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All Kinds of Catholic

All Kinds of Catholic with Theresa Alessandro

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Send us a text Episode 75: Eddie shares his journey from his earliest memories of prayer, being tucked in bed by his mum, to how he prays now with an icon and a candle early in the morning. Journeys on foot, the silence of monasteries and especially sharing stories around a table; these are the things that give him a taste of the kingdom of heaven. Find out more about Eddie's books Looking Ahead with Hope - Stories of humanity, wonder and gratitude in a time of uncertainty The Universe Provi...

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Send us a text Episode 75: Eddie shares his journey from his earliest memories of prayer, being tucked in bed by his mum, to how he prays now with an icon and a candle early in the morning. Journeys on foot, the silence of monasteries and especially sharing stories around a table; these are the things that give him a taste of the kingdom of heaven. Find out more about Eddie's books Looking Ahead with Hope - Stories of humanity, wonder and gratitude in a time of uncertainty The Universe Provi...

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Personal Journals,

Religion & Spirituality,

Society & Culture

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All Kinds of Catholic

75: It's like the kingdom of heaven for me

Send us a text Episode 75: Eddie shares his journey from his earliest memories of prayer, being tucked in bed by his mum, to how he prays now with an icon and a candle early in the morning. Journeys on foot, the silence of monasteries and especially sharing stories around a table; these are the things that give him a taste of the kingdom of heaven. Find out more about Eddie's books Looking Ahead with Hope - Stories of humanity, wonder and gratitude in a time of uncertainty The Universe Provi...

1 week ago

30 minutes

All Kinds of Catholic

74: I love God. I love Mary. And I love the opportunities that I’ve been given.

Send us a text Episode 74 Sue explains how she wanted to really 'do something with her life' on reaching forty. Invitations and opportunities followed and Sue has embraced them all - including volunteering with Mary's Meals and 'relearning my faith through my children.' Sue shares how devotion to Our Lady is a big part of her faith journey too - and the special reminder of Mary that she carries with her now. Find out more Mary's Meals A new episode, a different conversation, every Wednesday...

2 weeks ago

26 minutes

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73: Not watering it down. The healthy tension of love and truth.

Send us a text Episode 73 In this episode, Fiona and Martyn share their experiences of evangelising - and being evangelised. Years ago, Martyn says he ‘knew I wanted to become a Catholic, but I hadn't really discussed the topic with my family,’ and Fiona, despite being a ‘quite ludicrously devout child…very much fell out of love with the Church.’ They explain what they have learned since then about sharing the Gospel with others, in loving and truthful ways. Find out more YOUCAT Youth20...

3 weeks ago

30 minutes

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72: I am a daughter of the Most High God

Send us a text Episode 72: An episode with special guests Sister Marie-Kolbe Zamora, a Franciscan Sister of Christian Charity, visiting from America, and Jenny Hayward-Jones of CAFOD. First, Sr Marie shares her insight that conversation is 'sacred space.' Then, illuminated by her theological expertise and her recent work at the Vatican, we share our thoughts about getting used to a new pope, the Synod of Bishops, and being a woman - in the world and in the Church. Jenny says, 'This is w...

4 weeks ago

34 minutes

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71: I have called you by your name. You are mine.

Send us a text Episode 71 Each time she has had to adapt to life in a different country, Phyllis shares how her faith has sustained her and helped her to put down roots. She explains that ‘the Holy Spirit just sends these little connections and the right people,’ especially at a time when she almost stepped away from the Catholic Church. Find out more Link to Celebrate Festival Rome Sweet Home, Scott Hahn A new episode, a different conversation, every Wednesday! Email me: theresa@KindsofCatho...

1 month ago

27 minutes

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70: The celebration of Holy Mass - where heaven and earth meet

Send us a text Episode 70: A special episode from Padley Martyrs' Chapel. Gerard and Anne-Marie share the incredible history and spirituality of this 'thin place.' Amid the physical signs of our faith and its preciousness to previous generations, the importance of Mass shines through. We speak of the working of the Holy Spirit in the present as much as in the past. 'People come here to pray...they can pray easily here.' Find out more Padley Martyr's Chapel Contact: friendsofpadley@halla...

1 month ago

30 minutes

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69: I can understand better now the attitude of the martyrs and the saints of past centuries

Send us a text Episode 69 At the age of thirty, Joseph attended for the first time the Traditional Mass, the Latin Mass. He explains how the experience changed his life and 'filled a gap' that he hadn't realised was there. For Joseph, now Chair of the Latin Mass Society, this liturgy is the 'engine' of a Catholic worldview. Find out more Latin Mass Society Sacrosanctum Concilium Let's Sing with the Pope A new episode, a different conversation, every Wednesday! Email me: theresa@KindsofCatho...

1 month ago

32 minutes

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68: National Jubilee Pilgrimage of Hope. A special episode

Send us a text Episode 68: Following pilgrims walking from four corners of England & Wales, converging in Nottingham. Their pilgrim ways, named for the four evangelists, traced the sign of the cross on the land. The pilgrims speak of Catholic heritage, hospitality, the presence of God in nature, community, hope and love. One said, 'It's really good for the soul.' Find out more Nottingham Cathedral Livestream Hearts in Search of God Pilgrim Website Padley Martyrs' Chapel Brother, Sis...

1 month ago

37 minutes

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67: It's the Holy Spirit that's doing it all

Send us a text Episode 67: John was first an Anglican and then a Catholic. In this conversation, he gives us glimpses of a life filled with dialogue with people of other faiths, care for creation, an enduring love of music, family, and trying to put the Gospel into practice each day. All these things, John says, are 'joined in my head' with the mission of the church. Find out more Laudato Si' Fratelli Tutti Laudato Si' Animators A new episode, a different conversation, every Wednesday! Emai...

2 months ago

23 minutes

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66: The shadow is only a passing thing. There's this light and hope and beauty that is forever beyond its reach.

Send us a text Episode 66 David describes a startling experience one Christmas day at Mass that showed him 'the abundance and realness of God's love.' Since serving a prison sentence, it is the charity, beauty and kindness of prisoners for each other that reminds him to 'choose to be a better man every day.' Prison radicalised him, David says. He now campaigns for change in a criminal justice system where he experienced 'moral rot ... cruelty and harm.' A new episode, a different conversation...

2 months ago

30 minutes

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65: Little moments that have somehow been strung together, made up of fragmented conversation, that begin to make sense over a lifetime

Send us a text Episode 65 In this conversation about conversation, Clare lifts up the grace to be found in our everyday encounters with each other. Conversation is 'that place where we forge together our understanding ... where God makes God's self known.' While truth and joy stand out for Clare in scripture, she says that 'if you really want to know what it is to get to know God. It's about those three things, faith, hope, and love.' Find out more Professor Clare Watkins and link to h...

2 months ago

29 minutes

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64: Surrounded by people that show you your faith

Send us a text Episode 64 Nana shares how experiencing the aftermath of armed conflict, and meeting some of the people affected, led her to working at CAFOD. She once vowed, 'There's no way I'm going back into a church.' But here she reflects on how she has moved from anger to recognising that 'we are all peacemakers'. Nowadays people 'absolutely rooted in their faith, connected to each other and to the earth,' are shaping Nana's own relationship with God. Find out more CAFOD ...

2 months ago

30 minutes

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63: Living out a call to holiness, with Our Lady’s help

Send us a text Episode 63 Michael shares his love for Our Lady, for Jesus, and for the Eucharist. In Medjugorje, in response to prayer, he met a ‘ministry buddy.’ Then, he says, 'Our Lady put very strongly on our hearts’ the beginnings of a ministry to the gay community. Continuing this work, despite struggle, judgement and criticism, Michael explains how feast days, like the Feast of the Assumption, give him an acceleration of grace. Find out more Medjugorje LGBT Ministry A new episo...

3 months ago

30 minutes

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62: After utter devastation, a symbol of peace, hope and reconciliation

Send us a text Episode 62: Jim, who is an American professor and a Catholic, tells the extraordinary story of uncovering his grandfather's connection to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This research took Jim to Nagasaki, 'the centre of Catholicism in Japan for centuries.' An awkward question from a Japanese Catholic there - a descendant of the 'hidden Christians' and whose father was a victim of the bomb - led to a beautiful project to restore 'the sound of the two bells ringing...

3 months ago

29 minutes

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61: Coffee with God, Latin Mass, and Sewing for the Church

Send us a text Episode 61 Anna shares how friends helped her to recognise the presence of God in her life, as a teenager. Through prayer, she finally answered the Lord's 'nudging' and became a Lay Dominican. Her faith is nourished by attending the Latin Mass where she feels she can 'focus' better, and building community through sewing vestments and keeping ancient skills alive. Find out more Latin Mass Society Guild of St Clare (not secure) Opus Anglicanum sewing techniques Books: St Teresa o...

3 months ago

28 minutes

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60: With the Lord, I can be who I was made to be

Send us a text Episode 60: Speaking from Wales, Joan describes with unflinching honesty how she is learning to understand God as friend and Father. Through prayer and daily journalling, she explains how her relationship with God is deepening and her life is changing. Joan has encouraging words for listeners, 'You are what He's interested in and that's all that matters.' A new episode, a different conversation, every Wednesday! Email me: theresa@KindsofCatholic.co.uk Facebook, Instagram...

3 months ago

24 minutes

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59: My faith has grown because of other people's faith

Send us a text Episode 59: Helen reflects on being a lay Catholic woman in ministry, engaged in practical activities like accompaniment, and ecumenical and interfaith dialogue. There are rich, hard-won insights here. Helen describes embracing new opportunities because 'This sounds important even though I haven't really got time,' and sitting with uncertainty, 'I don't know where this is going.' Find out more The Feast National Board of Catholic Women Spiritual Direction Lectio 365 A...

3 months ago

26 minutes

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58: Sometimes you need to let baggage go

Send us a text Episode 58 Jude talks about journeys, from Nigeria to the UK, from Paris to Lourdes to Rome, and his 'very beautiful' ongoing faith journey. He shares how setbacks have been transformed by trying to understand what God is saying to him. 'And now I focus on living simply,' he says. Find out more National Justice and Peace Network Conference Nuclear Morality Flowchart A new episode, a different conversation, every Wednesday! Email me: theresa@KindsofCatholic.co.uk F...

4 months ago

24 minutes

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57: I only did one thing. I only loved God.

Send us a text Episode 57: Olimpia's story begins in Romania in the Communist era. A setback in life has taught her to trust God more deeply - and she welcomes 'the peace and joy we feel when we pray.' The title of this episodes is a quote from Venerable Mary Potter. Olimpia explains how this woman's resilient service inspires her faith today. Find out more Mary Potter Heritage Centre Little Company of Mary Sisters A new episode, a different conversation, every Wednesday! Email me: th...

4 months ago

23 minutes

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56: Missionary of the Sacred Heart: bringing the compassion of Christ

Send us a text Episode 56: An episode for the Feast of the Sacred Heart. Fr Giacomo shares how he responded at last to the Lord calling him to religious life and how he is now living his faith as a Missionary of the Sacred Heart. 'Our motto is to bring the love of the heart of God into the world, or to be on earth, the heart of God.' Find out more Missionaries of the Sacred Heart Vision Vocation Network A new episode, a different conversation, every Wednesday! Email me: theresa@Kinds...

4 months ago

27 minutes