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  • Memento Mori – Raised Catholic episode 47

    Memento Mori – Raised Catholic episode 47

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 47: Memento Mori Hi friends.  This past week we’ve had All Saints Day, All Souls Day, and I’ve had my own little triduum of important days, too.  This week, I remembered my Mom’s last day on Earth nine…


  • Run Your Race – Raised Catholic episode 46

    Run Your Race – Raised Catholic episode 46

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 46: Run Your Race Hi friends. In the last few months, I’ve started running, again. The first time I started running was at age 41 in the wake of my mother’s death. My sister was training for…


  • Messengers of God – Raised Catholic episode 45

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 45: Messengers of God Well, hi, friends.  This week found me in some early celebrations of my upcoming fiftieth birthday.  I’ve been connecting with little groups of friends in the lead-up to the big day in a…


  • Beauty, Truth & Goodness – Raised Catholic episode 43

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 43: Beauty, Truth and Goodness Well, hi, friends. So, this week, I had kind of a terrible day, and I’ll tell you a little about it.  That day, I had some professional worries, had a book…


  • Retreat to Move Forward – Raised Catholic episode 41

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 41: Retreat to Move Forward Well, hi, friends.  What a couple of years it has been, am I right?  We’ve heard the phrase ‘unprecedented times’ maybe more in the last handful of years than we ever have…


  • Pass it On – Raised Catholic episode 40

    Pass it On – Raised Catholic episode 40

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 40: Pass it On Well, hello friends.  This week, as we waited for a yoga class to begin, some of the older ladies in class were talking all about collagen: the brands they’ve tried, the best…


  • Everything Means Something – Raised Catholic episode 39

    Everything Means Something – Raised Catholic episode 39

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 39: Everything Means Something Well, hello friends.  As I sit on my porch and write these words today, there is a red dragonfly sitting just a few feet away in a bush.  Whenever I see a dragonfly,…


  • Holy Water – Raised Catholic episode 38

    Holy Water – Raised Catholic episode 38

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 38: Holy Water Well, hi, friends.  As I write these words on my front porch today, it has just started to rain, and I hear those fat raindrops plopping on the porch roof and on the…


  • Be Where You Are – Raised Catholic episode 37

    Be Where You Are – Raised Catholic episode 37

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 37: Be Where You Are Well, hello there, friends.  Around here, we’ve hit that part of the summer when we feel some things coming to an end at the very same time that we gear up…


  • Under Construction – Raised Catholic podcast 35

    Under Construction – Raised Catholic podcast 35

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 35: Under Construction Well, hello, friends. Today’s episode is a short update about some work I’m doing on the podcast, along with a little reflection about some things I’m learning along the way. First, the…