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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...

My good friend, Bridie, has a tendency to say “As God allows” as a way of giving God the final say in a situation or in what she’s able...

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...

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...

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!)...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

This Easter brought with it a recurring thought: “He keeps His promises”. How many times have we been told that? God keeps His promises....

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...

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...

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...