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Featured Families
June 3, 2012
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One afternoon, while I was sitting outside watching my last brain cell fly away hand in hand with my last nerve cell, my neighbor came by. She sat beside me ...
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Deacon Eugene McGuirk
June 2, 2012
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Many Catholics know about Our Blessed Mother’s apparitions at both Fatima and Lourdes. Many also believe that the message of Our Lady of Fatima is of vital importance to the ...
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John Clark
June 1, 2012
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As readers of this column know, I recently wrote a book called Who’s Got You?, in the hopes of reminding Catholic fathers that theirs is a great calling. As part ...
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Ginny Seuffert
June 1, 2012
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A big benefit of home education is the opportunity to make sensible changes or additions to the curriculum to accommodate a particular child’s learning needs. Of course, the wise homeschooling mom realizes that modification needs to be implemented...
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Seton Home Study School
May 26, 2012
6,993 Views
May the jubilant voice of the Church reach all of you with the words which the ancient hymn puts on the lips of MaryMagdalene, the first to encounter the risen ...
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Ginny Seuffert
May 17, 2012
6,557 Views
Last weekend, my daughter graduated from college. (Summa cum laude — those Seton grads do okay for themselves!) The commencement ceremony was being held in Springfield, Illinois, home to Abraham ...
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Marlicia Fernandez
May 15, 2012
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Devotion to Mary Queen of Apostles is one of the oldest in the Church. Traditionally, the feast has been celebrated on the first Saturday after the feast of the Ascension. ...
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Marlicia Fernandez
May 7, 2012
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Marlicia Fernandez tells how dedicating the month of May to Mary is not only simply a tradition in the Americas, but in many other cultures as well.
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Bob Wiesner
May 2, 2012
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Parents with homeschooled students are often daunted by the whole college entrance experience. The process can be rather complicated, but if it is taken step by step, families can survive ...
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Contributing Writers
May 2, 2012
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by Jim Shanley John Clark has completed a series of conversations about a Father’s vocation on Johnnette Benkovic’s EWTN show Women of Grace. The shows take an in-depth look at ...
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John Clark
May 1, 2012
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While attending Christendom College, sometime between Metaphysics and Economics class, I decided that I wanted to become a stockbroker. Many brokers begin their careers when they are a bit older—some ...
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Ginny Seuffert
May 1, 2012
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by Ginny Seuffert | Clearly, modifying a curriculum plan to suit an individual student’s talents and abilities is an essential benefit of home schooling...
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Ginny Seuffert
April 28, 2012
8,637 Views
My two previous columns (available in the online newsletter archive) gave a brief history of the rise, and sadly the partial decline, of Catholic education in the United States. To ...
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Seton Home Study School
April 26, 2012
6,387 Views
As Blessed John Paul II observed, the future of humanity passes by way of the family (cf. Familiaris Consortio, 85). Indeed, “the good that the Church and society as a ...
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Marlicia Fernandez
April 24, 2012
10,728 Views
Why do kids need to learn Manuscript (cursive?) today? What I mean is….we don’t write much by hand anymore, isn’t printing enough?
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John Clark
April 1, 2012
7,324 Views
I recently spoke to a mom who lamented the fact that the modern culture is so bad that we really can’t expect as much from children and teenagers as we ...
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Ginny Seuffert
March 28, 2012
6,664 Views
Ginny Seuffert explores the somewhat surprising history of the beginning of Catholic homeschooling, and its birth in the fading of parochial schools.
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Seton Home Study School
March 26, 2012
6,495 Views
The source of every perfect gift is God who is Love – Deus caritas est: “Whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him” (1 Jn 4:16). Sacred ...
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Contributing Writers
March 8, 2012
5,388 Views
by Clare Schmitt One of our moms recently asked this question: “My son is in the 4th grade and seems to have trouble writing the paragraphs he is assigned. I ...
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Seton Home Study School
March 4, 2012
6,254 Views
Seton's counselors pulled together the top 8 tips for helping you learn how to study. With these in your arsenal, you're set for success.A
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