by Ann Burns | May 16, 2022 | Femininity, Fertility, Motherhood, Uncategorized
“I have placed you in the care of my holy Mother, as a deposit in trust, so that she may fashion you according to my pattern.”-Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alocoque Yesterday, at our parish, was the May crowning. The little girls, clad in their white gowns and veils...
by Maggie Grevas | Apr 28, 2022 | Femininity, Fertility, Motherhood
“That was the most feminine thing I have ever seen you do” I will never forget these words my husband spoke to me immediately after I gave birth to our second daughter. It was not an extraordinary birth experience; a small town hospital in the Upper Peninsula of...
by Ann Burns | Mar 30, 2022 | Femininity, Heart & Home
Some call St. Edith Stein a feminist saint because she proffered so many brilliant contributions on womanhood. However, diving into her writings, feminist, as the term is popularly understood, is an excruciatingly inadequate and even degrading term for this incredible...
by Elizabeth Torsell | Sep 1, 2021 | Fertility, Heart & Home, Motherhood, Relationships
In the past several months, I have experienced lots of change: I got married, moved across the country, started a new job, conceived and lost a child, moved again, and discovered that I am bearing a second child. If tasked with divvying up our lives into various...
by Elizabeth Torsell | Feb 3, 2021 | Faith, Relationships
Fiat mihi secundum verbum Tuum + Be it done unto me according to Thy word1 Reach back into the archives of childhood, and find a time that you really, really wanted something, but it was denied you. Perhaps you still feel the ache of disappointment as you relive that...
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