Lisa Mladinich

Lisa Mladinich, where she teaches academic writing, leadership, communication, and courses for young women on the Church's views on authentic beauty.

The host of Shalom World TV's WOMAN: Strong Faith, True Beauty, she is also a regular voice on Relevant Radio's Morning Air with John Harper and On Call with Wendy Wiese. She has also appeared on EWTN TV's Women of Grace, Sunday Night Prime, BookMark, and Catholic Mom's Café,  as well as CatholicTV's This is the Day, the Son Rise Morning Show, The Jennifer Fulwiler Show, Busted Halo, and many other Catholic television and radio programs.

Her award-winning best-seller, True Radiance: Finding Grace in the Second Half of Life (Servant Books) sparked a renewed conversation about authentic beauty and aging. Her newest full-length book of rich, instructive Catholic prayers for adults and children is Heads Bowed: Prayers for Catholic School Days (Liguori).

Mrs. Mladinich has contributed to two best-selling devotionals from Ave Maria Press: The Catholic Mom's Prayer Companion, edited by Lisa Hendey and Sarah Reinhard, and Word by Word: Slowing Down With the Hail Mary, edited by Sarah Reinhard. She also wrote entries for Why Should I Learn This? from Homeschool Connections and Tending the Temple: 365 Days of Physical and Spiritual Devotions, from Bezalel Books.

Her writing can be also be found at AmazingCatechists.com; her blog at Patheos.com, Water into Wine; her columns for CATECHIST Magazine; and her booklets, Be an Amazing Catechist: Inspire the Faith of Children and Be an Amazing Catechist: Sacramental Preparation, available from Our Sunday Visitor in English and Spanish.

Lisa Mladinich is a proud member of the elite Catholic Speakers Organization, CMG Booking.

Mrs. Mladinich teaches the following courses:
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Writing Essentials 1: Punctuation & Grammar I (MS 6/7-1)
Writing Essentials 2: Excellent Sentence & Paragraph Writing I (MS 6/7-2)
Writing Essentials 3: Punctuation & Grammar II (6/7-3)
Writing Essentials 4: Excellent Sentence & Paragraph Writing II (MS 6/7-4)
Simplified Writing for Middle School 1: Foundations of Composition I (MS 7/8-1)
Simplified Writing for Middle School 2: Introduction to Essays & Papers I (MS 7/8-2)
Simplified Writing for Middle School 3: Writing the Excellent Essay (MS 7/8-3)
Simplified Writing for Middle School 4: Writing Form & Style (MS 7/8-4)
High School Writing Essentials 1: Punctuation and Grammar I (9-1)
High School Simplified Writing 1: Strong Foundational Writing Skills (HS 9-2)  
Discovering Your Authentic Beauty & Making Life Full and Fun for Middle School Girls 
True Radiance! Discovering Your Authentic Beauty as a Young Woman (High School)
Leadership and Communications

Student testimonials:

"[Leadership & Communications] was an amazing class and has really benefited me in my relationships with my family and friends. You are an amazing teacher I know I will come back to all the stuff from this class and use all the tips and whatnot."

"Mrs. Mladnich was a WONDERFUL teacher! She was very helpful!!! I felt confident in asking her questions and doing the assignment. Please ask her to teach again, she was great, she kept you awake in class and she kept you with the subject matter !! You really felt like you were in a real classroom. I love this course!"

"Thank you homeschool connections for giving us this great course. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Mrs. Mladnich was a good teacher. She made you feel like you were in a real classroom. Have her again!!"

"BEST CLASS I HAVE TAKEN!!!!!!!!!  My teacher Mrs. Mladinich was so great!!! She helped me learn so much in this class!!!!"

Parent testimonial:

"Please accept our belated Thank You! Your class was the first online class [my son] has taken since we started homeschooling a year ago. [My son] really enjoyed it, and he learned a lot from you. From the classes I saw, I appreciated your classroom discipline, teaching method, and positive attitude. We plan for [our son] to take many classes from you in the future! I also appreciated your quick responses to my emails. Because of you, I now subscribe to Homeschool Connections' recorded classes. We loved Professor Pearce's class on The Hobbit. [Our son] is currently enjoying The Glory of Ancient Greece class taught by Professor Campbell."  

"I never thought I'd say this, but my daughter loved her Punctuation & Grammar course. Mrs. Mladinich is a wonderful teacher and made a potentially dull subject enjoyable. Thank you!"