Best Stacey Sumereau Podcasts (2024)

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How to Have a "Colloquy:" An Authentic Conversation with God + What Jesus Said When I Did (His Love is Unreal!) 15:05

2M ago15:05

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JOIN THE FREE SURRENDER NOVENA CHALLENGE HERE! We start May 30 until June 7! Show Notes Do you feel like it’s hard to be totally real with God? Do you have trouble calming your mind and letting go of your to do list to pray? Do you feel frustrated with yourself and wish you could just be better? Enter the Colloquy, a fancy word for “conversation” i…

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Into Light: Overcoming Porn Addiction feat. Morgan Swartz 1:05:55

2M ago1:05:55

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Join the FREE Surrender Novena + Stretch Challenge here- we start May 30! Kick off your day with something good for your body and for your soul! ADULT THEMES DISCUSSED! Morgan Swartz is my podcast guest today, folks! She was a participant on my True North Discernment group that I led back in the Fall of 2020 with people who wanted some extra discer…

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Describing 3 of My Visions From God...What it's Like to Experience Visions 21:40

2M ago21:40

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Hi Friends! God wants to speak to you, each of you. Because each of you are special to Him. Today I'm going to share a few of my experiences in prayer so that you know what is possible! I really hope that you enjoy my bold vulnerability in this episode in sharing a glimpse into some moments with the Lord where He was very clear with me (Because I n…

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How Does God's Voice Actually Sound? feat. St. Teresa of Avila 23:46

3M ago23:46

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Topics Discussed How to hear God when He speaks to us and what He "sounds" like (it may surprise you!) What are locutions? Where/who locutions come from: imagination, God or the devil 5 reasons from St. Teresa of Avila to know that a locution is an authentic communication from God Resources Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila Father Chad Ripperg…

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You Need a Bigger Dream feat. January Donovan 1:11:07

4M ago1:11:07

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Psalm 34: “Trust in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart” January Donovan is a force of nature and walking proof of what we can accomplish when we undertake God’s invitation to a massive dream. She’s the founder of the highly successful Woman School and Wholeness School, wife, and mom of eight kids. She was so impactful that in t…

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3 Spiritual Truths to Help in Depression 19:53

5M ago19:53

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"Why doesn't God help me in my suffering? Why does he feel farther away right at the time when I need to feel him closest? Why is he rejecting me?" These are the questions I found myself asking in 2023 when beset by my son's extended health crisis: I barely slept more than an hour at a time for FIVE MONTHS. I quickly discovered why sleep deprivatio…

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How to Stop Competing with Other Women 13:37

6M ago13:37

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Thanks for tuning in! Today I have 6 strategies you can implement right now to help you quit the win/lose mentality with other women. Please consider supporting my work either by joining my Patreon community (starting at just $5/month with great perks!) ... ...and purchasing handmade beeswax candles from my collection with the Catholic All Year Mar…

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When God Opens Then Closes A Door 10:30

11M ago10:30

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How do you handle the emotional rollercoaster when God appears to open and then almost immediately shut a door? Mary Clare had this question and I was so glad she asked! In this episode I'll be sharing how I handle the ups and downs, as well as the perfect parenting principle God uses on us, for our good. (Because TBH I need to be parented :) ) Fin…

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3 Homeschool Strategies for a Peaceful Year 15:40

11M ago15:40

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I've not yet talked about homeschooling on my show yet, but today's the day! I'm not a veteran homeschool mom by any means, but I've done enough to make a plan to tackle my 3 biggest pain points in homeschooling. They are: Keeping patience when things get frustrating What to do with your littles while you're doing schoolwork with your bigs Keeping …

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Holy Body Image: See Yourself As God Does feat. Shannon Whitmore 1:22:31

1y ago1:22:31

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Thank you for tuning in! Please subscribe and share with anyone you know who needs to hear this episode. In this episode, Shannon and I detail our eating disorders and how scripture and understanding how God sees us freed us from our underlying self-image issues. Packed with practical tips and support for anyone struggling to love themselves. Resou…

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7 Strategies from Aquinas for Building Virtue feat. Andrew Whitmore, Ph.D. 1:03:09

1y ago1:03:09

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Thank you so much for tuning in! Do you feel like you're stuck in a rut? Can't get out of the same old bad habits (and you're sick of thinking about how you can't just kick them once and for all?) My good friend Dr. Andrew Whitmore will spell out strategies from his new book that are sure to give you tons of motivation and immediate progress. If yo…

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The Problem Is Not the Problem: Do You Need HEALING in Your Relationship With The Lord? 20:21

1+ y ago20:21

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Happy Feast Day of St. Joseph!! I have a newfound devotion to this incredible Saint and, since I have promised to spread awareness of his amazingness, I'm keeping that promise today. It's been an extremely eventful year for the Sumereau family, and one other Saint has also been instrumental for us. Yes God does answer prayers, and he loves to do it…

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Four Reasons I Think You Shouldn’t Pray For a Sign 22:42

1+ y ago22:42

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In my years in discernment ministry, I’ve noticed that most people look for God’s voice in two specific ways: A voice in one’s head, or a sign. As my spiritual life has matured, I’ve mostly stopped asking God for a sign in discernment. Why? I have four reasons: Signs can be ambivelent: How do you know what the sign means? God may not want to tell y…

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Reviving My Dying Prayer Life... 19:57

1+ y ago19:57

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Are you in a phase of life where you lost your motivation to pray? For me, pregnancy is a season where I totally fall off the wagon in my prayer life. Then when I lose the habit of prayer I lose the motivation. And it's really hard to get back into the habit. Today I'm sharing 5 fail-safe strategies to revive my mostly-defunct prayer life: Make you…

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Using Your God-Given Temperament to Avoid Pitfalls and Discern Well 1:18:21

2y ago1:18:21

1:18:21

“Self-knowledge is so important that, even if you were raised right up to the heavens, I should like you never to relax your cultivation of it.” -St. Teresa of Avila In this episode I'm joined by famed author of many books, including The Temperament God Gave You, Laraine Bennett. If you're like me, you get a little annoyed when someone references t…

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Healing Your Heart and Mind after an Eating Disorder 18:50

2y ago18:50

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My heart went out to a listener named Victoria, who wrote to me of her eating disorder. Her discomfort with her looks pushed her toward perfectionism and an extreme fear of failure. As I read her words, I knew exactly how she felt, because for years I was there as well. You can't discern your true purpose when you're living in fear of failure and s…

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Choose Confidently, Live Boldly feat. Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. 1:02:29

2y ago1:02:29

1:02:29

“So, what then is life about? To what — to whom — will we entrust our heart? There are plenty of suitors, but only one worthy spouse. For, as we’ll find, a human life is a weighty thing, and some goals simply can’t bear the burden of our whole heart’s love.” If there's one thing I crave in all my decision-making, it's confidence. If I knew for sure…

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Discerning a Vision for Your Family feat. Leila Lawler 1:11:38

2y ago1:11:38

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There are a million parenting advice books, homeschooling books, how-to's on organizing, and spiritual books. Much, much more rare is a book helping us parents know when to work and when to put your feet up, how to make your marriage last with boisterous youngsters claiming your every ounce of energy, how to form a philosophy for educating your chi…

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The Joy of Fasting feat. Dr. Scott Hahn 42:40

2+ y ago42:40

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Anyone else totally lose steam at this point in Lent? It's not Holy Week yet and the "smells and bells" of special liturgies haven't arrived. And TBH I'm busy and the excitement of growth at the outset of Ash Wednesday wore off weeks ago. If you're like me, you will absolutely LOVE my interview with the inimitable Dr. Scott Hahn. There's so much mo…

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Restoring Your Heart feat. Sr. Miriam James Heidland 50:12

2+ y ago50:12

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VIEW ON YOUTUBE HERE "God does not reject the places even we reject within ourselves." I've never thought of Lent as a time for healing, but my conversation with Sr. Miriam James Heidland changed that. Prayer, fasting and almsgiving: the purpose of these is not to do them for their own sake, but in order to enter into the desert with the Lord. To l…

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History of Lent & Fasting Traditions feat. Kristen Van Uden 32:52

2+ y ago32:52

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WATCH ON YOUTUBE HERE! “If you do not know how to feast, you do not know how to feast.” -GK Chesterton Not gonna lie… as a teen I usually weighed my Lenten resolution options against how good I’d look in a swimsuit by Easter. To be honest, I never “got” fasting. I still don’t know if I do, but this year I’ve received a few great new books that comp…

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Caring for Terminal Cancer Patients & Conversion feat. Sr. Diana Marie Andrews 1:21:40

2+ y ago1:21:40

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My dad had aggressive cancer in 2019 that almost killed him. Watching him go through chemo was an extremely intense experience for my whole family. When I heard about Sr. Diana Marie's mission of dedicating her life to caring for terminally ill cancer patients, my first reaction was "How do you DO that?" Not only does she spend her days loving peop…

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Virtues You Need from Saints You Don’t Know feat. Kelly Guest 51:17

2+ y ago51:17

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Did you know C&C is a YouTube show too? Watch here! We discuss the following saints and their virtues: Faith exemplified by St. Bassa Courage exemplified by St. Perpetua Forgiveness and mercy exemplified by St. Gladys Perseverance exemplified by St. Theneva Detachment exemplified by St. Frances of Rome Generosity exemplified by Bl. Marianna Biernac…

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How We Keep Our Marriage Healthy feat. John and Stacey Sumereau 27:22

2+ y ago27:22

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Watch on YouTube here! Well, well, well. My husband John actually asked to come up with the ideas for this episode and I was like 'YES thank you honey.' I always feared as a single person that my husband and I would fall out of love and out of like, and 5 years in, I'm happy to report we're more into each other than when we got married! We're shari…

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More Joy and Serenity: Draw Close to The Holy Spirit feat. Sr. Mary Ann Fatula 50:08

2+ y ago50:08

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The Holy Spirit is... a dove?? Anyone else feel like the third Person of the Blessed Trinity is just a little inaccessible the way he's usually described? He's so much more than that. In fact, the Holy Spirit is no less than the ACTUAL antidote to literally everything wrong in the world. A relationship with the Holy Spirit is essential to good disc…

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Healing Faith in God after Feeling Abandoned in Trials/Trauma 14:53

2+ y ago14:53

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WATCH ON YOUTUBE HERE Faith helps us get through challenges, yes, but when we have extended trials that press on us we can sometimes falter and lose heart. If we can’t hear God speak or feel his comfort, It can leave us questioning “why has God abandoned me? Where was he when I needed him? Does he really love me if he’s letting me go through this?”…

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Quit Quitting on Your Prayer Life 18:26

2+ y ago18:26

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So things are opening up again (Yay!) And suddenly you're back to juggling a busy schedule and your prayer life is slipping. You're not alone. In this episode I'm answering a question from Julie who's feeling frustrated by her lack of ability to maintain the 4-times-daily structure to her prayer life she had in quarantine. I'll be discussing: The #…

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Finding Dew in the Desert feat. Sonja Corbitt 49:57

3y ago49:57

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Watch on YouTube here! Show Notes Day after day, as I tearfully left my baby and away from the NICU, I would cry out to God, “how much longer?” It’s hard to believe that Nora was only in the hospital 126 days. It felt like 126 years. Why do the deserts of our lives feel so long, and what do you do when your faith begins to waver? Are you supposed t…

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Loving Life When Your Spouse is Nowhere to be Found 20:55

3y ago20:55

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I got a note from Kim asking how to keep trusting God in her season of very extended singlehood. I sympathize 1000% with the struggle but I also FIRMLY believe no one has to stay in a place of sadness, loneliness, and scarcity. Topics Discussed My 3 hopes for anyone struggling with singlehood 3 strategies for achieving and living those hopes Resour…

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Beauty Inside and Out feat. Nicole Caruso 52:18

3y ago52:18

52:18

You know when a woman walks by who looks absolutely fabulous and confident? Is that woman you, or do you wish you could feel more comfortable in your own skin? Until recently, I was the latter. Between years of self-image issues, changing shape constantly from three pregnancies in five years, and hanging on to hand-me-downs I don't like because I f…

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Life-Changing New Catholic Personality Typing System feat. Brennen and Audra Nakane 1:56:28

3y ago1:56:28

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The Nakanes couldn't believe it when they discovered a personality typing system that maps not only to reality, but also to scripture! It's not just a fun Facebook quiz; this system is a powerful key to understanding the Triune God, the personality you were given, other people, motivations, and free will. Brennen and Audra Nakane have been research…

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Beat Discernment Overwhelm! Which Religious Communities Should I Visit? 16:35

3y ago16:35

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Never be overwhelmed by discerning religious life again! In this Q&A episode, follow this simple method to narrow down your search from the entire universe to the communities you're going to visit in person. Questions for journaling included in this episode: Do I see myself in a cloistered or an active community? Why? Is wearing a habit as part of …

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Perception & Contemplation feat. Dony MacManus 55:25

3y ago55:25

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“Listening with a capital L is the secret to life, the secret to love, because you can’t love what you don’t understand, and you can only understand if you listen.” What if it were your actual job to contemplate? To perceive deeply? That’s how Dony MacManus sees his calling as an artist. He spent three weeks just drawing Michaelangelo’s Pieta, and …

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I Don't Trust God with My Future...What Now? 29:09

3y ago29:09

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A little while back I got a message from Kathryn who’s struggling to surrender to God’s will for vocation, career, and living situation. She wrote, “Every time I surrender what I want to God I just get sad, like I’m giving up. How can I surrender my desires God when I don’t even think he cares, when I don’t think he wants to give me what I want?” M…

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Hearing God Through Prayer Doodling feat. Ali Hoffman 1:10:00

3y ago1:10:00

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“The Holy Spirit is moving now- he doesn’t want to wait five years until you’ve got your life together.” It was my honor to share a beverage with the incredibly down-to-earth and inspiring gal pal Ali Hoffman. From discussing grieving your dreams to awkward parties and how to host them, Ali and I are your cheerleaders in living out today well, what…

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Everyday Discernment feat. Tim Ferrara 1:04:32

3y ago1:04:32

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Life is mushy. It’s exhausting living in the gray. That’s why tuning into our inner compass- conscience- and learning what the voice of the Holy Spirit sounds like, are vital in discerning everyday decisions. God doesn’t care what color shoes we choose. But many small decisions are important because they add up to the big moments. The more we’re at…

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79 Days in the NICU and Counting feat. John, Stacey and Honora Sumereau 42:16

3y ago42:16

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It's been the wildest ride of our lives. At publishing time we're on day 93 in the NICU. John and I took listener questions and I think this episode will speak to anyone going through a hard time. Topics Discussed How have John and I supported each other? How have we reconciled the human negative emotions with being a faithful Christian? How do we …

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Trusting through Difficult Times and YouTube Ministry feat. Fr. Mark Goring 1:14:32

3+ y ago1:14:32

1:14:32

“People will listen to whoever steps in front of the mic. Why aren’t we proclaiming the Gospel? There’s people who are hungry and thirsty, who want to be spoken words of truth. It takes boldness, courage, and a certain humility to step in front of the crowd and share what’s on your heart.” This episode is several seemingly opposite things- half my …

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Keeping Faith on Broadway feat. Melissa Davies ("Les Miserables") and Madison Mitchell ("Cats") 1:28:25

3+ y ago1:28:25

1:28:25

“We have nothing to prove and everything to share.” Anyone else feel simultaneously like the weird Catholic in their artist’s circle, and also the weird artist in their Catholic circle? I firmly believe people of faith are called to creativity. One of my most commonly asked questions is, “How did you keep your faith during your Broadway career?” I …

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What You Love is What You're Made For feat. Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. 1:15:49

3+ y ago1:15:49

1:15:49

“You might have talents that are weird, like maybe you could work in the Yankee Candle lab to find what scents best induce Christmas cheer. And if you have the best nose, then I say get after it! Get after the candles!” When I was a kid, I got sculpey clay one Christmas. Sculpting became one of my fun little childhood hobbies. In high school, my mo…

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Winning the Spiritual Battle in 2021: 5 Goals for Christians 27:53

3+ y ago27:53

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This year I’ve been shadowbanned for being pro-life. I've received dozens of the nastiest comments attempting to shame and insult me for being a conservative and a Catholic. It got me thinking of my visit to Rome a few years ago when I visited the Church of Santo Stephano Rotondo. 34 gory, stomach-turning murals line the walls depicting the most un…

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O Little Town of Bethlehem: Home of Every Christian feat. Khaled Jacoub 52:59

3+ y ago52:59

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ANNOUNCING THE JAN 2022 GOD'S ADVENTURE AWAITS PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND! Join me and fellow pilgrims to walk in the places where Jesus walked, discern your God-given mission and purpose, and experience the food and culture of Israel. Celebrate mass afloat on the Sea of Galilee and see Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Nazareth, Mt. Tabor, the Mount of the B…

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Sex Life and Finding the Right NFP Method feat. Bridget Busacker 1:17:46

3+ y ago1:17:46

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I was super nervous before my wedding night about sex. I didn’t know how to go about finding the right NFP method, and approaching married people with personal questions was embarrassing. The whole deal felt kinda… gross. John and I were promised a “honeymoon every month” in our marriage prep class, but living the reality was extremely hard. We fel…

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Healing from Parents' Divorce feat. Sarah Hart 52:16

3+ y ago52:16

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One million children experience their parents’ divorce each year. Two-thirds of them who were regularly attending a Church or synagogue at the time report that no one reached out to them at that time. Parents’ divorce increases their children’s chance of divorce by 40%. And barely any Catholic dioceses have an outreach for it. My friend Sarah Hart …

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Find Your Feminine Genius feat. Liv Harrison 1:04:30

3+ y ago1:04:30

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WATCH ON YOUTUBE HERE I admit; I envied other girls in high school terribly. (Hello, insecurity!) Unless I could have that girl’s hair, or that other girl’s confidence or whatever other quality I saw that I wanted, I wasn’t good enough. Ladies, been there? It didn’t occur to my immature teenage brain that I wasn’t supposed to be like anyone else. T…

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Spiritual Warfare feat. Sr. Dede Byrne 1:12:19

4y ago1:12:19

1:12:19

“If the bullets are going away from you, you’re going the wrong way!” WATCH ON YOUTUBE HERE I'm fascinated by the life of Sr. Dede Byrne, today's guest. I first encountered her speaking at the Republican National Convention where she literally held up her rosary and called it her 'weapon of love.' Sr. Dede served as a Colonel in the Army for years …

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Discerning Your Catholic Vote feat. Matthew Pinto 1:10:51

4y ago1:10:51

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Gulp. Politics. Not gonna lie, folks; I’ve been terrified to podcast about voting. Many issues are highly incendiary and in our cancel culture it’s daunting. I know I'm not alone as I wrestle with answers to the hard questions. But as I read Clear Conscience, A Catholic Guide to Voting by Matthew Pinto, CEO and founder of Ascension Press, I gained …

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How to Be Fundamentally Happy feat. Dominick Albano 1:21:00

4y ago1:21:00

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“It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too ea…

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