Category: motherhood

‘Walking with Moms in Need’ helps expectant, new moms ‘where they’re at’

by bcadmin | Oct 23, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Crisis Pregnancy, motherhood, News, the pro-life movement | 0 |

Dioceses and parish volunteers who have embraced the “Walking with Moms in Need” initiative are still in the early stages of assessing its effectiveness.

St. Zelie – A Friend to Ordinary Mothers

by bcadmin | Jul 12, 2022 | Featured, Louis and Zelie Martin, motherhood, News, Saint Therese | 0 |

I have long loved St. Therese of Lisieux, but my love for her mother has grown as I have grown as a mother myself. In my defense, when I first became a mother, St. Zelie wasn’t canonized, yet, and I only knew of her through St. Therese. Relating to Zelie as a Wife and Mother […]

Changing How You Think About the Family Rosary

by bcadmin | May 2, 2022 | family, Featured, motherhood, News, rosary, teaching | 0 |

“She doesn’t want to pray the rosary with the rest of us. I’m not sure what to do,” a friend recently told me. She expressed a concern that I’ve heard from a lot of parents – how do I get my kids to pray the rosary? What do I do if it’s a fight? What […]

The Unique Crosses of Infertility, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Motherhood

by bcadmin | Apr 28, 2022 | family, Featured, Infertility, Miscarriage, motherhood, News, Pregnancy | 0 |

I was in the thick of planning three baby showers for close friends of mine when I broke down. I fell to my knees in an empty sanctuary following a marriage workshop, and sobbed. It occurred to me that I’d never given consideration to the potential hardship of a couple’s fertility journey. I never thought […]

Motherhood: Beauty of Our Children & Their Gifts From God

by bcadmin | Apr 13, 2022 | children, Featured, Marriage & Family, motherhood, News | 0 |

Motherhood: Beauty of Our Children & Their Gifts From God As I glanced outside my kitchen window at the flowers blooming in my backyard, I couldn’t help but feel the joy and anticipation of which one would bloom next. No matter how many different kinds of flowers my husband, six young children and I plant in the garden, there can never be too many. The […]

On New Year’s, pope urges greater support, protection for women, mothers

by bcadmin | Jan 1, 2022 | lead, motherhood, New Year, News, Papal Mass, Pope Francis, Vatican, violence against women, World Day of Peace | 0 |

Pope Francis on New Year’s Day urged believers to imitate the Virgin Mary in developing a mature, adult faith and asked that greater support be given to mothers and more protections be enacted for women who face violence.

Making Memories in Your Motherly Vocation

by bcadmin | Sep 1, 2021 | family, Featured, Homeschooling, Marriage & Family, motherhood, News | 0 |

Making Memories in Your Motherly Vocation I peered into the long, dimly lit hallway of a local chapel, unsure of what to expect. I came empty-handed, then realized I probably should have asked what to bring. It was my first time attending a homeschooling curriculum share for our regional cooperative I had recently joined. As I neared the doorway of a […]

If I should end up with dementia: An open letter to my children

by bcadmin | Jul 31, 2021 | Alzheimer’s, children, dementia, motherhood, News, Top Story | 0 |

My mother has dementia. I’ve been a mother myself for a good quarter century, so I’m used to trying to help people who can’t express what they want. Or who don’t want what they should. Or who don’t understand what they truly want. But this is different. In those cases I’d be trying to show respect and

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Lessons on Motherhood from the Visitation

by bcadmin | May 27, 2021 | *, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, Mary, motherhood, News, The Visitation | 0 |

Lessons on Motherhood from the Visitation Monday, May 31st, is the Feast of the Visitation of Our Lord. It is a feast day that draws us into a deeper love of Our Lord and Our Heavenly Mother. It is also through the Visitation that mothers can enter more deeply into the joy of their vocation, as well as the joy of […]

Motherhood: The Ultimate Makeover

by bcadmin | May 8, 2021 | Humility, motherhood, News, patience, perseverance, Spirituality, The Dispatch, Virtue | 0 |

The daily difficulties are a feature, not a flaw. […]

Doctors and doulas help pregnant women manage COVID-19 concerns

by bcadmin | May 8, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic healthcare, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, COVID-19 pandemic, Diocese of Arlington, motherhood, News, Pregnancy | 0 |

Eight weeks before Samuel Aiden Pelletier was born by cesarean section April 29, 2020, he was oblivious to the fact that his mother was pregnant as a pandemic swept the globe.

Blessed Mothers: From Generation to Generation

by bcadmin | May 7, 2021 | Best of Week, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, Mother's Day, motherhood, News | 0 |

Blessed Mothers: From Generation to Generation In Catholic culture, we have a number of images symbolically associated with mothers and motherhood. Eve is called the mother of all the living; Mary is called the Mother of God; and the Church, through Baptism, is the mother of all Christians. In a natural sense, we all experience, through our own birth, our mother’s […]