Blazing the Trail

This week, Miriam is joined by Kristin Bird, who serves as the executive director of Burning Hearts Disciples, an apostolate that seeks to inspire disciples by walking with people as they grow in relationship with Christ and His Church. Learn more at  burningheartsdisciples.org Subscribe to Blazing the Trail on your favorite podcast platform. Find this show on the free Hail Mary Media App , a...

This week, Miriam is joined by John and Ashley Noronha, who co-founded the Truth and Beauty Project, which seeks to help people discover practical skills for intentional Christian living and the pursuit of excellence. Learn more at  www.truthandbeautyproject.com . Subscribe to Blazing the Trail on your favorite podcast platform. Find this show on the free Hail Mary Media App , along with a ra...

This week, Miriam is joined by Melissa Kirking, who is a passionate children’s Eucharistic Adoration expert with over two decades of experience bringing children to meet and know Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Learn about her new book at  ascensionpress.com/products/jesus-and-me-talking-with-my-greatest-friend Subscribe to Blazing the Trail on your favorite podcast platform. Find this s...

This week, Miriam is joined by Elizabeth Gillette, whose journey into a ministry of pro-life speaking and writing is a beautiful testament to the power of God's healing. Learn more at  elizabethgilletteauthor.com . Subscribe to Blazing the Trail on your favorite podcast platform. Find this show on the free Hail Mary Media App , along with a radio live-stream, prayers, news, and more. Discover...

This week, Miriam is joined by Matt Faley, who serves as Chief of Mission for the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois. Through song and conversation, Matt shares some of his story, as well as his thoughts on building a culture of abiding in Christ. Learn more at  mattfaley.com . Subscribe to Blazing the Trail on your favorite podcast platform. Find this show on the free Hail Mary Media App , along wi...

This week, Miriam is joined by Paul Rose, who created a podcast to help people pray the Liturgy of the Hours. Learn more at  singthehours.org .  Subscribe to Blazing the Trail on your favorite podcast platform. Find this show on the free Hail Mary Media App , along with a radio live-stream, prayers, news, and more. Discover more about Miriam at MiriamMarston.com . Look through past...

This week, Miriam is joined by Ryan Pollock, Director of Evangelization at St Pius X Parish in Portland. Ryan shares some highlights from his journey into The Church, and reflects on how people in every age are hungry for the truth of the Gospel. Subscribe to Blazing the Trail on your favorite podcast platform. Find this show on the free Hail Mary Media App , along with a radio live-stream, prayer...

This week, Miriam shares a song inspired by the life of St. Therese of Lisieux's sister, Leonie, and explores the recent apostolic exhortation on St. Therese, who offers us a wonderful portrait of evangelization through the little way.  Subscribe to Blazing the Trail on your favorite podcast platform. Find this show on the free Hail Mary Media App , along with a radio live-stream, prayers, ne...

This week, Miriam is joined by Kris Frank, the chief mission officer for the National Eucharistic Congress. Learn more about the new Eucharistic-based small group series here:  https://www.eucharisticrevival.org/jesus-and-the-eucharist Subscribe to Blazing the Trail on your favorite podcast platform. Find this show on the free Hail Mary Media App , along with a radio live-stream, prayers, new...

This week, Miriam is joined by Sr. Charlene Herinckx, who shares about her own discernment and religious community, as well as insights into her role as vocation director for the Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon. Learn more at  ssmo.org/vocations/ . Subscribe to Blazing the Trail on your favorite podcast platform. Find this show on the free Hail Mary Media App , along with a radio live-stre...

This week, Miriam is joined by Todd Cooper, who reflects on an important upcoming event in the Archdiocese, and shares how healing can help equip us to respond to the call to evangelize. Learn more about the Healing the Whole Person conference here:  archdpdx.org/healing-the-whole-person Subscribe to Blazing the Trail on your favorite podcast platform. Find this show on the free Hail Mar...

This week, Miriam is joined by Christin Jezak, who is an actress, producer, and director of outreach and creative at AWE PR. As a lay Pauline cooperator, Christin strives to share her joy and passion for the gospel through media. Learn more about her projects at  p2ptheatre.com/home .  Subscribe to Blazing the Trail on your favorite podcast platform. Find this show on the free...

This week, Miriam is joined by Dominic de Souza, who shares how stories have the power to give us back a sense of purpose and meaning. He founded LegendFiction, which is a creative community for Catholic and Orthodox fiction authors who love fantasy and sci-fi. Learn more at  legendfiction.com .  Subscribe to Blazing the Trail on your favorite podcast platform. Find this show o...

This week, Miriam is joined by Ryan O'Hara, who has 25 years of young adult ministry experience. He hosts the "Better Preach" podcast, where he and his guests discuss the process behind giving inspirational and prayerful Catholic talks. Learn more at  www.ryanohara.org .  Subscribe to Blazing the Trail on your favorite podcast platform. Find this show on the free Hail Mary Medi...

This week, Miriam interviews her nieces and nephews (aged 7-14) to hear some of their thoughts about Jesus, faith, and the Church.  Subscribe to Blazing the Trail on your favorite podcast platform. Find this show on the free Hail Mary Media App , along with a radio live-stream, prayers, news, and more. Discover more about Miriam at MiriamMarston.com . Look through past episodes or support thi...

This week, Miriam is joined by Kevin Monette, who serves as the director of the upcoming Portland campus of the Encounter School of Ministry, which seeks to teach, equip and activate disciples to demonstrate the love of God through the power of the Holy Spirit. Learn more at  encounterschool.org/portland/   Subscribe to Blazing the Trail on your favorite podcast platform. Find this...

This week, Miriam revisits the primary call of every Christian: to become a saint. To help us respond to - and share! - this wonderful call, Jesus gives us a roadmap to holiness in the Beatitudes.   Subscribe to Blazing the Trail on your favorite podcast platform. Find this show on the free Hail Mary Media App , along with a radio live-stream, prayers, news, and more. Discover more...

This week, Miriam is joined by Terry Poplava, Director of Strategic Expertise at ACS Technologies, who reflects on the connections between stewardship and evangelization. Learn about his most recent research, which looked at how the pandemic has impacted parish giving,  HERE .  Subscribe to Blazing the Trail on your favorite podcast platform. Find this show on the free Hail Mary Med...

This week, Miriam is joined by Lorna DesRoses, who serves in the Archdiocese of Boston as an evangelization consultant, with a focus on the Black Catholic community. Learn more about Lorna's podcast "Voices from the Pews" here:  facebook.com/voicesfromthepews/ Subscribe to Blazing the Trail on your favorite podcast platform. Find this show on the free Hail Mary Media App , along with a radio...

This week, Miriam is joined by Julia Monnin, who serves as founder and director of apostolic works at Journeys Revealed ministries. She seeks to walk with other writers and speakers as they work their way through the process of sharing their story with others. Learn more at  journeysrevealed.com .  Subscribe to Blazing the Trail on your favorite podcast platform. Find this show on the fr...

Miriam reflects on the mystery of Holy Saturday, when Jesus "descended into hell", as we hear in the Apostles' Creed. Evangelization is not just for the good days - more often than not, Jesus meets us at our lowest points, and Holy Saturday is a powerful reminder of that.  Subscribe to Blazing the Trail on your favorite podcast platform. Find this show on the free Hail Mary Media App , along...

Through Scripture and song, Miriam reflects on the beauty of Easter through the eyes of Mary Magdalene, who proclaimed the good news to the apostles - the Lord has risen from the dead!  Subscribe to Blazing the Trail on your favorite podcast platform. Find this show on the free Hail Mary Media App , along with a radio live-stream, prayers, news, and more. Discover more about Miriam at MiriamM...

This week, Miriam and Deacon Ed Shoener explore the intersection of evangelization and mental health ministry. Deacon Shoener is a founding member of the Association of Catholic Mental Health Ministers. Learn more at  www.catholicmhm.org Subscribe to Blazing the Trail on your favorite podcast platform. Find this show on the free Hail Mary Media App , along with a radio live-str...

This week, Miriam is joined by Leonardo Defilippis, who founded Saint Luke Productions, which seeks to renew and evangelize the culture through theater, film, audio productions and other media. Learn more at  stlukeproductions.com . Subscribe to Blazing the Trail on your favorite podcast platform. Find this show on the free Hail Mary Media App , along with a radio live-stream, prayers, n...

This week, Miriam is joined by Aaron Arehart, who works as a producer with Mater Dei radio. His story is one more example of how the Lord can do amazing things in our lives if we let Him in, and if we let Mary, His Mother, guide us along the way.  Subscribe to Blazing the Trail on your favorite podcast platform. Find this show on the free Hail Mary Media App , along with a radio live-stream,...