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Sex and the Catholic Feminist Review - Blessed Is She

Sex and the Catholic Feminist Review

Sex, Catholicism, and feminism. Do I have your attention? These words are spoken about more frequently these days, both online and in Catholic culture. You might not think that those...
Liturgical Living Ideas for Divine Mercy Sunday - Blessed Is She

Liturgical Living Ideas for Divine Mercy Sunday

Tell the whole world about My inconceivable mercy. I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and shelter for all souls, and especially for poor sinners. On that...
The Spiritual Life in the Thick of Adulthood - Blessed Is She

The Spiritual Life in the Thick of Adulthood

Sometime after your 35th birthday, when you find a moment to actually take a break from the hamster wheel you seem to be perpetually stuck on, you reflect on how...
Weekly Wallpaper // 223 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 223

To him all the prophets bear witness, that everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins through his name. // Acts 10:43 Download these beautiful free wallpapers from...
Our Mission Has Not Changed - Blessed Is She

Our Mission Has Not Changed

What a strange time we are all experiencing. Walking outside of our convent—which is on our school and parish grounds—I'm met with quiet. We are used to the sounds of...
How Questioning My Faith Opened the Way to Knowing Jesus - Blessed Is She

How Questioning My Faith Opened the Way to Knowing Jesus

I sat on a large rock, knees pulled up, arms stretched behind me for support. The dry desert breeze whispered past as I gazed at the stars hovering overhead. Majestic...
Catholic Charities to Consider During this Challenging Time - Blessed Is She

Catholic Charities to Consider During this Challenging Time

As we join together in praying for an end to the COVID-19 pandemic, we also turn our prayers to our sisters and brothers experiencing job loss, income loss, and the...
Resources for College Gals in Quarantine - Blessed Is She

Resources for College Gals in Quarantine

Hey, friend. We see you. It can be difficult to cope with this time of uncertainty from a place of isolation. The good news? You're not alone. At Blessed is...
Finding and Fighting for Freedom from Addiction - Blessed Is She

Finding and Fighting for Freedom from Addiction

Every year, the Holy Father puts forth a specific intention for each month. During the month of April 2020, Pope Francis is asking people worldwide to pray for those who...
Grappling with God - Blessed Is She

Grappling with God

As a freshman in college, I met of number of other freshman girls, and it wasn't long before we formed a nucleus of friends. We supported one another during those...
Weekly Wallpaper // 222 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 222

...at the name of Jesus every knee should bend. // Philippians 2:10 Download these beautiful free wallpapers from Brass and Mint Co. from today's readings. Let His word dwell in...
Meaningful Ways to Celebrate Your Baby’s Baptism - Blessed Is She

Meaningful Ways to Celebrate Your Baby’s Baptism

It was October 22, 2016, the feast of our family patron Saint, Pope John Paul II. Two-and-a-half years earlier, in the same stone cathedral, our beloved Passionist priest looked at...