Amy Smith

Jan 8, 2025 | ncregister.com | Amy Smith

Of all of the highlights from SEEK25, which aired and livestreamed via EWTN, one talk piqued my particular interest: Kelsey Reinhardt’s “The Vocation of a Woman.” (She also happens to share an affection for Jeremiah 29:11, my favorite verse). In her practical talk to the thousands gathered in Salt Lake City, Reinhardt remind her female listeners of God’s providence.

Jan 4, 2025 | ncregister.com | Amy Smith

Enjoy candy canes? Perhaps you have had a cane or two made by Bobs Candies, which has been making the iconic Christmas treat with Christian meaning for years. Did you know there is a Catholic connection to the Christmas confection? The Arkansas Catholic explains the history: In the United States, handmade white candy canes were first recorded in 1847. In 1919 Bob McCormack started the McCormack’s Famous Candy Company in Albany, Ga., and started selling candy canes.

Nov 1, 2024 | ncregister.com | Amy Smith

The Holy Family, united by the Sacred Heart of Jesus, exemplifies the love that strengthens us on our journey together. Raffaello Sorbi, “The Flight into Egypt,” 1904 (photo: Public Domain) Blogs November 1, 2024 The saints always have lessons for us in daily life. I’ve always known this, but it hit me differently this week as I helped to prepare the Register’s All Saints’ Day online content. In my reading I was especially struck by a saint’s words about his fellow saints.

Oct 28, 2024 | news.ag.org | Amy Smith

After experiencing the unthinkable as a child, Elizabeth McGuire has found forgiveness through Jesus and is walking in freedom from past chains of trauma. Enduring the unthinkable as a child, Elizabeth McGuire, 42 and a native of Elwood, Kansas, is free from bitterness and shame, and she is committed to giving God all the glory. “Growing up, life was great,” McGuire says. “I was a big daddy’s girl.

Oct 12, 2024 | ncregister.com | Amy Smith |Sabrina Ferrisi

Saint-to-be offers lessons on loving Jesus and caring for family and friends Carlo Acutis, who died at 15 and will soon be canonized, loved Eucharistic adoration and traveling to document Eucharistic miracles.