
Spring Planting May 2025
Spring Planting Dates Join us from Tuesday, May 20 to May 23 Thursday, May 22 and Friday, May 23 for Spring Planting 2025 at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe! This is a wonderful opportunity for all community members to come together and lend a hand in planting beautiful flora in this sacred space. […]
10th Annual Homeschool Kickoff
8:00 am Shrine Opens
10:00 am Talk: Spiritually Motivated Homesteading: What and Wh
– John A. Cuddeback, PhD (Pre-Recorded)
11:00 am Talk – Farm to Altar, a Vocation Story- Fr. Daniel Sedlacek
11:45 am Confessions available
12:15 pm Holy Mass (O.F. Ad Orientem) Homeschool Blessing following Mass.
1:15 pm Picnic Lunch, Outdoor Games, and Grilling Fundraiser:
Burgers, Brats, Hotdogs, Baked Goods, and Drinks will be Sold
by the Troops of Saint George. Pre-order #’s requested to
Captain Bill Coppernoll: [email protected]
2:30 pm Talk: Spiritually Motivated Homesteading: Challenges and Some Solutions
– John A. Cuddeback, PhD (Pre-Recorded)
3:15 pm Livestream Q&A with John A. Cuddeback, PhD
5:00 pm. Shrine Closes
Keynote Speaker: John Cuddeback
Dr. John A. Cuddeback received his B.A. from Christendom College, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from The Catholic University of America in 1997. He is Chairman of the Philosophy Department at Christendom College. He writes and lectures on various topics, including virtue, culture, natural law, contemplation, and friendship.
His book, True Friendship: Where Virtue Becomes Happiness was published in 2010. Cuddeback is a member of the Third Order Dominicans, and an avid gardener and hunter. He is a home schooling father and lives with his wife, Sofia, and five children in the Shenandoah Valley.
Website: LifeCraft.org