A Prayer for Our Homeschooling Children
As we begin our school year those of us who homeschool are looking for renewed spirits and a fresh attitude to guide our children's education. I hope this prayer helps...
A Prayer for Our Children's Teachers
It’s that magical time of year again. Shopping carts are filled with endless reams of paper, composition books, glue sticks, and pencils. Big yellow buses are cruising the neighborhood during...
How I Use My Blessed Is She Liturgical Planner
For as long as I can remember, I have been a paper lover - stationary, stickers, journal, planners, etc. One of my favorite times of the year was when I...
Seeing My Mother: Changing the Way I Look at Mary
As a mom of three little humans, I found myself reflecting on how my perception of my own mom as changed over the years. As a little girl—she was the...
BIS Travels: Our Lady of Good Help Shrine, Wisconsin
Champion, Wisconsin, isn’t a place you’d expect to find much. It lays a long stretch of cornfields away from nearby Dyckesville and Algoma. Somewhere close is a town named Alaska....
What Every Woman Needs in Her Relational Toolkit
I used to think I knew exactly what went into stable, solid relationships with other people. I thought I knew how to have a healthy, emotional relationship with a guy....
Seven Ways to Thrive in Ministry Work
Hi, My Name is MaryRuth and I am addicted to saying "YES." I grew up in a congregational church where everyone had a role and most people had two or...
Eating Your Spiritual Veggies
At nine months postpartum, I was using the excuse of still nursing my youngest to not pay much attention to what kind of food and how much of it I...
BiS Travels: Our Lady of the Angels, Costa Rica
People are always amazed by the idea that here in Costa Rica, there is an active volcano virtually in my backyard. We can sit on our porch with coffee...
Blessed is She Study Guides Sneak Peek
We've been busy bees over here in Blessed is She land, creating products our sisters have asked for. We've created study guides for existing small group or your new Blessed...
Pilgrimage: A Reflection on a Journey to Chartres
Pilgrimage The musty smell of the ancient cathedral wafted out the door mixed with a layer of incense that had begun to burn for Mass as the aching feet of...
Suffering and Hope: My Experience at the Casa del Migrante
For the first time in all my 19 years of life, I left the United States and entered—body and soul—into a new country. I physically stepped through the San Ysidro...
