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Letters of encouragement: going through fertility treatment
The side effects from medications and then feeling like an experiment at times would just become too much. I remember crying when an...
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Sonia-Maria Szymanski
Mar 24, 20234 min read
Behold, your mother: Our Lady of the Flowering Thorn
So, my dear friend, I challenge you to take up your thorn and make it flower. It may not be the flower you hoped and prayed for, but...
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Lauren G.
Mar 15, 20233 min read
Sadness and despair: you are not alone
Struggling with infertility or loss can be a time of deep pain and sorrow, even to the point of having suicidal thoughts. Social media is...
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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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Gillyan McCabe
Feb 21, 20233 min read
Forty days in the desert of infertility
Is there anything that more closely resembles the journey of infertility than the season of Lent? 40 long days alone in the desert, being...
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Fiona Furman
Feb 15, 20235 min read
Behold, your mother: Our Lady of Lourdes
When Our Lady appeared to St. Bernadette in Lourdes in 1858, she chose the poorest, least educated child in the whole town to carry her...
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Ellen H.
Feb 8, 20236 min read
RESOURCE: Discerning the next best step
When you know it is time for a change “I can’t do this any longer!” “I feel like I’m hitting my head against a brick wall.” “We just keep...
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C. J. Parke
Feb 1, 20234 min read
Letters of Encouragement: crisis of faith
“If only You had been here…” Martha’s words ring true over two thousand years later. How many times have I caught myself dejectedly..."
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thefruitfulhollow
Jan 24, 20238 min read
Our second fruitful year!
On 21st January 2022, The Fruitful Hollow turned 2, and this piece today is our 100th blog post! If you’d like to read about how this...
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Erin Kinsella
Jan 18, 20235 min read
Dealing with disappointment
Disappointment. It’s something we’re all familiar with. Sometimes we can shrug it off, but what happens when it’s related to something that
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Serenity Quesnelle
Jan 11, 20233 min read
Hope in the darkness
This blog post is adapted from a talk given at a retreat evening for women experiencing infertility and loss.
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Sonia-Maria Szymanski
Jan 4, 20237 min read
Behold, your mother: Our Lady of Cana
This is part of our 2023 “Behold, your mother” series, which will feature a different personage of Mary each month. Read to the end of...
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Lauren Allen
Dec 28, 20222 min read
Letters of Encouragement: Daughter of the Most High
God is our fortress
Psalm 46
God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth...
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Faith Downing
Dec 21, 20224 min read
4th week of Advent: Where are you, God?
“Where are you, God?”
It’s a question I imagine Joseph might have prayed in the interior of His heart as He learnt the news of Mary...
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Sonia-Maria Szymanski
Dec 14, 20225 min read
3rd week of Advent: Replacing the ugly with joy
“Happy is the man who does not lose faith in me” (Matthew 11:6) but it is hard not to lose faith. In the darke
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Chelsea Voboril
Dec 7, 20223 min read
2nd week of Advent: Faith is uncomfortable
More seriously, though, as I continued through the Gospel, the discomfort continued: from acknowledging sins to the calling out of the...
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Lauren Allen
Nov 30, 20223 min read
1st week of Advent: Stay awake with hope
“Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour of night when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and not let..
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Mary W.
Nov 23, 20227 min read
Learning to accept God’s will through infertility
It is a surreal feeling to have your worst fear come true. From the time I was a little girl, all I wanted when I grew up was to be a wife..
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Ellen H.
Nov 15, 20224 min read
RESOURCE: Thriving in the holiday season (even if you don’t feel like celebrating)
Holidays can be a challenging time for many of us. Bright lights, festive decorations and joyous celebrations can feel like a harsh ...
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