This is the rom-com you’ve been waiting for
Midwestern girl Elena Gattino has just arrived in Rome after a series of devastating events demolished the life she thought God had planned for her. Benedikt Rechsteiner is a Swiss…
3 useful dating tips from Venerable Fulton Sheen
One of the best things my husband and I ever did together while dating was read “Three to Get Married” by Fulton Sheen. We started dating in September of 2019….
The challenge of becoming a soul minimalist
Imagine a room. It is empty except for a few necessary things — maybe a chair, a fireplace and a lamp. You can just sit and be quiet, with no…
Physical illness brought me closer to this popular saint
Working as a Catholic communications professional kept me busy. I rarely had the opportunity to sit down and read for pleasure. For years, I had wanted to read “Diary of…
Look to the spiritual classics to find joy in suffering
If we seek to conform ourselves to Christ, then we seek to conform ourselves to his cross. In the timeless spiritual classic, “The Imitation of Christ,” whose authorship is commonly…
The popular book group that invites women to read the classics
Maybe you’re a book nerd, or maybe you struggle to finish any book you pick up. Or maybe you fall into either camp but simply feel that you don’t have…
The feminine call to the intellectual life
A scribe tests Jesus, asking him, what is the greatest commandment? Jesus responds, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with…
What Jane Austen teaches us about virtue
We’ve all heard St. Paul’s famous verse from 1 Corinthians: “Love is patient, love is kind.” He takes care to equate love with patience because they are both virtues and…
Why fiction is necessary in the spiritual journey
About seven years ago, I was invited by a small group of friends to form a book club under what was at the time a brand new organization: the Well-Read…
What reading with children has taught me
It can be hard to read with young kids around. Snatches of paragraphs between screams and snack times. Reading e-books from the library one-handed while the baby sleeps in my…