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· August 15, 2008 · · Filed Under: Canticle

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The July issue of Canticle is hot off the press. If you’d like to order a copy, please call 800-558-5452 or visit the website. Here’s a look at what this issue has to offer: Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle has a cover story on the International Women’s Congress in Rome. Johnnette Benkovic contributed “Our Lady of MountRead the whole post >>

· July 3, 2008 · · Filed Under: Canticle

Canticle: A Tribute to Diane Tandy, Catholic Certified Nurse Midwife and Pro-Life Crusader

Both of my labor and delivery experiences have been wonderful. Really. I’m sure there’s some eye-rolling going on right about now (Is she crazy? She’s just forgotten about how bad those contractions get.) But I’m telling the honest to goodness truth. It helps that I experience warp speed labor – even with my first baby,Read the whole post >>

· April 5, 2008 · Tagged With: Pregnancy · Filed Under: Canticle

Magazines Catholics Can Feel Good About

I’ve always been a magazine junkie, but I’ve been disillusioned in recent years by the secular media offerings for women. Even the most innocuous women’s publications on newsstands today too often marble in thoughts and ideas that go against my Catholic belief system. Take for an instance an article I read in a mainstream parentingRead the whole post >>

· May 11, 2007 · · Filed Under: Canticle, Catholic media, Faith and Family, Media Reviews

Hi, I’m Kate

I’m a wife, mom of five kids, writer, speaker, storyteller, bibliophile, runner, eating disorder survivor, and perfectionist in recovery. I'm the author of Getting Past Perfect: Finding Joy & Grace in the Messiness of Motherhood  and Weightless: Making Peace With Your Body.

I’ve tried a lot of things in my life – anorexia, bulimia, law school, teaching aerobics, extended breastfeeding, vegetarianism, trying to be perfect and failing miserably at it – and through it all I’ve been writing. And learning to embrace the messiness of life instead of covering it up, making excuses for it, or being ashamed of my brokenness or my home’s sticky counters.

Nowadays I’m striving every single, imperfect day to strike a balance between keeping it real and keeping it joyful.

 

“She could never be a saint, but she thought she could be a martyr if they killed her quick.”

―Flannery O'Connor

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