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Jeff and Michalene discuss the beginning of the season of Lent and Pope Francis' 2025 Lenten message, "Let us journey together in hope."  Click here to read the full message from Pope Francis.

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Email us with a gift idea at [email protected] for a chance to win a signed CD of Sarah Hart's new album "All the Earth Alive Rejoicing"

Mother-in-law
M: Body product from Glory & Shine
J: 3 mo. Herbal Apprentice subscription box

Grandkids
M: Holy Pals PJs
J: Reading Bug Box subscription, personalized

Baby
M: Montessori Spinning Devotion Drum
J: Radio Flyer Classic Push Walker Wagon

Teens
M: Saints stickers (or socks!)
J: Cameo from fav celebrity, Calm app, EarFun earbuds

Folks who entertain
M: Drinking With the Saints book
J: Wavelength two-team party game

Chefs
M: Dining With the Saints cookbook
J: Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat cookbook

Handyman
M: Atolla laser distance measure
J: Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat cookbook

Aspiring Saint
J: Word on Fire liturgy of the hours subscription

Green Thumb
M: Garden sign from
J: Mickey's Mini Garden plant  from Epcott

Animal Lover
M: Paws and Pray pet items to remind parents to be dogged in their faith
J: Happy Tooned pet disneyfication image

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As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Diocese of Raleigh, Jeff and Michalene recall some of the interesting history of Catholicism in North Carolina by enjoying various related brews:
"Nightcap" from Edmund's Oast Brewing in Charleston
A Bavarian Ale from Kloster Andechs monastery near Munich
A Carolina gold lager from Mad Mole Brewing in Wilmington
"Making Quiet Noise" from Edit Beer Co in Raleigh

Join us next month for several special Advent and Christmas season episodes.  We wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving and safe travels!

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Jeff and Michalene talk about future plans for the podcast and moving to a schedule where there is about one episode per month rather than weekly.  Thank you so much for listening and supporting us!

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This week Michalene and Jeff catch up with Br. Mickey McGrath who is in Rome during the second Synod on Synodality meeting.  Br. Mickey got to observe the proceedings for a short time last week.  Click here to see some of the illustrations Br. Mickey showed us. 

We recommend following the Synod on the website Where Peter Is.  Click here to go to their guide to the Synod, updated almost daily.

Michalene's unpaid ad this week is for the book Visio Divina: Praying with Sacred Art.  

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This week Jeff and Michalene discuss "Dignitas Infinita", a declaration on human dignity released by the Vatican's doctrinal office last spring with Pope Francis' input and approval.  Click here to view the document.

Click here to listen to what the big bang sounded like (over the course of a few hundred thousand years).

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As we celebrate our 54th anniversary on October 4th, we're re-sharing our two-part oral history episode from last season into one epic listening event.  This episode is dedicated to our beloved Irene Dunbar, a founding member of Holy Infant who passed away this week, and who was an invaluable source of stories and information for us as we put this project together.  We love you, Irene!

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This week Jeff speaks with Holy Infant parishioner Rondy Elliot about the place of animals in scripture and our Catholic theological tradition, as well as the state of the treatment of farm animals in the modern world and how we might start bringing our faith into the decisions we make.  Rondy provided a few suggestions for further reading:
- For Love of Animals by Charles Comosy
- Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy by Matthew Scully
- Christianity and the Rights of Animals by Andrew Linzey

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This week we speak to Tim Deveney, Senor Director of Outreach of Unbound, an organization that partners sponsors in the US to children and elders in need in the developing world.   Fr. David Noone will be with us September 28/29 for Masses at Holy Infant to speak more about the important work of Unbound and how we can become a sponsor.  Be sure to visit their website at www.unbound.org

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This week we catch up with Fr. Robert for our regular pastor update.  Next week join us as we speak with Tim Deveney, Senior Director of Outreach of Unbound, an organization that connects sponsors to children in need in 17 developing countries.  Fr. David Noone of Unbound will be visiting Holy Infant the weekend of Sep 28/29 at all Masses to talk about how we might get involved in this great organization.