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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 Editorial Director of 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 work, the two …
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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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Will You March?

Who will be at the March for Life?

This morning for my segment on the Son Rise Morning Show, host Brian Patrick and I discussed social media coverage of next Monday’s upcoming March for Life in Washington D.C. The topic interests me greatly, since I’ve never been able to actually attend the March. In recent years, I have found that by following selected friends on Facebook and Twitter, I can get a sense of what it must be like in that... READ MORE


Not Helping!

I doubt this audience needs any persuading that women can do better than abortion, but here is some grim evidence anyway.

This is the advice Fund Abortion Now is giving women about how to pay for their abortions.

Some of it is sensible economizing.

Some of it is desperate measures anyone truly poor might take to cover an unexpected expense (pawning goods, volunteering for medical experiments).

But... READ MORE


Dr. King & Turning The Other Cheek

Though it’s late in the day, I wanted to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and I couldn’t do better than this short presentation from Fr. Barron.

He works it all in: King’s Christian commitment; his “re-founding” of America by recalling it to the principles of the Declaration; his magnificent oratory.

In particular I call your attention to his teaching on what “turn the other cheek” means.

It is not a call to let wickedness run roughshod over us, but on the contrary, a summons to stiff spines and firm endurance: “that wickedness shall not stand on my watch.”

Watch and enjoy!

And on this holiday in his honor, may we forgive Dr. King his failings and have a measure of his strength and courage in the moral battles of our generation.


Catholic School Closings

Has your family been impacted?

I’ve been watching and praying for the situation in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, where a Blue Ribbon Commission on Catholic Education recently issued a report which will result in the closing and consolidation of many of the Archdiocese’s Catholic schools.

This morning, I spent some time reading Archbishop Chaput’s message following up on the commission’s recommendations and the response the... READ MORE


Carrot Got Your Ring?

A fun story

This beats November’s story all hollow: a Swedish woman found her wedding band a full sixteen years after she took it off and set it on the counter during some Christmas baking.

And clearly she was meant to find it, because it came into her hands right out of the ground, where a carrot in her garden had grown through it.

Isn’t that incredible?

Read the story - and see a picture of the smiling couple and the crazy carrot - here.


Time for The Gist—Watch Here

And let's chat during the show!

Hey, guess what? It’s almost time for the premiere of The Gist on CatholicTV. The very first episode will air this morning at 10:30 am EST. If your cable company does not offer CatholicTV, you can watch at CatholicTV.com or right here (see player below).

Below the player is where we will be having our live chat right before and then during the show. Joining the chat is easy and fun. Just type in the name you’d like to use and add your comments. They will show up in the live chat box so you can be part of the conversation. Also, tweets from Twitter using the hashtag #TheGist will show up in the chat as well, so you can participate that way if you prefer.

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Tune in next Wednesday at 10:30 am for episode 2 and another live chat!


Live Chat During The Gist

Please join the conversation!

We are getting pretty excited about the upcoming premiere episode of The Gist on CatholicTV. The first episode will air next week, on Wednesday, January 4 at 10:30 am EST. Even if your cable company doesn’t offer CatholicTV, you can watch the show live online at CatholicTV.com.

Before, after, and during the show, we would love it if you would join the conversation on Twitter, using the hashtag #TheGist.

We are also planning a live chat, right here at Faith & Family Live during the broadcast of the first episode. I will be participating in the chat, along with the other ladies from The Gist—Rachel Balducci, Carolee McGrath, and producer Kate Andrews. We really hope you will want to to be a part of it. Joining the chat is easy. You will need only submit your name (you choose any screen name you like) and submit your comment in the live chat post that will publish at the top of the Faith & Family blog beginning at 10:15 am EST next Wednesday.

If you like, you can add your email address to the form below and Cover It Live will send you an email reminder before the event. Sign up now! Tune in Wednesday! And let’s chat!


A Little More of The Gist

premiering Wednesday, January 4

I want to thank everyone who has been sending notes of encouragement and excitement about the CatholicTV project Rachel Balducci, Carolee McGrath, and I have been working on. Because you know what? I am pretty excited about it too.

The Gist is a different kind of talk show for women. It will air on Wednesday mornings on CatholicTV, beginning Wednesday, January 4. We have had a ton of fun taping the shows so far and I can’t wait to share them with you! Here’s a bit of a teaser for you in the meantime.


Giving Christmas

a touching story

Did you see this? In stores across the country, mostly Kmarts, donors are paying off layaway accounts for complete strangers.

Read the whole story here, and if you don’t tear up while you do… well, you’re more stoic than I am.

What a lovely way to help someone at Christmas!

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Long Distance Parenting and The Gist

Join us for this week's podcast!

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This week on the Faith & Family Live Cast (click here to listen or click on the player above), Danielle, Elizabeth and I talk about the joys and challenges of parenting from afar, when teens and young adult children leave the nest for education or other adventures. We talk about our personal experiences as moms and invite you to share your thoughts on this topic in the comments below: How does mothering... READ MORE



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