Kolbecast

AMDG. We all want to grow in virtue, but how do we get there? Dr. Ryan Hanning breaks down how to create a personalized approach to growing in virtue in his new co-authored book, The Willpower Advantage. Dr. Ryan explores what it means to be happy, how different temperaments interact with the virtues, and the universal appeal of virtue.  A professor of historical philosophy and theology, Dr. Hanning has 25 years of experience in homeschooling and runs a homestead farm.   Links mentioned & relevant:  Dr. Ryan Hanning’s website  The WillPower Advantage: Building Habits for Lasting Happiness by Tom Peterson & Ryan Hanning, Ph.D.  Mary College, a partnership between the University of Mary and Arizona State University  Fraternus  Walker Percy’s Lost in the Cosmos  Related Kolbecast episodes:  123 A Change of the Ages with Msgr. James Shea  199 Jason Craig: Do Good Work and Read Good Work  176 The Agenda Is to Grow and 254 Freedom from Anxiety with Art & Laraine Bennett  123 A Change of the Ages with Msgr. James P. Shea  240 Entry Points for Evangelization – Jimmy Mitchell’s Let Beauty Speak  226 Cultivating Habits of Excellence with Dr. Andrew Abela  Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.   We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!  The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

AMDG. Bonnie and Steven are joined by professor and author, Dr. Michael Pakaluk. They discuss Dr. Pakaluk’s family's homeschooling experience his new book, The Shock of Holiness; and his thoughts about St. Maximilian Kolbe.  Links mentioned & relevant:  Dr. Pakaluk’s new book The Shock of Holiness  The Appalling Strangeness of the Mercy of God by Ruth V.K. Pakaluk & Michael Pakaluk  Recent piece on St. Maximilian Kolbe and the saint’s impact on Dr. Pakaluk  HSLDA episode with Dr. Catherine Pakaluk  Dr. Pakaluk’s piece on Fr. John Tracy Ellis   Related Kolbecast episodes:  174 Kolbe’s Chiaroscuro with Anthony D’Ambrosio, writer and producer of Triumph of the Heart  226 Cultivating Habits of Excellence with Andrew Abela  Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.   We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!  The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

AMDG. Poetry is a cornerstone of many homeschooling parents’ education plans— but why? Curriculum Director Maggie Hayden, Curriculum Project Manager Erica Treat and her son, Eben, join the Kolbecast to break down the reasons that poetry should be an integral part of any well-rounded education. “The children who had done poetry when they were young liked to read when they were older,” Maggie comments, “and they could read harder things.”   Learn more about Kolbe Academy’s poetry resources and preview a poetry course via this blog post: Poetry for the Classical Catholic Homeschooler. Related Kolbecast episodes  175 A Both-And Approach at the University of Dallas with Dr. Jonathan Sanford  156 Mission Intent: Formed to Serve featuring Erica and her husband, among others, discussing military life and homeschooling  271 Building a LIterary Foundation with Maggie Hayden & Mara Matteoli  277 The One and Only Shakespeare  Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.   We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!  The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

AMDG. Catholic evangelist and podcaster Dave VanVickle is “obsessed” with St. Maximilian Kolbe and Marian consecration, and you should be too. In his background aiding exorcists, Dave discovered that “Mary is the lynch pin in almost every case.” Since then, Dave dove deeply into Marian consecration, inviting everyone to “give your life to Our Lady.” He discusses what Marian consecration really is (hint: it doesn’t have to be 33 days long), how to approach the prayer, and why we should not view it superstitiously.   Dave found devotion to St. Maximilian Kolbe through his research into Marian consecration. “This was a man who fell so deeply in love with our lady,” Dave comments, “He was doing theology that was high level… He desperately needs to be studied.”     Links mentioned & relevant:  Dave’s website The Catholic Truth about Angels, Demons, Ghosts, Exorcisms, and Hauntings  Every Knee Shall Bow podcast  The writings of St. Maximilian Kolbe and more information on Marian Consecration via the Militia Immaculata website  Related Kolbecast episodes:  100 In the Beginning with Kolbe Academy co-founder Mrs. Dianne Muth  174 Kolbe’s Chiaroscuro with Anthony D’Ambrosio about his film on St. Maximilian Kolbe Triumph of the Heart  134 For Tinkerers of All Ages highlighting St. Maximilian Kolbe’s engagements with media developments of his time  168 The Adventure of a Lifetime with Melissa Dee of the Saints Alive podcast  268 Pilgrimage & Jubilee with Our Lady of Champion featuring Kolbe Academy alumnus Fr. Nathan Mudd  Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.   We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!  The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

AMDG. Catholic author Susan Peek joins the Kolbecast to discuss her mission: bringing the stories of lesser-known saints alive for teens and young adults. Susan found herself frustrated searching for morally-sound but still engaging stories for teenagers: “the plots might be exciting, the writer might be excellent— and yet there’s so few things that we can give to teenagers to read.”Her first novel began as a movie script about Saint Camillus, whose struggle of conversion (and reconversion) has inspired many young readers. Today, Susan’s collection of books for teens includes Saint Cloud of Gaul: The Prince Who Trades Kingdoms, St Dymphna of Ireland: The King’s Prey, and Crusader King: A Novel of Baldwin IV and the Crusades, among many others. If you are already a fan of Susan or are just hearing her name for the first time, this episode is a must-listen for parents of Catholic teens!   Links mentioned & relevant:  Susan Peek’s website Catholic Writers Guild Catholic Teen Books  Related Kolbecast episodes:  249 Stories Crafted with Care from Kolbe Academy Press 267 Time Traveling through History: Bringing the Past to Life for Young Learners  Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.   We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!  The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

AMDG. How can evolution be compatible with the Catholic faith? Professor of Biology at Franciscan University of Steubenville Daniel Kuebler argues that Catholic students should embrace the theory of evolution. Dr. Kuebler answers several objections to evolutionary theory, grounding his answers in the Catholic doctrine. The professor explains why we shouldn’t be surprised by apparent conflicts (“The truth is bigger than our brains,” he says) and cautions students about two common pitfalls people fall into when discussing faith and evolution.  Links mentioned & relevant:  Dr. Kuebler’s new book Darwin and Doctrine Society of Catholic Scientists and the podcast Dr. Kuebler hosts Dr. Kuebler on the Thinking Faith podcast part 1 and part 2  Related Kolbecast episodes:  222 Something No One Has Ever Understood Before -- Dr. Kuebler's Kolbecast debut 89 The Master Blueprint  Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.   We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!  The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

AMDG. Literature teachers John Turrentine and James Endres want you to love Shakespeare as much as they do. The duo dives deeply into the classic works you’ve heard of before, giving a fresh perspective on well-known plays, and introduces some of Shakespeare’s plays that you may never have heard of before. With their combined 25 years of experience, John and James address Shakespeare readers of all levels. Whether you are picking up a play for the first time or re-reading an old favorite for the thousandth time, this conversation will have something to teach you.  Links mentioned & relevant:  Medieval Shakespeare Study Guide Set Shakespeare The Sonnets Books in Kolbe’s Roman Literature course, including Julius Caesar Books in Kolbe’s Era of Christendom course, including Richard III,  Macbeth, and The Tempest  Related Kolbecast episodes:  266 New Voice, Handy Catalog with Gwynith DeMonte 177 Tabletop Theology with Alexi Sargeant 3 Dramatic Arts with Dolores Ann Mihaliak  Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.   We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!  The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

AMDG. Kolbe podcast team member and teacher Gwynith DeMonte knows exactly what episodes you should be listening to during the back-to-school season. Whether you’re simply curious about homeschooling or are a homeschool student yourself, Gwynith has the perfect catalog of episodes to give you all the information you need.   In addition to offering her Kolbecast recommendations, Gwynith discusses her experience growing up in a homeschooling household, including the courses that have (unexpectedly!) served her the best in her college and post-college life. Lastly, Gwynith gives some advice to new students, sharing her takeaways from this year’s teacher training and her hopes for the Asynchronous courses this year.   Enjoy the episode,   Gwynith    Learn more about Kolbe’s asynchronous courses.    Related Kolbecast episodes:  238 Accompaniment, Hope, Integration, and Resilience with Pat Millea 250 Made for Relationship with Kenna Millea 256 An Education That Reflects God's Beauty and 257 Integrated Catholic, Classical Education in Middle & High School 258 Seeking, Finding, and Building Community 247 Lightbulb Moments for Young Readers 227 Sensory Awareness & Problem Solving with occupational therapist Caitlin Russ 230 A Multi-Pronged Approach to College Prep 244 Summer School Memories and other episodes about college and with our college partners 226 Cultivating Habits of Excellence with Superhabits author Dr. Andrew Abela 123 A Change of the Ages with Msgr. James Shea 235 The Disposition of Pilgrimage with Joan Watson 176 The Agenda Is to Grow and 254 Freedom from Anxiety with Art & Laraine Bennett 255 Family Life as Liturgy with Dr. Greg Popcak 260 Flow & Connection through Learning and 261 Make It about Relationship with Lisa Popcak 236 Next Steps & New Chapters with Belinda Terro Mooney 188 Challenges as Opportunities and 219 The Upside of Anxiety wth Dr. Kevin Majeres  Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.   We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!  The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

AMDG. The McMahon family lives by 4 H’s: Homeschooling, Homesteading, 4H itself, and Home births. The McMahon parents Ted and Cindi discuss how they have utilized Kolbe’s offerings for their children; every child needs something different and Kolbe has been there to help. The family reveals their homesteading and 4H operations, and how they’ve balanced running a small farm with their homeschool education. Lastly, Cindi walks through her home birth journey and what prompted her to opt out of the hospital-birth norm. As a bonus, recent Kolbe graduate Jeremiah discloses the results of his college debate between UMary or Christendom.   Links mentioned & relevant:  Kolbe Academy’s college partners  Dr. John Cuddeback  National 4-H website  Catholic Land Movement  Related Kolbecast episodes:  244 Summer School Memories  159 Now We See in Part  213 This Is a Beginning  166 Dr. John Cuddeback on Dwelling Together Richly  272 Healthy Mom, Healthy Family with Dr. Chris Stroud  Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.   We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!  The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

AMDG. You don’t want to go to a state university, but you don’t want to spend private university money. Where do you go?  Catholic International University’s Chair of Education and Liberal Arts Ann Brodeur, PhD, has an innovative solution for students who want to opt out of the traditional university approach. Catholic International University is an entirely online program, designed for students who want a college degree that they can pursue anywhere, anytime. For students who want to work more hours than a traditional college program allows or for parents who want to continue their education, Catholic International University has solutions.   Catholic International University is a partner of Kolbe Academy, allowing students to earn college credit during high school. For more information, explore the links below.   Relevant links:  Learn more about Catholic International University Ann Brodeur, PhD Liberal Arts & Education Emerging Technologies CIU dual enrollment courses (more info for Kolbe students on this page of the CIU website) The Newman Guide Dr. Brodeur on the Classic Learning Test’s podcast Anchored Catholic International University’s president Dr. Maria Sophia Aguierre on the Cardinal Newman Society’s podcast  Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.   We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!  The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast

AMDG. What if you could listen to incredible keynote speakers at a conference, without even leaving your home? With the Kolbecast Conference, now you can!   The Kolbecast Conference is a three-day program of curated episodes covering a range of topics from classical education, homeschooling, faith, mental health, childhood emotional regulation, and so much more. Enjoy lectures from keynote speakers such as University of Mary president Msgr. James Shea, Harvard psychiatrist Dr. Kevin Majeres, as well as writer and translator Dr. Anthony Esolen. Explore breakout-session sessions with guest speakers including the hosts of the "More2Life" podcast and founder of Catholic Counselors Greg Popcak and Lisa Popcak; authors of "The Temperament God Gave You" Laraine and Art Bennett, L.M.F.T.; Catholic podcaster Bobby Angel and his brother Dan; occupational therapist Caitlin Russ; and many others.   Listen to the episodes all at once or browse them at your own pace; at this conference, you control the schedule!  Click here for Day 1 of the 2025 Kolbecast Conference.  Related Kolbecast episodes:  1 Kolbecast Relaunch 221 A Survey and a Starting Point 249 Stories Crafted with Care featuring Carol, Stasha, and Stephanie from the Kolbe Academy publishing team 32 Reflections of His Light  Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.   We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!  The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

AMDG. "I went to medical school because I knew I couldn't get into law school."   Catholic board-certified OB-GYN and host of the podcast Doctor Doctor Chris Stroud, M.D., wants more Catholics in medical school. "Catholic students are running as fast as they can away from pediatrics," Chris explains. Controversial life and gender issues have led many Catholic students to seek other professions. "People think, 'I'm going to be confronted with contraception on the very first day-- no thanks.’" Potential medical students are afraid that they will be forced to choose between job security and their values, but Chris is here to paint an entirely different picture of a Catholic in the medical field.   Chris began his career as a music major. After transitioning to medical school -- for an unexpected reason-- Chris also experienced a major transition in his spiritual life. A few years later, Chris's family made the jump from public school to homeschooling and never looked back. "It felt like overnight we were one of those crazy homeschooling families," Chris laughs. Today, Chris runs his own practice in Ft. Wayne, IN, focusing on women's health. Chris’s clinic addresses every issue women experience “from homeschooling to personal training,” in his words.  Links mentioned & relevant:  Dr. Stroud and his medical practice Fertility & Midwifery Care Center All Things Women’s Health podcast Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy with Nicole Bobay Brain Death, Abortion, and the Adriana Smith Case Doctor, Doctor podcast MyCatholicDoctor.com Catholic Medical Association  Related Kolbecast episodes:  117 Figureoutable with Dr. Andrew Mullally 189 Fit Mind, Fit Body  Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.   We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!  The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

AMDG. Are you looking for the perfect book to take your child’s reading to the next level? Look no further than Kolbe’s newly updated Literature & Catholic National Reader program for elementary students!   Originally published in 1895, the Catholic National Readers became a staple in many Catholic homes. “We started with the idea of just redoing them, making the font size appropriate and following standards,” Senior Curriculum Developer Maggie Hayden explains. But the project quickly developed into something more.  Under the artful guidance of Curriculum Developer Mara Matteoli, the classic texts blossomed into a fully-fledged reading and literature course, integrating comprehension with hands-on activities and a workbook of unique exercises.   With beautiful pages, engaging and uplifting stories, and an individualized reading pace, this course meets young readers where they are and guides them to the next level. "The children aren't even going to know they are working!" Maggie promises.  Related Kolbecast episodes:  249 Stories Crafted with Care featuring Carol Gilpin of Kolbe Academy’s publishing department 267 Time Traveling through History 247 Lightbulb Moments for Young Readers  Links mentioned & relevant:  Kolbe Academy recommended reading list  Catholic National Readers and related materials in the Kolbe Academy bookstore  Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.   We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!  The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

AMDG. “It’s almost as if I pity God because he has to choose between giving us more sufferings and making us sorrowful but wiser or giving us less sufferings and making us happier but more foolish.”   Professor of Philosophy at Boston College and author of over 100 books Dr. Peter Kreeft shares his reflection on today’s academic culture, emphasizing the importance of the Socratic method and a sturdy foundation in Thomistic philosophy. Dr. Kreeft dives deep into the themes of faith, happiness, and truth as he shares his conversion story, retold in his book From Calvinist to Catholic.   Relevant links:  A few of Dr. Kreeft’s books: From Calvinist to Catholic The Mystery of Joy Jesus Shock Socratic Logic textbook in the Kolbe Academy bookstore Dr. Kreeft on the Being Human Podcast with Dr. Greg Bottaro  Related Kolbecast episodes:  144 The Word Made Known with Mark Brumley of Ignatius Press 93 Good Thinking 166 Dr. John Cuddeback on Dwelling Together Richly  Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.   We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!  The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

AMDG. “Catholic schools should help all students— we should serve you and help you.”   How can Kolbe Academy help a child who has learning disabilities? Student Services Director Karen Allgood and special education teachers Karen Painter and Emmanuelle Wilhelm share their experiences as parents, teachers, and mentors of students with learning differences. The trio provides a step-by-step guide for parents hoping to utilize Kolbe's services, from interpreting assessment results to individualized course planning and tutoring services. Whatever level of support you need, Kolbe has options. See the link below to learn more.  Links mentioned & relevant:  Kolbe Academy's Student Support Services Webinar: Setting Up for Success: A Guide for Homeschooling Special Needs Students  Related Kolbecast episodes  137 Remember Your Whys 197 Tools in a Toolbox: Kolbe Academy’s Student Support Services 247 Lightbulb Moments for Young Readers 190 The School of Patience  Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.   We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!  The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

AMDG. Have you ever wanted to see a Marian apparition site? You don't even have to leave the country to do so-- Champion, WI, is home to the only approved Marian apparition site in the U.S.   Fr. Nathan Mudd, chaplain at Our Lady of Champion Shrine, shares the story of Our Lady of Champion and Adele Brise, a woman Fr. Mudd hopes to see canonized soon. Fr. Mudd discusses his life as travelling missionary and how his background as a Kolbe graduate influences him today. As a member of the Fathers of Mercy, Fr. Mudd has devoted his life to bringing souls back to God and inviting people to experience a spiritual resurrection. In his missionary work, Fr. Mudd lives out Mary’s calling at Champion: “Gather the children in this wild country and teach them what they should know for salvation.”  Learn more about the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion:  Website: championshrine.org Shrine Newsroom for images, history timeline and more On social media  Instagram: @championshrine Facebook: @ChampionShrine X: @ChampionShrine YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ChampionShrine   Related Kolbecast episodes:  119 The Hope Throughout with Tom and Noelle Crowe of The American Catholic History Podcast 235 The Disposition of Pilgrimage with Joan Watson  Links mentioned & relevant:  Fathers of Mercy Kolbe Academy Recommended Reading List Episode of the American Catholic History about Our Lady of Champion  Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.   We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!  The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

AMDG. How do you teach history to elementary school students? Kolbe’s new elementary history program has everything you need and more!   The developers and editors of the elementary history course, Stephanie Foley and Heather Griffin, want the stories of history to come alive in your living room, creating a spark of lasting wonder in every young reader.  An integrative and interactive course, Kolbe’s elementary history helps students contextualize major historical events using familiar Bible stories and encourages students to draw connections between historical characters and their own lives.   The history texts cater to a variety of topics and interests, including art, architecture, culture, and geography, with immersive activities to engage young students.  Check out the reading materials for elementary grades in the Kolbe Academy bookstore.  Related Kolbecast episodes:  249 Stories Crafted with Care from Kolbe Academy Press and 259 Seeing the Story: Classical Reflections on Art with Stephanie Foley  259 Seeing the Story: Classical Reflections on Art  Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.   We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!  The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

AMDG. What did people know in the Middle Ages that we are only now rediscovering?   Blogger of “Like Mother, Like Daughter” Substack contributor, author, and podcaster Leila Lawler joins the Kolbecast to discuss the new book, “St. Hildegard’s Garden: Recipes and Remedies for Healing Body and Soul.” Prompted by pharmaceutical shortages, Leila asked herself: “What did people do before ibuprofen?” Leila began researching and creating her own homeopathic remedies, drawing inspiration from St. Hildegard’s work. Leila shares some of the most efficacious remedies she has tried, the flaws in the modern medical system, and what St. Hildegard can teach us about a healthy and whole-person approach to medicine and mental health.   Links mentioned & relevant:  St. Hildegard’s Garden: Recipes and Remedies for Healing Body and Soul by Paul Ferris with an introduction by Leila Marie Lawler  God’s Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage by Victoria Sweet  Blog post on Like Mother, Like Daugher about curing UTIs  More from and about Leila Lawler:  Like Mother, Like Daughter  on Substack   Happy Despite Them  The School for Housewives  The Home Front podcast with husband Phil Lawler  Mrs. Lawler’s books:  The Little Oratory and Summa Domestica  God Has No Grandchildren  Related Kolbecast episodes:  112 Cura Personalis: The Intro  136 Cura Personalis: The Sequel  117 Figureoutable with Dr. Andrew Mullally  Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.   We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!  The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

AMDG. The Kolbe Academy Class of 2025 has graduated, and it’s time to celebrate! Kolbe Chaplain Fr. Charlie Archer, Executive Director Mary Rowles, Kolbe teacher Brendan Murphy, President of Walsh University Dr. Tim Collins, and three accomplished Kolbe graduates take the stage to share their reflections on Kolbe’s education and their rousing exhortations for the Class of 2025.   Related Kolbecast episodes:  100 In the Beginning with Kolbe Academy co-founder Mrs. Dianne Muth  132 Monday Morning Assembly and 242 Finish Line in Sight featuring student speakers Dhilan Matthews & Colin Lengyel  Episodes with Brendan Murphy: 169 No Made-Up Answers and 218 The Questions behind the Questions  Episodes with Elizabeth Hoxie: 89 The Master Blueprint, 112 Cura Personalis: The Intro, 136 Cura Personalis: The Sequel, 213 This Is a Beginning, and 21 To Live Fully Alive  159 Now We See in Part  Other relevant links:  Watch the entire 2025 commencement ceremony here.   More about Dr. Tim Collins, president of Walsh University  Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.   We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!  The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

AMDG. “Sister, is God a person for you, or an idea?”   Diocesan priest, author, and former hermit Fr. Wayne Sattler joins the Kolbecast to share his life-story from high school teacher to almost-married to hermit; his two books, which originated in his notes from years leading spiritual retreats; spiritual direction, or as he prefers to call it, “spiritual friendship”; relating to God as a person, not as an idea, which is the theme of one of his books; and so much more. Fr. Sattler’s humor, hope, and humility shine through every story he tells, and his words reflect the wisdom he has gained from his years of experience counseling others.   Links mentioned & relevant:  Books & articles by Fr. Wayne Sattler:   Remain in Me and I in You – Relating to God as a Person, Not an Idea  And You Will Find Rest: What God Does in Prayer  Wasting Time with God, an article on Catholic Exchange  Other books:  The Four Cardinal Virtues: Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, Temperance by Josef Pieper  Seeking Spiritual Direction by Rev. Thomas Dubay S.M.   Related Kolbecast episodes:  183 Gratuitous Gifts: Sherry Weddell on Charisms  123 A Change of the Ages, 213 This Is a Beginning, and 224 Forming Apostolic Hearts with Msgr. James P. Shea  Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.   We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!  The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!