Lisa and I met and started dating in March of 1985. We have been married for 35 years. We are both cradle Catholics and active in our...

When you're stuck in the muck of the messiness that infertility brings, it is hard to see the light. It may feel like your feet and heart...

It is important to keep honest and open communication with your spouse and other loved ones to let them know when we feel overstretched and

It is a precarious concept to open your mind and heart enough to ponder if suffering is a blessing from God. When I first began to write...

I met Our Lady, Star of the Sea on our first adoption journey. A case came through my email with a very specific name that the expectant...

It wasn't until my husband and I were dating that I had much of a connection to St. Jude. He's one of my husband's favorite saints and...

Infertility is very real and runs deep The ability to produce offspring touches the deepest parts of our very being. Whilst we understand...

On 11 October we celebrate the Feast Day of Our Lady of La Leche. Couples who desire to conceive will find a worthy intercessor in Maria ...

This past February, I became 1 in 4. I lived the possibility I had always dreaded yet, at the same time, believed naively I would never...

Dear sister, It’s a heavy cross, isn’t it? I know it has been hard. I know the mental load you are enduring. I know your pain. I know...

While this may seem an odd way to start a reflection about Our Lady Undoer of Knots, I want to first mention a statue of Mary with a baby...

I’ve always been pro-life. When I was in grade school I was even part of a “students for life” club. We prayed outside of abortion clinics..

Lectio Divina (aka “divine reading”) is a traditional Church approach to praying with scripture in a personal way. There are a number of...

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...

She flew swiftly to my side, as she does. She came without delay, as all good mothers do when they hear the cries of their children. She...

On July 26 the Church celebrates the feast of Sts. Anne and Joachim, parents of Our Lady, and the fourth Sunday of July is therefore known..

Bacon and chocolate, salt and caramel, ice cream and french fries, and a friendship between an infertile woman and a woman with two surprise

So as you reflect on this feast, remember the victories that God has already brought about, as he did at Mount Carmel. Remember that he...

We believe that sex needs to be talked about more in the Catholic Church so that fewer couples feel alone on their journey. To open up...

This is part of our 2023 “Behold, your mother” series, which will feature a different personage of Mary each month. Search the “Mary” filter