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How are we, as Christians, called to participate in politics? How does our faith inform our vote? How do we find a way forward when the two-party American system leaves us without options that line up with the Gospel? These are the questions a lot of us are wrestling with–now more than ever.

In today’s episode, we’re chatting with Amar Patel, running-mate of Brian Carroll, the presidential candidate for the American Solidarity Party–a 3rd party built on Christian Democratic values. Amar and his family live in the Chicago area where he and his wife are teachers.

We talk with Amar about a consistently pro-life party, why voting for a small 3rd party isn’t throwing your vote away, the moral nightmare Christians face in our two-party system, racism in America, and how even families in the thick of raising young children can participate in political life.

Enjoy this thought-provoking and timely conversation!

Things we talked about:

Amar’s blog posts: The False Meritocracy and What Christian Democracy Means to Me

Alasdair MacIntyre’s brief essay: The Only Vote Worth Casting in November

How to connect with Amar:

• American Solidarity Party site

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We’re so excited to share this wonderful conversation with our friend and yours, Rachel Balducci, about overcommitment, vocation, and balance in your life! But before we introduce Rachel and share the details of what we talked about in this episode, we wanted to let you know that this isn’t the episode we planned to release today. We had scheduled this episode with Rachel for two weeks from today so that we could share a very timely conversation with a wonderful guest about racism, American politics, and how we, as Catholics, can participate in changing our communities. The problem is, the recording cut out partway through and we’ll need to re-record it due to those technical issues–fingers crossed for releasing next week.

Why are we bothering to trouble you with details of recording tech snafus? Because we didn’t want you to think that we were ignoring current events and the pain our black brothers and sisters are suffering. Talking about difficult issues that might make us uncomfortable is important. After you listen to Rachel’s great insights today, if you’re looking for wisdom on how we, as Catholics, can address racism, check out our February episode with the wonderful Gloria Purvis.

And without further ado…today’s episode! Our guest Rachel Balducci is a mom of six, an author, a speaker, a cohost of The Gist on CatholicTV, and because she has so much free time on her hands, she also teaches journalism at Augusta University. In this episode Rachel shares about the plague of being overcommitted and we discuss how coronavirus has pushed all of us to examine how we order our lives. Rachel guides us through discerning what we spend our time and energy on and shells out some fantastic parenting advice. Get ready for some podcast pep talk! We felt like we should have paid Rachel a life coaching fee after 45 minutes of this conversation!

So grab a cup of iced coffee and enjoy this great conversation!

Rachel’s new book

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Overcommitted: Cut Chaos and Find Balance

How to connect with Rachel:

• Instagram
• Facebook
• Blog

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• Connect with Haley on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and her blog
• Connect with Christy on Facebook, Instagram, and her blog

You can listen to us on iTunes, and we’d love a quick rating or review. If you have an android device we’re also on Stitcher. And as always, you can find all links, show notes, upcoming guests, and listen to all episodes at Fountains of Carrots.com.

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We are really excited to share this conversation with the fabulous Gracy Olmstead today! This has been such a challenging couple of months and sometimes it helps process this season by framing things in a different light. While we do not want to be Pollyanna-ish over a global crisis (nobody needs that!) we wanted to help ourselves think through what we’re experiencing and the future ahead by exploring what could be. We are well aware of all the things that are falling apart right now and grieving them. But how could this pandemic motivate good changes? What if some things that have come to light during this scary season will convince us to take action or re-examine how we structure our lives? Yes, there may be some wishful thinking in our musings, but we struck on some interesting ideas.

We knew Gracy was the right person to have on the show on this topic because we love the thoughtful insights into family, localism, and farming in her writing. If you’re not already reading Gracy’s work, we know you’re just going to fall in love with her. Gracy is a wife, mother, and writer. She’s currently working on a book about her experience growing up in a farming community and you don’t want to miss out on her monthly email newsletter of beautiful thoughts and great reads she finds.

In this episode we dive into so many possible results of this pandemic: can we change our food habits to keep things local now that problems with the current system have been highlighted for us? Is sourdough bread baking a fad or have we really rediscovered the beauty of slow food as a culture? Will being stuck at home remind us that we actually really like home? Is working-from-home going to be a permanent shift that helps employees center life around their family schedule rather than their employer’s schedule? Will multi-generational living becoming more appealing?

So grab a cup of coffee and enjoy this great conversation!

How to connect with Gracy:

• Twitter
• Facebook
• Email Newsletter

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• The Fountains of Carrots Raspberry Cordial Social Club on Facebook (our Facebook group)
• Connect with Haley on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and her blog
• Connect with Christy on Facebook, Instagram, and her blog

You can listen to us on iTunes, and we’d love a quick rating or review. If you have an android device we’re also on Stitcher. And as always, you can find all links, show notes, upcoming guests, and listen to all episodes at Fountains of Carrots.com.

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Today on the podcast we’re chatting with one of our favorite folks: Brandon Vogt. After hearing over and over again about how many Catholics feel uncomfortable in conversations where they might have to explain Church teaching (especially to someone outside the faith), Brandon wrote a book called What to Say and How to Say It. The goal is to help lay people have clarity about what the Church actually teaches so that they can communicate clearly instead of becoming nervous or defensive in conversations about hot button issues.

Brandon has been a friend of the podcast for ages and in addition to his work as Content Director of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries he’s the author of several books and the co-host of a new podcast: The Burrowshire. He lives with his lovely wife and adorable children in central Florida.

Most of us have certain Catholic topics that we really dread having to explain to friends and family because we’re worried that disagreement might damage relationships or that conversations on these issues will become awkward or heated. Brandon has great advice about how to prevent those anxieties by preparing ourselves so that we can truly communicative well without emotions running high. In this episode we also discuss Brandon’s new podcast and the huge recent event in his life: completing his first Jane Austen novel.

So grab a cup of tea (or something stronger–it’s a pandemic!) and enjoy this great conversation:

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Books we mentioned:

What to Say and How to Say It by Brandon Vogt

Why I am Catholic by Brandon Vogt

How to connect with Brandon:

• Podcast
• Facebook
• Web site
• Instagram

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A big thanks to this week’s sponsor: Catholic Extension!

As people across the globe have been burdened with the struggles and uncertainty of the pandemic, Catholic Extension is providing a creative way to lift spirits during this time, while also promoting the vitality of faith in the poor communities supported by the organization.

Catholic Extension launched “Songs in Solidarity” to support mission dioceses across the country who, already struggling for daily survival, have been thrown into further turmoil because of COVID-19. Twice weekly, Catholic Extension hosts watch parties of livestreamed concerts on its website and Facebook page from various artists across the country; including a Christian rapper from Arkansas, Jaime Torres (“El Serio”), Mariachi Nuevo Santander from south Texas, Jossie Santiago from Puerto Rico, and many more. 

The concert series invites those watching to join Catholic Extension in solidarity to support the communities the various artists are from. The money raised will be used to directly help mission dioceses that already operate on limited budgets and have been adversely impacted by the complete loss of weekly collections due to church closures.Catholic Extension is seeking artists to participate in the “Songs in Solidarity” concert series. For more information, contact Veronica Avila at vavila@catholicextension.org

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• The Fountains of Carrots Raspberry Cordial Social Club on Facebook (our Facebook group)
• Connect with Haley on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and her blog
• Connect with Christy on Facebook, Instagram, and her blog

You can listen to us on iTunes, and we’d love a quick rating or review. If you have an android device we’re also on Stitcher. And as always, you can find all links, show notes, upcoming guests, and listen to all episodes at Fountains of Carrots.com.

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Struggling with the up and downs and disappointments of life in, ahem, our current situation? We are, too. So we called a friend to talk about it. The founder of the well-known Catholic Feminist Podcast, Claire Swinarski joins us on this episode! Claire is the author of multiple books, including What Happens Next (available for pre-order!) and Girl, Arise: A Catholic Feminist’s Invitation to Live Boldly, Love Your Faith, and Change the World. She lives just outside of Milwaukee, WI with her husband and two kids.

In this episode we talk about what our days look like and the little griefs of how this pandemic is affecting all our lives. We discuss the hard things and then the guilt over knowing others are suffering much more! As moms, we notice how different ages of kids make certain things easier or harder and we talk about how different people deal with stress (and that it’s okay not to deal with it the same way as the next person). We hope this episode makes you feel supported during this crazy time. So mix up a quarantini and enjoy!

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Claire’s new book:

What Happens Next

How to connect with Claire:

• Podcast
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Instagram

Sponsor

This episode is sponsored by Happy Nest Home Goods. Theresa of Happy Nest Home Goods offers modern Catholic embroidery art and patterns, sacrifice beads, and diffuser jewelry to help us embrace everyday holiness at home.

If you’re interested in trying your hand at a new hobby these days take a look at the Instant Download Embroidery patterns. (Skill levels from super beginner to very experienced are available.)

If you’re looking for a great way to help turn the thousands of small disappoints of quarantine life into offerings of love for God, check out the Sacrifice beads available in a variety of styles including adorable peg doll sacrifice beads.

Fountains of Carrots Listeners receive 10% off any order over $10 with code FOC10 and 15% off any order over $45 with code FOC15
Both codes are good until May 5, 2020. So head over to the shop today!

Patreon!

Do you love FoC and want to help us keep doing what we’re doing (and more!)? Well, we have just the thing for you!

Head on over to support the podcast as a patron and get access to special episodes available exclusively to patrons as well as to the FoC Slack community! You’ll also have access to our patron book clubs. (We just started  Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery but it’s not too late to join in!)

Come hang out with us!

Haven’t joined in on the fun with 4,500+ other FoC listeners in our facebook group? It’s your direct line to some fantastic folks who also care about faith, culture, books, and whatever our current masterpiece theatre craze might be! Join in with the link below.

• The Fountains of Carrots Raspberry Cordial Social Club on Facebook (our Facebook group)
• Connect with Haley on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and her blog
• Connect with Christy on Facebook, Instagram, and her blog

You can listen to us on iTunes, and we’d love a quick rating or review. If you have an android device we’re also on Stitcher. And as always, you can find all links, show notes, upcoming guests, and listen to all episodes at Fountains of Carrots.com.

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Today we’re talking with our friend and yours, Jennifer Fulwiler. She’s a mother of 6, author of bestsellers, daily radio show host on Sirius XM, and in her plentiful free time she tours nationally doing stand up comedy. Jen lives in Austin, TX and has a new book available for pre-order titled Your Blue Flame: Drop the Guilt and Do What Makes You Come Alive.  

In this episode we talk about how we’re dealing with coronavirus quarantine (not great!), how to discover the reason God put you on this planet, and how to live out your gifts right now–even when we’re all stuck at home with a pandemic. Jen encourages us to dream small and just get started instead of staying paralyzed because circumstances aren’t perfect. We chat about how a true blue flame makes you come alive, but it also blesses other people. Now more than ever we need to be sharing our gifts with each other.

Jen is, as ever, funny, clever, and inspiring. This is the pep talk we all need right now. So grab a cup of coffee (or, let’s get real, something stronger) and enjoy the episode!

(links to Amazon are affiliate links)

Jen’s new book:

Your Blue Flame

Jen’s free ebook about finding your blue flame during coronavirus

How to connect with Jen:

• Instagram
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Radio Show

Sponsor

This episode is sponsored by Catholic Extension which recently launched “31 Days of the Feminine Genius,” a free daily email series that celebrates the tremendous faith and contributions of Catholic women throughout time. You can sign up to receive a month of daily emails, each featuring a quote from women who have played a unique role in sharing the light of Christ. 

Never heard of Catholic Extension before? It is a national nonprofit that works in solidarity with America’s poorest regions to build vibrant and transformative Catholic faith communities. They support many resilient and faithful women themselves—including hundreds of religious sisters and lay leaders on the peripheries.

Sign up at  catholicextension.org/femgen to get “31 Days of Feminine Genius” quotes sent straight to your inbox!

Patreon!

Do you love FoC and want to help us keep doing what we’re doing (and more!)? Well, we have just the thing for you! Our Patreon is finally up and running so listeners can support the work we do.

Head on over to support the podcast as a patron and get access to special episodes available exclusively to patrons as well as to the FoC Slack community! You’ll also have access to our patron book clubs (our next pick is Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery).

Come hang out with us!

Haven’t joined in on the fun with 4,500+ other FoC listeners in our facebook group? It’s your direct line to some fantastic folks who also care about faith, culture, books, and whatever our current masterpiece theatre craze might be! Join in with the link below.

• The Fountains of Carrots Raspberry Cordial Social Club on Facebook (our Facebook group)
• Connect with Haley on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and her blog
• Connect with Christy on Facebook, Instagram, and her blog

You can listen to us on iTunes, and we’d love a quick rating or review. If you have an android device we’re also on Stitcher. And as always, you can find all links, show notes, upcoming guests, and listen to all episodes at Fountains of Carrots.com.

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We’ve never done a bonus episode. But we couldn’t imagine just moving forward with our regular programming before connecting with you over the pandemic we’re facing.

This episode is basically a brain dump of what we’re thinking and feeling, what’s working for us, and perspectives we think will be helpful. We’re scared and anxious like you. We’re having good days and bad days. We’re grieving life as we knew it. But…here we are. So let’s lean in and reach for things that will inspire us and keep us sane in the coming weeks like rituals and routines, streaming Mass, and more life lines. And let’s give ourselves the grace to have a good cry or too much screentime because there are no rules for getting through a pandemic! (Except social distancing, washing hands, and all that good stuff.)

We’re praying for all of you. Please keep us in your prayers.

Things we mentioned in this episode:

–Daily Mass streaming from Bishop Barron’s chapel

-Haley’s books The Literary Medicine Cabinet (use code COMFORT2020) and The Grace of Enough (discount already set up on Amazon) are on super sale for your quarantine reading pleasure

Looking for some more ways to connect during this time of isolation?

Talks from Raspberry Cordial Catholic Literary Gathering Now Available!

Couldn’t come to our Anne of Green Gables retreat last November? Don’t worry! We now have the audio of all three conference talks available for purchase. You can download all three talks for $15 right here.

OR you can become a patron of the podcast for $5/month and get access as one of your many patron perks.

Patreon!

Do you love FoC and want to help us keep doing what we’re doing (and more!)? Well, we have just the thing for you! Our Patreon is finally up and running so listeners can support the work we do.

Head on over to support the podcast as a patron and get access to special episodes available exclusively to patrons as well as to the FoC Slack community!

Lent Book Club

And another great reason to become a patron of the podcast is access to our Lent book club. We’re reading Holy Women.

In this beautiful book Pope Benedict explores the lives and importance of 17 women saints of the Church, in short, readable, and compelling essays. We’ll read and discuss two to three women each week and learn more about saints we love, and come to know incredible women we’ve never heard of before. Patrons also get a 25% discount on the book.

As patrons of the podcast you’ll receive weekly reflections and thoughtful study questions and we’ll discuss them together in the Slack! (About 150 patrons participated in our Advent book club so we’re excited to coordinate another one for Lent.) Become a patron today!

Come hang out with us!

Haven’t joined in on the fun with 4,600+ other FoC listeners in our facebook group? It’s your direct line to some fantastic folks who also care about faith, culture, books, and whatever our current masterpiece theatre craze might be! Join in with the link below.

• The Fountains of Carrots Raspberry Cordial Social Club on Facebook (our Facebook group)
• Connect with Haley on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and her blog
• Connect with Christy on Facebook, Instagram, and her blog

You can listen to us on iTunes, and we’d love a quick rating or review. If you have an android device we’re also on Stitcher. And as always, you can find all links, show notes, upcoming guests, and listen to all episodes at Fountains of Carrots.com.

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Since recording this episode, a lot has happened. But we think this will be a good listen if you want to get your mind off of the pandemic and talk books, rituals, and how to not overthink, well, everything. In fact, some good rituals may be exactly what we all need to help get us through the next few weeks!

Today we’re talking with the brilliant Anne Bogel, the voice behind the popular blog Modern Mrs Darcy and author of three books including her latest: Don’t Overthink It. Anne lives in Louisville, KY with her husband and four kids and creates the What Should I Read Next? podcast. She’s like the Kathleen Kelly of the internet.

In this episode we talk about what it means to be an overthinker (and how many of us are overthinkers without realizing it!). We chat ways to break out of our overthinking cycles, why adulting really does help, and the need for rituals. Rituals make us feel like human beings and there is no time like the present to start creating some rituals in our days–especially when life doesn’t look like it usually does. We also touch on reading rituals which is just perfect because it seems we all just got a little extra reading time handed to us (wish it was under different circumstances).

So enjoy a cozy chat that isn’t about washing your hands, statistics, or quarantines to enjoy during your social distancing!

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Anne’s new book:

Don’t Overthink It

How to connect with Anne:

• Blog
• Instagram
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Podcast

Talks from Raspberry Cordial Catholic Literary Gathering Now Available!

Couldn’t come to our Anne of Green Gables retreat last November? Don’t worry! We now have the audio of all three conference talks available for purchase. You can download all three talks for $15 right here.

OR you can become a patron of the podcast for $5/month and get access as one of your many patron perks.

Patreon!

Do you love FoC and want to help us keep doing what we’re doing (and more!)? Well, we have just the thing for you! Our Patreon is finally up and running so listeners can support the work we do.

Head on over to support the podcast as a patron and get access to special episodes available exclusively to patrons as well as to the FoC Slack community!

Lent Book Club

And another great reason to become a patron of the podcast is access to our Lent book club. We’re reading Holy Women.

In this beautiful book Pope Benedict explores the lives and importance of 17 women saints of the Church, in short, readable, and compelling essays. We’ll read and discuss two to three women each week and learn more about saints we love, and come to know incredible women we’ve never heard of before. Patrons also get a 25% discount on the book.

As patrons of the podcast you’ll receive weekly reflections and thoughtful study questions and we’ll discuss them together in the Slack! (About 150 patrons participated in our Advent book club so we’re excited to coordinate another one for Lent.) Become a patron today!

Come hang out with us!

Haven’t joined in on the fun with 4,500+ other FoC listeners in our facebook group? It’s your direct line to some fantastic folks who also care about faith, culture, books, and whatever our current masterpiece theatre craze might be! Join in with the link below.

• The Fountains of Carrots Raspberry Cordial Social Club on Facebook (our Facebook group)
• Connect with Haley on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and her blog
• Connect with Christy on Facebook, Instagram, and her blog

You can listen to us on iTunes, and we’d love a quick rating or review. If you have an android device we’re also on Stitcher. And as always, you can find all links, show notes, upcoming guests, and listen to all episodes at Fountains of Carrots.com.

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It’s Lent! And it looks like there’s a global pandemic coming our way! So we are getting very memento mori in today’s episode. We’re talking with Fr. Harrison Ayre, our very first Canadian guest, about (dun dun dun) death. We know Fr. Harrison from his great presence on Twitter, but he has more important things going on than crafting excellent tweets. Fr. Harrison is Pastor of Holy Family / Notre Dame Parish in Port Alberni, BC is currently pursuing his Doctorate in Theological Anthropology from the Maryvale Institute. He also co-hosts a great podcast called Clerically Speaking.

Yes this is an episode about death, but it’s not morbid or depressing, I promise! We dive into what it’s like for a priest to administer the sacraments in the most pivotal moments of our lives (baptisms, weddings, anointing of the sick) and to be on call 24/7 as a spiritual father. We talk about the practical side of supporting a dying loved one like when to call to ask a priest to visit the hospital. And we also talk about how to prepare for our own deaths. Fr. Harrison shares about the graces that God desires to pour into our hearts, especially as we face death, and how the sacraments are a beautiful opportunity to receive that grace. We finished this conversation more motivated to live holy lives and filled with hope! Fr. Harrison does a great job of acknowledging the gravity of death while reminding us that because Christ is victorious over death, we don’t have to be terrified. Christ is with us, even in death!

This is a timely and inspiring conversation. So get cozy for a good chat about death!

Things we talked about:

Pope Benedict XVI’s book on prayer

How to connect with Fr. Harrison:

• Twitter
• Podcast

Talks from Raspberry Cordial Catholic Literary Gathering Now Available!

Couldn’t come to our Anne of Green Gables retreat last November? Don’t worry! We now have the audio of all three conference talks available for purchase. You can download all three talks for $15 right here.

OR you can become a patron of the podcast for $5/month and get access as one of your many patron perks.

Patreon!

Do you love FoC and want to help us keep doing what we’re doing (and more!)? Well, we have just the thing for you! Our Patreon is finally up and running so listeners can support the work we do.

Head on over to support the podcast as a patron and get access to special episodes available exclusively to patrons as well as to the FoC Slack community!

Lent Book Club

And another great reason to become a patron of the podcast is access to our Lent book club. We’re reading Holy Women.

In this beautiful book Pope Benedict explores the lives and importance of 17 women saints of the Church, in short, readable, and compelling essays. We’ll read and discuss two to three women each week and learn more about saints we love, and come to know incredible women we’ve never heard of before. Patrons also get a 25% discount on the book.

As patrons of the podcast you’ll receive weekly reflections and thoughtful study questions and we’ll discuss them together in the Slack! (About 150 patrons participated in our Advent book club so we’re excited to coordinate another one for Lent.) Become a patron today!

Come hang out with us!

Haven’t joined in on the fun with 4,500+ other FoC listeners in our facebook group? It’s your direct line to some fantastic folks who also care about faith, culture, books, and whatever our current masterpiece theatre craze might be! Join in with the link below.

• The Fountains of Carrots Raspberry Cordial Social Club on Facebook (our Facebook group)
• Connect with Haley on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and her blog
• Connect with Christy on Facebook, Instagram, and her blog

You can listen to us on iTunes, and we’d love a quick rating or review. If you have an android device we’re also on Stitcher. And as always, you can find all links, show notes, upcoming guests, and listen to all episodes at Fountains of Carrots.com.

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In today’s episode we are diving in to an important topic that makes a lot of people uncomfortable to talk about: racism. Racism is not merely a political talking point, it’s an evil condemned by the Church. Our political narrative would have you believe that fighting abortion is for the right and fighting racism is for the left, but our Catholic faith begs to differ. Today we’re benefiting from the wisdom of Gloria Purvis about the experience of black Catholics, racism in modern America (yes, even from Catholics), and how we as Catholics should respond to racism.

Gloria Purvis is a Catholic convert (she shares the story in the episode and it is a GOOD one), a Cornell University grad, the creator of EWTN series Authentically Free at Last, and the host of the radio show Morning Glory. She’s also served on the National Black Catholic Congress’ Leadership Commission on Social Justice and was an Advisory Board Member on the Maryland Catholic Conference’s Respect for Life Department. We’ve been following her on Twitter for years and we’re so thrilled to get a chance to talk to her on the podcast.

In this episode we dive into the problem with making an idol out of your political party, the importance of Black Lives Matter, and the presence of racism in the Catholic world both on and off line. We talk about the need for Catholics to actively oppose racism and to ask the Holy Spirit to help us root out the sin of racism in our own hearts. Gloria is so engaging, wise, and inspiring. It’s a great conversation!

Things we talked about:

What’s missing from the national conversation about race, violence, and lethal force? You.: Catholic News Agency

Pro-lifers urged to build stronger relationships with African-Americans: Crux News

How to connect with Gloria:

• Twitter
• Facebook
• Instagram

Talks from Raspberry Cordial Catholic Literary Gathering Now Available!

Couldn’t come to our Anne of Green Gables retreat last November? Don’t worry! We now have the audio of all three conference talks available for purchase. You can download all three talks for $15 right here.

OR you can become a patron of the podcast for $5/month and get access as one of your many patron perks.

Patreon!

Do you love FoC and want to help us keep doing what we’re doing (and more!)? Well, we have just the thing for you! Our Patreon is finally up and running so listeners can support the work we do.

Head on over to support the podcast as a patron and get access to special episodes available exclusively to patrons as well as to the FoC Slack community!

Lent Book Club

And another great reason to become a patron of the podcast is access to our Lent book club. We’re reading Holy Women.

In this beautiful book Pope Benedict explores the lives and importance of 17 women saints of the Church, in short, readable, and compelling essays. We’ll read and discuss two to three women each week and learn more about saints we love, and come to know incredible women we’ve never heard of before. Patrons also get a 25% discount on the book.

As patrons of the podcast you’ll receive weekly reflections and thoughtful study questions and we’ll discuss them together in the Slack! (About 150 patrons participated in our Advent book club so we’re excited to coordinate another one for Lent.) Become a patron today!

Come hang out with us!

Haven’t joined in on the fun with 4,500+ other FoC listeners in our facebook group? It’s your direct line to some fantastic folks who also care about faith, culture, books, and whatever our current masterpiece theatre craze might be! Join in with the link below.

• The Fountains of Carrots Raspberry Cordial Social Club on Facebook (our Facebook group)
• Connect with Haley on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and her blog
• Connect with Christy on Facebook, Instagram, and her blog

You can listen to us on iTunes, and we’d love a quick rating or review. If you have an android device we’re also on Stitcher. And as always, you can find all links, show notes, upcoming guests, and listen to all episodes at Fountains of Carrots.com.