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Busted Halo
How I Found Friends Through Faith: Trusting God to Bring Meaningful Connections
After college, there was a period in my life when I dreaded the weekends.  I anxiously awaited the long hours of unstructured t...
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Busted Halo
Building Spiritual Bonds: How Holy Friendships Have Shaped My Life
I never knew that I needed holy friendships until I found them. Or maybe I should say, until God sent me some wonderful women a...
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Immaculée Ilibagiza
Your Story Can Change The World - Immaculée Ilibagiza
Immaculée Ilibagiza, a survivor of the Rwandan genocide, shares how through her suffering she learned what it means to truly fo...
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Abiding Together: Sr. Miriam James Heidland, Heather Khym, Michelle Benzinger
Prophetic Motherhood
In this episode, we reflect on the beauty and call of women to prophetic motherhood. We talk about how Our Lady models for us a...
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Practicing the Way
Service 01: Why Do I Serve? (featuring Gary Haugen)
Love is the hallmark of Jesus’ followers, but what does it look like? Join Tyler Staton and Shelbi Shutt as they explore the to...
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Eric Reynolds
When I Don't Like Who God Has Made Me to Be
Have you ever felt a wooden handle snap at a knot in the grain? Have you seen a metal rod bend inexplicably at an invisible fla...
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Encountering God

Emily Jerger
Three Practices that Can Change How You Go to Confession
If you have ever experienced that pit-in-the-stomach feeling before going to Confession, you are not alone. The Sacrament of Re...
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Fr. Mike Schmitz
Your Fasting is Doing More Than You Think
Our lives are so full of noise, distractions, constant activity. But we weren’t made to be filled with these things. Fr. Mike S...
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Matthew Chicoine
The Sunday Struggle: Navigating Mass as a Parent of Children With Autism
How do you explain the significance of the Mass to your child when they struggle to communicate with you about their basic need...
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Fr. Mike Schmitz
How to Offer Everything to God this Lent
This Lent, you don’t have to wait until you feel ready, strong, or spiritual enough. God is ready to meet you right where you a...
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Anna O'Neil
3 Things you might not know about sacramentals
Wait. What’s a sacramental?I have always been drawn to sacramentals. I keep on hand holy water, medals, and many Lents’ worth o...
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Philip Kosloski
4 Quick facts about the veneration of relics
Relics can be confusing, so here is a brief rundown of what Catholics believe.Why do Catholics keep saint’s bones, hair, clothe...
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What does the Catholic Church teach?

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Building Community

Busted Halo
How I Found Friends Through Faith: Trusting God to Bring Meaningful Connections
After college, there was a period in my life when I dreaded the weekends.  I anxiously awaited the long hours of unstructured t...
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Busted Halo
Building Spiritual Bonds: How Holy Friendships Have Shaped My Life
I never knew that I needed holy friendships until I found them. Or maybe I should say, until God sent me some wonderful women a...
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Eric Reynolds
When I Don't Like Who God Has Made Me to Be
Have you ever felt a wooden handle snap at a knot in the grain? Have you seen a metal rod bend inexplicably at an invisible fla...
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Catherine Sullivan
Transforming Small Talk: Building Community Through Meaningful Conversations
The autumn air swirled around the skirt of my formal dress while jazz music filled the party tent. My husband and I were attend...
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Cerith Gardiner
What will we leave behind for those we love?
As humanity leaves its mark on the moon, it invites a quieter reflection on the traces we leave behind.As Artemis II traced its...
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Mike Janzen
A Man's Perspective on Why Feelings Matter
We live in a culture that inoculates men against their feelings. They grow up learning to develop thick, protective skin over t...
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Experiencing the Sacraments

Emily Jerger
Three Practices that Can Change How You Go to Confession
If you have ever experienced that pit-in-the-stomach feeling before going to Confession, you are not alone. The Sacrament of Re...
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Sherry Antonetti
How to Spend an Hour in Adoration
Taking time to be with Jesus in the Eucharist is a recipe for finding the peace your soul needs.Adoration is one of the most be...
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James Tynen
The Comfort of Silence: How Adoration Helps Us Pay Attention
For my first attempt at Eucharistic adoration, I was late. I had signed up online for adoration at our church’s chapel. I chose...
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Fr. Mike Schmitz
What You Have NOT Been Told About Baptism
Are you a child of the light or a child of darkness? Today, Fr. Mike reminds us that, though we are all born with original sin,...
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Aleteia
If feeling guilty is the reason you’re NOT going to Confession: A priest’s advice
“I already feel guilty enough about what I did. I don’t need a priest to make me feel more guilty.” Prayer, fasting, and almsgi...
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Theresa Civantos Barber
5 Ways to Rest in Christ This Winter
Quiet. Rest. Stillness. Peace.  These aren’t things to which our rat-race culture gives much attention. But in recent years, th...
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