Author: Cassie Everts

Cassie Everts

Cassie Everts serves as Contributing Writer at Relevant Radio. She is a wife, mother, author and speaker. She is the co-author of Nursery of Heaven and blogs at Everyday Ann. She holds degrees in Theology and Communication Arts from Franciscan University of Steubenville.

Rebuild My Church

November 9, 2023November 3, 2023 Articles, Catechesis

If your family or children participated in an All Saints Day celebration chances are you would have seen a few children donned in long brown robes with a white rope tied about their waist. St. Francis’ love of nature and animals captivates the hearts of many children, including my own son. The young love to […]

Take Up and Read

August 18, 2023August 14, 2023 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

As the mother of six children, I sometimes feel like the house is my cloister, minus the peaceful quiet and harmonious chanting. In the midst of being called on by so many voices, I find myself at times longing for the contemplative or maybe just 30 minutes to pray before I am needed. I always […]

The Secret to Happiness

August 16, 2023August 11, 2023 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

What’s the secret to happiness? This seems to be the million-dollar question, although most of us don’t have one million dollars to try and buy it or figure it out. Nonetheless, it is a question our society seems to have tried to solve and find the answer to in so many different ways. There are […]

Encountering the Transcendent

May 11, 2023May 11, 2023 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

I always know May is here and spring is in full swing when I find myself juggling multiple after-school schedules. Acting as an expert scheduler trying my best to figure out the logistics between baseball, soccer and ballet. Life is often bustling and hurrying along. We find ourselves moving quickly from one activity to the […]

Go and Announce the Good News

April 19, 2023April 17, 2023 Articles, Family and Kids

My son was so excited for Easter to come. As the weeks approached he counted down the days left until Lent would be over. With much enthusiasm, he kept telling us how he was going to stand on the front porch first thing early Easter morning and shout Alleluia for all to hear! His excitement […]

Giving Our Fiat

March 25, 2023March 26, 2023 Articles, Family and Kids

This past week is always one anticipated by my children come every Lent, it is a little break in their Lenten sacrifice as we celebrate with a favorite dinner and yummy dessert. On Monday, we celebrated the Solemnity of St. Joseph and now we celebrate the Solemnity of the Annunciation. Two iconic figures in the […]

Finding Rest

February 9, 2023February 8, 2023 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

I entered the dimly lit Church, my four and five-year-old sons in hand with a tote on my arm full of children’s saint books and bible stories. We took a seat in the front pew and settled in for our time of prayer. There on the altar, Jesus in unexplainable beauty and incomparable humility. God […]

St. Nicholas: The Man, the Legend

December 6, 2022December 2, 2022 Articles, Family and Kids

“The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.” (Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore) The countdown to the Feast of St. Nicholas has begun in my house. It is a day that finds my children all waking early in the morning to […]

In the Waiting of Advent

November 29, 2022November 28, 2022 Articles

The Christmas lights are starting to go up in our neighborhood and the brightly lit Christmas trees are gleaming through windows as we drive past. I can hear the excitement in my children’s voices as they point out to me another beautifully decorated house. I can already sense their anticipation as they look forward to […]

What is Hope?

November 23, 2022November 17, 2022 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

Faith, hope and love. We see these words printed on t-shirts, home décor and coffee mugs. Did you know that they are more than just a nice phrase? They are the three theological virtues. The theological virtues relate directly to God. They dispose Christians to live in a relationship with the Holy Trinity. (Catechism of […]

The Ultimate Gift

November 9, 2022November 4, 2022 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

The Christmas toy catalogs have already begun to show up in the mailbox. My children have been paging through them multiple times, circling items that meet their eyes and asking if they can put them on their Christmas lists. Toys, electronics, and decorations are beginning to fill store shelves and soon we will see ads […]

Back to School Again

September 1, 2022August 30, 2022 Articles, Family and Kids

School supplies, books, desks and classrooms. It is back to school again. It seemed like the fastest summer on the books and before I knew it I was quickly rushing to buy uniforms and the last bit of school supplies just to have it in time. The summer flew by and I am left wondering […]

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