This year there are exactly 54 days between the Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Memorial of St. John Vianney. With everything that has been facing the priesthood and the need for renewal, now is the time to pray a 54-Day Rosary Novena for our priests. My area will be doing a …
Calling Catholic Men to Reclaim Their Masculinity in an Age of Hostility
We live in an age of hostility towards men within our culture and within the Church. After years of discussions with my husband and my guy friends it’s become clear that men don’t think they’re being engaged by the Church. Too often the Church has embraced the erroneous teachings of radical feminism as opposed to …
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Embrace the Year of St. Joseph
The time of St. Joseph is now! He is the saint and spiritual father we need to call men to authentic masculinity in a time when men are constantly denigrated by our culture. In this video I talk about how St. Joseph has impacted my husband and me and how men in the pews and …
Lenten Rosary of Reparations for the Sins of Priests on Instagram
Join my daughter and me for our live Rosary for Priests on Thursday evenings during Lent at 7:30 pm Eastern Time. We will be offering a Rosary of reparation for the sins of priests through the Sorrowful Mysteries. Come discover the tremendous power of acts of reparation as we pray with Our Immaculate and Sorrowful …
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Praying for Priests-Live On Instagram on Thursday Evenings at 7:30 pm Eastern Time
Hi all! Sorry I haven’t posted much recently. I’ve been dealing with some chronic health issues. I’m going to start praying a live Rosary on Thursday evenings on Instagram at 7:30 pm Eastern Time. You can find me on Instagram @constancethull. It’s the only social media platform I use besides saving things on Pinterest. I …
Our Worth Is Determined By God
The struggle with my calling from God and my own will came to a head in recent weeks. I've found myself increasingly more ill from chronic bile reflux disease, which is causing me very painful gastritis and esophagitis. Over the course of the last few months, what previously would be an occasional painful flare up, …
Catholic Exchange: Women Deserve Better Than the False Promises of Contraceptive Culture
One of the Great Injustices Against Women One day history will show that one of the great injustices against women in our time is birth control. There are a plethora of reasons why this is the case. But there is another dimension that is often overlooked. Birth control has led to a woefully inadequate focus …
Radio Interview on Praying for Priests
Here is a link to a radio interview I had with a priest in the Cincinnati area about my recent blog post on responding to the clergy sex abuse scandals spiritually through prayer and sacrifice. I already know our priests deal with a lot, but this interview was the most honest discussion I've had with …
There Must Be a Spiritual Response to the Clergy Sex Abuse Scandals
Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Wiki Commons People frequently ask me about my thoughts on the clergy sex abuse scandals and the priesthood. When the news first broke in 2018, I spent a lot of time horrified and angry. I've studied enough Church history to know this is not something new and members of the priesthood …
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The Spiritual Life: Are We All In?
Are we all in? This is the question that is posed to us repeatedly in the spiritual life whether we are consciously aware of it or not. Do we truly mean to be disciples of Jesus Christ? Do we really want to be saints? On one level we answer this question with a yes, but …