[John is the youngest of ten. In his speech he will tell you about his educational struggles -- but his perseverance paid off during his senior year. Not only was he no longer "at the bottom of the class," he made Honor Roll twice (and Honorable Mention in this year's final average) -- with a [...]
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 XII. – Catechetical Instructions Which a Christian Mother Should Frequently Explain to Her Children and upon Which She Should Often Question Them. [This chapter [...]
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 XIII. – How a Christian Mother Should Prepare Her Child for Confession. The sincere confession of sins and faults in union with a sincere [...]
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 [...]
Our third level of education is the human or liberal — the training of man as man (how to think, how to act, and how to express oneself eloquently with both tongue and pen). A liberal education presupposes the earlier levels. If you can’t stay alive, you won’t be able to train your intellect. If [...]
Immaculate Heart of Mary School participated in the twelfth annual Winchester Pickle Festival this past weekend. Whenever the festival does not clash with the Auriesville Pilgrimage, the students perform at the gazebo. This year, the older students also walked in the parade: one of the first marching fiddle groups in history! (There were marching violins [...]
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 VII. – Of Rewards and Punishments. A stubborn evil spirit that resists the ordinary means of control, is driven out according to the words [...]
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 III. – Admonition to the Mother. Above all things, Christian mother, you yourself should be animated with the love of Christ! You should be [...]
[Editor's note: This is an excerpt from: Marriage and Parenthood - The Catholic Ideal, by Rev. Tholmas J. Gerrard, published by Joseph F. Wagner, NY, 1911.] The young intellect may be made or marred forever, according as its first operations are well or ill directed. The boy is the father of the man. The results [...]
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