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Cultivating Community to Support Mothers

by Colleen Duggan | Feb 13, 2017 | Family, Living, Regular Feature | 0 |

It’s Not Enough To Tell Mothers To Stop Whining And Learn To Love Motherhood, We Have To Cultivate...

Speak less, Do more

by Colleen Duggan | Dec 13, 2016 | Family, Living, Spotlight | 0 |

When I was a child, I awoke many mornings and found my mother in the kitchen preparing...

The Hidden Life

by Colleen Duggan | Sep 26, 2016 | Family, Living, Spotlight, Women of Faith | 0 |

When I retired from a public work life, I found a hidden life had many lessons to teach…...

The Good News About Imperfect Families

by Colleen Duggan | Apr 4, 2016 | Family, Spotlight | 0 |

Do we have to go to church?” my five year old, Camille, whined as we readied for the Good Friday...

On Accepting Help

by Colleen Duggan | Mar 8, 2016 | Family, Spotlight, Women of Faith | 0 |

I was in desperate need of Confession recently. When I finally decided I couldn’t put off...

To My Children: Eight Things I Want You to Remember this School Year

by Colleen Duggan | Sep 1, 2015 | Family, Spotlight | 0 |

Dear Children, Over the last few weeks, I’ve spent hours ordering uniforms and supplies and...

The Cathedral of My Bathroom

by Sarah Reinhard | Aug 31, 2015 | Everyday Faith, Regular Feature | 0 |

I used to think that my days of praying in my bathroom were numbered, and that the numbers were...

On Slaying Dragons And Other Noble Pursuits

by Colleen Duggan | Dec 30, 2014 | Family, Spotlight | 0 |

A Lesson In Motivating My Boy Child To Choose The Good In the three minutes we had been sitting in our church pew, Christopher, my five-year old, had managed the following: He “accidentally” tore several pages of the green...

When My Martha Tendencies Highjack My Desire To Be Like Mary During Advent

by Colleen Duggan | Dec 16, 2014 | Family, Spotlight | 0 |

I woke up one morning recently and panicked about my failure to “plan” Advent. After a few hours of agonizing about an approach, I concocted a plan of attack. “If we get an Advent wreath, make a calendar, prepare an...

How to Keep Your Kids Catholic

by Colleen Duggan | Oct 7, 2014 | Family, Spotlight, Women of Faith | 0 |

I don’t remember much of the arithmetic or history my fifth grade teacher, Sister Matthew Marie, a...

Embracing Life’s Irritations — The True Path To Happiness

by Colleen Duggan | Feb 4, 2014 | Family, Spotlight, Women of Faith | 0 |

I traipsed up the aisle with a baby on my hip and four little ducklings waggling behind just before the choir belted the first verse of Sing Ye To The Lord. We stopped at the entrance of a pew and my Sunday-dressed brood filed...