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October 2012

October 01, 2012

St. Therese of Lisieux

On the Feast of St. Therese, my son decided to read aloud the prayer in...

August 2012

August 30, 2012

Novena for Marriage and Family

A few months ago I signed up on the "Pray More Novenas" website to receive...

August 20, 2012

An African Woman’s Plea to Melinda Gates

Dear friends ~ I found this article to be both enlightening and touching, and wanted...

June 2012

June 28, 2012

The Veil is So Thin

Good afternoon, dear readers! I apologize for being a bit absent over the past week...

June 20, 2012

Mass Times

MaryAlice posted some great vacation tips recently, which included going to Mass when travelling. Our...

May 2012

May 28, 2012

A Wonderful First Holy Communion

Yesterday, our eldest celebrated his First Holy Communion - what a milestone in the life...

April 2012

April 23, 2012

New Aquinas Institute Website

The Aquinas Institute at Princeton--through which most of us Builders discovered or enlivened our Catholic...

April 06, 2012

My Own Passion

After a long church service today, with kids climbing on me and whining and trying...

April 05, 2012

Seven Churches Visitation

This year, on the 10th anniversary of my reception into the Catholic Church and First...

February 2012

February 22, 2012

Sweet Lenten Beginnings

The three younger ones and I just returned from our Ash Wednesday service... Can I...

January 2012

January 23, 2012

Pray for an End to Abortion

Please remember all those Marching for Life in Washington today. It wasn't that many years...

January 04, 2012

Catholicism

My husband and I recently began watching the Catholicism series that we DVRed some time...

December 2011

December 28, 2011

A Catholic Christmas funny

I found this article a light chuckle amidst the cozy fire and twinkling Christmas tree...

September 2011

September 05, 2011

A Workman’s (Mother’s!) Prayer to St. Joseph

Glorious St. Joseph, model of all those who are devoted to labor, obtain for me...

August 2011

August 08, 2011

Awesome “Catholicism” Trailer

"The Catholic story is being told, but being told by the wrong people in the...

August 04, 2011

A Crying Shame

As the mother of a crying baby who I walked to the back of the...

July 2011

July 20, 2011

Pope appoints Archbishop Chaput to Philadelphia archdiocese :: Catholic News Agency (CNA)

Pope appoints Archbishop Chaput to Philadelphia archdiocese :: Catholic News Agency (CNA). Exciting news...

July 11, 2011

A Great Resource for Us All

Happy Monday morning, dear friends! There is a beautiful website called Catholics Come Home that I...

July 01, 2011

Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

A happy Feast of the Sacred Heart to all of you! For those of you...

April 2011

April 04, 2011

Turn to Mary

After we returned home from a family vacation a couple of weeks ago, my husband...

March 2011

March 30, 2011

Be Ye Perfect

Our Lent began in a haze, we all had the flu and infections, we stayed...

March 21, 2011

To begin the week…

"The field of battle between God and Satan is the human soul. It is in...

February 2011

February 23, 2011

There’s an App for that…Catholic Version

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January 2011

January 24, 2011

Scriptures for Parenting

Good morning, friends! After a weekend away, I am having a hard time clearing my...

January 15, 2011

Servant of God John Paul II

Our beloved Pope John Paul II will be beatified on Divine Mercy Sunday, May 1st...

January 05, 2011

Peace for the New Year

Consider the surface of a lake, above which the sun is shining. If the surface...

December 2010

December 20, 2010

Beginnings and Endings

One of the Christian fellowship groups at Princeton had (and perhaps still has) a really...

December 08, 2010

Feast of the Immaculate Conception

Happy Feast Day! The Feast of the Immaculate Conception is a Marian Feast Day, in...

November 2010

November 30, 2010

St. Andrew’s Christmas Novena – Begins Today! (Nov. 30th)

It's still November 30th, so if you were hoping to pray this beautiful Christmas Novena,...

October 2010

October 26, 2010

Splendid Love

There is a great feature article today at Faith and Family Live - check it...