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Best Books + Resources for Discernment - Blessed Is She

Discernment can be an overwhelming process. Perhaps it is partially because, by its very nature, it is personal and internal....

How to Have a Spiritually Fruitful Summer When Your Kids are Home from School - Blessed Is She

School is out! You can say goodbye to packing lunches, long pick-up lines, homework, and early morning outfit battles. But...

The Richness of the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy - Blessed Is She

Christ's presence in the Holy Eucharist is the source and summit of our Catholic Faith (Lumen Gentium, 11). The Catechism...

What (Not) to Say to Your Pro-Choice Friends: An Exhaustive Resource for Pro-Life Arguments - Blessed Is She

One gray, spring morning, some friends and I were praying outside an abortion clinic when a young couple with heavy...

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The Ministry of Smiles - Blessed Is She

Moving has many advantages that are not easily recognizable when you see the long list of places we have lived....

Fighting Comparison with Gratitude: On Waiting to Have Kids - Blessed Is She

I’ve heard many times, whether it’s from my spiritual director, my mom, or my own conscience, that comparison is the...

What is Authentic Feminism? - Blessed Is She

Lately my eye has been catching all of the trendy t-shirts women are wearing which read “Feminist” across the front....

The Female Doctors of the Church - Blessed Is She

As I was writing this post, I told my husband what I was researching: how one becomes a Doctor of...

A Personal Holiness Mnemonic - Blessed Is She

It can be all too easy to look at the world in utter despair. Even as women of faith, we...

A Christian Response to Millennial Burnout: Giving and Receiving Love - Blessed Is She

In January, Anne Helen Peterson called out a disturbing cultural trend in her viral Buzzfeed article "How Millennials Became the...

The Holy Spirit and Family Planning - Blessed Is She

I should have somehow known my children wouldn't come to me biologically. I was a horrible patient (still am) and...

Creating a Rule of Life for the Summer - Blessed Is She

A Rule of Life is a traditional Christian tool for ordering one’s vocation. Found most often in religious community life,...

The Constancy of God in Our Times of Transition - Blessed Is She

I was out running errands when I got the text. It was one of those days, you know? There was...

The Homeless and Your Dating Relationship - Blessed Is She

I was nervous as we pulled up to the apartment complex. My boyfriend got out of the car with me...

The Experience of Mother's Day without Children - Blessed Is She

As I look at my May calendar, I wonder what type of gift I should get my mom for Mother’s...

Transitioning from College: Tips + Encouragement - Blessed Is She

Congratulations! You graduated from college! All the studying, cramming, stressing, writing and test taking is over! You’ve worn the cap...

Defend Us in Battle - Blessed Is She

Ah, the glory of the battlefield. My childhood was formed by a thousand tales of skirmishes and battles, knights and...