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Confession: a sacrament of healing
Several years ago, my husband and I made a pilgrimage to St. Augustine, Florida to visit the shrine of Our Lady of La Leche . I had first...

Brandy Norton
Jul 23 min read


Roll away the stone: Pope Francis’ words of hope
In my journey through the Christian life, certain spiritual mentors have guided and shaped me in profound ways. In college, it was St....

Katie Wilson
Jun 254 min read


What to do when you feel unraveled
Infertility breaks your heart in places you didn’t know could crack. It’s the quiet disappointment after each cycle, the sadness that shows up in moments that were supposed to feel happy, and the way it creeps into your thoughts when you least expect it. If you’re reading this, you already know the pain. What you may not know is how much your mental health matters while you carry this cross.

Dana Nygaard, LPC
May 143 min read


When fertility is gone: frozen at 19
Nearly 10 years later, I still think about that version of myself that had to sit there and begin to process the reality of my complete infertility. There is still a part of me that has been frozen, stuck in that doctor’s office. And I avoided that 19 year-old as much as I could over the near decade. My fertility was gone and, with it, my worth. Or, at least that’s the lie I told myself.

C. J. Parke
May 13 min read


Carrying the cross that transforms everything
I sat down to write a piece on Easter Sunday and inevitably I am brought first to Good Friday. For just as Venerable Fulton Sheen wrote, “Unless there is a Good Friday in your life, there can be no Easter Sunday,” without the painful cross of infertility, our family would not be the miracle that it is. My womb never bore children, I remain infertile almost eight years after my husband and I said “I do”. This might look like an abject failure, like the absence of a miracle, bu

Katie Wilson
Apr 233 min read


Healing in His name
As we begin Advent and prepare for the coming of Jesus, I wanted to share about the power in His holy name. I had intentions of finding...

Marie Justin
Dec 4, 20245 min read


Healing after the journey ends
If you’ve discerned this is the end of your trying-to-conceive journey, do not despair. If your family size is smaller than desired...

Mary Thissen
Nov 13, 20243 min read


Shiloh IVF Ministry: a first-of-its-kind outreach for IVF healing
Shiloh IVF Ministry has formed as a new ministry, uniquely set up to accompany and serve women, men and couples who are struggling with heal

Shiloh IVF Ministry
Aug 15, 20243 min read


Aimee’s IVF story
Successful, in the sense that four beautiful human lives were created. Unsuccessful in the sense that no babies were born.

Aimee Arnold
Aug 7, 202410 min read


Walking with St. Dymphna
Sisters, have you ever felt anxiety over a situation beyond your control? Believed that you could never be loved because of what was...

C. J. Parke
May 14, 20243 min read


Through the eyes of infertility: a collection of insights, part 2
“I’m going to be honest with you because someone needs to be. At your current weight, you have no business trying to conceive”. I steady...

thefruitfulhollow
Apr 24, 20247 min read


Infertility after sexual abuse
Trigger warning: This blog addresses sexual abuse.

Lauren G.
Apr 10, 20247 min read


Abundant life and the friendship of St. Gerard Majella
"I have come so they may have life and have it more abundantly" says Jesus in John 10:10. It is the desire of every human heart, to live an

Sarah Hauer
Mar 20, 20245 min read


Why has God put this desire on my heart if He’s not going to fulfill it?
I invite you to tread this path with me, and to open your heart to ALL the possibilities God has in store for you. We put God in a narrow...

Faith Downing
Jan 17, 20244 min read


Letters of encouragement: TTC and the 8 year wait
We were in front of the cathedral. It was nearing midnight. The air was crisp, I could see my breath. I was in need of physical healing...

Danielle Thompson
Sep 6, 20235 min read


Ice cream and French fries: how infertile and fertile women can bring out the best in each other
Bacon and chocolate, salt and caramel, ice cream and french fries, and a friendship between an infertile woman and a woman with two surprise

thefruitfulhollow
Jul 19, 20237 min read


God of the hills and valleys
“He’s God of the hills and valleys.” (Tauren Wells)
While listening to the Sunday readings one day (Luke 17:5-10… faith the size of a musta

Chelsea Voboril
May 24, 20232 min read


Spring comes slowly: grieving, healing and growing new dreams
The dead blooms of last year clung right beside the new buds which brimmed with possibility for the spring ahead. I did not see the roses...

Ellen H.
Apr 12, 20235 min read


New wineskins
Our priest talked about how sin results in death – a moral death and existential death. Moral death in a person causes confusion, and the..

Brittany Wahhab
Apr 4, 20234 min read


The hem of His garment
There have been so many times in the depths of my grief when I felt as if I, too, was hanging on to that single thread. After my losses...

Kimberly Camosse
Mar 8, 20232 min read
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