How to find your family prayer style
Every evening around the world, Catholic families kneel together and pray the beautiful prayer of the Rosary in peace and…
There’s no better way to spend Mother’s Day
On my mother’s last Mother’s Day, in 1997, I was 13 years old. Earlier in the week, I had hitched…
Rekindle joy throughout the year with family feast days
Variety is an important part of human life. How blessed we are that the Church gives us cycles of feasting,…
How can we build supportive friendships when it feels so hard?
A few weeks ago, I (Dixie) was deep in thought about how extended family networks affect support structures for nuclear…
How Catholics can create more supportive communities
Some of us Catholic women are very fortunate in where we live. We are those who live, by happenstance or…
Experiencing childbirth in light of the Resurrection
A year or so after my first child was born, a pregnant friend and I were chatting about her plans…