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A Catholic Young Adult Bible Study for Women, Sure to Open Your Heart - Blessed Is She

After I graduated from college, I ached for community. During my time at university, I was active in Bible studies...

Spiritual Growth is Like Stepping into the Ocean - Blessed Is She

One of my favorite things to do as a mom is to watch our three children at the beach. Through...

Books By and About Female Saints - Blessed Is She

The variety of female Saints we have in the Church are like the many ice cream flavors in Baskin Robbins....

The Return of the Prodigal Son // Nouwen’s Conversion Through Art - Blessed Is She

Many of us are familiar with the story of The Prodigal Son. In fact, sometimes when people bring up the...

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Building a Catholic Library for Kids - Blessed Is She

One of the first gifts I received as a new, first-time mom was a gift of books for my son....

BIS Reads // It Is Good To Be Here: A Disabled Woman's Reflections on the Sacred Wonder of Being Human - Blessed Is She

Right off the bat, in a pointed preface titled “Crippled”, Christina Chase offers the kind of memoir I want to...

Giving Thanks and Letting Go - Blessed Is She

I stand at the kitchen island slicing tomatoes. The lettuce and onion are already on the tray. There are french...

Sex and the Catholic Feminist Review - Blessed Is She

Sex, Catholicism, and feminism. Do I have your attention? These words are spoken about more frequently these days, both online...

BIS Reads: A Newman Reader - Blessed Is She

I appreciate the challenge Dr. Muller met in culling through the numerous writings of the recently canonized John Henry Newman...

Spiritual Reading + Prayers in a Time of Quarantine - Blessed Is She

In today's uncertain health climate, many of us find ourselves with more time to read than we've had in a...

BIS Reads: The Peace of the Wild Things - Blessed Is She

When despair grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my...

Books to Read During Lent - Blessed Is She

Am I the only one wondering how Lent has already arrived? It feels like just yesterday I was decorating my...

BIS Reads: Ministry of Ordinary Places - Blessed Is She

Last fall, there was a terrible commotion down the street from me—firetrucks and police cars were everywhere, blocking the road....

BIS Reads: Leaf by Niggle - Blessed Is She

I am always amazed by the economy of a good short story. Authors like Flannery O'Connor, for example, teach us...

How to Start an Online Catholic Book Club - Blessed Is She

I have always loved to read since I was a little girl. Nancy Drew, Harriet the Spy, the Bobbsey Twins,...

Here, Too: The 2020 Lent Devotional for Catholic Women - Blessed Is She

As we close the Advent and Christmas seasons, we enter a brief but beautiful moment of Ordinary Time. And then,...

Catholic Books for Your New Year's Resolutions - Blessed Is She

We have reached this year's final days. And in a couple of days, we will ring in a new year....