Lent for Pregnant Moms
Laura DeMaria
February 21, AD2024
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It’s Lent, and you know what that means – it’s time to fast! But what if you can’t because you’re pregnant? While moms-to-be may not
Stop Apologizing for Being Pregnant
Julie Machado
September 26, AD2020
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It has taken me five pregnancy announcements (I am currently pregnant with my fifth child) to stop apologizing about it. Before, I would quiver when
We Need to Hear Life is Hard
Julie Machado
December 10, AD2019
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In an interesting talk between Bishop Barron and Jordan Peterson, Jordan Peterson talks about how people fill up auditoriums by the thousands to hear him
Waiting on Childbirth: The Agony in the Garden
Julie Machado
October 7, AD2019
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I am 40 weeks and 3 days pregnant as I write this. This is my fourth time around pregnancy and childbirth, and all my other
Kudos to Alyssa Milano
Richard Van Kirk
May 19, AD2019
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Actress Alyssa Milano ignited social media with a tweet last Friday night calling for women to return to chastity. Although her nonsectarian phrase is “sex-strike,”
A Baby is Never Convenient
Julie Machado
May 2, AD2019
11 Comments
My husband and I are expecting a fourth child and when that dreaded time of telling everyone came around I realized it never gets
Choosing The Cross
Karen Reep
April 7, AD2016
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I am expecting our seventh child. My husband and I never dreamed we would be blessed this abundantly. Having a large family was always a
Being Pro-Life When it Isn’t Easy
Kerri Lynn Bishop
March 6, AD2016
22 Comments
I held the pregnancy testing stick in my hand, praying not to see the second line but I didn’t have to look down to know
Evangelizing for Life – Chemo While Pregnant
Birgit Jones
July 25, AD2014
16 Comments
Pope Francis has repeatedly urged us to evangelize. His oft repeated message calls us to share the word of God where we are, saying, “The
Every Life Matters
Michelle Fritz
January 22, AD2014
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Today in Washington D.C. hundreds of thousands of people are expected to participate in the annual March for Life. They come from all around the
Playing with Dolls and Delayed Motherhood
Julie Machado
December 19, AD2013
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“Amen, I say to you, whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it.” (Mk 10:15) Children can be
Pregnancy and the Catholic Father
Matthew Brower
August 29, AD2013
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Roughly six months ago, after many prayers, tears and anxious months of waiting, my wife, Miriam, and I learned with great joy that we are
Why Didn\’t Someone Share the Truth with Us?
Joel and Lisa Schmidt
August 4, AD2013
22 Comments
It was an interesting NFP Awareness week at our blog The Practicing Catholic. We wrote a week-long series about natural family planning, and we lost
Life Created by Feelings? So Says the Latest Modern Heresy
Jennifer Hartline
August 3, AD2013
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MSNBC\’s Melissa Harris-Perry has a wacky theory for us that she believes should be the determining criteria for human life. Life itself, it\’s very beginnings,