Catholic Momcast

Lisa Hendey shares a conversation with Shari Rigby, the talented director behind the new Great American Pure Flix film Divine Influencer.  

Divine Influencer Synopsis: When an entitled influencer loses everything, she must humbly trust God to understand what the meaning of true influence is. Desperate, she takes a job at a homeless shelter only so she has a place to lay her head and quickly realizes the joy and purpose that comes from serving others.  

Growing up in North Dakota, Shari Rigby dreamed of being an entertainer. For Shari, success in print modeling came at a young age and quickly evolved into commercial work & film. She has been credited with eight films, and an assortment of print awards. 

Show Notes Links: 

• Divine Influencer at Great American Pure Flix 

CatholicMom.com founder Lisa Hendey is joined by Maria Johnson and Bayleigh Marquis for a fun conversation about the Labor Day holiday weekend and fall plans.

Lisa Hendey, Maria Morera Johnson and Bayleigh Marquis chat about the unofficial end of Summer, getting back to school and routines, and the mental reset that comes following Labor Day. 

A sidebar about pens in our conversation leads us to a very important question: what is YOUR favorite pen/school supply?

• CatholicMom Prayercast with Fr Fred Jenga #1
• The Ave Prayer Book for Catholic Mothers

CatholicMom Prayercast hosts Heidi Hess Saxton and Maria Morera Johnson have an intimate conversation about Heidi's prayer journey.

Heidi Hess Saxton is senior acquisitions editor for Ave Maria Press, and editor of The Ave Prayer Book for Catholic Mothers. She and her husband Craig live in northern Michigan with their Chiweenie Gretta in a cabin in the woods. You can read more of their adventures on “Life on the Road Less Traveled.”

Maria Morera Johnson, author of My Badass Book of Saints, Super Girls and Halo, and Our Lady of Charity: How a Cuban Devotion to Mary Helped Me Grow in Faith and Love writes about all the things that she loves. A cradle Catholic, she struggles with living in the world but not being of it, and blogs about those successes and failures, too.

• Father Dolindo Ruotolo Surrender Novena
• Heidi Hess Saxton books
• Read all articles by Heidi Hess Saxton.
• Maria Morera Johnson books
• Read all articles by Maria Morera Johnson

CatholicMom.com founder Lisa Hendey invites contributors Andrea Bear and Jennifer Thomas, hosts of Mourning Glory Podcast, for an important conversation about mourning, loss, and faith.

Lisa Hendey is joined by two of our Catholic Mom contributors, Andrea Bear and Jennifer Thomas, to discuss their beautiful new Mourning Glory Podcast. This podcast is aimed at helping listeners to navigate grief from a Catholic/Christian perspective. Host Andrea Bear and Jennifer Thomas share their journeys while drawing on faith. Combined with mental health tools and heavenly wisdom this podcast hopes to help listeners know they are not alone.  

Andrea Bear writes for faith-based websites such as Catholicmom.com, queenofpeacemedia.com, and last year completed her first novel Grieving Daughters’ Club, loosely based off her experience with loss. She is a high school history teacher and has a fondness for St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. You can visit her website at http://www.andreabearauthor.com 

Jennifer Thomas is a Catholic wife and mom who recently reverted back to the faith. In addition to being a contributing writer for Catholicmom.com she is a stationary enthusiast who enjoys sending meaningful letters to her friends and family. She also enjoys researching ways to instill Catholic traditions within her family while finishing her first book. You can find her at http://www.jenniferjthomas.com/  

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100085419196537 
• Instagram: @morningglorypodcast  
• Mourning Glory Podcast 

CatholicMom.com founder Lisa Hendey and co-host Maria Morera Johnson welcome Cassie Schmidt from Ascension Press for an informative discussion on Ascension's groundbreaking Family Leave policy.

Cassie Schmidt is the Senior HR Manager on Ascension’s fantastic People & Culture team. She’s blessed to have spent the last 7 1/2 years cultivating a people-focused culture and creating policies with purpose. When not working, Cassie, her husband, Michael, and their two children, Lola and Eli, enjoy spending time at the lake or hitting the trails in any one of the many beautiful Wisconsin state parks.

• Press release on Ascension’s Pro-Life Leave Policies: ascensionpress.com/FamilyLeave
• Press Kit with Ascension’s Leave Templates and Images
• Facebook: @AscensionPress
• Twitter: @AscensionPress
• Instagram: @CatholicFaithFormation

CatholicMom editor Maria Morera Johnson and contributor Heidi Hess Saxton welcome Fr David Marcham, Vice Postulator of the cause for canonization of the founder of Holy Cross Family Ministries, Venerable Patrick Peyton.

Reverend David S. Marcham is the Vice Postulator for the Cause of Venerable Patrick Peyton, and Director of the Father Peyton Guild, whose members pray for Father Peyton’s beatification and spread his message of the importance of Family Prayer. Prior to becoming a seminarian, Father David was a physical therapist and clinical instructor, serving hospital inpatients and outpatients throughout the greater Boston area for eleven years. In 1998 he heard the call to priesthood and was ordained in the Archdiocese of Boston in 2005. Father David grew up in Quincy, MA, and has fond memories of playing soccer, tennis and running track. You’re never without a friend when Father David is around, as he welcomes everyone into his circle with a smile on his face!

• Fr. David Marcham Bio and World at Prayer blog
• Fr. Patrick Peyton biography
• Holy Cross Family Ministries

Catholic Mom's Lisa Hendey and Barb Szyszkiewicz welcome author and podcaster Dr. Leonard J. DeLorenzo, recorded live at the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress in Anaheim, California.

Leonard J. DeLorenzo, PhD, serves in the McGrath Institute for Church Life and teaches theology at the University of Notre Dame. Two of DeLorenzo's recent publications include "Turn to the Lord: Forming Disciples for Lifelong Conversion" (Liturgical Press) and "Our Faithful Departed: Where They Are and Why It Matters" (Ave Maria). DeLorenzo is the creator and host of the popular radio show and podcast "Church Life Today" and speaks internationally on character formation, discernment, the biblical imagination, and the spiritualities of the saints for dioceses, parishes, schools, and other conferences. 

• Church Life Today Podcast  
• Turn to the Lord: Forming Disciples for Lifelong Conversion 
• Our Faithful Departed: Where They Are and Why It Matters 

CatholicMom's Allison Gingras and Bayleigh Marquis welcome Heather Khym of Abiding Together Podcast at the LA Religious Education Congress in Anaheim, CA.

Heather Khym is the cohost of the internationally popular Abiding Together Podcast. She and her husband, Jake, are the cofounders of Life Restoration Ministries, where she serves as director of vision and ministry of the British Columbia-based apostolate. She has more than twenty-five years of experience as a speaker and retreat leader, offering workshops and conferences in the United States and Canada. She attended Franciscan University of Steubenville, studying theology and catechetics. Heather is passionate about evangelization, discipleship, and creating an environment for people to have a personal encounter with God. She lives with her husband and three teenage children in British Columbia, Canada. 

• https://instagram.com/heatherkhym 
• Abide: A Pathway to Transformative Healing and Intimacy with Jesus 
• Abiding Together Podcast
• Life Restoration 

CatholicMom editor Maria Morera Johnson and contributor Heidi Hess Saxton welcome Fr Fred Jenga, President of Holy Cross Family Ministries, to a new podcast on prayer.

In this inaugural episode of CatholicMom Prayercast, co-hosts Maria Johnson and Heidi Saxton welcome the President of Holy Cross Family Ministries, Father Fred Jenga. Fr. Fred shares his love of the Blessed Mother, the joy of singing as a form of prayer, and how prayer sustained him during a difficult time. As a spin-off of Catholic Momcast, we'll be sharing prayer stories, such as Fr. Fred's, to encourage you in your prayer journey. And of course, we'll be praying with you, and for you.

Father Jenga is a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross. The first Peyton Prayer Guild Chapters for children were formed under Father Jenga’s leadership. He developed a program that brought children in schools and parishes together to learn the Rosary, pray for their families and learn about the life of Father Patrick Peyton. This program has grown and now thousands of children are participating.

Father Jenga was born in Uganda, where he grew up on the banks of the River Nile and Lake Victoria, in the Ugandan district of Jinja. Father Jenga speaks several languages, including his ethnic language, Lusoga, as well as Luganda, Rutooro, Swahili, and Kinyarwanda.

• Fr. Fred Jenga, C.S.C. biography
• Greetings from the New President of Holy Cross Family Ministries
• Fr. Patrick Peyton biography
• Holy Cross Family Ministries 

Catholicmom.com founder Lisa Hendey and Bayleigh Marquis welcome Fr. Michael White, author of Rebuilt live from the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress in Anaheim, California.

Rev. Michael White is a priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and pastor of Church of the Nativity in Timonium, Maryland. He is an award winning, best-selling co-author of the several books including, "Rebuilt", "Tools for Rebuilding", and "Seriously God? Making Sense of Life Not Making Sense". His publications have earned hundreds of thousands in combined sales and been translated into seven languages. Fr. Michael has spoken at diocesan gatherings and church conferences nationally and internationally. 

•  Rebuilt: Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, and Making Church Matter 
• Seriously God? Making Sense of Life Not Making Sense 
• www.rebuiltparish.com  
• www.churchnativity.com