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Among Women 260: Divine Mercy and Finding Grace Where We Are

I’m back with a Holy Week podcast episode that talks about the extraordinary graces that come to us through Jesus, the Divine Mercy. On this episode of Among Women I’m specifically focusing on trusting Jesus for his mercy, and the link between the prayers of Mary’s fiat and the simple prayer, “Jesus, I trust in…

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Support Catholic businesses that help support your Catholic life

Amidst the crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, besides all the important safety reminders, remember to pray daily. For Catholics that might mean praying with a live stream of a Mass (especially on Sundays), praying the Rosary, or other devotions like the Divine Mercy chaplet. Spiritual reading is also a support to a strong prayer life…

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Super Summer Book Sale — 25% of everything! July 8-14!

  I love when these sales come around — it’s time to stock up! Or to do your Christmas shopping early! My titles Blessed, Beautiful, and Bodacious and ALL IN: Why belonging to the Catholic Church Matters are part of this sale! Plus you’ll find those books I’ve collaborated on: The Catholic Mom’s Prayer Companion, Walk in…

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Among Women 237: A Bishop We Can Rely On

In this latest episode of Among Women we discuss the difficult subject of news reports regarding the Catholic Church in the U.S. with regard to sexual abuse by clergy. In this challenging time, as confidence in our nation’s bishops may be waning, my guest, Alexis Walkenstein and I discuss the matter in light of her new…

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Church scandals getting you down? I’m giving away 30 free copies of ALL IN — the book I wrote on why I’m still a confident Catholic.

I cannot help being deeply saddened as I read the current reporting unraveling details of sex scandals involving some members of the hierarchy of the Catholic Church and numerous corruptions surrounding those events. For those of us who have lived through previous scandals, there is a sickening sort of PTSD swirling about. Yet I believe in…

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No matter how low your opinion of the Church might be right now, the opinion of Jesus Christ matters most.

Until we get to the bliss of heaven, much of what we experience in the Church may look a lot like the up-and-down, back-and-forth seasons of marriage: “in sickness and in health, for richer and for poorer, in good times and in bad.” – Pat Gohn, All In I get it. In the wake of more…

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In honor of Pentecost — a drawing for my book ALL IN: Why Belonging to the Church Matters

Happy Birthday Church! June 4th is Pentecost — when we celebrate of the birth of the Catholic Church! In honor of the Church, I’m giving away, in a random drawing 5 copies of ALL IN: Why Belonging to the Catholic Church Matters. Please leave a comment below to enter the random drawing that will take…

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2 Among Women podcasts in 24 hours! #Fatima100! Mary’s Way! Plus Another Espresso Shot!

So here’s something rare: Two podcasts from me in the same 24-hour period. I would have written, “the same day” but it seems the second one posted just after midnight. Oh, the life of podcasting … is never predictable. First up : here’s the third and final installment to my read-aloud narrations for ALL IN: Why belonging…

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Among Women Espresso Shot #15: The Beloved, a read aloud from Chapter 1 from All In

Welcome to Episode 15 of Among Women “Espresso Shot” – a short strong coffee break of faith sharing and teaching from Pat Gohn. Today’s topic: Chapter 1, The Beloved, from ALL IN: Why Belonging to the Catholic Church Matters This is an excerpt from my latest book, All In: Why belonging to the Catholic Church Matters. I…

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Among Women Espresso Shot #14: My Read-Aloud Introduction to ALL IN

Welcome to Episode 14 of Among Women “Espresso Shot” – a short strong coffee break of faith sharing and teaching from Pat Gohn. Today’s topic: An Introduction to ALL IN: Why Belonging to the Catholic Church Matters Listen now! This is an excerpt from my latest book, All In: Why belonging to the Catholic Church Matters….

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