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New Online Community For Catholic Moms (AND A Flash Sale!)

I am super excited to announce that today is opening day for an all new online community for Catholic moms! It's called The Faith Weavers, A Community Of Catholic Moms Living The Liturgical Year. The name was chosen based on this post I wrote about weaving the faith into your every day lives with your kids.  I am launching this group with a fantastic bunch of amazing Catholic mothers, … [Read more...]

Living The Liturgical Year At Home- How To Get Started

Do you want to celebrate the liturgical year at home, but you don't know where to start? Or maybe you don't even know what living liturgically means. Either way, you have come to the right place. So, what is the liturgical year? There's no reason to be confused or intimidated by this terminology. The liturgical year is just another way of saying church year or christian calendar. The term … [Read more...]

Building Your Liturgical Year Binder

If you're here, you probably already have my liturgical binder pack, Weaving The Faith! If not, be sure to read all about it and grab your own pack here. This pack comes with everything you need to customize your own ultimate resource book for living liturgically!   Now that you have your pack, here are some resources that can help you get started building and customizing it yourself. … [Read more...]

Teach Catholic Kids About The Trinity- A New Book For St. Patrick’s Day

Well, I'm very excited to tell you that I wrote another book! I actually wrote it a few years ago (lol) and then life crashed and I never published it. It's meant to be the first in a series of which I have already started others. We will see how you guys like it as to whether or not the series continues... Click here to go over to the purchasing page So as my kids started getting a bit … [Read more...]

Making A Homeschool Yearbook: Tips And Inspiration

Last year was the first year I made a homeschool yearbook for us, and I love it! It gets flipped through a lot, and actually serves as a review for the things we've covered. Plus, it sure makes all the cool school stuff I do with the kids feels worthwhile and is not forgotten! ;-) Our homeschool yearbook was just for lil 'ol us, not part of a large co-op. Well... we do actually get together … [Read more...]

Celebrating the Liturgical Year in November- With Free Calendar Printables

It is my goal here at Catholic Icing to help you actually live your Catholic faith with your children- not to just fill your Pinterest boards with great ideas that never get utilized. These calendar stick ons are going to help you easily incorporte the liturgical year in November into your normal daily calendar. You can find all my resources on November feast days here. I am a mother, just … [Read more...]

First Holy Communion Prep at Home- Kicking off the Year

My oldest is going to making her First Holy Communion this year, and we are making plans for prepping her at home. Although in most cases your child is required to complete their sacramental religious education at the church, that doesn't mean that we as parents don't also have a responsibility to prepare them at home- we most certainly do! The Catechism says... "The role of the parents in … [Read more...]

Introducing a New Product: A Picture Book of the Mass! (For Children AND Adults!)

While I was at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Conference in Virginia, I released a new product I wanted to share with you- A Picture Book of the Mass, Illustrated by the Masters! My love for art meets my love for the Mass. :-) Order your booklets here! This is a project I've been working on since the Fall. I promise this is not your run-of-the-mill  Mass booklet for children. This is … [Read more...]

Lesson 18: A New Commandment of Love

Hymns & Songs Love, Love (Round) Be Thou My Vision I Have Decided to Follow Jesus Ubi Caritas  Catholic Icing Resources Doing the Corporal Works of Mercy with Kids Recommended Books The Beatitudes for Children by Rosemarie Gortler Beatitales: 80 Fables About the Beatitudes for Children by Jared Dees Child’s Guide to the Beatitudes by Kathy DellaTorre … [Read more...]

Transform Your Prayer Life With Prayer Box Dividers

I usually post stuff on this site for your kids, but today, this post is for YOU. God is calling you to have a personal relationship and prayer life with him. I started realizing, if I'm not cultivating my personal relationship with Jesus, what am I doing the rest of this stuff for? This is what it's all about! As I started feeling a strong calling to strengthen my prayer life, a friend of mine … [Read more...]