2023 Easter Gift Guide

2023 Easter Gift Guide

Easter is approaching! And we didn't want you to be caught unawares. We know that there's almost nothing worse than Holy Saturday coming and not having anything to stuff Easter Baskets with. Don't ask us how we know ;)But in all seriousness, as we prepare for the...

CAY Mailbag: Parenting Three-Year-Olds

CAY Mailbag: Parenting Three-Year-Olds

(question edited for clarity) Hi! I have to ask a parenting question. With our oldest, after reading a few of your blogs, we did time-outs. The "two’s" were a breeze! However, he (and now our second child who is almost 3), went through a challenging stage at age...

CAY Mailbag: Indulgences and The Rosary

CAY Mailbag: Indulgences and The Rosary

(question edited for clarity) Hello, Thank you for the work you put into your webpage . . . . I scrolled through the Manual of Indulgences to clarify a question I had about praying the rosary in church. But found that it just states: praying the Rosary IN...

Merry Christmas from the Tierneys

Merry Christmas from the Tierneys

Dear Friends and Family, Thank you so much for all your prayers, Masses, cards, gifts, kind words, rides for the kids, and other support since Jim passed away in July. I am so grateful. Even if you didn't receive a personal thank you note from me, please know it was...

Catholic All Year at Home, Ep. 2: Christmas Eve

Catholic All Year at Home, Ep. 2: Christmas Eve

Here we go again, party people. Episode 2 of our liturgical lifestyle and cooking show is available now, exclusively at Formed.org. WATCH NOW Access to all the great Catholic audio and video resources on FORMED is free if your parish has a subscription. Signing up for...

A Holy Thursday Last Supper Feast

A Holy Thursday Last Supper Feast

Jesus walks into a restaurant and says to the maitre'd, "Table for twenty-six please." The maitre'd does a quick head count, and says, "I see there are only thirteen of you here. Please let me know when the rest of your party arrives, sir, and I’ll be happy to seat...

Succeeding at Lent by Compromise and Cheating

Succeeding at Lent by Compromise and Cheating

Happy Fat Tuesday, y'all! Scroll to the bottom for a Mardi Gras party printable freebie. Note: Illustrations are from vintage crime novel covers Lent, you guys. Here it comes again. Late this year, but coming nonetheless. I've written about how my general approach to...

A Christmas Family Movie Night

A Christmas Family Movie Night

In our quest to give Advent and Christmas distinctly different characters, we have a strict family policy of not watching Christmas movies during Advent. Then, once Christmas comes, we watch a different family Christmas movie together for each of the “twelve days of...

Merry Christmas from the Tierneys, 2021

Merry Christmas from the Tierneys, 2021

Christmas Eve greetings, dear readers! Our Christmas cards shipped out on the 21st, which might be a personal best. So, if you get a card from us . . . you might already have it! But if not, and for all of you out there on the interwebs, here’s a virtual update on...

20 Easy Saint Costumes Made of T-Shirts!

20 Easy Saint Costumes Made of T-Shirts!

Hey guys! If you’ve been following me for any time at all, you know I like to go all out for All Saints’ Day. But just to prove that's not required, today we’ll be making twenty simple saint costumes . . . out of t-shirts! For many years, creating awesome costumes...

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