The Endow Podcast

Welcome to The Endow Podcast! This podcast is a forum for women to foster conversations about the intellectual life and intentional community for the cultivation of the feminine genius.  On this episode, Simone Rizkallah, Director of Program Growth, interviews Teresa Kenney on hormonal health (beyond the birth control pill) that serves the dignity of women while loving and respecting their bodies.

Teresa Kenney is a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner and a Naprotechnology trained medical consultant who is passionate about restoring women’s quality of life through holistic care. She is a certified medical consultant who works cooperatively with the woman’s cycle and treats the underlying root cause of women’s health issues.

To learn more, visit https://www.hormonegenius.com/the-hormone-genius-podcast/

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Welcome to The Endow Podcast! This podcast is a forum for women to foster conversations about the intellectual life and intentional community for the cultivation of the feminine genius.  On this episode, Simone Rizkallah, Director of Program Growth, interviews Dr. John Cuddeback on cultivating the art of complementarity as men and women "of the household" and in particular what it means for men to take "first responsibility."

Dr. Cuddeback is a husband and father, a philosophy professor at Christendom College, a student of great thinkers, and a man on a search.

You can find his blog and Man and Woman of the Household courses by visiting https://life-craft.org

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Welcome to The Endow Podcast! This podcast is a forum for women to foster conversations about the intellectual life and intentional community for the cultivation of the feminine genius.  On this episode, Simone Rizkallah, Director of Program Growth, interviews Claire Fyrqvist, the author of Endow's newest study guide on Catholic Social Teaching "Genesis to Rerum Novarum to the 21st Century" along with Laura Zambrana, Director of Content.

Claire Fyrqvist lives with her husband and six children in the Catholic Worker neighborhood in South Bend. They spent several years working in the local pro-life movement, and Claire now splits her time between writing, gardening, caring for eight chickens and a rabbit, and running a Montessori Children's House. She is also on the board of Feminists for Nonviolent Choices, a non profit that seeks a consistent life ethic against war, abortion, euthanasia and capital punishment.

Laura Zambrana, MDiv, is the Director of Content for Endow. As Director of Content, Laura brings our new studies to life through editing and overseeing the design and printing process. Laura also manages our website content. She has been an Endow host since 2010 and has led several Endow groups in Pasadena and Hollywood, CA. Laura graduated from Thomas Aquinas College and studied Theology at the University of Notre Dame.

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Welcome to The Endow Podcast! This podcast is a forum for women to foster conversations about the intellectual life and intentional community for the cultivation of the feminine genius. On this episode, Simone Rizkallah, Director of Program Growth, interviews Helen Alvare on her personal vocation, religious freedom, and family life.

Helen Alvaré is a Professor of Law at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, where she teaches Family Law, Law and Religion, and Property Law. She publishes on matters concerning marriage, parenting, non-marital households, and the First Amendment religion clauses. She is faculty advisor to the law school’s Civil Rights Law Journal, and the Latino/a Law Student Association, a Member of the Holy See’s Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life (Vatican City), a board member of Catholic Relief Services, a member of the Executive Committee of the AALS’ Section on Law and Religion, and an ABC News consultant. She cooperates with the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations as a speaker and a delegate to various United Nations conferences concerning women and the family.

In addition to her books, and her publications in law reviews and other academic journals, Professor Alvaré publishes regularly in news outlets including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Huffington Post, and CNN.com. She also speaks at academic and professional conferences in the United States, Europe, Latin America, and Australia.

Prior to joining the faculty of Scalia Law, Professor Alvaré taught at the Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America; represented the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops before legislative bodies, academic audiences, and the media; and was a litigation attorney for the Philadelphia law firm of Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young.

Professor Alvaré received her law degree from Cornell University School of Law and her master’s degree in Systematic Theology from the Catholic University of America.  
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Welcome to The Endow Podcast! This podcast is a forum for women to foster conversations about the intellectual life and intentional community for the cultivation of the feminine genius. On this episode, Simone Rizkallah, Director of Program Growth, interviews Douglas Minson on the richness and value of reading aloud and the difference between education and indoctrination.

Mr. Douglas Minson brings more than two decades of experience in teaching, program management and development, and executive leadership to Lumen Gentium Academy. He currently serves as the headmaster of Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in Boonton. Previously, he was the headmaster of Veritas Preparatory Academy, the founding school in the Great Hearts Academies network of public charter schools in Phoenix, Arizona. His direction of the school at LGA weds his passion for formative education with his dedication to his Catholic faith. Mr. Minson completed his undergraduate education at the College of William and Mary and his graduate studies in Philosophy at the Catholic University of America. In past positions, he has served the John Jay Institute in Philadelphia as vice president of academic affairs, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute as executive director of national educational programs, and worked with Charles W. Colson as speechwriter and editor for his columns and radio broadcast.

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Welcome to The Endow Podcast! This podcast is a forum for women to foster conversations about the intellectual life and intentional community for the cultivation of the feminine genius. On this episode, Simone Rizkallah, Director of Program Growth, interviews Francis Russell Hittinger on the importance of history in studying Catholic Social Teaching, Pope Leo XIII, and the French Revolution.

From 1996-2019, Professor Hittinger was the incumbent of the William K. Warren Chair of Catholic Studies at the University of Tulsa, where he is also a Research Professor in the School of Law. He specializes in issues of philosophy, theology and law.

 Since May 2019 he is the Emeritus Professor of Religion. In 2019, he became the Senior Fellow at the Lumen Christi Institute at the University of Chicago, where he is a Visiting Scholar in the John U. Neff Committee on Social Thought, and Visiting Professor in the Law School at University of Chicago. In 2020 and in 2021, he became a Visiting Professor at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology (Graduate Theological Union, U-Cal Berkeley), where he has served as Dean of the College of Fellows since 2014. He was appointed Professor of Law the University of Chicago for the fall term 2020.

 In January 2020, he gave the Aquinas Lecture, Blackfriars Oxford.

Looking for more?   Visit https://www.firstthings.com/article/2017/06/the-three-necessary-societies

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Welcome to The Endow Podcast! This podcast is a forum for women to foster conversations about the intellectual life and intentional community for the cultivation of the feminine genius. On this episode, Simone Rizkallah interviews Father John Henry Hanson on the high calling of the feminine genius and the spiritual reasons why the ordained priesthood is limited to men. 

Father John Henry Hanson, O. Praem., is a Norbertine priest of St Michael’s Abbey in Silverado, California. He entered the community in 1995, earned his STB and Masters in Theology at the Pontifical University of St Thomas (Angelicum) in Rome, and was ordained to the priesthood in 2006. Currently, he is a formator in his community’s seminary, preaches retreats, is chaplain to several communities of women religious, serves Armenian rite Catholics at the Cathedral of St Gregory the Illuminator in Glendale, California, and is author of Praying from the Depths of the Psalms (Scepter Publishers 2019) and of Home Again: A Prayerful Rediscovery of Your Catholic Faith (Scepter 2020).

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For more information about John Paul II's Apostolic Letter on Priestly Ordination (Ordinatio Sacerdotalis: http://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/1994/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_19940522_ordinatio-sacerdotalis.html

The Endow Podcast is a forum for women to foster conversations about the intellectual life and intentional community for the cultivation of the feminine genius. 

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Welcome to The Endow Podcast! This podcast is a forum for women to foster conversations about the intellectual life and intentional community for the cultivation of the feminine genius.On this episode, Simone Rizkallah, Director of Program Growth, reads Chapter 1 of the Endow Study Guide on John Paul II’s Apostolic Letter on The Rosary of the Virgin Mary.

In 2002, John Paul II wrote a letter inviting us to renew our devotion to the Rosary and to attend the “school of Mary” and learn about her Son.  
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The Endow Podcast is a forum for women to foster conversations about the intellectual life and intentional community for the cultivation of the feminine genius. 

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Welcome to The Endow Podcast! This podcast is a forum for women to foster conversations about the intellectual life and intentional community for the cultivation of the feminine genius.  On this episode, Simone Rizkallah, Director of Program Growth, interviews Robert Corzine on Sts. Mary, Macrina, and Monica!

Robert Corzine is Vice President of Academic Programs for the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology. He was received into the Catholic Church in 1994 and has held teaching and advocacy positions for several Catholic apostolates, including work as an apologist and catechetical writer for Catholics United for the Faith and as producer and host of a weekly Catholic radio program on apologetics and evangelization. Host of EWTN’s Genesis to Jesus with Dr. Scott Hahn, Rob holds a degree in Humanities and Catholic Culture from Franciscan University. After graduation, Rob spent several years in Washington, D.C., working for public policy think tanks and family-policy organizations to train activists, teach undergraduates, and organize networks of public-interest lawyers, scholars, and policy analysts. He teaches in our Journey Through Scripture program and is the producer and host of “St. Paul Center Presents” on Relevant Radio.
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 To find out more visit https://stpaulcenter.com 

 The Endow Podcast is a forum for women to foster conversations about the intellectual life and intentional community for the cultivation of the feminine genius. 

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Welcome to The Endow Podcast! This podcast is a forum for women to foster conversations about the intellectual life and intentional community for the cultivation of the feminine genius.  On this episode, Simone Rizkallah, Director of Program Growth, interviews Bella Bryant, president and founder of Restore Love, a nonprofit dedicated to helping at-risk young women on their healing journeys from child sex abuse and addictive pornography use.

Isabella Bryant is a creative and dynamic leader. Her passion for helping women heal has brought her to where she is today. Isabella is dedicated to supporting and creating a community for women healing from child sex abuse and addictive pornography use. As the President, she hopes to inspire and encourage her team to work hard in creating the community and tools that young women need to start a journey of healing from child sex abuse and addictive pornography use.
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To learn more visit https://restorelove.org/. 

The Endow Podcast is a forum for women to foster conversations about the intellectual life and intentional community for the cultivation of the feminine genius. 

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