Tag: Catholic

  • Catechesis on the Farm

    Catechesis on the Farm

    The Good Shepherd calls you by Name. This is the sign that has greeted the 7-year olds when they’ve stepped into the farmhouse for Sacrament Prep every Thursday this month. You see, I’m a catechist for Parable Pastures Atrium, our local Catechesis of the Good Shepherd group and for the past several years, I’ve had…

  • WHY GOOD SOIL FARM?

    WHY GOOD SOIL FARM?

    Wednesday was the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas and our friends the Turners generously had the 8:30 Mass at St. Joseph’s said for us as a spiritual gift. What a blessing! When I texted Beth Wednesday night if she had chosen that date because of the Gospel reading that day, she said that she had…

  • St. Joseph’s Day Blessing of the Farm

    St. Joseph’s Day Blessing of the Farm

    Every March 19, St. Joseph’s Day, we have the farm blessed. We learned about this day as a traditional day for a farm to be blessed in one of the many books I have read about Catholic traditions.   Both this year and last, Fr. Hanley, who is in charge of the propaedeutic year of…