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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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Are Christopher West’s Ideas ‘Dangerous’?

The popular Theology of the Body speaker finds Catholic criticism after Nightline interview

Since Christopher’s West’s appearance on Nightline last week, he’s received a fair amount of criticism for among other things, what many understood as his comparison between Hugh Hefner and John Paul II.

You can see the interview for yourself in the video above.

Chief among West’s critics is renowned thinker Dr. Alice von Hildebrand.

Reporting that she had seen CNA’s follow-up interview with West,... READ MORE 


Theology of the Body on Nightline

Christopher West interview to air tonight

Christopher West, senior fellow of the Theology of the Body Institute, was interviewed last week for an in-depth feature segment on ABC’s Nightline. The interview was filmed on location in North Carolina during one of his conferences and also in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, near the headquarters of the Theology of the Body Institute.

You can watch the interview on ABC tonight at 11:30 pm EST.

HT: Aggie Catholics

 


Know Thy Spouse

How the Four Temperaments Can Help Your Marriage, Your Parenting ... and Your Faith

Art and Laraine Bennett know a thing or two about temperaments. Art is a family therapist. Laraine is a freelance writer with a master’s degree in philosophy. Together they authored the popular book The Temperament God Gave You (Sophia Institute Press 2005), and most recently The Temperament God Gave Your Spouse (Sophia Institute Press 2008). They recently spoke with senior writer Tim Drake from their... READ MORE 


Presidential Punchlines

Did you watch President Obama on TV last night?

Last night, Jay Leno and President Obama made history when Obama became to the first sitting president to appear as a guest on a late night talk show.

I didn’t watch the interview, but I’ve seen a few clips around the internet and read a few reports this morning.

Some of those reports are angry reactions to a casual “joke” made by the president about his poor bowling performance being like the “Special... READ MORE 


Listen Up

In a recent Catholic Spotlight podcast, I spoke with Chris Cash about the September/October issue of Faith & Family magazine.

You can listen here.


EWTN Interview

I was interviewed for EWTN’s Faith & Culture with Colleen Carroll Campbell last fall. It was so long ago, I can hardly remember the details of what we talked about—but I do remember that it was a fun conversation about mom blogs and how Catholic families use the internet.

The interview will be airing this Sunday, July 27 at 10:30 am Eastern and again Wednesday, July 30 at 11 pm Eastern. If you don’t... READ MORE 


Catholic Moments #62 - Faith and Family Live

Catholic Moments Podcast Interviews Danielle Bean and Rachel Balducci of Faith and Family Live

This week on the Catholic Moments Podcast (click here to listen), Lisa interviews her new Faith and Family Live colleagues Danielle Bean and Rachel Balducci to celebrate the launch of FaithandFamilyLive.com. Enter for your chance to win our latest CM contest, three great books from Life Teen by emailing Lisa@catholicmom.com by July 31 - be sure to include your full mailing address and to write “Life... READ MORE 


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