Catholic Schools Week: Celebrating the Nation
Wednesday of Catholic Schools Week is the day that we celebrate Catholic Schools and the impact they have on our nation. This is also the official national day of appreciation…
Catholic Schools Week: Celebrating your Parish
Catholic Schools Week is just around the corner, and many schools are starting to plan their line up of fun events to celebrate each of the daily themes. I've posted…
Epiphany Classroom Blessing
What is the tradition of blessing homes on Epiphany? When I joined Instagram a few years ago, suddenly my feed was filled with people detailing all the ways their families…
Classroom Daily Prayer Routines
Last year I had a class that prayed very respectfully, but wanted the very typical Catholic school morning prayer: intentions, a rote memorized prayer, then the flag salute. While it…
5 fun ideas for a covid friendly Catholic Schools Week
For several years I've shared on the blog some of the ideas my students and I come up with for the celebration of Catholic Schools Week (CSW). This will be…
Advent is almost here!
Even before I knew a whole lot about liturgical living, Advent was one of my favorite times of year to be Catholic. I love the music, the signs and symbols,…
Happy Feast Day St. Therese!
For those of you who have been with my for a while, you know that I have been completely changed by my experience reading Therese of Lisieux's Story of a…
Resources for the month of the Rosary
October is the month of the rosary, and while I am still home on maternity leave, I wanted to take the time to share some of my favorite resources for…
Celebrate a Feast Day
I originally published this post before our school's feast day (St. Joseph Day), but yesterday as my family celebrated my baptism day, I thought this might be a good resource…
5 ideas for building faith at home during distance learning
This year's back to school plans are looking very different for teachers, students and families all over the country, and while the plan at my school is to go back…