With spring cleaning around the corner in your home, Mary Donellan offers thoughts to inspire you towards the beautiful but often hidden virtue of industry.
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Contributing Writers April 1, 2017 5,243 Views
With spring cleaning around the corner in your home, Mary Donellan offers thoughts to inspire you towards the beautiful but often hidden virtue of industry.
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Catholic moms and daughters aren't the only ones called to make their work holy! Mary Donellan shares advice from Fr. Lasance for Catholic dads and sons.
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If Lent seems to come sooner every year, don't worry! Mary Donellan has eight spiritually rich ideas and old traditions to inspire your homeschool for Lent.
Read More »Contributing Writers January 23, 2017 9,040 Views
Has tutoring your younger sibling become a bumpy ride? Mary Donellan offers six simple strategies to keep calm and have fun as you help teach your sibling.
Read More »Contributing Writers January 17, 2017 6,093 Views
January is the month of the Holy Name of Jesus. Mary Donellan offers five simple ways to honor His Name and make reparation for the world's irreverence.
Read More »Contributing Writers December 27, 2016 7,682 Views
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!
Read More »Contributing Writers December 14, 2016 5,577 Views
Not sure how to welcome the spirit of Advent into your home this year? Mary Donellan describes her family's simple and achievable prayer traditions.
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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.
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Need a little help? In October we honor our guardian angels. Mary Donellan reminds us to involve our often overlooked helpers in our homeschooling efforts.
Read More »Contributing Writers August 21, 2016 26,339 Views
Nervous about the new school year? Mary Donellan has encouragement and wisdom from Saint Benedict, Francis de Sales, and Augustine just for homeschoolers.
Read More »Contributing Writers August 4, 2016 7,552 Views
You may be surprised why Mary Donellan is a grateful homeschool graduate. Here she cites three amusing reasons which she credits entirely to homeschooling.
Read More »Contributing Writers July 12, 2016 6,134 Views
Mary Donellan offers that summer can be the perfect time to deepen our Spiritual Life with God. Here are four simple tried-and-true methods of her own!
Read More »Contributing Writers June 14, 2016 7,503 Views
Mary Donellan offers a heartfelt tribute to homeschooling dads, and reminds us to honor these unsung heroes in a special way this Father’s Day.
Read More »Contributing Writers May 28, 2016 11,137 Views
Homeschooling mothers are today’s heroines. Mary Donellan, shares a School Bus tradition in a heart-felt tribute to her mother and all homeschooling moms.
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Interested in a personal booklist? Mary Donellan decided that's what she needed to reclaim her reading habit and came up with a simple three step solution.
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Mary Donellan says parents can find in homeschooling the unique opportunity to fully foster their children's desire to discover their God-given vocations.
Read More »Contributing Writers February 16, 2016 7,486 Views
Mary Donellan reflects on lessons learned as a Mass Cantor, and realizes that her successes come from her experience as a homeschooler. Find out why!
Read More »Contributing Writers December 26, 2015 4,332 Views
Mary Donellan shares her hilarious true story of a Christmas celebrated in the parking lot, and the cheeriness that kept the spirit of Christmas alive.
Read More »Contributing Writers December 2, 2015 7,114 Views
Mary Donellan shares the top eight special gifts she finds in Catholic homeschooling arranged as an acrostic.
Read More »Contributing Writers October 25, 2015 6,927 Views
Your ultimate destiny is sainthood, and by following your unique vocation, you will change the world - with or without a degree!
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