This spring break I am traveling to Greece with a school trip hosted by ACIS. This is my first time chaperoning a student group tour so I'm pretty nervous but I'm not the teacher in charge soooo it can't be that bad. lol. Plus the trip is free. #winning Here is our itinerary for the [...]
Tag: catholic culture
Catholic Culture: Mardi Gras & Ash Wednesday 2019
This past year has been an effort to up our Catholic liturgical living, which means more solemn events AND more feasts. Win/win! This year I am making a King Cake from a mix I bought at Feastday.co (check 'em out, they have lots of great subscription boxes & food products). Last year I just went [...]
2018 Book Reviews
I'm a big reader, but until I started this list I didn't actually realize how many books I manage to read in a year. I quite honestly thought I was low on the numbers because I'm so busy during the school year but this list has shown me that is anything but true! I do [...]
#95. The Virgin of Guadalupe
Art Historical Background Before understanding religious imagery you have to first understand the religion's doctrine and secondly understand the historical context in which the image was created. For example a painting of Jesus has a very different meaning in 4th century Rome than it does in 20th century America. And so it is with the [...]
Catholic Culture: Our Lady of Guadalupe
Today is the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patron saint of Mexico. I mean she is literally on every flat surface in Mexico. While my family was in Merida on vacation last year I said I wanted to document all the Virgin of Guadalupes we saw and I was quickly humbled at that [...]
