Crazy Catholic Convert

In this episode I interview my friend, Elisa. I ask Elisa about the Worldwide Marriage Encounter and how it has influenced her own marriage. I also discuss resources I have found helpful for understanding and growing in holiness through marriage.

Resources

Worldwide Marriage Encounter website

https://wwme.org/

The Messy Family podcast

Elisa’s podcast The Deconstructed Woman

https://open.spotify.com/show/7febIBeK0IF8ERFLuvfbpM

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by Gottman and Silver

Why Gender Matters by Dr Leonard Sax—Interesting findings, premature conclusions

Your School of Love by Agnes Penny

The First Society by Dr Scott Hahn

Three Secrets to Holiness in Marriage by Dan and Amber Dematte

God loves you and created you. You're precious, unique and unrepeatable. He wants to be in a relationship with you forever and he's got a plan for your life. The bad news is that due to sin we were separated from God and our human nature was weakened. That means our intellect was darkened. Our wills became weak and sin became attractive. The consequence of sin became eternal death in hell. But the good news is that God's, Jesus became man. Atoned for our sins by dying on the cross, and rose from the dead for our salvation. We receive the Holy Spirit and this gift of salvation when we put our faith in Jesus, repent of our sins, get baptized and become his disciples. Finally Jesus established the Catholic church to teach with his authority, to empower us with his grace, and to bring us back to life if we commit a deadly sin. 

In this episode I interview my friend, Madelyn. I first explain how I met Madelyn on the due date for my second son. Madelyn is a Catholic doula who made me feel very empowered. She tells her story growing up as a cradle Catholic with divorced parents. Madelyn explains how she found support and healing through the Catholic Church. She also shares other interesting insight having Fr Mike Schmitz as her campus chaplain and working briefly with Dr Gianna Emmanuella.

Resources
Fr Mike Schmitz
Bible in a year
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeXS0cAkuTPqFMtZQ379qdEmcfxO1SvXc
Catechism in a year
https://m.youtube.com/@TheCatechismInAYear
Ascension presents videos
https://www.google.com/search?q=fr+mike+schmitz+videos&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari
Homilies
https://www.google.com/search?q=father+mike+schmitz+homilies&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari

St Gianna and Pietro Molla Home
https://sgpmollahome.com/

Life Giving Wounds
https://www.lifegivingwounds.org/

Books
Three Secrets to Holiness in Marriage by Dan and Amber Dematte

These Beautiful Bones by Emily Stimpson

Women Who Run With The Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Untie the Strong Woman by Clarissa Pinkola Estes

The Genesis of Gender by Abigail Favale

Podcasts

Pints with Aquainas

Freely Rooted

Made for This App and book by Mary Hasselmen

Free Birth
https://www.freebirthsociety.com/

God loves you and created you. You're precious, unique and unrepeatable. He wants to be in a relationship with you forever and he's got a plan for your life. The bad news is that due to sin we were separated from God and our human nature was weakened. That means our intellect was darkened. Our wills became weak and sin became attractive. The consequence of sin became eternal death in hell. But the good news is that God's, Jesus became man. Atoned for our sins by dying on the cross, and rose from the dead for our salvation. We receive the Holy Spirit and this gift of salvation when we put our faith in Jesus, repent of our sins, get baptized and become his disciples. Finally Jesus established the Catholic church to teach with his authority, to empower us with his grace, and to bring us back to life if we commit a deadly sin. 

Happy Feastday to our podcast's patron saint, St Thesese of Lisieux! For this episode I interview fellow Catholic convert, Rose. Rose explains how her conversion to Catholicism was heavily influenced by St Therese and some other great friends on earth and in heaven. Rose also shares some resources she has created to help people grow closer to God.

Resources
Virtue Connection
https://virtueconnection.com/

Virtue Circle
https://rosefolsom.lpages.co/learn-more-virtue-circle/

Pray Like a Saint program
https://virtueconnection.com/grow-your-faith/

Rose's Written Conversion Story
Part 1
https://spiritualdirection.com/2022/06/26/this-is-all-true-the-story-of-a-conversion-part-1?fbclid=IwY2xjawEh9TRleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHXTEVPVgwaiy__ITzYxVGJT_HW39cPgWkrAbliv30ezfta-S1LiF-8WCQg_aem_Pwu4nYy7nhE7aHU7G3BD3w

Part 2
https://spiritualdirection.com/2022/10/26/a-dominican-moment-the-story-of-a-conversion-part-2

Crazy Catholic Convert podcast episodes that mention St Therese

https://www.crazycatholicconvertpodcast.com/2073517/12154984-ep-5-confessions-about-confession

https://www.crazycatholicconvertpodcast.com/2073517/12561461-ep-10-hope-against-hope-nevi-s-story-part-2

https://www.crazycatholicconvertpodcast.com/2073517/13434293-ep-17-hope-at-the-cross-kristen-s-story-part-2

https://www.crazycatholicconvertpodcast.com/2073517/14267268-ep-22-my-new-darcy-part-1-darcy-darcy

https://www.crazycatholicconvertpodcast.com/2073517/14549489-ep-25-the-eg-life-part-1-a-remarkable-life

https://www.crazycatholicconvertpodcast.com/2073517/14701226-ep-26-the-eg-life-part-2-grace-and-encore-conversations

God loves you and created you. You're precious, unique and unrepeatable. He wants to be in a relationship with you forever and he's got a plan for your life. The bad news is that due to sin we were separated from God and our human nature was weakened. That means our intellect was darkened. Our wills became weak and sin became attractive. The consequence of sin became eternal death in hell. But the good news is that God's, Jesus became man. Atoned for our sins by dying on the cross, and rose from the dead for our salvation. We receive the Holy Spirit and this gift of salvation when we put our faith in Jesus, repent of our sins, get baptized and become his disciples. Finally Jesus established the Catholic church to teach with his authority, to empower us with his grace, and to bring us back to life if we commit a deadly sin. 

In this episode I interview fellow Catholic convert Erica. Like myself, Erica was raised Methodist and converted to the Catholic faith as an adult. Erica shares her conversion story as well as some incredible visions she has had through her walk with Jesus.

Resources
Our Lady of Guadalupe
https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=ic1yK3Ze02OtUjdq&v=KEhjwCsDDsc&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0h9tKNSgQjN5REi-9LPUEuDNbSjezmtbou05ABLJpGVkIuh-2YML8DAf0_aem_ek160YIHdF4OO1gLY4xdKA

The Bible in a Year Podcast with Fr Mike Schmitz
https://media.ascensionpress.com/category/ascension-podcasts/bibleinayear/

God loves you and created you. You're precious, unique and unrepeatable. He wants to be in a relationship with you forever and he's got a plan for your life. The bad news is that due to sin we were separated from God and our human nature was weakened. That means our intellect was darkened. Our wills became weak and sin became attractive. The consequence of sin became eternal death in hell. But the good news is that God's, Jesus became man. Atoned for our sins by dying on the cross, and rose from the dead for our salvation. We receive the Holy Spirit and this gift of salvation when we put our faith in Jesus, repent of our sins, get baptized and become his disciples. Finally Jesus established the Catholic church to teach with his authority, to empower us with his grace, and to bring us back to life if we commit a deadly sin. 

In this episode Teresa shares her journey with post partum depression. She recalls her symptoms and behaviors when it was undiagnosed and how she found and received help. Teresa explains how her struggle with post partum depression was a gift. In other words, she is living the EG Life.

God loves you and created you. You're precious, unique and unrepeatable. He wants to be in a relationship with you forever and he's got a plan for your life. The bad news is that due to sin we were separated from God and our human nature was weakened. That means our intellect was darkened. Our wills became weak and sin became attractive. The consequence of sin became eternal death in hell. But the good news is that God's, Jesus became man. Atoned for our sins by dying on the cross, and rose from the dead for our salvation. We receive the Holy Spirit and this gift of salvation when we put our faith in Jesus, repent of our sins, get baptized and become his disciples. Finally Jesus established the Catholic church to teach with his authority, to empower us with his grace, and to bring us back to life if we commit a deadly sin. 

In this episode Teresa Grodi tells her reversion story of going from a secular feminist to a devout Catholic. Following her reversion, Teresa explains the challenges she faced as she learned to live out her faith as a wife and mother. She also shares some of her favorite Catholic resources.

Resources
https://www.crazycatholicconvertpodcast.com/2073517/13851829-ep-15-urgent-ohio-issue-1-vote-no-and-don-t-forget-god-loves-you

https://www.crazycatholicconvertpodcast.com/2073517/13505091-ep-18-you-are-not-alone-thoughts-and-tips-for-bringing-kids-to-mass

https://www.awakencatholic.org/elevate-ordinary

The Journey Home with JonMarc Grodi

https://www.crazycatholicconvertpodcast.com/2073517/12456366-ep-9-hope-against-hope-nevi-s-story-part-1

Medjugory of the Nineties

Theology of the Body series of lectures by St John Paul II

St Ignatius Discernment of Spirits

C.S. Lewis Space Trilogy

New Polity Podcast

God loves you and created you. You're precious, unique and unrepeatable. He wants to be in a relationship with you forever and he's got a plan for your life. The bad news is that due to sin we were separated from God and our human nature was weakened. That means our intellect was darkened. Our wills became weak and sin became attractive. The consequence of sin became eternal death in hell. But the good news is that God's, Jesus became man. Atoned for our sins by dying on the cross, and rose from the dead for our salvation. We receive the Holy Spirit and this gift of salvation when we put our faith in Jesus, repent of our sins, get baptized and become his disciples. Finally Jesus established the Catholic church to teach with his authority, to empower us with his grace, and to bring us back to life if we commit a deadly sin. 

In this episode Maggie Eckburg shares the strategies she used to grow closer to God through the acronym GRACE.  She then continues telling her story of healing. I kept pulling my equipment back out as Maggie would tell more of her story and discuss more ways to pursue healing and live an EG life.


https://maggieeckburg.com/eglife

http://maggieeckburg.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/everythingisgrace_photography/ (https://www.instagram.com/everythingisgrace_photography/)

Email to reach Maggie: [email protected]

Sign up for Maggie’s email list to stay connected and updated with all the ways Maggie is helping people live an “EG” Life: https://everythingisgracephotography.com/life

God loves you and created you. You're precious, unique and unrepeatable. He wants to be in a relationship with you forever and he's got a plan for your life. The bad news is that due to sin we were separated from God and our human nature was weakened. That means our intellect was darkened. Our wills became weak and sin became attractive. The consequence of sin became eternal death in hell. But the good news is that God's, Jesus became man. Atoned for our sins by dying on the cross, and rose from the dead for our salvation. We receive the Holy Spirit and this gift of salvation when we put our faith in Jesus, repent of our sins, get baptized and become his disciples. Finally Jesus established the Catholic church to teach with his authority, to empower us with his grace, and to bring us back to life if we commit a deadly sin. 

In this episode, Maggie Eckburg shares how a traumatic event that happened in her early childhood shaped the next 30 years of her life. Maggie describes how she struggled and questioned her faith. Despite great times of darkness, Maggie perseveres and seeks healing. Maggie explains how she became inspired to live a remarkable life. She comes to realize this means seeing how everything that happens in life is grace.

Website:

https://maggieeckburg.com/eglife

http://maggieeckburg.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/everythingisgrace_photography/ (https://www.instagram.com/everythingisgrace_photography/)

Email to reach Maggie: [email protected]

Sign up for Maggie’s email list to stay connected and updated with all the ways Maggie is helping people live an “EG” Life: https://everythingisgracephotography.com/life

God loves you and created you. You're precious, unique and unrepeatable. He wants to be in a relationship with you forever and he's got a plan for your life. The bad news is that due to sin we were separated from God and our human nature was weakened. That means our intellect was darkened. Our wills became weak and sin became attractive. The consequence of sin became eternal death in hell. But the good news is that God's, Jesus became man. Atoned for our sins by dying on the cross, and rose from the dead for our salvation. We receive the Holy Spirit and this gift of salvation when we put our faith in Jesus, repent of our sins, get baptized and become his disciples. Finally Jesus established the Catholic church to teach with his authority, to empower us with his grace, and to bring us back to life if we commit a deadly sin. 

Throwback Thursday to my very first interview. I was learning how to record interviews and decided to bring my tech savvy, engineer cousin, Amy, along. I am grateful to Amy for so many reasons. Thank you Amy!

God loves you and created you. You're precious, unique and unrepeatable. He wants to be in a relationship with you forever and he's got a plan for your life. The bad news is that due to sin we were separated from God and our human nature was weakened. That means our intellect was darkened. Our wills became weak and sin became attractive. The consequence of sin became eternal death in hell. But the good news is that God's, Jesus became man. Atoned for our sins by dying on the cross, and rose from the dead for our salvation. We receive the Holy Spirit and this gift of salvation when we put our faith in Jesus, repent of our sins, get baptized and become his disciples. Finally Jesus established the Catholic church to teach with his authority, to empower us with his grace, and to bring us back to life if we commit a deadly sin. 

In this last episode with Darcy I ask her about her 11 children and how she homeschools them. Her 8th child, Elizabeth, joins us briefly to share her perspective on being homeschooled and growing up in a large Catholic family. Darcy gives encouragement to parents and practical ways to raise great kids.

Catholic Resources
The Golden Children’s Bible
Catholic Sprouts Podcast
A Saint a Day Podcast 

Other Resources from Darcy
Easy Peasy All in One Homeschooling—good one for older kids to do on their own when you need to teach younger kids
Typing.Com
Seterra Geography games

God loves you and created you. You're precious, unique and unrepeatable. He wants to be in a relationship with you forever and he's got a plan for your life. The bad news is that due to sin we were separated from God and our human nature was weakened. That means our intellect was darkened. Our wills became weak and sin became attractive. The consequence of sin became eternal death in hell. But the good news is that God's, Jesus became man. Atoned for our sins by dying on the cross, and rose from the dead for our salvation. We receive the Holy Spirit and this gift of salvation when we put our faith in Jesus, repent of our sins, get baptized and become his disciples. Finally Jesus established the Catholic church to teach with his authority, to empower us with his grace, and to bring us back to life if we commit a deadly sin.