Ginny’s Gems

Homeschool mom Elizabeth Turajski shares five easy ways to simplify your home and life in the new year. Letting go can bring a lot more peace into your life

The death of a loved one can be overwhelming. Amanda Evinger shares 5 practical and spiritual ways to cope with grief while taking care of your family.

John Clark saw the Feast of Epiphany an opportunity to highlight a few quotes about the Three Wise Men, who "invented the art of giving Christmas presents".

Gina Berrios shares four ways to celebrate Feast of the Epiphany: the coming of the three Kings with gifts, King cake, Epiphany Door Blessing and Adoration.

Winter can be a tough time for motivation, Seton alumna Anna Eileen shares 4 study strategies to achieve more this semester and crush your homeschool goals.

Dr. Mary Kay Clark shares similarities between the Holy Family's flight from King Herod to Egypt and homeschooling families' flight from government schools.

Cheryl Hernández, a homeschool mom of 9, gives tips on how to teach the virtue of self-control to young children. Part 1 of this series explores boundaries.

Homeschool student resolution: resolve to reflect on your schooling situation and recognize the sacrifice your parents are making by choosing to homeschool.

To form good habits, give consideration to these key areas when making family resolutions. The secret is to focus on habits that we are motivated to keep.

John Clark offers the opinion that there's not a mirror in the world that reflects so deeply and so profoundly upon our souls as the faces of our children.

In her latest Q & A to families, Dr. Mary Kay Clark explains how an enrolled family can find out if there are any online helps for their children's courses?

This article takes some unique and profound quotes from the Saints and relates them to the spiritual journey of a homeschooling family.

Discouraged at how secular Christmas "ends" on Dec. 26th? Mary Donellan offers five fun ways to celebrate the true Christmas season at home, Catholic-style!

Sometimes chaotic, often exciting, homeschooling is a blessing for the Berquist family making it possible to form their home into a vibrant domestic church.

In a world that celebrates the materialistic, Amy Pawlusiak offers why the Church, in her wisdom, gives us twelve days to keep Christmas alive in our homes.

Dom Alban Baker admits that keeping the Christian Christmas in the face of the smothering Santa Claus version is a challenge, but one we should tackle!

Editor’s note: John Clark is taking a well-deserved rest from his column this week in order to spend time with his family. He asked us to re-wrap this story about ...

It's the time of year when parents are making their lists and checking them twice. Jennifer Elia presents some gift ideas that will keep giving all year.

Six Seton Families who welcomed us into their homes to share their homeschool stories in 2016 send Christmas greetings. Blessings on their homes and yours!

Andrew Murphy invites us to view Christmas from a new perspective, relating a story of the greatest gift he received last year and its surprising setting.