God’s Will or My Own?

by Kelly Powers | February 22, 2021 | Bold in Life, Defining Success | 0 Comments

Never give up. We hear this phrase all the time. Quitting is associated with failure. Weakness. Settling. But what if the dream you’re trying to achieve isn’t God’s will? ----- As I raced through the hallways of St. Mary’s College of...

An Imminent Conversion

by Renee Reneau | February 16, 2021 | Bold in Life, Transitions | 0 Comments

It was around 11:00 am and I was in the bathroom at work crying. It’s never a place you want your emotions to spill over, but these were happy tears. I had been scrolling through a photo library to find a picture of a friend to wish him happy birthday and saw a video...

Celebrating the Four Loves this Valentine’s Day

by Raquel Davis | February 8, 2021 | Bold in Faith, Bold in Life | 0 Comments

I love Valentine’s Day. Anyone else or is it just me? During this time of year, red and pink are everywhere - pink is my favorite color! I love rom-coms and chick flicks - Valentine’s Day gives me a good excuse to start watching a bunch in early February, and I try to...

The Weight of the World

by Amelia Dal Pra | January 26, 2021 | Bold in Life, Defining Success | 0 Comments

I still remember the smell of stale chalk on my hands. I recall the feel of dried sweat on my forehead and the ache in my stomach as I began my gymnastics routine. My heart raced as the eyes of my friends and family rested upon me. Before saluting the judges, I always...

Hope in the midst of Suffering

by Katie Willem | January 18, 2021 | Bold in Faith, Bold in Life, Transitions | 0 Comments

The modern world doesn’t know how to suffer. I say that being someone who is learning how to suffer better in a time where it’s really tough to do anything but. We lose people, things, jobs, relationships, and so on and so forth and it’s almost like our brain is...

January Liturgical Living

by Gabriela R. A. Doyle | January 2, 2021 | Bold in Faith, Bold in Life | 0 Comments

Welcome to our monthly installment of Liturgical Living! It can be so easy to only focus on Advent and Christmas, Lent and Easter. As we move into Ordinary Time, let’s not forget all the beautiful celebrations and reminders of our faith...

The “Work” of the Year

by Rebecca Kee | December 29, 2020 | Bold in Life, Bold in Work | 0 Comments

Sophocles once said: “Without labor, nothing prospers” and this year (more than most) has proven that sentiment to be true. While most years there is some form of “labor”, I didn’t realize that my “labor” would come in every possible form it could: internal,...

The Feminine Genius (Or why I watched Little Women 17 times in 2020)

by Jane Kennedy | December 25, 2020 | Bold in Life, Defining Success | 0 Comments

I really, really like the movie Little Women (referring in this instance to Greta Gerwig’s 2019 masterpiece). I saw it for the first time last Christmas. At the insistence of countless friends, my mom and I finally caved in and headed to the theater. For the next two...

From Sleepless to Snoozin’

by Jane Kennedy | December 16, 2020 | Bold in Life | 0 Comments

When I first moved to DC, I struggled with insomnia like never before. I would lay in bed for hours, tossing and turning and getting even more stressed out when I thought about how many hours of sleep I was losing. I felt like I tried everything – I cut out...

Gift Guide 2020

by Kendra Diaz | December 14, 2020 | Bold in Life | 0 Comments

I love it when I’m visiting a new city, I stop into a cute little boutique and I see a perfect gift that reminds me of a friend or a family member. When I find that perfect gift, I snatch it right up! Seriously, I will hold on to a good gift for MONTHS if I find...