Do you struggle with discerning God's will for you? Do you get stuck making decisions? The story of Noah and the Ark has sound advice for you. Learn the Noah's Ark Method of Decision Making and stop struggling.

Marge interviews acclaimed Catholic teen author Amanda Lauer about her latest work, Ashes: Visible and Invisible. Ashes: Visible and Invisible is a collection of short stories by ten Catholic Teen Books authors. As of this recording, it is a #1 New Release on Amazon. 

Amanda is an avid reader since childhood, award-winning author and journalist Amanda Lauer is the creator of the Heaven Intended Civil War series. A World Such as Heaven Intended won the 2016 CALA Award and A Freedom Such as Heaven Intended earned the 2022 Catholic Media Book Awards: First Place Catholic Novels: Inspirational. Lauer’s journey into the time travel genre began with her 2021 novel Anything But Groovy. Her second book in that genre, Royal & Ancient, will be released later this year. In addition, Lauer has co-authored two books with Catholic Teen Books, Treasures: Visible & Invisible and Ashes: Visible & Invisible.

Listen as Marge and Amanda discuss:

What is Catholic Teen Books?

Have they produced anthologies previously?

Why did you pick Lent for a theme for this anthology?

How will the book help teens get engaged in Lent?

Is this a book that older readers may appreciate as well?

Do you pray too much? I've been asking myself that question lately. Although I usually spend upwards of two hours a day in prayer, I'm not sure I'm actually praying. After listening to this podcast, you might want to ask yourself that question, too.   

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Imagine an artist working on a sculpture so large that he had to do it out on his front lawn. Then imagine his nearly three-story statue transported by trains and semi-trailers from Wilmington, DE to Santa Clara, CA. Then imagine a huge stainless steel statue of Mary standing in the middle of Silicon Valley. If you imagine that, you're imagining the Shrine of Our Lady of Peace. Come along with Marge as she travels to the last destination in her nine-episode Marian Pilgrimage Series - the Shrine of Our Lady of Peace in Santa Clara, CA. 

It began with a philanthropist couple who obtained a large parcel of land. Their dream was to form it into a recreational area. Their mission was to create "an edifice for God." Join Marge as she travels to The House of Mary Shrine in Yankton, South Dakota. Learn how to create your own edifice for God even if you're penniless. 

Tertullian is credited as having said, "The blood of martyrs is the seed of the Church." In this episode, Marge chats about her trip to visit the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Martyrs in Auriesville, New York, where Sts. Isaac Jogues, Rene Goupil, and John LaLande were tortured and killed by a tribe of Mohawk Indians hostile to Christianity.   Find out what it was like to walk on earth literally soaked with the blood of martyrs and how to pray for the strength to endure criticism and persecution because of your faith. 

Did you know that we have a Church-approved Marian apparition in our country? That's right, the apparition of Mary at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in Champion, WI is the ONLY Church-approved Marian apparition in the United States! Travel with Marge to the dense forests of Northern WI where Mary appeared in 1859 to a young Belgian immigrant woman named Adele Brise. Learn about the mission she gave to Adele and why that should be a mission for all of us. 

Have you ever been in need of consolation? If you're like most people, you have. Perhaps you were experiencing relationship troubles, financial hardship, illness, or physical impairment. Whatever it was, you needed consolation - and the help of Mary, Consolation of the Afflicted. Listen to Marge tell about the miracles that have taken place at the Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation in Carey, Ohio. This historic place is filled with artifacts from those who have received miracles and the graces of consolation in difficult times. Learn about Mary's exquisite wardrobe, filled with ornate, colorful, and hand-sewn robes and dresses. 

The next stop on Marge's Marian Pilgrimage Series is the Shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows in Starkenburg, MO. Built by German immigrant farmers in 1847 along the picturesque Missouri River, the shrine is a place of grace and miracles. Listen as Marge describes how Our Lady of Sorrows twice saved the farmers' crops from failure and cured a young Polio victim's leg. Meditate on the Sorrowful Mother's tenderness and care for you as you bear your own life sorrows. 

Travel with Marge to the "place where Montana began" - St Mary's Mission and Museum in Stevensville, MT. The hearts of the Salish tribe burned for Christianity after they were introduced to it by a group of Iroquois traveling with the Hudson's Bay Company. It took four attempts to send delegations to the Jesuit Missionary headquarters in St. Louis, MO to bring Jesuit priests and brothers back to catechize them. Their efforts were not in vain as the mission became, not only the center of Montana but also the center of Christianity in the Bitter Root Valley of the Rocky Mountains, all under the protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary.