I feel pretty bad for the click-bait-ey title.. but only slightly.

This episode follows an article I found on The National Catholic Reporter titled A busy Catholic's guide to Advent: 10 tips for observing the season. This article contains some pretty simple but effective ways to elevate your Advent season and so I wanted to share them with everyone on the podcast. I added some tips of my own as well. Hope you enjoy!

Mentioned:

Dynamic Catholic's Best Advent Ever

The Little Blue Book Advent and Christmas Seasons 2018-2019: Six-minute reflections on the Sunday Gospels of Year C

"Retreat, hell! We're not retreating, we're just advancing in a different direction." -Oliver P. Smith

Hello friends! In this episode, Marian and I share our recent retreat experience at St. Anne in the Mountains. Whether you're there as a retreat participant or as a volunteer, a weekend getaway can be just the spiritual boost you need. Join us as we talk about retreats!

Hello everyone! We are so back! And it's good to be back. :D So good, in fact, that we let ourselves loose with the tangents on this one. I guess that'll be your one and only warning. :-P

Your mission, if you so choose, is to join Marian and I on a fairly lengthy but fairly interesting topic: Loneliness in young adults.

Loneliness can be a common occurrence for the young Catholic trying to figure out what we're doing in our lives. Why are we going through this? What can we do to get out of a funk? What is God trying to tell us? All this and more in this episode!

DISCLAIMER time! We are not professional theologians or counselors on this podcast. If you're in a dark place, just know you're not alone. Marian and I are praying for anyone feeling especially lonely. Please reach out to someone. On the flip side, you may notice that someone needs help. Be the light of Christ to that person. There is also a 24/7 suicide prevention lifeline available: 1-800-273-8255.

We are back everyone! New episodes coming out every other Monday in November. See you in a few days!

The desires in your heart are placed there by God because He wants them to be fulfilled, just like you do, but in His time and in His will. Meanwhile, here's an episode about discernment... THROUGH THICK AND THIN~

The desires in your heart are placed there by God because He wants them to be fulfilled, just like you do, but in His time and in His will. Meanwhile, here's an episode about discernment... THROUGH THICK AND THIN~

With the upcoming 50th Anniversary of Pope Paul VI's encyclical Humanae Vitae, we wanted to cover a topic that, in our experience, doesn't get that much coverage in the young adult ministry circles: Natural family planning (NFP).

We did our best to unpack a theologicaly dense subject starting with the encyclical itself. We then dive into the topic of NFP. Finally we talk about the fruits we can gain from practicing NFP. NFP is more than just peroidic abstinence. It is a means by which a Catholic family can increase or decrease their chances of pregnancy while still respecting God's will by not interferring with natural law.

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Books mentioned by Teresa:

1. Theology of the Body (Pope John Paul II)