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Pope Awesome and Other Stories
Pope Awesome and Other Stories One of the nice perks of my husband being the producer of a Catholic radio show is that he gets copies of Catholic books. And sometimes those books make their way home...
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First Confession!
We were chatting with Father Matt after Mass today and as he was asking about how everything is going, we happened to mention that Bella had been preparing for her first confession and telling him she...
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Salt and Light: The Call to Discipleship Today, Now
The Calling of St Peter and St Andrew by James Tissot This morning Father Currie opened his homily with an anecdote. A boy asked him what he does when he’s not being a priest. And Father replied that...
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The Little Oratory Giveaway– Winner Announcement
ELisa has won. Yay Elisa!!!! I wish I could give a copy of the book away to everyone who entered. If you do decided to go ahead and buy a copy… consider buying through my affiliate link: The Little...
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“Nobody Likes the Tangerines”–Reinventing the Liturgical Year
“Nobody likes the tangerines,” says the Doctor to Father Christmas Sunday morning on our way to Mass Dom commented on the sign at the corner pharmacy advertising Valentines Day merchandise, wondering...
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“Two Happy Little Boys”
Recently I checked a Mother Goose collection out of the library, My Mother Goose by David McPhail. I’m not sure why since we already own several nursery rhyme collections. But I like looking at new...
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Autonomy is the child’s secret dream
Illustration from Coot Club, one or Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons novels. Autonomy Is the Child’s Secret Dream: Free-Range Books, Competence, and Constraint For some time I’ve been aware of...
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Kicking the Devil Down the Stairs: St Michael, Superheroes, Swords, and...
A mom in one of my Facebook groups is — understandably— concerned that her six year old boy is suddenly obsessed with the devil, talking about him constantly, asking lots of questions about the devil,...
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Child-Size Dangers: A Training Ground for the Young
Jabberwocky illustration by John Tenniel, via Wikimedia Commons Part One: A Training Ground for the Young In the Dresden Files short story collection Brief Cases there is a short story titled “Zoo Day”...
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Child Sized Dangers Part Two: Better Drowned Than Duffers
Arthur Ransome’s juvenile novel Swallows and Amazons opens with the receipt of a telegram. Roger and the other Walker children have been waiting eagerly for the response from their father to their...
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