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How to Celebrate Christ the King

The  origins of this feast day come about at the end of the destruction of WWI and on the eve of political, social, economic distress, and the rise of dictators...

How to Celebrate: St. Cecilia

Often seen depicted holding a harp or above the choir loft in stained glass or art, St. Cecilia is the patron saint of music. Many Catholic musicians have a beautiful...

The Holy Hearts of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

The family is where salvation began when Mary said “yes” to the Lord and she and St. Joseph raised the Son of God. The family today is where the battle...

Liturgical Living Resource List

Who has high hopes of living the liturgical seasons in your home and just plain forgets?! Or, if you are like me, half way through the day, you say, “shoot!...

Our Lady of the Rosary: Fun filled family ways to pray

The feast day of Our Lady of the Rosary was created by St. Pius V in thanksgiving for the defeat of the Turks at Lepanto. This victory was attributed to...

Behind the design: Popemobile and Playmat

In my house, we have trucks and cars and races and legos scattered amongst other boyhood fast paced toys and activities. My boys love adventures, heroes and can sing you...

If Screwtape Letters were for Parents on Sunday

My Dear Wormwood, this is probably your most important task in our future success: creating doubt, self-consciousness, and frustration in the parents of young children on Sunday morningThis sometimes takes...

Bl. Carlo Acutis: What you need to know

While new to the saint game scene, Bl. Carlo Acutis is a saint for today. It helped that he lived with us in the 21st century, reminding us in our...

How to Celebrate: St. Francis of Assisi

Here at The Little Rose Shop, we love a great saint turnaround story. St. Francis of Assisi is one of these guys. He was born into wealth and privilege, motivated...

The Domestic Church: How it Relates to School

The family is said to be the school of love. Here we teach compassion, forgiveness, responsibility and every other virtue entrusted to us to instruct our children. Oftentimes, this school...

How to: Celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows

The feast day of Our Lady of Sorrows in September 15th this year. It is a feast day acknowledging the deep connection and ultimately sadness Our Lady experienced being the...

How to Celebrate: The Exaltation of the Holy Cross

This year on September 14th, we celebrate the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. This beautiful tradition and feast day originated when St. Helena, mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine, traveled...

Reflections on Mother Teresa

Here at The Little Rose Shop, the lives and stories of the Saints aren’t just a nice idea or something to strive for. They give us true, day-to-day inspiration of...

Back to School Round Up

It's that time of year, again. Stores have switched over their summer fun aisle to …gasp… back to school pencils, gadgets, colored pencils, and all the things to get ready...

Learning from those close to Jesus

We have a lot to learn from the lives of the saints as well as from scripture when it comes to being close to the Lord.  In Matthew’s Beatitudes, we...

How to Celebrate the Queenship of Mary

This feast day is relatively new, only recently starting in the 1950s however the title and the celebration of Mary, Queen of Heaven and of our Lord is rooted in...