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By Katharine Grubb At Christmastime in years past, I’ve received the World Vision catalog in the mail. And unlike the other catalogs, like American Girl, there’s a part of me that would be moved. World Vision’s catalog is filled with gifts to give that could save lives, that could combat world hunger, that could lift a family out [...]
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100 Goats: A Christmas Project for World Vision
November 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment · guest post, in the world
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5 Ways to Give Your Family a Peaceful Advent
November 22nd, 2011 · 2 Comments · Faith, family, guest post
By Jennifer Fitz To prepare the way for our Lord, John the Baptist withdrew into the desert to fast and pray. We try to imitate that model of self-mortification every Advent, loading ourselves down with parties, shopping, and Holiday Preparations. Surely getting the whole family into matching Christmas sweaters is the new Hair Shirt, right? [...]
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A Cheat Sheet for Salvation History
October 27th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Faith, guest post, Inspired by Mary
By Joe Wetterling There are wonderful spiritual benefits, for ourselves and others, when we pray the rosary. What about intellectual benefits? Can the rosary help us understand our faith better? Can it help us transform by renewing our minds, as St. Paul instructed? Yes! Broadly, the three traditional sets of mysteries take us through the [...]
Reluctantly Agreeing to Pray the Daily Rosary
October 20th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Faith, guest post, Inspired by Mary
By Jennifer Fitz I’m an auxiliary member of the Legion of Mary, which is a serious commitment. When you join, you promise to pray prescribed prayers every day, which include a daily rosary. Not something to just jump into. As I did. Completely by accident. At the wrong parish. Here’s what happened: I was praying [...]
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The Rosary that Changed the Way I Pray the Rosary
October 18th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Faith, guest post, Inspired by Mary
By Victoria Q. DeBayle There was one rosary that forever changed the way I pray the Rosary. At the end of my freshman year of college, our Campus Minister announced that she would be leaving her post to follow a religious vocation. As a parting gift, a member of the Catholic Student Association suggested that [...]
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