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Rebranded from Inspired Design by Em! ✨ Helping children grow in faith with fun, interactive Catholic prayer dry-erase boards ✨

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I have loved getting this to pray with in the free daily Morning Offering e-mails from The Catholic Company this month.

Today is the last day of the month of the Holy Eucharist, and tomorrow is the feast of St. Joseph the Worker!

Man, oh man, what a gift! ( à la Fr. Mike Schmitz)

Which line sticks out to you the most? by @tracingtradition

I could have gone on and on! 😆

What would you add? ⤵️ by @tracingtradition

I have always been SO intimidated by this novena. Just the thought of trying to remember to pray one prayer that I don’t have memorized *15* times a day for 25 days?!

But the prayer is SO beautiful, and I’ve heard many talk about favors granted and faith strengthened astronomically by doing this novena.

But. 😬

What if… I pray it six times, and then my toddler decides he needs to dump his cereal on the carpet and when I return to the prayer later, I completely forget how many times I’ve already said it?
What if… My kids have trouble following along but really want to be a part of it?
What if… I’m a little tired of buying Advent calendars that are single-use only?

I’ve been there. And this is the first year I am going to try… SERIOUSLY try… to complete this novena. Every day. Because I tend to start out strong, but inevitably fizzle out. I get distracted, forget, and then get discouraged.

But this time, I have a game plan!

This interactive board will be a great way to let the kids join me in the same-dates-EVERY-year journey from St. Andrew’s feast day on November 30th until Christmas Eve.

I plan on having the kids take turns crossing off the circles for the prayer tracker (the 15 circles across the bottom) and the date once we finish a day! I’m a big check-off list person, and the chance to make those Xs (while ALSO getting to pray and meditate on a beautiful prayer, of course) is a great motivator for someone like me.

This is also the first time I am offering a purely decorative (non-tracing) font on a board for those who may not have younger kids. I love how it turned out! ❤️

Available now on Etsy! (Link in Bio) by @tracingtradition

Do any of you hang on to old phone contacts, even if they’ve passed away?

All Souls Day got me thinking about this today. Although I’m pretty sure this particular contact (Servant of God Michelle Duppong) is in heaven, keeping her number and those of my other dearly departed friends and family members in my contacts list sometimes makes me pause the scroll and remember.

To pray for them.

My grandparents. Our beloved college friend who was brutally murdered. A kind neighbor who died tragically in a work accident. My husband’s former coworker who could make anybody laugh, but passed a while ago from a brain tumor.

I don’t want to delete them.

Because I can still pray for them. ❤️

…but that Michelle Duppong one… I keep hers to remind me to ask HER to pray for me, because I’m preeeetty sure I need the prayers more than she does. 😂 by @tracingtradition

I am beyond excited to be one of the businesses in this year's Cozy Catholic Christmas for 2026.

When I flipped through the amazing gift ideas last year, I made lots of wish lists, and dreamed about offering some of my favorite products (with an exclusive promo code!) in this year's catalog...

And here it is! 🥰

Beautiful, thoughtful, and full of great deals and ideas for all ages.

🔗Check out the Linktree in my bio or click on the Cozy Catalog story highlights for a link for your FREE access! 🔗 by @tracingtradition

Major 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

How could I forget this one?!

Now available in the English prayers on Etsy. I’ll add it on the Latin listing soon! by @tracingtradition

Guesses? 😉😉😉

I think I made this one pretty easy to tell what it is!

#newdesign #catholicism #liturgicalliving by @tracingtradition

I am quite artistically challenged. But I did a thing! I’ve been meaning to make a board with the prayer that this background is intended for for a few years now… and this is the time to do it.

So I challenged myself to try something new. Scanning this in today to see how it looks digitally. I know it won’t be able to perfectly capture the gold shimmer, but I had to try!

#sneakpeek #newdesign by @tracingtradition

Waterproof and glow-in-the-dark! I did not handmake these, so they should withstand most things you can throw at it. 😂

Love this prayer:

Protect us, Lord,
as we stay awake;
watch over us
as we sleep,
that awake,
we may keep
watch with Christ,
and asleep,
rest in His peace.
Amen.

Free shipping in a standard letter or pay for a tracked bubble mailer. 💌

#nightprayer #compline #catholic #liturgicalliving #protectuslordaswestayawake by @tracingtradition

JPII has so much wisdom to share. This quote is just one!

Pope St. JPII, pray for us!

#popesaintjohnpaulii by @tracingtradition

It's been 10 days since our launch and we are so grateful for the support and love we've seen for Kindred Catholic!

Meet six of our contributors here:
@tracingtradition
@annunciationdesigns
Jennifer Lirette
@novenaroseco
@somedaysaints
@12thandblossom

Again and again, we've heard that @kindredcatholic is a different kind of publication...part coffee table book, part digest, part workbook, part women's journal....there's something for every stop on your Catholic faith journey.

Visit the link in our bio for more.

#catholic #catholicwomen #catholicwoman #catholicfaith #catholicjournal by @tracingtradition

This trend is too hilarious! 😂

And yes, that chicken is molting. 🪶

#lookatthis #saintbenedict #kitty #chickens #catholic by @tracingtradition