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Contributing Writers
October 14, 2013
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With humor and sound advice, Ed Gudan outlines an 8-step plan to help fathers support their wives & live out their commitment to homeschooling.
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Contributing Writers
October 13, 2013
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I have eight kids and, therefore, I am compelled to drive an exceedingly large van. A van which is, even more humbling still, an eye-catching, look-at-me-I'm-hideous! red. It is a monstrosity.
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Kids Corner
October 13, 2013
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Where are the bees going? Share your child's comment below! Caption this image! What could be more fun than coloring a picture? Sharing it with someone! Why not encourage your child to send it to their grandmother? Or parish priest? Or someone they appreciate? Each week, connect with a loved one through your children’s art, and then share with us where it went! We’d love to know!
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Kids Corner
October 13, 2013
7,390 Views
Download this 'Saints and Sacred' Word Puzzle! A fun activity to for all ages! Search for these words: Rosary, Fatima, saints, Francis, Dominic, Kateri, Thomas, Therese, Luke, Elizabeth, Isaac, Agnes, Rose
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John Clark
October 12, 2013
7,783 Views
There has been a lot of worry lately among homeschooling parents regarding the “common core” curriculum. Judging by the amount of views by readers of this journal, it is the biggest issue of the day. But the problem is not so much in merely having a common core—it is in what that common core consists. Some cores are good and some are rotten.
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Bob Wiesner
October 11, 2013
52,738 Views
This analytical essay has been available as a help to those 11th grade students, serving both as introduction and beginner’s analysis.. Chesterton’s epic is certainly his greatest poetic work...
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Bob Wiesner
October 11, 2013
5,708 Views
During the past several months, Pope Francis has insisted that priests and religious should go into the streets and do some heavy lifting in evangelization. Workers in the Lord’s vineyard cannot allow themselves to become complacent, but should seek out difficult tasks in the real world.
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Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian
October 10, 2013
7,087 Views
In the folk tale, five brothers all choose their profession and perform their work with success and prosperity: a brick maker, a mason, an architect, an innovator, and a critic. However, only the oldest brother unites vocation and avocation, and only his work has effects for the future and for heaven.
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Dr. Mary Kay Clark
October 9, 2013
9,238 Views
8. Where can I find solid information about the Common Core standards? 7. This is my first year homeschooling. Where can I learn more about how to homeschool? 6. Should I look over the children’s tests before sending them to Seton? 5. How can I help them answer literature questions? 4. What advice can you give us for finishing the book reports?
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Featured Families
October 8, 2013
12,183 Views
Like most Catholic-Christian parents, we are dedicated to the care of our children. The Philippine culture is notable for the utmost importance it places on the family. In fact, in the Filipino communities, it is normal to find a modestly-sized house occupied by several extended family members.
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Abby Sasscer
October 7, 2013
13,792 Views
When I was in fourth grade, I brazenly asked my father to buy me a pair of penny loafers. You see, the penny loafer fad had not fully caught on around my school yet, but I wanted to be among the first to own one. After waiting an eternity for his reply, he answered “Abby, we cannot give you everything… but we will deprive you of nothing.” I didn’t quite understand what my father meant. I figured it was just a nice way of saying “no.”
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Kids Corner
October 6, 2013
9,126 Views
Why are the crows happy? What would you call them? Caption this image! Share your child's comment below! What could be more fun than coloring a picture? Sharing it with someone! Why not encourage your child to send it to their grandmother? Or parish priest? Or someone they appreciate? Each week, connect with a loved one through your children’s art, and then share with us where it went! We’d love to know!
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Seton Home Study School
October 5, 2013
9,221 Views
Parents and students want to know how they can keep schedule and finish the school year by June. Lesson Plans are a guide, not the 10 Commandments!
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Seton Home Study School
October 4, 2013
7,664 Views
by Pope John Paul II | Family prayer has for its very own object family life itself, which in all its varying circumstances is seen as a call from God and lived as a filial response to His call. Joys and sorrows, hopes and disappointments...
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Dr. Mary Kay Clark
October 4, 2013
7,224 Views
The month of October is dedicated to the Blessed Mother of God, especially under her title Our Lady of the Rosary. In the Rosary, we pray an Our Father and ten Hail Marys for each of five decades on the Rosary. Each decade represents a Mystery of the Rosary; that is, an event in the life of Jesus and Mary.
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Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian
October 3, 2013
12,980 Views
In the story the merchant’s son who wasted his money finds himself in desperate circumstances until a friend gives him a magical flying trunk. When he flies with it and descends from the sky, he introduces himself as a Turkish god who has come from above to marry the king’s daughter. Honored with this privilege, the king gladly agrees to the marriage: “Yes, you shall certainly marry our daughter.”
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Contributing Writers
October 2, 2013
8,416 Views
by Fr John Hardon | Home education means the teaching by the parents at home, by both parents. A father’s contribution to the home education of his children is indispensable.
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Seton Home Study School
10,083 Views
Explore the ways the Seton program helps you to excel - it's your best ticket to succeed in anything you do in the future, whether for college or career.
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Dr. Mary Kay Clark
September 30, 2013
15,191 Views
Over 800 years ago, thousands of Christians, men, women, and children, were being captured by the Moslems and sold into slavery. St. John of Matha of France was concerned about the sufferings of these captives.
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Kids Corner
September 29, 2013
7,252 Views
Where is the boy going? What is the cat's name? Caption this image! Share your child's comment below! Caption this image! What could be more fun than coloring a picture? Sharing it with someone! Why not encourage your child to send it to their grandmother? Or parish priest? Or someone they appreciate? Each week, connect with a loved one through your children’s art, and then share with us where it went! We’d love to know!
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