Ladies, Make This Switch for Your Health’s Sake — White Rose Linen
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Meet the April 2026 Sponsor of The Journal newspaper
What is The Journal newspaper?
Diligent Homemakers in the Heritage Ways community around the world anticipate the arrival of the home-grown, community newspaper called The Journal. This publication is written by and for homemakers and homesteaders on topics such as sewing, cooking, animal husbandry, cleaning, child care, gardening, natural health and other heritage skills. During an era when screens rule the day, you can rest easier while reading a publication that is printed on actual newsprint. Just the feel alone is enough to reduce the stressors of today’s fast-paced society. Enjoy the crossword puzzle or word search after getting a kick from the Trivia section. Meet with homemakers who share information about their lives within the States and from Canada, England and South Africa. All readers are encouraged to submit “News from Home,” book reviews, recipes, jokes, inspirational messages, and more.
The Journal is not just a publication but a place where homemakers can meet and be reminded that the world is full of good people striving the same way as you. The publication has an underlying Christian worldview and does not accept writings or mentions of political topics.
Sit back and enjoy tips on showing hospitality, healthy living, homemaking improvements. Be sure to keep each issue as every one contains timeless and valuable resource material. Gardening tips, recipes, and advice from “Dear Granny” are sure to be as helpful next year as it is now.
The Journal is produced by an all-volunteer Staff. All subscription and ad/sponsorship revenue is used to purchase materials and postage. Read all about it and subscribe to The Journal newspaper here.
Advertisement and Sponsorship
The purposes of advertisements in this publication are to support small, local, home businesses and to off-set the production costs. In a world where fast, cheap and disposable are the norm, we promote higher quality, well-made goods, services and attitudes. Advertisements off-set rising costs of paper, ink, postage and other materials necessary to print this community newspaper.
The Journal publication only has six Sponsors per year. My personal goal is to provide a spotlight on businesses with whom I am familiar. I am happy to report that I can validate each of this year’s Sponsors as businesses that I trust and appreciate.
Meet our April 2026 Sponsor
White Rose Linen offers luxury reusable linen pads for menstruation, incontinence, perspiration & daily freshness. Cathrine, a homemaker and homeschooling mother of eight, creates these beautiful products as well as educates ladies on the value of wearing linen. Check out White Rose Linen website and Instagram to learn and take more practical and natural steps in your feminine health.
White Rose Linen creates premium reusable cloth pads featuring undyed, OEKO-TEX certified European linen against the skin, a high-absorbency core, and built-in leakproof protection.
Cathrine Rose built White Rose Linen from home with a desire to create something meaningful for women while remaining present for her family. It has since grown into a handcrafted brand centered on quality and care.
Why use linen?
Linen is – Highly Conductive – means it keeps cool in temperature, “which is the same scientific principle that makes metal feel “cool to the touch”? (cr.Wiki)
So now imagine how nice you’d feel wearing White Rose Linen pads during your mensis?
Say goodbye to heat rashes, itchiness, Sweaty-betty feels, all the cons of wearing disposables. No heat, no sweat, no rawness and no itch.
Linen is Highly Breathable – means it keeps your undercarriage from suffocating and reacting to lack of airflow.
Linen is Highly Absorbant – wicks and absorbs quick pulling moisture away from your body, preventing the “soggy feel” women experience wearing pads.
(excerpt and photos used with permission from White Rose Linen website)
White Rose Linen’s Founder and Creator, Cathrine Rose
Readers of The Journal newspaper will recall that the owner of White Rose Linen, Cathrine, was featured in our spotlight on homemakers last year. Cathrine has a fascinating life and resides in Canada. She has a passion to educate ladies on the value of using linen in our personal hygiene and offers the most beautiful and comfortable products. Check out this White Rose Linen About Me page to get to know Cathrine.
My Experience with Washable Cloth Pads
Alert, this is my personal testimony and is, well, personal…
Over 15 years ago, I began my journey toward more conscientious feminine health. My awareness of what the homemaking community was calling “mama cloths” was peaked and I ordered some washable pads from a homemaker that I had found on Etsy. Coming from years of super-heavy and painful cycles, I wasn’t sure how this was going to go! Surprisingly, using those pads literally did change my life as my cycles were not as heavy and the cramps were much less present. The washing of them was not at all as scary or annoying as I had wondered. Also, there is just something lovely and sweet about using and wearing floral, all-natural products, even when no one else can see them. These made me feel feminine and loved. I was hooked and have never looked back.
Those “mama cloths” eventually wore out and literally came apart at the seams. When my wonderful Mr. Patient would help fold or put away our laundry, he would spot my freshly washed pads and say, with more emphasis each time, “Katie, this is ridiculous, these things are falling apart. You have got to buy yourself some new ones!” Since that homemaker was no longer found on Etsy, I asked my friends and followers on Instagram for referrals. Many ladies responded with the same answer — “White Rose Linen is fabulous! Just contact her here on Instagram to place your order.”
That was the year she had started her business, around 2022-2023. I placed my custom order, Mr. Patient happily budgeted for this investment and I have had zero complaints about these feminine pieces that I use daily. The pads are durable yet comfortable and easy-to-clean.
Ladies, let’s face it, those of us outside of our child-bearing years also require a bit of ….. support. We laugh, we cough, we live life. White Rose Linen’s products are the right ones for all ages of ladies who prefer healthier, feminine lifestyles.
In 2019, I spent a lot of time researching the use of commercial disposable products and my findings frightened me.
Check out the four-part YouTube video series that I published on the topic of feminine health HERE. These videos are not related to White Rose Linen as I hadn’t met her yet.
Click HERE to learn more from White Rose Linen about using linen for better health
Thank-you to White Rose Linen for Sponsoring the April 2026 issue of The Journal newspaper
Family Favorite Recipes
Years ago my Mr. Patient and children encouraged me to write down many of their favorite recipes in one book. My first cookbook, From Katie’s Kitchen, Vol. One, includes 205 of the recipes that they requested. This book has become a fan favorite with Heritage Ways homemakers world-wide. Get your copy HERE and start cooking our many of the recipes that our family has been cooking for generations.
The Heritage Ways Diligent Homemaker’s Commitment
As Diligent Homemakers, we do the best we can with the resources we have at the time. These resources include our time, physical health and energy, money and possessions. We commit to using these God-given resources to the best of our abilities and give ourselves grace in the process.
Lazy hands make for poverty but diligent hands bring wealth.
Proverbs 10:4 of The Holy Bible, NIV
Count your blessings and know you are loved,
Mrs. Katie of Heritage Ways
