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10 Catholic Resources for Kids - Blessed Is She

10 Catholic Resources for Kids

“Train the young in the way they should go; even when old, they will not swerve from it.” // Proverbs 22:6 “Nothing gives me greater joy than to hear that...
BIS Reads // Saints Around the World - Blessed Is She

BIS Reads // Saints Around the World

I have a dear friend who is a master when it comes to liturgical living. She is creative and intentional and I'm convinced that crafting is her charism. I am...
The Heart Behind This Year's Advent Devotional (a Q+A with the Writers!) - Blessed Is She

The Heart Behind This Year's Advent Devotional (a Q+A with the Writers!)

We are thrilled to introduce the narrator and writers of our Advent reflection book for 2020: Maranatha: The Story of Our Savior. 2020 Advent Writers (on the Heart Behind This...
Spiritual Growth is Like Stepping into the Ocean - Blessed Is She

Spiritual Growth is Like Stepping into the Ocean

One of my favorite things to do as a mom is to watch our three children at the beach. Through the years I’ve watched the kids go from being barely...
Honoring Mary in and around Our Homes - Blessed Is She

Honoring Mary in and around Our Homes

  When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said to his mother, ‘Woman, here is your son.’ Then he said to the...
Public Schooling Catholic Kids - Blessed Is She

Public Schooling Catholic Kids

For my husband and me, it was a relatively easy decision. Even though I was a product of Catholic school myself. Even though I had taught in a Catholic school...
How I Organize My Week - Blessed Is She

How I Organize My Week

My husband often jokes that our life revolves around my planner. He's completely right. Like most of you, our lives are full of good things like family, work, appointments and...
Helping Our Daughters Be Free and Confident - Blessed Is She

Helping Our Daughters Be Free and Confident

Throughout the Gospels, there seems to be a growing awareness, astonishment, and even discouragement in the disciples about how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God: When the...