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Danielle Bean

Danielle Bean
Danielle Bean, a mother of eight, is web editor of Faith & Family Live! and senior editor of Faith & Family magazine. She is author of My Cup of Tea: Musings of...
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Rachel Balducci

Rachel Balducci
Rachel Balducci is married to Paul and together they are the parents of five lively boys. Besides being a mom, she is also a writer and a newspaper columnist for...
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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...
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Arwen Mosher

Arwen Mosher
Arwen Mosher has been blogging since 2004. She lives in southeastern Michigan with her husband Bryan, their toddler daughter Camilla, and their baby son Blaise....
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Rebecca Teti

Rebecca Teti
Rebecca Teti has been married to Dennis for 15 years, with four children (3 boys, 1 girl) who -- like yours no doubt -- are pious and kind, gorgeous, and can spin...
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Sr. Patricia Proctor, OSC

Sr. Patricia Proctor, OSC
Sr. Patricia is a Poor Clare nun living in community at the Poor Clare Monastery in Spokane Washington. She is a best-selling author of the "101 Inspirational Stories"...
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Sarah Reinhard

Sarah Reinhard
If Sarah Reinhard isn’t off hiding somewhere with a good book, chances are she’s chasing a toddler or a Jack Russell terrier (or sleeping, because every mom...
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Holy Nuns, Happy in Habits

Nashville Dominican Sisters' joy shines through

I challenge you to watch this video and not wind up with a big goofy grin on your face by the end. This kind of joy is positively infectious.

HT: The Anchoress


CNMC Words of Wisdom

Enjoy Danielle Bean's terrific talk from Saturday.

As Danielle shared with you on Sunday, she and I were blessed to meet in person this week at the Catholic New Media Celebration organized by SQPN.com.  One of the thrills of the weekend for me was spending time in person with Mrs. Bean, who has long been one of my role models.  Danielle and I have “known” one another online for years, so it was a complete joy to simply “hang out” with her for a few... READ MORE 


There's an App for That

The iPhone ... Catholic style

Many thanks to Paul Camarata, the genius behind The SaintCast, for this Catholic version of the popular Apple commercial:


Incredible Priests Video Contest

Win a trip to Rome for your favorite priest!
Danielle and I are fortunate enough to be involved in a wonderful project as we kick off the Year for Priests.  We will be serving as judges in The Catholic Company’s Incredible Priests Incredible Stories Video Contest.  Simply create a short video (up to three minutes) sharing why your specific priest demonstrates exemplary priesthood.  Many prizes will be given, including $500 Shopping Spree to The Catholic Company for the winner PLUS an 8-Day Tour of Rome for the winning priest!  Find all of the rules and entry information at IncrediblePriests.com and get busy with those video cameras!!

I Sing The Mighty Power Of God

We awoke this morning to a clap and roll of thunder so close and powerful the sound shook the house and set off all the car alarms on the street.

That set me meditating on and off today on the power of God. (Storms rolled in and out all day.)

This video enabling us to see down the funnel of a tornado seemed like an appropriate cap to that somehow.

Beautiful and terrible—but the footage is very cool.... READ MORE 


Who Says Women Like to Talk?

proof the gift of gab starts early

I’ve seen this adorable video a number of places over the past few days, but I simply cannot risk that any readers here might miss out on it. Here she is ... Enjoy!

HT: Patrick Archbold (who is lucky I don’t have his wife’s number)


Out Spokin’

that video gave me a tic

I just finished watching the amazing bike video posted by Danielle earlier today. I’ll admit it left me with some complicated emotions, feelings that ranged from “oh my gosh that is amazing” to “oh my gosh what if my boys decide to try that one day” to “oh my gosh I need to go lie down”.

Even before Henry broke his leg last week, I had my safety issues. I can go into those another time, as I’m too raw to deal with them right now. But I will say that the way Henry broke his leg did not involve any of my prior fear factors. So now I have the joy of adding to an already decent-sized list a few new things to fret about. I’m trying to chill out, but the odds are not stacked in my favor.

In the spirit of me not being totally neurotic, here is a cool video sent along to me a while back by Fr. Tim, my husband’s college roommate who can also, like my husband, recite large chunks of dialoge from most movies starring Clint Eastwood or Chuck Norris. This video is either Parkour, or it is footage of my boys in the backyard, I’m not sure which.


Keep This From Your Sons

Stunts by professional biker Danny MacAskill

I really enjoyed watching this video, but I don’t think I’ll be showing it to my sons. They might find it just a bit too ... inspirational. And hasn’t Henry given us all enough trauma drama for a while?

HT: Inside Catholic


Pro-Life Message to Air During American Idol

Catholic Vote does it again

CatholicVote.org, the folks behind the pro-life ads that were rejected during the Super Bowl for being “too political,” have succeeded in creating a new pro-life ad that has already been accepted for airing during the season finale of American Idol. Let’s pray that this beautiful, positive message reaches hearts that need to hear it most.


So Funny, So True

in case you’d like to laugh til you cry today

HT: Jennifer’s twittering!


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