Feminine Genius/ Gift of Womanhood

Women in the Diocese of Springfield Illinois: I’ll be there Sept 13!

Have you been to a Blessed, Beautiful, and Bodacious retreat yet? Midwesterners will have there chance when I come to the Diocese of Springfield’s first ever women’s conference — at the beautiful Chiara Center… event details below! Follow and “like” the Facebook page. Plan your escape and come for the weekend! You can’t beat the one-day…

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A happy shout out to the Moms — these are the women I come from… (music video)

  A throwback to 1994, with a recent remake… “These Are The Women I Come From” lyrics: by Bonnie Keen and Tori Taff These are the faces in photographs Heads all held high Not afraid to look life in the eye They are women with backbone Keepers of the flame With a spirit even hard…

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Women of Grace DVD series from EWTN with yours truly: Living the Gift of Catholic Womanhood

Remember that TV series I did with Johnette Benkovic on Women of Grace? I just found out that your can order the DVD version for $25 and get all 5 shows for home or parish use. Order it from EWTN’s religious catalogue.

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The Blessed Beautiful and Bodacious Women’s Retreat goes International!

My first international women’s retreat (#BBBRetreat) outside of the US began with a lively conversation with the pastor of Saint Benedict parish in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Fr James Mallon in 2012. A media-savvy evangelist, Fr James and I shared a flight to Chicago following our independent presentations at the Diocesan Adult Education Conference in Springfield, IL. (H/T…

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My Top Ten Inspirations from the Pontificate of St John Paul II

The long pontificate and life of St John Paul will have a lasting impact on the church until Jesus returns. Given his canonization today, I thought I’d share with you some of John Paul’s gifts to the church, and extraordinary accomplishments, that have held meaning for me through the years. He’s been an inspiration to me…

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In Thanksgiving for St John Paul and his contributions about Women… Enter to win my book.

My book, Blessed, Beautiful, and Bodacious would never have been written if I had not first been inspired by the goodness of Pope John Paul II’s pontificate, and in particular, his preaching on the feminine genius and the dignity and vocation of women. In honor of John Paul’s canonization on April 27, I’m holding a…

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I’m at the Oklahoma Catholic Women’s Conference this Saturday!

Join me and others this Saturday in Oklahoma City/ Midwest City at the Reed Conference Center! More details here. Early registration ends tomorrow!

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Hey – I was on “The Good Catholic Life” on WQOM — podcast version here!

Yesterday I was happy to share some studio time with two of my favorite media guys from the Archdiocese of Boston, Fr Chip Hines and Dom Bettinelli. The show opens with film critic, Fr Chip, giving some of his thoughts on the new movie “Son of God”. And then I was introduced. We talked about…

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Thanks to Johnette Benkovic, of Women of Grace, for the invite! Links for archived shows!

Thanks to the blessed, beautiful, and bodacious, Johnnette Benkovic, the host of Women of Grace on EWTN, for a great week together of shows talking about the feminine genius and all it means for us as Catholic women…. knowing our dignity, gifts, and mission! Much of the conversation over the five days covers ideas from my…

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