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Meals from Our Moms - Blessed Is She

Meals from Our Moms

Mothers are Christ-like in that they lay down their lives for their children. Whether it is in the delivery room, the office, the kitchen, or many miles away interceding on...
A (Postcard) Trip around the World - Blessed Is She

A (Postcard) Trip around the World

It wasn’t long ago that my dear sister was approaching her thirtieth birthday. A significant landmark in anyone’s life, Leigh wanted to mark the passage in some memorable way. “I...
Pray + Plan // The 2020-2021 Catholic Planner from Blessed is She - Blessed Is She

Pray + Plan // The 2020-2021 Catholic Planner from Blessed is She

Looking forward to next school year even more this year? We are, too. To help sweeten the wait, we are thrilled to release the 2020-2021 Catholic planner! Come take a...
Brave New Step: When All Our Best Laid Plans Change - Blessed Is She

Brave New Step: When All Our Best Laid Plans Change

I had a plan. He was pretty much perfect, and I knew exactly how things would go for us. My imagination ran wild with ideas for the future which seemed...
Catholicism + Stewardship of the Earth - Blessed Is She

Catholicism + Stewardship of the Earth

A few years ago, I heard a newscaster reporting on a scene from the Vatican, in which Pope Francis presided over the Liturgy during Ordinary Time. The newscaster, offering commentary...
Resources for College Gals in Quarantine - Blessed Is She

Resources for College Gals in Quarantine

Hey, friend. We see you. It can be difficult to cope with this time of uncertainty from a place of isolation. The good news? You're not alone. At Blessed is...
Meaningful Ways to Celebrate Your Baby’s Baptism - Blessed Is She

Meaningful Ways to Celebrate Your Baby’s Baptism

It was October 22, 2016, the feast of our family patron Saint, Pope John Paul II. Two-and-a-half years earlier, in the same stone cathedral, our beloved Passionist priest looked at...
How to Maintain Long-Distance Friendships - Blessed Is She

How to Maintain Long-Distance Friendships

I met one of my very best friends late in college. We bonded during my junior year in design classes over Ingrid Michaelson and Helvetica fonts, studied abroad together the...
How to Lead a Small Group Remotely + Online - Blessed Is She

How to Lead a Small Group Remotely + Online

Small groups are a wonderful way to build community and connect with other women in your area. Many of you have connected with Catholic women through Blessed Brunches or through...
Ways to Celebrate St. Patrick's Day - Blessed Is She

Ways to Celebrate St. Patrick's Day

Many Americans hail heritage from the Emerald Isle, myself included. Some of my great grandparents (and great great grandparents) on both sides of my family emigrated from Ireland. Growing up,...
Mourning the Life You Envisioned - Blessed Is She

Mourning the Life You Envisioned

“Let go of the life you imagined for the life God has ready for you.” How many times have you heard, or read, some version of those words? It seems...
How to Support Foster Families - Blessed Is She

How to Support Foster Families

The Works of Mercy are charitable actions by which we come to the aid of our neighbor in his spiritual and bodily necessities. Instructing, advising, consoling, comforting are spiritual works...