Srodowisko at Quiet Waters

This is a video of my daughter's youth group at their srodowisko retreat in August.  The song that is playing is the youth group singing a... more ...

Holding hands during the Our Father

An excellent article regarding the holding hands during the "Our Father."  Personlly, I find it distracting and diminishing to the r... more ...

Back to school

We started co-op classes today.  YDS has 3 classes and his sister has 6 or 7...I lost count!  Our co-op has a very full junior high/high ... more ...

Fall and apples

My family loves apples.  We like to eat them in pie and cobbler, with cheese and peanut butter, candied, coated with caramel, or baked.&nb... more ...

Talks given at the NECHC

The talks at the NECHC were recorded and are now available online at http://wmch.stblogs.com/2009/07/30/the-talks-are-up/.  Please take a look... more ...

Planned Parenthood?

I was reading comments on this post at catholicvote.org when I came across a comment that stated, "I completely understand why the anti aborti... more ...

Wrapping up

I am still processing all the end of the school year stuff.  You know what I mean.  The essays and papers that still need to b... more ...

NECHC

Well, we survived the First Annual(hopefully)NECHC.If you had asked me a month ago if I thought this conference would be successful, I would have s... more ...

A notebooking give away

Apologia is now producing notebooking journals that accompany each of the elementary science books. Both Botany and Astronomy are now available. Yo... more ...

A review of Five Minutes with the Child Jesus

A Review of Five Minutes with the Child Jesus Five Minutes with the Child Jesus A Christmas Story by Alvaro Correa, LCIllustrations by Gloria L... more ...

Water, water everywhere

We signed up for an online video science class by that title through Currclick.com. Here are some photos from some of the experiments we have done.... more ...

More on Notre Dame

Mary Ann Glendon, who had been chosen as the recipient of the Laetare Medal at Notre Dame, has decided against accepting the award. You can read th... more ...

Alleluia!

Christ is Risen! He Is Risen Indeed! more ...

The Passion of the Lord

Today is Passion or Palm Sunday. The gospel reading is from the Gospel of Mark and is quite long. I recall being a teen and attending the Passion o... more ...

Excellent pro-life video by a 12 year old

This young lady has caused some controversy in the blogosphere by her knowledge on this topic.  My 12 year old daughter, while not as eloquent... more ...

A couple of homeschool projects

Just a couple of projects I have been meaning to make this Liturgical Year wheel since August. I finally made it last night...just in time for Adv... more ...

Stem Cell Research, cloning and abortion

There is a website called Answers in Genesis. They have scientists who debunk many Darwinian claims. This video is about stem cell research, clonin... more ...

Politics

This was my comment in answer to a post at my friend Katy's blog:As a Catholic, I will not vote for anyone who is pro-abortion. I know there ar... more ...

My kids were upset.

Yesterday my children returned from Holy Communion upset.  The Eucharistic minister had said "The body of Christ's son" instead ... more ...

It finally stopped

...raining, that is. We have had almost 2 whole weeks without thunderstorms and torrential rains. I am SO grateful! I got to mow my lawn which had ... more ...

Registration

Dear Friends of WMCH:First Annual New England Catholic Homeschool Conference is being held June 6th 2009 at St George’s Parish in Chicopee, M... more ...

Vendor application

You are invited to be a founding vendor for the first annualNew England Catholic Homeschool Conferenceto be held Saturday June 6, 2009St. George&rs... more ...

Pro-life

I am pro-life. God has recently pointed out to me that this means much more than being anti-abortion.Being pro-life means accepting and respecting ... more ...

New England Catholic Homeschool Conference

Our homeschool group is planning a Catholic homeschool conference. We have been discussing this for over a year, and it appears that it may actuall... more ...