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The Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary for Baby Loss
To mark Baby Loss Awareness Month, we have created these reflections on the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary as a way of accompanying all..
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Mary Thissen
May 74 min read
Seasons of infertility: pregnancy after loss
I had an almost paralyzing fear about being pregnant again. This was something I desperately wanted, yet wanted to run away from. ...
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thefruitfulhollow
Feb 76 min read
The gift-giver’s guide to care packages
We are Frances and Clare, two sisters and best friends, and care packages are our love language! Frances carries the cross of infertility an
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Brandy Norton
Jan 103 min read
Infertility on screen: part 1
It was movie night. I thought I was sitting down to watch a light-hearted horror movie (Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice). Instead, I had stumbled..
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Faith Downing
Oct 8, 20236 min read
Finding God in the suffering of miscarriage
This past February, I became 1 in 4. I lived the possibility I had always dreaded yet, at the same time, believed naively I would never...
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thefruitfulhollow
Apr 22, 20234 min read
Help! I want to support someone I love on their infertility journey
Perhaps your sister, daughter or friend has shared with you that she and her husband are going through infertility and you want to know...
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Mary Thissen
Apr 8, 20233 min read
Holy Saturdays of our lives
A wise and holy priest once told me that we don’t get to Easter Sunday without Good Friday. Simply put, we must go through suffering to...
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Kimberly Camosse
Mar 8, 20232 min read
The hem of His garment
There have been so many times in the depths of my grief when I felt as if I, too, was hanging on to that single thread. After my losses...
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Katie Woltornist
Mar 1, 20233 min read
Visio divina: praying with art through the crucifixion
As we begin Lent, I find myself being led to this moving icon of Christ by one favorite Dominican, Blessed Fra Angelico. Art has always...
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Jennifer Nelson
Jul 12, 20228 min read
How to memorialize your miscarried or stillborn baby
[Trigger warning: the first 2 paragraphs of this blog post include the story of one family’s miscarriages. If this is a sensitive topic...
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Lauren Allen
Apr 14, 20224 min read
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Spiritual warfare is quite literally a glimpse into hell. It’s painful, nasty and exhausting. When you’re in the midst of the spiritual...
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Chelsea Voboril
Mar 22, 20222 min read
St. Catherine of Sweden: patroness of miscarriage
St. Catherine of Sweden can be our patroness, our intercessor, in miscarriage, despite never having her own, because of her spiritual...
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Jennifer Nelson
Jan 12, 20226 min read
Healing the whole person: stories of spiritual, emotional and physical healing
"Is any among you sick? Let him call for the presbyters of the Church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of...
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Brittany Wahhab
Dec 15, 20215 min read
Joy is a choice (3rd week of Advent)
The more we die to ourselves, the more we find God. The more we find God, the more meaning we have in our lives, and we are able to unite..
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thefruitfulhollow
Oct 12, 202115 min read
Miscarriage: your story
To mark Baby Loss Awareness Week, we want to give a voice to women who have experienced miscarriage. We are so touched that eight women...
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Rebecca V.
Jun 11, 20213 min read
St. Anthony of Padua and Baby Antoine
It was our miracle, our answer to prayer, our dream. And then it turned into our nightmare.
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