Being pro-life is much more than a movement
I answered the phone to a woman requesting an abortion. Unable to offer the procedure, I instead calmly suggested she…
Maria Mellis is a high school English teacher in Clarkston, Michigan, as well as a pianist and parish music director. She has spent time living and teaching in Poland and loves to bake, to play soccer and volleyball, and to write poetry in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. She is passionate about the daily opportunity that each one of us has to encounter God in the most ordinary of moments and is continually inspired by her students, her family, and especially her husband, Austin.
I answered the phone to a woman requesting an abortion. Unable to offer the procedure, I instead calmly suggested she…
“Your home is a sanctuary.” My grandfather repeated similar words over and over again during and after his first visit…
Twenty-three and married … or at least dating the guy I want to marry. For how many young women is…
After surviving a year of pandemic-infested wedding planning while teaching rotating bouts of online and in-person instruction at my high…
I remember teaching my best friend, Lisa, how to ride a bike at 22 years old when she was nearly…
Hurry. Decorate. Shop. Celebrate. Collapse. By the time Dec. 26 rolls around, you’re glad the radio has stopped playing Christmas…
In a world tormented by fear, disease, division, hatred and confusion, I can find no one who questions that we…
I finished confessing, and the priest pronounced the most unusual penance of my life. Do something intentional to take care…
As women, we are told that we must be beautiful, intelligent, artistic, refined and emotionally mature. We must know how…
“You should go eat dinner on the other side of the lake; it’s cheaper over there.” Standing at the top…