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  • Repost: The Spiritual Practice of Mothering – Raised Catholic episode 123

    Repost: The Spiritual Practice of Mothering – Raised Catholic episode 123

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic Podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 72: The Spiritual Practice of Mothering Hello friends. As we approach Mother’s Day this year, I’m reflecting on my own experience as a mother, and on my own mother who art in Heaven, and…


  • What’s the Plan? – Raised Catholic episode 74

    What’s the Plan? – Raised Catholic episode 74

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic Podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 74: What’s the Plan? Hi friends. Well, this is the time of year when a lot of young people are considering their next steps.  If you are or have a high school or college graduate,…


  • The Spiritual Practice of Mothering – Raised Catholic episode 72

    The Spiritual Practice of Mothering – Raised Catholic episode 72

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic Podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 72: The Spiritual Practice of Mothering Hello friends. As we approach Mother’s Day this year, I’m reflecting on my own experience as a mother, and on my own mother who art in Heaven, and…


  • Raise a Banner – Raised Catholic podcast 71

    Raise a Banner – Raised Catholic podcast 71

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic Podcast episode. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 71: Raise a Banner Hi friends. Have you noticed that in the last few years, quite a lot of us are identifying ourselves with banners, signs, and flags, not to mention slogans on hats…


  • What If – Raised Catholic episode 70

    What If – Raised Catholic episode 70

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic Podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 70: What If? Hello friends. By the time you’re hearing this episode we will be fully into the Easter season, so happy Easter!  I hope the day was a wonderful one for you and yours,…


  • Enough – Raised Catholic Podcast episode 69

    Enough – Raised Catholic Podcast episode 69

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic Podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 69: Enough Hi friends. Well, since I teach music with preschoolers, it was bound to happen sooner or later, but this week I experienced my first cold in literally years.  As the days wore on,…


  • Be Reconciled – Raised Catholic Podcast episode 68

    Be Reconciled – Raised Catholic Podcast episode 68

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic Podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 68: Be Reconciled Well, hello friends.  As we take this turn into the last bit of Lent toward Holy Week, many of us are thinking about the practice of the Sacrament of Reconciliation, or what…


  • Consecration Basics – Raised Catholic podcast episode 67

    Consecration Basics – Raised Catholic podcast episode 67

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 67: Consecration Basics Well, hello friends. You may have heard that this past week, on March 25, at approximately 6:30pm Rome time, Pope Francis led the world in praying the Act of Consecration to the…


  • Thank God – Raised Catholic episode 66

    Thank God – Raised Catholic episode 66

    The following is a transcript from a Raised Catholic Podcast episode. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 66: Thank God Hello friends.  Today’s episode is all about gratitude, and because this is a faith podcast, we’re speaking here specifically about gratitude to God.  If you were born and raised Catholic, you likely grew…


  • Slow Lent

    Slow Lent

    The following is a transcript from a Raised Catholic Podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 65: Slow Lent Well, hi friends.  This week I was teaching my early childhood music program with a preschool group and introducing the concept of ‘tempo’ with a fun St. Patrick’s Day song.  We stood up,…