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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 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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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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Don't Mess With Michael

a true story for today's feast of the Arch angels

A true story.

When my husband was in grad school getting his M.A in philosophy,  he lived in a guest house of a religious order, along with several of his friends. There was a small statue of St. Michael in a niche in the hallway. It was the typical pose, based on that famous painting where Michael is standing on the neck of Lucifer and brandishing a spear.

There was also something on his head that,... READ MORE 


Boy Scouts? Girl Scouts? Something Else?

Faith & Family wants to hear from you!

Faith & Family writer Margaret Berns is working on a magazine story featuring Catholic families and their participation in scouting programs.

Does your family participate in boy scouts, girl scouts, or some other alternative program?

Would you be willing to share your decisions and experiences (the good, the bad, and the ugly!) with her for the story she’s working on? If so, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) directly. Thanks!


Life and Death of Pumpkin

a spooky tale for Halloween

We're Looking for Pro-Life Kids

Your chance to give a young volunteer a shout-out

For an upcoming feature in Faith & Family magazine, we are seeking young people who are pro-life activists.

Specifically, we would like to profile kids in grade school or junior high who are active in pro-life ministry of some kind. Do you know a young person who fits the bill and deserves a bit of recognition? Give us a heads up!

You can leave a comment here or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and I will pass the information along to our writers. Thanks!


Do You Support Charity as a Family?

Please share your story with Faith & Family

In an upcoming issue of Faith & Family magazine, we are going to be focusing on some of the creative and inspiring ways Catholic families support charity together.

Does your family do volunteer work or fundraising for a special cause? Have you ever participated as a family in a particularly successful or satisfying charity project? We would love to hear about it! .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) a summary of your experience and I will pass it along to Patrick Novecosky, the writer working on the story.


Something Astonishingly Beautiful

Watch Ukraine artist Kseniya Simonova create a story in sand

I know there’s all kinds of cool stuff on YouTube, but why watch a skateboarding dog when you can watch this?

I never heard of sand animation or the TV show Ukraine’s Got Talent before, but I was moved by the simple beauty of this performance.

HT: Brian Saint-Paul


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