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This Little Light of Mine: Living the Beatitudes
The forward of Kathleen Basi’s new book, This Little Light of Mine says, “No one can teach well what he…
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Health Teacher Needs Boundaries
To: Marybeth From: Annoyed by Unhealthy Questions I’m a freshman in high school. Our health teacher has a policy that…
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Catholic Names and Tugboats
I was named after a tugboat. Seriously. I was born in the late 1950s and many girls I went to…
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Plan Ahead to Oppose Cohabitating
To: Marybeth From: Opposed to cohabiting Can you offer any advice for my young adult daughters about why not to…
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Hope and Promise
When I first found it, I wasn’t even sure what it was. I was going through a trunk of personal…
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So You Think You’re Pro-Life?
After experiencing my own unplanned pregnancy, and now working at a crisis pregnancy resource center, everything that I ever thought…
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Preaching, Teaching, and Washing Dishes
“Wash more dishes,” my spiritual director inevitably advises me. This kicks off a prolonged spate of whining on my part.…
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Prayer for the Gifts of the Holy Spirit for Moms
Galatians 5:22-23 lists the fruits of the Holy Spirit. These include love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustfulness, gentleness and…
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Some Parents Don’t Always Know Best
To: Marybeth From: Not Crazy About Carpools This question might be filed under, “What are these people thinking?” My high…
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Reasons to be Open to Motherhood
A fellow writer recently asked somebody to write something positive about motherhood. She said “Some of us not-yet-moms are scared…