Happy St. Patrick’s Day – free download for you


I will return to posting the Camp Manual tomorrow, but wanted to share a really lovely download package available free from my dear friend Paola Ciszanik over at Emmanuel Books. I’ll be praying it is…

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Camp Manual – #3


BORING (BUT ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL) BUSINESS STUFF: INSURANCE: The need to make sure you have proper insurance cannot be overstated. While talking about insurance seems so dry, we know you are aware of the risks faced…

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Camp Manual – 2nd Post


First, many thanks to Carol who has already given us some great feedback which I will incorporate in the “final” manual and future posts. WHO TO INVITE – (expect changes to this section based on…

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Considering a Camp?


CAMP MANUAL – Section I You may have seen our Little Flower camps or Mary’s Garden Parties advertised on our site (www.beholdpublications.com) or through the blog and thought ‘I wish I could take my daughter…

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Novena to St. Joseph begins tomorrow


He is considered by many to be the most popular or favorite saint and why not? Though he was a man of few words (actually no words) in Scripture, he was a man of action….

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Important News about 2020 Camps


While it may still be cold where you are and Easter remains weeks away, many families are already starting to plan their summer plans. Realizing this, Joan Stromberg and I want to let all of…

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Happy Feast of St. Katharine Drexel – Do something unexpected!


She arrives to visit with us in our Wreath II, holding a bouquet of daisies, ready to teach us about the virtue of generosity with stories of her own remarkable life (1858-1955). Her story is…

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Choose Life


Coming so soon after the March for Life, this phrase usually reminds us of the horrors of our abortion culture. This is true; yet choosing life means so much more than that. Today’s first reading,…

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Sometimes God makes things really clear – planning Lent 2020


I always start the season of Lent hoping for a huge, spiritual transformation. I usually end Lent disappointed as I remain virtually unchanged, same old, same old Rachel – sins, warts and all. Determined that…

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A new day is coming….


Ash Wednesday is right around the corner and with it comes a new Lent. Lent is the time Christ asks us to come away from ourselves and join him in desert as we await the…

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