Catholic Momcast

Happy Easter! This week, Danielle Bean and Allison Gingras talk about praying the Rosary, its joys and its challenges. Together, they discuss some obstacles they personally experience in making a daily habit of praying the Rosary, as well as some practical ways to overcome them. Join us for an inspiring and encouraging discussion!

Danielle Bean shares about Lisa Hendey's newest book, a beautiful picture book for children about sharing the faith: I Am God's Storyteller. Next, we share a conversation Danielle and Lisa recently had with author and therapist Roy Petitfils about parenting teens through anxiety, depression, and stress. His newest book is Helping Teens With Stress, Anxiety, and Depression: A Field Guide for Catholic parents, pastors, and Youth Leaders. Join us for an inspiring and encouraging discussion!

Do you struggle in friendships? This week, Allison Gingras and Danielle Bean discuss some of the challenges to friendships among grown women.  What are some things that cultivate friendships in your life? How do you like to connect with friends? How can we model good friendships for our kids? What if you get hurt? Join us for an inspiring and encouraging discussion! Thanks for listening! Check out all of our episodes at CatholicMom.com

In this week's show, Lisa Hendey and Danielle bean chat with Pat Gohn, editor of Catechist magazine, about the ways in which we are all called to evangelize, in our homes, in our families, and in our church communities.  Pat Gohn encourages all women to consider the gifts they have been given and the ways in which they are called to share their faith with others.

How can we know God's will? This week, Danielle Bean talks with Melissa Fitzpatrick, our friend and co-worker at Holy Cross Family Ministries. They discuss generational differences and similarities in the ways we approach discerning God's will and making major life decisions. Join us for an inspiring and encouraging discussion!

Can you fail at Lent? This week, hosts Danielle Bean and Allison Gingras discuss ways in which our Lenten plans can go awry, and the best ways to respond to temptations or unexpected challenges.Join us for an inspiring and encouraging discussion!Share your thoughts, ideas, and experiences! We love to hear from you with feedback, questions & ideas for future podcast topics. Email us at editor@catholicmom.com or send us a voicemail or connect on social media!

Allison Gingras and Danielle Bean share tips and ideas for ways to add more prayer to your Lenten days. What helps you to pray, even on a busy day? Let's talk about it! Join us for an inspiring and encouraging discussion! Thanks for listening! Check out all of our episodes at CatholicMom.com

What are you doing for Lent? This week, Danielle Bean and Allison Gingras share creative ideas for adding prayer, fasting, and almsgiving to these next 40 days. Join us for an inspiring and encouraging discussion!

Do you pray to the saints? Which "heavenly helpers" are your favorites?  This week, Allison Gingras and Danielle Bean share their personal devotions to the saints, as well as some inspirational and fun stories about saintly support they have experienced through the years. Whatever is going on in your life, we have a saint for that! Join us for an inspiring and encouraging discussion!

This week, Allison Gingras and Danielle Bean talk about the BLAHS of winter that so many of us feel the time of year. Join us for an inspiring and encouraging discussion! Share your thoughts, ideas, and experiences! We love to hear from you with feedback, questions & ideas for future podcast topics. Email us at editor@catholicmom.com or send us a voicemail or connect on social media! Thanks for listening! Check out all of our episodes at CatholicMom.com

Join Danielle Bean and guest host Allison Gingras for a heart-felt conversation about how moms can manage when their kids leave the faith. How can we support our big kids, even when they make decisions about their faith lies that we don't approve of? How can we handle to heartbreak and sometimes the feelings of failure that come from having an adult child reject his faith?

This week, Danielle Bean chats with author and social media expert Sherry Hayes-Peirce about devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus? What is this devotion and where does it come from? What promises are associated with devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus? Join us for a fun and thought-provoking discussion!

This week, Danielle and Lisa discuss the topic of "tidying up" based on Marie Kondo's popular book The Life-changing Magic of Tidying Up. We discuss Marie Kondo's new show on Netflix and Lisa shares her experience with listening to the book while preparing to move from a large home to a much smaller space in L.A.

This week, Lisa and Danielle discuss tips and strategies for controlling screen time -- for ourselves and of your families. Do you want to use your phone less? Do you feel guilty about how much TV you kids watch? And what about Fortnite? Let's talk about ways to improve and bring our families along for the ride. Join us for a fun and thought-provoking discussion!

Do you set new year resolutions? How can we get inspired to achieve success in the coming year, without setting ourselves up for disappointment? Lisa and Danielle share some of their personal, spiritual, and health goals for the new year and invite you to do the same. Join us for a fun and thought-provoking discussion!