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Guiding Little Hearts: The Importance of Taking Your Kids to Confession

Guiding Little Hearts: The Importance of Taking Your Kids to Confession

Blessed Is She offers a free, downloadable Examination of Conscience for Kids, which is a great way to help them prepare for the Sacrament of Confession.
BIS Reads // In the Trenches: Finding God Through Parenting Littles

BIS Reads // In the Trenches: Finding God Through Parenting Littles

Blessed Is She reads and reviews In the Trenches: Finding God Through Parenting Littles by Kelsey Gillespy.
Our Lady of Champion Invites Women Into Spiritual Motherhood

Our Lady of Champion Invites Women Into Spiritual Motherhood

Meet Adele Brise, who the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to in 1859. The site is the first and only Marian apparition in the United States.
Back-to-School Prayers to Share

Back-to-School Prayers to Share

Back-to-school prayers offer encouragement for all those who are going back to school: students, teachers, and parents alike.
How a Relationship with Mary Blesses Women in All Seasons of Life

How a Relationship with Mary Blesses Women in All Seasons of Life

No matter what season we find ourselves, God in His wisdom gave us Mary, who meets us where we are with the love of a mother.

Living Virtuously With Mary

Living Virtuously With Mary

The new Blessed Conversations study Home is all about Mary’s virtues, and they are presented in a way that makes it easy for us to put them into practice.
Mary is a Good Mother - Blessed Is She

Mary is a Good Mother

We are so blessed to have a mother in the Blessed Virgin Mary, who offers us a shining lived example of virtue and intimacy with God. However, approaching Mary can feel intimidating, as...
BIS Planner in Action // Type-B Homeschool Edition - Blessed Is She

BIS Planner in Action // Type-B Homeschool Edition

I'm a long-time homeschooling mom of 6, and have been using the BIS planner as part of my organizing for the last several years. Both the Big and Mini have...
To Relish in Routine - Blessed Is She

A savourer en routine

Leurs voix entrent dans ma chambre et je fais partie de leur conversation. Le mur de ma chambre nous sépare, mais j'entends chaque voix clairement et tour à tour. Mariusz...
Childlessness, Pound Cake, + Mother Culture - Blessed Is She

Infécondité, Pound Cake, + Culture Mère

Il y a quelques étés, j'étais dans ma résidence de poésie pour la semaine. L'instructeur a donné à notre classe un devoir d'écriture : produire un poème sur la nourriture....
My Foster Care Journey - Blessed Is She

Mon parcours en famille d'accueil

« Ne pensez à rien d'autre que Dieu ordonne tout, et là où il n'y a pas d'amour, mettez de l'amour, et vous en tirerez de l'amour. » Cette citation...
Searching For the Words of Peace - Blessed Is She

À la recherche des mots de paix

Je me suis assis à l'extérieur sous les cyprès de Monterey sur un banc à moins de dix pieds de la chute, regardant les vagues sablonneuses de la baie de...