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Danielle Bean

Danielle Bean
Danielle Bean, a mother of eight, is Editorial Director of Faith & Family. She is author of My Cup of Tea, Mom to Mom, Day to Day, and most recently Small Steps for Catholic Moms. Though she once struggled to separate her life and her work, the two …
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Rachel Balducci

Rachel Balducci
Rachel Balducci is married to Paul and they are the parents of five lively boys and one precious baby girl. She is the author of How Do You Tuck In A Superhero?, and is a newspaper columnist for the Diocese of Savannah, Georgia. For the past four years, she has …
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Lisa Hendey

Lisa Hendey
Lisa Hendey is the founder and editor of CatholicMom.com, a Catholic web site focusing on the Catholic faith, Catholic parenting and family life, and Catholic cultural topics. Most recently she has authored The Handbook for Catholic Moms. Lisa is also employed as webmaster for her parish web sites. …
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Arwen Mosher

Arwen Mosher
Arwen Mosher lives in southeastern Michigan with her husband Bryan and their young children Camilla and Blaise. She has a bachelor's degree in theology. She dreads laundry, craves sleep, loves to read novels and do logic puzzles, and can't live without tea. Her personal blog site is ABC Family. …
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Rebecca Teti

Rebecca Teti
Rebecca Teti is married to Dennis and has four children (3 boys, 1 girl) who -- like yours no doubt -- are pious and kind, gorgeous, and can spin flax into gold. A Washington, DC, native, she converted to Catholicism while an undergrad at the U. Dallas, where she double-majored in …
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Robyn Lee

Robyn Lee
Robyn Lee is the managing editor of Faith & Family magazine. She is (yikes!) an almost 30 year-old, single lady, living in Connecticut with her two cousins in a small bungalow-style kit house built by her great uncle in the 1950s. She also conveniently lives next door to her sister, brother-in-law …
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Hallie Lord

Hallie Lord
Hallie Lord married her dashing husband, Dan, in the fall of 2001 (the same year, coincidentally, that she joyfully converted to the Catholic faith). They now happily reside in the deep South with their two energetic boys and two very sassy girls. In her *ample* spare time, Hallie enjoys cheap wine, …
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Fr. John Bartunek, LC

Fr. John Bartunek, LC

Fr John Bartunek, LC, STL, received his BA in History from Stanford University in 1990, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. He comes from an evangelical Christian background and became a member of the Catholic Church in 1991. After college he worked as a high school history teacher, drama director, and …
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Guest Bloggers

Kate Lloyd

Kate Lloyd
Kate Lloyd is a rising senior, and a political science major at Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in New Hampshire. While not in school, she lives in Whitehall PA, with her mom, dad, five sisters and little brother. She needs someone to write a piece about how it's possible to …
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Elizabeth Foss

Elizabeth Foss
Elizabeth Foss, an award winning columnist for the Arlington Catholic Herald, published her first book, Real Learning: Education in the Heart of My Home in 2003. The book is now in its third printing. Her popular blog, In the Heart of My Home is a source of inspiration and support for Catholic women …
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What Your Kids Will Be Wanting Soon

Today's "Stevenote" offered a few goodies

If you’re not a geek, you likely didn’t even know that today was the “Stevenote” - a major Apple announcement of some new devices, software and other goodies that we geeks can’t seem to get enough of.  These famous keynote speeches have Apple fanboys (and fanmoms) tuned in online and Tweeting away before, during and after the talk.

Today’s announcements largely centered around upgrades to the iPod... READ MORE


Nicer New York

Native Washingtonians feel a smug superiority to New York City.

It may be The Big Apple, seat of finance, fashion and the arts, but we’re the true corridor of power.

And we’re prettier, more polite and our streets don’t stink.

I’m not so sure about that middle element anymore, though.

I used to spend a week or two each summer with my Great-Aunts in New York. It was great fun, but however many the... READ MORE


Lovely Pro-Life Lullaby

'Angel in the Waters' meets music

Angel in the Waters, the sweet pro-life picture book written by Regina Doman and illustrated by Ben Hatke, has been a favorite in our house for years. So I was happy to see this video on YouTube, featuring illustrations from the book with a pro-life lullaby (words and music by Topy Lozano). Very sweet.

Anyone who is not familiar with Angel in the Waters can read it online here. Sophia Institute Press is also running a promotion right now where you can get a free hard copy of the book. Get the details here.


Nursing Wear To Fit Your Needs, Style and Budget

Fashion Friday!

Am I the only one who is less-than-satisfied with the current selection of nursing-wear fashions available? Don’t get me wrong; I do occasionally stumble upon a piece or two that are pretty cute but, all in all, the options out there leave a little something to be desired, don’t you think?

Maybe I’m crazy, not looking hard enough, or not looking in the right places, but from what I can tell most... READ MORE


Music to Birth By

What do you listen to while in labor?

Strangely enough, though I typically have some sort of music playing morning, noon and night, I have never listened to music during any of my previous four labors.

I just stumbled across this article, though, and I think I just might like to try incorporating music into my upcoming birth experience. The article states that “if you choose the right music, you can increase your body’s production of... READ MORE


Tour The Basilica

It’s the Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major today.

And it’s not too late to take a tour, as the Vatican website now offers incredible virtual tours of all the Papal Basilicas.

Be sure to use the arrow keys to look around.


Sanctifying The Daily Grind

Happy Feast of St. Martha!
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/diego-velazquez-christ-in-the-house-of-martha-and-mary

It intrigues me that though Mary chose the better part, it is Martha who has the feast day.

Fr. Z. offers a reflection on this—and an analysis of this Velazquez painting— here.

A taste:

In this life there is always a tension between the active and the contemplative, the daily grind and a true Christian’s desire for silence, recollection and prayer.  There is a tension trap as well in the desire to be recognized or to have this or that position which is not to be had.

How do we rise to the challenge of bringing something of prayer and reflection to our daily work?

Click through for his thoughts.


Inception

A dream of a movie - have you seen it?

If you’ve seen the new film Inception, it’s likely that you either loved it or hated it.  One way or the other, you probably walked out of the theater thinking, “What was that?” and feeling ready to chat about the movie with a group of friends. 

In a twist of fate, I actually saw the film twice this week.  Once with my husband (on a real date!) and the second time with my eighteen year old Eric.... READ MORE


Vote For Jane!

The Royal Mint wants to know who should be the next “Great Briton” in its special series of coins.

Jane Austen fans, unite! We must defeat John Lennon.

(Though if you go for Sir Walter Raleigh instead, I’ll still respect you.) 


My Fabulous Fashion Find

eShakti.com answers my prayers!

Two very sweet gals recently passed along a fantastic online fashion resource that I wanted to share with you all this week. (Thank you, Sara! Thank you, Colleen!)

The website is called eShakti.com.

eShakti.com is an online clothing boutique and, in my humble opinion, the answer to the prayers of all of us ladies with difficult to fit features, budgets to stick to and a love of fashion.

Following... READ MORE



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