A Big Step for Small Steps
Posted by Danielle Bean in News on Monday, August 02, 2010
My dad, a college professor and natural-born bibliophile, has been talking up his recently-acquired Kindle Wireless Reading Device
He’ll proudly tell anyone who will listen about how he bought the e-version of St. Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologica
He’s really enthusiastic about this nifty new reading tool and I don’t blame him. When I got a chance to check out his... READ MORE
Small Steps Winners
Posted by Danielle Bean in News on Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Drum roll please ...
The randomly chosen winners in our recent giveaway of signed copies of Small Steps for Catholic Moms are as follows:
Karina Murray: I would love to win a copy too!!!! Blessings!
Elaine Schienvar: I would love a copy as well!
Sara Rodgers: Sign me up! I would love to get a copy!
Congrats to the winners and thank you to everyone who participated—it is so nice to see such great interest in the book!
We're Giving Away Signed Copies of Small Steps for Catholic Moms
Posted by Danielle Bean in News on Thursday, May 20, 2010
(This giveaway is now over and comments on this entry are closed. I will announce the winners on the main blog.)
This is going to be fun! Circle Press is giving away three copies of Small Steps for Catholic Moms: Think. Pray. Act. Every Day to three of our readers here at Faith & Family.
But here’s the most fun part—these three copies will be the only three of their kind because they will be signed... READ MORE
Small Steps on the Radio
Posted by Danielle Bean in News on Thursday, April 29, 2010
As some of you know, I am a weekly guest on the Son Rise Morning Show where every Friday at 6:50 am EST, Brian Patrick and I chat about all things related to Catholic family life.
Tomorrow morning, I’ll be talking with Brian about the book Elizabeth Foss and I wrote together to offer daily encouragement and support to Catholic moms as they take “small steps” toward God: Small Steps for Catholic Moms: Think. Pray. Act. Every Day. The book also has a companion journal, which is useful for individual reflection or group study. Both books are in stock now and shipping from Circle Press.
Tomorrow morning, you can listen live online or tune in to EWTN Radio.
Talk to you then!
Grace to Cultivate Kindness
Posted by Elizabeth Foss in Faith on Friday, April 23, 2010
Think: “Devout people are, as a class, the least kind of all classes. This is a scandalous thing to say; but the scandal of the fact is so much greater than the scandal of acknowledging it, that I will brave this last, for the sake of a greater good. Religious people are an unkindly lot.
Poor human nature cannot do everything; and kindness is too often left uncultivated, because men do not sufficiently... READ MORE
The Power of a Smile
Posted by Elizabeth Foss in Faith on Thursday, April 22, 2010
Think: “A smile is one of nature’s best means of making people happy. One of the most delightful factors in a personality is a real heartwarming smile that comes from within. Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, “I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.” If you do not feel like smiling, smile anyway; make yourself smile.”
—Fr. Lovasik
Pray: Blessed Mother, you have been called... READ MORE
Open Your Ears
Posted by Elizabeth Foss in Faith on Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Think: “Kind listening is often an act of the most delicate interior mortification, and is a great assistance towards kind speaking. Those who govern others must take care to be kind listeners, or else they will soon offend God, and fall into secret sins.”
—Fr. Frederick William Faber
Pray: Today, Lord, let me really, really listen. Still my lips, but also still my instinct to start talking inside... READ MORE
Forgive and Excuse Others
Posted by Elizabeth Foss in Faith on Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Think: “The person who possesses Christian meekness is affectionate and tender towards everyone: he is disposed to forgive and excuse the frailties of others; the goodness of his heart appears in a sweet affability that influences his words and actions, presents every object to his view in the most charitable and pleasing light.”
—St. Francis de Sales
Pray: God, I’m so quick to judge. Please help me... READ MORE
Sweetness of Disposition
Posted by Elizabeth Foss in Faith on Monday, April 19, 2010
Think: “Many a friendship, long, loyal, and self-sacrificing, rested at first on no thicker a foundation than a kind word. The two men were not likely to be friends. Perhaps each of them regarded the other’s antecedents with somewhat of distrust. They had possibly been set against each other by the circulation of gossip. Or they had been looked upon as rivals, and the success of one was regarded as... READ MORE
Kind Steps for Catholic Moms
Posted by Danielle Bean in News on Sunday, April 18, 2010
I am pleased to announce that Elizabeth Foss, my co-author on Small Steps for Catholic Moms: Think. Pray. Act. Every Day., will be spending the week here guest-blogging with us at Faith & Family.
The theme of Elizabeth’s posts this week will be Kindness. To give you an idea of the format of our book, she will offer daily entries featuring a quotation from a saint, a short prayer, and a suggested action item related to the theme of kindness.
Please say hello to Elizabeth and help make her feel welcome!
