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Using the Blessed is She Academic Year Planner

Using the Blessed is She Academic Year Planner

I remember when my mom bought me my very first planner. I was in the 6th grade, and since I was going to have to keep track of homework for...
How to Start a Young Adult Group - Blessed Is She

How to Start a Young Adult Group

Something I left with after attending Franciscan University of Steubenville was a great love for community and the understanding of its importance. I experienced profound healing, joy, and mirth from...
Praying for Our Country with American Saints - Blessed Is She

Praying for Our Country with American Saints

Celebrating its 243rd birthday today, the United States of America’s history is brief compared to most other countries. In such a short amount of time, though, our country has been...
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,...
Four Ways to Live Liturgically During the Ordinary Days of Summer - Blessed Is She

Four Ways to Live Liturgically During the Ordinary Days of Summer

I don’t know about you, but I find it fairly simple and rather exciting to live out the liturgical seasons of Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter. There are so many...
Weekly Wallpaper // 182 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 182

For freedom Christ has set us free. // Galatians 5:1 Thank you for these beautiful free wallpapers from Brass and Mint Co. Let His word dwell in us richly, sisters....
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...
To The Women With Big Hearts On Mission - Blessed Is She

To The Women With Big Hearts On Mission

It feels like the worst thing ever to have a heart that feels a lot. Particularly in high school, there were times that I would see leaders in the Church...
More Precious Than Gold - Blessed Is She

More Precious Than Gold

At some point, we’ve probably all faced the accusation that Catholics can't claim to serve the poor while building expansive (not to mention expensive!) cathedrals. While our bishops are dressed...
Drive By Prayer - Blessed Is She

Drive By Prayer

The end of last summer for us was marked by a miscarriage and topped off with sick kids, so feelings of weakness and despair were frequent. A friend had invited...
Finding a Pilgrimage Site Wherever You Go - Blessed Is She

Finding a Pilgrimage Site Wherever You Go

One of my favorite things to do to prepare for a trip is to make a list. This list includes beautiful places to sightsee and to hike, restaurants to sample...
Embracing Imperfect Hosting - Blessed Is She

Embracing Imperfect Hosting

Summer and community go hand in hand. Whether it's neighborhood block parties, Fourth of July cookouts, feast day celebrations with other Catholic families, or coffee with friends, some of the...