Father Gabriel is back
Father Gabriel is back and as fabulously flawed as ever!
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A Different Advent Calendar
Three years ago I wanted to prepare my children, the eldest then 3 and a half, spiritually for Christmas and to offset the secular messages that bombarded them from well, September onwards. Eventually I decided to take a different approach to the Advent calendars that offered a chocolate or a lolly for each day of
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Simple Garden Prayer Space
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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DIY Jesse Tree Ornaments
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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Felt Jesse Tree Ornaments
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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Finally a Book My Kids Can Read at Mass!
“When I Go To Mass” ~The Book Catholic Parents Have Been Waiting For … New book by Sarah Hlavacek, uses detailed illustrations to convey the deep mysteries taking place in every Catholic Mass. Author, 31 year old Mother of 7, Sarah Hlavacek has released a Catholic picture book for 3-6 year old children. Using beautiful illustrations
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New Magazine Set to Reclaim Authentic Femininity
Mathilde Magazine | holding fast to what is good.. Watch. This. Space. Dissatisfied with the direction feminism has taken, a team of women decided to found a magazine defending womanhood & the legacy of Western tradition. The idea for Mathilde Magazine was conceived in early 2021, soon after its founding editor Veronika, welcomed her fourth
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On Forgiveness and Faking It
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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Spiritual Communion Prayers
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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Finding joy in suffering
“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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