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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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When Siblings Rival

Got tools for meeting the challenge?

I adore my children, and I’m glad to have both of them. That goes without saying.

But you know what never happened when I only had one kid? Infighting.

Sometimes I’ll be in the bathroom brushing my teeth, and suddenly I hear the telltale shrieking that means I must scrub faster to get those molars clean and my mouth rinsed before I run to the living room and separate the children. If I don’t move... READ MORE 


Tales from the DIY Diary: Part 1

How hard can it be to replace a leaky faucet?

As a single gal with a fixer-upper there is an occasional house project that I have to tackle. Being far from handy, my way of getting it done is to hire Mr. Local Professional.

Why deal with all the frustration when Mr. Professional can come in and do it in no time?

I used this reasoning to avoid all do-it-yourself projects … until I realized that you need some serious cash to hire Mr. Local Professional.... READ MORE 


F&F Looks Good on Any Screen

Especially on my new iPad!

Just when you thought it wasn’t possible for Lisa Hendey to get any geekier than she already is, I’ve gone and done it.  Actually, my husband did it for me!  On Sunday night, after my weekend book tour with my mom (four cities, four bookstores in four days), he and the boys presented me with my Mother’s Day/Early Birthday gift - a new iPad.  I guess he’s heard all of the hints I’ve been dropping for... READ MORE 


iPray

Mission to MacWorld has me contemplating Catholic iPhone apps

On Tuesday, immediately following my date with my “Radiation Girlfriends”, I hopped in my car and drove the three hours to San Francisco to attend the first day of this year’s MacWorld Expo.

For those non-geeks out there, MacWorld is an annual tech conference highlighting the latest and greatest of all things Apple.  Where most of my friends would head to the big city to help their daughters find... READ MORE 


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