This Sunday’s Gospel is the story of the Canaanite woman. The woman had great faith, and Jesus healed her daughter. The Canaanite Woman Matthew 15:21-28 At that time, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman of that district came and called out, “Have pity on me, Lord, Son […]

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As a catechist, I want to make sure that I deeply understand the truths and facts of our Faith. I usually go to primary sources such as Sacred Scripture and the Catechism. Sometimes, if I want to find an answer quickly, I may use a search engine to help me find resources to understand. I […]

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The Vatican is somewhere that I would definitley love to visit with my husband and kids someday. If my kids are still young, I will definitely be bringing Sophia Institute Press’ Discovering the Vatican.  It’s part guide book, part activity book, and full of fun for kids. What is in this Book There are to main […]

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As you spend more time with your family perhaps you’ll be taking some trips in the car. We often took advantage of this relaxing time together to engage in faith projects and guessing games while we’d travel. Since we had a large family with 17 years from oldest child to youngest one, these activities while […]

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This Sunday’s Gospel is the story of Jesus walking on water. This is a great one to start a discussion on relying on Jesus for the various trials of life! Scroll down for more lesson plan ideas. Jesus Walks on Water Matthew 14:22-33 After he had fed the people, Jesus made the disciples get into […]

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The Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary is August 15th! Here are some quick facts about this Feast: The Assumption of Mary is a Solemnity The Assumption of Mary is one of the 4 dogmas of the church Pope Pius XII declared it a dogma of the church on November 1, 1950 The Assumption of […]

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The Catholic Church really is a trove of treasures waiting to be fdiscovered and enjoyed. There are more saints than I could ever read about in this life, and even more holy people who literally walked with saints who have so much wisdom and inspiration to offer. Here are 4 things that I learned from […]

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Pope Leo XIV was elected pope just over a year ago in May 2025. Two of my favorite first memories of Pope Leo were his first adress on the balcony the day he was elected and when he sang the Regina Caeli the following week in his first Sunday address to the public: Here are […]

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