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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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Dealing with Loss

Danielle welcomes Colleen Mitchell for a special podcast

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This week we have a very special episode of the Faith & Family Livecast to share with you (click here to listen or click on the player above). Danielle Bean hosts special guest Colleen Mitchell, blogger at Footprints on the Fridge. Colleen is a wife and mother to five sons on earth and two who are with God.

The Mitchell family suffered the tragic loss of their infant son Bryce Phillip last September... READ MORE 


'My Parents Think We Have Too Many Kids'

Ask a Priest vol. 24

Q: My parents don’t share our faith. In fact, they think we’re crazy to be expecting our 5th child right now. They are not shy about voicing their opinions in our presence, and it is beginning to upset me that they do so in front of our children. I love my parents and want to respect them, but how can I respectfully get them to back off?

A: This is a challenging situation, but it is also an opportunity.... READ MORE 


Jennifer Aniston and Me

Please come visit me at the Washington Post!

I am pleased to share the news that I will be serving as a panelist in the On Faith section of the Washington Post.

Today I have a column up where I take on Jennifer Aniston’s recent dismissive comments about the importance of fathers. I hope you’ll come check me out in this new spot and consider leaving some thoughtful feedback from a Catholic perspective.


Tales from the DIY Diary: Part 3

It takes a family to beat the DIY monster.

Here is the final step for fixing your leaky faucet. If you haven’t already, read step one and step two and learn what not to do when tackling home projects.

Step three: Take the shiny exciting new faucet out of the box and install it. How hard could it be? This is the fun part!

Mom declares that she is going home because we should be able to take it from here.

30 seconds after mom leaves: “Mom I... READ MORE 


To Be a Good Fledgling

How to help empty-nest parents?

As Lisa writes about sending her son to college, my parents are getting ready to send a kid away to school too.

Except it’s not their first, it’s their last.

My youngest brother, Kelson, leaves at the end of the month to start his freshman year of college in Florida. All of the rest of us have been gone for a while (in my case, a very long while). Mom and Dad are going to be empty-nesters.

Now, my... READ MORE 


Reptile, Sand and Sea

I can’t resist sharing this photo from our family trip to the ocean last week.

Other kids swam, collected shells, and hunted crabs and baby lobsters. But on this particular day, 14-year-old Eamon was single-minded. He was creating a sea turtle.

Life lately has felt a bit overwhelming, with various home projects, work projects, and the rush to prepare for a new school year. But when I look at this photo, I am reminded to give thanks to God for simple pleasures, for days at the beach, for the sound of the waves, for 14-year-old boys, and the simplicity of sand.


Countdown to College

The packing has begun

This is one of those “real world” types of blog posts where I open the window into our home and give you a peek into the chaos that sometimes is the Hendey household.

We are on the “countdown” to college.  Next Thursday, Greg and I will drive to San Francisco and put Eric on an airplane at 6 am.  He’ll land in Boston, take the subway on his own to Cambridge, and begin his college career at Harvard... READ MORE 


First-born Fun

Are you the oldest child?

I am the oldest child in our family. My husband is the oldest in his. When we were pregnant with our first baby, I was so worried for him—the oldest child born of two oldest children.

Turns out, I had nothing to fear! According to this study, first-born children get an advantage in the brain department.

Birth order within families has long sparked sibling rivalry, but it might also impact the child’s... READ MORE 


Three, Two… Seven?

Kids' counting, mixed-up

My daily life—and, I suspect, the lives of many other families with toddlers—involves a lot of counting. Three songs before bedtime; twelve grapes for a snack; five seconds to calm down from throwing a fit.
Blaise is too young to “get” numbers, but Camilla likes them. The framework of numbers for treats and discipline works well for her because she can understand it.

She also enjoys counting for... READ MORE 


Re-Entry

post-vacation blues

We arrived home last night after being gone for over a week. Part of the time was spent at the Catholic New Media Celebration and the rest was our family seeing the sights of Washington, D.C. and then Boston.

We had a wonderful time.

Today we are back to reality—there are meals to cook and beds to make, and no hotel staff coming in to change sheets and vacuum the floors. I’m always surprised at how... READ MORE 


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