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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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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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Know the Real Enemy?

Read this article and recognize it

It’s long, but if you read one thing today, let this be it: “The Winning Strategy” by Peter Kreeft.

I can’t summarize it as well as he wrote it, so don’t waste time here - go read now! Here’s a quote to draw you in:

“That’s what’s at stake in this war: not just whether America will become a banana republic, or whether we’ll forget Shakespeare, or even whether some nuclear terrorist will incinerate half of humanity, but whether our children and our children’s children will see God forever. That’s what’s at stake in ‘Hollywood versus America.’”

(Note: I’m pretty sure that the prayer of Pope Leo XIII to which Kreeft refers is the prayer to St. Michael the Archangel, found here. Know it! Love it! It’s a wonderful prayer.)


Win Tickets to See Fr. Corapi in Omaha

We're giving away 6 tickets to his 'Spiritual Warfare' event!

***UPDATE: This giveaway is now over and comments are closed. I will draw random winners and announce them on the main blog. Good luck!

Great news! The wildly popular spiritual speaker Fr. John Corapi is going to be speaking at the Qwest Center in Omaha, NE on September 11, 2010.

The theme of this event is Spiritual Warfare: Victory Over Evil:

Spiritual Warfare with Father John Corapi promises to... READ MORE 


In Jesus' Name, Amen

Giving our children the tools to fight fear

I took a course in college called Catholic Spirituality, and we did a unit on spiritual warfare.

We read the writings of a couple of the Desert Fathers on the topic of fighting demons, and also studied a book by the chief exorcist at the Vatican.  (Disclaimer: I can’t personally recommend Fr. Amorth’s book, since our professor summarized it for us instead of having us read it.)

The whole class was... READ MORE 


The Evil of Fear

The battle for our hearts and minds

Fear is a powerful thing.

We parents especially should be aware of this, since it is constantly used against us as a marketing tool.

Those in the baby-stuff business employ scare tactics to sell everything from car seats to magazines.  Better hope your child’s car seat is at the top of the Consumer Reports safety list!  Fail to read this article and you won’t know if you’re inadvertently poisoning... READ MORE 


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