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Prayer for the beatification and canonization of John Paul II God our Father, you reward all who believe in you. May your servant, John Paul our Pope, vicar of Peter and Shepherd of your Church, who faithfully administered the mysteries of your forgiveness and love on earth, rejoice with you for ever in heaven. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen! |
Start your novena today for the 2010 Feast of St. Joseph. I’ll post the novena here each day. Jumpstart your novena at aeternus with some words from Saint Teresa of Avila and a beautiful image of St. Joseph: Devotion to St. Joseph.
Congrats, Iz!
Our St. Joseph Lapbooks were inspired by Shower of Roses. Jessica has compiled some great resources for putting together lapbooks so don’t miss her post. Our cover coloring pages are from the Virtual St. Joseph Altar. You’ll find several to choose from.
Inside our lapbooks we have the symbols of St. Joseph inside a petal pentagram, Jessica’s St. Joseph Memory Match game cards, and also thanks to Jessica, flaps that reveal the two Feasts of St. Joseph.
I let the kids draw in the symbols of St. Joseph, We also have beautiful laminated holy cards from Aquinas & More which I had imprinted with my favorite prayer to St. Joseph: The Unfailing Petition.
A scroll lists some of the things St. Joseph is Patron of, and we included a Novena to St. Joseph. There is also a spot where the child can make a list of the things he will make for our home St. Joseph Altar. These were fun to make, and I can’t give enough credit to Jessica at Shower of Roses! In conjunction with an article about our upcoming Catholic Homeschool Conference, the St. Louis Review sent a photographer out to my house today to get some shots of homeschoolers in action. What a pleasent suprise to find out that the photographer is a local blogger that I have had in my sidebar for several months now. Her description of my schoolroom leaves me speechless: “It was an amazing space which radiated peaceful happiness and was filled with the most beautiful children (and every animal I could think of from hamsters to birds).” Wow! Read more on our meeting today in St. Joseph’s Virtual Altar, Mt. Carmel and the unveiling! Aeternus features thoughts on catholic spirituality, prayer and mysticism, and lots of beautiful photography. This email came this morning:
Dr. Duhart was our family doctor for 13 years and delivered the last two of my six children at home. He passed away, very suddenly, 1 year ago this week. It is good to see he is still remembered so fondly. He certainly was, and still is, a very large part of my family’s life. The 2010 First Communion Story Contest is live and accepting submissions. As winner of the 2009 First Communion Story Contest, I encourage you to share your memories. You can read my winning submission here. There were some wonderful stories last year. This is a very fun contest! The competition was tough, and I am expecting the same this year. Here are the details:
This is another invitation to join in the fun. Make a post about your St. Joseph Altar, hopefully with pics, and head to the Virtual St. Joseph Altar Blog to link your St. Joseph Altar post with all the others. Linking will begin on March 19 and continue till the end of March Be sure to check out all the great Catholic blog posts at this week’s Sunday Snippets–A Catholic Carnival. This is a weekly opportunity to share our best posts with the wider Catholic blogging community. Join in the fun! Visit the host blog for details. Throughout Lent, I’ll post my 40 Bags in 40 Days progress each Saturday. So far, so good! Bags are getting a bit smaller. Week 1 — 5 bags in 4 days: Week 2 — 6 bags in 6 days: Week 3 — 6 bags in 6 days:
A total of 3,000 points has earned them these nice white t-shirts, and a Pathfinder patch. Congrats!
If you are on Facebook, become a fan of SHB&G. There’s a new contest coming up for March. If you are in, or near, St. Louis, don’t miss SHB&G at the St. Louis Catholic Homeschool Association’s Catholic Homeschool Conference, March 26 and 27. Sacred Heart has an incredible selection of homeschool books and curriculum at the best prices around! Also, please keep Linda Nelson, owner of SHB&G, and her family in your prayers. Linda’s dad recently suffered a stroke.
The daffodil, the national flower of Wales, is traditionally worn on St. David’s Day. Another traditional emblem of Wales, often associated with St. David’s Day but not as aromatic, is the leek. From British Life and Culture: There are many explanations of how the leek came to be adopted as the national emblem of Wales. One is that St David advised the Welsh, on the eve of battle with the Saxons, to wear leeks in their caps to distinguish friend from foe. As Shakespeare records in Henry V, the Welsh archers wore leeks at the battle of Agincourt in 1415. Read more on St. David at The Last Welsh Martyr. Prayer for St. David’s Day
I always figured folks would immediately get the connection, but I just realized, thanks to Lacy, that it really might not be that obvious. I must also thank Lacy for inspiring me to do this St. Joseph Altar Blog Fest. I just participated in Lacy’s Catholic Icing Lent Link-Up which was lots of fun and gave me the idea for this Altar link-up. So, on to the 1st Annual St. Joseph Altar Blog Fest. I know I have inspired some folks out their to start their own home altars for the Feast of St. Joseph, and I’ve made lots of friends in the process. Now I want to get more folks involved, and you can help. The Altar Fest will be a fun way for us to see what others are doing and share good ideas for next year. Grab this nifty button to promote the fest on your blog! March is the Month of St. Joseph and the ultimate way to give honor to St. Joseph is with your very own St. Joseph Altar. For details, head to the Virtual St. Joseph Altar Blog. Linking will begin on March 19 and continue till the end of March. |
March: Month of St. Joseph 2009-2010 Homeschool Patron
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