Recently in education Category

A friend was telling me about a Catholic CD of the Month Club and it sounds great! Each month you receive a CD from one of a number of Catholic speakers. Some of the CD’s sent out these past months include: The Face of God by Mother Teresa with bonus talk by Dr. Scott Hahn - Understanding the Eucharist (Jun 2008), The Seven Levels of Intimacy by Matthew Kelly (May 2008), and A Guide to Raising (almost) Perfect Kids by Dr. Gregory Popcak & Lisa Popcak with bonus talk - Discipline That Lasts a Lifetime by Dr. Ray Guarendi (Apr 2008). That’s some good stuff! In fact, in the time it took to type this, I decided to join. The cost is $5 a month for one copy and or you can get discounted bulk prices to pass along to friends. Check it out at Lighthouse Catholic Media.

The way Brian loves books, I love magazines because at this point of my life, I don’t have the time to sit and read like I used to. At least with a magazine, I can take ten minutes to read a whole article before I have to stop and clean up the box of cheerios Andrew dumped on the floor. One of my favorite Catholic mags was Envoy. I loved its mix of solid Catholic teaching/apologetics and zany humor and I was bummed when they stopped publishing. Then out of the blue, I received a new issue with the notice that they are back up and running. I was happy to hear it! You can get your own free issue of Envoy Magazine here.

The other resurrected magazine is True Girl, now called TG Magazine. The mag is geared for Catholic teen girls and older. Although Bella was too young for it, I ordered a sub when it first came out to support them and pass on to friends. I thought it was well done and am happy to hear that it is around again! If you have a teen girl you should check it out at TGMagazine.net. (The new website is not as visually appealing as the old one, but it is still early in the game.)

Lastly, since we are on the topic of magazines, if you are a Catholic wife and mother (or husband/father) you absolutely MUST order Faith and Family Magazine! The quality, both in production and content, is excellent! It has practical and informative articles on living your Catholic faith in all aspects of family life and I have never been disappointed in an issue. I love it! Plus, now you can read a sample issue online at FaithandFamilyMag.com. (We are so excited to get others to read F&F that we started selling subs as a fundraiser for the RoL website. Just use promo code “Q91286� when ordering online. Thanks!)

A friend emailed this link to purchase a Miniature Mass Kit . I remember when my little brothers used to "play" Mass. They would have loved to have this set back then!

A friend told me about a new Catholic magazine for kids that is trying to get started. There is definitely a need for one so show your support here: St. Mary's Messenger

PfLAUM Publishing carries a number of Catholic teaching resources, including this Catholic Kid's School Planner.

A few weeks ago I purchased the saint coloring books mentioned in the article below. The books are bilingual in English and Spanish and cost $5 each. (Proceeds help the excellent apostolate Catholic World Missions.) The titles available are:

Fresh Flowers in Winter: Story of St. Juan Diego (The one that started it all.)

Let the Children Come to Me: Blessed Imelda's First Communion Miracle (Also available in a special First Communion Packet.)

Viva Cristo Rey! The Courageous Saints of the Knights of Columbus (as mentioned in the article below.)

The Story of St. Faustina, Missionary of Divine Mercy (This one is tri-lingual in English, Spanish and Polish.)

God's Little Flower: The True Story of Saint Therese of Lisieux (This is a Co-promotion with Luke Films to aid the release of the motion picture THERESE.)

From an Angel in a Dream: The Story of St. Joseph, Mary's Husband (This one was illustrated by John Webber, formerly an animator at Walt Disney Feature Animation.)

And Coming Soon � Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta

You can order the books individually here or get one of the package deals to save on S&H.

Also check out the Glory Stories Radio Dramas on CD/tape. (kids can read along with their coloring book.) We bought the grand-slam packet with all the books and CD's and we think they're great. Check it out!

Do any of you Catholic Mamas (or Papas) have homeschooled Preschoolers? I'm interested to know what format you use. I just read the book "Natural Structure: A Montessori Approach to Classical Education at Home" from Catholic Heritage Curricula and found it fascinating. I never knew Dr. Montessori was Catholic. Now that Bella is 2 1/2 I want to start her in a little preschool "program" at home, so I'd appreciate any books, website etc that you'd recommend. Thanks!