Just One Small Thing Podcast for Catholic Parents

Hi Friends! Happy October!!!  You probably know that October is considered the month of the Holy Rosary, but do you know why?  If you're listening the evening this episode goes live, it's the eve of Our Lady of Victory's feast day, also known as Our Lady of the Rosary!  This feast day was established during the pontificate of Pope Pius V after an astounding victory of Christian forces against the...

Hey Listeners! Welcome back and happy New Week to you!  What's your favorite Marian Apparition? Is it Lourdes or Guadalupe or Fatima? (both ours are one of those so don't feel bad for being 'predictable') This week we are exploring some lesser know apparitions. Ones you didn't hear about in Catholic School.  Ones Nancy and I found out about through an amazing lecture by Fr. Don Calloway (see link...

Hi Friends! This week we're diving into Natural Family Planning or NFP.  What is NFP, you may be wondering?  NFP is any method of observing your monthly fertility signs and using them to plan when to 'renew your vows' with your husband.   Fertility Awareness is not just for deciding when to try for a baby though.  Many health issues can be traced back to cycle or hormonal abnormalities, so women o...

Hello Friends! With yesterday being the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, in today's episode, we're taking a closer look at the Seven Sorrows of Mary along with the concept of being open to life, even if it leaves your arms empty (or emptier than you want them to be).  We're talking specifically about infertility but as Catholic Women, practicing natural family planning can leave our families looking...

Hello!!  Sterling is back with the Just One Small Thing Podcast, joining the select few who have been guests TWICE (Sterling, your certificate is in the mail ;-) ).  You might know Sterling from her Catholic Minimalism Facebook Group or her podcast Coffee and Pearls. Or maybe you've read some of her books ? Today, the three of us discuss how to make a Catholic Home without breaking the bank as wel...

Next in our Sacramental Series, we're learning about Scapulars.  We'll talk specifically about the Brown Scapular today but there are several different color scapulars each with their own particular devotion.   The Scapular is a beautiful tradition of our Church started with the Carmelite Order.  The Carmelites, unlike many of the orders founded around the same time, have no saintly founder that w...

Today, we're diving into another sacramental of our Faith: the Chapel Veil.  Reminder from last week: Sacramentals do not confer the grace of the Holy Spirit in the way that sacraments do, but by the Church's prayer, they prepare us to receive grace and dispose us to cooperate with it.  (CC1670) Wearing a veil at mass will not give you special graces the way a Sacrament does, but some women find i...

For the next four weeks, we're diving into Sacramentals.  What are they? Why do we have them? How did each particular devotion come to be?  To begin, let's take a look at this line from the Catechism: Sacramentals do not confer the grace of the Holy Spirit in the way that sacraments do, but by the Church's prayer, they prepare us to receive grace and dispose us to cooperate with it.  (CC1670) Sacr...

Hello and welcome back to the second season of The Just One Small Thing Podcast: Everyday Wisdom for Catholic Women!  In today's episode you'll get to meet my friend and New Co-Host, Katie Wood, while we talk about this season's motto: Let the Eucharist Lead.   To be honest, this might be our motto forever and ever because how can you beat it? Isn't this what it means to be Catholic?  Christ in th...

Hey there friends! It's a big day around this small corner of the internet. Today I am sharing the LAST installment of the VIRTUES OF THE ROSARY. I can hardly believe it! I started discussing these virtues last summer, and here we are finishing them up as we approach another summer. So, today is all about the virtue attached to the final Glorious Mystery: the Coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven...

Hey there friends! It's a big day around this small corner of the internet. Today I am sharing the LAST installment of the VIRTUES OF THE ROSARY. I can hardly believe it! I started discussing these virtues last summer, and here we are finishing them up as we approach another summer. So, today is all about the virtue attached to the final Glorious Mystery: the Coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven...

Welcome back to another installment of the Virtues of the Rosary on the Just One Small Thing Podcast. I have really loved attaching a virtue to each mystery of the Rosary, and I hope these episodes have been helpful and enriched your own praying of the Rosary. And, we are in the 2nd to the last episode in this series! Can you believe it?!? Today's episode is all about the fourth Glorious Mystery,...

Hey there! Welcome back to another episode of the Just One Small Thing Podcast. I am working my way through the final VIRTUES OF THE ROSARY. This episode discusses the virtues attached to the third Glorious Mystery, the Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles at Pentecost.  The virtue attached to this mystery is Courage...or Zeal for the Mission...or just being Open to the Spirit. Sorry if I so...

Hey there! Let's continue on with our investigation of the virtues of the Rosary! Head here if you would like beautiful coloring pages with the virtues of the Rosary and right here if you would like to grab a Rosary Booklet of your very own. Today's podcast is all about hope, but not hope in the sense that we use the word every day. In common usage, hope is like optimism. We might say, "I hope I'm...

Hey there, friends! Today we are getting back to a topic I love: The Rosary. Over a year ago I put a little rosary booklet with the help of Annie from Paper Monastery. The Rosary Booklet is a collection of ways to pray and reflect on the rosary. Over 3,000 copies of that book have been shipped all over the world (holy cow!), but more importantly, just putting that book together has had a big impac...

Hey there, friends! This week the Just One Small Thing Podcast is a challenge for you (and for me!). Since we are in the Easter season I think it is the PERFECT time to take stock of life and our faith life. Have we been moving forward? Do we actually, deeply believe the things we processed during Holy Week and on Easter Sunday? And, perhaps as important as anything, am I committed to prayer? Beca...

Hey there! The Just One Small Thing Podcast is all new TWO WEEKS IN A ROW! I am so excited and hopeful that we can keep this up!  This week I am sharing 10 things that I've learned about prayer over the last two years. Many of the concepts are ones that I have touched on in previous podcasts, but they are all so important! Here is a quick rundown of the list: Family Prayer is not enough. I need to...

Annndddd....the podcast is back! Thank you to all of you that have sent sweet little emails or left encouraging comments! The prompted me to get back on creating this podcast, and once I started recording I realized how much I had missed it!  So, I am very happy to announce that the Just One Small Thing Podcast is BACK!  The plan (God willing, of course) is to get back into weekly podcasts here. I...

I am big on looking back...and then looking forward at the end of the year. I know this is way over done right now, but I find it helpful since I usually am to "stuck in the moment" to really understand what I am experiencing when I experience it. So, today's episode is a little personal as I look at the ways I have changed and grown and struggled this past year.  I hope you find it helpful! With...

Hey there friends! I am taking a break from all of the wonderful guests (I hope you loved hearing from them as much as I enjoyed talking with them!).  So, instead of having a guest, I am taking minute to share personally (yikes!). I am actually an introvert, and would rather talk about other people, but since it has been a year since we lost Max at 20 weeks.  That loss was a tremendously transform...

Hey there! I am sure that you know about the amazing ministry, Blessed Is She . This beautiful ministry for Catholic Women has created so many incredible resources for Catholic Women--communities, daily reflections, liturgical studies, beautiful planners, and so much more. It feels like Blessed Is She has just always existed (what did we do before their daily emails?) but the truth is that this mi...

Hey friends! I just love sharing wonderful catholic ladies with you here on the Just One Small Thing Podcast, and I have another great one for you today! Sterling Jaquith is on today's podcast, and if you don't already know and love her, you will today! Sterling is passionate about helping Catholic Woman in a variety of ways. If you aren't already listening to her podcast, Coffee and Pearls , then...

Hey friends! Welcome back to another episode of the Just One Small Thing Podcast. I hope you have been enjoying all of the wonderful ladies that I have had on lately. It has been so much chatting with them all and tapping into their unique wisdom! I have another great lady to share with you today, and I have a feeling that her message will be as challenging for some of you as it was for me! Mary H...

Hey there! Well, today we are making Just One Small Thing Podcast history! My guest today, Laura Kelly Fanucci, is becoming the very first person to be on the podcast TWICE! Not sure if it's an honor or simply proof that she is a good friend and she allows me to twist her arm!  If you don't know Laura yet, she is incredible. She is a beautiful writer on the topics of parenting and our Catholic Fai...

Well hello there! I hope you are enjoying the Virtues of the Rosary series we have been doing around here, but since we finished up the Sorrowful Mysteries last week, we are going to take a little break before diving into the Glorious Mysteries. So, it is the perfect time to introduce you to a couple of wonderful ladies with truly beautiful missions. First up, today's episode features Brittney Pea...