Rita Buettner, Author at Archdiocese of Baltimore

March 2, 2015

Adding color (and prayer) to your Lent: A Lenten Coloring Book

Today I am blogging at A Blog for My Mom, where Rosie is hosting a series of bloggers sharing Lenten craft ideas. You should go see the other wonderful ideas!Most of the crafts we do in our house are spontaneous creations. They involve a lot of paper and tape, and

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November 11, 2013

Are they really brothers?

When we adopted our first son, I fielded strangers' questions about adoption all the time.I assumed that after we adopted our second son, the questions would continue, but I was wrong. When we are out in public, I am so busy keeping my children safe and from damaging their surroundings,

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November 7, 2013

Missing Baby Georgie

For the past few months, ever since my sister and her husband told us they were expecting a baby, my sons have been looking forward to meeting their new cousin.Nothing is more exciting than a new baby, and for our sons, this would be their first cousin living in town,

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March 19, 2013

St. Joseph’s Feast Day: A novena a day keeps the job search at bay

When John and I met, we had jobs that were more than 100 miles—and a two-hour drive—apart. So after we became engaged, we both started job hunting.A friend or family member must have mentioned that St. Joseph was the patron of workers, so I began saying a daily novena to

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February 14, 2013

A Valentine’s Day proposal that was—and wasn’t—a surprise

When I say I knew John was going to propose, I’m not boasting about my great detective work.I mean I knew.We had met with Fr. Lawrence Adamczyk that morning about celebrating our wedding.We had reserved the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen and booked the reception site.And John had made reservations

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