As the year-end holidays approach—beginning with Thanksgiving, which is immediately followed by a swirl of Christmas activities—a pall descends on many women, one that is hard to put into words. Despite the sparkle of festive tables, the kindness of total strangers, and the crisp air laden with palpable...
If anyone knew rejection, ridicule, and disappointment, it was today’s saint. But such trials only brought Maria Bertilla Boscardin closer to God and more determined to serve him.
Born in Italy in 1888, the young girl lived in fear of her father, a violent man prone to jealousy and drunkenness. Her...
Today we welcome guest blogger Jim Van Vurst, OFM.
In 1988, Ted Turner, the founder of CNN, a multimillionaire, and a man of strong opinions, addressed the National Press Association in Atlanta about the Ten Commandments. He said, “We’re living with outmoded rules. The rules we’re living under are the...
And I mean that sincerely. Someone get this woman a Bible, a Catechism, and a copy of “Wrapped Up: God’s Ten Gifts for Women,” and pronto!
Maybe you have seen some of the stories lately where the pop star has claimed that “what the Pope thinks of being gay does not matter to the world.” Gaga made...
We welcome guest blogger Cheryl Dickow, co-author with Teresa Tomeo of the new book Wrapped Up: God’s Ten gifts for Women from Servant Books.
I love Marie Barone in the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond.
Sure she’s a bit meddlesome.
Admittedly she’s a bit overbearing.
Maybe she’s even...
