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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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New Batch of Babies

I feel like a grandmother

A new batch of “babies” arrived yesterday and I couldn’t be prouder.

Years ago, when we decided to get a flock of hens, I wondered if I was in love with the idea of chickens, but would be disappointed with the birds themselves.

But no. I really do love chickens.

Big fat hens are hilariously cute. Rowdy roosters are pretty to look at and predictably noisy (and dumb—Really, Rex? 3:00 am is time to start... READ MORE 


My Mane Man

Wishing a wonderful day to all the wonderful dads out there!

(Click here to see how Mom intervened to get this dad some peace).


All Awkward, All the Time

in which I help you waste some time

Okay.

So perhaps spending 30 minutes browsing the photos at AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com and wiping away tears of laughter is not the best use of my time.

But its newly announced sister site? AwkwardFamilyPetPhotos.com? Now that’s a vital resource we would all do well to take advantage of more often.


A Communication Innovation

Postcards Made Easy

I bemoan the demise of handwritten correspondence as much as anyone. I fully recognize the superiority of a personal, handwritten note to a computer-generated one and I note quite sadly that letter writing is indeed a dying art.

But I also recognize a really cool idea when I see one. And I happen to think Hazel Mail absolutely is a really cool idea.

At Hazel Mail, you can upload a photo, add your... READ MORE 


Overcoming Evil With Sweet

“Evilest pictures of the pope.”

That’s been a mighty popular internet “meme” the past few weeks.

Blogger Anna Arco “fights” back with Sweetest Pictures of the Pope.

Enjoy ‘em.


Stunning Photos of Unborn Animals

All Babies Are Beautiful

Isn’t this photo of a baby elephant in utero amazing?

I found all these photos of unborn animal babies in the womb/egg astonishingly beautiful.

Isn’t God good?


Firefall

a photo for the Lord's day
Robert Kroenert

Horsetail Falls, Yosemite, at dusk.

Happy Palm Sunday and Blessed Holy Week


Purple Mountain Majesty

a photo for the Lord's day
http://www.flickr.com/photos/visbeek/4079078904/in/photostream/

Laetare!

Bearded vulture in the Pyrenees


Big Fun

a photo for the Lord's day
Bobby Jo Vial/ zooborns.com

Enjoy your Sabbath rest!

(More pictures here)


Carnival Round The World

in which my annual pancake supper looks a little lame
ROBERT ATANASOVSKI/AFP/Getty Images

Searching for an illustration for Fat Tuesday a week or two ago, I stumbled upon a fabulous collection of Carnival celebrations from around the world.

Going far beyond the floats and face paint of the celebration in Rio, the pictures introduced me to unknown and fascinating celebrations such as an orange festival in Spain and a mud festival somewhere in Latin America.

Then I promptly forgot all about it until just now, when I stumbled again—this time onto The Big Picture‘s amazing photos from Carnival celebrations around the world.

Depicted here are Dzolomari, Macedonians who keep alive an ancient practice of driving away evil spirits at the start of the new year.

If you have a minute, scroll around. The costumes are amazing—and only one or two of them are Brazilian dancing girls.

Don’t you find the variety of customs originating or melding with the liturgical year fascinating?


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