Books

Mary Stempky

Mama's Memoir From Agreda: A Journey Through the City of God (Part I Book II, 758-Part II Book II, 485)

Welcome back to the City of God (no not St. Augustine's haha). Last time we saw that St. Anne was spiritually attacked during her...

Mary Stempky

Mama's Memoir From Agreda: A Journey Through the City of God (Part I: Book I, 308-Part I: Book II, 757)

Let's dive back into the beauty of The City of God by Ven. Mary of Ágreda. The last part described how this historical narrative of...

Mary Stempky

Falling for Flannery: A Journey Through Flannery O'Conner's Complete Stories

I've always loved the written word. Loved reading it, loved writing it. But I have rarely put my thoughts out there in terms of a public...

Mary Stempky

Row Row Row Your Shell: Reviewing Boys in the Boat

Time for review of the recent adaptation of Daniel James Brown's Boys in The Boat. Now this is not going to be as in depth as I would...

Mary Stempky

Mama's Memoir From Agreda: Journeying Through the City of God

a Spanish Nun, Sister Mary of Jesus, an abbess in a Franciscan Convent in Agreda, received revelations about the life of the Blessed Virgin

Mary Stempky

Words Do Matter: Awaken My Heart Weeks 13-16

As you might have guessed I have fallen behind on update posts. The end of summer was quite busy and then I was dealing with my...

Mary Stempky

Going from Cardinal to Baron: My Second College Commitment Day

When I visited Franciscan on March 22, 2021, the air was electric with its Catholic identity.

Mary Stempky

A Novena of Weeks of Seeking : The First 9 Weeks of Awaken My Heart

I have followed Emily Wilson for at two or three years. So when I saw she had yet another book out I was intrigued. On January 10, 2021 I...

Mary Stempky

Another Day Another Adventure

In one word my day was exciting. I had a conversation about a job at a nursing home in the Indianapolis area. I never really fully...