women

Men of virtue — or thoughts on ‘what is a gentleman?’

gentleman |ˈjentlmən| noun ( pl. gentlemen ) 1 a chivalrous, courteous, or honorable man: he behaved like a perfect gentleman. -New Oxford American Dictionary- The other day on the phone my son told me he sent flowers to his girlfriend who having an extremely busy week in the run-up to an international event her firm is hosting. Good move. The next day…

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Coming Up Nov. 8: Long Island NY’s Women’s Conference — with yours truly & team

Come join me for a day-long event this Saturday, November 8th! The day features Mass plus three main talks adapted from my award-winning book, Blessed, Beautiful, and Bodacious. I’m pleased to be joined by three dynamic women — Peggy Clores, Bridget McCormack, and Angela Rizzo — who will share the podium and with testimonials on the how…

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The Beauty of Women in Art and in Real Life

First, a little artsy video… about the beauty of women through the ages… Now, let’s take a look at real life today… I think this song explains pretty well the mistakes we make about “beauty”… The solution to a flawed sense of self is to know who we are in God. YOU are beautiful. Just…

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You are amazing. You are enough. So am I.

Ok, I just love this… Once upon a time, I had my own “mirror” moment… a moment when the truth of love shot straight to the heart… only it wasn’t with a mirror — it was with a well-traveled, well-prayed rosary. I talk about it in my book, Blessed, Beautiful, and Bodacious… Sensitivity is a…

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This makes me think… all women are called to promote a new feminism, even those who have had abortions

In transforming culture so that it supports life, women occupy a place, in thought and action, which is unique and decisive. It depends on them to promote a “new feminism” which rejects the temptation of imitating models of “male domination”, in order to acknowledge and affirm the true genius of women in every aspect of…

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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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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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The F.U.N. Quotient… women’s Olympic style

  So proud of these great women from the silver-medal winning US hockey team — some of them returning to home here in the Boston area. Watch the video of their comments after landing at Logan Airport in Boston, via WCVB-TV. Also here’s some top Olympic moments for Team USA’s Women in other sports at…

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I’m on “Women of Grace” this week with Johnette Benkovic

It’s a honor to be a guest of Johnette Benkovic, host of Women of Grace on EWTN. Watch this series all this week at 11:00am Eastern on EWTN. You find archived on-demand shows here. Here’s an earlier post describing my visit to EWTN last fall.

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