Eucharistic Motherhood: July 2022

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Love These Mighty Is Her Call Moms!

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Catacombs, Monte Cassino and Fossanova

The University of Dallas Summer Program traveled to the Roman Catacombs where little Sebastian (behind the candle) served at Mass with Fr. Thomas Esposito. What a blessing!

Then we traveled to Monte Cassino, the Benedictine abbey where Thomas Aquinas began his education and where Saints Benedict and Scholastica are buried--twins buried side by side. Ron gave his amazing talk on monasticism and medieval beer-brewing.

We also visited Fossanova where I gave my talk, "Who Is Thomas Aquinas?" It was such a joy of a trip!

Sunday, July 24, 2022

Covington Retreat--Mighty Is Her Call

I'm giving glory to God today for a beautiful, powerful retreat for mothers at St. Peter Parish in Covington, Louisiana. It was well worth flying in from Rome to be with--arguably--my favorite community in the world! I can't wait for the professional photos to come in so that I can post the gorgeous ladies that prayed and reflected with us yesterday!

Missing this Girl!

This is the girl I am going to miss like crazy for the next 3 weeks! Clare had a birthday party extraordinaire for her seventeenth birthday. Cocktail-Party-Extravaganza!

Now she is in New Orleans with me. We spent a spectacular weekend with our friends and had a Mighty Is Her Call retreat. Now I am headed home to Rome while she remains here with our friends for 2 weeks. Then she goes to Alvin to be with her grandad and Gigi for a week. Reuniting after that will be SO GOOD!

I love you, sweet Clare!

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.