Mary Ellen Barrett shows how easy it can be to teach hospitality to children. Whether with friends or family, a meal is the quickest way to show love.
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Mary Ellen Barrett March 13, 2016 8,501 Views
Mary Ellen Barrett shows how easy it can be to teach hospitality to children. Whether with friends or family, a meal is the quickest way to show love.
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When I was in first grade, I loved to go down the hall of my elementary school and visit my older sister’s sixth-grade teacher. I would staple together a few ...
Read More »Abby Sasscer September 21, 2015 9,977 Views
by Abby Sasscer | What impressed me the most was that his devotions suggestions were very simple for my young family to follow. And everyone knows I’m a big fan of “simple”.
Read More »Mary Ellen Barrett September 16, 2015 8,835 Views
by Mary Ellen Barrett | I love toddlers and I really miss the days when I had a bunch of them around. Mostly.
Read More »John Clark July 24, 2015 5,565 Views
by John Clark | Our first journey as a family centered on the Gospel, and served as a reminder that all our journeys as a family must center on the Gospel.
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The Catholic Tales for Boys and Girls two-book set contains a variety of Catholic-centered stories which teach good morals using children’s everyday life experiences. It is written from the viewpoint ...
Read More »Emily Molitor June 17, 2015 6,095 Views
by Emily Molitor | When I contemplate generosity in the area of time, I immediately think of people—other human beings—being first in importance.
Read More »Abby Sasscer May 11, 2015 8,958 Views
by Abby Sasscer | Although I really wanted to finish my task, I decided to look into her hazel eyes, take her tiny hand and ask if she wanted to dance.
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by Abby Sasscer | When my children were babies, it was so much easier to bond with them. I could easily “wear” them inside...
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by Michael d'Esterre | As a child I learned order and cleanliness as a way of peace and perfection. “Cleanliness is next to godliness,” my mother used to say.
Read More »Mary Ellen Barrett February 15, 2015 6,486 Views
By Mary Ellen Barrett | Recently, a young homeschool mom was relating to me a day she had earlier in the week. She has several young children, toddlers and babies, and that day was filled with spills, diaper problems, flooded tubs...
Read More »Contributing Writers December 20, 2014 6,128 Views
Not to be a whiner, but there have been parts of this Advent which have felt like Lent in our house. Rather than cheerfully preparing for a beloved guest, I ...
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by Mary Ellen Barrett | Christmas week can be a very stressful one for us homeschool moms, maybe even more so because...
Read More »Seton Journal Prompts December 2, 2014 3,152 Views
1st Week of Advent Scripture Reading: Luke 10:21-24 If there was any group of people in Jesus’ day who should have recognized Him as Israel’s Messiah and believed in His ...
Read More »Contributing Writers November 11, 2014 8,279 Views
What you read matters! What your children read matters! Lets start with two quotes from Don Bosco. “Never read books you aren’t sure about… even supposing that these bad books ...
Read More »Dr. Mary Kay Clark October 13, 2014 8,138 Views
by Dr. Mary Kay Clark | Some people may not realize that schools today are nothing like the schools of past generations.
Read More »Emily Molitor August 29, 2014 8,508 Views
by Emily Molitor | What does it mean to rejoice in our children? How do we rejoice, revel in, the vocation of motherhood?
Read More »Dr. Mary Kay Clark May 26, 2014 9,117 Views
by Mary Kay Clark | Consider asking your older children to start their schoolwork earlier in the day, for instance, at 7:30 a.m., so they can get at least one or two subjects done before the noise begins from the younger children. Since older children usually stay up later than younger ones, they might try doing some of their schoolwork after the little ones are in bed.
Read More »Kevin Clark May 22, 2014 11,623 Views
by Kevin Clark " | Recently, I read the novel The Children of Men by P. D. James. The premise of the book is that sometime in the not too distant future, women stop conceiving and giving birth. The book takes place approximately 25 years after the last child was born, and so there are, on the face of the earth, no more children.
Read More »Seton Home Study School March 28, 2014 6,913 Views
by Pope Francis | In the family, faith accompanies every age of life, beginning with childhood: children learn to trust in the love of their parents. This is why it is so important that within their families parents encourage shared expressions of faith which can help children gradually to mature in their own faith.
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