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- 336 Magnifier of Beauty & Wonder
AMDG. Many of our listeners will be familiar with Magnificat. These little books have been helping Catholics keep track of Mass readings and offering wonderful daily reflections and prayers.
In this episode, Steven and Bonnie are joined by Kathleen Hollenbeck and John Sacco from Magnificat. John serves as the manager of marketing and communications and Kathleen is the editor-in-chief for Magnificat’s new publication for kids, Magnifier.
Magnifier is a new print publication for children that seeks to explore the world around us from a Catholic perspective. We’re able to find out about this beautiful new product and also go a bit behind the scenes to hear about what’s happening over at Magnificat!
Parents and grandparents may find the new Magnifier publication to be a great gift for children and grandchildren!
Links mentioned & relevant:
- Magnifier magazine
- Magnificat
- Children's books published by Magnficat including the Loupio series and manga Carlo Acutis
Related Kolbecast episode:
- 70 First Draft: A Parent In-service
Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to [email protected] and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.
We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!
The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles). Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!
45 min - 335 Globe Schooling with Jessica Rey
AMDG. Today we welcome Jessica Rey to the Kolbecast. Jessica is the homeschooling mother of the three young hosts on EWTN’s series Fork in the Road. She is also a speaker, writer, entrepreneur and former Power Ranger.
In addition to hearing about the many projects Jessica is working on, we get a chance to hear about Jessica’s experiences in traveling throughout the world while homeschooling. We didn’t fail to pick up some good travel advice from her along the way.
Links mentioned and relevant:
- Watch Fork in the Road, learn more about the book, and join the Someday Society here
- Get Jessica’s travel planning help here
- Read Jessica’s blog here
Related Kolbecast episodes:
- 107 Wander and Wonder
- 286 True Depictions – Iconography with Joseph Bremer
Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to [email protected] and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.
We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!
The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles). Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!
53 min - 334 Coaching toward Noble Lives
AMDG. We all have times where we are either feeling stuck in what we’re doing, or are feeling ready for a new challenge. Today, Jessica Pipes, an executive coach with Novus Global joins the podcast to offer some advice on how to approach these times.
Jessica talks to us about how to challenge some of the stories that we tell ourselves that get in the way of success and how working with a coach can help us along the way.
Links mentioned and relevant:
- Jessica’s bio
- Novus Global
- Ichak Adizes
- Beyond High Performance by Jason Jaggard
- Jessica will offer one free coaching session to Kolbecast listeners who are curious and want to explore their own vision. Click here to schedule a session.
Related Kolbecast episodes:
- 176 The Agenda Is to Grow with Art & Laraine Bennett
- 188 Dr. Kevin Majeres Sees Challenges as Opportunities
Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to [email protected] and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.
We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!
The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles). Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!
52 min - 333 Common Advising Conversations, Part 2
AMDG. In episode 332, we spoke with three of Kolbe’s academic advisors who were addressing common problems that come up and conversations that may be happening with homeschooling parents in October.
Today we continue that conversation, focusing on high school. Academic advisors Cecelia Byers and Elyse Williams return to the Kolbecast to answer some of the most common questions and problems to help guide our families through the school year.
Links mentioned & relevant:
- Course catalog
- Course selection guides
- Help Center
- Graduation planner
- Student services
- Book buy back
- Grade submission guidance
- Parent Partnership Meeting schedule
- College planning resources
- Career guidance and discernment
- College Fair recordings
- Physical education and fine arts
- Extracurricular activities
- Letter of recommendation request form
Related Kolbecast episodes:
- Advisor series:
- 313 Preparing for a Stellar School Year
- 319 Tapestry in the Making
- 320 College Considerations
- 321 Building a Strong Extracurricular Profile
- 323 Ordinary Days
- 331 Common Advising Conversations, part 1
- 241 Renew, Resolve, Reengage
Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to [email protected] and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.
We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!
The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles). Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!
54 min - 332 Common Advising Conversations, Part 1
AMDG. For all homeschooling families roughly following a standard school year of August through May, October becomes an important time to examine how the year is going so far and to make any adjustments.
In this episode, Kolbe advisors Rylan Buchanan, Pam Castor, and Krysten Pizzurro join Bonnie and Steven to discuss some of the most regular questions and problems that come up and to remind our Kolbe families that this is a great time of year to check-in with their advisor.
Learn more about Kolbe’s Instructional Support Services.
Related Kolbecast episodes:
- Advisor series:
- 313 Preparing for a Stellar School Year
- 319 Tapestry in the Making
- 320 College Considerations
- 321 Building a Strong Extracurricular Profile
- 323 Ordinary Days
- 232 Part of the Family
- 77 The Road Less Traveled with Celeste Cuellar
- 203 Guided Freedom: a discussion on Classical Composition
- 215 New School Year Starter Kit with Jeanne Anne Ford and Colleen Pilon
- 36 Embrace the Fifth Day
Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to [email protected] and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.
We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!
The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles). Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!
50 min - 331 Forming Disciples in Intentional Community at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College
AMDG. Today we’re traveling north of the border to Canada’s only Newman Guide college! Our guest is Dr. Patrick Craine, president of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College in Barry’s Bay, Ontario. Dr. Craine tells us about his and the college’s background and what makes Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College unique.We think that you’ll enjoy this trip to another Newman Guide School combined with a visit to our friends up north.
Links mentioned and relevant:
- Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College website
- The Cardinal Newman Society’s profile of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College
- Kolbe Academy named to Newman Guide’s list of recommended K-12 schools
- Catherine Doherty cause for canonization website
Related Kolbecast episodes:
- 123 A Change of the Ages and 224 Forming Apostolic Hearts with Msgr. James Shea
- 204 Habits of Ownership with Jacob Imam of St. Joseph the Worker College
Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to [email protected] and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.
We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!
The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles). Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!
47 min - 330 The Door to Beauty
AMDG. Today Steven and Bonnie are joined by Kolbe’s Agostina Cavasotto and Sarah Howard to discuss the transcendentals of the true, the good and the beautiful. From art and music, literature and history, to poetry and plays, we discuss the merits of being exposed to these and how we can make them a part of our classical homeschooling experience.
Related Kolbecast episodes:
- Advisor series:
- 313 Preparing for a Stellar School Year
- 319 Tapestry in the Making
- 320 College Considerations
- 321 Building a Strong Extracurricular Profile
- 323 Ordinary Days
- 324 Common Pitfalls and Stumbling Blocks
- 328 Doing the Human Things
Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to [email protected] and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.
We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!
The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles). Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!
54 min - 329 Rosary as Pilgrimage with Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress, O.P.
AMDG. Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress of the Order of Preachers is the promoter of the Rosary for the Dominican Province of St. Joseph and leader of the Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage. He is also a regular host of the Godsplaining podcast.
In addition to hearing about Fr. Kress and his vocation, we’re able to find out more about the Dominican order and its charisms. He also tells us about the fourth annual Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage on September 26, 2026, in Washington D.C. and streamed online.
Links mentioned and relevant:
- The 2026 Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage (in-person and virtual participation)
- Dominican Friars | Province of St. Joseph
- more about Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress, OP
- Godsplaining.org
- Aquinas 101 series
- Thomistic Institute
- The Hillbilly Thomists
Related Kolbecast episodes:
- 183 Gratuitous Gifts: Sherry Weddell on Charisms
- 285 Joy, Light, Sorrow, and Glory - The Way of the Rosary with Shannon Wendt
- 119 The Hope Throughout with Tom & Noelle Crowe of The American Catholic History Podcast
Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to [email protected] and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.
We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!
The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles). Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!
54 min - 328 Doing the Human Things
AMDG. There are a lot of discussions going on regarding AI and its impact on the world and the appropriate ways that it can be used. Kolbe theology department chair Nick Senz and curriculum director Maggie Hayden join Bonnie and Steven to discuss Pope Leo XIV’s recent encyclical Magnifica Humanitas which addresses these issues. We discuss the encyclical itself and some practical takeaways as we continue to explore this important issue.
Links mentioned & relevant:
- Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas
Related Kolbecast episodes:
- 322 Intentionality, Greatness, Dignity, Vision, Faith: Commencement 2026
- 327 The Intentional Homeschooling Household with John & Sofia Cuddeback
Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to [email protected] and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.
We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!
The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles). Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!
58 min - 327 The Intentional Homeschooling Household with John & Sofia Cuddeback
AMDG. Today we welcome Dr. John Cuddeback to the Kolbecast. This time he’s brought his wife, Sofia, with him Many people will be familiar with John and Sofia from their work on Life-Craft, whether it is retreats, writings or podcasts. Our focus today is on John’s new book, The Intentional Household. In this book, John explores eight principles for building and maintaining an intentional household. We explore these principles and discuss practical steps for making this a reality.
Links mentioned and relevant:
- The Intentional Household: Living as if People Matter by John Cuddeback
- The Intentional Household podcast episode 36
- True Friendship: Where Virtue Becomes Happiness by John Cuddeback
- Life-craft.org,
Related Kolbecast episodes:
- 166 Dr. John Cuddeback on Dwelling Together Richly
- 188 Dr. Kevin Majeres Sees Challenges as Opportunities
Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to [email protected] and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.
We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!
The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles). Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!
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The official podcast of Kolbe Academy with lively discussions on home & distance education, Kolbe Academy, and our Catholic community.