Happy All Saints Day peanut butter lovers! Becca here— Autumn seems to be slipping away on me, so I’m pinning myself to my chair until I’ve got these thoughts posted! Back in August I read a blog post over on Bad Catholic by Marc Barnes. He was tackling the topic of gender (territory in which this blogger … Continue reading
A year and a half ago I went through a difficult break-up. It was a challenging season but through it all I really felt the presence of God. One thing that really helped me through the restlessness as the months passed was delving into the mystery of my own feminine heart and learning about what … Continue reading
An East Coast kinda weekend… {A Theology of the Body workshop with Sr. Helena Burns. fsp/ A long overdue night in downtown Toronto with my li’l bro/ My new wheels/ Reading right now…These Beautiful Bones by Emily Stimpson} A West Coast kinda weekend… {A final canoe ride before fall sets in/ And it was all yellow … Continue reading
In light of Becs’ wonderfully thought-provoking post yesterday, a belated Valentine for you and your beloved. More cheeky ones here. After multiple friends instagrammed, facebooked, and quoted Christopher West’s Fill These Hearts, I promptly ordered myself a copy. I cannot stop raving about this book and with Valentine’s just behind us, what better time to … Continue reading
This summer I’ve been working my way through Karol Wojtyla’s Love & Responsibility. Fr. Wojtyla wrote this book before becoming Pope John Paul II. At the time he was working as a professor at a university in Poland and spent a lot of time chatting with young people. The insight he gained from his conversations with … Continue reading
We’re not quite done our Celebrating Sainthood Series yet (2 more posts!) but we’re kicking off our next one already as thoughts turn to Valentines Day. So what have we got planned for you? We’re going to feature the stories of a number of young women who took on a commitment to be single-hearted for … Continue reading
Last week Eunice blogged about St. Maximilian Kolbe and today I get to write about the man who canonized him: Blessed John Paul II! Disclaimer: there is going to be way more photos in this post than usual because I couldn’t possibly decide on just one. Born Karol Wojtyla, he was a labourer, a poet, … Continue reading
(Baby don’t hurt me, don’t hurt me, no more..) ♬ Brace yourselves, this next week and a half will be a blur of red and pink commercialism! I had a guy friend ask me a few days ago what I, as a young woman, thought of Valentine’s Day. It really got me thinking. Euns and … Continue reading
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