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35 years on: Pat and Lisa’s story
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...
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Victoria
Nov 22, 20234 min
6 ways to be thankful (even if you’re feeling miserable)
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...
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Ellen H.
Nov 15, 20233 min
RESOURCE: Communicating and sharing the mental load
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
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Brittany Wahhab
Nov 8, 20234 min
Is suffering a blessing from God?
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...
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Lauren Allen
Nov 1, 20233 min
Behold, your mother: Our Lady, Star of the Sea
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...
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Marie Justin
Oct 25, 20233 min
My devotion to St. Jude
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...
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Sarah M.
Oct 18, 20234 min
What every Catholic should know about IVF
Infertility is very real and runs deep
The ability to produce offspring touches the deepest parts of our very being. Whilst we understand...
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Dana Nygaard, LPC
Oct 11, 20235 min
Behold, your Mother: Our Lady of La Leche
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 ...
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Faith Downing
Oct 9, 20236 min
Finding God in the suffering of miscarriage
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...
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Sonia-Maria Szymanski
Oct 4, 20235 min
Letters of Encouragement: loneliness in carrying your cross
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...
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C. J. Parke
Sep 27, 20233 min
Behold, your Mother: Our Lady Undoer of Knots
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...
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thefruitfulhollow
Sep 20, 20234 min
When being open to life takes you into the unknown
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..
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Kristin D.
Sep 13, 20233 min
Lectio Divina: "Do not be afraid"
Lectio Divina (aka “divine reading”) is a traditional Church approach to praying with scripture in a personal way. There are a number of...
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Danielle Thompson
Sep 6, 20235 min
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...
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Jana Zuniga Pingel
Aug 1, 20233 min
Behold, your mother: Our Lady of the Angels
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...
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thefruitfulhollow
Jul 25, 20238 min
When your child experiences infertility: your story
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..
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thefruitfulhollow
Jul 19, 20237 min
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
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Mary Thissen
Jul 12, 20233 min
Behold, your mother: Our Lady of Mount Carmel
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...
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thefruitfulhollow
Jul 5, 202313 min
Is it getting hot in here? Let’s talk about sex!
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...
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Elise Berger
Jun 28, 20233 min
Behold, your Mother: Our Lady of Perpetual Help
This is part of our 2023 “Behold, your mother” series, which will feature a different personage of Mary each month. Search the “Mary” filter
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