Faith

  • Curriculum 2012-2013 6th Grade

    Finally done with curriculum planning! This is for our 10-year-old, going into 6th grade: Religion: Following Christ Reading and Language Arts: Classical Writing Aesop and Homer + her booklist: The Master Puppeteer The Story of a Bad Boy Aunt Vinnie’s… Continue reading

  • It All Comes Down to Love

    So you and your friend were hanging around one day on the porch, him fingering his guitar, while chatting with you about life. Suddenly he breaks into song, singing a few lines, and after a while you realize he’s singing… Continue reading

  • Videos, Information, and a Call to Action

    For a background on all of this, here again is the link to the video of Fr. Sammie Maletta’s homily + transcript. Last week, when we thought it couldn’t get any worse, we saw Sandra Fluke’s opening statement before the… Continue reading

  • Fr. Sammie Maletta’s Homily on Religious Liberty and the HHS Mandate (Transcript)

    Prayers for and cheers to this courageous priest-lawyer for speaking the truth! May more of our priests be like him. Spread the word. I’m posting the transcript of his homily here for my parents’ benefit. If you see any errors,… Continue reading

  • Lent, In Which I Read Science Fiction

    This is my Lenten penance for the year. I just finished reading Icarus Hunt by Timothy Zahn. An exciting read, at least it gets exciting about halfway through. I had to drag myself through the first few chapters because I… Continue reading

  • Some Thoughts on Ash Wednesday

    Ash Wednesday is the beginning of an emptying that continues throughout the forty days of Lent. In the Philippines we call the Liturgical Season of Lent cuaresma, from the Latin word quadragesima, or forty. Today, Ash Wednesday, is like that… Continue reading

  • Lenten Plans

    I am keeping it REALLY, REALLY SIMPLE this Lent. We are using Jenn‘s Lent for Children. This evening I also put together a music playlist based on the suggestions in this thread. Our mornings will begin with this Lenten Novena:… Continue reading

  • People of Faith, Stand Up and Be Counted

    These are exciting times. Religious persecution is a scary thing, I don’t think my children even fully grasp yet what is happening right now in the country, though we’ve explained it to them. But to see people of all faiths… Continue reading

  • Prophetic?

    Hm… Those Great Strong Towers of Ice and Steel from Fr. Z, on Thomas Merton’s poem penned in 1947, the whole thing here. Ten years later, I’m still processing. How life changed that day. In some ways, for the worse.… Continue reading

  • Migi’s Curriculum, 8th grade, 2011-2012

    Just finished designing Migi’s curriculum for the year. I usually start this in May before the previous schoolyear ends but this year we’re ending late and so we’re also starting later than usual. We school year-round because we travel a… Continue reading