"My dear sisters in Christ, I would like to start this letter by introducing you to my grandmother, Luisa Yanes-Paumier. Born in Santiago de Cuba, she married a Navy sailor & had three daughters. When Fidel Castro came into power..."

Letters, IdentityCorynne StaresinicSeptember 13, 2017Cuba, Fidel Castro, Immigrant, Abuela, Marianna Flores, Race & ImmigrationComment

What These Literary Heroines Taught Me About Transition

Dear Ladies, I’ve found the past four years since I graduated college have been a series of changes, moves, and career climbing.

Letters, IdentityCorynne StaresinicAugust 23, 2017Jane Austen, Anne Elliot, Helen Hunt Jackson, LM Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, Literary Heroines, Identity Comments

Our Lady and the Healing of Our Daughter

"Dear sisters, it was the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. I was 20 weeks pregnant, working full time, my husband a masters student. We were preparing to enter the Church, and facing a lot of opposition to our decision..."

Letters, Motherhood, IdentityCorynne StaresinicAugust 16, 2017Mary, Catholic convert, Shannon Lacy, Community & Family Comments

To the Woman Who Feels Alone in Her Vocation

Let’s cut to the chase: I’ve found, in recent years, that being a wife and mother can be extremely lonely.

Letters, Motherhood, IdentityCorynne StaresinicAugust 2, 2017Motherhood, Catholic motherhood, Loneliness, Community & Family Comments

Healing from Relationship Anxiety

If I’ve learned anything in the last two years in my struggle with anxiety, it’s that life isn't wrapped up in a little bow, easy to understand or accept. It's much, much messier.

Letters, Identity, ReceiveCorynne StaresinicJuly 26, 2017Therese Bussen, Catholicism and Anxiety, Anxiety, Mental Health, The Catholic Church and Mental Health, Catholic Engagement, Womanhood, Mental health Comments

Seeking Beauty in the Women Around Me

In the third and final letter of our Cultivating Sisterhood letter series, writer Lo shares about how a transformative experience she had in one of the most beautiful places on earth lead her to the mission she's on today: to show women their beauty, worth and dignity in Christ

Letters, IdentityCorynne StaresinicJuly 21, 2017The Catholic Church, Cultivating sisterhood, Catholic sisterhood, Sisterhood, Seeking beauty catholic woman, Austria, Franciscan University, Beauty, IdentityComment

Bravery in Being Soft

"To my sisters in the Vineyard - Let me start out this letter by saying the one thing want you to take away from my story: there is bravery in being soft..."

Letters, IdentityCorynne StaresinicJune 7, 2017Hannah Bruckner, Bravery in Being Soft, Courage, Womanhood Comment

To Be a Woman

"Dear friend, I used to be scared of becoming a woman. Being a little girl wasn't a big deal--I could wear pants and tromp in the mud and have wild, crazy hair. But..."

Letters, IdentityCorynne StaresinicMay 17, 2017The Catholic Church, Catholicism, Empowering Catholic Women, Meredith Kuzma, Female Videographer, WomanhoodComment

The Lessons I Learned from My Teenage Pregnancy

"Hi Ladies! 'I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me,' Philippians 4:13. I have been reciting that verse since I was about 4 years old..."