Holy Heros Advent Adventures
We are signing up for the Holy Heroes Advent Program. I just found out about it . . . has anyone experienced this program yet?

Planned Parenthood Pushes Abortion for Profit
Ex-Abortion Facility Director Says, "They really wanted to increase the number of abortions so that they could increase their income."   LifeSiteNews.comBy James TillmanBRYAN, TX, November 5, 2009 Abby Johnson, the ex-director of a Planned Parenthood abortion facility who recently made national headlines after converting to the pro-life position, has revealed that Planned Parenthood pushes employees to strive for more abortions to boost profits. "There are definitely client goals," Johns

Hulu, O. Henry, Steinbeck & God
A couple of days ago, Pablo and I were poking around on hulu.com. He loves to watch Modern Marvels and I'm a vintage movie gal (poor Pablo!)I found an old show called, O. Henry's Full House. It is a film version of the some of the best stories of O. Henry. We watched the first vignette and both of us decided to settle in for the whole show. The surprise elem

St. Martin de Porres - November 3
The Feast of St. Martin de Porres is On November 3.May I suggest two picture books to bring simple smiles to the day?Saint Martin de Porres and the Mice

Catholic Mosaic –...
Catholic Mosaic – Living the Liturgical Year with Literature: An Illustrated Book Study for Catholic Children. The title says it all.The author, Cay Gibson has created a mosaic of Catholic culture and beautiful literature. Catholic Mosaic is organized by the months of the year and corresponding liturgical celebrations. Then she wove picture books of substance that correspond to the liturgical year.I had the pleasure of meeting Cay at our homeschool conference at The University of St. Thomas a few months ago. What a gracious and down to earth woman!But back to the book itself!It is definitely more than an annotated book list, although that