Life of a Catholic Librarian

Hello friends and happy Friday! I've had a lovely week, and I'm definitely feeling perkier and perkier as the summer progresses. I h...

Hello all, and TGIF! I was going to start a St. Therese novena on her feast day, but decided instead to forge ahead into upcoming October fe...

Hello all, and I hope that your week is wrapping up nicely. 🤗 I feel stressed, no big surprise, but hanging in. Things at both schools are ...

  Hello friends and happy Friday! I'm so excited that we're starting our first community novena of the fall/winter season this year ...

Well, my kids are both at school as I write this. And I'm feeling pretty weepy.  😭 They're both happy and secure. It's going ve...

Hello all, and I hope that you are having a wonderful week! It's a week of novenas on my end, and I have to say that I am enjoying it so...

Hello all! Happy Friday to you, and I hope that you are doing well. *group hug* I've had a good week, truly. Henry is done with his ...

TGIF everyone, and this being the Friday of Memorial Day weekend in the U.S., I have to say that I'm happier than I've ever been b...

After considering some ideas based on my call out for novena submissions last week ;-) I decided to highlight the Pentecost novena! The t...

Happy Friday everyone, and I hope that you all are doing well on this May day. *group hug* May is one of my favoite months of the year...

Good morning friends! Our community-wide St. Therese Thanksgiving Novena begins TODAY! If you'd like to join along with us, all of the i...

TGIF everyone! The first of our planned community novenas is scheduled to start Wednesday, November 20th. And our gal up on deck is one of m...

We have actual prayer plans based on feedback that I received last week ! *praise hands* I received the most votes for praying, as a com...

Rosaries by Allison Happy Halloeen, everyone! This morning, I raided my embarrassingly large rosary supply 😬 and brought out my Dia de ...

St. Kateri is our back-to-school patron this year! Anecdote of the day: Anne greets me first thing this morning outside our bedroom door...

My latest piece over at Catholic Mom is up , and it got me to thinking! Novenas. I like to pray one per month, and I was slacking on Ju...

Happy Wednesday everyone! This morning, I was thinking about how pleased I am (and unexpectedly so! :0) with how much response I got to my J...

It's another sick day edition of: Today we talk about little bunnies being under the weather, exhaustion, midlife job crises, and ...

Hi all! I meant to blog yesterday. I really did. But the day just...got away from me. I had two classes (the first of which was incredibly a...

Happy Tea Day everyone! It's a hot and muggy August edition of: Today I talk Back-to-School frenzy, upcoming novenas, and Olympic k...