Sunday is the Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham, and if you have not yet, you will delight in knowing the charming and incredible story of this apparition of Our Lady.

In anticipation of the feast of St. Robert Bellarmine (Sunday) and St. Joseph of Cupertino (Monday) Denise considers these great saints individually and together.

For the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, Denise invites us to meditate on the contradiction to the world (and to ourselves) of exalting in suffering, and how we are aided in bearing our own crosses.

Do you find you have a boom and bust pattern with hospitality? Dixie Dillon Lane writes of how this can be a feature not a bug as we approach our social and private lives.

Denise writes of the ever-evolving home schooling movement, with deep gratitude to its pioneers. Included here also are her invaluable tips and favorite books along the way.

Get to know the charming story of a saint who overcame her stinginess to become heroically generous.

Denise wonderfully walks us through what it might have been like witnessing Our Lady's Dormition for this great feast day.

This month is dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Denise considers Our Lady's life and heart through the metaphor of pages in a book, and how 'reading' her life draws her deeply into our own.