We need our girlfriends: Healing from painful friendships
There are certain realities in life that are inherently and undeniably female. Things like buying your first bra or realizing youʼre on your period but donʼt have any tampons. Though…
There are certain realities in life that are inherently and undeniably female. Things like buying your first bra or realizing youʼre on your period but donʼt have any tampons. Though…
This article is part of a series diving into Catholic social teaching and how it applies to our everyday lives. For ease of reading, the authors will use first person…
About a week after I broke up with my boyfriend, I opened an Amazon package from one of my dearest friends. The package contained the book “Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery…
“You have Mary’s eyes.” My friend leaned across the cafeteria table, holding my gaze and smiling as the noisy, post-Mass Sunday-brunch crowd wove around us. She had been telling me…
When I moved to Indiana for my job, I was blessed overnight with a Catholic community. The evening I finished moving into my apartment, a fellow coworker (who had also…
We often feel that we can be the most rude to the people we are closest to because they will “understand where we are coming from” or because we have…
A few weeks ago, I (Dixie) was deep in thought about how extended family networks affect support structures for nuclear families. After writing an article discussing the issue, I was…
Does Latin grab your attention? It does my husband’s. I don’t know anybody who loves Latin and Greek more than he does. He memorizes Latin poetry in the shower and…
There is a new push to reclaim Gospel hospitality and welcome people into our homes. From simple meals to small group discussions, inviting people into our lives (in any capacity)…
Some of us Catholic women are very fortunate in where we live. We are those who live, by happenstance or by design, in a community of Catholic Christians who are…