Suggestions for Lenten Food Pantry Donations

Do you donate to food banks? It's a great form of lenten almsgiving for Catholic Christians. Food makes good zakat donations for Muslims, too. So what kind of things do you give? I have issues with some items our church food pantry requests: Hamburger Helper, Tuna Helper, boxed macaroni and cheese, boxed potatoes. I don't buy these products and I'm doing people a service not buying it for them. This "food" isn't food at all. It's full of fat and sodium and just convenience junk. If food is going to homeless people, I see why packaged is essential. They have no place to cook. But presumably the recipients of our food pantry do, ergo the Hamburger Helper request. Here's a list of better donations for food pantry donations this lent.   Do You Give to Food Pantries? What Food do You Donate?

Should Articles on Religious Be Banned

Should religious posts be banned on Bubblews? Now wait, before you scream "NOOO! Freedom of Speech! Duh!" or "YESS, Freedom of Religion. Separation of Church and Bubblews! Thank you!" hear me out. I am not seriously suggesting gagging religion. I share about faith, my higher power whom I choose to call God, Catholicism, etc. But some people have suggested that articles on writing sites be banned. And after a discussion on gay marriage turned septic yesterday, I can see why. Read on.  Should Religious Posts Be Banned on Bubblews? - News - Bubblews

Printable Feast of the Immaculate Conception Lesson Plans and Crafts

The Feast of the Immaculate Conception falls on Dec. 8 or 9. It's one of the Catholic Church's six recognized Holy Days of Obligation in the liturgical calendar. For 2013, it's not an obligatory day, but here are Free Printable Feast of the Immaculate Conception Activities: Lessons and Crafts

Free printable Jesse Tree Advent Devotional Craft

'And a shoot shall spring forth from the stump of Jesse: a branch out of his roots.' Isaiah 11:1. This Biblical passage from the Old Testament prophet Isaiah is foretelling the coming of a new branch in the family tree of King David. Jesse was the father of David. David was the king of Israel during her Golden Age. After Solomon, David's son died, the kingdom fell to quarreling and heathen practices. The two kingdoms finally split and ultimately were carried off into slavery by a succession of eastern rulers from Assyria, Babylon, Media and Persia.  Jesse Tree Advent Devotional Craft

Free Printable Jewish Calendars, Hebrew Gregorian Calendar Converters

Calendars help us mark time, but not everyone follows the same calendar. The Jewish calendar dates time differently than the western Gregorian calendar. Here are free printable Jewish calendars and calendar converters. Calendars are marked with Jewish holy days. You can print monthly calendars for each month of the Jewish year. You can also print calendars cross-referenced with the western Gregorian calendar. Jewish holy days correspond to many Christian Catholic feasts.   Free Printable Jewish Calendars and Hebrew Gregorian Calendar Converters

Kids who are taught Empathy Learn Generosity too

I just called Number One Son (chronological, no favoritism). I had to nag him to confirm if he'll be flying with us to New Orleans to see his sister and also to find out when he and girlfriend would come for Thanksgiving. Then I found out he isn't coming. He's going to New York to help at a homeless shelter. Here's more about how to teach kids empathy, awareness of poverty and holiday generosity. My Generous Big Little Boy

All Saints Day Holy Day

November 1 is All Saints Day in the Catholic and Orthodox Christian church. Some protestant denominations observe it too. All Saints commemorates the lives of cannonized saints and blesseds who have gone before us and on whose intercession we rely for help (kind of like asking a family member to pray for you).  Here's more on this most sacred of holy days.All Saints Day Blessings and Wishes