BIS Reviews // Call the Midwife
I joined the party almost a decade late, but Call the Midwife is a BBC TV Series that you can begin now without feeling behind. The show is based on...
Fiction Novels for Catholic Teens
I love book recommendations, and now that I am a mom, I always appreciate hearing about fun suggestions for my own daughter. If there's a teen in your life, this...
Saint Andrew's Town by the Sea
If there are any avid golfers in your life, you may have heard of the seaside town of St. Andrews on the coast of Scotland. Did you know that this...
Saint Gerard // Relics and Redemptorists
It was just a few weeks into my pregnancy and my nervous self was concerned that I hadn’t yet started feeling pregnancy nausea. “How many weeks along was I when...
Our Lady's Greatest Pleasure
If you’re like me, you may tend to keep the Rosary at a comfortable distance. For example, I have one inside my night stand, one inside the center console...
The Church's Blessing Over Expectant Mothers
A few years ago, my husband and I approached our Pastor after Mass and asked him to give a blessing over the newly-formed baby growing within me. I was expecting...
Saint Alphonsus Liguori + Rheumatoid Arthritis
I was nineteen and it all happened very gradually. First I was noticing achy knees and feet, but thought it was due to all of the running I had been...
Meeting at the Golden Gate // Saints Joachim and Anne
Imagine having to learn Scripture, not through paging through the pages of your Bible, but by walking into your church and viewing its artwork. The Legend of St. Joachim, Meeting...
REMEMBER Series // Finding an Unlikely Friend
Welcome to our Remember series, where we pause to reflect on how God has proven faithful in the past so to help us place our trust in Him in the...
Saint Marguerite Bays // From Seamstress to “Godmother”
Marguerite Bays was born to a farming family in Switzerland in 1815, the second of seven children. She grew up helping her parents with household chores and gardening. In her...
Saint Damien of Molokai // His Heart for Missions
White sand beaches, towering sea cliffs, coral reefs, and vacation destination. This might be how some would describe Molokai, Hawaii’s fifth largest island. But one-hundred and fifty years ago, it...
Blessed Chats: Vocational Discernment // Surprises
Welcome to our Blessed Chats series! Each month, we will dedicate an entire week of blog posts to a topic that affects many of us. These conversations often come up...
