Welcome Back! Welcome to All! Happy Feast of St. Teresa of Calcutta


  It is a new school year and with this comes sharp pencils, clean backpacks, a homeschool Mom’s dream of a perfect year and – new Little Flower, Blue Knight and Hospitality Meetings! It is…

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Novena for the current crisis


  If you are struggling, as most of us are, with the current crisis facing our Church, you may be wondering what you can do. Here are a few of many, excellent suggestions being put…

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THANK YOU to all the campers and their Moms!


  It was a wonderful summer visiting Virginia, Minnesota, and this past weekend – Kentucky! I want to give a sincere thank you to all the Moms who helped host our camps (and me) and…

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Happy Feast of the Transfiguration


  Today we celebrate the FEAST OF THE TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD, this day’s reading from Mark 9:2-10. This story is retold in the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew 17:1–8, Mark 9:2–8, Luke 9:28–36) and each offers…

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Feeling like time has slipped away from you?


  I have often felt like time has slipped through my fingers; too often. Wether this feeling has come from losing track of time while on the internet (“I’ll just take a look at a…

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Don’t worry; be happy – easy for Bobby McFerrin to say!


I may be dating myself here but I love this hit from 1988 by the marvelous Bobby McFerrin doing what he does – without any instruments! Don’t Worry, Be Happy! Now this secular song doesn’t…

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How have you been? How is your school year winding down?


My last homeschool co-op event (a student showcase) was last night and I woke up this morning feeling lighter and better than I have in months. I did not realize just how stressed I was…

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Are we ready to forgive? Everyone?


Today is when Lent gets real – are we ready to forgive? The gospel for today is the parable of the ungrateful servant who is unable to forgive the friend who owes him a pittance after…

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Happy Feast of St. Katharine Drexel


  Our patroness for generosity, Katharine’s parents were generous from the start, opening the doors of their Philadelphia home to the poor every week. When her father died leaving a fortune of approx. $400 million…

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Lent and Blind Spots


Happy 1st of March! I was reminded today in one the prayer books I am using this Lent that today – the first day of the month of March – as a good time to…

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