Bible Song for Kids?
Posted by Lisa Hendey in Faith on Saturday, September 27, 2008
Hi friends! Reader Laura has written me with a special request.
You know those songs that help children to learn all of the books of the bible? Laura is looking for a Catholic children’s version.
It seems that she has been able to locate CDs with a Christian slant, but those don’t include all of the books in our Catholic bible. If you can help Laura out with CD titles, video links, or even lyrics (aside from the obvious list of the bible book names…), that would be super! Thanks, as always, for your help!
Easily Amused
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Friday, September 26, 2008
When I was growing up as the oldest of six children, we didn’t have much money. We never took any of what are commonly viewed as the childhood “dream vacations” to Disney World or the like. Vacations meant driving twelve hours to visit our grandparents. We didn’t go out to movies or other expensive family outings more than once every year or two. Family time meant popcorn and board games or trips... READ MORE
Catechetical Etiquette
Posted by Lisa Hendey in Faith on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
This Sunday, I was fortunate to receive a special commissioning and blessing in my home parish as a part of Catechetical Sunday.
Our pastor called to the altar all of those responsible for the faith formation of adults and children in our parish. Following the blessing, he thanked each of us for our devotion to sharing the faith with our fellow parishioners.
The truth is, I felt somewhat guilty for... READ MORE
Ahoy, Maties
Posted by Lisa Hendey in Just me on Friday, September 19, 2008
It may not be marked on your calendar, but if any boys live in your house you will want to commemorate today’s observance of “International Talk Like a Pirate Day”.
Observed every year on September 19, Talk Like a Pirate Day gives grown men the chance to relive their boyhood fantasies of taking to the sea in search of buried treasure. Surprisingly, a lot of moms and sisters get in the act too!
... READ MOREFamily Charism
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Monday, September 15, 2008
Some weekends are better than others. Some Sundays can be particularly rough for us, if we end up just lazing around doing nothing. Because for our family, doing nothing sometimes leads to nothing good.
Yesterday, however, was a glorious Sunday for the family Balducci.
In the afternoon, we loaded up the boys and headed down to the river. For two hours, we walked on the rocks, waded in the water,... READ MORE
School Mass
Posted by Lisa Hendey in Faith on Friday, September 05, 2008
Boy I’ve missed that sound… the sound of 700 plus voices, in sing songy unison, proclaiming
“Good morning, Father Rob!”
to our pastor’s opening welcome at the start of his homilies. At our opening Mass this morning, Father Rob admitted that he’d missed it too - the sound of all of those wonderful young voices, gathered together for the Eucharist.
Father Rob came to us last October, following on the... READ MORE
Old-Fashioned Education
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Friday, September 05, 2008
Like I mentioned last week, I’m working my way through the Little House books. One thing I’m noticing is this: education sure was different back then.
On the first day that Laura and Carrie go to school in their new town in The Long Winter, the teacher reads the twenty-third psalm to start the day. “Of course Laura knew all the psalms by heart,” the text says, and my eyebrows shot up. Of course... READ MORE
‘Birds and Bees’ Books
Posted by Lisa Hendey in Family on Tuesday, September 02, 2008
OK team, once again I’m calling in our Faith and Family Live panel of experts (you!) to share your input to the following reader query:
I take care of our library at my parish and I have had a mother ask me to find her a “birds & bees” Catholic resource (like a pro-life DVD) for explaining the facts of life to her younger children age group 4-10 years old. She wants something that would explain the biology with getting too much into details. That’s a tough one. Do you have suggestions?
If you have a great suggestion for books, DVDs, programs, or even just ways you’ve successfully handled this topic with young ones, please chime in here. Thanks, as always, for sharing your expertise!
Labor Day Special
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Monday, September 01, 2008
When I was a kid I didn’t see my extended family much. My mother’s parents and only brother lived five hundred miles away, and my dad’s many siblings and their children were scattered all over the country. We did visit sometimes, usually in the summer, but on holidays it was always just us: my parents, my five younger siblings, and me. It was fun, it was just relatively small.
A decade later, the... READ MORE
Serving with a Smile
Posted by Lisa Hendey in Faith on Saturday, August 30, 2008
Earlier this week, my 8th grade son Adam attended part one of his annual two part Altar Server Training. On a blazing hot Fresno afternoon, after seven hours of sitting in a classroom and longing for a break, Adam and multiple serving colleagues met with our Coordinator to be briefed on the latest nuances in their duties in serving at the Lord’s altar.
I feel blessed beyond measure that both of my... READ MORE
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