The Endow Podcast

Welcome to the Endow Podcast!  On this bonus episode, Simone Rizkallah, Director of Program Growth, prays with Janeth Chavez, Coordinator of Endow's Magnifica program (our studies translated into Spanish for the Hispanic community).

May is the month of Mary! Pray with us! 

To learn more about the Magnifica program, visit: https://magnifica.com.mx
To learn How to Pray the Rosary, visit: https://www.usccb.org/how-to-pray-the-rosary
To purchase our study guide on the Rosary, visit: https://endow-groups.myshopify.com/products/rosarium-virginis-mariae?_pos=1&_sid=d8d748a78&_ss=r

Simone (Director of Program Growth) and Laura (Director of Content) encourage you to invite your friends and join our 8 week Spring 2021 study on St. Catherine of Siena: Setting the World Ablaze!

Click here to register: https://endow-groups.myshopify.com/pr...​

Limited Edition Bundle also available: https://endow-groups.myshopify.com/pr...​

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 Michelle Benzinger on the diversity of the feminine genius in the four female doctors of the Church.

Michelle is a wife and mother of six children – four born from her womb and two born from her heart (adopted in Haiti). She is the visionary leader and creative director of Greenhouse Collective and Meaningful Market. Michelle has a heart for inspiring others to understand and share their unique voices and their God-given missions. Michelle co-hosts the nationwide podcast, Abiding Together, with Sister Miriam James Heidland, SOLT, and Heather Khym. She is the author of Restore the Beauty – a prayer journal that accompanies the “Four Women Doctors of the Church” Abiding Together series. Michelle and her family reside in Pensacola, Florida.
Thanks for listening! 

 To find out more about Michelle, check out Abiding Together Podcast: www.abidingtogetherpodcast.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 Katie, Director of Development and Laura, Director of Content on the “magic” of the makings of an Endow study guide and the mission and movement of Endow that allows women to radically discover their dignity.
Thanks for listening!

Katie Smith has been with Endow since January of 2019. She has an undergraduate degree in biochemistry from the University of Portland and worked in technology for five years before discerning a call to put her talents at the service of the Catholic Church. In 2011 she received a full scholarship to pursue a Master of Divinity degree from the University of Notre Dame. 

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.

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. 

Support the Endow Podcast

What’s on your mind and heart? Let us know by connecting with The Endow Team on social media!
Facebook at www.facebook.com/endowgroups
Instagram at www.instagram.com/endowgroups

Want to start your own Endow Group? Learn more by visiting our website at www.endowgroups.org or reach out to us at [email protected]. We look forward to serving you!

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 St. Catherine of Siena. Born in 1347, Catherine was canonized in 1461 and in 1970 was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Paul VI. 
Thanks for listening!

“Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.” -St. Catherine of Siena

To download Chapter 1 for free, click here: https://endow-groups.myshopify.com/products/sample-setting-the-world-ablaze-st-catherine-of-siena-free-download?_pos=6&_sid=2e8ffcf01&_ss=r

To purchase the entire study guide, click here: https://endow-groups.myshopify.com/products/st-catherine-of-siena-setting-the-world-ablaze?_pos=2&_sid=2e8ffcf01&_ss=r

 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. 

Support the Endow Podcast

What’s on your mind and heart? Let us know by connecting with The Endow Team on social media!
Facebook at www.facebook.com/endowgroups
Instagram at www.instagram.com/endowgroups

Want to start your own Endow Group? Learn more by visiting our website at www.endowgroups.org or reach out to us at [email protected]. We look forward to serving you!

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 Ben Heschmeyer on the formative (and de-formative) power of music.

Ben has been studying music since the age of 9. In the beginning, his focuses were rock, reggae, and electronic dance music. Eventually, an encounter with sacred music and particularly the music of Beethoven he discovered his calling to follow in the footsteps of the great composers. After studying for a number of years at the University of Missouri - Kansas City, he will continue his musical formation at Musikene University in San Sebastián, Spain. He is passionate about helping others encounter beauty by listening to the great music of the Western Tradition.

You won't want to miss this incredible piece: J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor / Gloria - Qui tollis peccata mundi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBshfLiMHlw&feature=youtu.be 

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Happy Divine Mercy Sunday!

How to Recite the Chaplet

The Chaplet of Mercy is recited using ordinary Rosary beads of five decades. The Chaplet is preceded by two opening prayers from the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska and followed by a closing prayer. The optional prayers were not included in this recording.

Click here for a link to the prayers.

Click here to read about the History of the Message and Devotion to Divine Mercy.  

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 Carmen Briceño on consecrated virginity, St. Catherine of Siena, and the feminine genius.

Carmen Briceño was consecrated into the Order of Virgins in 2009. She is the founder of Sacred Print which seeks to evangelize through art and beauty. All the products are geared to help people be bold in their faith by sharing sacred images of the lives of Jesus and the saints in their own community. It is her hope that through the use of these products the beauty of the faith would reach the streets, workplaces, schools, gyms, families and the entire world! She also gives talks in English and Spanish on a variety of topics such as prayer, Theology of the Body and Holiness.

 Thanks for listening!

To find out more about Carmen:
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/inspirational-stories/a40032/consecrated-virgin/ 
https://www.sacredprint.com

What’s on your mind and heart? Let us know by connecting with The Endow Team on social media!
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Want to start your own Endow Group? Learn more by visiting our website at www.endowgroups.org or reach out to us at [email protected]. We look forward to serving you!

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 Emily Stimpson Chapman, on the Endow studies she authored: Letter to Women, St. Catherine of Siena, Humane Vitae, Salvifici Doloris, Rosarium Virginis Mariae, and St. Hildegard of Bingen/the Doctors of the Church.
Thanks for listening!

To find out more about Emily as a prolific Catholic writer and blogger at The Catholic Table: https://thecatholictable.com

 What’s on your mind and heart? Let us know by connecting with The Endow Team on social media!
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Instagram at www.instagram.com/endowgroups

Want to start your own Endow Group? Learn more by visiting our website at www.endowgroups.org or reach out to us at [email protected]. We look forward to serving you!

Happy Solemnity of the Annunciation! On March 25, 2019, Pope Francis extended the Jubilee Year of Loreto to 2021!

Pray with us! We are praying for you!

To read Pope Francis Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation “Christ is alive!,” visit: http://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20190325_christus-vivit.html

For a link to the Loreto Litanies, visit: http://www.vatican.va/special/rosary/documents/litanie-lauretane_en.html