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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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Finding Community and Advent Preparation

Join us for this week's podcast!

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This week on the Faith & Family Live Cast (click here to listen or click on the player above), our fellow blogger Lynn Wehner makes her podcast debut with Sarah and me.  In our first segment, we tackle a listener’s question on how to find and build community once your children begin to get a little older.  Do you have suggestions for how to make new friends, engage socially, and connect with other... READ MORE 


Win Some Lovely Loveliness

enter our free giveaway to win handmade jewelry

Some lucky reader here at Faith & Family is going to win a $30 credit at Bridal Jewelry for You!

Catherine Beigel runs this gorgeous jewelry business through an online shop at Etsy:

She started Bridal Jewelry for You in the fall of 2009 after making jewelry and selling at assorted craft fairs around our area for over 3 years. She did her first set of bridal party jewelry in the spring of 2009 and... READ MORE 


What You Can Win

Some lucky reader will win this gorgeous necklace

Many thanks to On This Day Designs for donating this beautiful Virgin Maria necklace in bronze to our Grand Giveaway going on this week.

If you haven’t already entered, don’t miss your chance! Entering is free. Just leaving a comment on the giveaway post (not this one!) qualifies you to win not only this necklace but one of over 100 other terrific prizes that have been donated by our generous sponsors.

Go check out all the awesome prizes—and enter for your chance to win today!


Rosary Bracelet Giveaway Update

We have a winner!

The randomly selected winner in our recent (very popular!) Rosary bracelet giveaway was ... commenter #90:

“Posted by Tiffany on Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009 4:58 PM (EDT):Reply
That’s beautiful! Count me in “

Thank you to 1928 Jewelry and their Vatican Library Collection for sharing their inspiring collection and sponsoring this giveaway.


Sleeping Soundly and Aging Gracefully

Are the two interconnected? Join us for this week's chat on the Faith & Family Live Cast.

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This week on the Faith & Family Live Cast (click here to listen or click on the player above), Rachel, Arwen and I tackle two topics that hold great interest for moms everywhere:  sleep and aging.

Sleep schedules, bedtime routines, curfews for teens and dealing with exhaustion are perennial challenges for families.  How do you handle bedtimes and naptimes?  Do you find it important to get a certain... READ MORE 


Win a Vatican-Inspired Rosary Bracelet

Just leave a comment to enter!

UPDATE: Contest over, comments now closed. Look for the winner announcement soon!

Lucky you! Today you have an opportunity to win something inspiring and beautiful!

1928 Jewelry in California has an exclusive licensing agreement with the Vatican to enter the library to find inspiration and to reproduce certain sacred objects and jewelry that are found in the vaults. From this, they have a
created... READ MORE 


Great Gifts for a Special Day

Finding the perfect gift to commemorate First Holy Communion

This weekend in parishes around the country, second graders will receive the greatest gift ever - the gift of the Eucharist!  It’s First Holy Communion season, so many of us know special friends who will be celebrating.  You may even have someone special in your family who will be receiving the Eucharist for the first time.

First Holy Communion is an event worth commemorating and celebrating.  Many... READ MORE 


We Have Winners

jewelry giveaway update

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Congratulations to the winners in last week’s jewelry giveaway:

#7 Mrs marcos won the necklace/earring set.
#25 joann10 won the two pairs of earrings
#43 Elizabeth M won the single pair of earrings

Many thanks to all who participated and especially to Maria and Isabella for donating the prizes from their lovely handmade jewelry Etsy shop. Check out their shop for some great options for Easter, graduation, Mother’s Day, or confirmation gifts.


Win Free Jewelry

Enter our giveaway for 3 chances to win

UPDATE: Contest now over. Winners to be announced tomorrow (3/23).

Talented Catholic mom Maria and her daughter Isabella make beautiful handmade jewelry pieces that they sell in their very own Etsy Shop.

And lucky lucky you, they have offered 3 different prizes from their wares for a giveaway here at Faith & Family Live.

To qualify, all you need is a U.S. shipping address. To enter, all you need to... READ MORE 


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