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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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Nursing Wear To Fit Your Needs, Style and Budget

Fashion Friday!

Am I the only one who is less-than-satisfied with the current selection of nursing-wear fashions available? Don’t get me wrong; I do occasionally stumble upon a piece or two that are pretty cute but, all in all, the options out there leave a little something to be desired, don’t you think?

Maybe I’m crazy, not looking hard enough, or not looking in the right places, but from what I can tell most... READ MORE 


More Modest

Let's discuss #4

Thanks for all the great discussion and food for thought from yesterday’s post on modesty.

Point No. 4 is getting a lot of attention and I think it deserves its own conversation, or at least a clarification.

Yesterday I wrote that “4. Having these standards, while good and important, are between a person and her conscience. It is not our duty to go around telling everyone else how to dress.”

To clarify:... READ MORE 


Modesty

Does one size fit all?

I read with great interest the comments from Hallie Lord’s recent post on a fabulous fashion find. And I went away thinking, “variety is the spice of life!”

Modesty is certainly an important topic to discuss and ponder, but it is tricky because it’s also a very subjective topic. I realize no one wants to hear that—shouldn’t we all be able to clearly articulate what is immodest? If we all have a deep... READ MORE 


Pretty & Comfy Without the Peekaboo

Cropped Camisoles to the Rescue!

Girls, please (oh, please) tell me I am not the only one who has flashed perfect strangers while tending to my baby. I ask you: Is there anything more mortifying?

You try to be a good Catholic girl, you watch those necklines and hemlines, but then the baby goes and tugs a little too exuberantly at your top and poof!, in the blink of an eye, there you are waving goodbye to your dignity.

If you’re lucky... READ MORE 


Different Shades of Modesty

Fashion Friday vol. 12

One of the things I find most interesting about the subject of modesty is the wide variety of ways in which individuals interpret it.

Unlike some aspects of our faith, God hasn’t given us a strict or specific list of rules to apply to our wardrobe, which leaves a lot up to personal discretion.

It’s been such a pleasure for me over these last few months to hear your modesty-related thoughts and opinions.... READ MORE 


Heidi Montag 'Blessed' By Life-Threatening Plastic Surgery

This is not okay

I don’t know where to begin with this.

First of all, there is Heidi Montag—a “celebrity” whose name I am vaguely familiar with, but I can’t really say if she’s an actress, a model, a singer, a ... what?

A quick Google search turns up the fact that she’s a regular on talk shows, has appeared in a “celebrity” reality TV show, and was a regular, playing herself, on The Hills. I think that’s a fake reality... READ MORE 


Skirts and Sorrows

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On this week’s Faith & Family Live Cast (click here to listen or click on the post above), Danielle, Sarah Reinhard and I take on the recent discussion prompted by Hallie’s recent “Skirting the Issue” post.  We share our thoughts on the philosophies and practicalities of exclusive skirt wearing.

This week’s Faith & Family Feature Product is the newly redesigned website of the National Catholic Register,... READ MORE 


More Skirts, More Comments

New thread to continue the discussion

UPDATE: I think we’ve said all we should on this topic at this point. I’ve closed comments on this post.

I am thrilled that so many of you have answered Hallie’s call for a civil discussion of the pros and cons of women wearing pants versus skirts.

When a post here receives so many comments, the comments form paginates which can make it difficult for people to follow the discussion and reply to specific comments.

We know this is a problem and will continue to work toward a resolution, but in the meantime, please feel free to continue the discussion here, in a fresh new combox.


Skirting the Issue

Fashion Friday vol. 8

UPDATE: The number of comments on this post has made it difficult to follow the discussion and reply to specific comments. I am closing comments here, but please feel free to continue the discussion of this topic in this new post.

Ladies, I’m very, very cold.

Yesterday morning it was 18° outside. This morning was an only slightly more bearable 24°.

I know. You heroic pioneer women up north are laughing... READ MORE 


Hemlines and Happiness

Fashion Friday vol. 4

Every so often I stumble upon an item of clothing that I am so delighted by that I want to own it in every color and pattern available to me. Not that I actually get to indulge that desire, of course, but you know you’ve unearthed a treasure when you get that itch.

I feel that way every time I stop by Vintage Hem, a company that has resurrected the classic petticoat to bless the modern modest woman.... READ MORE 


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