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Remembering the When. Celebrating the Now.

August 29, 2023 By Cara Meredith Leave a Comment

On my wedding anniversary, I found myself browsing through old photo albums on Facebook.

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Filed Under: Prayer Tagged With: Prayer, relationships

Clare of Assisi and Rules of Life

August 11, 2023 By Elizabeth Felicetti Leave a Comment

One book that has survived moves and book purges since I graduated seminary is Francis and Clare: The Complete Works from the Classics of Western Spirituality series.

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Filed Under: Prayer, Saints Tagged With: Daily Office, Forward Movement, monastic, Prayer, rule of life, Saint Clare, saints

Saint Ignatius of Loyola: Will Back-to-School be More or Magis?

July 31, 2023 By Genevieve Razim Leave a Comment

As we gear up for school and prepare for the effort and pace that comes with doing more, this is also a time to pause and set our spiritual intentions.

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Filed Under: Prayer, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: back to school, Family, Prayer

God be in my head

July 18, 2023 By Scott Robinson Leave a Comment

So I had this vision.

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Filed Under: Prayer Tagged With: Prayer

Crafting A Faith-Filled Summer: A Program of Process Art & Prayer Activities

June 27, 2023 By Bird Treacy Leave a Comment

If you have a young child, you may not realize it, but your home is probably full of process art.

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Filed Under: Prayer, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: art, intergenerational, Prayer, prayer cards

Monica/Monnica, Woman of Prayer

May 4, 2023 By Mariclair Partee Carlsen Leave a Comment

If you are a western Christian, Saint Monica might be the second most famous Christian mother you can name, after Our Lady.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Prayer, Saints Tagged With: Augustine, motherhood, parenting, saints

Cultivating Holy Space

March 28, 2023 By Stephanie Moncrieff Leave a Comment

Space. It felt as if I never had enough.

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Filed Under: Lent, Parenting, Prayer Tagged With: Contemplation, Lent, Prayer, young children

A Window into Heaven – and Here

January 29, 2023 By Mary Lee Wile Leave a Comment

Some years ago I took a retreat among the brothers at the Society of St. John the Evangelist that focused on icons.

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Filed Under: Prayer, Saints Tagged With: art, icons, Prayer, SSJE

Carrying Christmas With Us: Prayer Cards for All Twelve Days

December 23, 2022 By Rachel Daboney Benton Leave a Comment

Households may be in a rhythm of setting aside extra space for God during the season of Advent and so these cards are an easy way to extend that space during the season of Christmas. 

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Prayer Tagged With: Building Faith, Christmas, faith at home, liturgical year, prayer cards

Expanding Our View of Gratitude

November 24, 2022 By Tim Gavin Leave a Comment

The Stripes are core values in the form of positive rules.

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Filed Under: Prayer Tagged With: Episcopal Schools, gratitude, school, Thanksgiving

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