There are usually two camps when it comes to Halloween – the “Oh, it’s totally harmless” camp, and the “Never let your kids go trick-or-treating because it’s all associated with demons and bad things” camp.
But, maybe there is a middle ground?
This podcast goes into the history of Halloween and offers a balanced look at participating in Halloween festivities (for both you and your children!).
Check out this podcast to learn more!
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This reflection is an excerpt from The Liturgical Sense of the Readings at Mass (Year A). Click here to purchase! As Jesus passed by he saw a man blind from birth.His disciples asked him,“Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”Jesus...
Most of our fears as young kids revolve around nighttime. As we grow up, the tools we're taught stay with us. Whether you've got young ones or older ones (or fears yourself), you can keep it simple with these ways my husband and I fight fears with our kids. What...
Throughout history, Catholics—both religious and lay—have actively engaged in efforts to end war, poverty, hunger, and injustice. From vastly different disciplines and corners of the world, they have placed their lives at the service of peace, following Jesus’...
Jesus came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.Jacob’s well was there.Jesus, tired from his journey, sat down there at the well.It was about noon. A woman of Samaria came to draw water.Jesus said to...
“It all just feels so pointless.” A few days into Lent, a good friend shared these words with me about the practices she decided to adopt for the season. This friend, enduring a time of trial in her life, felt incapable of doing anything grand for the penitential...
Links to purchase: The Silent Witness of Nazareth, Thank Cod Apron, 3 Hearts Lumbar Pillow Links to purchase: Party Like A Saint St. Joseph Package, Pray By Sticker, St. Patrick’s Day Socks Find More March Catholic Resources HERE! March Feast Days March...
Links to purchase: Eternize Crucifix, Family Stations of the Cross, All About Lent, The Days of Lent Coloring & Activity Book, A King Washes Feet, Stations of the Cross More Lent Resources HERE!...
Surely one of the most perplexing verses in the New Testament is one of Jesus’ “Seven Last Words” from the Cross: “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” (Matt. 27:46). For centuries, scholars and laymen alike have wondered:...
Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun and his clothes became white as light. And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to...
Significant changes mark this season of my life. The biggest being my transition from college to post-college. I like to use the actual seasons to help describe the kind of season I’m in: rest reminds me of lying out and feeling the summer heat. I feel the crisp...
Leslie loves creating schedules, organizational charts (the more post-its the better), and convincing people that CAST has the best mission in the world. As a result, Leslie is our Executive Director.
She studied Spanish and International Relations during her undergraduate studies at the University of Kentucky and combine this with her graduate degree in Communications from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross and experience in business, she is perfectly poised to take over the world one day.
Although she currently has no real ambitions of world domination she has had the opportunity to expand her international connections through her correspondent work in Rome and collaboration with the Holy See for a video on St. Peter’s Basilica for the Year of Mercy.
