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| St. Frances of Rome video at Catholic.org |
March 9 was the feast day for St. Frances of Rome. I happened upon her story in Book of Saints on March 8, and since we hadn't celebrated a saint day in a while, I did a quick Google search for a few coloring pages and made plans to read her story the next day.
My coloring page search didn't turn up anything for St. Frances, so I improvised quite a bit. The St. Frances story in Book of Saints starts out having kids try to understand how they see things differently as they get older. The older they get the more details they see. As they see more details they begin to see more deeply what God has in mind for them. That's how it was for St. Frances, anyway. St. Frances also obeyed her parents and married a noble prince.
With that my Google search turned up a couple anatomy of the eye coloring pages as well as a girl wearing glasses and a married couple.
Coloring is a great way to keep their attention during longer, pictureless saint stories.
Are my kids the only ones who think there's only one St. Francis and he's wearing a brown robe, calling in birds? We had a little discussion about how one letter sometimes changes the gender of a name. I pulled out Bread and Jam for Frances and let them figure out if Frances is a girl or boy. They were stunned to learn that Frances is a girl.
I also ran across this lovely little saint book in the room where Sam takes Suzuki violin lessons. Interestingly enough, it too, had the story of St. Frances of Rome - more detailed than the one in Book of Saints. If you've never read her story and you're a mother and you have a hard time prioritizing (children, God, housekeeping, husband) you might enjoy it.
Sometimes she must leave God at the altar, and find him in her housekeeping -St. Frances of Rome
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| Saints Budding Everywhere is the copy I'm referring to. |
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In other news, I told my family (and myself), "NO new recipes for a while." Whenever I try new recipes the grocery budget takes a hard hit from the extra spices and other ingredients needed. And sometimes they're complete flops which is money wasted. Argh!
As usual I didn't stand by my plan. So far I've made:
-Hawaiian Chicken
-Southern BBQ Pork and Slaw sandwiches
-Double Crunch bars
-Crockpot Philly Cheesesteaks
-Southern Fried Fish with Cornmeal
I'll try and share those recipes along with my reviews soon. The Southern BBQ Pork and Slaw sandwiches were a TOTAL HIT!!! It came from this cookbook.
We're having a beautiful sunny day here in Central Wisconsin, which is a real treat even if it's below average cold.
