Catholic Women Now

Fr. Wade is a member of the Fathers of Mercy, a missionary preaching religious congregations based in Auburn, Kentucky. He hosts EWTN Global Catholic Rado's "open Line Tuesday" heard every week on Iowa Catholic Radio. Fr. Wade visits with us about sin and its consequences as well as the Tribunal of Mercy. What is the Tribunal of Mercy? It was given in a message to St. Faustina from Jesus...

Today's show was true girlfreind time as Brenda Miller and Cathy Fuller join us at the Catholic Women coffee table. Based on the popular book, "The Rhythm of Life" by Matthew Kelly, we visit about how to discover God's plan for you. Is that dream in your heart from God? The culture bombards us with how to do everything that it is sometimes difficult to know if it is God or wishful thinki...

Sam Halligan is back with us! Today Sam shares how we can experience and know the love God, our Father has for each and everyone of us. This is a talk Sam gave at St. Pius recently in Des Moines. Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows: Be Not Afraid with Fr. Fabian Moncada and Fr. Bruce Riebe Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson Making...

Praise and worship - how do we praise and why should we praise and worship? Fr. Michael Voithofer joins us today to share how praising brings benefits in our lives. Praise brings breakthrough. Have you ever listened to a praise song and heard or felt a new insight or an answer to a difficulty? Fr. Michael will share stories of people who have experienced transformation through praise and worship....

Connie Bruner aka Chris's mom and Colleen Hurley join us for a chat around the coffee table. Collectively these women share their wisdom of being grandmothers and passing on the Catholic faith. It was a delightful conversation with these two women. They keep up with their grandchildren via social media. These women are cool grandmothers. This show was inspired by an article about Josef Stalin's da...

Sarah Christmyer grew up surrounded in Biblical history and richness. At a young age, Sarah would re-enact Bible stories with her Barbie dolls. After becoming Catholic, Sarah realized a need for introducing her experience and knowledge to Catholic women. In her book, Sarah takes us through the Old Testament and introduces us to the women of those times. We know about the Saints but how well do you...

Soulcore founders Colleen Scriviano and Deanne Miller join us today to share all about Soulcore. Soulcore is a movement to nourish the body and the soul while doing core and stretching to the Rosary. The mind, body, and soul are integrated to bring glory to God Colleen and Deanne share personal testimonies and how this has impacted many others. The Blessed Mother is always looking after her childr...

Our good friend Brenda Miller joined us today. She followed her dream that God put in her heart to start a Women's Center in Ghana, Africa. Through the training in the women's center, the first class of twenty Ghanian women graduated as professional designers and seamstresses. These women gained so much more than a job skill. An inspiring journey of miracles and God's hand in every step on the way...

Bonnie shares the story of her son, James who was stillborn after a home birth. Rushed to the hospital, the prognosis was grim. After attempting to resuscitate him, the doctors decided no more could be done. Just as they stopped their efforts, James's heart began to beat. What laid ahead was organ failure, brain damage, and a life of special needs or even if he could even survive. Storming social...

Deacon Randy Kiel is familiar to many of us in Des Moines. He has a counseling practice known as Kardia Counseling. He also is heard every Thursday morning on Jon Leonetti in the morning. But what you may not know is that he always wanted to be a State Fair carney. He operates the Wax Hands booth for the past 13 years at the Iowa State Fair. Randy shares how through conversations while molding a p...

Soulcore is born from the movement to nourish body AND soul through prayer and core strengthening functional exercises. Uniting mind, body, and soul makes our prayer more powerful. Heidi Grace, who lives in Des Moines , will be starting Soulcore programs at area churches. Today she shares her journey to Soulcore and why she passionate about having other men and women experience prayer. Iowa Cathol...

Renee Maguire joins us for the second show of the two-part series on the side effects of the Pill. Today's episode we cover the alternative for healthy reproductive living. We recap the side effects of the Pill but bring an alternative to artificial hormonal birth control. Natural family planning is becoming more and more embraced. Renee provides the Church's teaching to support respect for the bo...

Renne Maguire discovered through her own use of the Pill the detrimental side effects of the PIll aka hormonal birth control. Renee sought to know the truth. What she learned will surprise you. Because of what she learned through her own medical research and delving into the teachings of the Catholic church, Renee is now passionate about women and men knowing the truth of these effects. Spoiler al...

Leila Miller wasn't planning to write and edit a book about the pain children of divorce. She has compiled seventy anonymous provided stories of now adults who lived through the pain of divorce as children. The modern myth that children are resilient and adjust is false. This book helps others to know they are not alone. Leila shares the truth and encourages to seek Christ whose mercy is greater t...

The mother is important in her son's faith development. Children think about God more than we realize and a mother provides nurturing of the faith. Today we tell you why this is and not to leave this talk to only Dad or youth leaders. Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows: Be Not Afraid with Fr. Fabian Moncada and Fr. Bruce Riebe Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada Catholic Women Now with...

The Beatitudes can be our guide as parents to raise our children to be holy, happy and love Jesus. Did you know that the Beatitudes foster virtue in our children? Our ultimate mission as parents is to help our children get to heaven. The Beatitudes is a reminder that holiness is possible for all of us. We may be intrepid about diving into the chaos and holiness of family life for fear of failing....

Stephanie Calis saw a need when she was planning her own wedding. She founded the website, Spoken Bride, to offer resources to plan a Catholic wedding. Inspired by the interest on the website and from friends, Stephanie has written Invited, The Ultimate Catholic Wedding Planner. Join us as we talk about the beauty of the marriage. Those who are planning for the wedding are also planning for marrie...

We know the gifts of the Holy Spirit given at confirmation but how do we activate these gifts and become bold to talk about Jesus to others? Sam Halligan joins us for part 2 to share how he does it and you can, too.! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows: Be Not Afraid with Fr. Fabian Moncada and Fr. Bruce Riebe Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder an...

Sam Halligan is a 2013 Dowling Catholic High School and currently works at Damascus Catholic Youth Camp in Ohio. Sam shares his powerful story of awakening in his faith and the power of the Holy Spirit in his life. Having witnessed physical healings at a healing Mass at Benedictine College, Sam has been reaching out to many with the message of God's love. He shares personal stories and how this im...

Shannon Evans was planning to do amazing things for God. As a newlywed and just out of college, she and her husband became missionaries in Indonesia. With grand ideas of how she was going to make lives better, Shannon soon realized her limitations. Through contemplation of suffering, she came upon Catholic teaching on suffering that was new truth to her. Together with her husband, they converted f...

We sit down with Pietro Boffeli. Pietro is the house leader of the L'Arche community of Tahoma, Washington. L'Arche has grown into a worldwide movement dedicated to bringing men and women with disabilities into the heart of their societies, making their voices heard, and providing a true home to share everyone's unique gifts to the fullest. Pietro gives us a view of the life and dreams of persons...

Fr. Chris Seith is a priest in the Archdiocese of Washington, DC. He studied at the North American College in Rome and was ordained in 2014. We chatted about the feminine genius from a priestly perspective, particularly how the feminine gift of receptivity supports our priests. Midway in the show, the complementary role of femininity and masculinity was discussed as a great source of healing in th...

Julie and Chris shared a tribute to mothers with the allegory of building a cathedral. Listeners share via text what the Blessed Mother mean in your life? Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows: Be Not Afraid with Fr. Fabian Moncada and Fr. Bruce Riebe Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen...

The Catholic Women Now coffee table was full today! Our friends Heidi Grace and Becca Bahl joined us to share our collective experience of Nineveh 90. The detachment brought a deeper prayer life and intimacy with Jesus. Prayers answered and how fasting brought surprisingly new insights. Do we miss Nineveh 90? Will we do it again? Listen in to find out! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows: Be Not Afr...

Dr. Carrie Gress is always a delight to have with us. In her latest book, Dr. Gress discusses the origins of the feminist movement. How 12 women in the 1960s were able to influence the western world with the ideology of Marxism egalitarianism to create an illusion of happiness equated with being exactly like men. The premise that nature can be changed is debunked by Dr. Gress. NOTE: men and women...