About

Samantha is a Catholic convert, homeschooling mother of 4, and author with a heart to illuminate the beauty and dignity of the feminine vocation. Samantha's passion is helping women pray in and through motherhood. On her weekly podcast, Mama Prays, you will find devotional-style stories designed to reveal the hidden holiness in every moment of motherhood.

Samantha Stephenson is also a Paul Ramsey Fellow at the Center for Bioethics and Culture and holds master's degrees in theology and bioethics. Samantha explores optimal health and emerging medical research and technology via her Substack newsletter, Brave New Us.

She is the author of Reclaiming Motherhood from a Culture Gone Mad the Mama Prays Devotional, and To Tempt a Mother: More Letters from Screwtape (to be published by OSV in the spring of 2026).

Her writing has been featured at Blessed Is She, CatholicMom, Crisis Magazine, The Federalist, FemCatholic, Natural Womanhood, Notre Dame’s Grotto Network, Our Sunday Visitor, Public Discourse, and Word on Fire.

Stay connected via her author newsletter or receive her weekly reflections via email at MamaPrays.substack.com.