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Our Advent Homeschool Morning Basket with Maranatha - Blessed Is She

Our Advent Homeschool Morning Basket with Maranatha

Advent and Christmas are my favorite seasons in the liturgical calendar, and in our homeschool year. Each year, I look forward to carving out time in our regular school rhythm...
College 101 Series // Time Management - Blessed Is She

College 101 Series // Time Management

Suddenly, there is no one pounding on your door or yelling at you to get up and go to school. No one to tell you to go to bed. No...
College 101 Series // Roommates - Blessed Is She

College 101 Series // Roommates

I honestly don’t know how many first-year students this blog will be relevant to in 2020. Covid-19 has forced many students to Zoom from home verses zoom across the country...
A Catholic Young Adult Bible Study for Women, Sure to Open Your Heart - Blessed Is She

A Catholic Young Adult Bible Study for Women, Sure to Open Your Heart

After I graduated from college, I ached for community. During my time at university, I was active in Bible studies and small group settings. These fed my soul. Once I...
Litany of Saints for Teachers - Blessed Is She

Litany of Saints for Teachers

Over the course of a career, teachers are tasked with the important job of helping thousands of individuals develop their God-given gifts with which they will (hopefully) better society and...
Litany of Saints for Students - Blessed Is She

Litany of Saints for Students

In this day and age, education is a necessity. And as a necessity, it often causes a lot of stress and turmoil. Because of the strife, it’s sometimes hard to...
College 101 Series // Freshmen Spiritual Training Program - Blessed Is She

College 101 Series // Freshmen Spiritual Training Program

Preparing for your first semester of college comes with all the feels and emotions. Whether you are flying across the country or commuting a few miles away, there is a...
Best Books about the Catholic Mass - Blessed Is She

Best Books about the Catholic Mass

Here on earth we dream of Heaven. But this Heaven kisses earth on a daily basis. Sometimes I forget that amazing reality and I need to be reminded of just...
The Challenges and Opportunities of Fostering Faith in Our Kids - Blessed Is She

The Challenges and Opportunities of Fostering Faith in Our Kids

I am not feeling particularly good at this "fostering faith" thing right now. I thought I was. But, in our house, we have run into a few recent and significant...
How to Choose Godparents for Your Child - Blessed Is She

How to Choose Godparents for Your Child

I was so excited when my sister and brother-in-law asked my brother and I to be godparents to their first child, Xavier. As all of us are practicing Catholics, my...
The Canonization of John Henry Newman - Blessed Is She

The Canonization of John Henry Newman

This Sunday, on October 13, Cardinal John Henry Newman will be canonized a Saint. Newman is one of the most well-known converts to the Catholic Church from Anglicanism. Before his...
A Letter to the First-Time College Student - Blessed Is She

A Letter to the First-Time College Student

Dear First-Time College Student (words I wish I had heard at the dawn of my college experience), I am so excited to hear that you are headed to college soon....