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CraftyCatholicMoms’ Guide to Mother’s Day Gifts and Crafts
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CraftyCatholicMoms’ Guide to Mother’s Day Gifts and Crafts

ByErica Dunning

With May fast approaching, it’s time to turn our eyes toward mothers.  Crowning Mary First, we have our heavenly mother Mary. May is the month that we as Catholics especially honor and ask for the intercession of Our Lady. Crowning Mary is an old custom that, according to the University of Dayton, can be traced…

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I want Crafts I want Ideas for First Communion I want Lesson Plans I want Miracles Seek and you might find. Get the latest in your inbox! Subscribe Built with ConvertKit Supporting your domestic church and your faith formation class, one project at a time. Resources for Sunday Mass, domestic church home decor ideas, Monstrance…

All Saints Day Crafts: St. John Bosco Pumpkin
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All Saints Day Crafts: St. John Bosco Pumpkin

ByErica Dunning

In the grip of covid-19 shut downs and quarantine, my kids received three weeks worth of rays of hope in July from the beautiful nuns, novices, postulates, and volunteers of the Salesian Sisters. They host an annual summer camp at their locations across the U.S. This year, it just had to be over Zoom. Clearly,…

All Saints Day Crafts: St. Peter the Apostle Pumpkin
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All Saints Day Crafts: St. Peter the Apostle Pumpkin

ByErica Dunning

What better way to honor the very Apostle who was given the keys to the Kingdom and compared to a rock sturdy enough upon which to build the entire Church than in pumpkin form? If you happen to live near a creek, you might snag some large flat rocks to put your finished St. Peter…

All Saints Day Crafts: St. Lucy Pumpkin
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All Saints Day Crafts: St. Lucy Pumpkin

ByErica Dunning

All Saints Day Pumpkin Craft Last year, our third was attending PreK at a Catholic school. To my joyful surprise, she agreed to be a Saint in the Halloween parade for the PreK and Kinder students. The big sister influence rubbed off on my fourth, who was more than happy to wear a wreath of…

All Saints Day Crafts: St. Benedict Pumpkin
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All Saints Day Crafts: St. Benedict Pumpkin

ByErica Dunning

All Saints Day Crafts Sometime in October each year, our church, St. Luke, hosts a Christmas craft fair. There are some fantastic artisans and vendors, with everything from hand-made fabric books to fresh kettle corn (which I do not pass up!) to gorgeously framed icons. One year at the fair, a blended family with 8…

Dia de los Muertos-Inspired Wreath Craft
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Dia de los Muertos-Inspired Wreath Craft

ByErica Dunning

In San Antonio, and farther south, the influence of the traditional celebration of Dia de los Muertos is so prevalent that it’s popularity even has Target carrying decorating supplies in-store. If you check your facts on history.com and nationalgeographic.com, you’ll find that this celebration goes back to the Aztec empire in Mexico. The Aztec celebration…

The Parable of the Sower Catholic Family Activities and Resources
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The Parable of the Sower Catholic Family Activities and Resources

ByErica Dunning

Have you ever noticed freshly mowed medians along the streets of San Antonio? At a glance, they look like green and luxurious grass-laden islands, even in the scorching summer months. If you take a closer look, though, you’ll see the patches of tan and brown. If you’re stopped at a stoplight, or walk by one,…

Holy Trinity Sunday, Cycle A Family Crafts, Activities and Resources
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Holy Trinity Sunday, Cycle A Family Crafts, Activities and Resources

ByErica Dunning

For the past several years at Christmas, I’ve written the words “For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son…” (I consider our driveway and chalk to be fantastic evangelization tools!). This week’s Gospel, then, makes me think about Christmas, with all of its tangible and spiritual gifts. God gave us Himself,…