Excerpt: Champions of the Rosary

Excerpt: Champions of the Rosary

Excerpt: Champions of the RosaryChapter 2: Sister Adele's Story “Children, you’ve heard my story so many times, and now you want to hear it again?” she asked.“Yes, Sister, all of it, please!”Sister smiled at each youngster sitting be­fore her. Her eyes rested on Philip. As usual, he was sitting on the floor in the front row so that he…
Excerpt: Giorgio’s Miracle (Chapter 6: Two Thieves)

Excerpt: Giorgio’s Miracle (Chapter 6: Two Thieves)

Excerpt: Giorigio's Miracle Chapter 6: Two Thieves As they crept through the city of Exilles in search of their opportunity, they came across a beautiful church. Vincente spoke first, saying to Martino, “Why not begin here? Surely there is plenty of gold and expensive cloth to be had! Maybe silver and some gems as well,” he added as he tried…
Excerpt: Lepanto’s Lady

Excerpt: Lepanto’s Lady

Excerpt: Lepanto's Lady “Here, Rosa, for you. A new weapon.”“Weapon? Your rosary, Papa? For me?”“For you. Mama won’t be gone for too long, but for me, it is uncertain. You know that. This is a terrible thing, this war, but it has to be accomplished. It must be won. For the sake of the Church, for the world.”“Papa,…
Building the Home Library: Part 2

Building the Home Library: Part 2

Building A Home Library: Part 2 The works of Sophocles, Socrates and Plato sat together on the dusty bottom shelf, concealed in a cramped corner, of our small town, public school library. Cobwebs covered Plato’s Republic  adding irony to his allegory of “The Cave.” I slouched under the study tables, reading these seemingly neglected works, discovering these old,…
Building the Home Library: The Case for Books, Part 1

Building the Home Library: The Case for Books, Part 1

Building A Home Library: The Case for Books, Part 1 My living room library is an ongoing labor of love. Upstairs in the hall and bedrooms of our old farm house, bookcases are bulging with over-used (somewhat abused) homeschool curriculum, along with non-evolving histories, honest biographies, legendary, heroic adventures and all other literary facts and fictions that we’ve…