Feminine Genius/ Gift of Womanhood

On the heels of my post “The Art of the Love Letter”, let’s hear it for acts of kindness in Marriage!

With Valentine’s Day approaching, I wrote “The Art of the Love Letter” last week to give men —  who think they’d rather show their love instead of talk about it — an insight into the heart of many women for whom the words of love are important. Yes, even long past the “honeymoon” stage of…

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This makes me think: Blessed Teresa of Calcutta’s words to women are worth pondering for tomorrow’s anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

God has created each one of us, every human being, for greater things– to love and to be loved. But why did God make some of us men and others women? Because a woman’s love is one image of the love of God, and a man’s love is another image of God’s love. Both are…

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New Women Saints for the USA in the Year of Faith

Exciting developments in Rome Sunday as we continue to observe the Year of Faith! Two new women saints from the USA are named among seven new saints. First, St. Kateri Tekakwitha, the first woman saint who was a native American. Here’s a brief excerpt from Pope Benedict’s homily announcing her name: Last year, I profiled…

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Support a Catholic Speaker Month: Profiling Mary Ann Glendon

This blog post is in support of Catholic Speakers Month. Read all about this project, and the 100 speakers it profiles, on Brandon Vogt’s blog. An inspiring women As a Catholic woman who has attempted to live my faith in the daily tumult that is our society, and even dared to teach the faith, I’ve…

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Among Women 144: The Single Life Survival Guide

This week, on Among Women, we look at the lives of two single women who are separated by a few centuries. In the “Blessed Are They” segment, we meet St. Catherine of Siena, a Dominican tertiary, in her words of The Dialogue, and get a look inside the heart of a saint. In our “Among Women” segment we…

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