To teach a virtue, I sometimes let my kids make unwise decisions which teaches them far more than I could by bailing them out.
Read More »Building Saints: The Importance and Practice of Obedience
Obedience may be an unfashionable word in our permissive culture but without it, homeschooling is challenging at best. Here are simple ways to get on track.
Read More »Homeschooling With Our Special Friends the Saints: A Visit With the Sanborn Family
Here in the homeschooling Sanborn family is that sort of living, breathing faith all of us pray for, points of light and hope in the shadows of this world.
Read More »St. Joseph – “Terror of Demons” The Hidden Power of Meekness
College-bound? To witness for Christ in the post-COVID world be meek like St. Joseph, "Terror of Demons", the quiet and confident professional of Faith.
Read More »Olympic Virtue
John Clark shares this surprisingly simple advice from a holy priest on how to take a virtue that you already possess to new heights and change your life.
Read More »Family Dinner Hour – Secret Ingredient of Healthier Families
They may be hard to schedule but Cheryl Hernandez explains why the family dinner is important, including healthier families and happier, less-stressed kids.
Read More »St. Thomas Aquinas on Virtue and Catholic Homeschooling
Homeschooling dad and blogger John Clark opines on St. Thomas Aquinas, the virtue of perseverance, and its relation to the Catholic Homeschooling family.
Read More »5 Lenten Family Projects to Yield Abundant Fruit
Give up more than sweets with these 5 Lenten family projects and see how much lasting fruit you get in return. #5 may be hardest but could yield the most!!
Read More »On the Nose: 4 Ways Pinocchio Teaches Children Common Sense
In a world in want of common sense, Mitchell Kalpakgian finds priceless lessons in Pinocchio to teach our children how to live virtuous and rewarding lives.
Read More »‘Virtue’ or ‘Leadership’? The Not-So-Secret Crisis Most Leaders Face
Today's buzzword is 'leadership'. But most leaders struggle with an inability to lead - largely because of a lack of moral vision. Should virtue come first?
Read More »The Secret to ‘Thank You Mom’ When We See a School Bus
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.
Read More »Stealthy Goodness: A Virtue Only Grandparents Can Have?
Dr Mitchell Kalpakgian delves into the relationship that grandparents used to have with grandkids, and the beautiful benefits that can still come from it.
Read More »The ‘Genius of Woman’: 4 Virtues that Women Live Best
by Emily Molitor | Pope John Paul II wrote extensively on the genius of woman, and I would like to focus here on a few specific virtues which he applies particularly to the heart of women.
Read More »5 Things to Learn About Virtue from St. Francis de Sales
by Kevin Clark | St. Francis de Sales, a Bishop and spiritual writer, is best known for 'Introduction to the Devout Life'. Here are five of the things we can learn from him about virtue...
Read More »Un-Common Core: Where Does it Go?
There has been a lot of worry lately among homeschooling parents regarding the “common core” curriculum. Judging by the amount of views by readers of this journal, it is the biggest issue of the day. But the problem is not so much in merely having a common core—it is in what that common core consists. Some cores are good and some are rotten.
Read More »The Family: Cradle of Civil Society
Pope Leo XIII| This is a suitable moment for us to exhort especially heads of families to govern their households according to these precepts, and to educate their children from their earliest years. The family may be regarded as the cradle of civil society, and it is in great measure within the circle of family life that the destiny of the State is fostered.
Read More »Love and Virtue
“Love, and do what you will.” St. Augustine of Hippo There are many virtues that we might name: honesty, modesty, magnanimity, prudence, and temperance, for example. Suppose that we were ...
Read More »The Family: Salvation of Society
Pope Leo XIII | They who would break away from Christian discipline are working to corrupt family life and to destroy it utterly, root and branch. From such an unholy purpose, they are not deterred by the fact that they are inflicting a cruel outrage on parents who have the right
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