What is Kindred Catholic?
More than a publication, Kindred is an invitation to deeper faith. Designed to be treasured year after year, The Fiat Issue features independent Catholic contributors—supporting a network of artists, poets, and writers while offering inspiration for your everyday faith journey.
THE FIAT ISSUE
Available Now!
130 pages, 30 contributors, 1 faith.
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Digital Download
ORDER NOWDownload a full-color, high-resolution PDF of our inaugural publication: The Fiat Issue. Begin reading immediately on any device or print at home.
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Soft Cover
ORDER NOWPre-order your archival softcover edition of The Fiat Issue. Featuring heavy, matte-finish pages and a rich binding designed to pull off the shelf year after year. Ships November 1st.
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Keepsake Edition
ORDER NOWPre-order the deluxe hardbound edition of The Fiat Issue. An heirloom piece designed to cherish or gift this Christmas. Ships November 1st.
Meet the Contributors!
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Christi Bales
Christi Bales is a Catholic and the author of a menagerie of articles, essays, poems, and short stories, many of which can be found through her Substack, Christi Marie Writes. She lives in Texas with a motley collection of houseplants, and is happiest when wending her way through the woods or sipping a cup of herbal tea.
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Jessica Benfield
Jessica Benfield creates and publishes a fun monthly magazine for kids called Rooted. She recently filmed a show for kids with Shalom World called Snacking with the Saints. In each episode, Jessica and her daughter tell a story about the life of a saint and make a simple (emphasis on the simple!) snack to go with the story. The first episode should be released in early 2027. In the meantime, you can check out her YouTube channel to help your kids learn more about their Catholic faith.
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Danielle Bombek
Danielle has been creating art since she was a little child. She enjoys sewing, making jewelry, painting, and drawing. She currently homeschools her children and teaches art at their Catholic co-op and serves as treasurer and Director of Youth Events at the Hondo Art League. She enjoys spending time with her husband, their three children, and her mama exploring the Texas Hill Country.
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Allison Brown
Allison Brown is an Australian writer, wife, and mother of eight. She brings hope to the suffering through her writing and is actively involved in the Apostoli Viae community. Allison contributes regularly to CatholicMom.com, CatholicExchange.com, and the online Catholic magazine "Those Who Mourn". She has also contributed to SpiritualDirection.com.
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Theresa Conlan
Theresa Conlan is a wife, mother, artist, and owner of Happy Nest Home Goods. She believes that faith should be infused into all the small moments of our days, and strives to offer products that inspire and encourage Catholic families to do small things with great love. Explore her jewelry, embroidery patterns, craft kits, stickers, and sacrifice beads to help you invite God into all the ordinary moments of your life.
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Haley Dessauer
Haley Dessauer is Catholic Sacred Artist from Southern Illinois. As a mother to four small children, Haley combines both painting and prayer to create faith-based art in the early mornings before her kids wake. Haley hopes that her art may only speak of Our Lord's boundless Mercy and Love, thereby serving as a "meeting place" of the heart for Christ and viewers to meet in prayer.
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Jessica Dixon
Jessica is a rosary and chaplet maker helping busy Catholics experience the sacred in ordinary moments. She's a Catholic wife and homeschooling mom of six, striving to find little moments of prayer while living out her vocation. Her desire is to encourage other Catholic women to pray more and grow in holiness using the rich prayer traditions of our faith.
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Gina Fensterer
Gina Fensterer is a wife of 20+ years and mother of six children. She is passionate about finding God in the ordinary moments of her vocation. She loves Adoration, praying with Scripture, long morning walks, and fitness.
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Andrea Frey
Andrea is a military wife and busy mom of four. She’s a big fan of coffee, Jesus, and glitter… but not necessarily in that order. Andrea is a board-certified health and wellness coach and has a heart for supporting Catholic moms who want to care for their health with sustainable habits rooted in grace, not extremes.
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Allison Gingras
Allison Gingras invites others to encounter the Catholic faith with joy, authenticity, and a faith that feels both approachable and deeply rooted. She has authored several books including Jesus Heals and Encountering Signs of Faith. Allison is the Director of Digital Evangelization for Holy Cross Family Ministries.
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Ruth Anne Holloway
Hi, I'm Ruth Anne, Photographer, Illustrator, and all round lover of exploring all things art! I also love coffee and reading. In between all of that, I'm a mom of nine. (If this all sounds full and chaotic, just know that it most definitely is!). Additionally I have been more or less permanently banned from the kitchen, and my housekeeping skills leave much to be desired, but hey, more time for art say I. I am inspired by flowers, abstracts, texture, and human interactions, primarily between mamas and their babies.
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Jennifer Lirette
Jen lives in southeast Louisiana with her high school sweetheart husband and their four boys. She writes on Substack at Melancholic Graces, and you can also find her online at Surprised By Marriage, where she and her husband, Logan, share all about the graces and struggles of Catholic marriage.
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Lindsey Grace Mariella
Lindsey Grace Mariella is a Catholic devotional writer, privately vowed laywoman, and member of Apostoli Viae community. Through her ministry, Adore Him Meditations, she draws from her journey of faith, suffering, and trust in God to help souls encounter the love of Jesus more deeply and follow the path of holiness toward the God for whom every heart longs.
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Amanda MacMurtrie
Amanda Jay is an expressive artist and art therapist with a special love for mixing metaphors. Through watercolor and reflective writing, her work explores the creative process and what it teaches about our relationship to our Creator. Amanda supports women in reconnecting with themselves, God, and others through one-on-one creative accompaniment and therapeutic art workshops.
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Christina Miller
Christina Miller has been a professional photographer for over 20 years. She is a Catholic convert of 14 years and homeschooling mama of four, with a passion for special needs and neurodiversity advocacy. Christina is active in her parish's mom’s group and runs a Catholic Business Owner’s Community Group through the church as well. Two of her favorite saints are St. Zélie Martin and St. Teresa of Avila, along with a strong connection to Our Lady Undoer of Knots and Our Lady Star of the Sea.
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Shannon Morgan
Shannon Morgan is a wife and mom with a great love for her Mama Mary. She is an aspiring Catholic artist and loves inspiring others through art and quotes from the Saints.
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Tiffany Riebel
I am the founder of a Catholic company called Veil Skincare, named in honor of the Virgin Mary. A proud godmother, my niece is the joy of my life. I love to share the Good News and contribute in teaching the truths of the Church.
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Mary Saltzmann
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Emma Schroer
Emma Schroer is a poet, wife, and catechist, who loves books, theatre, philosophy, theology, and snakes. Her work is inspired by Emily Dickinson, her own autism diagnosis, a penchant for the macabre and sorrowful, but also pursuit of the Bridegroom into blissful joy.
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Morgan Selby
Morgan is a homebody homemaker who loves sharing recipes, thrift finds, and kid-friendly activities. After serving as a Catholic school teacher for several years, she now devotes her time to creating homemade meals and memories for her husband, two little boys, and family.
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Jenny Lark Snarski
Jenny Lark Snarski is a wife and mother of four NW Wisconsin where she writes for herdiocesan newspaper, the Catholic outlet Aleteia and NYC-based PR firm Honor Gold. Her passion is bridging a well-formed faith with the cultivation of a sacramental imagination so that daily life can be lived with the perspective of Divine Providence. She guides others to pray with poetry at catholicimaginations.substack.com.
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Brigid Tebaldi
Brigid is a wife, mother of 6, and a board certified health coach who helps women understand their bodies and feel calm again. She teaches them why they may feel stressed, tired, or easily upset. She helps women whose bodies feel stuck in “always on” mode or who have symptoms that do not seem to go away.
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