Hi all! I posted recently that I am going to start writing regularly over at Substack. I have started a series on social media and communion this week. You can find the post here. Please subscribe to continue following my writing. I will be discontinuing this blog. I will continue to write for Catholic Exchange …
Switching to Substack
Happy Easter! I have been trying to discern for months how I want to proceed with writing. Almost all of my regular reading of writers is done over at Substack. I decided that I am going to start writing on that platform since I used it myself to read. It also provides different opportunities for …
Back at Catholic Exchange on Thursdays
Hello all! I have returned to regularly publishing articles on Thursdays for Catholic Exchange. My family and I are still in the middle of getting settled back in the mountains. We've been renting a place for a few months, but we finally found a house to buy and should move in mid-December. Once things settle …
Catholic Exchange: Evangelizing the Sick–Hospitals Are a Mission Field
Yesterday, after attending Mass for the Solemnity of All Saints, I went to the hospital to visit the sick for over 3 hours. I didn’t expect to be there for that long, but Our Lord’s and Our Lady of Sorrows’ beloved afflicted souls were in need of prayers, ministering, and a loving presence. I serve …
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Catholic Exchange: How Our Worldly Failures Lead Us to Hope
One of the great challenges for us as Christians is to not give into the dominant mentality of our culture that everything should be easy and that worldly success is all that matters. This is especially difficult for those of us who grew up in relative comfort in the West. Even within the Church, there …
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CE: What is Authentic Accompaniment?
ccompaniment is a term very much en vogue these days in the Church. We hear about it constantly, especially in relation to the Synod on Synodality. Often times, however, this term is a cover for heterodoxy and laxity. It takes the Cross out of our Crucified Faith. Without the Cross there is no Resurrection. Without …
Returning to Writing Soon
Hello all! I've received emails from people wondering where I went. I spent the last year working in full-time ministry in a parish that took up all of my time. I was working 6 days per week, evenings, weekends, and everything in between while my husband was on the road 50-75% of the time. I …
Worcester Women’s Conference Talk on Embracing the Cross
Hi all! It's been quite a while since I've posted anything. We went through our move and now I am working long hours in Christ's vineyard, so I haven't had a lot of time for writing. I was asked earlier this year to be a speaker at the Worcester Women's Conference in Webster, Massachusetts on …
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Moving and Unexpected Changes
I've had multiple people ask me recently why I haven't been writing at Catholic Exchange. After 7 years of writing almost weekly for them, I decided to take a break from regular writing. God has been moving my family and me in a new and unexpected direction. We are actually moving across the state--eastward!--where I …
Marian Consecration Session 1
Hello all! My husband suggested that I post the talks I'm giving in my parish for a Marian consecration that will occur on the Solemnity of the Visitation on May 31st. It's based on Fr. Michael Gaitley's 33 Days to Morning Glory. Unfortunately, we didn't have a microphone during the discussion period after my talk, …
Swimming the Depths 