I had promised a drink to one of my former students when he turned 21 years old. The time had come. Instead, he asked for an iced tea (he had drunk too much the night before) and a request: “Can you help me convince my girlfriend to get off the birth control Pill? I’m worried about the health risks.” I come from a family of various medical professionals (father and grandfather are both physicians) and a long line of very strong-willed women. Feminism is in my big fat Middle-E

I used to dress immodestly. It’s not easy to admit but I have the pictures to prove it. My “modesty conversion” as I call it comes in handy when the subject is discussed in class as it was today. One of the things I like to do is have the boys take an anonymous survey on their thoughts on women’s dress and then read the responses to the entire class. Here’s one of the most recent. Keep in mind, this was written by a 17 year old: When women don’t dress modestly, it is hard to

Dear Simone: I wanted to know if there were any prayers that would help me work on patience, self-love, and devotion to my spouse? Maybe something that is like a 30 day challenge or things of that nature. Even just small tidbits of advice in how to grow in these virtues. Here's my email back: My friend Christina writes for The Evangelista and composed a Litany of Patience. In terms of self-love, I highly recommend this prayer that the Franciscan Friars of the Holy Spirit comp

(I realize this isn't a questionI had St. Therese's picture up on my wall during graduate school. I thought she was pretty so that was a good enough reason for me. But I was pretty sure I didn't like her. Come to find out, A LOT of people feel that way about St. Therese until they actually encounter her. I had this intuition that she would help me. That's all. Just an intuition she would be of service to me in some way in the future. A few months later, my friends and I atten