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Queenship of Mary and Happy Anniversary!

Today we celebrate the Queenship of Mary. It is a lovely feast day and you can find out more about it here, here and here. I’m not planning a big celebration for this feast; however, just the usual: mass, decade of the rosary, having Andrew

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Sts Joachim and Ann, Grandparents of Jesus

(P.S. This is a re-post, with some slight revisions, from last year.)

Today is the feast day of Saints Joachim and Ann, grandparents of Jesus and mother of Mary! Since there’s no St. Carol (what a shame!), and my middle name is Ann, I’ve taken St. Ann as my name day.

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A Prayer for Fathers

This Sunday we will celebrate  the Feast of the Holy Trinity and Father’s Day. If you are looking for ideas on  how to celebrate Father’s Day in your family, americancatholic.org has some ideas and articles for dads here.

Let us pray for all fathers, living and deceased, using this lovely prayer

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King Grandpa

When my father-in-law turned 72 last week, Andrew insisted that grandpa wear the Chuck-E Cheese crown that he (Andrew) had gotten at his own birthday party. It just barely fits!

(Linked to WW HQ.)

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My Top 10 Fondest Memories From Childhood

In this past Sunday’s Sunday Snippets, I read one of Kathleen@ So Much to Say, So Little Time‘s posts about her experience in looking for a new car. In her post, she shared some awesome pictures of the vehicles her grandparents used to cart around 10 children before the

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A Prayer for Fathers

“St. Joseph, guardian of Jesus and chaste husband of Mary, you passed your life in loving fulfillment of duty. You supported the holy family of Nazareth with the work of your hands. Kindly protect those who trustingly come to you. You know their aspirations, their hardships, their hopes. They look to you because

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Special Family Time

This weekend we went to visit my husband’s Auntie Ceil who is ill. It was quite a trip being six hours away, but so worth it! My in-laws (father-in-law is Auntie Ceil’s brother) drove down from NJ with my husband’s grandmother who is visiting  from Italy and Auntie Ceil’s other brother and his wife in

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