Novena to St. Therese

St. Therese Novena 2012
Starting on Saturday, I am joining more than 24,000 Catholics to pray a St. Therese Novena!
I’m actually trying to help this online prayer community (PrayMoreNovenas.com) to get 35,000 people praying this novena for St. Therese.
A lot of people out there love St. Therese, so help me get this novena to them!
You can sign up for handy email reminders to get the the novena prayers here: http://www.praymorenovenas.com/st-therese-novena/
After you sign up, maybe you can help spread the word as well. God’s Mercy is abundant and overflowing, let’s share it!


Find the Original Here: http://www.praymorenovenas.com/your-site/#ixzz27LEbLrV8


Thanks to Jessica over at Shower of Roses to posting about this earlier, so I can now share it with you :)


Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words. - St. Francis of Assisi

Catechism Cube, a review

We recently were given the opportunity to review the Catechism Cube by Monica at Arma Dei.  This is a printable craft that will help your children learn the basics of the Catechism. When printing this craft you have 2 choices, printing it on colored cardstock, in which case it is half way done and ready to play. Or printing it on white cardstock (or regular paper as we did) and coloring the pages before putting the cubes together. This option gave each child a opportunity to review at least some of the pages before we played.

Over all, the catechism cube was super easy to put together, I chose to glue the edges, you could staple them if you wanted to play with it right away, and it still was ready to play with after lunch. I would recommend this craft for any ages, my kids are 11-14years old, younger children could have the themes read to them by a parent, teacher or older sibling. This would be great for a CCD class, homeschool or just a fun get together with friends. My kids had fun color the pictures and seeing who knew what when they played with this craft, and have asked to play each day since we made it. I can see us getting a lot of use out of this!

 Head over to Arma Dei for a give away, there are 10 crafts to choose from and Monica will choose 4 winners. This give away will only be open until next Friday, so hurry over!!

Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words. - St. Francis of Assisi

Moving

We are moving! In about 4 weeks to be exact, yikes! Hubby has a new job that will be taking us down to the St. Louis Missouri area. We were thinking it might be 2 months but after hubby talked with his new employer today it looks like we will be there by the first of September. I will be sure to post pictures as soon as we get settled. Until then I have a lot of packing to do, and school to try to keep up with. ;•}

Did Adam and Eve Have Belly Buttons, a book review

Did Adam and Eve Have Belly Buttons, and 199 other questions from Catholic teenagers a book by Matthew Pinto, foreword by Jeff Cavins, 269 pages, published by Ascension Press. I bought this book while I was in the RCIA program at my church, from one of the local Catholic book stores. I had bought it for two reasons; number one, I thought it would be a funny, easy read, and it was, number 2 I thought it would be a quick way to learn a lot about the Catholic faith, and it was. It even came with a a prayer on the first page, to say before reading. It was a wealth of information on topics such as; God, Creation and Man, Religion and the Bible, Jesus Christ, The Catholic Faith and the Church, The Catholic Faith and Other Religions, The Catholic Faith and Society, Catholic Living, Catholic Prayer and Worship, and more. Also included in this book are a books of the Bible guide, a guide for confession and an examination of conscience. The questions asked, by real teens who wrote in their questions to Matthew Pinto, are great, real questions that any one of us have probably wondered about at one time or another. Each question is answered sincerely, with church teaching, the catechism, and the Bible referenced multiple times. Many societal misconceptions are cleared up in the answers in this book. I would highly recommend this book for a gift for anyone in RCIA, Confirmation, or graduation. This also makes a great book to go along with your Bible reading, because it gives you so many Bible verses to back up a church teaching, just go thorough and high light them, you never know when it will come in handy. An extra copy might not be a bad idea either, it's a great book to hand out to those you know who might need a little refresher on their faith.

I wrote this review of Did Adam & Eve Have Belly Buttons? for the free Catholic book review program, created by Aquinas and More Catholic Goods
Aquinas and More is the largest on-line Catholic bookstore.
I receive free product samples as compensation for writing reviews for Tiber River.

Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words. - St. Francis of Assisi

Once Upon a time Saints, a book review

Once Upon a time Saints by Ethel Pochocki, illustrated by Tom Matt, published by Bethlehem Books. This book is a great read a loud book for children ages toddler and up. With short, to-the-point stories you can keep the interest of the child you are reading to or who is reading the story on their own. This would make wonderful early reader for children just learning to read. With it's easy-to-hold size, sightly larger then a regular paperback book, and it's nice large size easy to read print. Most of the stories are just a few short pages long and have beautiful pencil drawings depicting the lives of the saints. It also is filled with stories of saints who you don't hear about all that often. St. Comgall, St. Felix, And St. Hubert to name a few of the sixteen saint stories listed in this book. The stories do not go in liturgical order, although there is a list in the back of the book that does show them in that way. This would make a great book for, grandma and grandpa's house, or bedtime stories, but it is not limited to younger children. This book would be great for any age child that is interested in learning more about the saints. It works great with home schooling as well. With the short story size it makes it perfect to assign any where from two to five stories for your child to read each week. And in no time your child will know tons about the lives of the saints. And all that they have to teach us about God's love for each of us. And that we each have our own path to holiness. There are three books in this series that I know of.

I wrote this review of Once Upon a Time Saints for the free Catholic book review program, created by Aquinas and More Catholic Goods
Aquinas and More is the largest on-line Catholic bookstore.
I receive free product samples as compensation for writing reviews for Tiber River.

Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words. - St. Francis of Assisi

Around the Year, Once Upon a Time Saints, a book review

Around The Year, Once Upon a time Saints by Ethel Pochocki, illustrations by Ben Hatke, published by Bethlehem Books, 211 pages recommended for ages 10 and up. This book is such a great book to have. It is filled with saints from every month of the year. Some of the saints are your tried and true favorites like, St. Francis, St. Joseph, and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. Others were less known, at least to us, like St. Paul Miki and St. Charles Lwanga. Also included were wonderful stories of the Blessed Mother under such titles as Our Lady of Guadalupe, and Our Lady of Czestochowa, as well has the Heavenly Helpers (Archangels) and Guardian Angels. Each story is only a few pages long, and could easily be read in 10-15 minutes. The book is in liturgical order starting with the saints of Advent and coming full circle with a total of 29 saint stories in this book. We have really enjoyed this book and the others in the series. My daughter will read a story each week of a saint whose feast day falls in that week. She will then draw a picture using details from the book and do other activities relating to the story she read. They are just short enough to make out loud reading possible, even for those who have a hard time reading aloud. There are 3 books that I know of in the series and you do not need to read them in any order. Each story has beautiful pencil drawings depicting the lives of the saint. These books are a nice size print for children to read, and a tad bit larger then your average paperback book. This would make a great bedtime story book for younger children. And a great addition to every grandma and grandpa's house.

I wrote this review of Around the Year Once Upon a Time Saints for the free Catholic book review program, created by Aquinas and More Catholic Goods
Aquinas and More is the largest on-line Catholic bookstore.
I receive free product samples as compensation for writing reviews for Tiber River.

Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words. - St. Francis of Assisi

All Ye Lands, World Cultures and Geography, a book review

All Ye Lands, World Cultures and Geography published by Ignatius Press, part of the Catholic Schools Textbook Project, 6th grade, 16 chapters, 352 pages. "All Ye Lands" is a wonderfully put together textbook for early jr. high history classes. This textbook starts with a chapter introducing geography to the student, how to read maps, longitude and latitude are explained. As well as the continents, the water systems, geographical terms, and the climates. The following chapters go from pre-history, old testament Biblical history to ancient Greece and Rome. It spends a chapter on the gift of Christianity, and the life of Jesus. It covers such topics Byzantine Rite and the rise of Islam. Right up to South America in the 1800's. This textbook is filled with beautiful pictures and illustrations throughout, all with captions. Vocabulary words are in bold print in each chapter with a definition box in the side column. The impact that the Catholic church and Christianity has had in the shaping of the world around us is highlighted throughout this textbook. All of the chapters end with a review page with not only review questions but with several points for the student to consider. A bonus at the end of each chapter is an easy recipe for your student to make on there own. At the end of the book is an index. This is a great book to follow the 5th grade book "From Sea to Shining Sea, The Story of America". Or to stand on it's own. I do not own the teacher textbook manual for this book, but have not found that I have ever needed it. The textbook follows along at a very easy to read, and easy to plan pace. We have very much enjoyed using this book with our home schooling.

I wrote this review of All Ye Lands Student Text for the free Catholic book review program, created by Aquinas and More Catholic Goods
Aquinas and More is the largest on-line Catholic bookstore.
I receive free product samples as compensation for writing reviews for Tiber River.

Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words. - St. Francis of Assisi