October 31st, 2006

Why wouldn’t you

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October 31st, 2006

First Penance Book Recommendations

A reader asks: Do you know of any books that can be sent for a firstconfession/penance? My goddaughter is having her first confession heardnext weekend and if I can squeeze a good Catholic book in on anoccasion like this I try but this time my mind is blank. Any ideas?

We like this Baltimore Catechism for preparing our children for First Confession and Communion and Fr. Lovasik’s book on confession

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October 31st, 2006

Halloween Links

This week’s Carnival of Homeschool serves up tricks and treats.

A reader shares this article about a seasonal celebration in Chile.

Rod Bennett urges us not to forgo Halloween celebrations in his article at Catholic Exchange today.

Find some Halloween treats for young and old at CatholicMom.com

Reader Maria shares a cute idea for a Halloween cake using black and white icing over at her blog.

And not Halloween, but

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October 31st, 2006

Your Turn: Election Day

With election day looming and key pro-life issues at stake in many places, let’s talk politics. I’ve mentioned before that the Priests for Lifewebsite is a valuable resource for all kinds of helpful information forvoters to consider in this year’s election. Catholic Answers’ (pdf) Voter’s Guide for Serious Catholics offers explanations of fundamental moral issues that all Catholics should consider when voting.

We’ve mentioned before that there are key life

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October 29th, 2006

Things That I am Learning (Now that I am 19 months old)

by Raphael Bean 1. Banana bread is good. When you have access to some, youshould shove as much of it as possible into your mouth at once. Try todo this when your mother isn’t looking, though, because she’ll get allpanicky about your mouth being stuffed. Then, when she hears you grunt,she will fail to understand that you are saying, “Gimme some morebanana bread.” She’ll think you are choking and force

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October 28th, 2006

Oktoberfest 2006

This year’s Oktoberfest was like none other. Thanks to wild weathertwo weekends in a row, we had no guests. That’s right. No cousins. Noaunts. No uncles. No grandparents. No guests.

We had buckets full of candy corn. We had giant pots filled withstew. We had enough pies, breads, pretzels, and cookies to feed a smallcontinent. We had chips and dip galore.

But no guests.

We had a

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October 27th, 2006

Overheard

Gabrielle: Raphael and me were playing outside.

Me: Raphael and I were playing outside.

Gabrielle: No you weren’t.

October 27th, 2006

Scruples

Stephen: Am I allowed to say “What in tarnation?”