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Mary Donellan offers that the Advent wreath is the secret to keeping your family's Advent both simple and sacred during the chaos of the holiday season.

While the holiday rush builds around you, Jennifer Elia offers some practical tips to not only keep your sanity but to have your most fruitful Advent ever.

Elizabeth Turajski takes the stress out of Advent projects with her favorite non-artistic ways to celebrate the season with her kids. Glue gun not required!

Maria Nauman, a Featured Family on SetonMagazine.com, has hand-drawn and inked out a beautiful, full-page celebration of Advent 2016 for you to enjoy!

Fed up with trying to do Algebra while the pot roast burns? Amanda Evinger, homeschooling Mom, shares some favorite tips on homeschooling and homemaking.

No need to as Amy Pawlusiak, mother of five children from teen to toddler has found some easy ways to embrace the season.

It's more than just grades! Seton graduate Anna Eileen shares her favorite tips and strategies on making a homeschooler's college application stand out.

Pass the pumpkin pie and count those blessings, it's Thanksgiving time and Jennifer Elia shows why her family is so thankful to be a homeschooling family.

Any day is a great day for giving thanks for homeschooling. After eight years of homeschooling, Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur offers six reasons she's thankful.

Amanda Evinger has five reasons why "keeping it Catholic" is a true blessing for her family when it comes honoring God through her homeschooling curriculum.

What do homeschoolers have in common with a German-immigrant priest from the 1800s? Gina Berrios presents the inspiring story of Bl. Francis Xavier Seelos.

Thanksgiving is almost here! Jennifer Elia shows you some creative ways your family can start celebrating the holiday with projects that foster gratitude.

Tired of being put to the test by family and friends? Amanda Evinger, homeschooling mother of three, gives great advice on how to respond to scrutinizers.

Seton grad Elizabeth Jamieson, now a freshman at Christendom College, found the transition to college natural as the schools are two sides of the same coin.

People tend to think a large family can’t be done well these days. Christa Owen says that what they are missing is that with God, all things are possible.

Patriotism is more than sentiment; it is a Catholic virtue. Jennifer Hansen shares 6 tips in a quick guide of how to serve God through being a good citizen.

Take heart, Father Mark Wenzinger has this advice for Catholics participating in American politics when the outcome is less than desirable or distressing.

Busy homeschooling moms do not have time to clean all day. Patricia Purcell gives tips for getting the kids to help keep the house clean and organized too.

Sometimes high school students fall behind. Senior MaryAnn Dudley shares tips she learned when she was a half year behind and finished before summer ended.

Beauty found: Amy Pawlusiak seeks to find the beauty around her, despite having a large family, in a crazy world and concludes that God has a simple answer.