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Prayer Pledge // Day 10 - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge // Day 10

Week Two // Veni Creator Spiritus Come, Holy Spirit, Creator blest, and in our souls take up Thy rest; come with Thy grace and heavenly aid to fill the hearts...
Prayer Pledge // Day 9 - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge // Day 9

Week Two // Veni Creator Spiritus Come, Holy Spirit, Creator blest, and in our souls take up Thy rest; come with Thy grace and heavenly aid to fill the hearts...
Prayer Pledge // Day 8 - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge // Day 8

Week Two // Veni Creator Spiritus Come, Holy Spirit, Creator blest, and in our souls take up Thy rest; come with Thy grace and heavenly aid to fill the hearts...
Prayer Pledge // Day 7 - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge // Day 7

Week Two // Veni Creator Spiritus Come, Holy Spirit, Creator blest, and in our souls take up Thy rest; come with Thy grace and heavenly aid to fill the hearts...
Prayer Pledge // Day 6 - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge // Day 6

Week Two // Veni Creator Spiritus Come, Holy Spirit, Creator blest, and in our souls take up Thy rest; come with Thy grace and heavenly aid to fill the hearts...
Secondary Infertility: Finding Peace through the Holy Family - Blessed Is She

Secondary Infertility: Finding Peace through the Holy Family

I will never forget the moment I first heard about secondary infertility. It was earlier this summer when I was lying next to my two-year-old son, Peter, during his nap....
St. Elizabeth of Hungary and Four Other Saints Who Died at 24 - Blessed Is She

St. Elizabeth of Hungary and Four Other Saints Who Died at 24

This month we celebrate the feast of St. Elizabeth of Hungary. This beautiful Saint—who was a real life princess—married at fourteen, was widowed at twenty, and died at the age...
St. Thérèse, Doctor of Merciful Love - Blessed Is She

St. Thérèse, Doctor of Merciful Love

When I was young, my family owned an illustrated Lives of the Saints book. On the cover was a black and white picture of a young girl. I remember flipping...
3 Ways to Pray with Your Boyfriend, Fiancé, or Husband - Blessed Is She

3 Ways to Pray with Your Boyfriend, Fiancé, or Husband

For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them. -Matthew 18:20 We are all called to take time out of our...
How to Join the Catholic Church // Insight Into RCIA - Blessed Is She

How to Join the Catholic Church // Insight Into RCIA

I love the Catholic Faith. I love the richness of its history and the courage of its Saints. There are so many inspiring stories of men and women who have...
6 Modest Dresses for Summer (That are Ethically-Made) - Blessed Is She

6 Modest Dresses for Summer (That are Ethically-Made)

I address a heartfelt appeal that the logic of profit not prevail, but rather that of solidarity and justice. At the center of every situation, especially work-related, should be the...
Finding Healing from Men in the Sacred Heart of Jesus - Blessed Is She

Finding Healing from Men in the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Two weeks before I got married, I went on a pilgrimage to Rome and Assisi, Italy with my mother, my dear friend, and the priest who was going to marry...