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Essential skills for Catholic Kids: What to Review and Reteach at the Beginning of Every School Year

By emilyappert August 15, 2018Bible Activities, Prayer

This post stems from one of my worst failures as a religion teacher. At the end of every school mass, our principal directs the community to "turn towards the tabernacle"…

Back to School Series: Retreats: Why? When? How?

By emilyappert August 8, 2018Prayer, Saints, Social Justice, Spirituality, Uncategorized

I love retreats. I love going on retreats, although it can be a little difficult in the rural area where I live and teach. I love helping on retreats- especially…

Back to School Series: Keeping Christ in the Commute

By emilyappert August 1, 2018Prayer, Spirituality

Before you get too worried, this is not one of those "everything your child's teacher wishes you knew about being a teacher" or a post telling you everything you are…

Summer Spirituality Series: Hearts on Fire

By emilyappert July 26, 2018Prayer, Spirituality

Hearts on Fire: Praying with the Jesuits is available on Amazon.com and from Loyolapress.com This book came into my life about 9 years ago from two different groups of people. …

Summer Spirituality Series: 33 Days to Morning Glory

By emilyappert July 24, 2018Mary, Prayer, Saints, Spirituality

33 Days to Morning Glory: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat In Preparation for Marian Consecration * by Father Michael E. Gaitley, MIC available on Amazon.com Disclosure: Some of the links in this post are…

Summer Spirituality Series: Breaking Free by Beth Moore

By emilyappert July 18, 2018Bible Activities, Prayer, Spirituality

Breaking Free by Beth Moore- available on Amazon.com and from Lifeway.com. This post contains affiliate links. That means if you click and purchase a book using my link, I receive a…

Summer Spirituality Series: Jesus

By emilyappert July 16, 2018Bible Activities, Prayer, Spirituality

Jesus: A Pilgrimage by James Martin, SJ available on Amazon.com This post contains affiliate links. This means if you purchase a book using my link, I receive a small commission…

Summer Spirituality Series: Forty Weeks

By emilyappert July 14, 2018Prayer, Spirituality

Forty Weeks by William Watson, SJ, available from the Sacred Story Institute and on Amazon.com. This post contains affiliate links. That means that if you click and purchase a book…

Summer Spirituality Series: My Badass Book of Saints

By emilyappert July 12, 2018Mary, Prayer, Saints, Spirituality

My Badass Book of Saints by Maria Morera Johnson. This post contains affiliate links. This means that if you click on and purchase the book on Amazon, I receive a…