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, is joined by Father Paul Check, to discuss Par. 7-24 of Pope St. John Paul II's encyclical Mother of the Redeemer. Par. 7-24 are covered in Chapters 2-5 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.

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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, is joined by Father Paul Check, to discuss Par. 1-6 of Pope St. John Paul II's encyclical Mother of the Redeemer. Par. 1-6 are covered in Chapter 1 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.

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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
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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, Annette Bergeon, CEO, reads Chapter 1 of the Endow Study Guide on John Paul II’s Mother of the Redeemer (Redemptoris Mater).

In this 1987 encyclical, John Paul II reminds us that Mary is the greatest saint, and he explains why this is so. John Paul II calls her the “most excellent expression of the feminine genius.” Mary’s ‘yes’ to her role in God’s plan places her at the center of salvation history. This study helps women understand and appreciate the place Mary holds in the Church.

To download Chapter 1 for free, click here: https://endow-groups.myshopify.com/collections/free-downloads/products/free-download-chapter-1-redemptoris-mater

To join the 2022 Advent Podcast Study Series, click here: https://www.endowgroups.org/the-endow-podcast/advent-2022-podcast-study-series/

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What’s on your mind and heart? Let our host, Simone Rizkallah, know by connecting with her and 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 November 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, interviews Claire Dwyer on how to live with a "cloistered heart" in the midst of the world and how to grow in spiritual maturity through the gifts and limitations of your personality by examining the four temperaments.

Claire Dwyer lives in Arizona with her husband and six children who range in age from 23 to 9. She works for the Avila Foundation and writes and speaks on topics such as authentic femininity, discernment of one’s personal vocation, living fully the present moment. At EventheSparrow.com she writes on everything from saints to the spiritual life to the sacramentality of the everyday, and earlier this year published her first book, This Present Paradise: A Spiritual Journey with St. Elizabeth of the Trinity. Her passion is to help fellow followers of Christ see the beauty and possibility of their interior lives and own their unrepeatable place in the Church.
Thanks for listening!

To find out more about Claire Dwyer, visit: https://www.sophiainstitute.com/products/item/this-present-paradise

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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!

Please Join Us For The Advent 2022 Podcast Study Series! 

In this five week series, Simone Rizkallah, Director of Program Growth, is joined by Fr. Paul Check, currently the Executive Director of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Cross, WI to discuss John Paul II’s encyclical Mother of the Redeemer. 

The episodes will be released on both YouTube and on all podcasting platforms on the Sundays of Advent. 

Ways To Participate 

During Advent 2022, listen each week and read along following the daily Advent reading schedule. You can also purchase the Endow Study Guide for additional commentary and study either through print or digitally. 

This podcast series can also be considered an accompaniment and training for hosts who wish to facilitate this study for their Endow Groups as well as provide a supplemental resource for Endow Group participants. For all the information you need, visit: https://www.endowgroups.org/the-endow-podcast/advent-2022-podcast-study-series/

Editor's Note:  This is a re-broadcast.  It was originally published in October 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, interviews Kathleen Beckman on spiritual warfare, healing, deliverance, exorcisms, and how the feminine genius is expressed by being a well-trained spiritual warrior!

Kathleen Beckman, L.H.S. is President and Co-Founder of the Foundation of Prayer for Priests (www.foundationforpriests.org), a global apostolate of prayer and catechesis for the holiness of priests through spiritual motherhood and fatherhood. An international Catholic evangelist, author, radio host, Ignatian certified retreat director, she assists priests in the Church’s ministry of healing, deliverance and exorcism. She also serves in Pope Leo XIII Institute, Magnificat, and Radio Maria. Often featured on Catholic TV and radio such as EWTN, the Catholic Channel, and Ave Maria, she hosts the weekly program, “Eucharist, Mercy & Saints” which airs internationally on Radio Maria. She and her husband are business owners and have two grown sons. Sophia Institute Press published her two latest books: Praying for Priests: A Mission for the New Evangelization (‘14) and God’s Healing Mercy: Finding Your Path to Forgiveness, Peace & Joy (‘15). Her reversion to the faith in 1991 came through the Eucharist and Mary. In her words, “The Eucharist is the heart of my life”.
Thanks for listening!

To find out more about Kathleen Beckman, visit www.kathleenbeckman.com

To purchase her book, A Family Guide to Spiritual Warfare: Strategies for Deliverance and Healing, visit: https://www.sophiainstitute.com/products/item/family-guide-to-spiritual-warfare

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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 Kelley Schorn on her experience of encountering Letter to Women for the first time and how to survive and thrive in a post--post-Christian culture. 

Learn more about studying Letter to Women with Endow or bringing it to college campuses: https://www.endowgroups.org/study-guide-letter-to-women/

Kelley Schorn is a 26 year old Architectural Designer based out of Dallas, Texas. A cradle Catholic from birth she discovered a new zeal for her faith as she entered into a personal relationship with God at the start of her college years. Since then she has continued to grow in her faith and love of Jesus and the Church. As a young adult in the Church she continues to have a thriving faith life in a culture that often discourages Christian beliefs.

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!
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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 Anna Heschmeyer on how John Paul II's Apostolic Letter on suffering was an experience of transformation and healing and what kept her in the Catholic Church. 

Anna Heschmeyer is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Missouri and Kansas. Anna grew up in Southern California and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Thomas Aquinas College and a Master of Science degree from Fuller Theological Seminary.

While Anna felt an early pull toward working with others in a therapeutic context, her path took her on some other turns first. After college, she worked for Catholic Answers in San Diego, then worked in parish ministry in the Washington, D.C. area for several years. After this, she moved to Phoenix, where she worked as a high school guidance counselor while pursuing her master’s degree in marriage and family therapy.

Anna came to Kansas City in 2018, when she married her husband, Joe. They now have a wonderful toddler who keeps her and her husband quite entertained. Anna moved to the Center for Healing after several years at a private marriage and family therapy group practice.

Anna has pursued training in EMDR therapy, an empirically validated model used in the treatment of trauma, anxiety, and other mental health issues, as well as extensive training in Emotionally Focused Therapy, one of the most effective therapies for treating couples and attachment issues.

Being able to witness the capacity of the human person to find meaning and hope in life through often daunting circumstances is one of Anna’s greatest joys as a therapist.

To learn more about studying this document with Endow, visit: https://www.endowgroups.org/study-guide-on-the-christian-meaning-of-suffering-salvifici-doloris/

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!
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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 October 2020. 

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 interviews Church historian Steve Weidenkopf on The Battle of Lepanto (October 7, 1571). This battle is celebrated in the Church through the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary formerly known as Our Lady of Victory. Listen to Steve, be inspired by the miracle of the rosary, and celebrate this feast day by reading the poem G.K Chesterton wrote about it! Link below.

Fun fact: Steve Weidenkopf is the author of the Endow Study Lumen Gentium!

Links discussed on the show:
https://steveweidenkopf.com
https://ascensionpress.com/collections/epic-a-journey-through-church-history
Follow Steve on IG! @sweidenkopf

 Lepanto by G.K. Chesterton:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47917/lepanto

What’s on your mind and heart? Let our host, Simone Rizkallah, know by connecting with her and 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 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, interviews Heather King on avoiding ideologies, the many aspects of the feminine genius, and how the spirituality of St. Therese is the remedy for our personal and cultural ills.

 Heather is an ex-lawyer, a sober alcoholic of 33 years, a Catholic convert, and a lover of books, film, and art. She is an award-winning author, columnist, and speaker. Her subjects include addiction, conversion, money, food, womanhood, annoying neighbors, prayer, gardening, and St. Thérèse of Lisieux.
Thanks for listening!

To find out more about Heather King, visit https://www.heather-king.com

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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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