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So How is Catholic School Treating Your Family?

February 2, 2016 by Lisa Schmidt 5 Comments

So how is Catholic school treating your family? That’s the question Joel and I have received a lot since enrolling our oldest child in Catholic school and not homeschooling this year. Given it’s National Catholic Schools Week, the time seemed right to offer a response to that FAQ.

Posted in: Homeschooling, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, Catholic Education, Catholic Schools, Catholic Schools Week, children education, Discernment, Holy Leisure, Homeschooling, Mary Undoer of Knots, Not Homeschooling, St. Benedict

My 2014 Spiritual Board of Directors

February 28, 2014 by Lisa Schmidt 7 Comments

Here we are marching quickly through the first quarter of 2014, and I’ve yet to host the official-yet-unofficial oath of office for my 2014 spiritual board. So here and now I present to you my 2014 Spiritual Board of Directors: seven saints reaching out to me, inspiring me, and uniquely supporting my vocation as wife and mother.

Posted in: 7 Quick Takes, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: 7 Quick Takes, Blessed Zelie Martin, Deacon Formation, Fra Angelico, Rule of St. Benedict, saints, Spiritual Board of Directors, St. Benedict, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St. Josemaría Escrivá, St. Joseph, St. Stephen, Stewardship, Word of the Year

Quick Takes – We Got Problems at Das Schmidt Haus Edition

December 14, 2012 by Lisa Schmidt 6 Comments

Highlights of today’s Quick Takes: Mind games with St. Benedict and those happy monks from Conception Abbey, Advent by Candlelight, a wreath on fire, praying for miscarried babies, BIG candles on St. Lucy Day, and the need for self-control when it comes to salted nut rolls. As stated in the title, we got problems at Das Schmidt Haus.

Posted in: Fun, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: 7 Quick Takes, Advent, Conception Abbey, Das Schmidt Haus, Happy Monks, Lucy, Miscarriage Memorial Mass, Pregnancy and Infant Loss, Recipes, St. Benedict, St. Josemaría Escrivá, St. Lucy, St. Lucy Day

In Search of Holy Leisure

September 11, 2012 by Lisa Schmidt 3 Comments

In between bouts of folding laundry, cleaning house, and preparing lunch one recent day, I spotted a family sitting on my next-door neighbor’s front lawn. After a second look, I realized the man was the construction worker who had been pouring concrete in the neighborhood all morning. He was taking a lunch break and his … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faith, Family, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: Deacon Formation, Diaconate, Ephphatha, Gospel of Mark, Holy Leisure, Otium Sanctum, Pope Benedict XVI, St. Benedict

A Board of Spiritual Directors

June 29, 2012 by Lisa Schmidt 14 Comments

A friend introduced us to the practice of developing a spiritual board of directors, a personal intercessory board to pray with and for us. As Lisa celebrates her 36th year of life, here is her board of spiritual directors who can uniquely support her vocation as wife and mother.

Posted in: Faith, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: Blessed Pope John Paul II, Jesuits, Lenny Underhill, Lisa, Opus Dei, Rule of St. Benedict, saints, Spiritual Board of Directors, St. Benedict, St. Josemaría Escrivá, St. Sebastian, St. Théodore Guérin, Vocation, Wife
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