An EASY Lent Tradition for Kids! {video}
One of our favorite Lenten traditions throughout the years is the Bean Jar! This is an easy tradition you can start TODAY with your young children–all you need is an empty jar and some dried beans!
Watch this quick video about how to start this tradition:
Prayers for a priest friend
My wife Kerri and I recently received an email from a priest friend, asking us for our prayers. Here's what he said in his email (edited only minimally): "For my part, I have some news that might be difficult for you, but it is what it is. In the fall, I will be...
Our “Backyard Catholic VBS” is back (& it’s FREE!)
Learn more about our Summer Faith Adventure program that you can do from home!
How (and why) we’re using “My Path to Heaven” with our kids
A startling confession from a child--has become a blessing to the rest of us. Here's how it happened: A couple years ago, my wife called all the kids into our study to organize (yet again) the overflowing bookshelves: my books, her books, kids' school books,...
2 lovely prayers: The Feast of the Annunciation
On March 25th, we will celebrate the Feast of the Annunciation--celebrating the "fullness of time" when Christ took on our human nature to save us! We celebrate the day when a teenager, the Blessed Virgin Mary, announced a new dawn for us by accepting the role of the...
Here’s $10 for your 2 cents
Can you help us, please? We'll pay you for your time! Think of it as part Lenten penance, part "consulting income," part investment in your children's future prayers. We at Holy Heroes have been asked over the years to develop a new rosary prayer book for...
11 books every Catholic Middle Schooler should read
I read before breakfast…during breakfast…between school subjects…while I’m waiting for lunch…before swim practice…in the car home from swim practice…and sometimes I even get in trouble for reading when I’m supposed to be doing something else.
Three women talk: The March for Life
Now, as in every January stretching back for four decades, hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from across the country are traveling to Washington, D.C., for the annual "March for Life." Our family has marched many times over the years. Sometimes our...
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How to fulfill the All Souls Plenary Indulgence [download]
On Nov 2nd, we evoke The Church Suffering (the faithful departed being cleansed of their sins in Purgatory). Did you know that each day Nov 1-8 we can gain a special indulgence for these Poor Souls, but that All Souls’ Day has an unusual requirement—so easy even a child can complete it? Here’s what you need to do today and for the rest of the week.
Imagine: your kids WANTING to eat VEGETABLES…
Imagine: your kids eating vegetables... helping prep for dinner... and making breakfast for you while you sip your coffee (!) BUT--Here's the catch, Mom: Working with food encourages kids to try new things, but fruits and vegetables almost always require knives......
Text of canonization homily for Mother Teresa of Calcutta!
An inspiring two days we've had: the canonization of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta followed by her first feast day as "Saint Teresa of Calcutta"--wow! Here below is the full text of the Pope’s homily for her, as well as some other text from the Holy Mass on Sep 4,...
