About the AuthorVeronica Szczygiel, Ph.D., is an award-winning self-help and spiritual essayist and children's writer. She publishes personal essays on faith and spiritual growth in popular Catholic multimedia platforms such as FAITH, Busted Halo, Marian Helper, The Tablet, Radiant, Grotto, Amendo, and more. Her readers hail from the United States, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Canada. Her work “The Holy Family Belongs to Each One of Us” won an honorable mention in the Catholic Media Association’s Catholic Press Awards in the category of “Best Reporting of Social Justice Issues: Solidarity.”
Her children's story "Good Night: Buenas Noches" was featured in a bilingual English/Spanish edition of Highlights High Five magazine. She has also published children's poetry in the online periodical Dirigible Balloon. Veronica writes her own monthly newsletter called, "Playing Fetch at Dawn and other ways to find grace in everyday life." |
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A Brooklyn resident and proud Polish-American, Veronica spends much of her time with her family, especially outdoors. She loves to hike and camp with her survivalist husband and their rescue dog Sonia. She gardens with her adopted cat Shadow in her magical urban backyard.
Veronica enjoys baking bread and fruit tarts, making her own mustard and butter, painting landscapes, travelling, and reading avidly. For Veronica, spending time in nature provides spiritual renewal. She loves praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet and the Rosary and visiting Catholic shrines and spiritual centers. She hopes to one day complete the Camino de Santiago. |