Soul Gardening Journal is a printed, paper journal written by women, for women, bringing to your mailbox handmade beauty. The journals are small enough to be tucked into a purse or diaper bag so they can be held and read while nursing a child, sitting in a waiting room, or sipping some tea. Journal pages are filled with reflections, poems and prayers, short engaging articles and original artwork. We invite all women of good will to be a part of this community. While this is a Catholic space, this is an open door of hospitality which is at the heart of this mission. Soul Gardening Journal celebrates the extraordinary in the ordinary, the simple lovely things in life, and the value, dignity and uniqueness of Woman, made by God. We are a small group of Catholic artists who are striving toward a more unplugged life and to live a little more slowly and intentionally, nourishing the relationships and the reality before us in our immediate lives. As we live out the “duty of the moment”, we believe in the sacredness to be found in the everyday moments and in the power of making our lives a living prayer.

THE CREW

Sia Hoyt & Hope Schneir, Management Editors |

| Ursula Crowell, accounting + circulation | Margaret Ryland, layout +design |


Soul Gardening Journal’s history holds first-decade writing and illustration by Mary Pemberton, web and tech sponsorship + engineering by Donal Turrentine, original layout design of journals by Darren Cools and Sia Hoyt. The journal was co-founded by Sia, Hope and Ellie in 2009.