Dr. Mary Kay Clark showcases the life and story of Mother Rose Duchesne, with a focus on her efforts to educate young girls in Europe and America.

by Dr Mary Kay Clark | Father Isaac Jogues’ message to us homeschool mothers is that we must be faithful to our duty to our children, faithful to those inside our homes

by Dr Mary Kay Clark | When your kids are done with your Catholic books from Seton, give those books to another family in your parish.

by Dr Mary Kay Clark | Junipero Serra was born in 1713 and grew up on an island off the east coast of Spain. Junipero’s family lived in a farming community where children helped their parents on the family farm.

by Dr. Mary Kay Clark | On August 15, we celebrate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mother into Heaven, body and soul.

by Dr Mary Kay Clark | The Holy Spirit is calling each one of you to be today’s Apostles. He will give you the strength and the courage to spread the Gospel...

On June 16, 1675, Jesus declared that she was to establish in the Church a special day of devotion to His Sacred Heart.

St. Rita, whose feast day is May 22, is a saint we hear of infrequently, perhaps because she had such an unusual life. However, we homeschooling mothers may consider St. ...

by Dr. Mary Kay Clark | She was adopted as the patron saint of homeschooling Catholic leaders back in the 1980s when we gathered together in the Chicago area to discuss Catholic homeschooling issues.

by Mary Kay Clark | Without the Catholic Faith as the basis of all learning, all other education is of little worth for eternal life...

by Dr. Mary Kay Clark | On February 11th, we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. Our Blessed Mother appeared to St. Bernadette, a fourteen-year-old girl, in Lourdes, France, in 1858.

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

by Dr. Mary Kay Clark | It was Anne’s and Joachim’s realization that she needed to be protected from the curiosity of others, that made them decide to take Mary to the private, protective...

by Mary Kay Clark | Devotion to the Sacred Heart became popular in the Church through the visions given to St. Margaret Mary...

by Mary Kay Clark | The Faithful Virgin was born full of grace. Nevertheless, she still had a free will, just as we do. Unlike us, however, Mary remained faithful throughout her life.

Those in the Franciscan Order, as well as lay people who are in the Franciscan Third Order, will be celebrating the feast of St. Clare of Assisi on August 12. ...

by Mary Kay Clark | Most of us homeschooling mothers have a special place in our hearts for St. Anne, whose feast day we celebrate with St. Joachim.

by Mary Kay Clark | Jesus Himself clearly wishes us to consider her our Mother of Perpetual Help, considering all her apparitions and her messages...

by Mary Kay Clark | St. Monica, the mother of St. Augustine, is considered by the Church to be a patron saint for mothers, and is honored by the Church with her feast day on May 4th. Monica was born in 332—only 300 years after the crucifixion of Jesus—in Tagaste, currently Algeria, in North Africa.

by Dr Clark | Many years ago, a group of about forty Catholic homeschool state support group leaders gathered in Chicago for two or three consecutive years, in the month of April, to discuss the growing Catholic homeschooling movement. It was not an easy meeting to attend as we all had children and not much money for such trips.