As an addendum to my earlier posting on resources for modest clothing, I would also like to bring to your attention a short piece written by Brother Andre Marie for a recent chapel bulletin. You will find it here.
[At our monthly Mothers' Tea, the ladies asked for references for modest swimwear. I just borrowed the list from Colleen Hammond, the author of Dressing with Dignity (a book I can't recommend highly enough -- if nothing else, download her Outfit Guidelines). However, as I copied the links and added notes, I went on to [...]
Little Book of Instructions for Christian Mothers [concluded] (from Mother Love – A Manual for Christian Mothers – by Rev. Pius Franciscus, O.M.Cap., 1926) On the Christian Training of Children Chapter XII. – A Christian Mother’s Care of Her Child after the Period of School-Life. The periods of childhood and school-life are soon past, and [...]
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Posted 04 March 2010
† Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M.
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Educational Philosophy § Fathers § General Pedagogy § Mothers § Sisters § Society
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This was a skit that was written at the last minute: literally the morning of our congregation’s 60th Anniversary Program. It was a combined effort on the part of one of our school mothers, some of the high-school-aged girls in the community, and the Sisters that had our audience in stitches. It is not polished, [...]
Little Book of Instructions for Christian Mothers [continued] (from Mother Love – A Manual for Christian Mothers – by Rev. Pius Franciscus, O.M.Cap., 1926) On the Christian Training of Children Chapter IV. – How the Christian Mother Should Combat in Her Child the Concupiscence of the Flesh. The first evil inclination, the concupiscence of the [...]
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Posted 25 February 2009
† Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M.
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