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Extraordinary Women for Ordinary Time: Blessed Is She Community - Blessed Is She

Extraordinary Women for Ordinary Time: Blessed Is She Community

We are so happy to have you here. In our Facebook groups and Twitter chats. At Blessed Brunches and the Beauty From Ashes Retreat. No matter where we come together,...
Moments with the BISsisterhood - Blessed Is She

Moments with the BISsisterhood

Today we are starting off with a new way of doing some #BISsisterhood introductions -- by sharing bits about our writers so that we can all get to know each...
#BISLent // Weekly Lenten Link-Up 5 - Blessed Is She

#BISLent // Weekly Lenten Link-Up 5

Every week, we will open up a link-up for your blog posts, your instagram posts, your thoughts to share with each other as sisters. We will offer a prompt that...
#BISLent // Weekly Lenten Link-Up 4 - Blessed Is She

#BISLent // Weekly Lenten Link-Up 4

We offer a place to come together as a community and document how this Lent is going. Every week, we will open up a link-up for your blog posts, your...
#BISLent // Weekly Lenten Link-Up 3 - Blessed Is She

#BISLent // Weekly Lenten Link-Up 3

Every week, we will open up a link-up for your blog posts, your instagram posts, your thoughts to share with each other as sisters. We will offer a prompt that...
#BISLent // Weekly Lenten Link-Up 2 - Blessed Is She

#BISLent // Weekly Lenten Link-Up 2

On this second Sunday of Lent, we want to offer a place to come together as a community and document how this Lent is going. Every week, we will open...
#BISLent // Weekly Lenten Link-Up 1 - Blessed Is She

#BISLent // Weekly Lenten Link-Up 1

On this first Sunday of Lent, we want to offer a place to come together as a community and document how this Lent is going. Every week, we will open...
The Four Pillars of Dominican Spirituality - Blessed Is She

The Four Pillars of Dominican Spirituality

Today, we recall the spiritual life of the Dominican Order, on the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas (a Dominican himself!). Laurel Muff reflects on the meaning that Dominican spirituality has...
The Opportunity for Retreat - Blessed Is She

The Opportunity for Retreat

A few years ago, I went on seven retreats every year. I prepared for weeks - buying supplies, designating small groups, collecting permission slips, writing talks, and forming student leaders....
Three Reasons I Go on Retreat - Blessed Is She

Three Reasons I Go on Retreat

Just as today's #projectblessed prompt asks you to look into your heart and take stock honestly of anything that is keeping you separate from God, Kendra Tierney of Catholic All...
Project Blessed Prayer Pledge - Blessed Is She

Project Blessed Prayer Pledge

We pledge that for the first part of the year 2016, we will pray daily together as a sisterhood. Whether it be reading the daily devotions (subscribe here), prayer journaling,...
How I Started a Small Group on the Internet - Blessed Is She

How I Started a Small Group on the Internet

When the Blessed is She study guide came out, I was overjoyed and excited to start this journey of diving deeper into my faith. As I read over the guide,...