Ginny’s Gems

Understanding your children's temperaments, sanguine, phlegmatic, choleric, and melancholic, can help make sense of how we relate and grow closer as family.

The Triduum, the three days from the Holy Thursday evening to Easter Sunday, here's how to truly live the Triduum and teach our children to do so as well.

Seton Latin, history, and religion Counselor Aidan Callegari loves current events, a good cup of coffee, and encourages students to ask the deep questions.

As we journey through Lent with our family, Mary Ellen Barrett shares activities to draw you closer to each other and prepare your hearts to welcome Jesus.

It can be hard for children to sacrifice but blessing bags can teach that we are called to see the face of Christ in all people and to love them as He does.

Could St. Joseph respond to your teaching your children to love Jesus, with anything but love? Or not provide his powerful help for your homeschooling?

Twins who fought on opposite sides during the Revolutionary War reflect that America needs all of her children to make the great dream of liberty come true.

Asked to opine on beauty, John Clark says that every Catholic family is a reflection of God and is a form of beauty that rises above the material world.

Parents ask how much help should they give a child with homework. Dr. Clark offers a guideline and practical suggestions for this frequently asked question.

Struggling to beautify your home? Regina Doman offers that you might need to consider your parameters, say no to what doesn't matter and focus on what does.

Jeff Minick draws on the works of three life-long students of beauty to understand its value, appreciate its power, and discover how it makes us more human.

Maria Brasile likes that Seton keeps the focus on our Catholic faith throughout the curriculum which helps keep their school and their days God-centered.

The March for Life is an awesome way for Catholic homeschoolers to get involved in the pro-life cause, speaking up for babies whose voices can not be heard.

This homemade crown of thorns can make it easier for your little ones to tackle their sacrifices in small daily bits and see how their penance bears fruit.

This Lent, Mary Ellen Barrett helps families count down the days of their Lenten journey with activities that could become traditions that last a lifetime.

Anna and Ed have chosen to homeschool to get their children to heaven of course but to also “Think for themselves. Eyes wide open. Be able to debate ideas.”

Catholic homeschoolers are poised to change the culture as we march together toward a world where all life is welcomed and cherished. May we live to see it.

Inspire and strengthen your homeschool journey with these pearls of wisdom and insight selected by Msgr. Joseph B. Code from Mother Seton's daily writings.

Looking for a miracle? Ask St. Blaise, a popular saint during the Middle Ages, one of the 14 Holy Helpers, and a physician known for miraculous cures.

Seton's philosophy, "Adjust the program to fit the child, not the child to fit the program” is borne out in Laraine and Art Bennett's book on temperaments.