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Welcome to The 'Cravert' Chronicles where friends Nicole and Tara discuss new topics in the Catholic faith. These ladies take a unique approach in which they compare both their cradle catholic and convert perspectives! #OnWednesdaysWeWearGrace Follow us on Instagram for more information! @thecravertchronicles_podcast @notoriouslynicole @atvillagepark
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TCC Rosary Pray-Along: The Sorrowful Mysteries
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Pray along with Nicole as she prays a Rosary, meditating on the Sorrowful mysteries to calming background music. Go find a quiet place and spend this time alone in prayer with God. Lift up any intentions you have prior to the start of the episode and trust in Our Lady's intercession. The Sorrowful Mysteries are typically said on Tuesdays & Fridays.…
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TCC Rosary Pray-Along: The Glorious Mysteries
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Pray along with Nicole as she prays a Rosary, meditating on the Glorious mysteries to calming background music. Go find a quiet place and spend this time alone in prayer with God. Lift up any intentions you have prior to the start of the episode and trust in Our Lady's intercession. The Glorious mysteries are typically said on Sundays & Wednesdays.…
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S2 Episode 28: All About WorshipNOW Publishing - featuring Gabriel Wanous & Chris Nolin
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In this week's episode, Nicole and Tara had not one - but TWO wonderful guests, Gabriel Wanous and Chris Nolin with WorshipNOW Publishing company! Over the summer Nicole met these two at the National Association of Pastoral Musician's (NPM) annual conference that was sponsored by WorshipNOW. The event featured several christian artists, including w…
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S2 Episode 26: Being Spiritual vs Religious
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This week, Nicole and Tara reflected on the age old question of what it means to be spiritual versus religious. It was hard to find clear articles stating either sides to this phenomenon as most of them catered toward the spiritual direction (fitting, especially seeing how society operates today). After some digging they agreed on an article to ref…
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S2 Episode 25: Yeezus to Jesus? On Kanye West's New Album
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Another Wednesday means another episode! In this one, Nicole and Tara chat about Kanye West’s new album - Jesus is King, that was released this past week! It has since been declared a new age gospel album, still holding onto that mainstream andsecular sound. A lot of controversy and questions have stirred following the release, but interestingly, t…
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S2 Episode 24: The Moral Issue of Pornography
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This week, Nicole and Tara tackle the issue of pornography! More specifically, what makes it wrong in accordance with the Catholic faith. In the Catechism, Pornography is defined as “removing real or simulated sexual acts from the intimacy of the partners, in order to display them deliberately to third parties”. With this information, they viewed a…
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S2 Episode 23: What is RCIA? The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
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This week Nicole and Tara talk about RCIA -better known as, The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults! Both have been through this process, one as an actual catechumen and the other as a sponsor, the ladies delve into their personal takes on the program through their parishes. The typical levels of an RCIA program follows four periods: the Period …
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S2 Episode 22: Experiences with Youth Ministry
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This week, Nicole and Tara talk about youth ministry! While to some, they might immediately think of the 'mega church', concert strobe lights extravaganza, the education and fellowship of teens and college students is so important in faith formation. It is a critical age group going through so many life transitions and worldly influences. It seems …
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S2 Episode 21: A little look at "Through the Eyes of Jesus" by Alan Ames
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In this episode, Nicole flies solo in our first 'minisode', because normally our episodes are typically a LITTLE bit longer! This week she decided to talk about a trilogy of books she has been engrossed in, Through the Eyes of Jesus by Alan Ames. An incredible testimony, Alan started experiencing visions from Jesus in the 1990s, where he would vivi…
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S2 Episode 20: The Pursuit of Happiness...?
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This week we discuss a topic that humans have been wrestling with for a very long time - a topic that has been studied extensively by psychologists, philosophers, and theologians alike. It also happens to be a popular subject within the new age movement and it seems to be that our culture is always pushing to obtain it. The topic is... Happiness! A…
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S2 Episode 19: What is Minimalism, Really?
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Nicole and Tara decided to delve into the concept of minimalism and what that means in our current culture. To most it is a way of life in which we can better our environment, live with less unused material items and remain present. However, like any good movement it can certainly start to feel like a religious following. When too much energy is pl…
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S2 Episode 18: Emmanuel Gonzalez on Same Sex Attraction
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This week, Nicole and Tara had the honor of speaking with Emmanuel "Manny" Gonzalez, a young man who has been courageous enough to share his story and experience with same sex attraction (SSA). Manny was born and raised in Dallas, Texas to a devout Puerto Rican Catholic family and is one of seven children. He is currently a sophomore at Franciscan …
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We're BAAAACK! After a much needed hiatus, Nicole and Tara discuss how they are glad to have the opportunity to step back and build up the faith and prayer life! It is the time of year where everyone is starting over: end of summer, school, and ahhh, almost fall! Sometimes changing up how we approach our daily prayer and conversation with God can h…
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The 'Cravert' Chronicles Episode 16: Reflecting on Voluntary Distraction
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This week, Tara and Nicole discuss a topic inspired by Fr. Mike Schmitz’s podcast, titled, "How do we spend our time?" and, ultimately, distractions in our life. Distraction can become an issue and get in the way of our vocation, jobs, running a household, acts of service, and most importantly, in our faith! We suffer from something called voluntar…
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The 'Cravert' Chronicles Episode 15: Guest Featuring Leah Moler
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After another week off, don't worry - we made up for it with a little bit of a longer episode! Nicole and Tara were blessed with the opportunity to have a conversation with Leah Moler, a faith and lifestyle blogger who runs her social media brand 'Life As Leah Knows'. As a convert from a Protestant household, she spent a large part of her teens as …
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The 'Cravert' Chronicles Episode 14: Dealing with Stress & Anxiety
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This is the time of year where emotions and anxiety tend to be high! It prompted Nicole and Tara to talk about ways in which you can approach your mental health as a Catholic when dealing with stress and anxiety. Going through difficult times can help us to grow in our faith, as well as bring some unexpected graces into our lives. Looking to saints…
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The 'Cravert' Chronicles Episode 13: Guest Featuring Alli Shoemaker
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This week Nicole and Tara had the pleasure of talking with fellow Instagrammer, Alli Shoemaker (@allilshoemaker). Alli is a work-from-home mom of two little boys and is mostly known as the older sister of Zach Sobiech, a childhood cancer advocate and musician who died of bone cancer at age 18 and wrote the song that went viral called, "Clouds." A f…
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The 'Cravert' Chronicles Episode 12: Confidence in the Faith
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This week Nicole and Tara reel it back in after a week's hiatus, having launched new Instagram page for The 'Cravert' Chronicles! Looking at a broader topic, confidence in the catholic faith felt like something to chat about this week. They spoke on personal experiences from not knowing everything in the faith to exuding a confidence in everyday li…
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The 'Cravert' Chronicles Episode 11: Our First Guest Feature with Blogger Cecilia Pappas
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This week Nicole and Tara decided to take things up a notch by debuting a special guest episode, featuring cradle-catholic, fashion blogger, Cecilia Pappas, on the show. Cecilia is an online student living in Chicago, runs a fashion blog through her own brand, Cecilia Jean, and is co-founder of the 'Modish Movement'. She also works full time and do…
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The 'Cravert' Chronicles Episode 10: Holy Week or Holy Weak?
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In this episode Nicole and Tara unravel the article titled, "5 Ways to Make Sure Your Holy Week Isn’t a Holy Weak" by Marge Fenelon on the National Catholic Register website in preparation for Easter Sunday.
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The 'Cravert' Chronicles Episode 9: Lent Series - Our Catholic Identities & Evangelizing
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In this episode, Nicole and Tara get into what having a catholic identity might mean to us all personally versus how we may be representing catholicism as a whole to those who are not religious. They then chat about evangelism in modern day and what seems to stick based on faithful interests and identities.…
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The 'Cravert' Chronicles Episode 8: Lent Series - Overcoming Spiritual Dryness
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On this week's episode, Nicole and Tara readily admit that they have experienced 'spiritual dryness' at times while at mass, during prayer routines, or even simply lacking the motivation in an everyday faith. They talk about ways to overcome this, referencing an online article written by Fr. Joseph M. Esper on the Catholic Exchange website.…
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The 'Cravert' Chronicles Episode 7: Lent Series - Reflections on Confession
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*REPUBLISHED* Moved by recently going to confession, Nicole and Tara reflect on the holy sacrament of reconciliation while also delving into the most recent gospel reading in Luke 13:6-9. They then relate the parable to how often times, the world wants us to see God as vengeful and angry as opposed to loving and forgiving.…
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The 'Cravert' Chronicles Episode 6: Lent Series - Living By Godly Examples
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Nicole and Tara dive into this week's episode inspired by Philippians 3:17, how they feel it is to learn to live by a Godly example versus a worldly one during the season of Lent.
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The 'Cravert' Chronicles Episode 5: Lent Series - Temptation
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In this episode, Nicole and Tara reflect on the first week of lent so far, situations of temptations they have encountered and come to recognize, relaying it back to Matthew 4:1-11 when Jesus was tempted by Satan in the desert.
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The 'Cravert' Chronicles Episode 4: Ash Wednesday
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Nicole and Tara kick off Lent with their Lent Series, delving into a take on Ash Wednesday. They discuss goals they have for this liturgical season as well as the difficulties they've struggled with in the past.
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The 'Cravert' Chronicles Episode 3: Living Intentionally
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Nicole and Tara talk about ways they have found they may have struggled with learning to live intentionally in the faith, and ways to fix that. They go through and have a commentary on the five steps of "Forming Intentional Disciples" by Sherry Weddell as discussed per an article on the OSVNews catholic site!…
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The 'Cravert' Chronicles Episode 2: Pride & Choosing Catholicism
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In this episode, we tackle how we both combat pride and choosing catholicism in our cradle and convert perspectives!
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The 'Cravert' Chronicles Episode 1: Prayer Life Evolution
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@NotoriouslyNicole and @AtVillagePark's Tara host their first podcast for the weekly Cravert Chronicles segment! This episode is about prayer life evolution from both cradle and convert catholic perspectives.
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