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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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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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Fr. Nicholas Shares His Story

Meet a wonderful priest on this week's podcast

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Our guest on this week’s podcast (click here to listen or click on the player above) helps us to take another look at the Year for Priests.  Father William C. Nicholas is a priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco currently serving at Our Lady of Loretto Parish in Novato Ca, in northern Marin County.  Ordained on June 23, 2001, Father Nicholas writes regularly for the Catholic San Francisco and... READ MORE 


Bishop's Show and Tell

The Priest and Pastoral Ministry in a Digital World

This week, I had the tremendous good fortune to take part in a “Clergy Communications Workshop” for the priests of my home diocese.  Our goal as a presenting team was to provide tools for our priests, to equip them in their response to this year’s World Communications Day Message issued in January by our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI.

This photo shows one of my favorite moments of the day - I invited... READ MORE 


Super Susie

Meet Catholic Mom and humorist Susie Lloyd on this week's podcast

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Our guest this week on the podcast (click here to listen or click on the player above), Susie Lloyd, is a frequent contributor to various Catholic magazines and the winner of three Catholic Press Association awards.  The long awaited sequel to her first humor book, Please Don’t Drink the Holy Water! is finally here!  It is called Bless Me, Father, For I Have Kids.  Susie is now avidly pursuing speaking... READ MORE 


One for the Guys

A podcast conversation you'll want to share with your husband

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Our guest on this week’s podcast (click here to listen or click on the player above), Father Larry Richards is a popular, captivating preacher and a favorite speaker at Catholic conferences.  He aslo serves as the pastor an inner city parish, St. Joseph Church/Bread of Life Community in Erie, Pennsylvania.  Father Richards is the author of Be a Man!: Becoming the Man God Created You to Be.  His inspirational... READ MORE 


Lisa Hendey's Most Fascinating Catholics of 2009

Who would you add to the list?

Last year, I wrote a little blog post disclosing my secret wish to sit on Barbara Walter’s softly-focused couch and conduct interviews with some of the Catholic newsmakers of the year.  While I’m still waiting for EWTN or Catholic TV to call me to arrange filming, that little post created a bit of a stir.  Bloggers around the Catholic Internet chimed in with their picks and pans.  This year, I decided... READ MORE 


The 13th Day

Meet the actors, directors and producers of this amazing film!

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On this week’s podcast (click here to listen or click on the player above), we join in a live teleconference to learn more about the launch of the wonderful movie The 13th DayTaking part in the call are:

  • Natasha Howes, Producer of The 13th Day; live from the United Kingdom
  • Ian and Dominic Higgins, WRITERS and DIRECTORS of The 13th Day; live from the United Kingdom
  • Actress Jane Lesley, who plays... READ MORE 

Vocation Boom!

Great new website advocates for the priesthood

You may have heard of the cool new website Vocation Boom!—created by Jerry Usher and his team—which officially launched in mid September.  Since its debut, the site has been making great use of the New Media to reach out to and support young men who may have an interest in the priesthood.

The site is chock full of tremendous vocation resources, including videos like the one I’m sharing here today. ... READ MORE 


Immaculée Ilibagiza

Listen in on my conversation with this amazing mom!

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This week on the podcast (click here to listen or click on the player above), we are honored to share a conversation with Immaculée Ilibagiza, a survivor of the Rwandan genocide and a noted Catholic author and speaker.  Immaculée’s books include Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust, Led By Faith: Rising from the Ashes of the Rwandan Genocide and Our Lady of Kibeho: Mary Speaks to the World from the Heart of Africa... READ MORE 


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