Our Michaelmas piñata is turning 18 this year, it's the same red cardboard devil Grandad built for our very first feast day back in 2008, and the kids still get to whack him with wooden swords until the candy spills out. In this episode I'm telling the whole story, how one overwhelming liturgical living book sat with me for nine months before I finally tried it, and how that turned into Cornish game hens, blackberry folklore, and a party we look forward to all year. If a wacky feast day tradition still feels like too much for your family, I promise you can start small and it can still become the thing everyone loves most.

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Kendra Tierney Norton, mother of ten, turns Catholic All Year's liturgical living into a weekly show that shows real families exactly how to bring feast days, prayer, and tradition into ordinary home life.

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My book The Catholic All Year Compendium walks you through the whole liturgical year, feast by feast, with the actual food, prayers, and traditions we use at home, and The Catholic All Year Prayer Companion picks up the daily prayer side of things.

The Catholic All Year Compendium: https://www.amazon.com/Catholic-All-Year-Compendium-Liturgical/dp/1621641597

The Catholic All Year Prayer Companion: https://www.amazon.com/Catholic-All-Year-Prayer-Companion/dp/1621644251

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When my husband Jim was diagnosed, someone told me to wait to worry, to hold off until there was actually something in front of me to worry about right now, and that one phrase carried me through sixteen years of his illness and it's still what I teach my kids today. In this episode I talk about raising children who can hold onto hope even when prayers aren't answered the way we want (because despair is the real danger, not disappointment) and why that's a skill worth building in them now, before they need it.

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Kendra Tierney Norton, mother of ten, turns Catholic All Year's liturgical living into a weekly show that shows real families exactly how to bring feast days, prayer, and tradition into ordinary home life.

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Hosted by: Kendra Tierney Norton

Produced by: Arcadia Digital

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My book The Catholic All Year Compendium walks you through the whole liturgical year, feast by feast, with the actual food, prayers, and traditions we use at home, and The Catholic All Year Prayer Companion picks up the daily prayer side of things.

The Catholic All Year Compendium: https://www.amazon.com/Catholic-All-Year-Compendium-Liturgical/dp/1621641597

The Catholic All Year Prayer Companion: https://www.amazon.com/Catholic-All-Year-Prayer-Companion/dp/1621644251

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Our family rosary happens a lot more often in the car (or the hot tub, not going to lie) than kneeling reverently in front of a crucifix, and that's kind of the whole point of this episode. I walk through the four little rules that actually keep prayer alive in our house, starting with the Morning Offering I say before I even get out of bed, because a perfect prayer life would be lovely, but an imperfect one that actually happens beats it every time.

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Kendra Tierney Norton, mother of ten, turns Catholic All Year's liturgical living into a weekly show that shows real families exactly how to bring feast days, prayer, and tradition into ordinary home life.

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Hosted by: Kendra Tierney NortonProduced by: Arcadia Digital

⚪️ BUY MY BOOKS

My book The Catholic All Year Compendium walks you through the whole liturgical year, feast by feast, with the actual food, prayers, and traditions we use at home, and The Catholic All Year Prayer Companion picks up the daily prayer side of things.

The Catholic All Year Compendium: https://www.amazon.com/Catholic-All-Year-Compendium-Liturgical/dp/1621641597

The Catholic All Year Prayer Companion: https://www.amazon.com/Catholic-All-Year-Prayer-Companion/dp/1621644251

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Liturgical living isn't a Pinterest aesthetic, you guys, it's just letting the Church's calendar shape your ordinary Tuesday, and in this episode I'm breaking down exactly where to start: the three things every family already does (food, prayer, and conversation) and how to Catholicize them one feast day at a time (no turduckens required). If you've ever felt too overwhelmed, too under-prepared, or too intimidated to jump into the liturgical year with your kids, this is your 4-step starter kit to begin today.

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Kendra Tierney Norton, mother of ten, turns Catholic All Year's liturgical living into a weekly show that shows real families exactly how to bring feast days, prayer, and tradition into ordinary home life.

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Hosted by: Kendra Tierney NortonProduced by: Arcadia Digital

⚪️ BUY MY BOOKS

My book The Catholic All Year Compendium walks you through the whole liturgical year, feast by feast, with the actual food, prayers, and traditions we use at home, and The Catholic All Year Prayer Companion picks up the daily prayer side of things.

The Catholic All Year Compendium: https://www.amazon.com/Catholic-All-Year-Compendium-Liturgical/dp/1621641597

The Catholic All Year Prayer Companion: https://www.amazon.com/Catholic-All-Year-Prayer-Companion/dp/1621644251

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Curious about liturgical living or big Catholic family life? You're in the right place.

Kendra Tierney is a wife and mother of ten, from toddler to teenager, and an enthusiastic amateur in the domestic arts (homeschool and regular school both included). She writes the award-winning blog Catholic All Year, contributes to Blessed Is She Ministries, and is the voice of liturgical living at Endow Ministries. She's the author of A Little Book about Confession for Children, the Awesome Catholic Kids prayer book series, and the Catholic All Year Compendium: Liturgical Living for Real Life.