Dear Silence and Solitude, I miss you. Over the past few years I have seen our time together dwindle. From long periods a few years
The Huffington Post recently released an article titled “10 Reasons It’s Totally Fine to Never Get Married.” The reasons are as bad as you might be
To all of those who came before: Thank you. Thank you for having the courage to end things, even though it may have been hard.
There’s a young couple at church that we like hanging out with. They’re in their twenties and just starting out, but so smart and fun
“Stockholm syndrome, individuals’ desperate attempts to become like their captors. On a lesser scale it was why good German citizens followed Hitler, Ryan said. Or
I sit today in a silent church, the only one in the pew. The only one in the building. I think about the time I
In my previous article I explored a philosophy of style that will allow us as Catholic women to live in the modern world in such
Chatting with a friend recently, we remarked that having children had made us each realize the value of a Catholic spouse. We both marveled that
Recently, as I was driving home, I was reflecting on the day and what a chaotic week it was going to pan out to be.
You hear a lot of things when you walk down a hallway filled with 200 teenage girls. Some hilarious, some tragic, some ridiculous, and some
He kneels before me, taking my hand in his, and slips a ring on my finger. I look it at: it’s beautiful, so sparkly, and
We’ve all heard the comments. If you are the parents of more than 2.5 children or come from a family of more than 2.5 siblings,
Simcha Fisher responded to my article. Simcha Fisher. I was thrilled to hear that I’d gotten the attention of Mrs. Fisher and that she had
My heart beat a bit faster as I struggled to sit comfortably on the couch I had carelessly reclined on so many times before. My
I thought I would take a moment to update you on a topic near and dear to my heart. Several weeks back, I wrote an
As I approach ordination to the Diaconate after 12 years in the seminary it’s easy to think about the many “what ifs” in my life.
Pope Francis’ Lenten message for 2014 calls all Catholics to confront destitution in its varying forms of extreme poverty, spiritual destitution, and moral destitution. He
…the love my fiancé and I share is not human, it is divine. We love each other because we love God and we have discovered that in loving one another, we get to love God more fully…
It happens- opposites do attract. My husband and I knew that as soon as we started dating. He is a deep thinker – thoughtful, artistic, incredibly hard working –
First, there is the question of meeting someone. And if you meet a person you like so much, and maybe they like you too, the
Following the continuation from What Evangelical Catholics Can Learn from Protestants… Protestants don’t typically acknowledge any of the Sacraments except for the older denominations. Though they
