We just got home from a work trip and found that Lisa had her kids! Two healthy babies welcomed into the homestead. 🐐

Watching this now

I don't know about you, but it's way too easy for me to find myself in the middle of Advent or Lent and realize I completely missed it. So this year, I'm trying to be more intentional and really usher in the magic of the Lenten Season for my family. Reminding my parents and siblings it's coming, inviting friends to Mass on Ash Wednesday, and of course doing lent together with this community. My family is giving up all social media for 40 days. We recognize it's pretty toxic for us and takes away time we could be spending together building, creating, or just enjoying each other's presence. In that time we get back, our goal is to: - Work out together - Pray as a family - Watch good movies. Lent is 40 days. That's enough time to break an addiction, build a new rhythm, and let God enter the space we've been filling with noise. So what are you giving up for Lent? If you haven't taken the time to think about it, use the comments below to write something down and make it real. If we all share something we want to give up on this post, I think we can really make this the best Lent we've ever had. P.S. Our first Catholic Homesteaders call will be Wednesday night at 6pm CST. @Aaron Amezcua and I have some pretty cool things planned, so I hope you can make it. We'll meet everyone, share the intention for this community, and break out into small groups so you can actually connect with other members. I know we sometimes have resistance to joining a new call with a new community, but I encourage you to take the leap. We're all Catholic, we all want to build homesteads, and we're all tired of suburban dependency. That's going to make for some awesome connections if we let it. Drop a 🙋 below if you're joining live. Let's usher in Lent together. — Erick

Hi, my name is Sara. I'm from Northeastern Wisconsin and I joined this community because my son and I recently moved to a rural area and want to learn to homestead and be more independent by growing our own food (fruit, veggies, ducks, goats, honey, maple syrup, mushrooms). By doing this, we want to grow closer to God and learn how to care for His creation as we are called to do. We are active at our local parish and are near the Shrine of Our Lady of Champion.

My name is Aaron, and that’s my brother Erick behind the camera. We’re building our homestead in Missouri with goats, chickens, bees, and soon a dairy cow. We’ve been here about two years and plan to continue building for the next decade. We created this community because we believe Catholic families are being called back to the land to live sustainably, create abundance from the bottom up, and orient our lives toward glorifying God. This is a place to share wisdom, visions, and practical steps as we build our futures together. Our first live meeting will be Wednesday, February 18th from 6–7 PM (Central Time). We’re excited to meet you, hear your story, and begin this journey together. Welcome! this is just the beginning.