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– cute, but kind of pointless
– Verdi is our “Composer of the Month” for September, and this is a perfect rabbit trail book — the illustrations are just beautiful. I have a newfound appreciation of Aida. The drama of a love triangle may not be entirely suitable for the younger set though — my kids read it, but didn’t really like it.
– studying more Shakespeare this year. 13-yo has read/listened to Macbeth. We’ll be watching the movie soon. This is a gentler intro or re-intro to the Bard, for the younger ones.
– another cute book, about Chinese culture and imagination… not much substance though, or maybe I just missed it
– get this book! if just for the artwork. Lovely!! One word of caution: there is a page where Michelangelo is dissecting a cadaver. It’s not particularly gory or indecent, but probably not for sensitive or very young children. This one’s a read aloud aimed at older kids.
– an okay book, for kids who either don’t know what a library is or have no appreciation of it yet
– I’m not usually a fan of books that remind me of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (link to the book here
– classic book to teach your kids about good stewardship of the earth — if you like/love this book, perhaps you’ll like/love the next one as well. It’s also ecology, but more fantasy-style. I love the realism of the Kapok tree book, but something about the Florentine art in the other just captures and holds my affection.
– This book, of course, would be more suitably read in February, but we are on a Clyde Robert Bulla kick these days. I love that this book goes into the different legends/origins of Valentine’s Day, and doesn’t neglect the Catholic POV. Not really a fictional book per se, but entertaining and colorful enough to hold a little one’s attention.
– I *love* this book! Sooo sweet, but not saccharine sweet. Very very respectful and honest about sibling relationships and the rivalry that sometimes may come with it, balanced with a gentle (but non-preachy) emphasis on generosity and sharing. A great gift for a new big sister. Also a great reminder for parents to be sensitive to the needs of an older child when a new sibling joins the family.
– Very nicely done retelling of Russian folklore on the seasons of the year. I like books that present basic facts in a creative manner, and asks questions of the reader, or prompts them to ask questions, and come up with their own answers. The pastel drawings would be great for an art lesson or two!
– a pity the artwork isn’t available on Amazon. It’s a rather quaint book, with a myriad of characters all taken from well-known and common nursery rhymes and Mother Goose stories. Perfect lead in to many rabbit trails…. or use as the perfect ending to tie up and finish a collection of classic read alouds. Reminds me of Jolly Postman books
– great bio of Anna May Wong, written for kids. She was heretofore unkonwn to me. Every now and then it’s good to see new authors and illustrators tackling previously unknown subjects. Great springboard for discussing the film genre, stereotypes, racism, etc.
- Study of the Saints
- Joseph of Nazareth
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read 5 pages daily and write in reflection journal - Read and narrate books on other chosen saints:
- Mary: Mary, Mother of Jesus by Joslin
, Mary by Brian Wildsmith
, Mary: The Mother of Jesus by Tomie de Paola
- St. Francis of Assisi: Saint Francis of Assisi: A Life of Joy
, Francis: The Poor Man of Assisi
, Clare and Francis
, Francis and Clare: Saints of Assisi (Vision Book Series)
, Saint Francis by Brian Wildsmith
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- St. Peter
- St. Maximilian Kolbe (parish)
- St. Paul (patron saint/namesake)
- St. Francis Xavier (patron saint/namesake)
- St. Dominic
- St. Dominic Savio
- St. John the Apostle
- Mary: Mary, Mother of Jesus by Joslin
- Joseph of Nazareth
- The Holy Spirit, Virtue and Habit Formation, Service
- Prayers, English and Latin
- Prayers to the Holy Spirit
- Gifts of the Holy Spirit
- Fruits of the Holy Spirit section
- Following the Holy Spirit
- Growing in the Virtues of Jesus
- Making Choices: Practical Wisdom for Everyday Moral Decisions
- shoot for Daily Mass, but at least Wednesdays and Sundays
- Confession monthly
- Eucharistic Adoration on Thursday evenings
- Volunteer to help at Parish Festival, IHN, Soup kitchen, YFC, scouting
- Tithing
- Spiritual Reading: In Conversation with God: Meditations for Each Day of the Year
and The Hidden Power of Kindness: A Practical Handbook for Souls Who Dare to Transform the World, One Deed at a Time
- Altar Service
- Scripture, Tradition, Catechism and Apologetics
This list is currently overkill, so we’ll have to be picky about which sections to cover.- The Holy Bible
- Fr. John Laux’ books, for discussion
- St. Patrick’s Summer: A Children’s Adventure Catechism
- Catholic Christianity: A Complete Catechism of Catholic Beliefs Based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church
- My Path to Heaven: A Young Person’s Guide to the Faith
- I Believe: The Nicene Creed
- Remain in Me
- Beginning Apologetics Series
- Prove It! Series by Amy Welborn
- Mere Christianity
- An Illustrated Catechism
- A Philadelphia Catholic in King James’s Court
and A Philadelphia Catholic to King James’s Court: Discussion/Study Guide
- Handbook of Christian Apologetics: Hundreds of Answers to Crucial Questions
- Artwork: The Ten Commandments
- Salvation History
- The Sacraments
- Art work on confirmation
- Selections from Lapbooks for Catholics’ Sacraments
- The Sacrament of Confirmation
- The Holy Mass
- Christian Literature
- Rereading of The Chronicles of Narnia (Box Set)
, plus this study guide (pdf file)
- The Lord of the Rings
, plus discussion using these two articles
- The Book of Virtues: A Treasury of Great Moral Stories
- The Screwtape Letters
- Rereading of The Chronicles of Narnia (Box Set)
- Vocations/Theology of the Body
- Selections from Theology of the Body for Teens
- The Joyful Mysteries of Life
- Completely Christ’s I and Completely Christ’s II
Resources for Dad and Mom
Letters to a Young Catholic (Art of Mentoring)
Before I Go: Letters to Our Children About What Really Matters
These books were either culled from suggestions at the 4Real Forum or were used during dd-18′s own confirmation preparation years.
The plan is to use this as the bulk of our curriculum for this coming year (we’ve already been working on a few of these this past year so some are just continuing), only adding Math (Saxon) and Science to the mix. I’m thinking we’ll have to pare down on a bunch of these still as it may be too much even for one year’s worth of coursework. I’ll update this with the final plan when we get back to the US and gather the rest of our resources.
Note August 10, 2011:
We are now in Migi’s confirmation preparation year so I’m looking back at this and re-evaluating. Paco ended up doing 50-60% of this list. I’ll probably have Migi pick just one from each category, since he has a full curriculum as well. Portfolio not optional though 
I have no words of my own, as my heart is still too full to speak, but I echo Jennifer’s:
So I don’t understand, but I will hope right along with you. I will have faith, the same faith I’ve always had, not a new one brought about by this one human man. I will teach my children to pray. I will teach my children to cherish and protect the newest of lives and those that are not so new, but just as precious. I will teach them to conserve, starting with our own backyard and our own consumption. I will educate my children. I will teach them to love one another [snip]. My family and I will financially support those in the world who live in poverty, just as we always have.
More than anything this election, this is what truly saddens me.
The End of Feminism from Genevieve Kineke, author of The Authentic Catholic Woman
More Catholic than the Pope … it’s almost funny.
Sounds like kids bickering, doesn’t it? Quite familiar with that here in our home… however, this time it’s
Biden and Pelosi vs. the US Bishops.
I don’t get it. Church teaching is church teaching. There are things that are non-negs. This is one of them. You either follow the Magisterium or you’re basically your own pope. Why are they insisting that they’re right on this one? Reminds me of the arguments some people have made. I don’t know why people cling to the Catholic name when they could just renounce Catholicism (not that we want them to, but that they COULD if they really wanted to) so they don’t have to follow its teachings….
The one good thing I can see about this, is that things are brought to light that may not have been brought to light had this not happened. Perhaps other people are benefiting from the very vocal response from the Bishops. Perhaps people who have wondered before about why the Church teaches what She teaches, or what it all means, or how Catholics should really think and act are now getting quite an education. Maybe Biden and Pelosi are the catalysts for something bigger coming…. For a long time it’s been disheartening just how many people don’t get what the Catholic Church is all about. And many of them hate what they don’t know. The biggest blessing that could come out of this IMO is that people who didn’t know before may now have a greater understanding of why we believe what we believe. Whether that brings them to the fold or not is up to God’s grace, but I for one am happy that there’s clarification. Surely something good will come out of this.
Chapter 1 Vocabulary list for Migi, 9:
Portuguese
armory
entertaining
magistrate
beautiful
laughter
doublet
fierce
flourishing
Saracens
ancestor
possessions
murmured
accounts
cathedral
question
courtyard
roused
attention
deceived
I’ve just been away for a few days from my reader, and now I’m back there is a ton of catch-up reading to do.
Thank you for your prayers, everyone. The ER trip yesterday was short and sweet (3 1/2 hours, including waiting time!) — thank goodness I was not confined; just given 2 bags of fluids and sugar to give me a boost, and 2 prescriptions that already have helped tremendously. I’m still experiencing nausea, but more tolerable than the past 5 days. At least I’m able to fight it off better. It also helps that my fabulous mom is here to help out.
So anyway, enough about me… I’m here to share some links:
For Aisa, who I believe is still reading Fabiola:
from Tea at Trianon
Why Men Don’t Court Women Anymore
Comment: Southern men (US, I mean) and properly-trained Filipinos — seem to be the last remaining bastion of chivalry. I am very thankful courtship was still very much alive when dh courted me, or at least in our generation it seemed that way. In our small group of friends which included 3 other Filipino men, ALL of them courted their would-be wives. Maybe one of these days I’ll write how it was to be courted Filipino-style in modern-day America.
I am so tempted to print out copies of this and leave them anonymously all over our Parish…. (on dressing modestly for Mass)
When do we get one of these here in Ohio? Methinks a looooong while, as it’s a bit too progressive here. My response to the complainers: What, don’t you have enough anti-life pharmacies to begrudge the pro-life folks their own??? It’s not like you couldn’t drive down a few blocks to the nearest one. From what I can tell online, Chantilly, VA isn’t exactly the boondocks.
So many great crafty ideas!!! I followed the link from Kim who originally got it from Amy. Now that I have hope of having more than a few minutes each day of feeling good enough to drive and go around, a trip to Michael’s to finally stock up on summer crafty things should be just the thing to combat the kids’ summer boredom. (Tho’ not Aisa’s, who’s hoping to finish all her requirements to graduate from high school in August!!)
He also wonders if one can copyright a recipe. Since this is an issue several Filipino food bloggers have had to contend with including myself — too many that we even had to put up a one-time blogging event to call attention to the problem back in ’05 — I put in my .02.
Oh, so, so true. (on clutter)
Disclaimer: I know this is a controversial post. I am not looking to begin a debate about any of the issues. I am simply compiling these links and excerpts within to present the facts to my daughter, who is at the aqe (17) where she needs to think more deeply on these things. The conscience of a Catholic is between him/her and God. However, as a Catholic parent it is my duty to help form my children’s consciences. However they use their consciences when the time comes is up to them. I will not be in the voting booth.
Worthiness to Receive Holy Communion — General Principles
by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger
Important points:
From #1. The practice of indiscriminately presenting oneself to receive Holy Communion, merely as a consequence of being present at Mass, is an abuse that must be corrected.
Reverence for the Eucharist is paramount. This is Jesus that we receive at the altar. It is not some wafer that we partake of without looking at our worthiness to do so. We should be coming to the altar with clean hearts and clean souls, knowing that we are in full communion with Christ and His Church.
From #2. This cooperation can never be justified either by invoking respect for the freedom of others or by appealing to the fact that civil law permits it or requires it.
This answers your question about some of your friends’ beliefs, Ais. We can respect and tolerate everyone’s beliefs. We do not have the right to force our opinions on them. But that doesn’t mean we express this respect and tolerance by going against what is the very grain of OUR belief. We cannot vote based on respect for someone else’s concept of freedom.
Everyone has the right to drive a car, provided they’ve got a license. That doesn’t mean we should all be free to run over people anytime we want to. With freedom comes responsibility. True freedom only comes when we operate within the rules. Freedom on the highway doesn’t mean you can drive any direction at any speed you choose. Freedom means following the rules, making it safe for everyone and not just a select few.
From #3. There may be a legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war and applying the death penalty, but not however with regard to abortion and euthanasia.
Dad and I don’t agree on the war. He doesn’t agree with the Pope 100% on this matter, but that doesn’t make Daddy a bad Catholic. However, on the issue of abortion, we do not (cannot, will not) go against the teachings of the Church. The Church is unequivocal about abortion and euthanasia being an EVIL, and rightly so. God giveth and God taketh away. We have no right to put an ending to what the Author of Life has penned. It is not our story to tell.
A Catholic would be guilty of formal cooperation in evil, and so unworthy to present himself for Holy Communion, if he were to deliberately vote for a candidate precisely because of the candidate’s permissive stand on abortion and/or euthanasia. When a Catholic does not share a candidate’s stand in favour of abortion and/or euthanasia, but votes for that candidate for other reasons, it is considered remote material cooperation, which can be permitted in the presence of proportionate reasons.
Now you get to compare Obama and McCain’s voting record. (pdf file)
We were talking about the “lesser of two evils” question. Here’s an excerpt from another LifeSite article (Can Catholics Who Vote for Obama Still Receive Communion?) that speaks to this:
As Bishop Rene Henry Gracida, of Corpus Christi Texas, explained in September 2004: “Consider the case of a Catholic voter who must choose between three candidates: Kerry, who is completely for abortion on demand, Bush, who is in favor of very limited abortion, i.e., in favor of greatly restricting abortion and Peroutka, a candidate who is completely against abortion but who is universally recognized as being unelectable. The Catholic can vote for Peroutka, but that will probably only help ensure the election of Kerry. Therefore the Catholic voter has a proportionate reason to vote for Bush, since his vote might help to ensure the defeat of Kerry and might result in the saving of some innocent human lives.”
I think the answer is quite clear.
Additional info:
Something that may be useful to you if you decide to write a paper on Planned Parenthood and Margaret Sanger: Margaret Sanger would have loved Barack Obama by Clenard Childress (a non-Catholic, BTW)
And an article that tackles why some Catholics support Obama: Roman Catholics for Obama ’08 by Paul Kengor
Lastly, don’t forget this: Obama’s Abortion Bombshell: Unrestricted Abortion Over Wishes of Individual States a Priority for Presidency
09/21/08, Edited to add:
Is it a sin to vote?
