We parents usually have plenty of funny stories about the things kids say. Many of my favorites come from my very imaginative second child, Lucía (age 5), sometimes in concert with my oldest, Grace (age 7). Once when I was reading a bedtime story, two-year-old Lucía, exclaimed, “I want to whee-haa!” Before I could ask…
I recently hit the jackpot in terms of book ownership. A nearby religious community was purging their entire library, and I managed to pick up nearly 400 volumes of mostly rare and classic theology and philosophy books. I picked up plenty from Ratzinger, Rahner, and Newman, as well as possibly the complete works of Fulton…
Catechizing 7th graders can be a challenge, but once in a while my plans succeed. This happened recently with my activity for designing posters advertising virtues. As Catholics we have some basic theological points to cover with regard to the virtues, and this requires some memorization on the part of the students. There are the…
Hello world! We’re happy to announce the beginning of our new blog. We are Michael Anthony and Danielle Abril, and we’re both experienced with the Internet but we’ve been too busy living life to blog in recent years. Danielle once ran a great blog called clothdiapertales.com back when we only had one kid to chase…