Yesterday the Catholic Church celebrated the feast of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, a lovable little saint whose example of
As some of you know St. Therese’s Feast day is today. St. Therese, known as the Little Flower was known for a simple life lived
In honor of Support a Catholic Speaker Month, I interviewed one of my favorite Catholic bloggers, who also does quite a bit of speaking, Rebecca
There is a great fear among women that we are being under-appreciated. It’s not that we women want all the power; we just want credit
Before you click away to Pinterest or Facebook because you just can’t handle another anything political, give this post a chance. Give it a chance
For months, I sat in the dark in the middle of the night nursing our sleepless baby and watching Insanity infomercials. There was nothing else
This August, I went back to school to learn how better to teach, only partly because the smell of fresh notebooks and sharply pointed pencils
For an overview of the research study “What Catholic women think about faith. conscience, and contraception“, see my previous post “What the Church needs to
Fiscal managers from around the country converged this week on Houston, Texas for the forty-third Diocesan Fiscal Management Conference (DFMC). The event is both a
Autumn is my favorite time of year. I love the crispness in the air, the colors, and the coziness of harvest time. However, this year
As a youth minister one of the number one questions teens ask me is, “Why do people suffer?” It is a fair question, and one
“I don’t have to go to church, I can pray anywhere”, so they say. Yes, we have all heard that sappy line for decades. It’s the
Dear Fathers, We are writing this letter to you today because we have some things we want to say to you. Some things are easier
There are many reasons I haven’t written too much about the project in my life that gets the majority of my free time and mental
“Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, be subject to your husbands, as to the Lord. For the Husband is the
Like many, I was deeply saddened and disturbed by the murders of our ambassador and other Americans last week. The brutal pictures showing him being
Saturday was the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. The celebration of Mary standing at the foot of the cross. The suffering mother of the
Over the past two weeks, Americans were treated to the quadrennial spectacle of the two major political parties’ national conventions. Each party graced us with
Recently, I noticed that our editor had put out a call to some of our female columnists to address a newly released study by the
I had another post all set to go for today, then I looked at the calendar and realized I had forgotten. Today is September 11th.
Catholic nuns. When you think of them, you may harken back to grade school, or your great aunt Sister Mary, or maybe even Sally Field
