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This week, we go along on the adventure of a lifetime with friend and fellow SQPN listener Deborah Schaben. Listen in as Deborah shares her pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago de Compostela. Today -- Sarah Reinhard is featured on a combined Deacon Moment and a Mary Moment. We hope you'll join us as Sarah discusses her conversion to the Catholic Faith and how Mary was close to Sarah during her entire journey into the Church. We are thrilled to announce our partnership with CatholicMatch.com as they begin sponsoring this podcast. Please support CatholicMatch.com and be sure to enter our current CatholicMatch.com for your opportunity to win a three month membership to the Leading Catholic Singles Community. This episode of Catholic Moments is sponsored by CatholicMatch.com, the Leading Catholic Singles Community. Share your feedback at 206-339-9272, comment here on the blog or email [email protected]. Links for this Episode: Deborah Schaben - Facebook, TwitterHiking the Camino: 500 Miles with Jesus Paul's Men Podcast"Gather Us In" Conference featuring Immaculee IlibagizaCurrent CatholicMom.com Contests – Rosary Workout Book Contest, CatholicMatch.com Membership ContestCatholicMom.com Book ClubThe Catholic CompanyLisa's Facebook Profile, SQPN Connect Page, Plurk, TwitterCatholic Mom Logo Store Subscribe to the feed | Subscribe with iTunes

This week, we are honored to share a conversation with Immaculée Ilibagiza, a survivor of the Rwandan genocide and a noted Catholic author and speaker. Immaculée's books include Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust, Led By Faith: Rising from the Ashes of the Rwandan Genocide, and her latest book Our Lady of Kibeho: Mary Speaks to the World from the Heart of Africa. Today on this Deacon Moment: words on an Archbishop... an Irish curmudgeon priest... and the late Holy Father John Paul II. Join Deacon Tom in a tender moment about priests in this, the Year of the Priest. October is the Month of the Rosary, but it's also Respect Life Month, and Sarah Reinhard encourages us to pray a rosary -- even if we're no good at it -- for human life. Share your feedback at 206-339-9272, comment here on the blog or email [email protected]. Links for this Episode: Immaculée IlibagizaImmaculee appearance at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Merced, California Current CatholicMom.com Contests – Truth for Teens Contest, Rosary Workout Book ContestCatholicMom.com Book ClubThe Catholic CompanyLisa's Facebook Profile, SQPN Connect Page, Plurk, TwitterCatholic Mom Logo Store Subscribe to the feed | Subscribe with iTunes

Peggy Bowes is a former Air Force pilot who left the military to raise and homeschool her two children. Peggy's lifelong enthusiasm for fitness led her to bocome certified as an aerobics instructor, personal trainer and Lifestyle and Weight Management consultant. Her devotion to our Blessed Mother and her great prayer, the Rosary, inspired Peggy to create the Rosary Workout and to share this devotion with others. Be sure to head over and leave a comment on our Rosary Workout Book Contest Post for your chance to win a copy of the Rosary Workout. Have you seen the play or the movie "The Man For All Seasons?" In it, Sir Thomas More introduces us to a silence that loudly speaks the Truth. Does our silence or do our actions speak loudly? This Deacon Tom reflection invites us to consider Thomas More as we head towards Respect Life Sunday. This week, Sarah Reinhard challenges you to think of Mary as a blankie, and you'll get some history of Our Lady of Walsingham too! (Note: much of this material originally appeared in Sarah's column on Our Lady of Walsingham at Today's Catholic Woman.) Share your feedback at 206-339-9272, comment here on the blog or email [email protected]. Links for this Episode: Peggy Bowes: Rosary WorkoutTwitterBlog Dear Hollywood/Project Chaste 40 Days for LifeCatholicTV TelethonCurrent CatholicMom.com Contests – Truth for Teens Contest, Rosary Workout Book ContestCatholicMom.com Book ClubThe Catholic CompanyLisa's Facebook Profile, SQPN Connect Page, Plurk, TwitterCatholic Mom Logo Store Subscribe to the feed | Subscribe with iTunes

On this week's show, we learn more about the great organization ENDOW from Co-founder, Executive Director, and Chief Editor of the ENDOW Study Guides, Terry Polakovic. Terry shares with us the mission of ENDOW and its ministry of bringing women together to discover their God-given dignity and to understand their role in humanizing and transforming society. Founded in 2003, ENDOW has grown from an idea into an international women's ministry. Over 5,400 women have participated in ENDOW study groups in the last six years. How's this for being bold? Deacon Tom says he's doing a Plug for Jesus. What do you think? By the way, have you been to Adoration lately? This week, Sarah Reinhard has a prayer from Our Lady of Akita. You can learn more about Our Lady of Akita at the summary page at EWTN, or you can read about the miracles and drama in the more in-depth coverage at Mary Pages and Catholic Tradition. Share your feedback at 206-339-9272, comment here on the blog or email [email protected]. Links for this Episode: Terry Polakovic: ENDOW OnlineENDOW - Facebook, Twitter, Blog The Lost and Found FamilyCatechetical Sunday 2009Current CatholicMom.com Contests – Truth for Teens ContestSQPN ConnectCatholicMom.com Book ClubThe Catholic CompanyLisa's Facebook Profile, SQPN Connect Page, Plurk, TwitterCatholic Mom Logo Store Subscribe to the feed | Subscribe with iTunes

Our guest on this week's podcast is Jim Merhaut, a marriage and family expert, award winning author and national speaker. Jim is currently the President of Villa Maria Education and Spirituality Center. Jim's books include Your Catholic Family: Simple Ways to Share the Faith at Home and Godparenting for Life. In this Deacon Moment, Tom shares an incident that happened just this weekend when a Eucharistic Minister didn't give a blessing to two young people coming forward at Communion time. What do you think about this? Why does a picture need a frame? Is a giraffe still a giraffe if you draw it with a short neck? This week we contemplate frames on Chesterton Moments with Nancy Brown. In this week's Mary Moment, Sarah Reinhard shares a reflection on Mary written by her parish priest. Share your feedback at 206-339-9272, comment here on the blog or email [email protected]. Links for this Episode: Jim Merhaut:JimMerhaut.comYour Catholic Family: Simple Ways to Share the Faith at Home, Godparenting for LifeLifeLongFaith.comVilla Maria Education and Spirituality Center Current CatholicMom.com Contests – Truth for Teens Contest SQPN ConnectCatholicMom.com Book ClubThe Catholic CompanyLisa's Facebook Profile, SQPN Connect Page, Plurk, TwitterCatholic Mom Logo Store Subscribe to the feed | Subscribe with iTunes

Sr. Mary Prudence Allen, R.S.M. is a member of the Religious Sisters of Mercy in Alma, Michigan. This week, we discuss her participation in the writing of The Foundations of Religious Life: Revisiting the Vision. She holds a professorship in philosophy at St. John Theological Seminary in Denver, Colorado and is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Concordia University, Montreal. Everyone loves surprises. But only Chesterton realizes Who first thought about surprising us. What will you do to surprise your family today? Enjoy this week's Chesterton Moment with Nancy Brown for the American Chesterton Society. What's that? The Leaky Deke? What the heck is that about? Today, Deacon Tom combines Confession, a visit by the Bishop and the Holy Spirit to help solve one of Tom's problems. This week, Sarah Reinhard shares a reflection on making grape jelly and the Blessed Mother's upcoming birthday. Share your feedback at 206-339-9272, comment here on the blog or email [email protected]. Links for this Episode: Sr. Prudence Allen, R.S.M.:The Foundations of Religious Life: Revisiting the VisionCouncil of Major Superiors of Women ReligiousSacrifice of Enduring Love Eucharistic Congress Current CatholicMom.com Contests – Making Music Praying Twice Homeschool EditionSQPN ConnectCatholicMom.com Book ClubThe Catholic CompanyLisa's Facebook Profile, SQPN Connect Page, Plurk, TwitterCatholic Mom Logo Store Subscribe to the feed | Subscribe with iTunes

This week, we feature the music of contemporary Catholic recording artist and mom Alicia Hernon. I know you're going to fall in love with her new CD Beloved. Mary has so many titles, but in this week's Mary Moment, Sarah Reinhard shares a poem on a cozy everyday sort of title, Our Lady of the Broom. Visit Ginny Moyer's Mary and Me Blog and check out her book Mary and Me: Catholic Women Reflect on the Mother of God. Have you ever wondered about author G.K. Chesterton? Who is he? Why should I care? Find out on Chesterton Moments with Nancy Brown of Chesterton.org and the American Chesterton Society. How would you feel if you found your priest inebriated and passed out? Today, Tom shares a Deacon Moment story in which this very thing happened. Strange? Listen as we continue to celebrate the Year of the Priest. Remember to comment here on the blog for your chance to win an awesome Sarah Bauer tshirt! Simply leave a comment by August 31, 2009 and you will be entered to win. One winner will be randomly selected. Share your feedback at 206-339-9272, comment here on the blog or email [email protected]. Links for this Episode: Alicia Hernon- BelovedMartin Doman, Regina Doman Catholicism Project: Donate, Trailer"How Can I Keep from Singing" Podcast by Susan BaileyLiveWTL Podcast by AveryAmong Women Podcast by Pat GohnCatholic Media Liaison Kerry Madden - PiusMedia.com Current CatholicMom.com Contests - Taste of Heaven Book, Making Music Praying Twice Homeschool EditionSQPN ConnectCatholicMom.com Book ClubThe Catholic CompanyLisa's Facebook Profile, SQPN Connect Page, Plurk, TwitterCatholic Mom Logo Store Subscribe to the feed | Subscribe with iTunes

Our special guest on this week's podcast, Kate Daneluk, is the founder of a wonderful program entitled Making Music Praying Twice. Kate has taught music in Catholic schools and early education programs since 1994, when she graduated with high honors in Theology from St. Anslem College. Continuing on with graduate work in education, she trained in early childhood music and movement at the Center for Music and Young Children in Princeton. A mother of four, Kate provides engaging workshops on faith-inclusive early childhood music and movement for parents, homeschoolers, teachers, and schools. Be sure to enter this week's "Making Music Praying Twice" contest, for your chance to win the Homeschool Edition of Making Music Praying Twice. Today's Deacon Moment contains tribute and appreciation for the work and evangelization by Father Robert Barron. Deacon Tom's Deacon Moment is about the Baptism of Our Lord and is titled, "The God of Mud and Muck." In this week's Mary Moment, Sarah Reinhard not only includes a great Sarah Bauer song, "Mary's Got My Back," and also announces your chance to win a Mary's Got My Back t-shirt. Share your feedback at 206-339-9272, comment here on the blog or email [email protected]. Links for this Episode: Making Music Praying Twice. Catholicism Project: Donate, Trailer Current CatholicMom.com Contests SQPN Connect CatholicMom.com Book Club The Catholic Company Lisa's Facebook Profile, SQPN Connect Page, Plurk, Twitter Catholic Mom Logo Store Subscribe to the feed | Subscribe with iTunes

My special guest for this week's podcast is Father Robert Barron. This month, we are encouraging your support of Father Barron's latest project, Catholicism. Please consider a donation of any size and join us in praying for Father Barron and his team. Father Robert Barron is a sought-after speaker on the spiritual life-from prestigious universities to YouTube to national conferences and private retreats. The prominent theologian and podcasting priest is one of the world's great and most innovative teachers of Catholicism. His global media ministry called Word on Fire has a simple but revolutionary mission - to evangelize the culture. In today's Deacon Moment, Deacon Tom tells of a mysterious August snowfall that outlined the grounds for this 4th century Basilica of St. Mary Major. It is dedicated to our Blessed Mother Mary and is one of five great and grand Churches of Rome. Mary is our example in many things, including prayer. This week, Sarah Reinhard uses a quote from Joseph Langford's book Mother Teresa: In the Shadow of Our Lady to guide us toward using Mary as our guide and example. Read Sarah's review of Mother Teresa: In the Shadow of Our Lady. Share your feedback at 206-339-9272, comment here on the blog or email [email protected]. Links for this Episode: Word on Fire Catholicism: Donate, TrailerFather Robert Barron is represented by The Maximus Group. For more information or to contact Father Barron to speak to your parish or organization, visit TMGSpeakers.com Current CatholicMom.com Contests SQPN Connect CatholicMom.com Book Club The Catholic Company Lisa's Facebook Profile, SQPN Connect Page, Plurk, Twitter Catholic Mom Logo Store Subscribe to the feed | Subscribe with iTunes

This week's bonus episode brings you along on my recent trip to Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama. Come along with my parents and me as we visit some wonderful Catholic sites in Alabama and enjoy a special interview with my 10 year old nephew, Patrick. Share your feedback at 206-339-9272, comment here on the blog or email [email protected]. Links for this Episode: St. Vincent de Paul School, Long Beach, Mississippi Shrine of the Most Blessed SacramentSt. Bernard Abbey Ave Maria GrottoEWTN Pilgrimage InformationSQPN ConnectCatholicMom.com Book ClubThe Catholic CompanyLisa's Facebook Profile, SQPN Connect Page, Plurk, TwitterCatholic Mom Logo Store Subscribe to the feed | Subscribe with iTunes