Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle is a wife, mother of five children, grandmother, blogger, catechist, EWTN TV host, and popular international speaker who thoroughly enjoys her vocations of motherhood and grand motherhood and considers them to be sublime vocations. She feels passionate about inspiring and encouraging mothers, grandmothers, women, and families. Though she writes a lot for women, many of her books are for men as well. Donna-Marie also writes about Faith, prayer, family issues, the Church, and the saints.

That said, Donna-Marie never planned to be an author, TV Host or international speaker. But, she deeply desires to share the Faith and to help others. She has taught all grade levels of Faith Formation as a Catechist for almost thirty years and is an award winning and best-selling journalist and author of more than thirty book titles, with book sales headed towards half a million books (a few are translated into various foreign languages and also in Braille).

The author was invited by the Holy See to participate in an international congress for Catholic women at the Vatican in 2008 which focused on "Mulieris Dignitatam: On the Dignity and Vocation of Women."

Donna-Marie was blessed to know Saint Teresa of Calcutta for about ten years.They met on many occasions and shared a correspondence that spanned a period of ten years. Donna-Marie became a Lay Missionary of Charity (lay part of her Religious Order) and founded a branch of the lay Order. Saint Mother Teresa wrote the Foreword for Donna-Marie's book, "Prayerfully Expecting: A Nine Month Novena for Mothers-To-Be" (Crossroad Publishing, 2007). Mother Teresa endorsed some of Donna-Marie's books and encouraged Donna-Marie to write them and to continue to write other books as well, to help mothers, women, and families. Donna-Marie feels she should pass on the blessings that she has received from Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta and she strives to do so through her writing, talks, radio and television shows.

Watch Donna-Marie on FOX News here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOU793PQbXU

Because Donna-Marie loves to inspire mothers and families, she created three television series for EWTN: "Everyday Blessings for Catholic Moms," "Catholic Mom's Cafe," and "Feeding Your Family's Soul" which she hosts. This Catholic author can't help but weave Mother Teresa's wisdom throughout her writings and talks. DVD's of Donna-Marie's EWTN series are available at EWTN RC.com and through Donna-Marie's website. Some segments are now on You tube. The "Catholic Mom's Cafe" DVD is also available.

Donna-Marie has received Apostolic Blessings from Saint John Paul II who has blessed her books. You can see some of Donna-Marie's writing work on the Internet via parenting columns and inspirational writings. She maintains several blogs and writes for several magazines and national newspapers, including L'Osservatore Romano, Magnificat magazine, the National Catholic Register, Our Sunday Visitor Newsweekly, Catholic World Report, Catholic Mom, Integrated Catholic Life and more.

See a book trailer for Donna-Marie's "Embracing Motherhood" book here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M452mFDcUtU&list=UUQOnKbOrs-tXVHMLThryHrA&index=2&feature=plcp

Autographed copies of Donna-Marie's books as well as her CD's and DVD's can be obtained through her website: www.donnacooperoboyle.com. Her other book titles (not mentioned above) include: "The Domestic Church: Room by Room: A Mother's Study Guide" (Servant Books) and "Grace Cafe: Serving Up Recipes for Faithful Mothering" (Circle Press, Oct., 2008), "Mother Teresa and Me: Ten Years of Friendship" (Our Sunday Visitor Pub. Co.), "A Catholic Woman's Book of Prayers" (Our Sunday Visitor, September, 2010), "Bringing Lent Home with Mother Teresa," (Ave Maria Press), "Bringing Lent Home with Saint Therese of Lisieux, (Ave Maria Press), "Bringing Lent Home with St. John Paul II," (Ave Maria Press), "Embracing Motherhood" which is in book form and audio on CD narrated by Donna-Marie (Servant Books), "Rooted in Love: Our Calling as Catholic Women" (Ave Maria Press), Catholic Mom's Cafe: 5-Minute Retreats for Every Day of the Year (Our Sunday Visitor), Angels For Kids (Paraclete Press), My Confirmation Book (Paraclete Press), Catholic Saints Prayer Book (Our Sunday Visitor), The Miraculous Medal: Stories, Prayers, and Devotions, a new Lenten book: Bringing Lent Home with Pope Francis (Ave Maria Press), her newly released memoir, THE KISS OF JESUS (ignatius Press), Feeding Your Family's Soul: Dinner Table Spirituality, Our Lady of Fatima: Stories, Prayers, and Devotions (Servant Books), Our Lady's Message to Three Shepherd Children and the World (Sophia Institute Press), By Dawn's Early Light, Prayers and Meditations for Military Wives (Sophia Institute Press), A Catholic Woman's Book of Prayers (2nd edition with Paraclete Press), and Catholic Wisdom for A Mother's Heart (Paraclete Press). As well, she just released (Oct. 2018) Advent with Our Lady of Fatima (Sophia Institute Press) and will release "52 Weeks with Saint Faustina: A Year of Grace and Mercy" (Marian Press). Donna-Marie has also contributed to other books and has a few other new books forthcoming which includes: "Small Things with Great Love."

Check out her websites: www.donnacooperoboyle.com and www.feedingyourfamilyssoul.com to learn more. Check out her many blogs which can be accessed through her website. Subscribe to Donna-Marie's FREE email newsletters through her website or blogs. Retreats, events, and talks can be arranged with Donna-Marie through her website or writing to her at DMCOBoyle(at)aol.com She also leads inspiring pilgrimages to holy sites and Shrines.

Lisa Lawmaster Hess is a transplanted Jersey girl who has lived in Pennsylvania for most of her adult life. In her eighth grade career report, Lisa declared her intention to become a magazine journalist, but, once at Bucknell, she opted to study psychology and education instead.

After earning her master's degree, Lisa worked as a school counselor for 27 years. These days, she keeps busy as an adjunct professor of psychology at York College of Pennsylvania and, of course, writing. Currently, she's at work on two non-fiction projects and a variety of articles in addition to revising a novel and writing a third book about Marita, Charli, Angel and friends.

For more information about Lisa, check out her blog, The Porch Swing Chronicles, at L2Hess.blogspot.com. Lisa also blogs at Organizing by STYLE (orgbystyle.blogspot.com) and at CatholicMom.com, where she contributes to "Tech Talk" and writes the organizational feature, STYLE Savvy.

Roxane B. Salonen, a wife and mother of five from Fargo, N.D., is an award-winning children’s author and freelance writer who also enjoys Catholic radio hosting and speaking. Roxane co-authored former Planned Parenthood manager Ramona Trevino’s memoir, “Redeemed by Grace.” Her work is featured on “Peace Garden Passages” at roxanesalonen.com.

Judy Landrieu Klein is a Catholic theologian who shares a word of HOLY HOPE through a dynamic ministry that includes teaching, writing and public speaking. A “revert” to Catholicism, Judy received a Master’s Degree in Theological Studies from the University of Dallas in the Jubilee Year 2000. She carried out post-graduate doctoral studies in Bioethics at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athanaeum in Rome. Judy served as an adjunct professor of Theology at Our Lady of Holy Cross College in New Orleans for seven years. She received the "mandatum" from Archbishop Alfred Hughes in 2004.

Judy's most recent book, "Mary's Way: The Power of Entrusting Your Child to God," was released in August, 2016. "Mary's Way" is a CatholicMom.com imprint book published by Ave Maria Press. Her first book, "Miracle Man," which chronicles her late husband Bernie’s near death experience and deathbed conversion following a massive heart attack, was an Amazon Bestseller in Catholicism.

Judy served as co-host of Radio Maria’s Apologetics Live program for 4 1/2 years. Additionally, she has appeared on television on EWTN’s "Women of Grace" show and Focus Worldwide Television’s "Focus" program, as well as on numerous radio programs. She has also been the featured speaker at many faith-based events, including Magnificat Women’s Breakfasts, Legatus dinners and Theology on Tap faith formation meetings. Most recently, she was a keynote speaker at the Catholic Women In Action's Advent and Lent Day of Reflection, for the Fullness of Truth Conference and the St. Louis Marian Conference.

Judy is the founder of Memorare Ministries, which is dedicated to bringing hope to those who are suffering. Judy was widowed in 2009, and married Dr. Mark Gelis in 2012. The mother of five wonderful children and seven beautiful grandchildren, Judy lives in the New Orleans.

Sarah Reinhard is a Catholic wife, mother, and writer living in Ohio. She writes at SnoringScholar.com in the midst of rural farm life with little ones underfoot. A convert to Catholicism, she's still learning what to do and when to do it, and she struggles (like so many others) with keeping sight of her faith in the midst of everyday life.

Lisa M. Hendey is the founder and of CatholicMom.com and the bestselling author of several books including The Grace of Yes, The Catholic Mom’s Prayer Companion, The Handbook for Catholic Moms, I Am God’s Storyteller, I’m a Saint in the Making, and A Book of Saints for Catholic Moms. Lisa’s children’s project, the “Chime Travelers” fiction series for elementary school readers, is read in schools, children’s groups and churches worldwide.

Lisa is the host of “Lisa Hendey & Friends” and the co-host of “Catholic MomCast”, a production of Holy Cross Family Ministries and CatholicMom.com. She has produced and hosted multiple programs and has appeared on EWTN, CNN, CatholicTV, and a variety of radio outlets. Lisa has blogged at the Patheos, New Evangelizers, Integrated Catholic Life, CatholicTourist.com, and Productivity At Home. Her articles have appeared in Catholic Digest, America Magazine, National Catholic Register, and Our Sunday Visitor.

Hendey travels internationally giving workshops on faith, family, and Catholic new media topics. She was selected as an Elizabeth Egan Journalism Fellow and traveled with Catholic Relief Services in Rwanda to study and write on the aftereffects of the Rwandan genocide on the eve of its twentieth anniversary. Lisa was selected to attend the first-ever Vatican Bloggers Meeting, the “Bishops and Bloggers” meeting, and the Catholic Press Association tour of Israel as a guest of the Israeli Ministry of Tourism. Lisa has traveled and shared her writing from Tanzania, Colombia, the Philippines, Kenya, and India in service of non-profit organizations. Her speaking schedule has included the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, the Catholic Marketing Network, the University of Dallas Ministry Conference, the Midwest Family Conference, and the National Council of Catholic Women.

Lisa M. Hendey is available to speak to your group on faith, family, new media, personal productivity, and healthy living topics.

Hendey lives and worships with her family in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, California.

Sherry Boas is author of more than a dozen books for adults and children, including:

Arabel's Lamb, Archangela's Horse, Billowtail, Little Maximus Myers, Gift in the Manger, Amazing Saints & their Awesome Animals, and Victoria's Sparrows.

The mother of four and former newspaper reporter launched her novelists' career with the highly-acclaimed Lily Series, which began with Until Lily and has grown into an expanding collection of novels whose characters' lives are unpredictably transformed by a woman with Down syndrome. The sixth and final novel in the series is A Little Like Lily.

You can find her work at CaritasPress.org

Friends who know me ask how I kept hope of someday finding a publisher during the raising of my five children, along with my commitment to run a business for nearly twenty years. I answer that a woman is by nature creative. Home, family and community are actually springboards to creativity. Aspiration is sparked by her heart, is strengthened her trials, and finds its way into the concrete world through commitment to truth.

My writing is concerned with error and Truth. When Truth is exchanged for lies of the moment, you have a story that begins in the human heart--when hatred replaces love because my new enemy doesn't look or think like me, when anger becomes a fist to the face of a wife, or child, or friend, when a hidden hand steals because what it has is not enough, when every hunger must be satisfied, when my place in the sun is secured by dishonesty. By the standard set in our hearts, these are failings. So, after our failings, what is possible? Contrition, forgiveness, and redemption. My stories contain these themes. They are stories about what it means to be an imperfect person in an imperfect world.

Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur is editor of TodaysCatholicHomeschooling.com. She has a Masters Degree in Applied Theology and is married with three children.

Erin McCole Cupp is a wife, mother, and lay Dominican who lives with her family of vertebrates somewhere out in the middle of Nowhere, Pennsylvania. Her short writing has appeared in Canticle Magazine, The Catholic Standard and Times, Parents, The Philadelphia City Paper, The White Shoe Irregular, Outer Darkness Magazine, and the newsletter of her children’s playgroup. She is a contributor to CatholicMom.com and has been a guest blogger for The National Catholic Register, Tekton Ministries, and the Catholic Writers Guild. Her other professional experiences include acting, costuming, youth ministry, international scholar advising, and waiting tables. When Erin is not writing, cooking or parenting, she can be found reading, dancing historical, singing a bit too loudly, sewing for people she loves, gardening in spite of herself, or dragging loved ones to visitors centers at tourist spots around the country.

I write about Catholic evangelization and discipleship at jenniferfitz.substack.com.

Jeff Young is the founder and producer of The Catholic Foodie blog and podcast. Born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Jeff has lived in New Orleans for most of his adult life. He is a friend of many of the city's famous chefs, and co-hosts the Around the Table Food Show on CCR 690AM (New Orleans) and 1380AM in Baton Rouge. Jeff is also a conference speaker and has spoken on topics ranging from "growing in faith around the table" to "using social media in the New Evangelization." Jeff's first book is titled "Around the Table with The Catholic Foodie: Middle Eastern Cuisine," which is a collection of 78 recipes and stories about food, faith, and family in the Holy Land and around your kitchen table.

Jeff's thoughts on what The Catholic Foodie is all about:

"God created us to seek communion – communion with himself and with others – and one of the primary ways that we experience communion is around the table... the table of the Eucharist at Mass, and the family dinner table at home.

"From Genesis to Revelation, food plays an important role in God's relationship with his people. As a matter of fact, the Book of Revelation shows that we are all heading for a huge feast... the wedding feast of the Lamb!

"So The Catholic Foodie is about food, but it is not just about the food. It's the shared meals. It's the families around the table. It's communion.

"Today we are too busy for our own good. We are constantly on the run, and we eat on the run too. One of the major casualties of our hectic lifestyle is shared meals. From a purely natural standpoint, we can see this is not good. The results of eating on the run range from less time spent with loved ones to eating food that is just not healthy. But from a spiritual perspective, taking food out of the context of a meal has greater consequences. When we gather around the table for a meal, we share not only the food, but ourselves. Eating is a very intimate experience.

"Sharing a meal brings people together, literally and figuratively. Gathering around the table is one of the few times in life we sit face-to-face with people and have an opportunity to really connect with them.

"And here's the neat thing: God made us this way."

Find recipes and Catholic culinary inspiration at http://CatholicFoodie.com.

Susan Bailey is an independent Alcott scholar and spiritual writer. Her first book, "River of Grace: Creative Passages Through Difficult Times" was released by Ave Maria Press in October of 2015. A second book, "Louisa May Alcott: Illuminated by The Message' was published by ACTA Publications in November of 2015.

She has contributed an essay on May Alcott Nieriker to the forthcoming "The Forgotten Alcott: Essays on the Artistic Legacy and Literary Life of May Alcott Nieriker," to be released by Routledge Taylor & Francis Group on December 29, 2021.

Bailey is a contributor to "Alcott's Imaginary Heroes: The Little Women Legacy," published by Pink Umbrella Books LLC in 2018. and the best-selling "The Catholic Mom's Prayer Companion," published by Ave Maria Press in 2017.

She is currently working on the first-ever biography of Elizabeth Sewall Alcott, the inspiration for Beth March in "Little Women."

Bailey is the curator of the award-winning "Louisa May Alcott is My Passion" website founded in August of 2010. She writes book reviews and articles for BookTrib.com and has published several articles in "Discover Concord" magazine. She is a correspondent for The Catholic Free Press from the Diocese of Worcester, MA.

A professional musician and graphic artist, Bailey released three CDs and performed on EWTN, CatholicTV, and World Youth Day 2002.

She and her husband, Rich, have two grown children and live in North Grafton, Massachusetts.

Author and speaker, Lisa Mladinich, creates dynamic presentations for catechists and inspiring talks on women's issues and Marian spirituality. Lisa was raised in a military family and eventually landed in New York City, where she was as an actress for many years. She is a wife and homeschooling mom and teaches writing classes online for Homeschool Connections.

Jeannie Ewing is a Catholic spirituality writer who writes about the moving through grief, the value of redemptive suffering, and how to wait for God’s timing fruitfully. Her books include Navigating Deep Waters, From Grief to Grace, A Sea Without A Shore, For Those Who Grieve, Parenting with the Beatitudes, and Waiting with Purpose. She is a frequent guest on Catholic radio and contributes to several online and print Catholic periodicals. Jeannie, her husband, and their three daughters (plus one baby boy) live in northern Indiana. For more information, please visit her website at jeannieewing.com.

Colleen Mitchell grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she learned to value faith, family, honest conversation and loud laughter. She married her husband Greg in 1997 and began to accrue a passel of boys whom she now raises in the mountains of rural Costa Rica where the family serves as Catholic missionaries. She spends her days living the adventure of the Gospel among the Cabecar indigenous tribe and her own tribe of almost men. Her heart is for women to know the depth of God's love for them and build their identities on that love. She is the author of Who Does He Say That You Are: Women Transformed by Christ in the Gospels. Find more at www.colleencmitchell.com

Greetings readers! I am a religious sister and have been writing for many years.Thank you for choosing these titles which I really enjoyed preparing for you. My order of religious women is dedicated to publishing, writing scripts, radio, social media, film production, and more. Our congregation is named after the Apostle Paul who wrote and traveled to spread good news. I hope my writing also inspires you to write because I love to read!

Kelly Ann Guest is a youth minister, blogger at Nun2Nine.com and contributing blogger at CatholicMom.com. Kelly was blessed to be a Dominican sister of St. Cecilia in Nashville for five years. She has also been a middle school teacher, an education coordinator for a Catholic Charities program for pregnant teens, and a director of religious education. Her most challenging and rewarding calling, though, is as a wife and mother of ten children.

Colleen Spiro is a Catholic wife, mother, stepmother and grandmother. She is a Benedictine Oblate and a certified spiritual director. She is also a speaker, leads retreats and works as a church secretary. Colleen loves to share her faith and encourage others through her writings. She has published her memoir and an ebook about her life with God.

Ellen Gable is an award-winning, Amazon best-selling author of twelve books, ghostwriter of five books, and a contributor to numerous others. Ellen's website is at: http://ellengable.wordpress.com, and she is also a self-publishing book consultant, editor, NFP teacher, Marriage Preparation instructor, and Theology of the Body teacher. Her newest award-winning book is entitled Where Angels Pass and is based on actual events. Her books have been downloaded 780,000 times on Kindle and have nearly three-quarters of a million pages read. Five of her books have been translated into three languages, and four of her books are on Audible. She and her husband, James, are the parents of five adult sons, grandparents to two precious grandchildren, and they live in Pakenham, Ontario. In her spare time, Ellen enjoys playing trivia games, genealogy, watching classic movies, and reading on her Kindle.

Rhonda Ortiz is an award-winning novelist, nonfiction writer, and founding editor of Chrism Press. Find her online at rhondaortiz.com.

Maria Morera Johnson is the author of Super Girls and Halos and My Badass Book of Saints, which won first place in the inspirational category at the 2016 Association of Catholic Publisher’s awards. She also contributed to The Catholic Mom’s Prayer Companion and Word by Word: Slowing Down with the Hail Mary. A CatholicMom.com blogger, Johnson retired in 2016 from her positions as a composition and literature professor and the director of English learning support at Georgia Piedmont Technical College.

Johnson has spoken at a number of events, retreats, and conferences, including the National Council of Catholic Women, Austin Women’s Conference, and the Catholic Press Association. She also has been featured on CatholicTV and Busted Halo, and in Catholic Digest and St. Anthony Messenger.

Johnson is a native of Cuba. She and her husband, John, have three grown children and live in the Mobile, Alabama, area.

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Karee Santos is the founder of the Can We Cana? blog and also has written for Catholic Match Institute, Catholic Digest, National Catholic Register, and CatholicMom.com. Together with her husband Manuel Santos, M.D., she designed and taught a pre-Cana marriage preparation course based on the teachings of Pope St. John Paul II. The Santoses write a monthly marriage advice column on CatholicMom.com called “Marriage Rx.” They also contribute to FAITH magazine's “Your Marriage Matters” advice column. The couple live in Long Island, New York, with their six children.

Sherry Antonetti is a full time mom to her ten children, and writes freelance for multiple online and in print newspapers. Her work has appeared in Catholic Digest, Aleteia, National Catholic Register, the Washington Post and the Catholic Standard. Her blog, Chocolate for Your Brain! can currently be found at Patheos over on the Catholic Channel.

In addition to contributing essays to multiple books, she has one historical fiction e-book from Museitup Publishing, The Book of Helen, a non-fiction book under a pen name, and a third book she's currently editing on the Doctors of the Church slated for publication in the fall of 2022.

Marc Cardaronella is a Catholic author, blogger, and professional catechist. Cardaronella grew up Catholic, but stopped practicing his faith in high school. After realizing his dream of becoming Naval Aviator, he grew restless. While stationed in Japan, he began a search for truth, meaning, and purpose that eventually led him back to the faith of his youth.

Marc blogs at MarcCardaronella.com and serves as Director of the Bishop Helmsing Institute for Faith Formation at the Diocese of Kansas City–St. Joseph, Missouri. He has a master's degree in theology and catechetics from Franciscan University of Steubenville. Marc lives in Kansas City with his wife Shannon and their two sons.

Jay Cuasay is a post-Vatican II catholic with a Jewish wife raising a daughter in Northern VA. He holds a Masters in Pastoral Studies with a focus on Mission & Cross Cultural Studies. He has worked in International Film and writes about interreligious dialogue and religious experience. His webpage is at TribePlatypus.com.

A fixture for many years in the Catholic Mommy Blogger world, Katie's contribution to prayer and meditation collections is not unexpected. Her close connection to the Liturgy through her decades long career as a liturgical musician has left her with a deep reverence for the Eucharist and a love for making something beautiful for God. Katie is a graduate of Ohio Dominican University, with a BA in Philosophy and holds a MA in Philosophy and History of Education from The Ohio State University.

Theresa Ceniccola is The Christian Mompreneur—a mentor to moms who are running a business that supports their values of faith and family. As president and founder of the International Christian Mompreneur Network, she empowers and equips moms to build profitable businesses through training courses, membership programs, masterminds and private coaching. A self-proclaimed recovering control freak, Theresa is on a mission to encourage moms take imperfect action and let go of guilt so they can experience the blessings of running a business while raising a family.

In 1994, Theresa discovered she could get paid to write -- on her own schedule, in her own home. Now, with 20 years experience as a marketing consultant and freelance writer, Theresa is officially “unemployable” outside the home. Her clients include corporations and non-profits such as Sentara Healthcare, Optima Health, Regent University and LifeNet Health. (Please don’t tell them she attends most of her conference calls wearing yoga pants and no make up.)

Theresa has a problem saying “no” to any project that nurtures courage, confidence and creativity, which explains why she’s been a Girl Scout leader for the past six years, a Destination Imagination team leader for three years and a volunteer for Girls on the Run South Hampton Roads since 2010.

Fueled by an adventurous spirit, Theresa loves to hike, run, bike and explore God’s country. But she is happiest at home, laughing and cuddling with her better half and college sweetheart, and their three imperfectly wonderful children.

Nancy HC Ward, once a shy convert, has spent decades writing about conversion, Christian community, and the Catholic faith. After earning a journalism degree, she worked for many years for the Texas Catholic (newspaper of the Diocese of Dallas) and the Archbishop Sheen Center for Evangelization and later began her own editing service.

An active member of the Catholic Writers Guild and a regular contributor to a number of high-profile Catholic publications online (CatholicMom.com, SpiritualDirection.com, NewEvangelizers.com), she also has a busy blog on spirituality called Joy Alive.net. She’s a contributing author to The Catholic Mom’s Prayer Companion. Now, through her Sharing Your Catholic Faith Story workshops, retreats, book, and DVD, she shares her conversion story at Catholic parishes and conferences, equipping others to share their own stories.

Sarah Damm is a Catholic wife and mom to six children. She spends her days like many moms—running errands, helping with homework, and cooking meals. She publishes her own blog, sarahdamm.com, and she is a columnist for CatholicMom.com and WINE: Women In the New Evangelization. Sarah is a contributing author to two books: "As Morning Breaks: Daily Gospel Reflections" and "The Catholic Mom's Prayer Companion."

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Held together by the grace of God, coffee and crazy glue. Editor at CatholicMom.com. Freelance writer, wife, mom and Secular Franciscan.

Jen is a Catholic wife and homeschooling mother to three little ones whose nose can usually be found buried in a book, learning once all the work is done. Or sometimes, even when it's not! You can find Jen blogging about the big 5 -- God & Catholicism, taking care of yourself, serving your spouse and children and all the other work women typically do at home. She can be found blogging at HappyLittleHomemaker.com and spending too much time on social media :).

Allison Gingras is the founder of ReconciledToYou.com — where she shares the love of Jesus and her Catholic Faith with relational stories, lots of laughter, and authentic honesty through the everyday, ordinary occurrences of life! Her newest book, "Encountering Signs of Faith: My Unexpected Journey with Sacramentals, the Saints, and the Abundant Grace of God" releases on September 30, 2022 (Ave Maria Press) and tells the amazing story of teaching the Catholic faith to her adopted daughter who is deaf, while rediscovering for herself the beautiful, mystical, teachings and traditions.

Allison is a Catholic new media consultant working with Catholic Mom, Family Rosary, and the Fall River Diocese. She hosts A Seeking Heart with Allison Gingras podcast and is blessed to be a co-host of the Catholic Mom Momcast. Allison shares her faith with humor and honesty on ReconciledToYou.com. Gingras developed the Stay Connected Journals for Women series including her two volumes - The Gift of Invitation and Seeking Peace: A Spiritual Journey from Worry to Trust. She has also contributed to a number of books, including The Ave Prayer Book for Catholic Mothers, Called by Name Daily Devotional for Catholic Women, and The Catholic Mom’s Prayer Companion.

Allison's writing appears online and in print with Our Sunday Visitor, LPi, Catholicmom.com, Diocesan.com, Catholic Sistas, CatholicVineyard.com, Amazing Catechist, Bible Press, WINE: Women in the New Evangelization, Amazing Catechists, as well as Shalom Tidings and Catechist magazines. Allison is a member of the Catholic Writers Guild.

Allison has been in Catholic ministry for over 15 years. She is co-host of the Catholic Mom Momcast podcast along with Danielle Bean and Lisa Hendey. Additional blessings include a BLINK series on Catholic TV; hosting a daily live radio show, A Seeking Heart with Allison Gingras (now a podcast distributed thru BreadboxMedia.com), and developing a daily devotional App called Words with Jesus. She is the creator and contributing author of the Stay Connected Journals for Catholic Women (Our Sunday Visitor). She offers presentations and retreats on Forgiveness, Seeking Peace, and Living in the JOY of the Lord!