Amanda Martinez Beck is a storyteller and fat activist on a mission to help people embrace the goodness of their bodies. She is the co-founder of the Ruah Storytellers Podcast. In addition to cohosting the Fat & Faithful Podcast, she is the aut

Jules Miles, Good Friday Meditation

Apr 10th, 2020 10m 43s

Jules Miles is a wife and mom with a Masters Degree in Catholic Theology. She is the creator and host of the podcast, Mystery Through Manners, and co-founder of Ruah Storytellers. Featured Music:Ocean WildWords and music by Nick and Alina De

Cathy Torrez, Holy Thursday Meditation

Apr 9th, 2020 10m 46s

Cathy Torrez is a wife, stepmother, and mother. She spends her days at a salt plant and her nights snuggling her two small children. She takes those aforementioned children to Adoration each week (by choice!) and prays with them for others each

Monique Ocampo

Apr 8th, 2020 8m 24s

Monique Ocampo is an English tutor from Houston, Texas who loves finding connections between her Catholic faith and her many fandoms. She sees God as the Divine Artist and considers herself an apprentice with the written word. You can find her

Sister Anne Higgins

Apr 7th, 2020 5m 31s

Sister Anne Higgins is a daughter of Charity for close to 50 years, and a professor of English at Mount St. Mary’s Univeristy in Emmitsburg, Maryland. She is also the author of many selected works of poetry.Featured Music:Ocean WildWords and

Catherine Guiremand

Apr 6th, 2020 11m 39s

Catherine currently lives in Hawaii, but is preparing to move to Bahrain soon with her 4 young children. She is married to a Naval Officer who's career has taken them to many interesting places. Both Catherine and her husband insist the best pa

Courtney Kiolbassa

Apr 4th, 2020 8m 55s

Courtney Kiolbassa is a freelance writer and poet based in Dallas, Texas. She has worked on projects like the Catholic Creatives podcast, the OSV Innovation Challenge, and a thesis on pilgrimage in the American Southwest. You can find Courtney'

Alissa Molina

Apr 3rd, 2020 11m 57s

Alissa loves being a wife and mom. Her family of seven lives just outside of Austin, Texas where in between packing lunches and finding matching socks, she thinks a lot about how to become a saint by loving well. Alissa is passionate about Ca

Chloe Langr

Apr 2nd, 2020 9m 16s

Chloe Langr is a writer, podcaster, and the author of "Created for Love: Reflections for the Catholic Bride-to-Be." She is passionate about the feminine genius, which she explores on her podcast, "Letters to Women." When she isn't buried under

Victoria Mastrangelo

Apr 1st, 2020 9m 25s

Victoria Mastrangelo is a wife, mother of three, and high school theology teacher in Houston. She loves to read, research, write, drink coffee, and travel. Her dream job is to be a perpetual student. She is a contributor at FemCatholic and can

Laura Pittenger

Mar 31st, 2020 8m 38s

Laura Pittenger is a writer and director creating theater in New York City. Her plays are published at YouthPLAYS and Smith & Kraus, and her work has been produced in the U.K. and across the country. Learn more at her website: www.laurapittenge

Beth Williby

Mar 30th, 2020 10m 29s

Beth Williby is a wife of 20 years to her college sweetheart and the mom of 4 kids, ages 8 to 18. She is a singer and writer for her own blog, A Welcome Grace, and is a regular contributor to the Blessed is She blog. Having grown up in the Midw

Paige Rien

Mar 28th, 2020 13m 59s

Paige Rien is a designer, former HGTV-host, author, speaker, mother to four, and convert to the Catholic faith, not necessarily in that order. She is chiefly interested in the intersection of the home and our personal path to holiness. Her firs

Nell O'Leary

Mar 27th, 2020 11m 13s

Nell O’Leary is the Managing Editor for Blessed is She, wife, mother of four, attorney-turned-editor, speaker and writer. She loves her chocolate in hot milk, her grilled cheese partially charred, and her laundry folded (preferably by someone e

Kara Dixon

Mar 26th, 2020 8m 42s

Kara Dixon is a TV reporter based in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Kara's mission in life is to bring awareness to the beauty and diversity of the world through her stories. When she's not reporting, stockpiling books for her library, or belting our

Liv Harrison

Mar 25th, 2020 11m 52s

Liv is a professional speaker and emcee with a gift for humor, storytelling and wisdom. She works with youth from junior high to young adult, including work in marriage ministry. Liv has been featured on EWTN, Forte Catholic, Sirius XM, and var

Meg Hunter-Kilmer

Mar 24th, 2020 10m 55s

Meg Hunter-Kilmer is a hobo missionary. After 2 theology degrees from Notre Dame and 5 years as a high school religion teacher, she quit her job in 2012 to live out of her car and preach the Gospel to anyone who would listen. 50 states and 25 c

Mary Jo Gerd

Mar 23rd, 2020 13m 39s

Mary Jo Gerd traded in her media career interviewing celebrity actors and filmmakers for the more rewarding, albeit less glamorous vocation of full-time wife and mother. She hasn't looked back since. Well, maybe once or twice. She lives in Denv

Heather Faase

Mar 21st, 2020 10m 17s

Heather is a Colorado girl who is happiest in the mountains. She fell in love with her Midwest-hunk-of-a-husband during her higher ed study of theology; earning an undergraduate degree in theology from The Collage of St Benedict followed by a

Meg Matenaer

Mar 20th, 2020 12m 1s

Meg Matenaer is a writer from Madison, Wisconsin, where she lives with her husband and six children. Her book, Write in Time, is available on Amazon. You can find her at megmatenaer.com.Today's Featured Sponsor:Today’s episode is sponsored by

Beth Sri

Mar 19th, 2020 19m 17s

Beth Sri is the mother of eight children ages 19 to 3, and is married to Catholic theologian Edward Sri. A graduate of Benedictine College, she was among the first FOCUS missionaries. Beth continues to lead and invest in those around her, encou

Lindsay Schlegel, "Refined"

Mar 18th, 2020 10m 28s

Lindsay Schlegel is a daughter of God, wife, mother, and believer in the life-giving power of words. She's the author of "Don't Forget to Say Thank You: And Other Parenting Lessons That Brought Me Closer to God" and the host of the weekly podca

Rachel Lamb "St. Patrick's Day"

Mar 17th, 2020 15m 4s

Rachel Lamb, a lifelong Texan, earned her Master of Divinity degree with a certificate in Anglican Studies from Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in 2011. After being offered a position as a pro-abortion chaplain with

Karianna Frey

Mar 16th, 2020 14m 1s

Karianna Frey is a wife, mother, and Classical Educator based out of Pasadena California. Originally from the Midwest, she adores red lipstick, vintage style, champagne, and Jesus. You can find her on Instagram at @kariannafrey posting about fa

Ellen Virginia

Mar 14th, 2020 11m 19s

Ellen Virginia is a devoted wife and homeschooling mother who loves to share her gift of hospitality with everyone she meets. A natural cheerleader of the heart and a passionate advocate for time spent with Jesus, Ellen delights in encouraging