Pat Gohn

Eastern MA and Southern NH friends: I’m speaking and signing books on Wed April 17th, 7pm, St Michael Church, North Andover.

Please join me for a “Meet the Author” event. In what is the largest Catholic parish in the Merrimack Valley, St. Michael’s is located at 196 Main Street, just a few minutes off I-495 in North Andover. I’ll be giving a talk about why I wrote Blessed, Beautiful, & Bodacious, followed by a meet-and-greet style…

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Winners of “Blessed, Beautiful, and Bodacious” books and swag announced!

Thanks to all who participated in the random drawing to celebrate the launch of my new book. The three book winners are: Susan Craycraft, Dorothy Pilarski, and Stephanie Weak. The mug winner is Deborah from Ontario. The tote bag winner is Patti Johnson. All winners have been notified by email.   Beginning next week, Blessed Beautiful, and Bodacious…

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An “office Mom’s” maternal gift brings compassion, nurture, mentoring, and dignity to the workplace

In my book, Blessed, Beautiful, and Bodacious,  one area of focus is the maternal gift that women bring to the world  based on their feminine nature. This maternal nature is part of God’s design of womanhood, as Blessed John Paul II taught, in that the human person is entrusted to women in a special way…

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How the Solemnity of the Annunciation teaches about Mary’s Immaculate Conception

The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. And coming to her, he said, “Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you.” But she was greatly troubled at…

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This makes me think… about not keeping Jesus at a distance…

Jesus is not dead, he has risen, he is alive! He does not simply return to life; rather, he is life itself, because he is the Son of God, the living God (cf. Num 14:21-28; Deut 5:26; Josh 3:10). Jesus no longer belongs to the past, but lives in the present and is projected towards…

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Everything you could ever want to know about Divine Mercy in one great website: thedivinemercy.org

  Bookmark TheDivineMercy.org You can watch live coverage from the National Shrine of Divine Mercy on EWTN or online. (Today, 12noon Eastern.)

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Wanted: Spiritual Fathers and Mothers – my latest column @PatheosCatholic

Do you have spiritual heroes? I do. They are people who remain dear to my heart. They are men and women who have showed me the way to change my life for the better, and many of them, through their friendly mentoring helped to grow me up in the faith. I could list many names…

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Pope Francis applauds women at his general audience today: “Faith is always a response to love.”

May we, too, with the women who first announced the resurrection of Jesus from the tomb, be messengers of the joy of Easter and the new life we find in Christ!   Update: Check out this great post from Angela Sealana on the empty tomb, and what it looks like in present day Israel.  

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Among Women 159: Faith-filled women in the workplace

This week on Among Women I am joined by my guest, Mary Wallace — a wife, mother, college administrator, radio host, blogger, and a specialist in the field of human resources. Together we discuss women in the workplace, and the role that their faith plays there, courtesy of the dissertation research done by Mary as she earned her PhD. I’m…

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