An Interview with 2015 Seton Graduate Catherine Shaw & her family. What brought your family to homeschooling, and specifically to Seton? Mrs. Shaw: When Elizabeth (the oldest) was three, we ...
Read More »Catholic Tales for Boys & Girls – Reviewing My 2 Favorite Stories
The Catholic Tales for Boys and Girls two-book set contains a variety of Catholic-centered stories which teach good morals using children’s everyday life experiences. It is written from the viewpoint ...
Read More »Clare’s Costly Cookie: A Children’s Story About Temptation and Grace
by Catherine Forrester | This book absolutely floored me. I could hardly believe that a book like 'Clare's Costly Cookies' exists.
Read More »Homeschooling Doesn’t Come With a User’s Manual
by Catherine Shaw | On the very first day of my homeschooling freshman year, I remember pulling down the Religion 9 course from the gigantic looming stack of lesson plan binders.
Read More »The Patron of Homeschooling
by Dr. Mary Kay Clark | She was adopted as the patron saint of homeschooling Catholic leaders back in the 1980s when we gathered together in the Chicago area to discuss Catholic homeschooling issues.
Read More »Why the Feast of the Annunciation is Relevant Today
by Catherine Forrester | When I first heard of the feast day of the 'Annunciation of the Lord', the first thought that crossed my mind was “Isn't it the Annunciation of Mary?”
Read More »Spring Reading Sale: 3 New Exciting Books for Boys & Girls
When I came into the office this morning, I found myself in love with a new stack of books on the table by my desk. How exciting! Reading has always ...
Read More »Lent and The Saints: Books & CDs to Inspire Your Family
We are now halfway through the journey of Lent and may be finding ourselves falling short in our attempts to “grow deeper in holiness and please God, all the while ...
Read More »3 Must-Have Books to Help Children Get the ‘Why’ of Lent
During Lent, we want to stop and prepare our hearts for a penitential time of fasting, alms-giving, and prayer. Lent does not have to be just a time of personal ...
Read More »Saint Catherine of Siena: Patroness and Model of Homeschooling
by Dr Clark | Many years ago, a group of about forty Catholic homeschool state support group leaders gathered in Chicago for two or three consecutive years, in the month of April, to discuss the growing Catholic homeschooling movement. It was not an easy meeting to attend as we all had children and not much money for such trips.
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