Catechist's Journey

Last week, I posted about the beautiful Catholic tradition of May Crowning and my quest to find out how to either acquire or make a small “crown” for my backyard Mary Statue. As it turns out, the miniature floral crown that I ordered was WAY too mini! So, instead, I went to Michaels and found [...]

Here in Chicago, we endured a lot of April showers in order to enjoy the May flowers! Which, of course, means that it’s that time of the year for May Crownings! I posted a couple of years ago about May Crownings and encourage you to go back and take a look at that but I also [...]

Here’s the final installment of a summary of this past Monday’s session on Abraham and God’s plan for salvation.  After completing the Bible activity on Abraham, we still had time to pray a decade of the Rosary in order to mark October as the Month of the Holy Rosary and most of the kids had brought [...]

If you’ve followed my blog for a while, you know that I often refer to my Ignatian influences. I recall doing so in preparation for last year’s feast of St. Ignatius. Well, it’s time again to celebrate the feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola, not only on July 31, but for the entire month of July! [...]

I remember as a kid being thrilled with the Feast of St. Blaise because it meant that I wouldn’t get any more sore throats during the remaining weeks of the cruel Chicago winter. So much of my piety back then was bordering (if not totally over the edge!) on superstition. Why? I was never really [...]

July 31 is the Feast of St. Ignatius! This date has personal significance for me since I attended St. Ignatius College Prep and Loyola University of Chicago (undergrad and graduate degrees) and work for Loyola Press! That’s a lot of Ignatian influence! Of course, we are all blessed to have been influenced in some way, [...]