The final school term of the year is drawing to a close and, if you’re like me, you’re only now starting to think about a small gift to give to your child’s teacher. This year I decided to make something that was economical – because we all know that at this time of year […]
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We continue our series on fashion. To recap Part One click here. Fashion and the Church During all of these changes in fashion, the Church has spoken out against immodesty and in defence of purity, but on mostly deaf ears. Sure, at one point Catholic countries banned the bikini, but that solidarity did
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We want the best for our children and so we try to limit their exposure to harmful influences. This is no easy feat. It’s harder still when those influences are within your extended family. On the one hand you want your children to know and love their family but on the other hand you’re
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The secular world finds prayer provocative and confrontational. Only recently a volunteer, praying outside the Abortion clinic in Albury was attacked in an unprovoked assault and had his jaw broken. His crime: praying. Donna Maria Cooper O’Boyle recounts her own experiences of the provocative nature of prayer in her book Rooted in
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Forming good habits is always difficult. Forming good prayer habits can, at times, seem impossible, especially when you have small children. Fitting prayer, quality family prayer, into the busyness of parenting can be a challenge but it is worth it! Here are some tips for encouraging children, from a young age, to pray: Start
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Books Reviewed: Father Elijah: An Apocalypse and Elijah in Jerusalem This two book series certainly packs a punch. Michael O’Brien’s novels have a rollicking plot, complete with conspiracy theories, assassinations and intrigue and yet they are also interwoven with intense discussions on politics, Catholicism and the Antichrist. Father Elijah himself is a
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We go through a lot of Rosary beads in our house. Those beads connected by chains are routinely pulled apart by duelling siblings, so much so that I’ve invested in beading pliers just to fix them. Plastic Rosary beads last until the beads start disintegrating under the constant chewing of younger children and even
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This book appealed to me instantly. From the very introduction the author present the reasoning behind her book, and the humility that almost prevented her from writing it in the first place. Barbara Curtis’ style is open, warm and engaging and never takes on a holier-than-thou tone. In fact, as she shares her own
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As we near the advent of warmer weather I can’t help but inwardly groan as I consider that soon we will see hoards of lemmings following the fashion fads, wearing barely-there clothing that defies the definition of clothing, let alone modesty. And so I began thinking, how did we get to the point where
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I’m a fairly organised person, perhaps bordering on too organised. I prepare the night before where possible and leave little to chance. This has become more pronounced since my children started school last year. This year, with two at school, mornings can become very frantic despite my best efforts. Our alarm goes off at
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