Catholic Momcast

In this week's show, Lisa Hendey and Danielle Bean share thoughts and ideas about prayer journaling. Lisa shares her system that incorporates a regular planner in her daily prayer time, and Danielle shares some simple ways she has used different methods of journaling in daily prayer.

They also share ideas for ways to schedule and plan for an organized fall season. Some resources they recommend:

168 Hours with Laura Vanderkam

Catholic Mothers Planner from Ascension

Liturgical Academic Year Planner from Blessed Is She

How about you? How do you incorporate journaling in your daily prayer life? Or what resources do you use to keep yourself inspired and organized through busy times in family life?

We love to hear from you! Send us your feedback at [email protected] or connect with us on social media.

This week, Allison Gingras and Danielle Bean are talking about habits -- how to break bad ones and establish good ones. easier said than done!

They share ideas for ways to set goals and achieve them in your prayer life, personal relationships, work, and health. Some of the tips they cover:

1) Power of writing down your goals

2) Holding yourself accountable

3) Ways to make good habits "easy" and bad habits "hard"

4) Celebrating small achievements

5) Setting realistic goals

6) Book recommendations and more!

Join us for an encouraging, enlightening discussion and then let us know what you think! We always love to hear from listeners with your feedback on tis topic or ideas for what you would like to see on a future show. Email us at [email protected] or reach out on social media.

This week we are sharing a recent session from our series of FB Live Q&As with Fr. Jim Phalan, CSC. In recent weeks, we have been focusing on the topic of trust. Specifically, how can we move break bad habits of worrying, overcome anxiety, and grow closer to God, especially during this time of Covid19 and rampant uncertainty?

Danielle Bean chats with Fr. Jim Phalan, CSC, national director of Family Rosary, about some prayer practices that can help us grow in trust and practical ways we can all grow closer to God by letting go of worry and learning to trust in God.

join us for this inspiring conversation. And let us know what future topics you might like to see in our Ask a Priest FB Live series with Fr. Jim. Send us an email at [email protected] or leave a comment right here. We look froward to hearing from you!

We all know that regular exercise can improve your mood and overall health, but finding the time and motivation to do it can be a real challenge. This week, Allison Gingras and Danielle Bean discuss do-able strategies for adding more movement to your days. 

Allison shares about using the app Noom with great results. Danielle shares what helps her put on her running shoes regularly. How about you? How are you and your family staying active and healthy this summer? 

Send feedback for this episode or your ideas for future show topics to us at [email protected]

Lisa Hendey and Danielle Bean discuss some of the common frustrations we are all experiencing with daily back and forth, opening and closing, due to Covid19.

Taking on a question from listener Alyson, we share thoughts on going back to school and how parents can discern the best plan of action for themselves and their kids this school year.

We discuss how can we find peace during times of uncertainty and share some prayer practices that help us through challenging times. One book Danielle especially recommends is Searching for and Maintaining Peace by Fr. Jacques Philippe.

How about you? Let us know what is going on in your world and how CatholicMom can be a source of support to you, through Covid and beyond. Send us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on social media. We would love to hear from you!

Allison Gingras and Danielle Bean discuss changes in our summer plans and activities during this season when many of our regular camps, sports, and other events are cancelled. How are you enjoying an old-fashioned summer? In what ways are you and your family making the most of the season, despite the disappointment of things being different this year?

Many of us are also looking for ways to eep our families active during the summer months and not just plugged into television and video games. Allison shares some ways she is doing that and how she has been finding personal success in fitness using the Noom app. 

Danielle shares some ideas for structuring daily routines and assigning chores during the summer season as well.

We would love to hear from you! How are you and your family doing this summer? What goals do you have and how are you and your kids managing in the face of changes and cancellations? Email us at [email protected] or connect with us on social media and let us know!

This week, we are having some downtime and taking this week off from producing a new episode of the podcast.

We don’t want to neglect you, though, so we thought we would share a re-run of one of our most popular episodes, Grown Up Friendships #047, where Allison Gingras and Danielle Bean talk about the sometimes-sticky topic of grown up friendships. Some of you might have even missed this one the first time around as it first published over a year ago. So sit back in your summertime hammock, relax and and enjoy. We’ll be back next week with a new show for you.

Send us your feedback and ideas for future shows. We love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or connect on social media.

Lisa Hendey and Danielle Bean discuss ways that Catholics are beginning to go back to Mass, along with some ideas for those who may not yet be ready or able to return.

What Mass options do you have n your diocese? What procedures are in place, and how does that affect the ways you are able to pray with your parish community?

Lisa shares honestly about some of her own struggles in getting back to Mass, and Danielle discusses the fact that she has not yet been back and what that has been like for her and her family.

Please join our discussion. We love to hear from you! Let us know what going back to Mass looks like for you and your family, or other topics you would like to see on the podcast. Leave a comment here or email us at [email protected]

Our guest this week is Cathy Gilmore, founder of Virtue Works Media. Cathy sits down with Danielle Bean to share about her newest project, Virtue Heroes.

From her website:

"Tiny Virtue Heroes are pretend friends who turn children’s imagination into a sacred training space, a spiritual dojo, in which everyday habits are powered with God’s grace to become real life super-powers! These animal and insect characters are friendly sidekicks, who introduce kids to Virtue Heroes from the Bible and from the Virtue Mission Regions of the world. Tiny Virtue Heroes help children, during both play time and “pray time,” to build character, conscience and faith that smiles!"

Find out more and meet the characters at VirtueHeroes.com

Join us for a fun show where Allison Gingras, Danielle bean, and Lisa Hendey look back over the first 100 episodes of the Catholic Momcast, sharing favorite moments and memories. We also take a look ahead at the next 100 shows and offer ideas for where we might go from here. 

What has been your favorite episode of the Catholic Momcast? What topics would you like to see in the future? Send us your feedback and your ideas at [email protected].