FoC 120: Making Mary Your Real Life Mom with Katie Prejean McGrady

Can you believe that after five years of podcasting, we’ve never had a whole episode about Our Lady? But we knew exactly who to have on for this discussion: our friend Katie Prejean McGrady!

Katie graduated from the University of Dallas but now lives in Louisiana where she is wife to Tommy and mom to precious little Rose. She’s an author and also been speaking all over the country and internationally since 2007. Her newest project is Ave Explores with Ave Maria Press. This initiative includes articles, videos, podcasts, social media exclusives, surprising facts, and resources for classrooms and parishes.

In this episode we do a deep dive into our relationship with Mary: how we first came to encounter Our Lady, how she inspires and walks beside us, books that have helped us grow to know her and more!

So grab a cup of coffee and enjoy the conversation!

Things we talked about:

Ave Explores

The Reed of God by Caryll Houselander

33 Days to Morning Glory by Fr. Michael Gaitley

Katie’s books:

(links to Amazon.com are affiliate links)

Follow: Your Lifelong Adventure with Jesus

Room 24: Adventures of a New Evangelist

Lent: One Day at a Time for Catholic Teens

How to connect with Katie:

* Twitter* Website* Facebook* Instagram

Sponsor

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