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There are oodles of resources for pregnancy and caring for babies but caring for ourselves post partum–or even knowing what to expect post partum!–is another story. Hormonal changes plus sleep deprivation, stress, and feelings of isolation would make anyone feel overwhelmed but we often beat ourselves up over our emotions and struggles post partum rather than offering grace and taking care of our physical and mental health. Thankfully, today’s guest, Allison Auth just released on this often very challenging season for mothers.

Allison is a writer and blogger living in Denver. After graduating from Franciscan University of Steubenville, she worked in youth ministry and marriage preparation until dedicating herself to the homeschooling of her children. Having gone through four postpartum experiences, she is passionate about sharing her knowledge and bringing hope to those struggling in their vocation to motherhood.

In this episode we dive into the difficulties of the post partum season including post partum depression or the milder (but still exhausting) post partum depletion many women experience after giving birth. We discuss what makes post partum particularly difficult in our isolated and individualistic culture (paired with an American go get ’em attitude that does not allow for the rest and recovery that women really need). Allison has great wisdom to share about how women can care for their physical, mental, and spiritual health so enjoy the conversation!

Things we talked about:

(links to Amazon.com are affiliate links)

Baby and Beyond: Overcoming Those Post-Childbirth Woes by Allison Auth

How to connect with Allison:

• Instagram

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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!

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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.

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!

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• 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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The psychology of addiction is fascinating. What makes us reach for the things that we’re addicted to? Maybe we’re not addicted to heroin but do we have disordered attachments? When pain hits us as stress or emotional trauma do we reach for that glass of wine, binge a show on Netflix, or refresh those social media apps to see if one more like is there? What are the spiritual implications to numbing our pain with the things that can’t heal our pain?

In this episode we’re talking with Seth Haines about his newest release, The Book of Waking Up. Seth is a husband, dad, lawyer, and writer. Like many of us, he’s no stranger to addiction and he shares about his own story in this new book. He also dives into the why behind our addictions and how we are so prone to have disordered attachments even to good things that are gifts from God!

In this episode we discuss attachments and their failure to satisfy the human heart that is wired for Divine Love. Seth shares about how the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola can help us be honest with ourselves and examine our attachments. And we talk about how Mary is the model for a human being truly alive to life–it’s pain and it’s joys. It’s a great conversation so grab a cup of coffee (maybe? do you have a disordered attachment to caffeine like us?) and listen in!

Things we talked about:

(links to Amazon.com are affiliate links)

The Book of Waking Up by Seth Haines

Coming Clean by Seth Haines

The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola

How to connect with Seth:

• Website
• Twitter
• Facebook
• Instagram

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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!

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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What’s the value of a space of beauty to nurture family life? How does beauty affect our souls? What makes a space beautiful? Is there theology to anchor our home lives in?

These are the kinds of questions we’re touching on in today’s episode with writers, philosophers, and mothers, Carrie Gress and Noelle Mering–two of the authors behind the new design book The Theology of Home: Finding the Eternal in the Everyday. While this book is fit for your coffee table, it’s more than the beautiful photographs that fill it. It addresses the spiritual foundation for loving your family by cultivating home.

In this episode we discuss homemaking in a culture that doesn’t value such efforts and the hunger for home in our society, made obvious by the obsession with home improvement and design shows (or Chip and Joanna Gaines’ Magnolia empire). We talk about how loving our homes isn’t only for interior designers or for the wealthy and how making space for hospitality can make our homes a light to the world. It’s a great conversation so grab a cup of coffee and listen in!

Things we talked about:

(links to Amazon.com are affiliate links)

The Theology of Home: Finding the Eternal in the Everyday by Carrie Gress, Noelle Mering, and Megan Schrieber

How to connect with Theology of Home:

• Website
• Facebook
• Instagram

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Today’s episode is brought to you by Daily Catholic Wisdom

Visit CatholicWisdom.org/FountainsOfCarrots and subscribe for short daily reflections from Catholic literary giants, beloved saints, and relevant voices from today!

You can read it in less than a minute while you drink your morning coffee and reflect on it throughout the day.

PLUS get exclusive discounts on popular Catholic books, talks, video content, and more!

When you subscribe, you get free digital access to Knowing the Love of God by Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange

Be sure to subscribe today by heading over to CatholicWisdom.org/FountainsOfCarrots

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!

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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Welcome to our FIRST EVER live recording of the podcast!

That’s right, Haley and Christy–usually separated by a few thousand miles–were together in the flesh at the FoC Raspberry Cordial Catholic Literary Gathering and we recorded with an audience with dear friend and fellow Anne-phile, Meg Hunter-Kilmer.

For those of you who couldn’t be there with us in early November, we wanted to let you in on some of the fun! The three of us have a great time answering questions from the audience about L.M. Montgomery’s beautiful books including what makes someone a kindred spirit, whether Diana will have a mid-life crisis, if we’d be friends with Philippa Gordon or Jane Andrews in real life, and so much more!

Things we talked about:

(Links to Amazon are affiliate links)

The Anne of Green Gables series

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! You can become a patron over at Patreon and get fabulous perks while supporting your friendly neighborhood podcasters.

Head on over to support the podcast as a patron (it’s only $5/month–cost of a cup of coffee!) to get:

• Monthly special episodes available exclusively to patrons (we call it Fountains of Carrots After Dark)
• Access to the patron-only Slack community for conversation and fun
• A Fountains of Carrots sticker mailed to you
• Access to the Advent Book Club

Speaking of…you have just enough time to track down a copy of The Reed of God, our Advent read. We love this beautiful book by Caryll Houselander. We’ll be offering daily reflections and study questions via email each day of Advent for our patrons and discussion in our patron Slack community. (We also have a 25% off discount code from Ave Maria Press for patrons to order their copies of the book! ) Sign up to 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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Can you believe that after five years of podcasting, we’ve never had a whole episode about Our Lady? But we knew exactly who to have on for this discussion: our friend Katie Prejean McGrady!

Katie graduated from the University of Dallas but now lives in Louisiana where she is wife to Tommy and mom to precious little Rose. She’s an author and also been speaking all over the country and internationally since 2007. Her newest project is Ave Explores with Ave Maria Press. This initiative includes articles, videos, podcasts, social media exclusives, surprising facts, and resources for classrooms and parishes.

In this episode we do a deep dive into our relationship with Mary: how we first came to encounter Our Lady, how she inspires and walks beside us, books that have helped us grow to know her and more!

So grab a cup of coffee and enjoy the conversation!

Things we talked about:

Ave Explores

The Reed of God by Caryll Houselander

33 Days to Morning Glory by Fr. Michael Gaitley

Katie’s books:

(links to Amazon.com are affiliate links)

Follow: Your Lifelong Adventure with Jesus

Room 24: Adventures of a New Evangelist

Lent: One Day at a Time for Catholic Teens

How to connect with Katie:

• Twitter
• Website
• Facebook
• Instagram

Sponsor

This episode is graciously sponsored by Nikolaus Design.

Use the discount code CARROTS to get 10% off!

The Rosary played a significant role in helping converts Meg and Kyle Tietz find their way home to the Church. But they ran into a recurring problem – rosary beads kept breaking in their hands. Kyle, decided to teach himself to make an indestructible rosary that was so beautiful, it would inspire frequent prayer. Nikolaus Design (named after Kyle’s confirmation saint, St. Nicholas) was born from that mission! They create rosaries that are beautiful enough for special occasions but durable enough for daily prayer and they offer wire-wrapped, heirloom rosaries made from semiprecious gemstones, Swarovski crystals, Czech glass, genuine turquoise, and our specialty – handmade sterling silver Southwestern pearls.

You will not find rosaries constructed with these unique handmade beads anywhere else! Rosaries by Nikolaus Design are perfect for gifts for weddings, baptisms, confirmation, graduation, or Christmas or as a gift to yourself to inspire a deeper devotion to Our Lady’s Rosary.

Visit nikolausdesign.com to view the beautiful rosaries that are available or follow them on Instagram or Facebook. (And don’t forget to use CARROTS for 10% off!)

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!

And we’re going to be offering an Advent book club for all our patrons reading none other than The Reed of God. So be sure to become a Patron before December 1st so you can 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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When we watched The Little Rascals when it came out in 1994, little did we know that Porky would end up being a Catholic convert–and a Latin Mass goer. That’s right! Zac Mabry, child actor turned CPA, is on the podcast today!

Zac is a fellow podcaster (he makes The Roman Circus Podcast with Matt Baker) and a contributing editor to The Catholic Herald. He’s also a Texan like Haley and he’s here to answer all your burning questions about the Latin Mass.

In this episode we clarify some of the confusing terms used to refer to different liturgies, explain why the Latin Mass is so great, and give tips for folks who are interested in attending a Latin Mass but nervous to try it out. We talk about everything from veiling to how traditional Catholics aren’t like the trads you might meet on Twitter. This episode is a little controversial and a lot of fun. So grab a cup of coffee and enjoy!

How to connect with Zac:

• Twitter
• Instagram
• Facebook
• Podcast

The Raspberry Cordial Catholic Literary Gathering

HEAR YE, HEAR YE! Ticket sales are CLOSING Nov. 1st for our real life soiree/retreat/extravaganza with everyone’s favorite melodramatic redhead, Anne of Green Gables, as our theme!The event is coming up quickly November 8th and 9th in Waco, TX!

You don’t want to miss it, so be sure to head over and grab your tickets ASAP!

Sponsor

This episode is graciously sponsored by Nikolaus Design.

Use the discount code CARROTS to get 10% off!

The Rosary played a significant role in helping converts Meg and Kyle Tietz find their way home to the Church. But they ran into a recurring problem – rosary beads kept breaking in their hands. Kyle, decided to teach himself to make an indestructible rosary that was so beautiful, it would inspire frequent prayer. Nikolaus Design (named after Kyle’s confirmation saint, St. Nicholas) was born from that mission! They create rosaries that are beautiful enough for special occasions but durable enough for daily prayer and they offer wire-wrapped, heirloom rosaries made from semiprecious gemstones, Swarovski crystals, Czech glass, genuine turquoise, and our specialty – handmade sterling silver Southwestern pearls.

You will not find rosaries constructed with these unique handmade beads anywhere else! Rosaries by Nikolaus Design are perfect for gifts for weddings, baptisms, confirmation, graduation, or Christmas or as a gift to yourself to inspire a deeper devotion to Our Lady’s Rosary.

Visit nikolausdesign.com to view the beautiful rosaries that are available or follow them on Instagram or Facebook. (And don’t forget to use CARROTS for 10% off!)

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!

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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Haley may live in Texas but her Texas cred can’t hold a candle to today’s guest’s! Kathryn Whitaker, a graphic designer, voice behind the popular blog Team Whitaker, speaker, author, and VERY Texan mama is here to talk about the life experiences that inspired her new book, Live Big, Love Bigger: Getting Real with BBQ, Sweet Tea, and a Whole Lotta Jesus.

When Kathryn’s son, Luke, was born premature her world was rocked by a medical crisis unlike anything she’d faced before. Her family came out the other side transformed. In this episode we talked about how to be a good friend when a family you know is in crisis mode, the most important things to do when your own family is in a crisis, and ways to cope to survive these seasons when they inevitably arrive in our lives.

We usually recommend brewing some tea, but with Kathryn as our guest, we will simply have to suggest grabbing a Dr. Pepper!

Kathryn’s book:

(links to Amazon.com are affiliate links)

Live Big, Love Bigger: Getting Real with BBQ, Sweet Tea, and a Whole Lotta Jesus.

How to connect with Kathryn:

• Blog
• Facebook
• Instagram

The Raspberry Cordial Catholic Literary Gathering

Don’t forget that our real life soiree/retreat/extravaganza with everyone’s favorite melodramatic redhead, Anne of Green Gables, as our theme is coming up quickly November 8th and 9th!

You don’t want to miss it, so be sure to head over and grab your tickets ASAP!

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!

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’s guest is none other than the producer, writer, and director, Jeannie Gaffigan! Jeannie is raising five children in New York City with her comedian husband, Jim. As if all of that wasn’t keeping her busy enough, in 2017 she was hit with the unexpected news that she had a life-threatening brain tumor and faced a dangerous surgery followed by a long recovery. Since then she has penned what must be the funniest book about brain tumors ever written: When Life Gives You Pears, a memoir that touches not just on the medical crisis that almost took her life but also on her faith, the support of her family, and the lessons she brought with her to the other side.

In this episode Jeannie shares with us about her Catholic faith, the power of prayer, how lessons about what really matters keep having to be learned over and over, the journey of being a recovering control freak, and what it’s like to be in the spotlight as a famous family who is Catholic (but never signed up to be your token Catholic celebrity!) When Life Gives You Pears was released just today, October 1st, and we both loved it. It’s a beautiful and vulnerable tribute to a faith that believes in miracles and you will laugh at every page until you start crying because it’s so moving. So grab a cup of tea and listen to Jeannie’s amazing story!

Jeannie’s book:

(links to Amazon.com are affiliate links)

When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, Hope, and Funny People

Other Things We Talked About:

• Jeannie and Jim’s non-profit: The Imagine Society

How to connect with Jeannie:

• Twitter
• Instagram

Sponsor:

Today’s episode was brought to you by Rose Harrington, a home to botanical rosary art by Katrina Harrington. Her art is inspired by the tradition of Mary Gardens as well as paper, canvas and ceramic hand lettered goods, all made in the USA. 

In addition to the beautiful botanical prints, the shop features ceramic mugs made in Ohio with Katrina’s designs of the Morning Offering prayer, Offer It Up hand lettering, and a blue and white floral Fiat which lend you perfect reminders to pray the Morning Offering first thing in the morning with your morning cuppa, to groggily offer up whatever is making you reach for the caffeine or to pray, “Let it be done,” as Our Lady did.

During the medieval Age of Faith, rural Christians bestowed names upon flowers and plants to symbolically represent Mary, the Mother of God, as well as the life of Christ, the saints and the liturgical year. Katrina turned to these traditions to paint a botanical rosary – 20 flowers representing each of the mysteries of the rosary.  And they are gorgeous! Haley has Katrina’s botanical take on the Sorrowful Mysteries hanging up in her living room!

FoC listeners can use FOUNTAINSOFCARROTS for 15% off paper goods and banners. This includes hand lettering, botanical rosary art, fine art calendars and banners. Head on over to the shop now!

The Raspberry Cordial Catholic Literary Gathering

Don’t forget that our real life soiree/retreat/extravaganza with everyone’s favorite melodramatic redhead, Anne of Green Gables, as our theme is coming up quickly November 8th and 9th!

You don’t want to miss it, so be sure to head over and grab your tickets ASAP (we have a very limited number available).

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!

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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Before we introduce this episode’s guest, a quick reminder that our Anne of Green Gables retreat, the Raspberry Cordial Catholic Literary Gathering is coming up soon! Come and hang out with kindred spirits in real life in Waco, TX November 8th and 9th. You don’t want to miss it, so be sure to head over and grab your tickets ASAP (we have a very limited number available and we’re more than 40% sold out!).

Today’s guest is wife, mama of three, and author, Phoebe Farag Mikhail. Phoebe is a Coptic Orthodox Christian and the daughter of a priest and the wife of a priest! She runs the blog Being in Community and recently released a book titled Putting Joy into Practice.

In this episode Phoebe shares about what it’s like when your dad’s the priest of an Orthodox church and some of the history of the Coptic Orthodox Church (we learned so much!). We also talk about pursuing Christian joy through spiritual practices–some familiar and some new to us. Phoebe has so many rich and insightful ideas to offer, so grab a cup of tea and listen in!

Phoebe’s book:

(links to Amazon.com are affiliate links)

Putting Joy into Practice

How to connect with Phoebe:

• Phoebe’s blog
• Facebook
• Twitter

Sponsor:

Today’s episode was brought to you by The Jane Austen Card Game Kickstarter Campaign. Janeites everywhere will love this rollicking good time of Austen fun that friend of the podcast, Nancy, has cooked up! Head over to the Kickstarter page to learn all about it and support the campaign so that an evening of delight over Jane Austen’s characters can become a reality!

Follow The Jane Austen Card Game on Instagram!

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!

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.I

• 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’re back from our summer break with a brand new episode! And we have a HUGE announcement to make. We’re holding a Fountains of Carrots meetup/soiree/shindig this November in Waco, TX featuring none other than our favorite Anne of Green Gables! It’s called the Raspberry Cordial Catholic Literary Gathering and we want you to come!

We’ll start things out November 8th with an evening hangout at the world’s most charming bookshop, Fabled, in their “Spare Oom” special event space. You will love this sweet place! Their children’s section is accessed by going through a wardrobe door and walking through fur coats! We’ll sample some of their Raspberry Cordial drinks and get to know each other.

Saturday, November 9th, we’ll meet up at the Reicher Performing Arts Center with talks on Anne of Green Gables in light of Catholic faith from international Catholic speaker Meg Hunter-Kilmer, as well as from your friendly neighborhood podcasters Christy and Haley. We will drink tea, do some literary nerding out, explore Waco a bit, break so you can walk over to beautiful St. Louis church for Confession and Mass, and then meet back up for tacos from Haley’s favorite Waco restaurant and party! We may even squeeze in a live taping of the podcast!

You don’t want to miss it, so be sure to head over and grab your tickets ASAP (we have a very limited number available).

(And psst! Patreon patrons, don’t forget to use your patron discount BEFORE September 15th!)

And without further ado….we have a great episode for you today! St. Hildegard of Bingen’s feast day is coming up on September 17th and we’re celebrating this holy renaissance woman by chatting with the wonderful Emily Stimpson Chapman. Emily recently wrote a beautiful study on the Doctors of the Church (and St. Hildegard specifically) for Endow and has so many insights to share!

Emily is a wife, mama to an adorable one-year-old, beloved Instagrammer, and renowned Catholic writer, speaker, author, and the voice behind  The Catholic Table.  In this episode we talk about why Hildegard is such a wonderful saint to be rediscovered in the 21st century, her many talents and quirks, and the example she sets as a fiercely strong and holy woman. Grab a cup of coffee and get to know St. Hildegard!

The Endow study about St. Hildegard and the Doctors of the Church

Our first episode with Emily

Some of Emily’s books:

(links to Amazon.com are affiliate links)

The Catholic Table: Finding Joy Where Food and Faith Meet

These Beautiful Bones: An Everyday Theology of the Body

The American Catholic Almanac: A Daily Reader of Patriots, Saints, Rogues, and Ordinary People Who Changed the United States

The Catholic Girl’s Survival Guide for the Single Years: The Nuts and Bolts of Staying Sane and Happy While Waiting for Mr. Right

How to connect with Emily:

• Instagram
• The Catholic Table
• Emily’s speaking and writing website
• Facebook
• Twitter

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