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Blessed Victoire + Surprise Saintly Friendships - Blessed Is She

Blessed Victoire + Surprise Saintly Friendships

I peered across the playground, shielding my eyes from the blazing Arizona sun. Laughter emerged from a group of children as they ran playfully through the warm sand. Sweat trickled...
Job Searching with Jesus - Blessed Is She

Job Searching with Jesus

As I scanned the first few lines of the email, I my heart felt as though it sank into my toes. “Thank you so much for your interest in…. At...
BIS Reads // Letters to Myself from the End of the World - Blessed Is She

BIS Reads // Letters to Myself from the End of the World

In 2017, Emily Stimpson Chapman began writing a book about her home renovation. Except another project came up, and then another. Then 2020 happened. Chapman found herself locked down with...
Drawing Close to the Holy Spirit - Blessed Is She

Drawing Close to the Holy Spirit

The Comforter. The Advocate. The Helper. The Paraclete. We call the Holy Spirit by many names, but do we know how He calls us? Are we drawing close to Him...
I Was Healed through Our Lady's Intercession - Blessed Is She

I Was Healed through Our Lady's Intercession

When I was seven or eight years old, I felt very disconnected from my friends and family. I noticed that I had a different way of thinking that just did...
They Are His Children First - Blessed Is She

They Are His Children First

As I was doing our bedtime routine with the kids the other night, we prayed the Saint Michael prayer. We began, “Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be...
On the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord - Blessed Is She

On the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord

I will never forget that ecstatic feeling, as we sat on top of "First", the minor summit above Grindelwald, Switzerland. We were a troupe of 10, making our way to...
BIS Reads // Millennial Nuns by The Daughters of St. Paul - Blessed Is She

BIS Reads // Millennial Nuns by The Daughters of St. Paul

On the night before He suffered, Jesus prayed for His disciples, who were "in the world" but who belonged entirely to Him (see John 17). This call of radical discipleship...
REMEMBER Series // Calling Through Confession - Blessed Is She

REMEMBER Series // Calling Through Confession

Welcome to our Remember series, where we pause to reflect on how God has proven faithful in the past so to help us place our trust in Him in the...
Blessed Chats: Vocational Discernment // What I Wish I Would Have Known - Blessed Is She

Blessed Chats: Vocational Discernment // What I Wish I Would Have Known

Welcome to our Blessed Chats series! Each month, we will dedicate an entire week of blog posts to a topic that affects many of us. These conversations often come up...
Blessed Chats: Vocational Discernment // Surprises - Blessed Is She

Blessed Chats: Vocational Discernment // Surprises

Welcome to our Blessed Chats series! Each month, we will dedicate an entire week of blog posts to a topic that affects many of us. These conversations often come up...
Blessed Chats: Vocational Discernment // Consecrated Life - Blessed Is She

Blessed Chats: Vocational Discernment // Consecrated Life

Welcome to our Blessed Chats series! Each month, we will dedicate an entire week of blog posts to a topic that affects many of us. These conversations often come up...