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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 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 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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Poolesville Compliments

teens using facebook for good

Here’s a teen taking to heart the pope’s challenge to use social media to make Christ’s presence felt.

In the course of her regular perusal of her teen’s facebook page, a friend of mine came across her child’s new “friend.”

“Poolesville Compliments” is an anonymous member of the student body at the local public high school.

He or she posts daily to Facebook with something highlighting the successes... READ MORE 


Babymooning and Catholic Media

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On this week’s episode of the Faith & Family Live Cast (click here to listen or click on the player above), Kate rejoins Danielle and me for the first time since the birth of her precious son Thomas to share how she’s been adjusting to life with her first son (amidst his three sisters). We share a great chat on taking the breaks necessary to focus on our families, our physical well being and our spiritual... READ MORE 


Faith & Family Podcast Wins Catholic New Media Award

Thanks for voting for us!

Hey, cool! We won! many thanks to everyone who voted for the Faith & Family podcast in this year’s Catholic New Media Awards.

There are lots of new and familiar faces in this year’s list of nominees, so it’s definitely worth scrolling and clicking through. Congratulations to all the nominees and winners of this year’s awards!


Look Who's Talking To The Vatican!

The Vatican is hosting an international meeting of Catholic bloggers May 2.

Among the 150 lucky bloggers who have been invited to attend in person?

Our own Lisa Hendey!

Congratulations, Lisa!

Can’t think of a better person to represent us Catholic moms—and we know you’ll tell us all about it.


Prayer in the Digital Age

A "must read" for today's wired Catholic!

Later in the week, I’ll be excited to share with you the continuing adventures I’ve been enjoying for the past few days. But today, I want to interrupt my travelogue to tell you about an interview I’m sharing this week with my good friend and Danielle’s (and my) radio producer extraordinaire, Matt Swaim. Matt is the author of the brand new book Prayer in the Digital Age.

I’ve known Matt for a few... READ MORE 


Promote Catholic Media & Win An IPad 2

Help us spread the good news!

Have you heard the big news? Tomorrow, March 15, is “Catholic Media Promotion Day”.  This grassroots effort is designed to help spread the word about all of the great work being done in Catholic Media. To build buzz, a Facebook page has been created at Facebook.com/PromoteCatholicism and everyone who “likes” that page will be entered to win an iPad2.  But more importantly, you’ll be helping to spread... READ MORE 


Vote for Faith & Family in the Readers' Choice Awards

We're a finalist for "Best Magazine"

Have you checked out the About.com reader’s Choice Awards yet?

We were excited to learn that Faith & Family magazine is finalist in the “Best Catholic Magazine” category. Won’t you consider voting for us?

Also, I was honored to be named a finalist in the “Best Catholic to Follow on Twitter” category. You can vote in that category here.

Check out all the finalists and pick your favorites at the Catholicism Readers’ Choice Awards homepage.


Fashion Tips and CNMC Recap

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This week on our Faith & Family Live Cast (click here to listen or click on the player above), Danielle and I are joined by the ever fabulous Hallie Lord.  In our first segment, we take advantage of having our lovely fashion friend on the show and take time to discuss our “personal styles” and some of our favorite stores and resources.  Be sure to check out Danielle’s book recommendation It’s So You! Fitting Fashion to Your Life... READ MORE 


New Media Girlfriends

Gathering for the Catholic New Media Celebration

I’m so happy to share this almost perfect picture from this weekend’s Catholic New Media Celebration.  I say “almost” since we’re missing Arwen and Rebecca - but here you see Danielle, Rachel, Robyn and me gathered for the CNMC, hosted this past weekend by the Star Quest Production Network.  It was a weekend of fun, faith and friendship.  Our own Rachel moderated a terrific blogging panel which featured... READ MORE 


CNMC Podcast Bash

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This week on the podcast (click here to listen or click on the player above), Danielle, Rachel, Sarah and I gather at the Catholic New Media Celebration for a celebration of our friendship.  The Catholic New Media Celebration, sponsored by SQPN - the Star Quest Production Network - is a gathering to focus on using new media in evangelization. 

Here at Faith & Family, we always do our best to implement... READ MORE 


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