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Welcome Post

10/23/2012

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Welcome to the first ever post on the Cascia Books blog!

     The plan for this blog is not a lofty one.  No great debates about complicated issues here.  We hope to create a little pocket of serenity, imbued with Catholic content geared toward the Catholic homeschooling mother (that is who we are after all!) but with a warm welcome extended to all who visit.

     My cousin Catherine graciously lent me a stack of holy cards that belonged to her great-aunt who passed away a while back.  Some of these cards date back to the 1880’s, many were given to a boy named Bernard in his school days.  I will be posting images of these holy cards on the blog regularly.
                              
Along with the holy cards, there was a stack of newsletters entitled:                                                                                                                               The boys’ and girls’ own magazine:                                                      “Manna”                                                                                                                                                                              
A Catholic Monthly Tending to promote:                                                                                                                                Tender love for our Eucharistic Lord, Longing love to help Christ’s poor,  Eager love for dainty reading

     These monthly newsletters are from 1918-1922 and are full of stories, poems, riddles and such for the Catholic child and we will be posting some of the content from them here.

Expect also the occasional article on some aspect or other of homeschooling and language arts as well as info and updates on upcoming levels of our Lighted Lanterns series.

Thank you for visiting!

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8 Comments
CeAnne @ Sanctus Simplicitus link
10/23/2012 09:04:41 am

Sounds lovely, can't wait to read more!

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Raissa
10/24/2012 10:17:16 am

What a wonderful idea! I too have found some of these lovely old holy cards and always wonder how best to share them. What a good idea!
Can't wait to see what the future holds! God bless your family and your endeavors!

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Colette link
10/24/2012 11:39:45 am

Thank you! I can't take credit for the idea though. I stumbled across this blog a while back: www.thewindowshowsitall.blogspot.com and just loved it but she stopped adding to it a while back.

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Krista
10/24/2012 11:26:31 am

Can one subscribe via email? Will you be setting that up in time?

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Colette link
10/24/2012 11:41:28 am

I am new to this weebly format but will definitely try to get that set up! Thanks!

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Dominika link
10/25/2012 07:45:16 am

What a great idea! I can't wait for more posts. All the best!

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Mary link
11/3/2012 07:07:57 am

These are so beautiful! They remind me of some of the treasures I have from my mother of different holy cards of the different Catholic saints. I especially love the punch embossed cards.

Congratulations on the start of your blog - and for posting at 4Real.

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Nicole
11/5/2012 01:08:02 pm

Lovely!

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