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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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Category Archives: Parenting
4 tips for getting kids to do chores
As I mentioned recently, mine is not the neatest house in the world, so why am I giving tips on cleaning with children? I have tried a few things lately that seem to work. Maybe by the time J goes … Continue reading
5 reasons not to give your child an Ipad
Are your kids begging you to buy them a tablet, Wii, or smartphone? Here are 5 reasons you should say no, in reverse order of importance. 5. All your friends and neighbors regret they gave in. Have you talked to … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting
Tagged Catholic, Digital Devices, homeschool, Mental prayer, Reading
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10 Ways to keep your kids Catholic
Watching the events of the last few weeks unfold, I have been struck anew by how many former Catholics there are in the news media. None of them have a clue about what it means to be Catholic. That, coupled … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting
Tagged Apologetics, Bible, Catholic, homeschool, Modeling, Openness, Prayer, Reasoning, Virtue
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Raising boys to be men–not beasts
A couple weeks ago, Pat Archbold started a discussion on boys and “cursing” at the National Catholic Register. I was late in reading the post, but thought that, as a mother of 4 boys, I should address this issue. I … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting
Tagged Boys, National Catholic Register, Profanity, Purity, Swearing, Vulgarity
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Teach your children mental prayer
What is your goal for your children’s education? Academic prowess? Love of learning? Knowledge of Church doctrine? All these are good, but a contemplative homeschool seeks something more. My goal is to help my children have a deep prayer life, … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Parenting, Prayer
Tagged Bible, Catholic, homeschool, Meditation, William Bennett
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Domestic monastery: living by the bell
I had never heard the term “domestic monastery until Jennifer Fulwiler recently blogged about it in a post I linked to. To me, domestic monastery and contemplative home(school) are 2 ways of expressing the same thing, but with different emphases. … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Parenting, Prayer
Tagged Carmelite, Catholic, Domestic Monastery, homeschool, Jennifer Fulwiler, Liturgy of the Hours
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Christmas greetings from our contemplative homeschool
(This is an edited version of my annual Christmas letter to friends and family.) A few years back, the boys would sing their own versions of familiar songs, with original rhymes. That Christmas, D proclaimed, “We three boys are traveling … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Education, Parenting
Tagged Carmelite, Catholic, Education, Electronic Media, homeschool, Reading
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YOU are your child’s model of prayer
Why do I talk so much about prayer on a homeschool blog? First, because prayer is the way we communicate with God on earth. Although it is not the only aspect of the spiritual life, it is the “one thing … Continue reading
Contemplative Homeschool 