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By Alyssa Bormes along with Kelly Wahlquist & Allison Gingras     Every now and then, it is good to make cookies. And it’s even better when it includes coffee, a sleepover, and four [...]

By Alyssa Bormes     I remember the glory days of church bingo at the St. Mary’s Bazaar in Aberdeen, S.D. when I was a little girl. Don’t get me wrong; I would still take a spin on the [...]

By Sarah Damm   I quietly lay there, waiting to see my baby’s heartbeat on the ultrasound screen. The technician, very compassionately and professionally, informed me that there was not one [...]

By Sherry Brownrigg     On the day of my brother’s ordination to the priesthood, I watched him in awe as the sacred ceremony unfolded. He prostrated himself, received his vestment and [...]

By Mary Ellen DeSantis Holy Saturday sits nestled between the starkness and tears of Good Friday and the lilies and alleluias of Easter. To focus on the gift of prayer on Holy Saturday in this [...]

By Alyssa Bormes It was May 1982, and I didn’t exactly have a date to the prom, which was really called a dinner dance, which meant you could still go if you didn’t have a date. Another friend [...]

By Allison Gingras   Today, I will renew my Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary for the 7th time. My methods and materials have varied widely, so has my effort. I have followed the [...]

WINE 2018 Summer Book Club The Friendship Project: The Catholic Woman’s Guide to Making and Keeping Fabulous, Faith-Filled Friends     The power of prayer in our friendship has [...]

By Carol Younger   Have you ever intervened? As a school counselor and administrator, that was my job: to intervene with students, teachers, parents, even police, in any kind of conflict or [...]

By Rhonda Zweber   One of my favorite experiences of motherhood actually occurred before I officially became a mom. When I felt my babies move inside my growing tummy, I smiled and was so [...]