Happy St. John Paul II’s Feast Day!
Inspiring the New Evangelization Rachel and I often talk about the beginning of Little Flowers over 30 years ago and where we are today. But what we don’t often talk about is why a couple…
Category: Inspirational
Avoid the noxious weeds!
Happy Feast of St. Ignatius of Antioch! This little bit of wisdom comes directly from him. He was a first century bishop. Traditions holds that he was the child that Jesus drew to himself in…
Do you have a partner in faith?
Throughout our Church’s history we can find saints who have found another person with whom to share their vision or mission. We have St. Francis of Assisi and St. Clare, Sts. Bonaventure and Scholastica were…
Happy Feast of St. Francis of Assisi and thoughts on Confirmation
While not a Little Flower saint due to his, well, being a man, St. Francis of Assisi will forever be one of my top 5 saints. The reasons are numerous from my love for the…
St. Therese of the Child Jesus’ Feast Day!
Just a quick heads up – the very first Little Flower, our own St. Therese’s 151st birthday is tomorrow. Maybe a good day for a surprise treat for you and any Little Flowers you might…
Do you have room for one more saint?
Today is the feast of St. Vincent de Paul (St. VdP), a familiar saint to most of us. Many of us have a society in his honor in our parish or diocese. Those who are…
On Being a Woman of God
WHAT DOES SCRIPTURE SAY ABOUT WHO WAS WITH JESUS? Today’s Gospel, a short one, from Luke 8:1-3, is all for us women: “Jesus journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the…
Keep Blue Knights Fun!
Why Keeping Blue Knights Fun is Important There is a practical reason why the Blue Knights program features multiple activities of short duration. The target audience (young boys) are not well known for sitting still…
We had a great camp – different but great. And words of wisdom from St. Theresa Benedicta of the Cross.
A shout out to the lovely Moms and their daughters (and goddaughter) who were able to come to our altered camp last weekend in KY. Our previously planned camp had to be drastically altered when…
Notes from the Eucharistic Congress!
What happens when you get 50,000+ Catholics together? When you gather such famous Catholics as Sr. Miriam, Bishop Barron, Chris Stefanik and many, many more? You have a Catholic party in Indianapolis! And as my…
