Author: Susan Ciancio
A St. Patrick’s Day Lesson on Moral Courage and Forgiveness
A Guest Post from Culture of Life Studies On St. Patrick’s Day, we celebrate one of the Catholic Church’s most well-known missionaries. Saint Patrick didn’t just bring…
Team Iron Will: Essay Contest for World Down Syndrome Day
Every year on March 21, we celebrate World Down Syndrome Day, a day “created to celebrate the lives of people with Down syndrome and to…
12 Lent Practices to Foster a Culture of Life in Your Family
Lent is here! This 40-day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving affords us an amazing opportunity to spend the next several weeks building our faith, growing…
Nurturing Pro-Life Values: Lessons from St. Fiacre’s Garden
Raising children requires time, attention, and love. Most importantly, raising children in our Catholic faith and who understand and hold pro-life values requires each of…
“All Hallows’ Eve”: New Picture Book by Anthony DeStefano
All Hallows’ Eve By Anthony DeStefano; illustrated by Erwin Madrid Published by Sophia Institute Press As an avid reader, writer, editor, and former homeschooling mom,…
6 Ways Your Child Will Benefit from Entering CLSP’s Respect Life Month Essay Contest
St. Anthony of Padua taught, “Actions speak louder than words; let your words teach and your actions speak.” At the Culture of Life Studies Program,…
‘All Shapes and Sizes,’ a Beautiful Way to Celebrate Down Syndrome Awareness Month
October is Respect Life Month. It is also Down Syndrome Awareness Month—“a month to raise awareness and celebrate the many abilities of our loved ones…
CLSP Pro-Life Essay Contest
Throughout Respect Life Month (October)—a month dedicated to celebrating God’s gift of every human being—the Culture of Life Studies Program hosts a Pro-Life Essay Contest…
New Lesson Booklet for Young Children Explores the Impact of St. Thérèse and Her Little Way
Thérèse loved those around her with every ounce of her being, and she knew that that love would change the world. It did, and it…
21 Ways Parents Can Live Out Pope Leo’s Call to Set Faithful Examples for Children
In his homily during the Mass celebrating the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents, and the Elderly, Pope Leo encouraged parents and grandparents “to be examples…
