The Small Pencil Catechist
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“I’m like a little pencil in His hand. That’s all. He does the thinking. He does the writing. The pencil has nothing to do it. The pencil has only to be allowed to be used.” – Mother Teresa
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Shrove Tuesday
The last day in Ordinary Time before the season of Lent begins “The Eucharist is the sacrament of love. It signifies love, it produces love.” ~St. Thomas Aquinas The Mass is the ultimate source of strength for our lives. Jesus instituted the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist at the Last Supper. His last Passover meal…
Fall 2025 Update, update
Dear Friends in Christ, I had previously written about our anticipation for this to be a year of more silence on this website due to our daughter’s upcoming wedding. We indeed did follow that decision for most of the year. The happy couple were married in October, just a few weeks ago, in a splendid…
Fall 2025 Update
Dear Friends in Christ, Each year we ponder on our role as parent catechists. Asking ourselves: Where do we want to grow in our vocation of parenting and teaching the faith? By now we had envisioned a return to the classroom setting for at least one of us. Again this year we decided against it.…
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