A Family-Centered Holy Week 2015

A re-post of our Holy Week plans from last year with updated comments! Not much has changed for this year,… Read More

Favorite Books for Lent

A list of our favorite read-aloud books for Lent, listed basically in the order we would read them as Lent unfolds and Easter approaches.… Read More

As Ash Wednesday approaches, I’m making my (Lenten) list and checking it twice. Family Altar: I’ve prepared our family altar… Read More

Here in the Cameron-Smith home we are settling into Holy Week (or at least we’re trying). I’ve posted before about… Read More

This Sunday is Laetare Sunday or Rejoice Sunday, the 4th Sunday of Lent. It’s sometimes called “Let-Up Sunday” because we… Read More

Family life is by nature chaotic. Kids are messy, poopy, boogery, and sometimes moody. We love ‘em, but they don’t… Read More

Following is my article published this morning on Catholic Attachment Parenting Corner. Today we begin the Sacred Triduum: Holy Thursday,… Read More

This Sunday is Palm Sunday, the last Sunday of Lent before Easter and the first day of Holy Week, the… Read More

The weather was furious here in Northern California this weekend – storms, rain, cold. A good reason to hunker down with the family… Read More

Just when we think we aren’t going to make it through Lent we get a little break. Laetare Sunday (or… Read More

I’ve been so busy with life and my various projects that I only posted 4 times on First Heralds in… Read More