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  • Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary by Brant Pitre

    Finally, it is worth noting that before the Fall, the woman is never actually called “Eve.” She is simply called “woman.” As Adam declares: “She shall be called Woman (Hebrew ‘ishah), because she was taken out of Man (Hebrew ‘ish)”… Continue reading

    Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary by Brant Pitre
  • A 2nd Grade Curriculum

    Posting the 2nd Grade Curriculum I’m planning for our youngest at the request of homeschooling friends. (And as always, this is subject to change at any time for any reason.) Religion: Faith and Life 2 Baltimore Catechism First Communion A… Continue reading

  • Book Organization: Our Shelves

    I promised some people a while back that I’d do a post on how we organize our books. The truth is it’s a bit hard to do this since our shelves are constantly in flux, but this should give a… Continue reading

  • A Marian Study for May

    Note: This is a work-in-progress. 🙂 This is our rough outline for a Marian study we’re doing in May, covering art, geography, religion, history and the liturgical year. It’s a combination of ideas culled from the Blessed Mother Notebook Project… Continue reading

  • Preliminary Confirmation Prep Plan for Paco

    Study of the Saints Joseph of Nazareth — read 5 pages daily and write in reflection journal Read and narrate books on other chosen saints: Mary: Mary, Mother of Jesus by Joslin, Mary by Brian Wildsmith, Mary: The Mother of… Continue reading

  • Linky Links Again, and Another Recipe

    Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons Fastest-Growing ‘Churches’ in U.S. — Wow, never realized US was actually PREDOMINANTLY CATHOLIC! I had always thought the US as “predominantly Protestant”. Very encouraging, but as a PinoyDefensorFidei listmember pointed out, very sobering as well — if… Continue reading

  • i LOVE Francisco Tatad

    read it! i don’t know Tatad, don’t know much about him, just know from googling that a lot of Pinoys hate him, but just reading this piece from him, i have to say i probably would be interested to read/hear… Continue reading

    i LOVE Francisco Tatad