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5 Books to Read Before Your International Mission Trip - Blessed Is She

5 Books to Read Before Your International Mission Trip

“Go therefore, and make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19).   This instruction from Jesus has provided the inspiration for thousands of missionaries over the centuries. Attending Catholic school from...
BIS Reads: Theology of Home - Blessed Is She

BIS Reads: Theology of Home

There is something magnetic and enchanting about old Italian families who for generations have produced wine, cheese, or olive oil. Whatever the endeavor, current members speak with pride of the...
Why the Modern Catholic Needs Flannery O’Connor - Blessed Is She

Why the Modern Catholic Needs Flannery O’Connor

In the twenty-first century, Flannery O’Connor seems to have more of a presence in Catholic conversation, though she’s been a prominent figure in the American literary canon for quite some...
The 2019 Blessed is She Catholic Advent Journal for Women: All The Generations - Blessed Is She

The 2019 Blessed is She Catholic Advent Journal for Women: All The Generations

Where we come from matters. Despite our experience of family life, our origin stories play a large role in who we are today. What our grandmothers, and great-grandmothers, and great-great-great-great-great...
BIS Reads: Rebuking the Devil - Blessed Is She

BIS Reads: Rebuking the Devil

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to look around at the state of our chaotic world to see the reality that evil and the Devil do, in fact, exist. Violence,...
BIS Reads: Come, Be My Light - Blessed Is She

BIS Reads: Come, Be My Light

One of the beautiful things about being a millennial is that I have never known a world without Mother Teresa. I didn’t know much about her when I was a...
BIS Reads: Be Brave in the Scared - Blessed Is She

BIS Reads: Be Brave in the Scared

If there’s one word I’d use to describe Mary Lenaburg’s writing, it would be “free.” In her social media presence, in her devotions, she is authentic, honest, unafraid of the...
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...
Catholic Summer Reads for Kids - Blessed Is She

Catholic Summer Reads for Kids

The countdown has begun! With just about one month left of school, summer is right around the corner. My six children are excited (obviously), and while I appreciate the structure...
The Most Important Thing I Want My Children to Know - Blessed Is She

The Most Important Thing I Want My Children to Know

When I'm kept up at night by my racing thoughts, they usually revolve around my children. Specifically, they involve rigorous scrutiny of what I am or am not doing to...
5 New Titles for Your Catholic Bookshelf - Blessed Is She

5 New Titles for Your Catholic Bookshelf

I’m a huge historical fiction fan. I have loved to read my entire life and always seem to have a stack of to-be-read books on my nightstand. Sound familiar? And...
How to Fully Celebrate Easter - Blessed Is She

How to Fully Celebrate Easter

Easter is coming soon, and many of us are deep into praying through our Lent devotional. You might be wondering what's next once Lent ends and Easter gloriously arrives. After...