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  • Repost: Beauty, Truth & Goodness – Raised Catholic 139

    Repost: Beauty, Truth & Goodness – Raised Catholic 139

    The following is a transcript of the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Hi friends. Today I’m following up with an idea from last week’s episode, which was all about digging in through our faith foundations and holding things up to the light – our beliefs, practices, faith habits, things like…


  • Raised Catholic Community – Raised Catholic 137

    Raised Catholic Community – Raised Catholic 137

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 137: Raised Catholic Community Hi friends. Last week we concluded a huge summer series all taken from inspiration from just one week I spent in Rome. If you need to catch up on those,…


  • Full Circle – Raised Catholic 136

    Full Circle – Raised Catholic 136

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 136: Full Circle Hi friends. Today is the conclusion of my Rome series – in total, there are ten full episodes in this series which are all taken from inspiration and experiences from just…


  • Light at Every Stage (St. Clare) – Raised Catholic 134

    Light at Every Stage (St. Clare) – Raised Catholic 134

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 134: Light at Every Stage (St. Clare) Hi friends. Today we continue our summer series with reflections from my time in Rome, and today it is all about the many stages and details of…


  • Be Not Afraid – Rome Edition – Raised Catholic 132

    Be Not Afraid – Rome Edition – Raised Catholic 132

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 132: Be Not Afraid: Rome Edition Well, hello friends. This summer we continue to explore some themes from the trip I took to Rome this past spring, and today’s episode is all about fear.…


  • Rome Sweet Rome – Raised Catholic 126

    Rome Sweet Rome – Raised Catholic 126

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 126: Rome Sweet Rome Well, hello friend. This past week, my husband and I had the opportunity to travel with a local college choir’s pilgrimage to Rome and wow, wow, wow, there is so…


  • Pentecost – The Amazing Movement of God – Raised Catholic 125

    Pentecost – The Amazing Movement of God – Raised Catholic 125

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 125: Pentecost: The Amazing Movement of God Hi friends. You know, it’s funny how God works. Last year at this time, I made a podcast episode for you called Pentecost Takeaways. In the introduction,…


  • What Revival Really Looks Like – Raised Catholic 124

    What Revival Really Looks Like – Raised Catholic 124

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 124: What Revival Really Looks Like Hi friends. Way back on New Year’s Eve, 2018, I wrote a piece on my blog called ‘Re’. It was based on something that Fr. Frank McFarland, a priest whom…


  • 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…


  • Make a New Soundtrack – Raised Catholic episode 122

    Make a New Soundtrack – Raised Catholic episode 122

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 122: Make a New Soundtrack Hi friends. In this time in our culture, there is so much noise vying for our attention. TV and other media, social media, podcasts, and much more. It can take…