As harvest time wraps up, Amanda Evinger is thankful for the bounty of life and homeschooling lessons learned from keeping their family garden and chickens.
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Parents Together Always – Even When We’re Apart
It’s so easy for parents to feel isolated with a busy family. But that can be fixed – Christina Patterson shares ways to feel close even when you’re apart. Wouldn’t ...
Read More »4 Tips on Peace and Control When Homeschooling with a Baby
Kathryn Trudeau, a homeschooling mother and author, offers her four tried-and-true ways to make homeschooling easier while caring for your baby or toddler.
Read More »Straight to Heaven or – Is Purgatory Our Destiny?
Even though many Catholics hope for Purgatory after death, John Clark points out that the saints remind us that God desires us to go straight to Heaven.
Read More »A Peek Inside Religious Life for Homeschooling Parents
Amanda Evinger shares insights and personal experience about religious life to help homeschooling parents encourage, not hinder, their children’s vocation.
Read More »Halloween – Done Catholic Style
If you assume Halloween began as a pagan holiday, think again! It's Catholic, and Amy Pawlusiak, a mother of five, discusses how you can reclaim Halloween.
Read More »College Decision: Your Eternal Destiny Could Be Riding On It
Tom McFadden says look at the alumni to judge a college on effectiveness and faithfulness to mission. At Christendom College those results are remarkable.
Read More »The Secret to Asking for Help from Our Guardian Angels
Need a little help? In October we honor our guardian angels. Mary Donellan reminds us to involve our often overlooked helpers in our homeschooling efforts.
Read More »Going Against the Current and Other Lessons from the Salmon
When right is wrong and wrong is right, Andrew Murphy shows what the salmon can teach us about swimming against the current and living the Catholic Faith.
Read More »This Little Light of Mine – Protecting the Flame of Faith
Parents pass on the light of faith in surprising ways. Seton grad Ashlynn Fayth Smith recounts how one mother used a "little thing" to inspire her children.
Read More »A Magnificent Seven: 7 Wonderful Quotes From The Newest 7 Saints
Pope Francis just canonized seven saints. John Clark takes a brief look at their lives and their immortal words that inspire Catholics around the world.
Read More »4 Keys to Making Homeschool Mornings Run More Smoothly
Is morning madness ruining your school days? Homeschooling mom Patricia Purcell has a plan to get you back on track so that your mornings run smoothly.
Read More »Establishing Routines: It’s Never Too Late
Parenting author Kathryn Trudeau explores 3 ways to help establish your routines during the school year and how to ease your children into the new schedule.
Read More »Silliness-Challenged? Homeschool Moms Need Fun and Games Too!
Amy Pawlusiak is a to-do-list kind of mom. But adding some fun and games widened her comfort zone, and teaches her children to have joyful lives too!
Read More »These 5 Simple Steps Will Tame Your Laundry Beast!
Many large families struggle to keep the laundry beast in check. Gina Berrios shares her simple 5-step plan to involve the kids and get the laundry done.
Read More »6 Self Care Strategies for the Busy Homeschool Mom
All moms need to take time for themselves. Elizabeth Turajski shares six practical self-care strategies for homeschool moms.
Read More »Discover the Wonder of Reading Aloud as a Family
Graces received by reading aloud with your family? Amanda Evinger, Mom of three, on special blessings you'll discover with this wholesome family activity.
Read More »4 Truths About Weights and Measures and True Worth
After a year of losing weight, John Clark looks back on his successes and frustrations, and cautions that we often overemphasize the physical appearance.
Read More »7 Extreme Lessons On Manners from Great Literature
In a surprising sweep of literature, Dr. Kalpakgian explores seven sources of extreme lessons on manners. Without manners, can we live in peace at all?
Read More »Tips for Homeschoolers: How to Beat Homesickness at College
Anna Eileen shares four tips to help new college students alleviate homesickness and maintain the same closeness to their families they had before.
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