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Danielle Bean

Danielle Bean
Danielle Bean, a mother of eight, is Editorial Director of Faith & Family. She is author of My Cup of Tea, Mom to Mom, Day to Day, and most recently Small Steps for Catholic Moms. Though she once struggled to separate her life and her work, the two …
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Rachel Balducci

Rachel Balducci
Rachel Balducci is married to Paul and they are the parents of five lively boys and one precious baby girl. She is the author of How Do You Tuck In A Superhero?, and is a newspaper columnist for the Diocese of Savannah, Georgia. For the past four years, she has …
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Lisa Hendey

Lisa Hendey
Lisa Hendey is the founder and editor of CatholicMom.com, a Catholic web site focusing on the Catholic faith, Catholic parenting and family life, and Catholic cultural topics. Most recently she has authored The Handbook for Catholic Moms. Lisa is also employed as webmaster for her parish web sites. …
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Arwen Mosher

Arwen Mosher
Arwen Mosher lives in southeastern Michigan with her husband Bryan and their young children Camilla and Blaise. She has a bachelor's degree in theology. She dreads laundry, craves sleep, loves to read novels and do logic puzzles, and can't live without tea. Her personal blog site is ABC Family. …
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Rebecca Teti

Rebecca Teti
Rebecca Teti is married to Dennis and has four children (3 boys, 1 girl) who -- like yours no doubt -- are pious and kind, gorgeous, and can spin flax into gold. A Washington, DC, native, she converted to Catholicism while an undergrad at the U. Dallas, where she double-majored in …
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Robyn Lee

Robyn Lee
Robyn Lee is the managing editor of Faith & Family magazine. She is (yikes!) an almost 30 year-old, single lady, living in Connecticut with her two cousins in a small bungalow-style kit house built by her great uncle in the 1950s. She also conveniently lives next door to her sister, brother-in-law …
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Hallie Lord

Hallie Lord
Hallie Lord married her dashing husband, Dan, in the fall of 2001 (the same year, coincidentally, that she joyfully converted to the Catholic faith). They now happily reside in the deep South with their two energetic boys and two very sassy girls. In her *ample* spare time, Hallie enjoys cheap wine, …
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Fr. John Bartunek, LC

Fr. John Bartunek, LC

Fr John Bartunek, LC, STL, received his BA in History from Stanford University in 1990, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. He comes from an evangelical Christian background and became a member of the Catholic Church in 1991. After college he worked as a high school history teacher, drama director, and …
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Guest Bloggers

Jeff Young

Jeff Young
Everyone is entitled to at least one good idea, right? Well, Jeff Young had his in October 2008 when he was struck dumb by the Catholic Foodie concept. It was a Reese's moment for him. Two great "tastes" that "taste" great together. Food and faith! Jeff produces the Catholic Foodie internet …
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Lynn Wehner

Lynn Wehner
As a wife and mother, writer and speaker, Lynn Wehner challenges others to see the blessings that flow when we struggle to say "Yes" to God’s call. Control freak extraordinaire, she is adept at informing God of her brilliant plans and then wondering why the heck they never turn out that …
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My Rosary Top Ten

My Favorite Rosary Resources

This week has been a great blessing to me. I have really benefited from the insight and wisdom in the comments. Thank you to everyone for being so gracious and welcoming!

Today I’m collecting my top ten rosary resources for you. This list isn’t exhaustive, and I had to leave a lot of things off of it. Being a tad bit obsessive compulsive, I knew that if I didn’t draw the line at a certain number (like... READ MORE 


The Rosary as a Family Affair

My Big Plans…and Equally Small Steps

I always feel a little sheepish admitting to people that my family doesn’t pray the family rosary. It’s like admitting that I’m not cheering for the sports team all my friends are playing on.

It first came up in a Faith & Family podcast last year. And when I admitted it, I found myself immediately surrounded by people sighing in relief.

You mean there’s comfort in knowing that?

Good.

But, all that... READ MORE 


The Prayer I HAVE to Pray

The Rosary as My Weapon of Choice

According to my confessor and spiritual director, we all have habitual sins. Each of us has an area of weakness, and that’s where our personal tempters and/or the devil attack first. In fact, when we’ve talked about my habitual sin, he used the word “addiction.”

I don’t know about you, but thinking of sin as an addiction took some getting used to. I mean, when I think of addiction, I think of drugs... READ MORE 


Praying the Rosary: Try and Try Again

Tips from a Failed Rosary Pray-er

I have been trying to succeed at the rosary for nearly ten years. It seems to be the devotion I just can’t escape: I’ll put it away for months at a time, only to have an intention that calls for nothing less than the Big Guns.

My failures over the years seem to fall into a range of categories, but, as I’ve considered the excuses I tell myself and God over and over, there seem to be a few repeat offenders.... READ MORE 


Praying the Rosary: the Mechanics

The “How To” with a Big Dose of Cheering

I started trying to pray the rosary sitting on my bed at night. I would juggle the beads and the prayer book, stumbling through the unfamiliar prayers and wondering how I would ever be able to call the fumbling I was doing successful. Was THIS what prayer was supposed to be? I felt like I was multi-tasking in the very worst way, and my connection to God seemed non-existent.

I was committed, though.... READ MORE 


A Week of Rosary Blogging

In which I get to "play" at Faith & Family Live

Hi everyone! It’s an honor and a delight to be guest blogging this week at one of my favorite places on the internet.

A month or so ago, I asked Danielle if I could spend a week doing some rosary blogging here during October, which is the Month of the Rosary (because, you know, y’all don’t hear enough about my devotion to Mary), and she said yes!

A little about me, before I tell you my plan for the... READ MORE 


My Rosary Saved My Life

Glenn Hockton says his rosary saved him from a land mine.

The 19-year-old was on patrol in Afghanistan

when his rosary beads suddenly dropped from his neck. He bent down to retrieve the chain and realized he was on top of a land mine.
Hockton stood still for 45 minutes while his colleagues worked to secure the land mine.

His great-grandfather also credits the rosary for saving him during WW II. That’s one family that ought never miss a daily decade!

 


The Rosary In Real Life

says you: how do you pray the rosary?
http://www.deaconlaz.org/THE%20ROSARY.htm

Do you pray the rosary and do you love it?

Pope Benedict XVI recently prayed the rosary in public at Fatima, and before him John Paul II wrote an entire encyclical on the rosary.

Believing in the rosary’s power isn’t the same thing as knowing how to pray, is it?

Even knowing literally how to pray it (which prayers on which beads) isn’t the same thing as knowing how to pray it, is it?

This comment... READ MORE 


The Eucharist and The Rosary

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Our guest on this week’s podcast (click here to listen or click on the player above) will offer you a renewed insight into the Eucharist and its relationship with the Rosary.  Matt Swaim is the producer of the Son Rise Morning Show on EWTN radio and the author of the wonderful new book The Eucharist and The Rosary.  A convert to the Catholic church in 2005, he and his wife Colleen live in Cincinnati,... READ MORE 


The 13th Day

Remembering Our Lady of Fatima, a special priest, and a poignant movie

Today, I will attend the funeral of my dear friend and lifelong pastor, Msgr. Michael Collins.  Father Collins was known for many things - his quick wit, his love for music, but most of all his tremendous devotion to Our Lady and her Rosary.  It seems especially fitting that we should celebrate his funeral Mass and lay him to rest on the feast day of Our Lady of Fatima.

Last night, we gathered in... READ MORE 


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