Fiat Sanctum

Catholic, Secular Franciscan, Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk), working mom. I help busy women form holy habits that actually stick.

10/28/2024

Holy Hallowtide is back for its third year! Every time I’m delightfully surprised at how popular it is, and it’s become the central way I celebrate and savor this autumn triduum. Holy Hallowtide is a three-day email series with history, prayer, music, ambience, and community to focus on praying for the dead from October 31 - November 2. There are a few updates each year, so it feels fresh each time! I can’t wait to celebrate with you all.

Sign up for the emails via my bio, and prepare for a spooky (and prayerful) three days! 🎃

11/21/2023

Thanksgiving is complicated, and it’s hard to know where to start learning and unlearning perspectives and variations on history.

My dear friend Kirby () and I put together a simple resource for Catholics to learn and/or implement changes to your understanding and celebration of Thanksgiving. It’s a work-in-progress we’ll likely be updating over the years. Take from it something that is manageable for your lifestyle but still challenging.

Clickable link is in my profile.

What stood out most to you from Making Thanksgiving Better?

10/30/2023

Praying for the dead has taken on a new tenor this year.

There are so very, very many souls to pray for right now. Last week 18 people were killed in a mass shooting in Lewiston, ME. Lewiston is where I work, where I birthed my children, where I developed friendships. It hurts so much to see this city suffering. Please pray for those lost and those left behind.

My prayer list was already overflowing with people killed in war torn areas such as Israel, Gaza, and Ukraine. And so many others. Please keep praying for them.

I am tremendously grateful that Holy Hallowtide is coming up this week, starting tomorrow. I so desperately need the structured opportunity for quiet and mournful prayer, for time spent breathing life into my prayer spaces.

Sink into this sacred time to pray for souls. They need our prayers so much. If you’d like to join Holy Hallowtide (we start tomorrow) and pray together then you can do so at the link in my bio.

Hug your loved ones, friends.

10/23/2023

It’s one of my favorite times in the liturgical year.

Hallowtide, the three day celebration of All Hallows’ Eve, All Saints Day, and All Souls Day, ushers in the start of the busy holiday season. As Catholics, we are called to pray earnestly for the souls in Purgatory during the month of November, which can be forgotten about in the rush to locate Halloween costume parts and start planning Thanksgiving dinner!

Join me in Holy Hallowtide, a 3-day self-paced retreat that will guide you through the sacred days of All Hallows. Each day you’ll receive an emailed agenda with music, prayers, informational resources, and checklists for weaving this special time around your schedules. I’ll introduce you to Hallowtide history and specialty prayers, such as the Office of the Dead and a nine-day Novena for the Dead. You can do a little bit, or a little bit of everything! Choose your own adventure and infuse some prayerful focus and reverence into your Halloween and beyond.

You can sign up for Holy Hallowtide from the link in my bio. I can’t wait to pray with you all!

07/14/2023

July 14 is a big day at Fiat Sanctum every year. Happy feast day to St. Kateri Tekakwitha!

You would not believe my surprise when a little video I made two years ago on how to pronounce her name in Mohawk went viral. Today I published an article to put that into a much more easily shareable format. You can see (and hear!) how to pronounce Kateri’s name, as well as two other Mohawk words she would have used frequently. Check the link in my bio.

ALSO, I’m launching a 9-day email series full of information about Kateri, accompanied by novena prayers. I’m pulling out tidbits about her that you likely haven’t heard before, and provide you with important cultural context as a fellow Mohawk woman. It’s been beautiful and moving to put it together, and I’m so excited to share it with you. Grab that link, as well.

I’ll be sharing more about Kateri today on my Stories, so share any questions you have about her and I’ll answer them!

03/30/2023

Holy Week can be transformative, if you let it. It is powerful to walk towards Calvary with Christ, to turn intensely inward for seven days in the lead up to Easter. It’s my favorite week of the year, and I’m so excited to share it with you.

Check out Holy Week Day-by-Day, a daily email series with prayers, music, ambience, and family activities. I’ll send you an agenda each day so you can simplify the week and focus on Jesus.

Sign up from the link in bio.

02/20/2023

Lent should be simple, and we so often over-complicate it. Myself included.

If you loved Holy Hallowtide last fall, then you will love Into the Desert, its Lenten cousin. I’ve created a beautiful music playlist to take you from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday, along with an ambience playlist (my favorite!) to help you get into the Lenten spirit during prayer or work. Each Sunday I’ll be sending you a weekly agenda with a special theme, challenge, and more. Simple. Focused. Holy.

When you sign up you instantly receive my guide for planning a holy Lent, along with a 20-minute audio walking you through it. This framework has helped me immensely over the years in not overburdening my days and setting myself to feel like a Lenten failure.

I would love to spend this Lent praying with you. You can sign up for Into the Desert from the link in my bio.

Also in that link…peep Everyday Lenten Holiness 👀 I’ll post more about that tomorrow!

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