Christendom College Graduate Penny Writes New Book on Pregnancy as a Labor of Love

Christendom College graduate, Agnes Penny, recently wrote a new book about with pregnancy with a Catholic viewpoint.

Agnes Curley graduated from Christendom College in 1997. A couple of years later, she married convert to the Faith and Christendom classmate Daniel Penny. They were excited about raising a family and were well-versed in the Churchs teaching on the nature of marriage and the family. When they were expecting their first child, they realized that a Catholic perspective on the various trials and tribulations, joys and sorrows experienced during pregnancy merited treatment in a book. So, Agnes Penny, being the English Literature major that she is, decided to write that book for expectant mothers. She called it, Your Labor of Love: A Spiritual Companion for Expectant Mothers.

I wanted to sort out for myself the seemingly endless morning sickness and discouragement of the previous nine months," says Penny, and the inexpressible joys I was experiencing in caring for a baby all my own at last."

In her book, Penny shares the very Catholic spiritual solutions she found to the problems and struggles of pregnancy. In 36 short chapters, she covers everything the expectant mother experiences, including, fatigue, mood swings, waiting, post partum, praying for your baby, marital difficulties, in-laws, and much more. The book is written for women who are trying to accept the joys and challenges of motherhood according to Gods Holy Will, rather than the wisdom of the world" by avoiding children.

This young mother of three (so far!), has given the faithful a work of great insight into this most treasured time of a womans life: pregnancy and motherhood.

This book is available through Tan Books for $12.00.
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