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BIS Planner: How it Makes the Best Use of My Time

BIS Planner: How it Makes the Best Use of My Time

The 2025 calendar-year planner is here! Learn how it ebbs and flows with the liturgical seasons and helps to organize all aspects of life.
BIS Planner in Action // Type-B Homeschool Edition - Blessed Is She

BIS Planner in Action // Type-B Homeschool Edition

I'm a long-time homeschooling mom of 6, and have been using the BIS planner as part of my organizing for the last several years. Both the Big and Mini have...
Pentecost Holy Spirit Wallpaper from Blessed is She // 377 - Blessed Is She

Pentecost Holy Spirit Wallpaper from Blessed is She // 377

It's Pentecost! When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind,...
Ten Things You May Not Know about Saint Mark - Blessed Is She

Ten Things You May Not Know about Saint Mark

Our faith tells us that names are the icon of the person. This means that our names reveal a core truth about our identity. Saint Mark the Evangelist’s name is...
Monthly Wallpaper from Blessed is She // 376 - Blessed Is She

Monthly Wallpaper from Blessed is She // 376

Click to download your phone wallpaperClick to download your desktop wallpaper This design is featured in our new 2024-25 Liturgical Planners, now available to pre-order.
The Patron Saint of the Birdbath - Blessed Is She

The Patron Saint of the Birdbath

I just about coughed out my coffee while chatting with a friend and lifelong Franciscan when I heard her casually mention how one-dimensional Saint Francis of Assisi had become—reduced to...
Catholic Sisterhood At Your Fingertips // Join The BIS App Today! - Blessed Is She

Catholic Sisterhood At Your Fingertips // Join The BIS App Today!

In 2014, Blessed Is She was founded as a way to build community amongst Catholic women across the nation. Suddenly, Catholic women across the world were able to bond through their...
A Prayer to Love Others Better - Blessed Is She

A Prayer to Love Others Better

Jesus, as I express kindness and tenderness to those who are the easiest to love, aid me in lavishing Your love on those I find particularly difficult. Help me see...
I'm a Married Catholic. Here's My Honest Reaction To An Unexpected Pregnancy. - Blessed Is She

I'm a Married Catholic. Here's My Honest Reaction To An Unexpected Pregnancy.

My husband and I were in the middle of our European honeymoon. We had just landed in Greece after spending a week exploring the streets of Rome. Based on my...
A Prayer to Grow in Selfless Love - Blessed Is She

A Prayer to Grow in Selfless Love

Jesus, my heart is consumed and infatuated with the prospect of loving You. I desire to be worthy of Your love but know that my worthiness does not stem from...
When Wildlife Proclaims God's Handiwork - Blessed Is She

When Wildlife Proclaims God's Handiwork

10 Animals (and Saints) God Used to Show His Glory  There’s a line in the Gospels after Jesus calms a storm that always sends me into contemplating this question: “Who...
Monthly Wallpaper from Blessed is She // 375 - Blessed Is She

Monthly Wallpaper from Blessed is She // 375

Click to download your phone wallpaperClick to download your desktop wallpaper