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What St. Maximilian Kolbe Taught Me About Forgiveness - Blessed Is She

What St. Maximilian Kolbe Taught Me About Forgiveness

I am sure many of you have special relationships with different saints for a variety of reasons. Maybe you feel they are a spiritual big brother or sister, or perhaps...
Counterparts: On the Feast of St. Clare of Assisi - Blessed Is She

Counterparts: On the Feast of St. Clare of Assisi

There was a time after I finished school that I lived in a community of volunteers. We talked a lot about the potential for conflict, the importance of ‘I’ statements,...
Praying for Priestly Vocations with St. John Vianney - Blessed Is She

Praying for Priestly Vocations with St. John Vianney

Eight years of prayer and study pointed to one incredible day. Laudate Dominum rang through our ears as we sang praise to the Lord that this day had finally come....
Walking with St. Ignatius of Loyola - Blessed Is She

Walking with St. Ignatius of Loyola

In the summer of 2015, I had the privilege of following the footsteps of St. Ignatius of Loyola on the Camino Ignaciano in Spain from Loyola to Barcelona. It’s a...
The Feast of Sts. Anne and Joachim - Blessed Is She

The Feast of Sts. Anne and Joachim

The first time I remember learning about St. Anne was when I was in the fourth grade and I had to write a short paper on whichever saint I wanted....
Our Lady of Mount Carmel - Blessed Is She

Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Today we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Maybe you have read about Mount Carmel in the Old Testament or have a devotion to St. Therese of...
St. Kateri Tekakwitha: Lily of the Mohawks - Blessed Is She

St. Kateri Tekakwitha: Lily of the Mohawks

Growing up, I remember packing my sit-upon and mess kit to attend Camp Sacagawea as a camper, and later, as a counselor each year through high school. My grandfather whittled...
How St. Zélie Taught Me How to Be a Mother - Blessed Is She

How St. Zélie Taught Me How to Be a Mother

It started, as life changes often do, with an ugly-cry-in-the-shower session. My son was three months old and we had just returned from spending Christmas with my family on the...
The Holiness and Example of Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin - Blessed Is She

The Holiness and Example of Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin

One of the things I love about the Catholic Church is that she is both old and new at the same time. The tradition of the Church is 2,000 years...
St. Maria Goretti: Peace Through Mercy - Blessed Is She

St. Maria Goretti: Peace Through Mercy

Just over one hundred and fifteen years ago, little Maria Goretti was killed in Nettuno, Italy. The Short and Saintly Life of Maria Goretti Maria’s father died of malaria when...
The Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help - Blessed Is She

The Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Most every day, my dad would stop by the same parish on his way home from work to pray for his children, their vocation, and their future spouses. He would...
St. Josemaria Escriva: Embracing the Ordinary - Blessed Is She

St. Josemaria Escriva: Embracing the Ordinary

I think we all have a friend who seemingly has been our friend forever, and we can’t even really pinpoint when that friendship began, or how. We just know that...