February 17, 2010
Dear Mr. President,
Thank you very much for reading this letter. I respect the fact that you take your time to read the letters of concerned persons and give them some thought. The education provided by public school is a subject that has been on my mind, and I think it needs some [...]
February 10, 2010
Dear Mr. President,
I am an American girl and a citizen, who, like you, believes our country is wonderful. I also feel that it needs some changes. I really respect the fact that you are a president who believes in being a man of the people, and you want to make America better for [...]
My high school American History II class just finished the Spanish American War and were sailing into the twentieth century when discussions came up surrounding President Obama’s State of the Union address. Upon their own initiative, the students are working on letters to President Obama expressing their concerns for the future of our country.
Some food [...]
Our Lord Himself is the Educator par excellence and in the Great Commission, which was His last directions to the apostles before His ascension, He gave His Mystical Body a teaching mission: “Going, therefore, teach ye all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. [...]
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Posted 07 December 2009
† Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M.
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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 sorrow for [...]
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Posted 06 December 2009
† Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M.
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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 XI. – A Christian Mother’s Co-operation with Pastor and Teacher
The first aids of a mother in her arduous task of properly rearing her children are derived from [...]
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Posted 17 May 2009
† Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M.
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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 IX. – Prayers a Christian Mother May Teach Her Child.
[As I explained to the mothers at our last Mothers' Tea, the important thing to be drawn from [...]
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 VI. – How the Christian Mother Should Combat Pride in Her Child.
In the last two chapters I have briefly pointed out how a Christian Mother may successfully [...]
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Posted 19 March 2009
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