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5 Ways to Know Yourself and Your Gifts Better - Blessed Is She

5 Ways to Know Yourself and Your Gifts Better

A year ago it hit me. I woke up in the realization that I was *finally* in a different place. It was like the fog had lifted and the clouds...
Songs of the Season: Advent Music vs. Christmas Music - Blessed Is She

Songs of the Season: Advent Music vs. Christmas Music

Welcome to Advent, sisters! Isn’t it wonderful that the time has come to prepare for Christ’s birth yet again? What an absolute joy and gift! Yesterday at Mass, you saw...
A Great Light // The 2018 Advent Gathering - Blessed Is She

A Great Light // The 2018 Advent Gathering

Every year, in the midst of Advent, we as a sisterhood take pause for a one-day retreat together. Although we're scattered throughout the entire world, we carve out time in...
Bearing Light Advent Journal // An Interview with the Designer - Blessed Is She

Bearing Light Advent Journal // An Interview with the Designer

Our social media feeds are lighting up with the sharing of this year's Advent Journal, Bearing Light. We've all been captivated by the beautiful cover design, which will compel us...
Unbroken Movie Review - Blessed Is She

Unbroken Movie Review

It must have been in about 2014 that I first read the book Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. Let me tell you, it about gutted me. The Life of Louis Zamperini,...
Bearing Light Advent Journal // An Interview with the Editor - Blessed Is She

Bearing Light Advent Journal // An Interview with the Editor

As we prepare to celebrate Advent together as a sisterhood, we're deep diving into the creation of this year's Advent Journal called Bearing Light. We sat down with Blessed is...
How Edith Stein Helped Me to (Really) Know Myself - Blessed Is She

How Edith Stein Helped Me to (Really) Know Myself

Most of my Catholic friends have several saints with whom they consider to be close spiritual friends, mentors on their life journey. For me some of my favorites include: St....
Wholesome Movies for Your Friday Night - Blessed Is She

Wholesome Movies for Your Friday Night

Looking for a reason to pop some corn, unwrap a little candy, and plop down on the couch? Good news: I have four. Recently, I re-watched four movies that were...
The Blessed is She Planner Vs. Other Planners - Blessed Is She

The Blessed is She Planner Vs. Other Planners

I don’t know about you, but I love things like pretty planners and notebooks. I get so excited by simple designs and colorful floral patterns. My planners and notebooks have...
A Busy Mom Uses the Blessed is She Liturgical Planner - Blessed Is She

A Busy Mom Uses the Blessed is She Liturgical Planner

Many moons ago, when I was in college, I loved getting my new planner along with my books every fall. The blank pages were so inviting, so intriguing. I relished...
Ways to Use the Notes Section of Your Blessed is She Planner - Blessed Is She

Ways to Use the Notes Section of Your Blessed is She Planner

So you're all moved in to your Blessed is She planner. You've recorded birthdays, anniversaries, upcoming trips, and work conferences. You've determined your goals for the year and have found...
9 Tips + Resources for Discerning Religious Life - Blessed Is She

9 Tips + Resources for Discerning Religious Life

No matter what stage of life you are in, it is important for every woman in the Church to know some practical tools for vocational discernment. The Latin word vocare...