As we near the end of Lent, people begin to get excited about Easter. While the Easter season is certainly something to celebrate, many of us want to skip over Holy Week. But, Holy Week, specifically the Triduum, is important to the story Easter. On today's episode, Father Patrick Griffin, CM, explains why the Triduum is so vital and how we can take the time to appreciate these days.
S7 E15: Wrapping Up Lent
April 8, 2025
Lent is a season of quiet focus. We do challenges, we make sacrifices, and we pray more. But, what about after Lent is over? Today, Father Pat McDevitt, CM, joins us to talk about the "after." He tells us it shouldn't end with Easter. We should continue through the Easter season, into Ordinary Time, and for our whole lives.
S7 E14: Listening Through Lent
March 25, 2025
We're almost halfway through Lent and today, we're checking up with Sister Mary Ellen Thomas, DC. Sister Mary Ellen shares with us what makes this Lent different from all the others and how she's using it to get deeper in the presence of the Lord. Spoiler alert, it involves a lot of prayer and a lot of listening! Share with us how you are using this Lenten season to grow deeper in your own relationship with God.
S7 E13: Guided by Grace & Spiritual Direction
March 11, 2025
Today, we're joined by Sister Sharon Richardt, DC, to talk about the art of Spiritual Direction. Having a good spiritual director can help you with more than just your spiritual life and can help to guide you toward God's call for you! We talk about tools that Sister Sharon uses and more!
S7 E12: How Addiction Hinders Relationships with God
February 25, 2025
**This episode contains talk of addiction, pornography, and problematic sexual behavior
Today we're joined by Lauren Scharmer, a licensed clinical social worker who has a specialty in treating sexual addiction. We dive into not only sexual addiction, but other forms of addiction and how any form can hinder our relationships with not only others, but ourselves and God as well. Lauren offers helpful stats, history, and advice as well as reflection on these topics.
Connect with Lauren: https://www.laurenscharmerlcsw.com/http://www.laurenscharmerlcsw.com
If you or anyone you know needs help, there are resources available.
- Fight the New Drug: https://fightthenewdrug.org
- Catholic in Recovery: https://catholicinrecovery.com
- Covenant Eyes: https://www.covenanteyes.com/http://www.covenanteyes.com
- Recognizing Rituals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxapl0v9yd0&t=649shttp://www.youtube.com/watch?t=649s&v=nxapl0v9yd0
- Recovering Masculinity in a Pornified World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm2x9atujmahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm2x9atujma
S7 E11: Our Side Service Hustles
February 11, 2025
Welcome back to another cohost chat with your favorite podcast hosts, Sister Elizabeth & Sister Liz! This week, we're touching on our side hustles, our passion projects, our unofficial ministries...whatever you want to call them, we're talking about them! From prayer groups to anti-human trafficking work, Sister Elizabeth is keeping busy! We also get an update on Sister Liz's fifth marathon and the most recent discernment retreat.
S7 E10: Celebrating 400 Years of Vincentians
January 28, 2025
400 years ago, St. Vincent de Paul gave a world-changing sermon in France which formed into the Congregation of the Mission (or Vincentian priests). Today, one of our favorite Vincentian priests, Father Patrick Griffin, CM, is back to give us a little history on St. Vincent de Paul and how exactly he began forming all of the organizations that came after.
S7 E9: Elizabeth Ann Seton, America's Saint
January 14, 2025
Today, we're talking all things St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. With her feast day just having passed and the 50th anniversary of her canonization taking place this year, it's a special time to dig into her life and legacy. Becca Corbell from the Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Maryland is helping us to do just that. From reflecting on St. Elizabeth's life to how her life has impacted others today, including Becca and Sister Liz, we note just how far spread St. Elizabeth's legacy has grown.
S7 E8: End of Year Retreat
December 31, 2024 • Daughter of
We're at the end of 2024 and getting ready to welcome in the new year. As Daughters, December 31 is a day of retreat to spend time in silence with God, reflect on the year we've had, and prepare for what He's calling us to do in the coming year. In this podcast, Sister Mary Jo Stein talks about the importance of this day and how it helps her in the fresh year.
S7 E7: Waiting in Hope
December 17, 2024
We're in the midst of Advent, a season of waiting and a season a business. As we reflect on the season, we're asking ourselves how we're creating the space for Jesus to enter our lives more deeply. Today, our cohosts share a little on Advent, Christmas, and life in general as well as give a little peek into what to expect in the new year.
Christmas Novena Day 1
December 16, 2024
The Christmas Novena has been a tradition with the Daughters of Charity communities since 1720 when an Italian priest, Carlo Antonio Vachetta, arranged the music for it based on a novena that had been prayed in Italy for many centuries. Originally sung in Latin, the novena was translated to English in the United States around 1964.
S7 E6: Legacy of Service in Santa Barbara
December 3, 2024
For today's episode, we're headed back to Santa Barbara, California. Our guest, Sergey Salushchev, is the Archivist for St. Vincent's in Santa Barbara. He joins us today to give us a background on the Daughters' westward expansion into California and the history our services there. He highlights how the Sisters were able to adapt to the changes of the time and continue to provide for those most in need in new ways throughout the years there.
Bonus Episode: Receiving Graces Through the Miraculous Medal
November 26, 2024
When the Blessed Mother appeared to St. Catherine Laboure with the request to create the Miraculous Medal, Mary said that "anyone who wears the medal will receive great graces." Throughout the years since, many stories have been told of those who have received those graces. While living and serving in Taiwan, Sister Martin Dehlinger, DC, witnessed one of these events. This is her story.
S7 E5: Creative Solutions to Homelessness Beyond the Shelters
November 19, 2024
This episode, we're joined by Chuck Levesque, Director of Depaul USA, a national nonprofit organization inspired that addresses homelessness in innovative ways. Inspired by St. Vincent de Paul, Depaul USA has grown to 11 different cities, tackling the homelessness crisis in unique ways in each place according to the needs of the community.
Want to learn more about Depaul USA? Check out their website and see how you could get involved: https://depaulusa.org/
S7 E4: Compassion on the Water: The Spiritual Impact of Mercy Ships
November 5, 2024
If you had the opportunity to leave everything behind and live on a ship to serve those in need, would you? Today's guest, Reanne Newquist, and her family did. The family of five left their lives in California to serve the sick in West Africa with Mercy Ships. For a year, they lived onboard the Africa Mercy Ship, a vessel docked in Senegal. Now, Reanne is sharing with us not only her story, but the mission of Mercy Ships and how they are working to serve those most in need.
To learn more about Mercy Ships:
http://www.mercyships.org/serve
http://mercyships.org/servewww.facebook.com/mercyshipshttp://www.facebook.com/mercyships
http://www.instagram.com/mercyships
http://www.twitter.com/mercyships
