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2023 Catholic Holiday Gift Guide | Catholic Women-Owned Businesses

2023 Catholic Holiday Gift Guide | Catholic Women-Owned Businesses

We know you have a lot on your plate this Thanksgiving week (literally and figuratively) and we wanted to make your Christmas shopping easier. After all, don't you want to...
November 20, 2023
Reclaiming Sabbath Rest

Reclaiming Sabbath Rest

 “rest” This word reverberated in my stomach and tied it in knots. I had come to the end of another week, exhausted, once again. Ministry work, household chores and school...
February 21, 2023
god and love languages

Jesus is the Fulfillment of the Love Languages

If you are anything like me, then you love love. You love any way you can express your feelings for the ones dearest to you. Your heart soars when you...
December 09, 2022
How to Make a Prayer Wall

How to Make a Prayer Wall

In a culture of selfies and social media posts, others-centeredness takes great intention and practice. When our children were younger, we had a more consistent family prayer routine. During this...
December 05, 2022
How to Live the Mass More Fully

How to Live the Mass More Fully

What if we could live the Mass as our highest prayer no matter the circumstance? The stress from work, the drama with friends, the exams nearing at school, the list...
December 01, 2022
tithing

Bagels and the Providence of God

Let me paint the scene: It was a girl’s day out, everyone was grabbing some lunch, and I was stuck in the ordering line having an existential crisis about whether...
November 22, 2022
childless women

To Relish in Routine

Their voices enter my room and I become a part of their conversation. My bedroom wall separates us, but I can hear each voice clearly and in turn. First, Mariusz...
November 18, 2022
how do i find peace

Am I at Rest? // An Inventory of Peace

It can be an elusive chase. We shift schedules, we say "no," we set boundaries, we buy the next product that makes promises. We all long for peace, and we...
November 14, 2022
Single Ladies, Put Your Hands Up // Keeping Standards High While Dating

Single Ladies, Put Your Hands Up // Keeping Standards High While Dating

Recently I spoke with a young woman leaving for her freshman year of college. The subject of dating came up. I asked her what she was looking for in a...
November 09, 2022
childless women

Childlessness, Pound Cake, + Mother Culture

A few summers ago I was in my poetry residency for the week. The instructor gave our class a writing assignment: produce a poem about food. That night, I sat...
November 07, 2022
My Foster Care Journey

My Foster Care Journey

“Think nothing else but that God ordains all, and where there is no love, put love, and you will draw out love.” This quote from Saint John of the Cross...
October 28, 2022
Praying Through Your Engagement

Praying Through Your Engagement

I couldn't believe it. Looking down at my shaking (and now sparkling!) left hand, then up at the face of my smiling best friend, I realized it really happened: I...
October 24, 2022