tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61059019787497772312024-02-21T03:51:01.813-05:00My Homeschool PortfolioUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105901978749777231.post-48544914078089905912011-08-08T17:58:00.000-04:002011-08-08T17:58:42.301-04:00It has been a busy summer so far!<br />
I am pretty well prepared for school, curriculum all chosen and purchased. Am trying <a href="http://www.ccmemory.com/">Classical Catholic Memory</a> this year - it really looks great. I just got our in the mail Saturday, so still in the process of reading through. The kids are always excited about something new. <br />
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Also, just purchased the new <a href="http://catholicicing.blogspot.com/2011/08/catholic-abcs-book-catholic-preschool.html">Catholic Preschool Curriculum over at Catholic Icing</a>. Have done many of the activities there and at other blogs in the past - but having the information all pulled together in one place save me loads of time wasted surfing around on the net looking for this or that craft or activity I saw some other time. We have been thinking lately of just what kinds of activities to havI hae for the two little ones when the adoption (please, God) goes through. The kids are excitied about the adoption and the fun "littles" activities they remember doing in the past. <br />
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I have been working on/planning our <a href="http://www.titus2.com/">schedule</a> and chores lists for this school year. <br />
Greg & Mary both want <a href="http://www.chorepacks.com/">Chore Packs</a>, Elizabeth wants more of a chore chart. <br />
Seems easy enough. <br />
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Found this new <a href="http://www.simplyhomeschool.com/LINKS.html">list </a>of homeschool sites to visit - a few of them are even new, to me. <br />
The one blog I am looking over this hosts the <a href="http://heartofthematteronline.com/nbtsbh-2011-week-two/">"Not Back to School Bloghop"</a> and <a href="http://heartofthematteronline.com/nbtsbh-2011-week-1/">"Not - week One". </a>I always love seeing how other families homeschool, arrange their homes, schools, supplies and what others use for curriculum and all that jazz. <br />
Most of the time, knowing that other families struggle with the same questions, issues and difficulties - is enough to get me over the hump. <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105901978749777231.post-82888484381705957962011-07-18T20:31:00.000-04:002011-07-18T20:31:37.652-04:00Quotes on PrayerHe who prays most receives most. <br />
St. Alphonsus Ligouri (1696-1787)<br />
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When prayer is poured forth, sins are covered. <br />
St. Ambrose (340-97)<br />
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By prayer, man gives God the greatest glory possible. <br />
St. Peter Julian Eymard (1811-68)<br />
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Diligence in prayer is the perfection of the Gospel. <br />
St. Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-91)<br />
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Prayer is to our soul what rain is to the soil. Fertilize the soil ever so richly, it will remain barren unless fed by frequent rains. <br />
St. John Vianney (1786-1859)<br />
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It is essential to begin the practice of prayer with a firm resolution of persevering in it. <br />
St. Teresa of Avila (1515-82)<br />
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By humble and faithful prayer, the soul acquires, with time and perseverance, every virtue. <br />
St. Catherine of Siena<br />
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When you ask the Holy Spirit to help you pray well, put yourself for a moment in the presence of God. <br />
St. Louis de Montfort (1673-1716)<br />
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God is more anxious to bestow His blessings on us than we are to receive them. <br />
St. Augustine (354-430)<br />
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He who fights even the smallest distractions faithfully when he says even the very smallest prayer will also be faithful in great things. <br />
St. Louis de Montfort (1673-1716)<br />
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The grating in a ... monastery is not to keep the sisters in, but to keep the world out. <br />
Bishop Fulton J. Sheen<br />
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"... there are not two kinds of answers to prayer but three: One is "Yes". Another is "No". The third is "Wait". <br />
Bishop Fulton J. Sheen<br />
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"Prayer can truly change your life. For it turns your attention away from yourself and directs your mind and your heart toward the Lord." <br />
Pope John Paul II<br />
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"You can pray while you work. Work doesn't stop prayer and prayer doesn't stop work. It requires only that small raising of the mind to Him." <br />
Mother Teresa of Calcutta<br />
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"Everything starts from prayer." <br />
Mother Teresa of Calcutta<br />
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"If we really want to pray, we must first learn to listen: for in the silence of the heart God speaks." <br />
Mother Teresa of Calcutta<br />
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"Love to be true has to begin with God in prayer." <br />
Mother Teresa of Calcutta<br />
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"God has created us to love and to be loved, and this is the beginning of prayer - to know that He loves me, that I have been created for greater things." <br />
Mother Teresa of Calcutta<br />
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"When we contemplate God, we are made like unto God." <br />
Julian of Norwich (14th cent.)<br />
"... the rosary is being presented as a genuinely evangelical prayer and even as a way of teaching people how to ponder over the scriptures in prayer and faith." <br />
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"the rosary is very well adapted to teaching the life of faith." <br />
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"The rosary, which is a school of life open to the simplest of people, far from tying them down to the rudiments of the faith, leads them step by step along the paths of meditation, prayer and contemplation of the Lord. It teaches us to leave words behind when we pray." <br />
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He causes his prayers to be of more avail to himself, who offers them also for others. <br />
St. Gregory the Great (d.604)<br />
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He knows how to live well who knows how to pray well. <br />
St. Augustine (354-430)<br />
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We ought to be persuaded that what God refuses to our prayer, He grants to our salvation. <br />
St. Augustine (354-430)<br />
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It is simply impossible to lead, without the aide of prayer, a virtuous life. <br />
St. John Chrysostom (347-407)<br />
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As our body cannot live without nourishment, so our soul cannot spiritually be kept alive without prayer. <br />
St. Augustine (347-430)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105901978749777231.post-70796085473216867602011-07-18T20:09:00.000-04:002011-07-18T20:09:20.347-04:00scapular photos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGGuQR9tScXImHfzd0qC2iwkTYTId2Qzj8gtjHSMjHL6XcIFlzsrfSRWFHiWVfQqIVoRi8qYaqddtczbKxfXNLK8ESpN00DhLFu-7v5EMvt98Aa2Ha-0vM0hLWEP-2NOSJh2fA9aw0G0qK/s1600/junjuly+155.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239px" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGGuQR9tScXImHfzd0qC2iwkTYTId2Qzj8gtjHSMjHL6XcIFlzsrfSRWFHiWVfQqIVoRi8qYaqddtczbKxfXNLK8ESpN00DhLFu-7v5EMvt98Aa2Ha-0vM0hLWEP-2NOSJh2fA9aw0G0qK/s320/junjuly+155.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the first one I beaded. After a dreadful rash in the FL humidity.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was my practice, the next one looked much nicer.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpYnChIULksaqdMxdew95umpG9eV9XpH7XqrrBJMpoc7f0gZ6atp1Vth03miUpyFsQgVHQaaQuCPswRmmFSLZ0zPUldNQxxlDRchzpndHDIkbavD0tu7zq1aO5kJqZgCUyKIYsX3ZCa1Cv/s1600/junjuly+154.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239px" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpYnChIULksaqdMxdew95umpG9eV9XpH7XqrrBJMpoc7f0gZ6atp1Vth03miUpyFsQgVHQaaQuCPswRmmFSLZ0zPUldNQxxlDRchzpndHDIkbavD0tu7zq1aO5kJqZgCUyKIYsX3ZCa1Cv/s320/junjuly+154.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The back. I sew on the medals and then fabric glue them down.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOdXXtV0bNjiviB2J6kp57oOm_pn4k3Qt5e_MUEALU-JY7gz0JKA5wBk0e2fELME0_xMvNOcNdXtvAHtzJ3w1KrEl7VwhcQhVJxuhwjId6Fyh8JD_4LcvUhbhH5q4hIg9RvQvRuCDQ5y3M/s1600/junjuly+156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239px" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOdXXtV0bNjiviB2J6kp57oOm_pn4k3Qt5e_MUEALU-JY7gz0JKA5wBk0e2fELME0_xMvNOcNdXtvAHtzJ3w1KrEl7VwhcQhVJxuhwjId6Fyh8JD_4LcvUhbhH5q4hIg9RvQvRuCDQ5y3M/s320/junjuly+156.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We were beading the string on this one to see what we thought. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not finished yet. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am planning on going to <a href="http://lorettocarmel.com/">Lorretto, PA</a> where I was told there is a book store across from the Carmelite Convent that sells a larger brown scapular than I have seen before. Like 3" square or so... I have been wanting a bigger one, so now I suppose is a good time. I like having mine beaded because it makes it heavier and I can always feel it. I like the continual reminder that I am wearing the scapular. I have always told my children that it reminds me who I belong to and how I am supposed to live every moment. I probably need to wear something the weight and size of a hubcap that bangs into my knees when I walk, but this will have to suffice :0) A hubcap wouldn't fit under my clothes anyway.</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I will post another picture when I get it, and when I finish beading it.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105901978749777231.post-39418860344843917222011-05-30T17:49:00.000-04:002011-05-30T17:49:28.454-04:00Landmark Books ListLandmarks <br />
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1. The Voyages of Christopher Columbus by Armstrong Sperry <br />
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2. The Landing of the Pilgrims by James Daugherty <br />
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3. Pocahontas & Captain John Smith by Marie Lawson <br />
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4. Paul Revere & the Minute Men by Dorothy Canfield Fisher <br />
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5. Our Independence and the Constitution by Dorothy Canfield Fisher <br />
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6. The California Gold Rush by May McNeer <br />
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7. The Pony Express by Samuel Hopkins Adams <br />
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8. Lee and Grant at Appomattox by MacKinlay Kantor <br />
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9. The Building of the First Transcontinental Railroad by Adele Gutman Nathan <br />
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10. The Wright Brothers (Pioneers of American Aviation) by Quentin Reynolds--Paperback from Amazon or Powell's <br />
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11. Prehistoric America by Anne Terry White <br />
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12. The Vikings by Elizabeth Janeway--Paperback from Amazon or Powell's <br />
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13. The Santa Fe Trail by Samuel Hopkins Adams <br />
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14. The Story of the U.S. Marines by George Hunt <br />
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15. The Lewis and Clark Expedition by Richard L. Neuberger <br />
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16. The Monitor and the Merrimac by Fletcher Pratt <br />
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17. The Explorations of Pere Marquette by Jim Kjelgaard <br />
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18. The Panama Canal by Bob Considine <br />
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19. The Pirate Lafitte & the Battle of New Orleans by Robert Tallant <br />
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20. Custer's Last Stand by Quentin Reynolds <br />
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21. Daniel Boone by John Mason Brown <br />
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22. Clipper Ship Days by John Jennings <br />
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23. Gettysburg by MacKinlay Kantor--Paperback from Amazon or Powell's <br />
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24. The Louisiana Purchase by Robert Tallant <br />
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25. Wild Bill Hickok Tames the West by Stewart H. Holbrook <br />
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26. Betsy Ross & the Flag by Jane Mayer <br />
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27. The Conquest of the North & South Poles by Russell Owen <br />
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28. Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia by Margaret Cousins--Paperback from Amazon or Powell's <br />
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29. Trappers & Traders of the Far West by James Daugherty <br />
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30. Mr. Bell Invents the Telephone by Katherine B. Shippen <br />
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31. The Barbary Pirates by C. S. Forester <br />
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32. Sam Houston, the Tallest Texan by William Johnson <br />
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33. The Winter at Valley Forge by Van Wyck Mason <br />
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34. The Erie Canal by Samuel Hopkins Adams <br />
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35. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo by Ted Lawson & Bob Considine <br />
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36. Thomas Jefferson, Father of Democracy by Vincent Sheean <br />
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37. The Coming of the Mormons by Jim Kjelgaard <br />
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38. George Washington Carver, the Story of a Great American by Anne Terry White <br />
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39. John Paul Jones, Fighting Sailor by Armstrong Sperry <br />
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40. The First Overland Mail by Robert Pinkerton <br />
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41. Teddy Roosevelt & the Rough Riders by Henry Castor <br />
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42. The Pioneers Go West (To California by Covered Wagon-hardback title) by George R. Stewart--Paperback from Amazon or Powell's <br />
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43. Peter Stuyvesant of Old New York by Anna Erskine, et. al. <br />
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44. Lincoln & Douglas: The Years of Decision by Regina Z. Kelly <br />
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45. Robert Fulton & the Steamboat by Ralph Nading Hill <br />
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46. The F.B.I. by Quentin Reynolds <br />
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47. Dolly Madison by Jane Mayer <br />
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48. John James Audubon by Margaret & John Kieran <br />
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49. Hawaii, Gem of the Pacific by Oscar Lewis <br />
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50. War Chief of the Seminoles by May McNeer <br />
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51. Old Ironsides, the Fighting Constitution by Harry Hansen <br />
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52. The Mississippi Bubble by Thomas B. Costain <br />
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53. Kit Carson & the Wild Frontier by Ralph Moody <br />
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54. Robert E. Lee & the Road of Honor by Hodding Carter <br />
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55. Guadalcanal Diary by Richard Tregaskis <br />
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56. Commodore Perry & the Opening of Japan by Ferdinand Kuhn <br />
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57. Davy Crockett by Stewart H. Holbrook <br />
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58. Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross by Helen Boylston <br />
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59. The Story of San Francisco by Charlotte Jackson <br />
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60. Up the Trail From Texas by J. Frank Dobie <br />
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61. Abe Lincoln: Log Cabin to White House by Sterling North--Paperback from Amazon or Powell's <br />
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62. The Story of D-Day: June 6, 1944 by Bruce Bliven Jr. <br />
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63. Rogers' Rangers & the French & Indian War by Bradford Smith <br />
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64. The World's Greatest Showman: the Life of P.T. Barnum by Joe Bryan III <br />
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65. Sequoyah: Leader of the Cherokees by Alice Marriott <br />
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66. Ethan Allen & the Green Mountain Boys by Slater Brown <br />
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67. Wyatt Earp: U.S. Marshall by Stewart H. Holbrook <br />
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68. The Early Days of Automobiles by Elizabeth Janeway <br />
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69. The Witchcraft of Salem Village by Shirley Jackson--Paperback from Amazon or Powell's <br />
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70. The West Point Story by Colonel Red Reeder, et. al. <br />
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71. George Washington: Frontier Colonel by Sterling North <br />
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72. The Texas Rangers by Will Henry <br />
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73. Buffalo Bill's Great Wild West Show by Walter Havighurst <br />
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74. Evageline & the Acadians by Robert Tallant <br />
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75. The Story of the Secret Service by Ferdinand Kuhn <br />
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76. Tippecanoe & Tyler, Too! by Stanley Young <br />
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77. America's First World War: General Pershing and the Yanks by Henry Castor <br />
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78. The Doctors Who Conquered Yellow Fever by Ralph Nading Hill <br />
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79. Remember the Alamo! by Robert Penn Warren <br />
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80. Andrew Carnegie & the Age of Steel by Katherine B. Shippen <br />
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81. Geronimo: Wolf of the Warpath by Ralph Moody <br />
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82. The Story of the Paratroops by George Weller <br />
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83. The American Revolution by Bruce Bliven--Paperback from Amazon or Powell's <br />
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84. The Story of the Naval Academy by Felix Riesenberg Jr. <br />
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85. Alexander Hamilton & Aaron Burr by Anna Erskine, et. al. <br />
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86. Stonewall Jackson by Jonathan Daniels <br />
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87. The Battle for the Atlantic by Jay Williams <br />
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88. The First Transatlantic Cable by Adele Gutman Nathan <br />
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89. The Story of the U. S. Air Force by Robert Loomis <br />
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90. The Swamp Fox of the Revolution by Stewart H. Holbrook <br />
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91. Heroines of the Early West by Nancy Wilson Ross <br />
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92. The Alaska Gold Rush by May McNeer <br />
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93. The Golden Age of Railroads by Stewart H. Holbrook <br />
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94. From Pearl Harbor To Okinawa by Bruce Bliven Jr. <br />
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95. The Copper Kings of Montana by Marian T. Place <br />
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96. Great American Fighter Pilots of World War II by Robert D. Loomis <br />
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97. The Story of the U.S. Coast Guard by Eugene Rachlis <br />
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98. William Penn: Quaker Hero by Hildegarde Dolson <br />
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99. John F. Kennedy & PT 109 by Richard Tregaskis <br />
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100. The Story of Oklahoma by Lon Tinkle <br />
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101. Americans Into Orbit: The Story of Project Mercury by Gene Gurney <br />
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102. The Story of Submarines by George Weller <br />
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103. The Seabees of World War II by Edmund Castillo <br />
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104. The U.S. Border Patrol by Clement Hellyer <br />
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105. The Flying Tigers by John Toland <br />
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106. The U.S. Frogmen of World War II by Wyatt Blassingame <br />
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107. Women of Courage by Dorothy Nathan <br />
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108. Dwight D. Eisenhower by Malcom Moos <br />
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109. Disaster at Johnstown: the Great Flood by Hildegarde Dolson <br />
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110. The Story of Thomas Alva Edison by Margaret Cousins--Paperback from Amazon or Powell's <br />
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111. Medal of Honor Heroes by Colonel Red Reeder <br />
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112. From Casablanca to Berlin by Bruce Bliven, Jr. <br />
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113. Young Mark Twain & the Mississippi by Harnett T. Kane <br />
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114. The Battle of the Bulge by John Toland <br />
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115. The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by Clifford Lindsey Alderman <br />
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116. Combat Nurses of World War II by Wyatt Blassingame <br />
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117. Walk in Space: the Story of Project Gemini by Gene Gurney <br />
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118. The Battle for Iwo Jima by Robert Leckie <br />
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119. Midway, Battle for the Pacific by Captain Edmund L. Castillo <br />
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120. Medical Corps Heros of World War II by Wyatt Blassingame <br />
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121. Flat Tops, the Story of Aircraft Carriers by Edmund L. Castillo <br />
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122. The Mysterious Voyage of Captain Kidd by A. B. C. Whipple <br />
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1. The First Men in the World by Anne Terry White <br />
2. Alexander the Great by John Gunther <br />
3. Adventures Discoveries of Marco Polo by Richard J. Walsh <br />
4. Joan of Arc by Nancy Wilson Ross <br />
5. King Arthur His Knights by Mabel Louise Robinson <br />
6. Mary, Queen of Scots by Emily Hahn <br />
7. Napoleon & the Battle of Waterloo by Frances Winwar <br />
8. Royal Canadian Mounted Police by Richard L. Neuberger <br />
9. The Man Who Changed China: The Story of Sun Yat-sen by Pearl S. Buck <br />
10. The Battle of Britain by Quentin Reynolds <br />
11. The Crusades by Anthony West <br />
12. Genghis Kahn the Mongol Horde by Harold Lamb <br />
13. Queen Elizabeth the Spanish Armada by Frances Winwar <br />
14. Simon Bolivar, the Great Liberator by Arnold Whitridge <br />
15. The Slave Who Freed Haiti: The Story of Toussaint Louverture by Katherine Scherman <br />
16. The Story of Scotland Yard by Laurence Thompson <br />
17. The Life of Saint Patrick by Quentin Reynolds <br />
18. The Exploits of Xenophon by Geoffrey Household <br />
19. Captain Cook Explores the South Seas by Armstrong Sperry <br />
20. Custer's Last Stand by Quentin Reynolds <br />
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21. Will Shakespeare and the Globe Theater by Anne Terry White <br />
22. The French Foreign Legion by Wyatt Blassingame <br />
23. Martin Luther by Harry Emerson Fosdick <br />
24. The Hudson's Bay Company by Richard Morenus <br />
25. Balboa: Swordsman Conquistador by Felix Riesenberg <br />
26. The Magna Charta by James Daugherty <br />
27. Leonardo da Vinci by Emily Hahn <br />
28. General Brock and Niagara Falls by Samuel Hopkins Adams <br />
29. Catherine the Great by Katherine Scherman <br />
30. The Fall of Constantinople by Bernadine Kielty <br />
31. Ferdinand Magellan: Master Mariner by Seymour Gates Pond <br />
32. Garibaldi: Father of Modern Italy by Marcia Davenport <br />
33. The Story of Albert Schweitzer by Anita Daniel <br />
34. The Marquis de Lafayette: Bright Sword of Freedom by Hodding Carter <br />
35. Famous Pirates of the New World by A. B. C. Whipple <br />
36. Exploring the Himalaya by William O. Douglas <br />
37. Queen Victoria by Noel Streatfeild <br />
38. The Flight and Adventures of Charles II by Charles Norman <br />
39. Chief of the Cossacks by Harold Lamb <br />
40. Adventures of Ulysses by Gerald Gottlieb <br />
41. William the Conqueror by Thomas B. Costain <br />
42. Jesus of Nazareth by Harry Emerson Fosdick <br />
43. Julius Caesar by John Gunther <br />
44. The Story of Australia by A. Grove Day <br />
45. Captain Cortes Conquers Mexico by William Johnson <br />
46. Florence Nightingale by Ruth Fox Hume <br />
47. The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler by William L. Shirer <br />
48. The Story of Atomic Energy by Laura Fermi <br />
49. Great Men of Medicine by Ruth Fox Hume <br />
50. Cleopatra of Egypt by Leonora Hornblow <br />
51. The Sinking of the Bismarck by William L. Shirer <br />
52. Lawrence of Arabia by Alistair MacLean <br />
53. The Life of Saint Paul by Harry Emerson Fosdick <br />
54. The Voyages of Henry Hudson Eugene Rachlis <br />
55. Hero of Trafalgar by A. B. C. Whipple <br />
56. Winston Churchill by Quentin Reynolds <br />
57. The War in Korea: 1950 - 1953 by Robert Leckie <br />
58. Walter Raleigh by Henrietta Buckmaster <br />
59. Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt by Elizabeth Payne--Paperback from Amazon or Powell's <br />
60. Flying Aces of World War I by Gene Gurney <br />
61. Commandos of World War II by Hodding Carter <br />
62. Ben Gurion and the Birth of Israel by Joan Comay <br />
63. The United Nations in War and Peace by T. R. FehrenbackUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105901978749777231.post-74958921741964592442011-05-26T10:41:00.001-04:002011-05-26T10:41:53.883-04:00Chicken CoopNow that we are not in the city, I wanted to get chickens. <br />
So, where to begin?<br />
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Reading:<br />
(will add my favorites later)<br />
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and, a chicken coop. <br />
Grandpa (my daddy) to the rescue!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We ran out of red, so will be finishing up with mahogany and black.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What you can't see is on the other side of the garage is Matt's new car. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">His dream car mind you - </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I can't find the picture - it is a 270Z. Orange.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">No red polka dots got on it in the making of this coop.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thanks be to God.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105901978749777231.post-1171036578189489612011-05-26T10:23:00.001-04:002011-05-26T10:28:34.385-04:00Latin Mass in Patton, PAOne of the things we most missed about Jacksonville, FL (friends excluded) was our Church.<br />
<a href="http://www.immaculateconceptionjax.org/">Immaculate Conception</a> in downtown Jacksonville is an amazing and wonderful Church. <br />
We loved the Latin (Tridentine) Mass each Sunday, we miss terribly having Confession before every Mass, the stunning beauty of the Church, teaching CCD, all the lovely parishoners who welcomed us with open arms. A Knights of Columbus council that was very active - and YOUNG! <br />
And, our priest. Father Murphy, a wonderful and holy priest we had the priviledge to know for that time.<br />
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Here, the only available Latin Mass in our area of PA (hostile bishop, former now - God bless our newly installed Bishop Bartchak) is in Patton, PA at<a href="http://www.ajdiocese.org/node/106"> Queen of Peace Catholic Church.</a> The call it <a href="http://www.latininpatton.com/">"Latin in Patton"</a>. When we move I always research Church's, homeschooling (and the laws) and other various things like best value shopping and so forth, where we are moving. <br />
So, I had known about the Latin Mass, but this is PA. We moved in September 20th and snow was right around the corner. Patton is norther and into the mountains from us - an hour. Needless to say, we weren't going until after the spring thaw....<br />
we are still waiting, LOL! <br />
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Well at the Catholic <a href="http://www.catholichomeschoolpa.org/ccf.html">Homeschool Conference</a> we attended we were told that all the homeschoolers go to the first Sunday Latin Mass each month, and stay after for breakfast and socializing. <br />
First Sunday was the next day...........<br />
So, we went to Harrisburg, PA Saturday and Patton, PA the next. <br />
I am so not a traveling gal.<br />
But, I was in for a treat. It was a 1st Sunday High Mass is celebrated in its full solemnity, with the Asperges (sprinkling with holy water), incensing, torchbearers, and the St. Benedict Schola Cantorum chanting the Mass. The church breakfast is held from 7 AM to 1 PM. If you click the above link, Latin in Patton you can see a close up of the high altar. The reliquaries are amazing. I'd not seen them before like that on the altar. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ambo - See the Holy Spirite in the top?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">St. Michael the Archangel is on the very top.</div><br />
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We found them at the little Catholic Homeschool convention in Harrisburg.<br />
Today we went to a May Crowning Mass - <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhenAZa4NW8FFiuuFJ-fSCxil9k_9dd7mFmjs6UYjEMHSP7kE93PBo5dAUR_jdmSmy8-VvQuLI4EH9DKQdy9WRVuKlbY7l5h4xPLJLAHSrzbykd8rlD46LVP5q_092r7VspXoby4tln6Q5V/s1600/Picture+031.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhenAZa4NW8FFiuuFJ-fSCxil9k_9dd7mFmjs6UYjEMHSP7kE93PBo5dAUR_jdmSmy8-VvQuLI4EH9DKQdy9WRVuKlbY7l5h4xPLJLAHSrzbykd8rlD46LVP5q_092r7VspXoby4tln6Q5V/s320/Picture+031.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Greg asked, what's for dinner?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pumpkin soup</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pumpkin hummus</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pumpkin shepherds pie</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sauteed pumpkin and onions................</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pumpkin cranberry bread</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pumpkin corn bread</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Toast with pumpkin butter</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">what would you like?</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105901978749777231.post-41339412633278565262010-11-02T21:02:00.001-04:002010-11-02T21:05:27.186-04:00All Souls Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEialBfWmAOdyIBIeJZ-Tj5vOAEAki9m6K1v4Mv5umI_6M-2bEGk0bSOSm6deDrMD4Zvr6atMvZtS7UeJOER-1fjWJndiDmQCj1w4XPxFauB23FgahosJDby8_W3Z7Fr1k3h4yzSGhyNohTZ/s1600/Picture+020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEialBfWmAOdyIBIeJZ-Tj5vOAEAki9m6K1v4Mv5umI_6M-2bEGk0bSOSm6deDrMD4Zvr6atMvZtS7UeJOER-1fjWJndiDmQCj1w4XPxFauB23FgahosJDby8_W3Z7Fr1k3h4yzSGhyNohTZ/s320/Picture+020.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From things to do at CatholicCulture.org</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The faithful who visit a cemetery to pray for the faithful departed, saying the Lord's Prayer and the Creed (even if only mentally), may gain a plenary indulgence once only under the usual conditions: sacramental confession (eight days before or after the act), Eucharistic Communion on that day, and prayer for the Pope's intentions (usually one Our Father and Hail Mary as minimum). Each day between November 1 and November 8, this gains a plenary indulgence that can only be applied to the poor souls in purgatory. Any other time of year this gains a partial indulgence. See <a hasbox="2" href="http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/activities/view.cfm?id=1178">Praying for the Dead and Gaining Indulgences During November </a>for more information about indulgences for the Poor Souls.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The was one strange thing I noted, however. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The sign at the cemetary stated it was holy ground, a few other housekeeping type details, and a notice forbidding burying dead people with out proper permission. I couldn't help but wonder if this had been a problem in the past. Why else would it have been posted?</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We walked through the cemetary, and prayed the rosary together. It was really quite nice. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kids had fun. I came to the conclusion that I am actually going to need to get a winter coat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have the sneaking suspicion PA cold is going to be an all new expreience for me.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Greg wanted to know if we were related to the Gregor family, or the Gregovich family. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are a lot of family plots with several generations of families buried together. There are so many tiny headstones with the lamb (below) where babies and young children are buried. Generally dating to the early 1900's. </div><br />
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Explaining indulgences and practices Catholics can do during the month of November for the Poor Souls in Purgatory. <br />
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<span style="color: blue;">(clipped)</span>An indulgence is "the remission before God of the temporal punishment due for sins already forgiven as far as their guilt is concerned." To obtain this remission there are proper dispositions and certain conditions predetermined by the Church that must be met by the faithful. The remission is acquired through the intervention of the Church, who has the power to loose and bind granted through Jesus Christ. "As minister of the Redemption, authoritatively dispenses and applies the treasury of the satisfaction won by Christ and the Saints" (Enchiridion of Indulgences). <br />
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To attain a plenary indulgence, three conditions must accompany the prescribed act: <br />
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the faithful must receive the sacrament of confession, either eight days before or after the pious act is performed,<br />
receive Holy Communion on that day and <br />
recite prayers for the intentions of the Holy Father (one Our Father and one Hail Mary is the minimum, but any other additional prayers may be added). <br />
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Follow the above link for the entire article, and more information. <br />
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<a href="http://www.dailycatholic.org/deprofun.htm#nov-2">Toties Quoties Indulgence</a><br />
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From noon on All Saints Day through midnight of All Souls Day* the Catholic faithful, as often as they visit a church to pray for the dead, reciting six times during each visit the Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be for the intentions of Holy Mother Church may gain a plenary indulgence applicable only to the souls in Purgatory, under the usual conditions of making a good Confession within a week before or after, worthily receiving Holy Communion within the week and having the right intention of heart. This is called the Toties Quoties Indulgence. <br />
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* This same plenary indulgence may also be gained from noon on Sunday, November 2nd until midnight November 3rd, but only by those who did not gain it on the preceding November 1st and 2nd. In other words it's either All Saints Day or All Souls Day or Saturday and Monday, not both.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105901978749777231.post-61340358537888961702010-11-01T16:10:00.000-04:002010-11-01T16:10:13.447-04:00All Saints Day in our family, this yearSo, homeschooling is a pretty ugly business here in PA. <br />
At least if you are more accustomed to the Texas way of doing things. <br />
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So, no Catholic homeschool group here that I have found yet. <br />
I am still looking. <br />
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And our parish church had a haunted hay ride through the cemetary. <br />
We didn't let that stop us, we dressed in our saints costumes anyway. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8hg32k-FsoaXeSS9hBEHFT_sigbbzmR1p2JUElvO913mqyPqPQSnkNDLxv6p6wA5hEr3RoWqKZuwIZ49AB_jkbPSHHcM4LOZphmtauX9waBK4gK42eKN7T_W1mZHkAi_5FLom87aBRC7v/s1600/Picture+007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8hg32k-FsoaXeSS9hBEHFT_sigbbzmR1p2JUElvO913mqyPqPQSnkNDLxv6p6wA5hEr3RoWqKZuwIZ49AB_jkbPSHHcM4LOZphmtauX9waBK4gK42eKN7T_W1mZHkAi_5FLom87aBRC7v/s320/Picture+007.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Check out St. Dominic - he has a tonsure!</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIixh54bbzfmr2n1CmDoCYIaAYcdfGwwlQZ9_ejWqcZpOg9FWryE1fTxhMbSHFDHUdvuJ8sW-rWc8fBtXKZjecVIP8q5kOvHdoq009v6dd3cy0X9zbWvrR6wu7sbyGGTnUct3Tr9Bb9962/s1600/Picture+010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIixh54bbzfmr2n1CmDoCYIaAYcdfGwwlQZ9_ejWqcZpOg9FWryE1fTxhMbSHFDHUdvuJ8sW-rWc8fBtXKZjecVIP8q5kOvHdoq009v6dd3cy0X9zbWvrR6wu7sbyGGTnUct3Tr9Bb9962/s320/Picture+010.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The blessed mother appeared to St. Dominic, right?</div><br />
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They had a nice time. <br />
And they looked sooooooo cute!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105901978749777231.post-27703229903682349832010-11-01T15:54:00.000-04:002010-11-01T15:54:23.868-04:00The view from my front window<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnemp2Bwh6kEVtfDii3kMfT5vY7X04eabgvXqD16sBdilnwYgIJT6oU7lo6WNU9xiE3_xXu2yBIqhdNDdnF_hKVtJtw5pMBRL3cBKYkl5GcWOUG7zAunIL7hrrs0xtl1by0XOPfVMNivHS/s1600/Picture+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnemp2Bwh6kEVtfDii3kMfT5vY7X04eabgvXqD16sBdilnwYgIJT6oU7lo6WNU9xiE3_xXu2yBIqhdNDdnF_hKVtJtw5pMBRL3cBKYkl5GcWOUG7zAunIL7hrrs0xtl1by0XOPfVMNivHS/s320/Picture+001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ok, so it is freakishly cold in PA. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But, the view out my front window can't be beat a couple times a day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">See the deer?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I took this picture out my front window.</div><br />
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O Lord and Master of my life! Take from me the spirit of sloth, faint-heartedness, lust of power, and idle talk. But give rather the spirit of chastity, humility, patience,<br />
and love to Thy servant. Yea, O Lord and King! Grant me to see my own errors<br />
and not to judge my brother; For Thou art blessed unto ages of ages. AmenUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105901978749777231.post-59589587427351908492010-10-12T21:37:00.000-04:002010-10-12T21:37:05.950-04:00quiet time"Talkativeness is the throne of vainglory, on which it loves to show itself and make a display. Talkativeness is a sign of ignorance, a door to slander, a guide to jesting, a< servant of falsehood, the ruin of godly conviction, a creator and summoner of hopelessness, a precursor of sleep, the dissipation of recollection, the<br />
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~St. John ClimacusUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105901978749777231.post-91201804625398833062010-07-18T07:33:00.000-04:002010-07-18T07:33:56.870-04:00What I'm reading - Small housesJay Shafer's Tiny Houses<br />
see <a href="http://www.smallhousestyle.com/">http://www.smallhousestyle.com/</a><br />
his <a href="http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/">website</a> here.<br />
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Unbelievable! But how inspiring.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105901978749777231.post-31719386304176553362010-07-10T14:57:00.002-04:002010-07-10T14:57:27.757-04:00quoteThose who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. <br />
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(2) Simplicity promotes fairness and equity among the people of the Earth. <br />
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(3) Simplicity cuts through needless clutter and complexity. <br />
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(4) Simplicity enhances living with balance--inner and outer, work and family, family and community. <br />
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(5) Simplicity reveals the beauty and intelligence of nature's designs. <br />
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(6) Simplicity increases the resources available for future generations. <br />
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(7) Simplicity helps save animal and plant species from extinction. <br />
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(8) Simplicity responds to global shortages of oil, water, and other vital resources. <br />
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(9) Simplicity keeps our eyes on the prize of what matters most in our lives--the quality of our relationships with family, friends, community, nature, and the cosmos. <br />
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(10) Simplicity yields lasting satisfactions that more than compensate for the fleeting pleasures of consumerism. <br />
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(11) Simplicity fosters the sanity of self-discovery and an integrated approach to life. <br />
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(12) Simplicity blossoms us in community and connects us to the world with a sense of belonging and common purpose. <br />
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(13) Simplicity is a lighter lifestyle that fits elegantly into the real world of the 21ST century."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105901978749777231.post-18069910353552150172010-06-30T06:48:00.000-04:002010-06-30T06:48:45.976-04:00quoteSt. Bonaventure wrote:<br />
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"I have come into religion to live not as others live, but to live as all ourt to live, in the spirit of the Institute and full observance of the Rule; for, at my entrance, the Riles were given me to read, and not the lives of others. <br />
The Rules were then accepted by me voluntarily and as the basis of my life, and therefore I ought to observe them all exactly, although I should see that no one else observed them."<br />
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Next months virtue: SimplicityUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105901978749777231.post-80207721359991548622010-06-19T21:05:00.000-04:002010-06-19T21:05:05.864-04:00Some sewing ideas for mens shirtsI was reading this <a href="http://km-17.blogspot.com/search/label/Reconstructing%20clothes">blog</a> and love the bow.<br />
The second shirt down is darling, but I don't really do spagetti straps except it could be cute over a long sleeve dress or top.<br />
Down more are some tunic and babydoll tops - cute, cute, cute.<br />
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I ran across these <a href="http://sewmuchado.blogspot.com/2010/02/tutorial-reusable-swiffer-duster-cloths.html">reusable swiffer duster cloths</a> and am really thinking that this might be a fun project for the kiddies.<br />
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Homemade <a href="http://sewmuchado.blogspot.com/2010/03/tutorial-homemade-laundry-detergent.html">laundry soap</a> recipe. I really want to try this soon. I need to order supplies so I have them on hand when I empty my container.<br />
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I am nuts for this little <a href="http://www.somewhatsimple.com/2010/03/fabulous-friday-and-giveaway-from-this.html">hankie baby bonnet</a>. I am seeing one of these in my very near future.<br />
Evangelina...................<br />
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I miss being able to have my sewing machine set up - having a sewing area that stays set up.<br />
Makes it a lot easier to do things.<br />
Maybe in our new house.<br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105901978749777231.post-48868611803170770732010-06-19T15:13:00.000-04:002010-06-19T15:13:48.232-04:00Moving, Crafts I want to pursue, and moreWe are moving to Pennsylvania some time this summer. <br />
It looks like Matt will be going July 18th. So, a month or two later - 4 children, 4 dogs, 1 mother (I hear Lunatic Fringe playing in my mind right now) and I will be heading north. Presumably from this house to our new house. <br />
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As unusual, when we move I purge. I mean really purge. I have way to many things to do to be messing around with a bunch of junk I may or may not need someday. So, I make daily trips to the charity drop - except Matthew and I are sharing a car now. How awful will that be for me when he has gone to PA?<br />
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Trying to do any type of organization or purging when you live with a hoarder (mom) is enough to send you right over the ragged edge. <br />
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One of the other things I do is start working on projects - it seems to keep me out of trouble :0) <br />
So, I have been wanting to try to make envelope books: <a href="http://whimsy-girl.blogspot.com/2008/09/accordion-envelope-book-tutorial.html">this one looks doable</a>, and I like the looks of this <a href="http://www.making-mini-scrapbooks.com/envelopebook.html">one, too.</a> <br />
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I have been pursing a bunch of different sewing blogs lately - just when I start to think I might have a smidge of originality I run into a wardrobe refashion crowd (and the I began following links to the other members blogs) and see that my own personalization and tailoring of my wardrobe is by no means revolutionary. Lots of other gals make jammies from sheets, notecards from scraps of fabric and buttons, and unravel sweaters for the yarn. And furthermore - loving expensive (but thrifted for cheap or stolen from family members) mens dress shirts and wanting to make them into something better that a "boyfriend shirt" (you know, roll up the sleeves and wear it anyway) is not even a new thought. BUT, BUT, BUT - I found dozens of ideas for making dresses for the girls, peasantish shirts for me and a whole host of other items (no, no, no, to the mini skirt dresses good gravy!). I can't wait to try. <br />
When I am nervous I have to keep busy, or go crazy. So, I clean, I organize, I craft.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105901978749777231.post-34598803638748560722010-06-19T14:38:00.000-04:002010-06-19T14:38:24.170-04:00Thinking - Screen Doors<a href="http://www.aholyexperience.com/2010/06/work-of-all-kids-how-to-forgive-our.html">What I just read </a>over at Holy Experience was amazing. The Work of All Kids: How to Forgive Our Parents is the name of the post. <br />
And what I most appreciate is the how to get there ideas at the bottom. <br />
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Like the wind blows through a screen door, let blustry comments, stormy blasts just blow right past. Incidents can only hit hard if you have your front door closed. But having a screen door policy allows all the pain to blow by.... <br />
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It might be different if my situation were different. I could think happy thoughts, and assume the best when we lived far apart.<br />
But, having my parents live with us has really changed my ability to maintain right thinking, right actions, and serenity in general. I struggle with anger I haven't felt in decades, I find myself struggling to maintain changes I purposefully and painfully made in myself as an adult - to be positive, to be kind, to try to live my convictions and serve my Lord in everything, every moment of every day. Right now, I am failing....<br />
I hate myself for my weakness.<br />
I pray God for the strength and courage to change.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105901978749777231.post-21629326214588298612010-06-02T16:24:00.002-04:002010-06-02T16:24:26.882-04:00PeacePreserve your inner peace at any cost. Do not trade your peace for anything in the world. Make peace with yourself, and heaven and earth will make peace with you. <br />
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~ St. Isaac the Syrian (+700 AD)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105901978749777231.post-39398872244335048682010-04-27T10:40:00.001-04:002010-04-27T10:58:55.190-04:00Garden of the Good Shepherd<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We got together with our friends yesterday for our first Good Shepherd's Garden Party. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We printed out the printables available <a href="http://tiredtwang.blogspot.com/p/good-shepherd-garden-parties.html">at Waltzing Matilda's blog </a>and I made each of the children a "book" to use to paste them into. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is a radish. See it hangs down. I use packing tape to stick it on. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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