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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, 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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Discerning Vocations & Marian Devotions

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This week on the Faith & Family Live Cast (click here to listen or click on the player above) Arwen, Rebecca and I take on two wonderful topics.  In our fist segment, we look at the topic of vocations, and the “Call within a call” that Arwen recently wrote about.  The start of every school year is a renewed time to reexamine the work we are doing, to rededicate ourselves to family and work, and to... READ MORE 


Dealing with Loss

Danielle welcomes Colleen Mitchell for a special podcast

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This week we have a very special episode of the Faith & Family Livecast to share with you (click here to listen or click on the player above). Danielle Bean hosts special guest Colleen Mitchell, blogger at Footprints on the Fridge. Colleen is a wife and mother to five sons on earth and two who are with God.

The Mitchell family suffered the tragic loss of their infant son Bryce Phillip last September... READ MORE 


Fatherless

A conversation with the author of an amazing new book.

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This week on the podcast (click here or click on the player above), we welcome author and speaker Brian J. Gail, the incredible talent behind the book Fatherless Listen in to my conversation with Brian and find more information on the book and Brian’s apostolate at www.FatherlessBook.com.

Please join me in thanking our Catholic Moments contributors by visiting their sites:  Deacon Tom Fox, Lisa Mladnich,... READ MORE 


Family Changes and Feelings

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This week on the podcast (click here to listen or click on the player above), Rachel, Elizabeth and I discuss recent changes in our homes.  As Elizabeth and I both watch children move out of the “nest” and into exciting new phases of life, we chat about how moms deal with the emotions related to these types of changes.  When you have times of emotion in your life, do you hide your true feelings from... READ MORE 


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 


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 


Family Travel and Staying Fit

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This week on the Faith & Family Live Cast (click here to listen or click on the player above), Arwen, Danielle and Rachel chat about two great topics.  As Rachel and her clan get ready to make a major road trip to the Catholic New Media Celebration in Boston and visit Washington D.C. they address the following questions:  What are the logistics of summer vacationing with kids in tow? How do you keep... READ MORE 


Oh the Glamour!

Behind the podcast

Sometime tomorrow we will be posting this week’s Faith & Family Live! podcast, a conversation between Danielle, Arwen and me.

This week we discussed vacation and exercise (not at the same time) and because I am in the throes of packing for vacation, and thus trying to run a million errands, I did some juggling to “get to” the podcast.

I decided to make the call en route to the grocery store, thus... READ MORE 


A Moment with Rachel

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On this week’s episode of Catholic Moments (click here to listen or click on the player above), I am thrilled to share my conversation with my friend and fellow blogger Rachel Balducci, author of the great new book How Do You Tuck In A Superhero?.  I know you hear Rachel regularly on our own Faith & Family Live Cast, but this chat gives a sneak peek into the writing of her new book and is simply a... READ MORE 


Teen Spirituality and Tomatoes

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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), Elizabeth, Rebecca and I look at the topic of support our children’s spiritual journeys, especially through their teen years.  We discuss the importance of praying for our children, especially when they may begin to have serious questions about their own faith formation or place in the Church. ... READ MORE 


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