“Numbers were up this year,” Loree Nauertz reported regarding the Diocese of Superior’s third annual Homeschooling Conference. Nauertz, who serves as assistant director for the Office of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship, said 65 adults and children were registered for the Sept. 28 event held at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Rice Lake.
The day event lasted from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and included Mass with Bishop James P. Powers, two talks and small-group discussions. Featured speaker Tina Strub has 20 years of homeschooling experience; the military wife and mom of eight shared wisdom and wit as she spoke about the challenges and gifts of homeschooling.
Strub’s first talk focused on the real-life challenges of homeschooling using examples from her own experience. She addressed the topic of self-care, and much of what she advised was not exclusive to homeschooling parents. Commenting on the Gospel passage where Jesus says to deny oneself and give up one’s life, she added just how important integral self-care is, especially since “you can’t give what you don’t have.”
She said that it is the word of God become flesh in us that must surrender to God in big and small details. This includes accepting a path of holiness filled with simple acceptance and sincere gift, even in the details.
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