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Weekly Wallpaper // 288 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 288

Be not afraid. // Pope Saint John Paul II Love this from today's readings. Let His word dwell in us richly, sisters. Download your F R E E wallpapers right...
Finding Peace in Back-to-School Imperfection - Blessed Is She

Finding Peace in Back-to-School Imperfection

“How was James’ first day?” I asked a friend recently. “Oh, you know, he had some trouble getting on the right bus …” she started to tell me, and then...
Sisterhood Series // Denelle - Blessed Is She

Sisterhood Series // Denelle

Welcome to our Sisterhood Series! It's our birthday month, and we are celebrating by introducing you to some of the beautiful women in our community. We can't wait for you...
10 Catholic Resources for Kids - Blessed Is She

10 Catholic Resources for Kids

“Train the young in the way they should go; even when old, they will not swerve from it.” // Proverbs 22:6 “Nothing gives me greater joy than to hear that...
Sisterhood Series // Alison - Blessed Is She

Sisterhood Series // Alison

Welcome to our Sisterhood Series! It's our birthday month, and we are celebrating by introducing you to some of the beautiful women in our community. We can't wait for you...
Weekly Wallpaper // 287 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 287

Humbly welcome the word that has been planted in you and is able to save your souls. // James 1:21 Love this from today's readings. Let His word dwell in...
The Wildness of Trust - Blessed Is She

The Wildness of Trust

Three years ago, I started making my way back to the Church after an extremely worldly life. I had been living in China for at least three years at that...
The Catholic Influence in Dana Gioia's Poetry - Blessed Is She

The Catholic Influence in Dana Gioia's Poetry

Dana Gioia’s 99 Poems New & Selected is a varied collection of well-crafted pieces that also demonstrates understanding of what it means to be fully human, skillfully expressing private experiences...
Why I Went on a Rom-Com Detox - Blessed Is She

Why I Went on a Rom-Com Detox

It was a Friday night in college. I ran down the hallway to the common area of my dorm, four freshly popped bags of popcorn clutched in my arms. College...
Small Group Tips: Gift, a Study on the Eucharist

Small Group Tips: Gift, a Study on the Eucharist

Blessed Is She's new study, Gift, can lead small groups into deeper devotion to the Most Holy Eucharist.

When Our Children Leave the Nest - Blessed Is She

When Our Children Leave the Nest

This spring, my oldest daughter graduated from high school. It was one of those milestones that I never thought I would reach. But now, it has come and gone. And...
BIS Reads // Saints Around the World - Blessed Is She

BIS Reads // Saints Around the World

I have a dear friend who is a master when it comes to liturgical living. She is creative and intentional and I'm convinced that crafting is her charism. I am...