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Extraordinary Women: St. Teresa Benedicta of Cross (Edith Stein) - Blessed Is She

Extraordinary Women: St. Teresa Benedicta of Cross (Edith Stein)

Our daily lives can seem very ordinary, whether we work all day, answering emails from coworkers who are asking a question that was already answered in an email sent two...
Sisters Speak in the #BISsisterhood - Blessed Is She

Sisters Speak in the #BISsisterhood

Let’s get to know each other a bit more, as sisters in Christ. Feel free to share your answers to these questions in on our Instagram post and/or your own...
Extraordinary Women: Mother Teresa - Blessed Is She

Extraordinary Women: Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa's quotes are gold. She famously once said, "I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts there can be no more pain, and only love."...
Weekly Wallpaper // 74 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 74

Today we are challenged to look at our most treasured parts of our life. You can download this wallpaper by the amazing Lauren of When Beauty Met Truth for free...
Extraordinary Women: St. Theresa of Avila - Blessed Is She

Extraordinary Women: St. Theresa of Avila

St. Theresa of Avila famously said, “From silly devotions and sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us!” and “A sad nun is a bad nun!” Like Pope Francis today, she knew...
Sisters Speak in the #BISsisterhood - Blessed Is She

Sisters Speak in the #BISsisterhood

Let’s get to know each other a bit more, as sisters in Christ. Feel free to share your answers to these questions in on our Instagram post and/or your own...
Weekly Wallpaper // 73 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 73

Another simple beauty from Tara of Frameworthy Designs. "Seek what is above." All too often I am seeking worldly success and pleasure. But we are reminded today to just seek...
Extraordinary Women: The Women in Our Lives - Blessed Is She

Extraordinary Women: The Women in Our Lives

Lately, I’ve been fixating on a phrase: perfectly imperfect. As someone with a type B personality, I suppose this confirms for me that I do not need to be perfect....
Sisters Speak in the #BISsisterhood - Blessed Is She

Sisters Speak in the #BISsisterhood

Let’s get to know each other a bit more, as sisters in Christ. Feel free to share your answers to these questions in on our Instagram post and/or your own...
Extraordinary Women: St. Catherine of Siena - Blessed Is She

Extraordinary Women: St. Catherine of Siena

When I was in eighth grade, my mom told me, “You don’t choose your confirmation saint—it chooses you.” I waved her advice off like any fourteen-year-old, and had my heart...
Sisters Speak in the #BISsisterhood - Blessed Is She

Sisters Speak in the #BISsisterhood

Let’s get to know each other a bit more, as sisters in Christ. Feel free to share your answers to these questions in on our Instagram post and/or your own...
Weekly Wallpaper // 71 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 71

I think for many of us, worry and anxiety infiltrate our lives. We worry about our children or the paper that is due next week. We worry about all the...