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. 

Is the Holy Spirit nudging you to host an Endow Group? Listen to the Endow Team, facilitated by Laura Zambrana, Director of Content and longtime Endow Host, go through the first section of Chapter 1 of John Paul II's Letter to Women using the Endow Study Guide. 

Remember God doesn't called the equipped, He equips the called! 

To start or join an Endow Group visit: https://www.endowgroups.org/getting-started/

To download a free copy of Chapter 1 of Letter to Women visit: https://endow-groups.myshopify.com/products/copy-of-sample-chapter-letter-to-women-free-download?_pos=5&_sid=ca6a4829f&_ss=r

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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 and Laura Zambrana, Director of Content, discuss the value of studying documents of the Catholic Church. 

Endow's Curriculum Pathway: https://www.endowgroups.org/resources/curriculum-pathway/ Join us for our monthly Why We Endow events: https://www.endowgroups.org/upcoming-events/

Host a group: https://www.endowgroups.org/getting-started/considering-or-hosting-a-new-endow-group/

Join a group: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeOcn-SGKrqXvGoR7mJt_lVky3LzMCVTVz-b0hFOfNWzSBdlQ/viewform

Support the Endow Podcast

What’s on your mind and heart? Let our host, Simone Rizkallah, know by connecting with her and 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 and Laura Zambrana, Director of Content, discuss the value of educating on the nature and dignity of women, Endow's mission, vision, approach, and goals. 

Why Endow, Our Method, and Goals: https://www.endowgroups.org/why-endow/

Join us for our monthly Why We Endow events: https://www.endowgroups.org/upcoming-events/

Host a group: https://www.endowgroups.org/getting-started/considering-or-hosting-a-new-endow-group/

Join a group: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeOcn-SGKrqXvGoR7mJt_lVky3LzMCVTVz-b0hFOfNWzSBdlQ/viewform

Support the Endow Podcast

What’s on your mind and heart? Let our host, Simone Rizkallah, know by connecting with her and 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!

Editor's Note:  This is a re-broadcast.  It was originally published in August 2021.

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, invites Annette Bergeon, Executive Director, to interview her on the four cardinal virtues, the four human powers they perfect, and how to become a virtuous person!

Annette is a cradle Catholic who was born and raised in Ohio. She earned engineering degrees from Purdue University and the University of Michigan, and an MBA in Finance and Operations Management from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a wife and mother of three living in Colorado. She has been involved with Endow Groups for almost a decade and is passionate about the mission to educate women about their true nature and dignity.

To learn more about the virtues, check out Endow Studies on Aquinas Part I and II: https://endow-groups.myshopify.com/search?type=product&q=aquinas

Thanks for listening!

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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!

Editor's Note:  This is a re-broadcast.  It was originally published in December 2020.

The holiday season is a great reminder for many of us that the promise of peace from the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ, has yet to be fulfilled in many of our families.

The Holy Family had circumstances beyond their control–namely, the attempted murder of the Christ Child–that could have disrupted their peace as family unit.

While we can’t always control the external forces working against us, we can pray for forgiveness, reconciliation, and healing from the physical, emotional, and spiritual wounds that keep us in bondage and distant from one another.

The Feast of the Holy Family is an excellent day to pray for peace in your family. And if you can pray together as a family, healing prayers will be quicker and more effective. (Matthew 18:20)

Visit this link to the Litany and other healing prayers.

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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, is joined by Father Paul Check, to discuss Par. 51-52 of Pope St. John Paul II's encyclical Mother of the Redeemer. 

You can read the document here: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_25031987_redemptoris-mater.html

Download the Daily Reading Guide here: https://www.endowgroups.org/the-endow-podcast/advent-2022-podcast-study-series/

For those who are interested in hosting this study, please email [email protected] for more information on how to host an Endow Study!

Fr. Paul N. Check was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Bridgeport, CT in 1997.  He holds an STB from the Gregorian University and an STL from the University of the Holy Cross.  Fr.Check has taught courses in fundamental moral theology, sexual and medical ethics, Christian anthropology, the Beatitudes, and the Parables.  For twelve years, he taught a two-week moral theology course annually to St. Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, and more recently, he has taught regularly for the Augustine Institute, and for FOCUS.  He has given several retreats and days of recollection to diocesan clergy, religious, and seminarians. 

Fr. Check earned a BA in history and political science from Rice University in 1981, after which he served as an officer in the US Marine Corps for nine years, and prior to entering seminary.  He has been a parish priest and a high school chaplain.  From 2008-2016, Fr Check was the Executive Director of Courage International, presenting to clergy in many dioceses the Church’s teaching on homosexuality and her pastoral response.  Fr. Check was then assigned as the Rector of the St John Fisher Seminary in the Diocese of Bridgeport for four years, during which time he also served as director of ongoing priestly formation.  On August 15, 2020 and with the permission of his Bishop, he was appointed the Executive Director of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, WI, by His Eminence, Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, and Shrine’s Board of Directors.

Support the Endow Podcast

What’s on your mind and heart? Let our host, Simone Rizkallah, know by connecting with her and 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!

Join us for our monthly Why We Endow (Educate on the Nature and Dignity of Women) in 2023 to study John Paul II's Apostolic Letter On the Dignity and Vocation of Women! INVITE A NEW FRIEND TO JOIN YOU at least ONE time! 

Registration: https://www.endowgroups.org/upcoming-events/anniversary-series/

 Simone's interview with Catholic Answers on "Does the Catholic Church Oppress Women?":https://www.catholic.com/audio/caf/the-church-oppresses-women-debunked

Support the Endow Podcast

What’s on your mind and heart? Let our host, Simone Rizkallah, know by connecting with her and 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, is joined by Father Paul Check, to discuss Par. 25-37 of Pope St. John Paul II's encyclical Mother of the Redeemer. Par. 25-37 are covered in Chapter 6 of the Endow Study Guide.

You can read the document here: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_25031987_redemptoris-mater.html

Download the Daily Reading Guide here: https://www.endowgroups.org/the-endow-podcast/advent-2022-podcast-study-series/

For those who are interested in hosting this study, please email [email protected] for more information on how to host an Endow Study!

Fr. Paul N. Check was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Bridgeport, CT in 1997.  He holds an STB from the Gregorian University and an STL from the University of the Holy Cross.  Fr.Check has taught courses in fundamental moral theology, sexual and medical ethics, Christian anthropology, the Beatitudes, and the Parables.  For twelve years, he taught a two-week moral theology course annually to St. Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, and more recently, he has taught regularly for the Augustine Institute, and for FOCUS.  He has given several retreats and days of recollection to diocesan clergy, religious, and seminarians. 

Fr. Check earned a BA in history and political science from Rice University in 1981, after which he served as an officer in the US Marine Corps for nine years, and prior to entering seminary.  He has been a parish priest and a high school chaplain.  From 2008-2016, Fr Check was the Executive Director of Courage International, presenting to clergy in many dioceses the Church’s teaching on homosexuality and her pastoral response.  Fr. Check was then assigned as the Rector of the St John Fisher Seminary in the Diocese of Bridgeport for four years, during which time he also served as director of ongoing priestly formation.  On August 15, 2020 and with the permission of his Bishop, he was appointed the Executive Director of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, WI, by His Eminence, Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, and Shrine’s Board of Directors.

Support the Endow Podcast

What’s on your mind and heart? Let our host, Simone Rizkallah, know by connecting with her and 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, is joined by Father Paul Check, to discuss Par. 25-37 of Pope St. John Paul II's encyclical Mother of the Redeemer. Par. 25-37 are covered in Chapter 6 of the Endow Study Guide.

You can read the document here: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_25031987_redemptoris-mater.html

Download the Daily Reading Guide here: https://www.endowgroups.org/the-endow-podcast/advent-2022-podcast-study-series/

For those who are interested in hosting this study, please email [email protected] for more information on how to host an Endow Study!

Fr. Paul N. Check was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Bridgeport, CT in 1997.  He holds an STB from the Gregorian University and an STL from the University of the Holy Cross.  Fr.Check has taught courses in fundamental moral theology, sexual and medical ethics, Christian anthropology, the Beatitudes, and the Parables.  For twelve years, he taught a two-week moral theology course annually to St. Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, and more recently, he has taught regularly for the Augustine Institute, and for FOCUS.  He has given several retreats and days of recollection to diocesan clergy, religious, and seminarians.  

Fr. Check earned a BA in history and political science from Rice University in 1981, after which he served as an officer in the US Marine Corps for nine years, and prior to entering seminary.  He has been a parish priest and a high school chaplain.  From 2008-2016, Fr Check was the Executive Director of Courage International, presenting to clergy in many dioceses the Church’s teaching on homosexuality and her pastoral response.  Fr. Check was then assigned as the Rector of the St John Fisher Seminary in the Diocese of Bridgeport for four years, during which time he also served as director of ongoing priestly formation.  On August 15, 2020 and with the permission of his Bishop, he was appointed the Executive Director of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, WI, by His Eminence, Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, and Shrine’s Board of Directors.

Support the Endow Podcast

What’s on your mind and heart? Let our host, Simone Rizkallah, know by connecting with her and 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!

Editor's Note:  This is a re-broadcast.  It was originally published in September 2021.

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 aloud Pope Paul VI’s address to women at the closing of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council on December 8, 1965.
Thanks for listening!

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!