gastro bug takes hold in our house. “Then we wouldn’t have to get sick!” He’s right of course, but it’s not exactly the most productive mindset when you’re suffering. Suffering is part and parcel of this life here on earth. None of
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