Not to be a whiner, but there have been parts of this Advent which have felt like Lent in our house.  Rather than cheerfully preparing for a beloved guest, I ...

by Lorraine Espenhain | In this holy and penitential season of Advent, the court of Heaven is summoning you to stand up, step out, and dare to become one of them!

Christmas is upon us again! Here are five favorite, seasonal recipes submitted by our Featured Families, traditions in their homes. Thank you for being a part of our Christmas issue, ...

The "12 Days of Christmas" gives us a chance to ponder aspects of our Catholic Faith inspired by the gifts mentioned.

This is the tenth article in the series How to Get an Elite Prep School Education on a Homeschool Budget. Unquestionably, children from entitled backgrounds will themselves often enjoy lifetimes of ...

by Christine Smitha | It isn’t easy to keep the Christmas spirit alive, especially after Christmas, when everyone else seems to have forgotten that it ever was Christmas.

by Mary Ellen Barrett | Christmas week can be a very stressful one for us homeschool moms, maybe even more so because...

by Emily Molitor | Growing up in a large family, this time of waiting meant baking cookies, reading books, and creating crafts.

by Mary Kay Clark | Students like this tend to be overlooked in a classroom situation, and often fall seriously behind in the junior high grade levels.

by Abby Sasscer | We here at the little house on the hills are big fans of black beans.

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 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?

by Dr Mary Kay Clark | As we homeschooling families approach Christmas, it is not easy to keep the children attentive to their studies.

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.

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.

by Pamela Patnode | I had the incredible privilege of traveling to Mexico City for the first International Catholic Home Education Conference.

by Lorraine Espenhain | Spending five or six hours in a kitchen preparing food is just not my idea of a good time.

by Emily Molitor | Cleaning my house and cleaning my soul can be a useful analogy for me as a housewife.

by Abby Sasscer | My family never gets tired of asking for Cream of Broccoli Soup during this time of year.

by Lorraine Espenhain | Journaling is for technicians, janitors, gardeners, nurses, moms, dads, students, and starving artists! It’s not just for writers.