by Dr. Mary Kay Clark | With all the hectic activity of December—preparing for Christmas parties, buying gifts, cleaning the house—it’s easy to forget that we should mainly be preparing our hearts
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by Lorraine Espenhain | If our motives for working give value to our labors for God, how can we be sure that those labors are done for love of God and not to promote and glorify self?
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by John Clark | Pope Francis challenged me to see the joy in the virtue of poverty. For whatever reason, I got a glimpse of it, and it looked wondrous.
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by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | In G.K. Chesterton’s “The Wrong Shape,” Father Brown makes a curious observation that puzzles Flambeau, another master detective like the priest.
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by Dr Mary Kay Clark | As we homeschooling families approach Christmas, it is not easy to keep the children attentive to their studies.
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by Dave Armstrong | Golgotha. It's the epicenter of Christianity: our “holy of holies”; indeed, the spiritual center of the entire universe...
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By Ginny Seuffert | Why develop a personal code of standards? Shouldn’t our children live according to Catholic standards? Studying Holy Mother Church closely, especially the saints, answers that question.
Read More »Follow the Days of Advent! Free Advent Activity
Maria Nauman, a Featured Family on SetonMagazine.com, has hand-drawn and inked out a beautiful, full-page activity for you and your children to enjoy! Pin it up on your fridge, and ...
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by Bob Wiesner | The Soviet system gave the world more holy martyrdoms in just the 20th century than died in all the previous history of Christianity.
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by Mary Ellen Barrett | I wanted a beautiful home for Advent, but instead got sheetrock, spackle, large men with tool belts and very little heat.
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by Pamela Patnode | I had the incredible privilege of traveling to Mexico City for the first International Catholic Home Education Conference.
Read More »4 Reasons Why Baseball is Better Than Football
by John Clark | 1) Baseball is a game that is designed for warm, sunny weather... 5) Baseball is more hopeful than football.
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by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | G.K. Chesterton remarked that fifty percent of education is atmosphere.
Read More »Keeping Thanksgiving Simple… Real Simple.
by Lorraine Espenhain | Spending five or six hours in a kitchen preparing food is just not my idea of a good time.
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by Emily Molitor | Cleaning my house and cleaning my soul can be a useful analogy for me as a housewife.
Read More »Abby Sasscer’s Easy Cream of Broccoli Soup Recipe – Simple Kitchen Series!
by Abby Sasscer | My family never gets tired of asking for Cream of Broccoli Soup during this time of year.
Read More »Families & Grandparents: Why We Need Each Other
United extended families with grandparents, uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews, and cousins are spirited clans that bring a fullness of joy into the world.
Read More »Let’s Journal Through Advent! Connecting With Your Soul on Paper
by Lorraine Espenhain | Journaling is for technicians, janitors, gardeners, nurses, moms, dads, students, and starving artists! It’s not just for writers.
Read More »4 Proven Ways to Teach Your Kids Responsibility
Responsibility is an utterly essential part of the homeschool curriculum and gives busy homeschooling moms and dads some much needed practical help.
Read More »Crisis Management 101 with Padre Pio
by Debbie Gaudino | The answer, I propose, lies in the wisdom of Saint Padre Pio's short maxim: "Pray, Hope and Don't Worry."
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