Top 12 excuses to purchase a couple copies of
A Treasure Chest of Traditions for Catholic Families.

12. You are having trouble keeping up constant celebration for the 50 days of Easter.
11. ...so many God-children, so little time...you are running out of gift ideas
10. April is First Communion and Confirmation month
9. You dread the end of the Easter Season because you fear that Ordinary Time must be ordinary.
8. You're looking for more substance, and less fat for your next fund-raising campaign.
7. You never knew learning Catechism could be this much fun.
6. Even your dog mumbles the daily prayers...you're looking for some new family prayers!
5. You signed up to lead the Children's Liturgy and you're desperate for ideas for this Sunday.
4. You're looking for a way to ask if your grown-up kids are going to Mass every week.
3. Because your idea of FEAR FACTOR is being asked a question by your Parish Priest.
2. You've always wondered what Jell-O Box Jeopardy is.
1. You want an excuse to celebrate...every single day of the year!
Thank-you, Saints!

A Treasure Chest of Traditions for Catholic Families is a 299 page book offering ideas for activities, crafts and recipes to help families celebrate the various Seasons and Feast Days of the year. With fun-filled activities, we can build our own family traditions while passing on the richness of our Catholic Faith.

Guided by the Liturgical Calendar, the book journeys through the Seasons of Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter and the 2 spans of Ordinary Time. The months of the year are woven throughout the Liturgical Calendar offering an on-going index of the Saints, including both the Traditional Church Calendar and the Revised Roman Calendar to include as many patron saints as possible.
Recognized Solemnities, Feast Days, Memorials and Optional Memorials are identified. Key Saints are introduced with details about their lives and suggestions for family activities to celebrate their special days.

Various sections within Ordinary Time suggest that this time can be anything but ordinary!
A section entitled “Extraordinary Events in Ordinary Time” offers activities surrounding special events in family life (births, moving, Sacraments and “firsts”).
A section entitled “Everyday in Ordinary Time” offers ideas for installing other family rituals to bring the family together and integrate the Catholic Faith into daily living.
The summer months bring "Cathletics" to Ordinary Time, offering activities to pass on basic catechism, while another section introduces simple prayers for children.

Suggested activities are intended to prompt families to actively practice their Faith, delving into Church celebrations and allowing these festivities to spill back into home life.

Check out this review!
http://www.love2learn.net/calendar/genres.htm#treasurechestoftraditions

A Treasure Chest of Traditions for Catholic Families by Monica McConkey
299 pages, 8.5"x5.5" spiral bound (handy cookbook style!), laminated colour cover, fully illustrated.
$19.95 U.S. $4.00 U.S. shipping and handling for U.S. orders.
$24.95 Can. $3.00 Can. shipping and handling for Canadian orders.

Contact Monica McConkey at ArmaDei@aol.com for more info.