by Lindsey Marcella | Jun 3, 2022 | Femininity, The World
I want you to think about your mom, mother figure, or a female you looked up to when you were a child. Do you remember how she looked at herself in the mirror? How she viewed herself? Talked about herself? Was it positive or negative? This experience alone may be a...
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 Ann Burns | May 11, 2022 | Community, Heart & Home
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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 Ann Burns | Jan 17, 2022 | Faith, Femininity, Relationships
I keep stumbling across conservative-minded articles denouncing the ills of “purity-culture.” And while many of these essays make valid and even necessary points, they all seem to make the mistake of believing that the term “purity-culture” is...
by Ann Burns | Jan 9, 2022 | Femininity
Do you ever feel that your femininity gets put on the back burner? There is simply way too much going on for you to truly prioritize what it means to lean into your feminine genius and embrace your womanly side? To be honest, if we are not proactively working on...
by Ann Burns | Jan 5, 2022 | Faith, Femininity
I love childhood memories. They’re idyllic and full of laughter — like a healing balm, a comfy blanket, or your favorite kind of pie. At least, most of them. But what if one of your earliest memories was not quite like that? What if it was actually really, really...
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 Ann Burns | Aug 27, 2021 | Femininity, Heart & Home, The World
Nehemiah 8:10: Do not be grieved (sad, sorrowful), for the joy of the LORD is your strength. Probably the strangest personal attack I have ever received was against my smile. Yes, my smile. It was essentially I smile too much and there is no way it can be real. So,...
by Ann Burns | Jul 15, 2021 | Femininity
I used to love watching my Mom get ready for dinner out on the town with my Dad. She had the best outfits and always smelled incredible. She’d emerge in some gorgeous blouse and chic slacks. She never looked gaudy or gauche. She had an air of finery, class, and...
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