Raising the Betts

By SQPN, Inc.Society & Culture Personal Journals

Raising the Betts episodes

April 14, 2020 Easter Stream and Feast
RTB046: Dom and Melanie Bettinelli are recovering from Easter, recounting how they made the Triduum and Easter special this year, the new tradition Melanie introduced to the family, and the amazing feast they laid out on Easter Sunday.
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* Melanie’s blog: The Wine-Dark Sea
* Dom’s blog: Bettnet
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38 min
April 12, 2020 Happy Easter from StarQuest
LTK092: From all of us at StarQuest, we wish you a Happy and Blessed Easter with this brief message from our chaplain, Fr. Cory Sticha.
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4 min
April 07, 2020 Palm-less Sunday
RTB045: Dom and Melanie Bettinelli have a Palm Sunday without (fresh) palm branches, are cutting their own hair, and pondering the effects of self-isolation on the kitchen ninjas. Plus contemplating how our priests miss us and that while we’re all in a Good Friday of lockdown, an Easter Sunday of freedom is inevitably coming.
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Links for this episode:

* Watch Onward | Disney+
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* Soy Sauce Chicken Wings | Cook’s Country

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* Melanie’s blog: The Wine-Dark Sea
* Dom’s blog: Bettnet
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51 min
March 31, 2020 Why Are You Afraid?
RTB044: Since outdoor exercise has been deemed an essential activity, Domenico and Melanie Bettinelli ventured out to enjoy some nesting herons and other birds. They’ve also spent part of Lent enjoying a virtual retreat with Boston’s Cardinal Seán and were completely enraptured by Pope Francis’ Urbi et Orbi message.
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* Cardinal Seán’s Virtual Retreat
* Melanie’s photos and blog post on the nesting herons,
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* Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts!
* Melanie’s blog: The Wine-Dark Sea
* Dom’s blog: Bettnet
* Join the conversation at the StarQuest Facebook page.
* Send us your feedback or comments at [email protected]

52 min
March 24, 2020 What a Year This Week Has Been
RTB043: In the midst of this crisis, Dom and Melanie Bettinelli stop to ponder what positive effects on faith and culture can result from weeks or months of society-wide quarantine. They also discuss how the family is praying through this time, as well as a fun creative social activity they’re engaged in.
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* Adam Liaw’s YouTube channel
* Melanie’s poem “Distance” and the link to the song in the comments
* Introducing WITHDRAW2020: A daily art challenge for COVID-19

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* Melanie’s blog: The Wine-Dark Sea
* Dom’s blog: Bettnet
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1 hr 3 min
March 16, 2020 Love in a Time of Quarantine
RTB042: Dom and Melanie Bettinelli deal with the current crisis using a blend of humor and level-headedness; discuss the unprecedented restrictions due to the coronavirus; how they’re praying without going to Mass; having solidarity with Catholics who’ve historically been without Mass; and express the value of obedience to our bishops.
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Links for this episode:

* Love in the Time of Coronavirus- Faith, Prayer, and the Sacraments – The Wine-Dark Sea
* Amazing Stories on AppleTV+
* The Foreigner on Netflix
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* Praystation Portable

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* Melanie’s blog: The Wine-Dark Sea
* Dom’s blog: Bettnet
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1 hr 13 min
March 10, 2020 Down the Drain
RTB041: Dom and Melanie Bettinelli this week deal with a cascade of kitchen plumbing messes; enroll in Merit Badge U; race in the Pinewood Derby; review Spenser: Confidential and Knives Out as well as Eifelheim and The British Are Coming; and have some more great recipes that are good for Lent.
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* Moroccan Lentil and Chickpea Soup (Harira) | Cook’s Illustrated

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* Melanie’s blog: The Wine-Dark Sea
* Dom’s blog: Bettnet
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1 hr
March 04, 2020 Hangry in the Desert
RTB040: This week, the Betts, Dom and Melanie, are handwashing dishes for Lent (for now), ranting about the clock change, doing a Polar Challenge, discussing their favorite Lenten Friday recipes (best tuna salad and their naan pizza), making fasting bread, and talk about dragons in the garden and hungry Jesus in the desert.
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Links for this episode:

* Our Story – Mr Gatti’s Pizza
* Live the Fast – Facebook
* Sunday Mass readings for March 1, 2020
* Star Wars (radio series) – Wikipedia
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* Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts!
* Melanie’s blog: The Wine-Dark Sea
* Dom’s blog: Bettnet
* Join the conversation at the StarQuest Facebook page.
* Send us your feedback or comments at [email protected]

1 hr 12 min
February 26, 2020 Easing into Lent
RTB039: Dom and Melanie Bettinelli are easing into Lent with the family, rather than racing out of the gates and sputtering early this year. Plus Blue & Gold, a walk in the woods, a birthday, coffee vs. tea, behind the scenes of The Mandalorian, and virtual recreation of chant in the Hagia Sophia.
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Links for this episode:

* Listen: The Sound Of The Hagia Sophia, More Than 500 Years Ago : NPR
* Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia – Capella Romana – YouTube
* The Mandalorian was shot on a holodeck-esque set with Unreal Engine, video shows | Ars Technica
* Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts!
* Melanie’s blog: The Wine-Dark Sea
* Dom’s blog: Bettnet
* Join the conversation at the StarQuest Facebook page.
* Send us your feedback or comments at [email protected]

1 hr 7 min
February 19, 2020 Keeper of Your Brother’s Anger
RTB038: Dom and Melanie Bettinelli discuss why some people always seem to get summonsed for jury duty; winter farmers market; Pinewood Derby; scallops, mushrooms, and muffins; Mythic Quest and Toy Story 4; Dresden Files and the Silk Road; and Mother Sophia on our responsibility for our brother’s anger. Plus feedback.
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Links for this episode:

* Almond Flour Lemon Muffins – The Wine-Dark Sea
* Not To Kill – Mount Saint Mary’s Abbey – Wrentham, MA
* Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet – Wikipedia
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* Melanie’s blog: The Wine-Dark Sea
* Dom’s blog: Bettnet
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1 hr 17 min