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Prayer Pledge // Day 9 - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge // Day 9

Week Two // Veni Creator Spiritus Come, Holy Spirit, Creator blest, and in our souls take up Thy rest; come with Thy grace and heavenly aid to fill the hearts...
Prayer Pledge // Day 8 - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge // Day 8

Week Two // Veni Creator Spiritus Come, Holy Spirit, Creator blest, and in our souls take up Thy rest; come with Thy grace and heavenly aid to fill the hearts...
Prayer Pledge // Day 7 - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge // Day 7

Week Two // Veni Creator Spiritus Come, Holy Spirit, Creator blest, and in our souls take up Thy rest; come with Thy grace and heavenly aid to fill the hearts...
Prayer Pledge // Day 6 - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge // Day 6

Week Two // Veni Creator Spiritus Come, Holy Spirit, Creator blest, and in our souls take up Thy rest; come with Thy grace and heavenly aid to fill the hearts...
Secondary Infertility: Finding Peace through the Holy Family - Blessed Is She

Secondary Infertility: Finding Peace through the Holy Family

I will never forget the moment I first heard about secondary infertility. It was earlier this summer when I was lying next to my two-year-old son, Peter, during his nap....
St. Elizabeth of Hungary and Four Other Saints Who Died at 24 - Blessed Is She

St. Elizabeth of Hungary and Four Other Saints Who Died at 24

This month we celebrate the feast of St. Elizabeth of Hungary. This beautiful Saint—who was a real life princess—married at fourteen, was widowed at twenty, and died at the age...
St. Thérèse, Doctor of Merciful Love - Blessed Is She

St. Thérèse, Doctor of Merciful Love

When I was young, my family owned an illustrated Lives of the Saints book. On the cover was a black and white picture of a young girl. I remember flipping...
3 Ways to Pray with Your Boyfriend, Fiancé, or Husband - Blessed Is She

3 Ways to Pray with Your Boyfriend, Fiancé, or Husband

For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them. -Matthew 18:20 We are all called to take time out of our...
How to Join the Catholic Church // Insight Into RCIA - Blessed Is She

How to Join the Catholic Church // Insight Into RCIA

I love the Catholic Faith. I love the richness of its history and the courage of its Saints. There are so many inspiring stories of men and women who have...
6 Modest Dresses for Summer (That are Ethically-Made) - Blessed Is She

6 Modest Dresses for Summer (That are Ethically-Made)

I address a heartfelt appeal that the logic of profit not prevail, but rather that of solidarity and justice. At the center of every situation, especially work-related, should be the...
Finding Healing from Men in the Sacred Heart of Jesus - Blessed Is She

Finding Healing from Men in the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Two weeks before I got married, I went on a pilgrimage to Rome and Assisi, Italy with my mother, my dear friend, and the priest who was going to marry...
Saints Who Were Moms - Blessed Is She

Saints Who Were Moms

We believe in the communion of all the faithful of Christ, those who are pilgrims on earth, the dead who are being purified, and the blessed in heaven, all together...