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Preparing for Joseph with an Altar and Feast

March 12, 2021 By Elizabeth Brignac Leave a Comment

I grew up in New Orleans, a city with a strong Roman Catholic presence. A lot of the kids I knew attended Catholic schools. Statues of the Virgin Mary adorned every third front yard. Fridays in Lent meant that someone was always holding a fish fry.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: altar, Feast Days, food, home altar, St. Joseph

Kindness and Light: Celebrating Saint Martin’s Day

November 11, 2019 By Tania Landin 2 Comments

Saint Martin’s Day, held each year on November 11th, is not one that makes many calendars outside Europe, but it’s one of our absolute favorites.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: children, cloud of witnesses, Family, Feast Days, food, saints

We Celebrate Our Mistakes!

August 27, 2019 By Cara Meredith Leave a Comment

When it comes to mistakes, I tend to think I have a pretty healthy attitude on the subject. It’s okay, we all make mistakes, I tell my seven-year-old son when he accidentally falls off his pint-sized skateboard and skins his knee.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: food, parenting, teaching, young children

The Changing Face of Hospitality

August 20, 2019 By Christian Simmers 2 Comments

I grew up in a home where Southern hospitality was a way of life. We had a sitting room where my mother served tea to friends while catching up over conversation

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: Bible, food, hospitality

Candlemas: History, Traditions…And Crepes!

February 2, 2019 By Sharon Ely Pearson Leave a Comment

On February 2, exactly 40 days after Christmas, we commemorate Mary’s adherence to the Mosaic law as she entered the Temple for the ritual purification, as explained in Leviticus 12:2-8. Also, forty days was the time when a firstborn was brought to the Temple to be dedicated to the Lord (Exodus 13:2-12).

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Candlemas, food, liturgical year

Science, Faith, and Chick-Fil-A

January 8, 2019 By Jamie Osborne 2 Comments

We were at Chik-Fil-A with my younger child for dinner. Earlier that day I had listened to a podcast that mentioned the Big Bang and I asked the kids if they knew about it. They both said no. So I explained the Big Bang and this is how the conversation went.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: children, Faithful Families, food, science

Saved at the Dinner Table with Saint Matthew

September 21, 2018 By Dorian Del Priore 2 Comments

Saturdays have never really been a day for our family to sleep in. Between sports, church life, hiking trips, and other adventures, we are typically […]

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Feast Days, food, meals, saints, St. Matthew

Creating a Practical Response to the Bread Gospel

August 19, 2018 By Allison Sandlin Liles 2 Comments

Today is the fourth Sunday in a row we’ve heard about bread in church. I am the bread of life, he says, whoever comes to me […]

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting Tagged With: bread, food, gospel

Cooked with Love: A Legacy of Thanksgiving Traditions

November 15, 2017 By Miriam McKenney Leave a Comment

Mom cooked a huge Thanksgiving meal each year – and I never got why. Until, that is, we had to celebrate Thanksgiving without her.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Bible, Exodus, Family, food, love, Prayer, teens, thankfulness, Thanksgiving

Celebrate Holy Cross Day, an ancient feast

September 14, 2017 By Allison Sandlin Liles 4 Comments

Imagine an annual spring tradition in which you plant basil seeds in an herb garden while retelling the story of Helena digging up her own basil and finding Jesus’ cross.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: cross, Family, family dinner, food, Holy Cross Day, Jesus, St. Helena

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