Catholic Free Video Collection
You may want to check out my free video collection it includes many Catholic subjects and saints. Plus other educational videos all free.
No Time for Fasting
Ok it’s not even near the liturgical time of the year that calls for all good Catholics to fast. However, if I wait until then to submit this information it may get buried in the myriad of other information out there on fasting. I am talking about a must read excerpt from Faith of our Fathers which I found in Ebook form. I believe that every Catholic parent that was raised after 1960 (most of us.) Owes it to themself to read what the Archbishop says about fasting in 1917. Then pass it on to their children. If more Catholics understood why Catholics fast there would be like putting the icing on a cake or chocolate syrup on plain ice cream. Knowledge of why we are Catholic is such a wonderful thing. For the full ebook download click here. This e-book is free.
Excerpt from…
Faith of our Fathers
By James Cardinal Gibbons Archbishop of Baltimore
Published 1917
“…On Good Friday He was crucified on Mount Calvary, and thus purchased for us redemption by His death. Hence Jesus exclusively bears the titles of Savior and Redeemer, because
“there is no other name under heaven given to men whereby we must be saved.”7 ”He was wounded for our iniquities; He was bruised for our sins, … and by His bruises we are healed.”8
We are commanded by Jesus, suffering and dying for us, to imitate Him by the crucifixion of our flesh, and by acts of daily mortification. “If anyone,” He says, “will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me.”9
Hence we abstain from the use of flesh meat on Friday—the day consecrated to our Savior’s sufferings—not because the eating of flesh meat is sinful in itself, but as an act of salutary mortification. Loving children would be prompted by filial tenderness to commemorate the anniversary of their father’s
death rather by prayer and fasting than by feasting. Even so we abstain on Fridays from flesh meat that we may in a small measure testify our practical sympathy for our dear Lord by the
mortification of our body, endeavoring, like St. Paul, “to bear about in our body the mortification of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our bodies.”10
The Cross is held in the highest reverence by Catholics because it was the instrument of our Savior’s crucifixion. It surmounts our churches and adorns our sanctuaries. We venerate
it as the emblem of our salvation. “Far be it from me,” says the Apostle, [Paul] “to glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.”11 We do not, of course, attach any intrinsic virtue to the Cross; this would be sinful and idolatrous. Our veneration is referred to Him who died upon it.
It is also a very ancient and pious practice for the faithful to make on their person the sign of the Cross, saying at the same time: “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” Tertullian, who lived in the second century of the Christian era, says: “In all our actions, when we come in or go out, when we dress, when we wash, at our meals, before retiring to sleep, … we form on our foreheads the sign of the cross. These practices are not commanded by a formal law of Scripture; but tradition teaches them, custom confirms them, faith observes
them.”12 By the sign of the cross we make a profession of our faith in the Trinity and the Incarnation, and perform a most salutary act of religion…”
Catholic Lesson Planner for homeschooling – Free!
I like the lesson planner that some of the Catholic Homeschools offer for sale. However, I alway forget to purchase my planner with my order. I also run into the problem with erasing a few times before I get my planning right for the year. This year I am trying something new and thought I would pass it along to anyone else with the same lesson plans problems I have. I also wanted my planner to look and feel Catholic. So I made my own “My Catholic Planner” for homeschooling.
Here are the 3 free pdf files. The title cover, which sides in a notebook quite easily. Then pages 1 and two of the actual lesson plan pages can be found either follwing link page 1 or page 2. Feel free to download them for your personal use. (that mean don’t go selling them unless you talk to me.)
My Catholic Homeschool Lesson Plans are set up so you can enter the Week # and the date at the top of each week. Two page spans the course of a week and there is room at the end of the week to enter extra books your child has read or, what key information they learned that week. This will make it easier to reference during assessment time. Download here “My Catholic Lesson Planner”
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Free & Affordable Notebooking Pages (& More!)
Famous Men of Greece
Famous Men of Greece by John H. Haaren and A. B. Poland is the title of current history curriculum with a Charlotte Mason Flare of Mater Ambilis, and RC History. Since there are many living books that are recommend for Ancient History Here is one that you can read and review before buying a copy. Or, you may just want to read the online version. Either way here is the link to the book, so you could actually read the whole book if you choose too. Enter Here
How to draw
How to draw for the Catholic Home School Child. Looking for good books is sometimes like looking for a needle in a hay stack. This year I chose CHC (Catholic Heritage Curriculum) Art Appreciation curriculum for my our main Art study. My ultimate goal was to find a religious art appreciation curriculum for younger (elementary) age group that takes them through all the many icons explaining the meanings behind the pictures as well as what type of medium they are painted on, era and a bit about the artist. CHC’s was the closest I could come to it.
I did run across Miraculous Images of our Lady 100 famous Catholic statues and portraits and use as a partial art study.
You may already have your Catholic religious arts book. But sometimes if your like me your looking for something more on the side. Here is a list of books that may be a useful resource for a child learning to draw (something other than Catholic art, which I have to admit I would love it if that were all my child drew.) Yet, it’s easy to stretch your budget by adding a few of these books to your collection.
Dover How To Draw ...as low as $2.47
...as low as $2.47 This easy-to-follow book shows youngsters–and other would-be artists–how to use simple shapes to draw realistic likenesses of nature’s loveliest blossoms. Simple step-by-step diagrams make it easy to draw 30 flowers, including the sunflower, daisy, bluebell, Easter lily, rose, tulip, carnation, iris, and others. Once the flowers are completed, students can color them to create a lovely special effect. A brief caption for each flower provides such information as color, blooming time, and where it can be found. Paperback, 32 pages.ISBN:486413373. DOVER
Dover How to Draw Faces...as low as $2.47
Dover How To Draw Insects ...as low as $2.47
Dover How to Draw Aquarium Animals...as low as $2.47
Watson-Guptill How to Draw What You See How to Draw What You See ISBN: 0823023753...as low as $13.35
Blitz Video Kits "How To Draw Cartoon Animals"...as low as $11.70
Dover How To Draw Wild Animals ...as low as $2.47
All the books listed below can be found new for as little as $2.47
Dover How To Draw Dogs
Dover How To Draw Cats
Dover How to Draw Farm Animals ISBN: 0486451682
Dover How To Draw Birds How To Draw Birds
Hidden Treasures
You may not need this information now. However bookmark this page to use during the liturgical season of advent.
Way of the Cross for Children (stations of the cross)
Teach yourself how to defend your faith that your children will be able to defend theirs.
Bible Christian Society – Catholic laymen website.
Saints podcast fun to listen to day or night.
Chant Music
Gregorian Chants – also, several other links indirectly related including Monasteries that Religious Institutions that perform Chants.
Religous Education for homeschooling
Faith and Life Series
Is one of the most well known series for religious education of the home school child. They are simple concise lessons.
Faith and Life also offers an online scope and sequence plus other downloads to go along with your lessons. These and more can be located at Ignatius.com
Resources for Catholic History Curriculum
History – Catholic
http://www.rchistory.com/articles.htm
Unit Studies – Catholic History and more Time lines
http://www.catholictreasury.com/
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Very Cool gift for kids who like science.
Do your kids like science or bugs? This link has the some really unique computer mice the glow. They have insects in them that were once alive.
Amazing and Beautiful Butterflies Buggy Computer Mouse
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