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I'm Connie Rossini, and I'm a Catholic homeschool mom, blogger, and author of Five Lessons from the Carmelite Saints That Will Change Your Life. I believe the best way to keep our kids Catholic and to educate them in the faith is modeling prayer and virtue for them. I write from a Carmelite perspective.
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Author Archives: Connie Rossini
5 reasons to go to Confession frequently
Looking back on my childhood, I find a disconnect between my Catholic schooling and our family’s home life. So many of the traditional Catholic practices that we learned in school were kept at school. We had different spiritual practices … Continue reading
Let Teresa of Avila teach you about patience
Teresa of Ávila wrote these words on a bookmark she kept in her breviary: Let nothing disturb you; Nothing frighten you. All things are passing. God never changes. Patience obtains all things. Nothing is wanting to him who possesses … Continue reading
Posted in Saints
Tagged Carmelites, Catholic, Hope, Humility, Patience, Teresa of Ávila, trust
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Tangrams: combining math and art
I love combining subjects for homeschool when I can. Tangrams are a great way to combine math and art, along with science, religion, or history. We haven’t worked with tangrams for a while, so I’ve decided to make today a … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged Art, Creation, homeschool, Math, Michelangelo, Puzzle, Tangram
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Harden not your hearts
“If today you hear God’s voice, harden not your hearts.” This Psalm response from Sunday’s Mass is familiar to those who pray the Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office). Taken from Psalm 95, it is part of the Invitatory prayed … Continue reading
Posted in Openness
Tagged Catholic, Corrie Ten Boom, Despair, Hiding Place, Invitatory, Liturgy of the Hours, Mary and Martha, Rest, Rules, trust
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Teach your kids something useless
Every once in a while, educational fads turn toward “back to basics.” Schools emphasize necessary and useful subjects–meaning, useful for getting a job. Math, reading, and science take center stage. Other subjects get cut. In fact, one of the biggest … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged Catholic, Common Core Standards, Curriculum, Cursive, homeschool, Liberal Arts
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The suffering of St. Therese
A short time after Therese’s first communion, her sister Marie told her, “I think God will spare you from having to suffer.” The irony is that Therese had already suffered more than some people do in a lifetime. Throughout her … Continue reading
Posted in Little Way
Tagged Carmelite, Catholic, Story of A Soul, Suffering, Thérèse of Lisieux
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Fighting demons while you sleep
I used to have spiritual warfare dreams. For what seemed like hours, I would dream that a demon was trying to attack me. To repel him, I had to say, “In the name of Jesus, be gone!” Then he would … Continue reading
Posted in Virtue
Tagged Catholic, Devil, Holy Spirit, homeschool, Humility, John Vianney, Sleeping
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Finding patterns in the Bible
Last week for homeschool we did a narration of the Transfiguration. While reading the story aloud, I had an epiphany: it echoes the story of Moses receiving the 10 Commandments. I shared the parallel between the two stories with my … Continue reading
Posted in Bible
Tagged 10 Commandments, Catholic, Elijah, homeschool, Moses, Mount Tabor, Transfiguration, Typology
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Contemplative Homeschool 