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The Dignity of Human Work - Blessed Is She

The Dignity of Human Work

Everyone works. Animals work, humans work. But freedom can only be found in the work of a human because through it we become who we are meant to be. Human...
Using the Blessed is She Academic Year Planner - Blessed Is She

Using the Blessed is She Academic Year Planner

I remember when my mom bought me my very first planner. I was in the 6th grade, and since I was going to have to keep track of homework for...
Lay Member Series: Lay Dominican - Blessed Is She

Lay Member Series: Lay Dominican

Welcome to our summer Lay Member Series on the Blessed is She blog! This week, we will hear from several different members who are lay members of various religious orders....
Lay Member Series: CSJA - Blessed Is She

Lay Member Series: CSJA

Welcome to our summer Lay Member Series on the Blessed is She blog! This week, we will hear from several different members who are lay members of various religious orders....
Lay Member Series: Secular Discalced Carmelite - Blessed Is She

Lay Member Series: Secular Discalced Carmelite

Welcome to our summer Lay Member Series on the Blessed is She blog! This week, we will hear from several different members who are lay members of various religious orders....
Lay Member Series: Secular Franciscan - Blessed Is She

Lay Member Series: Secular Franciscan

Welcome to our summer Lay Member Series on the Blessed is She blog! This week, we will hear from several different members who are lay members of various religious orders....
Lay Member Series: Secular Carmelite - Blessed Is She

Lay Member Series: Secular Carmelite

Welcome to our summer Lay Member Series on the Blessed is She blog! This week, we will hear from several different members who are lay members of various religious orders....
How Jane de Chantal Impacted Me as a Mother - Blessed Is She

How Jane de Chantal Impacted Me as a Mother

There’s a story about St. Jane de Chantal's transformation that has always intrigued me. It’s included in each of the dozen or so biographies of her that I’ve read, even...
Holy Orders Ordination Gift Guide - Blessed Is She

Holy Orders Ordination Gift Guide

May is the typical month for ordination to Holy Orders within the Church, which means for weeks now, families and friends of those being ordained have probably been wondering what...
The Work of Motherhood - Blessed Is She

The Work of Motherhood

The blogger Elizabeth Duffy once wrote: If motherhood is hard at times, it’s probably because it allows us, without going terribly far out of our way, to mimic Christ.  ...
Living Faithfully and Fruitfully When Your Spouse Doesn't Share Your Faith - Blessed Is She

Living Faithfully and Fruitfully When Your Spouse Doesn't Share Your Faith

So your spouse isn’t Catholic. Or he was, but he doesn’t practice anymore. Do you ever scroll through Catholic social media feeling as though you’re never going to live up...
Catholicism in Military Life - Blessed Is She

Catholicism in Military Life

In our seven years of marriage, my husband and I have spent over two years apart. My husband has deployed four times in those seven years. I went through those...