Mall Tears
If you’re not in it you won’t quite understand. Maybe surface level you do but when your dreams and livelihood are on the line it hits...
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Oct 14, 2022
Mended with Gold
This summer I got to spend it living with my aunt and uncle. Two people who are truly an inspiration to me. I was welcomed into their...
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Aug 17, 2022
What I’ve Learned So Far
A little over two months in VA and the question is usually… What have you learned so far? Well… a lot. This is just going to skim the...
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Jul 10, 2022
Get Uncomfortable
As I was driving back to Massachusetts after two weeks in Virginia (for a quick trip to be present for a friend being ordained a priest!)...
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Jun 7, 2022
June 7th
Have you ever had something so significant happen in your life that the date is forever engraved into your mind? That date is June 7th...
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May 7, 2022
I Did a Thing…
I did a thing… I quit my job and I’m moving. That sounds pretty dramatic and well, it is and it isn’t. I wondered if the time would ever...
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Apr 16, 2022
God Will Still Love Me
This Lent, there’s been a phrase that has been said to me multiple times, mainly in reference to a rationalization of breaking one’s...
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Mar 5, 2022
Moments in the Stillness
During my week long silent retreat at St. Scholastica Priory & St. Mary’s Monastery in Petersham, MA I kept my phone off in my purse and...
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Mar 5, 2022
Be Still: In The Ordinary
It had snowed the night before and the glass doors and windows in the living room gave way to a beautiful view of frosted over trees,...
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Feb 3, 2022
Be Still: Right Where He Wants Me
Going into this retreat I was sure it was where God wanted me, but I also had no idea what to expect- nor did I want to set any...
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Jan 23, 2022
Be Still: A Series
One month ago, to the day, I concluded my first ever silent retreat, and a weeklong one at that! This was something that had been on my...
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Dec 16, 2021
Carry YOUR Cross
Carry your cross. It’s a phrase that’s thrown around a lot in the Catholic sphere. And for good reason. We’re always being called to...
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Oct 6, 2021
Trust Walk With God
Back in August I helped lead a retreat for a select group of high school students in the Worcester Diocese who want to spend this year...
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Jun 1, 2021
AccountabiliTEA
I could take this post in two directions- focus on wounds or focus on how they’re being healed. When I first started writing this blog a...
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Apr 11, 2021
Promises
This Easter brought with it a recurring thought: “He keeps His promises”. How many times have we been told that? God keeps His promises....
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Jan 31, 2021
I Surrender: A Year In The Making
I have a bunch of scribbled notes in various places with ideas for blog posts but nothing really inspired me enough to sit down and...
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Dec 21, 2020
The Joyful Banana
Last year, around this time, I found myself in the throes of depression yet again. It has been a fog that has followed me for many years...
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Dec 17, 2020
Hello & Welcome!
Welcome to the Present Catholic Blog! Back in the spring of 2017, as I prepared to graduate with a Master’s degree in theology, I was...
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