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We Are Not Perfect Parents — On Philstar.com

October 25, 2012 by Tina Leave a Comment

I’m over at Philstar.com’s unBLOGGED section today, sharing yet again about how imperfect we are as parents… And yet, I still hope and pray that somehow, someday, by God’s grace, our children will grow up to love God more than anything or anyone else in the world (including us)… and that — despite our failures as parents (devastating, daily, destructive failures!) — we are still raising “little saints.” (Lord, help us!)

Please do head over to unBLOGGED and read my post here if you have the time. I’d love to get your feedback through the comments section! 🙂

God bless, everyone, and stay safe, healthy and dry, despite the heavy rain here in the Philippines!

Truly Rich Tips: How to Teach Our Kids About the Saints :)

October 22, 2012 by Tina 1 Comment

We are still celebrating the joy of having seven new saints and intercessors for us in heaven, including our own Saint Pedro Calungsod. 🙂 I thought I’d include simple lessons of the saints for Tim’s (and Rysse’s) religion lessons for this week — wish us luck, haha! 🙂

Here are some sites which I’ll be using:

Kids n Saints — Includes a kid-friendly explanation of “What is a saint?,” “How do we make a saint?” and “Do we worship the saints?” plus a listing of saints from A-Z

What Does It Take to Be a Saint, Anyway? (St. Nicholas Center) — A kid-friendly description adapted from the book, Saints for Kids by Kids, by the Reverend Robert Charlebois, Mary Sue Holden and Marilyn Diggs Mange, Liguori Publications, 1984.

Saints Stories for Kids (Loyola Press) — This contains descriptions of all the saints by month and suggestions for activities. It may be more useful for older kids though, so I’ll see what we can use for our young kids. 🙂

Last, but not the least, I’ll use the coloring pages from Happy Saints, of Saint Pedro Calungsod. 🙂 Here’s a screenshot of what the website looks like: 🙂

Cool, huh? I totally forgot about Happy Saints when I was looking for St. Pedro coloring pages! 🙂 Thanks to Mommy Meme from , our Catholic homeschool support group FB page for posting the link! 🙂

I’m hoping “Pedrito,” the limited edition St. Pedro Calungsod commemorative doll I ordered through the Saint Pedro Calungsod Facebook page, will arrive in time for our lessons! 🙂 If we don’t get it by today, I’ll start tomorrow! 🙂 Never too late, right? 🙂

Ain’t Pedrito cute? 🙂
This photo is from the by the way — worth checking out! 🙂
Especially if you want to “retrace” what happened during the canonization. 🙂

Have a blessed week ahead, everyone! 🙂 And… please do include me and my family in your prayers! 🙂 Especially me, haha! It’s gonna be another busy week! Thanks, all!

Viva San Pedro Calungsod! :) And All Our Other New Saints! :)

October 21, 2012 by Tina Leave a Comment

Today is a great day of rejoicing for Catholics all over the world! 🙂 We welcome seven new saints to intercede for us in heaven, including our very own San Pedro Calungsod, our second Filipino saint! 🙂

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Here’s a short video clip about the canonization today via Rome Reports:

A friend of mine and fellow Catholic lay missionary wrote a post about the seven new saints here if you want to read it. 🙂

Oh, and we were so blessed to be able to watch “Teen Saint Pedro, the Musicale,” earlier this week! 🙂 Here’s a clip from the musical (just found it on YouTube). Forgot to bring our camera! Haha!

Those who missed the musical can still catch it in Cebu, and they are also planning a school tour. 🙂 I’m so proud that a lot of the cast members are from Couples for Christ and our Family Ministries, including our very own 29 A.D. Musicionaries! 🙂

Oh, and the canonization can be watched LIVE via GMA News right now AND on this link here.

Saint Pedro Calungsod and all the saints in heaven, pray for us! 🙂