by Thomas Dubay I follow a Franciscan monk who recommended this book. He said he found it particularly...
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Book Review: Utopia
by Thomas More I wasn’t sure what to expect...
17 February 2024 – Why Catholics Can Have Fish on Friday, Why Ice Floats on Water, the Savage Habits of Blue Jays
Children are naturally curious creatures and with so many under one roof coupled with the fact that we homeschool, we...
Book Review: Bound for Oregon
Jean Van Leeuwen This was based on the true story of a girl named Mary Ellen Todd who made the journey on the Oregon Trail from Arkansas to Oregon with her family. (Her family was related to President Lincoln's wife.). This was a fascinating book. There...
3 June 2023
Children are naturally curious creatures and with so many under one roof coupled with the fact that we homeschool, we are frequently looking things up to answer the various questions that arise. For instance, the children found that one of the chickens had laid an egg...
Saint Cyril of Alexandria
"... and for cowards to become people of great courage."
The Door in the Wall
by Marguerite De Angelo This was a very readable book about a young boy named Robin who was the son of a nobleman. His father was off at war and Robin, at the ripe old age of 10, was to...
27 May 2023
Children are naturally curious creatures and with so many under one roof coupled with the fact that we homeschool, we are frequently looking things up to answer the various questions that arise. For instance, the children found that one of the chickens had laid an egg...
Dorothy Day
"We're all called to be saints..."
Saint Dominic and the Rosary
by Catherine Beebe This was a great biography. It read well and was really helped along by the fact that Saint Dominic had a very fascinating life. He was born to older parents after his other brothers and sisters were grown-up and moved out. He knew he...
20 May 2023
Children are naturally curious creatures and with so many under one roof coupled with the fact that we homeschool, we are frequently looking things up to answer the various questions that arise. For instance, the children found that one of the chickens had laid an egg...
To Know Christ Jesus
by FJ Sheed I read this book for Lent. It was a nearly perfect Lent book. It even had 45 chapters so you could read one per day and be finished by Holy Week....