How I Advent: Home Edition
Celebrating Advent with my family is a lot of fun. Although my son is still a little young to understand all the signs and symbols of Advent, he loves candles…
How I Advent: Personal Edition
My personal prayer for Advent is usually pretty simple, as it has to be for a full-time working mom of a toddler. (An added complication is that my husband works…
How I Advent: Classroom Edition
So I’ve recently started listening to The Catholic Feminist Podcast, and one of her episodes this month had the catchy title of “How I Advent”. I am minority obsessed with…
All Saints Party Ideas
It's always bugged me a little that so many classrooms at our school have Halloween parties instead of All Saints parties, and while I am known to be the grumpy…
Pick a Patron Saint Project
Saints are an important part of any Catholic religion program, and it always makes me sad that my students know so few. A few years ago our art teacher as…
Five ways to celebrate the month of the rosary
It’s almost October, and in my planning for classes, this is when I prep for my students to learn about Saint Gianna and for my 8th grade students to begin…
The Little Way of Holiness
Our annual middle school retreat was a huge success! While I have so many amazing things to share about it, first I wanted to post the talk I gave on…
Creating a Catholic Classroom Culture
Last year's classroom door design. Each blank page was filled with a picture of one of the students in my homeroom. As part of our accreditation process, the staff at…
Five prayers every Catholic Kid should know (and why)
When I first moved to the Northwest, I was an idealistic 21 year old fresh out of a huge state school with a vibrant campus ministry. Before that I had…
Five habits to start in August for a happier, healthier school year
Happy August all! As you read this, I am spending some amazing time in one of my favorite places in the whole whole: the Jersey Shore. But as I relax…