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This St. John the Baptist pumpkin is the perfect All Saints Day craft ideas to keep your kids motivated about learning about the lives of the saints. Plus they are super cute and easy to do, especially with preschoolers! All Saints Day Crafts My 8-year-old son, who likes to devour the Autom catalog when it…
This St. Faustina pumpkin is the perfect All Saints Day craft to keep your kids excited and learning about the lives of the saints. Plus they are super cute and easy to do, especially with preschoolers! All Saints Day Crafts After my mother-in-law called one day, I could barely wait to get started on this…
A reflection on the deeper meaning of Confirmation and the lasting impact of small reminders rooted in faith. Through personalized framed quotes inspired by confirmation saints, this piece explores how simple words can quietly guide, encourage, and stay with us for years to come.
For those of you who don’t like using paint, paper, or crafts overall, we’ve created instructions for a Lego version of Carlo Acutis, based on their popular line Brickheadz. This design captures a minimalistic version of the soon-to-be Saint using fewer than 200 individual parts. 2. Use two 4×4 square plates for the bottom of…
UPDATED! To celebrate Blessed Saint Carlo Acutis’s canonization and inspire our kids, we’ve made a family-friendly Carlo Acutis novena with prayers for healing and requests for his intercession. (Note: The one pictured will still show Bl. Carlo.) As we race toward December and all of the fasting and feasting it holds, the month of October…
In just a couple of weeks, when you tell your kids the family is giving up screen time for Lent, you’re going to need something to offer them instead to stop the whining. Our go-to activity? Reading. For years, we’ve read books aloud, long past when my older ones could read for themselves. Of course,…
On February 17, you’ll have the chance to snag an incredible resource from over 30 Catholic contributors for just $25. No matter what you’re looking for to help your family draw closer to Christ this Lent, you’re sure to find it in the Catholic Mom Bundle. It’s over $650 worth of content for just $25….
I can’t remember learning about Carlo, the millennial to-be saint, for the first time. When he was just a baby, I took my now approaching four year old son to view a relic of Carlo at my neighborhood parish. We waited in line for what seemed like a pilgrimage in its on rite. There were…
It’s fitting that the Lord would raise up a Saint, in His Divine providence, that would show us the way to him in the midst of our internet-crazed world. For Carlos Acutis, an Italian youth growing up in the 90’s and early 2000’s, computer science became a means to loving the Lord and his neighbor….
Blessed Carlo Acutis was born on May 13, 1992 in London, England. Soon after, his family moved to Milan, Italy. He attended various Catholic schools, and had private tutors. He was an only child, but was extremely close to a cousin about his age who lived nearby. For the most part, Carlo could have been…