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Single? Your Guide to Joyful Hope for the Holidays

Single? Your Guide to Joyful Hope for the Holidays

Love is what draws us in at Christmas time. But it is not just something in Hallmark movies. For Love Himself is the answer to every ache and question of our hearts.

Still Single: How to Survive the Wedding Season Solo

Still Single: How to Survive the Wedding Season Solo

Going solo? Here are five helpful tips for single women that will make attending any wedding fun and memorable.

Your Vocation is Love

Your Vocation is Love

No matter what our state of life is, our vocation doesn’t begin at the altar. In dating, love is still sacrificial. It is still a choice, not just a feeling.

How to Be Single Like a Saint

How to Be Single Like a Saint

The beauty of courtship is preceded by another, sometimes much longer, season: singleness. And with it comes the question, How do we live fruitful, joyful lives while we wait for our vocation?

How to Date Like a Saint

How to Date Like a Saint

Discover how the Saints met their spouses and how the sacramental grace of marriage helped them endure life’s difficulties and unknowns.

Fashioned to Protect: Ribs and the Mystery of Woman

Fashioned to Protect: Ribs and the Mystery of Woman

Woman, formed from a rib, has great power over the opposite sex. But is called, instead, to quietly guard the heart of her man. He, in turn, will guard her, fight for her, in the best way he can.

Dating Advice From Archbishop Fulton Sheen

Dating Advice From Archbishop Fulton Sheen

Archbishop Sheen outlines three tests to search for the Spirit of Christ within an individual. And these tests could offer insights when discerning a spouse.

Single Ladies, Put Your Hands Up // Keeping Standards High While Dating - Blessed Is She

Single Ladies, Put Your Hands Up // Keeping Standards High While Dating

Recently I spoke with a young woman leaving for her freshman year of college. The subject of dating came up. I asked her what she was looking for in a...
Praying Through Your Engagement - Blessed Is She

Praying Through Your Engagement

I couldn't believe it. Looking down at my shaking (and now sparkling!) left hand, then up at the face of my smiling best friend, I realized it really happened: I...
Best Books about the Theology of the Body - Blessed Is She

Best Books about the Theology of the Body

When I hear the words “Theology of the Body” (TOB) I think almost instantly of Pope Saint John Paul II as well as people who have devoted their lives to...
Catholic Prayers for New Beginnings - Blessed Is She

Catholic Prayers for New Beginnings

As the academic year comes to a close, it can feel like we are on the cusp of something new, long after we find ourselves counting down the days until...
Best Books for Discerning Marriage - Blessed Is She

Best Books for Discerning Marriage

Ever since I was a little girl, I knew I wanted to be married. I was always "falling in love" with boys and looking forward to being a mother. However,...