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“I lost 5 babies before reading this book”

by Clara | Apr 2, 2024 | Meditations & Encouragement

In her official review for the National Catholic Register, Susanna Spencer wrote: The understanding heart of the sorrowful and joyful Blessed Mother is the refuge for the parent who loses a baby to miscarriage or stillbirth. Sometimes the only comfort we have is in...

How To: Good Friday with Kids [18-page download & video]

by HolyHeroes | Mar 27, 2024 | Mass Prep for Mommies, Meditations & Encouragement

The Good Friday Gospel Reading is looooong and it can be difficult for young kids to pay attention. To help kids pay attention to the entire Gospel (and actually understand what is happening in the Good Friday service), we have created a 18 page coloring...

Can you help? Miscarriage Support and Resources for Families

by Clara | Mar 21, 2024 | Meditations & Encouragement

We need some help finishing our next set of resources. Before we can finish, we need some help. Have you experienced an infant loss (miscarriage or stillbirth)? Could you fill out this short research form and offer your insight? Short Form: Have you experienced an...

Holy Week Kit: 4 Resources for the Family

by HolyHeroes | Mar 5, 2024 | Meditations & Encouragement

Everything you need to keep your family focused during the final week leading up to Easter Sunday. At the end of Lent, Holy Week can feel like the insurmountable sprint to the end when you are already burnt out. Rather than add to the overwhelm, our Holy Week Kit...

How to do a Tenebrae Service At-Home [download]

by Clara | Mar 1, 2024 | Meditations & Encouragement

Add this beautiful tradition to your Holy Week A few years ago, our parish began holding a Tenebrae service and we found it a beautiful way to participate in the solemn beauty of Holy Week. Tenebrae is a Latin word that means “shadows,” and it is an ancient form...

Time sensitive: for [Adult]Women ONLY!

by Kerri | Feb 12, 2024 | Meditations & Encouragement

I must admit: the things I heard from my older girls often shocked me..what they heard discussed in the cafeteria, between classes, in the dorms. I went to college and graduate school, living in houses full of college girls. But what I was told and asked about was...