Eucharistic Motherhood: Blessed Community, Blessed Retreat

Sunday, January 27, 2019

Blessed Community, Blessed Retreat

Our Catholic community here in Dallas and Irving had a Mighty Is Her Call retreat at Holy Family Catholic Church. What a blessed morning! Over 90 moms attended. It was the first Mighty Is Her Call retreat I did not plan: our Mighty team did a top notch job! The speakers were amazing. The Mass and opportunity for Confession was a gift—thank you Fr. Philip and Fr. Albert!
Catholic mothers have an in credo important job and need all the encouragement they can get. #mighty!

Speaker Annie Muller: “The Acts of Mercy in Motherhood “

Anne Tierney, Board Member of Mighty Is Her Call Inc.

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About Me

Born in Texas, raised in NYC, I earned my Ph.D. in philosophy and married a gorgeous theology student who rides a motorcycle and looks like James Dean. We now have six kids, are based in Irving near the University of Dallas where my husband teaches theology and where I sometimes teach philosophy. We currently live in the Castelli Romani, just outside of Rome, Italy. In addition to teaching some semesters and raising our 6 wonderful children, I am studying theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. Passionate about the vocation of motherhood, I founded a Catholic mother's ministry, Mighty Is Her Call. Our retreats and blog can be explored here: https://mightyishercall.com.

My book, Motherhood: An Extraordinary Vocation was released August 2021.

What's Special about Motherhood?

Motherhood is patterned on the life of Christ, particularly the Eucharist, in a way that no other vocation is. Some mothers shed blood for their children in childbirth--just as Christ shed his blood for us, a gift we celebrate in the Eucharist. Some mothers nourish children with their own bodies--just as Christ nourishes us with his body in the Eucharist. Mothers give themselves up in countless ways for their children--just as Christ gave himself up for us: "This is my body, given up for you." Every aspect of our day, from feeding our children, to cleaning up their messes, to disciplining them, to listening attentively to them, to hugging them, to laughing with them, to cherishing them, reflects the ways Christ gives himself to us. Motherhood is a role fashioned in the image of Christ, more so than perhaps any other vocation. It is singularly close to and reflective of the Heart of Christ.