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Meet the Faith & Family bloggers. We invite you to join us in encouraging and helping the Faith & Family community grow in faith!

Danielle Bean

Danielle Bean
Danielle Bean, a mother of eight, is editor-in-chief of Catholic Digest and 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 …
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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 and the author of A Book of Saints for Catholic Moms and The Handbook for Catholic Moms. Lisa is also enjoys speaking around the country, is employed as webmaster for her parish web sites and spends time on various …
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Arwen Mosher

Arwen Mosher
Arwen Mosher lives in southeastern Michigan with her husband Bryan and their 4-year-old daughter, 2-year-old son, and twin boys born May 2011. 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 …
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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 a 30-something, single lady, living in Connecticut 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 and six kids ... and two doors down are her parents. She received her undergraduate degree from …
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DariaSockey

DariaSockey
Daria Sockey is a freelance writer and veteran of the large family/homeschooling scene. She recently returned home from a three-year experiment in full time outside employment. (Hallelujah!) Daria authored several of the original Faith&Life Catechetical Series student texts (Ignatius Press), and is currently a Senior Writer for Faith&Family magazine. A latecomer …
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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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Lynn Wehner

Lynn Wehner
As a wife and mother, writer and speaker, Lynn Wehner challenges others to see the blessings that flow when we struggle to say "Yes" to God’s call. Control freak extraordinaire, she is adept at informing God of her brilliant plans and then wondering why the heck they never turn out that …
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Custody & Cancer

When kids are caught in the middle

Have you heard about the ugly custody battle involving Alaina Giordano, mom of two and battling stage 4 breast cancer, who is currently fighting to regain custody of her daughters? The video below spells out a bit of the story, from Alaina’s perspective as told to Dr. Drew Pinsky. This video and story have me praying for the family involved, but also thinking about Catholic families I know who have... READ MORE 


Divorced, Not Separated…From The Church

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I know I’ve posted on this before, but so many divorced Catholics think they’re unwelcome at Church, I like to remind people periodically that it’s not so!

Particularly as we get close to Holy Week and souls may be inspired to “come home for Easter,” I call your attention to two sites that may be helpful and informative.

Divorcedcatholic.org has an excellent set of FAQs about divorced persons, the... READ MORE 


Blended Families and Stepmothers

Please share your perspective here.

Many of you know that I am writing a book for Catholic Moms, aimed at nurturing ourselves spiritually, emotionally, in their relationships and physically so that we can live out our vocation to marriage and motherhood to the best of our abilities.  We have reached the final editing stage of the book and are looking at areas where we may need to provide additional content.  One of those areas is ministering... READ MORE 


Going It Alone?

Single mothers or those parenting alone, please share your insights.

Many of you know that I’m at work on my first book, a work looking at supporting and nurturing all types of Catholic moms from all walks of life.  Danielle and Faith and Family have graciously agreed to let me occasionally query you, our readers, on a few of the topics to be covered in this book.

This week, I’m at work on a chapter aimed at helping single mothers nurture themselves spiritually, physically... READ MORE 


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