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Meet the moms who blog daily. From our home to your home, 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 web editor of Faith & Family Live! and senior editor of Faith & Family magazine. She is author of My Cup of Tea: Musings of...
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Rachel Balducci

Rachel Balducci
Rachel Balducci is married to Paul and together they are the parents of five lively boys. Besides being a mom, she is also a writer and a newspaper columnist for...
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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...
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Arwen Mosher

Arwen Mosher
Arwen Mosher has been blogging since 2004. She lives in southeastern Michigan with her husband Bryan, their toddler daughter Camilla, and their baby son Blaise....
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Rebecca Teti

Rebecca Teti
Rebecca Teti has been married to Dennis for 15 years, with four children (3 boys, 1 girl) who -- like yours no doubt -- are pious and kind, gorgeous, and can spin...
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Sr. Patricia Proctor, OSC

Sr. Patricia Proctor, OSC
Sr. Patricia is a Poor Clare nun living in community at the Poor Clare Monastery in Spokane Washington. She is a best-selling author of the "101 Inspirational Stories"...
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Guest Bloggers

Sarah Reinhard

Sarah Reinhard
If Sarah Reinhard isn’t off hiding somewhere with a good book, chances are she’s chasing a toddler or a Jack Russell terrier (or sleeping, because every mom...
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Hitting the Road

Headed to San Antonio for networking, prayer, learning & fun.

Lucky me!  As you read this, I’m winging my way to San Antonio for this year’s Catholic New Media Celebration, hosted by the Star Quest Production Network.  Of the many things I’m looking forward to this weekend, probably one of the most exciting is that I get to meet Danielle Bean in person!!

Danielle and I will be joining other Catholic New Media enthusiasts for a look out how we can follow in the... READ MORE 


Don't Forget to Vote!

Voting is ongoing in the Catholic New Media Awards

Just a reminder that voting in the 2009 Catholic New Media Awards (formerly the Catholic Blog Awards) is underway and will continue through the end of the month.

Faith and Family Live was honored to be nominated in the following categories:

People’s Choice Blog
Best Group Blog
Most Informative Blog
Most Entertaining Blog
Best New Blog
People’s Choice Podcast
Best Group Podcast
Best New Podcast

There... READ MORE 


Introducing the All-New Faith and Family Live

New ways to connect and share with moms like you!

Did we surprise you this morning?

I’m happy to announce that today we are launching the all-new version of Faith and Family Live I’ve mentioned in podcasts and a few other places over the past few weeks.

We now have home page feature articles that will be updated regularly—you can see those in the section above the blog here.

I am also excited to introduce Faith and Family Connect, our own interactive... READ MORE 


2009 Catholic New Media Awards

Please vote for us!

Voting has begun in the 2009 Catholic New Media Awards. Please consider registering and voting for us!

Faith and Family Live! was honored to be nominated in the following categories:

People’s Choice Blog
Best Group Blog
Most Informative Blog
Most Entertaining Blog
Best New Blog
People’s Choice Podcast
Best Group Podcast
Best New Podcast

Unfortunately, our name appears on the voting ballot in only some of those categories. (Just between you and me and the internet, I’m blaming Creative Minority Report as the fellows over there are already stooping to scare tactics and dirty politics in this year’s competition.)

With your help, Faith and Family Live! can rise above this adversity while maintaining our dignity.

Vote for dignity! Vote for us!


Wrap-up of the Week of Mary

sharing wisdom from your comments

It’s been a lovely week of Mary, and today, on the last day of Mary’s month of May, I’d like to conclude my week of guest blogging by sharing some of your wisdom.  If you are one of those people who won’t click through, I want to thank you all, right here at the beginning of this post, for being such a wonderful audience and for making this week truly beautiful for me.  May Mary, our mother and sister... READ MORE 


Mary Moments Carnival

A little shameless Mary promotion


You all may or may not know that I’ve been involved in a little project known as the Mary Moments Carnivals over the last two years.

Well, today, in honor of Mary’s month of May, I’m hosting a carnival over at my blog, and I’d like to invite you all to join me there.  If you have a blog, you can leave a link to your own post (feel free to dig in your archives), and if you don’t, you can leave your thoughts in the combox.

The theme for this Mary Moments Carnival is parenthood.  You don’t have to be a parent to have thoughts on Mary and parenthood, you know.

So come on over and join us.  It’s still May and however you have (or haven’t) honored Mary this month, you can be a part of the bouquet we’re preparing for her!


A Guest Blogger for the Mary Month of May

Meet Sarah Reinhard

I am pleased to announce that this week, Faith and Family Live will feature the talents of Catholic mom blogger Sarah Reinhard.

I am thrilled that Sarah, a self-confessed “Mary geek,” has agreed to spend this last week of May blogging about Mary here with us.

Some of you might recognize this dynamic wife and mother of two from her column at Catholic Exchange, her own popular blog, or her Twitter page.

I’ve grown to know and love Sarah through the faith, love, humor, and devotion to Mary she has shared online over the years, and I just know that you all will be inspired by her Mary-blogging here this week.

Welcome to Faith and Family Live, Sarah! We’re so glad you’re here!


I’ve Come to Stay

A new blogging home for Sr. Patricia
Moving In

There is a beautiful phrase in Scripture that I really, really like. It is… “Ask and you shall Receive.” What it doesn’t say but is implied. If you no ask… you no receive!. Me…. I am probably the most asking person you have met. Especially of God.

It’s not that I ask every single minute. I’m actually getting to the point where I do leave a lot up to God to decide.. but when something sort of goes... READ MORE 


She’s Back!

Sr. Patricia joins us ... for good.

Great news! Sr. Patricia Proctor, OSC, whom many of you got to know during her recent guest blogging gig here at Faith and Family, is now going to be blogging here with us full time.

We are so happy to add her joy-filled, faith-filled perspective to our pages here at Faith and Family. Look for her to begin posting soon.

Welcome, Sister Patricia! We’re so glad you’re here!


Inequity Among Siblings?

Recording our children's lives

I don’t have a baby book for Camilla.  I decided before she was born that I wouldn’t get one.  I’m not a crafty person, so I knew I wouldn’t do a good job with a baby book, and the obligation to keep it up would always feel like a burden.

Besides, we hope to have a big family.  My mom kept a baby book for me, the oldest, but not for any of my five younger siblings, and knew the same thing would inevitably... READ MORE 


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