Somehow people think if you are a female Catholic saint you must be a doormat. Here we have a saint who left her husband and daughter to become a monk. Nope. Not a typo. St. Matrona is complicated. So much […]
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Author: Susie Lloyd
St. Cyprian the… Sorcerer?
Just in time for Halloween, this month’s saint was a real charmer. Literally. Don’t get him mixed up with the other, famous, respectable St. Cyprian who was once bishop of Carthage and is now mentioned in the Mass. This is […]
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Why We Take Homeschool Summers off
We take our homeschool summers off. We’re not like those homeschoolers who go at it all summer with a two-week break to sleep it off. We get off at the beginning of June. This year, we legged it for a […]
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8 Ways to Make Homeschooling Great Again
Are you stuck in homeschooling? Do you feel as if you’re running in place? Gasping for breath, feeling the burn but going no where? Time seems to loop like the movie Ground Hog Day; every day is like the one […]
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Lucky Enough to Be Irish Is Lucky Enough: Irish Gift of the Gab
A certain percentage of my husband is Irish. The rest of him reluctantly concedes being Scottish and Welsh – a fact that some would say makes him a danger to his own bodily well-being. Like his Chinese/Irish buddy who isn’t […]
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St. Gianna Molla Told her Future Husband “I Love You” First
St. Gianna Molla embraced life with gusto. She was adventurous and passionate by nature. Her oldest child, Pierluigi, remembers that his mother loved to drive fast. If the roads were clear she put the pedal to the metal. She was […]
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Saint Bucolus: Middle Child Syndrome?
There is not a lot of information about Saint Bucolus but that suits a greater purpose. You see, Saint Bucolus was the first bishop of Smyrna in Asia Minor (present day Turkey to you and me). He reposed peacefully in […]
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Homeschool Impossible: Your Spouse Helps Teach – Nicht!
Our children do not speak German. That is the single biggest regret of my homeschool career. Find out what went wrong on today’s episode of Homeschool Impossible. You are probably thinking that I should count myself lucky that my single […]
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Left to Tell on Screen: Immaculée Ilibagiza
When Immaculée Ilibagiza first published her memoir Left to Tell, it was with the modest hope of sharing the book with friends. Her agent, however, told her to quit her job. The book tells in harrowing detail about the 1994 […]
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20 Minutes of Joy for Homeschool Winter Burnout
What did Melville write again, “The damp, drizzly November in my soul whenever I find myself pausing involuntarily before coffin warehouses?” That is exactly how winter homeschool burnout feels – only forget November. November is National Decorating Season in America. […]
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