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2017. What the heck was that all about?
By Stephanie Berghaeuser via Freeimages.com (2006), CC0 Public Domain In the comfort of a new year, I think we’re in a safe place to let our minds slip back for a moment. A couple of years ago at a...
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Plaaaaaybaaall!
Photo by Chris Collins (2005) via Freeimages.com, CC0 Public Domain I hate registering my kids for sports. There. I said it. Every time I go to sign our family’s next few months away, I think, please...
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Hi, Daddy
Copyright 2018 Stephanie Stovall. All rights reserved. I have an almost 11 month old “tiny” little baby. He’s crawling and rolling all over the house and has an odd attachment to our Bluetooth speaker,...
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A Letter to St. Ignatius of Loyola
Copyright 2018 Stephanie Stovall. All rights reserved. To my new dear friend, St. Ignatius, “If it is meant to be yours, it will seek you.” This is one of the many lessons you have driven into my mind...
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The Great Christian Dilemma
Pixabay (2015), CC0 Public Domain I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree that the law is good. But in...
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10 Catholic Faith Pick-Me-Ups
Pixabay (2017), CC0 Public Domain Do you ever feel the excitement for your Catholic faith fading out a bit? Maybe you’ve noticed you’re beginning to simply go through the motions of your faith life...
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Chaperoning some Teens and Humanae Vitae’s 50th
Copyright 2018 Stephanie Stovall. All rights reserved. In the summer of 2006, my soon-to-be youth group traveled to a Steubenville youth conference. In September of 2006, God touched my heart at the...
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Here’s what happed at my parish one night
Our parish teamed up with the archdiocese to host a Praise & Worship with Eucharistic Adoration night. We had a super talented band booked. We had a phenomenal speaker lined up. We had a spotlight...
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Gimme the sin, I ain’t got no shame!
Image credit: Pixabay (2015), CC0 Public Domain “What if, instead of taking the sin away, we took our shame away?” These words were said on my television screen one morning during a talk show. Two...
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Just A Moment of Honesty from a "Boy Mom"
Image credit: Pixabay (2015), CC0 Public Domain Today my heart is so sad for the little girl I don’t have. My husband and I have been beyond blessed with 5 little guys who I, of course, love so, so...
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A President's Funeral and Your Own
Image credit: Pixabay.com (2014), CC0 Public Domain Watching the funeral of George H.W. Bush, I couldn’t help but think of God’s all-encompassing love for us. If you saw any bit of the ceremonies for...
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Not Good Enough
Image credit: Pixabay.com (2014), CC0 Public Domain Within a matter of weeks I had the ginormous privilege of attending events where the speakers were Fr. Michael Gaitley, Chris Stefanick, and Scott...
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Sneak Peek Screening Event for Unplanned
Courtesy of UnplannedFilm.com. All rights reserved. Remember how at the end of Titanic no one left the theatre? The audience sat in silence through the credits, processing the tragedy they had just...
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Praise in the Storm: A "Breakthrough" Reflection
I’ll praise you in this storm And I will lift my hands That you are who you are No matter where I am And every tear I’ve cried You hold in your hand You never left my side And though my heart is torn...
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The Red-Carpet Inside Scoop on "Breakthrough"
Have you seen the movie posters of a boy fighting for his life under water? TM & © 2018Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Breakthrough hits theaters Wednesday, April 17,...
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Real Talk with the "Breakthrough" Movie Team
Copyright 2019 Stephanie Stovall. All rights reserved. Have you seen Breakthrough yet? It’s the miraculous story of a boy that fell through an icy lake, was pronounced dead and is now alive and has a...
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“Catholic Laughs” from Hollywood for the New Evangelization
Picture this … You’re walking down the streets of Hollywood, shopping bags from Rodeo Drive on your left arm and fresh Starbucks in your right hand. You’re taking in the sights and variety of...
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Holy Homies
Image credit: Pixabay.com (2016), CC0/PD St. Ignatius of Loyola and St. Francis Xavier, bros. St. Felicity and St. Perpetua, like sisters. St. Augustine and St. Ambrose, friends. St. Teresa of Avila...
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Beauty in Architecture, Kids, ... and Veiling?
Copyright 2019 Stephanie Stovall. All rights reserved. On our family’s summer vacation there were numerous God encounters. When our 10-year-old was helping our 2-year-old get in and out of the pool....
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Family Reading Time Well Spent: "Stories of the Blessed Sacrament"
When I read the description for Stories of the Blessed Sacrament by Francine Bay (Magnificat), I just had to jump all over the chance to review this book: “Twelve inspiring stories that help children...
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