Ever wanted a great resource of wonderful saint images you can print and use as cards, for crafts, cupcakes, stories and more! Well find it all now at happsaints! This wonderful websites is sure to bring a smile to anyone face! They also sell shirts, mugs and more – find the perfect gift for 1st communions, Christmas, birthdays and more!
This year for Lent I thought I’d like to do the Way of the Cross with my daughter in a more detailed way. Last year I used a black and white copy of the stations of the cross form Catholic Art Work. I want to do something appropriate for children so I decided on purchasing and using the Glory Stories: Passion of Christ – Way of the Cross CD from Holy Heros.
To accompany the CD, I also bought Holy Heros – The Road to Calvary Colouring book, so my daughter could have the visuals to go along with
the CD. This set looks great, looking forward to do this with my daughter this Lent. I will also be giving these to my godsons too.
Description of the Way of the Cross CD from Holy Hero’s Website: “Mesmerizing way for our children to learn about and pray the Stations of the Cross. Children hear other children leading the prayers and offering short meditations and resolutions which match their own lives and connect them to Christ: obedience, telling the truth, trying again and again, making sacrifices for the ones they love, and more. Each station is described with sound effects which inspire the imagination as if you are there…and parents will learn something at the same time! English and Spanish on the same CD.”
Looking for a great gift for the princess on your list?
This amazing Princess Veggie Tales Castle will have your princess busy for hours and hours. At first glance it looks rather small but don’t be fooled – this set is well made and great value for money. The figures are about 3” in size, the castle is 12″ tall! My daughter received this for Christmas from her aunt and uncle and loves it!
You can get it at a great deal for only $19.99 at Christianbook.com. I don’t know how they make it for this price.
They also have the movie Sweet Pea Beauty that goes along with this set at a great price too!
I love being Catholic –there are so many reasons to rejoice and celebrate all the time. Now that my children are getting a bit older feast days have become a time of great joy and celebration for us in a whole new way. You can find a reason to celebrate almost every day as a Catholic from liturgical seasons, to feast days – life is such a blessing! I thought it would be fun to start sharing some of the ways we are rejoicing and celebrating in our faith.
I always love finding new ideas to do with my kids. My son loves to eat and my daughter loves crafts so it’s always easy to generate excitement in our house hold! Welcome to my new blog The LittleWays – finding ways to celebrate our love of Jesus and our faith in all the little ways daily as inspired by St. Therese!
Pro-Life Silly Bands
I just had to share the most beautiful Silly Bands I have seen yet. My friend Paul the owner of Life Cycle Books had these incredible Silly Bands custom made. I got a couple packs of them last week and since then anyone I show them too loves them. My one friend ordered 10 packs to give to her kids, neices and nephews, neighbours, etc. They are just so thoughtful, unique, educational, fun and wonderful that I had to share them with you! At only $4.00 a package of 24 they make a great gift for anyone or buy them in bulk and use them as a fundraiser for your local pro-life group, parish, home school cop, etc!
Who we are:
We are a home run mission. Our mission is to spread sacrifice beads, rosaries and prayer cards to as many people as possible.
What are Sacrifice Beads / Good Deed Beads?
As a child, St. Therese, the Little Flower used a string of beads to count her sacrifices and acts of love done for God, in that way she was able to advance in perfection daily. You too, can grow in holiness by following the example of the Little Flower. Sacrifice Beads or Good Deed Beads are a string of ten beads, which can be pulled and remain in place. They are used to count the acts of love or sacrifices a person makes in a day for God. The string of sacrifice beads helps a person to grow in perfection by increasing their acts of love they do each day. The sacrifice beads we make also have a fixed Our Father bead on the end of them. Thus they double up as a rosary.
More Information on St. Therese:
St. Thérèse is known for her “Little Way.” In her quest for sanctity, she realized that it was not necessary to accomplish heroic acts, or “great deeds”, in order to attain holiness and to express her love of God. She wrote,
“Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love.”
Source:Wikipedia
Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face (The Little Flower), as a child along with her sisters, used a little string of beads to count their gifts of little sacrifices they did for love of God. Their mother, Zelie Martin, commended them at the end of each day for being so loving to the good Lord for sinners. They carried the beads in their pocket or kept them in a small drawer in the house. ( Reference: “The Story of a Family” by Fr. Stephane Piat, OFM (1944))
“These are such fun to make. The children will be so happy when I give them away next week.” ~ Farmersville, USA
“Thank you very much for the beads. I wanted to tell you that they arrived today, on St. Theresa’s feast day! How appropriate! We love them. The girls are already trying to find presents for God.” ~ Parent from Rochester, USA
“I use the beads every morning to help me get out of bed and get to my ealry morning classes. One day I couldn’t find them and I was late, lol” ~ University student from Toronto, ON
“We received the beads today. I can’t begin to thank you enough for all that you have done! The beads are absolutely beautiful and the children will love them.” ~ Jacksonville, USA
“I just love my beads, I use them everyday!” ~ Youth from Toronto, Canada
“St. Theresa’s story and these beads are so beautiful. I want to spread St. Theresa’s story to everyone I can.” ~ Boksburg, South Africa
“Thank you for the sacrifice beads today is the 12th day of Lent. I did a lot of sacrifices. I’m 7 years old.” ~ Student from Omaha, USA
“God is great! …the kindergarten teacher loved the beads and the moms I know of loved them just as much! The teacher said she wished she had had these for the kids in her class since the beginning of the year….she would have encouraged their use all throughout the year! She asked if we could get some for her class next year!!!” ~ Parent from Miami, USA
“Wonderful!” ~ Newcastle , United Kindgom
“The Children love them. In fact one little girl came to me today and asked if she could have a sacrifice bead because she’s been making lots of sacrifices but wanted to keep track of them!!” ~ Kindergarden and Gr. 1 Teacher from Persia, USA
“The campers and their parents just love the beads, thank you again!” ~ Catholic Camp Coordinator from Orangeville, Canada
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