Little Flowers Girls' Club(R): July 2008

Friday, July 25, 2008

Beautiful New Shirts!

Show some club spirit and unity with these beautiful new embroidered polos and shirts for your girls! Order before August 15th and get 10% off the shirts when ordering online and using the coupon INTHEPINK. Go to www.eccehomopress.com and click on the Little Flowers Logo to the left of the page and go to the page labled: Badges/Sashes/Vests.

Updates and News!

Well, we did it! The Hospitality Program is online and ready to go. Go to: www.eccehomopress.com and click on the cover of the book to take you to the Little Women Hospitality Program home page. Everything is ready to go except the Student Companion book which will be delivered next week.

I also managed another delivery last week: Thomas Benedict Stomberg was delivered at 5:11 pm on July 17th with a picture perfect delivery and baby! Thanks for everyone's prayers for a safe and healthy delivery!

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Hospitality Program

Well, my goal was to have the program produced and ready for sale before I produce baby #10. Now it looks like they will be here simultaniously!! The Hospitality Program books should arrive around July 17th, the day after I'm scheduled to go in and birth the newest addition! So here's to a healthy delivery of books and babies!

Check the website: www.eccehomopress.com for availability and enjoy the summer!

PS: Prayers to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel are especially appreciated for a healthy and safe delivery (of baby). Oh, and you can pray to St. Francis de Sales for the safe delivery of the books!!

Saturday, July 5, 2008

New Parish Powerpoint

It's time to start thinking about next fall's Little Flowers Girls' Club! We've put together a new Parish Powerpoint that gives a good overview of all EHP's youth programs. This gives a synopsis of what the programs entails, sample pages from the books and information on ages, how to run a group and how to obtain materials. If you'd like a copy of the powerpoint in a pdf format (acrobat reader...it is too big as a powerpoint to send through email), please send your request to: EcceHomoPr@aol.com.

What is Little Flowers Girls' Club?

Little Flowers Girls' Club® is a Catholic program for girls ages 5 and up based on learning Catholic virtues through the lives of Catholic saints, Scripture and the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Developed by a Catholic mom of eleven, Rachel Watkins, and based on Fr. Lasance's Catholic Girls' Guide, the Club strives to bring the Catholic faith alive and inspire the girls to become authentic Catholic women.
Nine virtues are included in each of three different Wreaths or years of study. A fourth year, studying the fruits of the Spirit is also available. The format of the Clubs is flexible, with groups meeting monthly, bi-monthly or weekly. Badges for the virtues are earned by studying the saint associated with the virtue, memorizing relevant scripture verses and studying the Catechism. The program is flexible enough to use with a variety of age groups. Little Flowers Girls' Club® has also been successfully implemented in the family. Sashes, vests, skirts, bandanas, t-shirts and other items are extras that add to the experience, but are not necessary to running a successful Club.
The Leader's Guide for each Wreath offers suggestions for running meetings, planning crafts and activities, talks on virtues and other relevant information.
The Member's Guide includes the activities, saints' biographies, pictures of the saints, and prayers for each girl. Each of the girls in the Club should purchase their own Member's Guide.
Other items that leader's find useful are the Memory Verse CD, the Tea and Luncheon Manual and the Craft Companion and Merit Certificates.
Leader's should have fun with the program and use the flexibility to choose the items that are right for your group's needs. God bless you in your work for His work!