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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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The Quality Of Mercy

a mom's intercession for her son's killers

A neighbor passed along a prayer request from a college classmate.

That’s not so unusual, except that this request is from a mom on behalf of the gang members who killed her son while on a cocaine bender.

Read this: I think you’ll be moved.

On May 14th three years ago, this young woman endured a mom’s nightmare:

I was walking to the store pulling my two and a half year old son in a wagon, carrying... READ MORE 


A Litany to the Japanese Martyrs

Let's Pray for Japan

Blogger Pentimento has a lovely idea. Together, let’s pray a litany to the Japanese martyrs for Japan:

Our Lady of Akita, pray for us.
St. Peter Baptist, martyr and patron of Japan, pray for us.
St. Francis Xavier, patron of Japan, pray for us.
St. Paul Miki, martyr, pray for us.
St. Anthony Dainan, martyr, pray for us.
St. Anthony Ishida, martyr, pray for us.
St. Francis Nagasaki, martyr, pray for... READ MORE 


What Can We Give?

Fashion Friday vol. 9

I must admit, I haven’t felt much like dreaming about fashion while so many are hurting in Haiti.

Even though I know there are suffering people at all times all over the world, for some reason this latest tragedy has hit me particularly hard. All I’ve been able to think about is how much I want to help the people of Haiti and how sad I am that I have so little to give.

Yesterday, while praying for... READ MORE 


Fast for Haiti

To unite yourself to those less fortunate

I know we’ve all been watching in horror at what’s happening in Haiti. I know we’ve all been praying for the victims, and thinking about other ways we can help.

In case you’re still looking for a way to help, here’s an idea: Fast for Haiti.

You may have seen this other places, but I thought it was worth posting here as well. As Christians we’re well aware of the power of prayer and fasting together,... READ MORE 


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