Visitation Sessions (A Podcast)
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About the podcast
Catholic conversation on the sacred, the profane, and everything in between, co-hosted by Emily and Chris Chapman and Kate and Casey Stapleton.
Episodes 110
Movies We Love to Hate
Why does Chris hate “Sleepless in Seattle”? Can a Nancy Meyers interior atone for her characters’ abominable moral choices? Does Gen Z’s attitude’s towards boundaries make for bad movies with uninspiring …
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Why does Chris hate “Sleepless in Seattle”? Can a Nancy Meyers interior atone for her characters’ abominable moral choices? Does Gen Z’s attitude’s towards boundaries make for bad movies with uninspiring heroes? And what difference does it make to our world that so many bad movies have wormed their way into our cultural imagination? We’re talking about all that and more, this week on “Visitation Sessions.”
Show Notes:
Steubenville International Film Festival
Giselle (Royal Ballet Theatre)
“Lost Cause” (Sons of the East)
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The quality of chocolate sold in America is going downhill rapidly. So is the quality of refrigerators. And shoes. And clothes. And coffeepots. And just about everything else you can buy. Why is this? Why does …
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The quality of chocolate sold in America is going downhill rapidly. So is the quality of refrigerators. And shoes. And clothes. And coffeepots. And just about everything else you can buy. Why is this? Why does it matter? And why should Christians in particular care about the “encrappification” of everything? That’s what we’re talking about this week, on Visitation Sessions.
Want to spend a week having conversations like this one (only with croissants, wine, and a lot more noise from little ones)? Then join Emily and Chris next summer, from June 17 to 25, as we explore the cities and shrines of saints in France. Solo travelers, couples, friends, and whole families with children of any age are welcome!
Show Notes
“The Chocolate Conspiracy” (Paywalled, sorry, but it’s really worth it).
“AI Startup Founders Tout A Winning Formula” No Booze, No Sleep, No Fun”
“The Catholic Britain We Lost: Reformation, Nature, and Modernity”
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This week, we return with the second-half of our conversation with AIM Women’s Center and Mother of Mercy Maternity Home Director Rebekah Cohen Morris. We discuss how to support vulnerable women facing crisis …
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This week, we return with the second-half of our conversation with AIM Women’s Center and Mother of Mercy Maternity Home Director Rebekah Cohen Morris. We discuss how to support vulnerable women facing crisis pregnancies, and how you can support this beautiful work.
Show notes:
* AIM Women's Center in Steubenville, Ohio
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On this week’s episode, Emily is BACK from England. We discuss her time at the Symbolic World conference, Eastern & Orthodox spirituality, an upcoming human-speed pilgrimage, adventures from the Grand Canyon …
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On this week’s episode, Emily is BACK from England. We discuss her time at the Symbolic World conference, Eastern & Orthodox spirituality, an upcoming human-speed pilgrimage, adventures from the Grand Canyon, the incontinence of Camo the kitten, and a fan-submitted question about the use of cannabis.
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Show notes:
* Galahad and the Grail by Malcom Guite
* Select International Tours — Join the Chapmans on pilgrimage June 17-25, 2027
* Courting the Wild Twin by Martin Shaw
* The Steubenville International Film Festival —happening this November 6-7 in downtown Steubenville, Ohio.
* Catechism of the Catholic Church (2290-2291) the Catechism’s teaching we reference on the podcast
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This week, the Visitation Sessions crew sits down with Rebekah Cohen Morris, executive director of AIM Women’s Center, and convert to the Catholic faith. Like the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, her story begins in …
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This week, the Visitation Sessions crew sits down with Rebekah Cohen Morris, executive director of AIM Women’s Center, and convert to the Catholic faith. Like the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, her story begins in West Philadelphia. Her journey to Catholicism led her from a high-powered life as a Protestant lawyer in Atlanta, GA to the streets of Steubenville, OH where she is the Executive Director of the Aim Women’s Center. This episode is the first of a two part series.
You can learn more about AIM Women’s Center HERE.
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Catholic Answers recently tackled a question about whether or not Catholics can, in good conscience, take their families to the beach. This week, on Visitation Sessions, we’re talking about what their answer …
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Catholic Answers recently tackled a question about whether or not Catholics can, in good conscience, take their families to the beach. This week, on Visitation Sessions, we’re talking about what their answer was lacking, what really constitutes a near occasion of sin, and why going to the beach may be the best reality check there is for people who struggle with objectifying women’s bodies.
Show Notes:
“Should Catholics Take Their Families to the Beach” (Catholic Answers)
“Scrupulosity Will Not Keep You Safe” by Claire Swinarski
A Return to Modesty by Wendy Shalit
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We discuss Wendell Berry and his writings, particularly his novel Jayber Crow. We also have an update from Kate on the upcoming Steubenville International Film Festival.Show notes:* Jayber Crow by Wendell …
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We discuss Wendell Berry and his writings, particularly his novel Jayber Crow. We also have an update from Kate on the upcoming Steubenville International Film Festival.
Show notes:
* Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry
* Steubenville International Film Festival
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This week, the Visitation Sessions gang catches up on various lifestyle choices, including sending kids to a Waldorfy-Montessori-Harry Potteresque school, Casey’s hair tragedy at EWTN, and a special …
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This week, the Visitation Sessions gang catches up on various lifestyle choices, including sending kids to a Waldorfy-Montessori-Harry Potteresque school, Casey’s hair tragedy at EWTN, and a special meet-n-greet with Emily in England.
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Thank you to all of our listeners and supporters, especially our full-subscribers; we have a very SPECIAL TREAT headed your way…
Show notes:
* The Art Spirit by Robert Henri
* Chesterton Station —a show on EWTN
* The Symbolic World Summit —happening Sept 24-26 in the UK
* The Class —a film
* The Bishops' Cable TV response to EWTN
* Black Rednecks & White Liberals by Thomas Sowell
* Appreciating the Appreciator by John Byron Kuhner
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This week, we’re dropping a BONUS episode for our full-subscribers. We’re super grateful to all of you for making the podcast and video studio possible. Next week, we’ll be back on video. On that note, if you …
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This week, we’re dropping a BONUS episode for our full-subscribers. We’re super grateful to all of you for making the podcast and video studio possible. Next week, we’ll be back on video.
On that note, if you haven’t yet subscribed to our Youtube Channel, check it out HERE.
Show notes:
* Sacred Wine: the Holy History and Heritage of Catholic Vintners by Emily Stimpson Chapman
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How exactly does Emily wrestle words onto a page? Will Chris be constructing a cottage for her in the backyard? And how did listening to Madonna in a hot dog shoppe inspire Casey to write a chorus for a song …
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How exactly does Emily wrestle words onto a page? Will Chris be constructing a cottage for her in the backyard? And how did listening to Madonna in a hot dog shoppe inspire Casey to write a chorus for a song about a drowned sailor? What is happening with EWTN? Find out the answer to these questions and more, as we discuss how writing (or songwriting) makes us more human.
Show notes:
* Rick Rubin/ Bari Weiss interview on Apple Podcasts
* The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
* Chesterton Station —on EWTN
* Chris Keenan (and lost letters of the Great Lakes)
* Hurt by Johnny Cash and Nine Inch Nails
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What do you do if a slice of your finger is chopped off, you’re afraid a family member will go to hell, you don’t know whether you should veil at mass, or you can’t figure out how to get along with your …
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What do you do if a slice of your finger is chopped off, you’re afraid a family member will go to hell, you don’t know whether you should veil at mass, or you can’t figure out how to get along with your mother-in-law? This week, we tackle tough questions from listeners, as well as an update on Emily’s recent kitchen accident. Listen to the full episode now, or check out our brand new Youtube Channel, HERE
Show notes:
* The Girl with the Pearl Earring
* Through a Glass Darkly Emily’s Newsletter
* Fontgambault Gregorian Chant
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This week, we dive head-first into the controversy over Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey, and the importance of Homer, Shakespeare, and modern interpretations of their work.We also FINALLY debut our long-awaited …
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This week, we dive head-first into the controversy over Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey, and the importance of Homer, Shakespeare, and modern interpretations of their work.
We also FINALLY debut our long-awaited podcasting studio, where you can watch all of our facial expressions and see Emily’s interior decorating decisions by accessing the link to our brand-spanking new Youtube channel. Give us a follow!
Special thanks to Select International tours, and Kara Patrowicz, whose work will be displayed in August at the Worcester Art Museum. Learn more about Kara’s work at https://www.karapatrowicz.com/, and on Instagram here.
Show notes:
* Bookmarx Bookstore in Steubenville, OH
* Plato's Allegory of the Cave in cartoon form — the 70’s-esque cartoon that Casey referenced
* One Second After, a novel
* The Inner Sea by Kate Stapleton
* Why you need more poetry in your life — our previous podcast on the subject
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This week, we talk about the complicated moral quandaries posed by IVF—including the topic of embryo adoption. What does the Magisterium of the Church have to say on this subject? And how should we respond to …
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This week, we talk about the complicated moral quandaries posed by IVF—including the topic of embryo adoption. What does the Magisterium of the Church have to say on this subject? And how should we respond to the Church whenever we’re told No?
Show notes:
* Does the Catholic Church Approve of Embryo Adoption?
* The Vatican's Orphans from 60 minutes
* IVF is Not the Way by Stacy Trasancos, PH.D.
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Are we living in the twilight of the American empire? Was the American Revolutionary war a Just War? Is Donald Trump quint-essentially American? This week, we tackle all of these issues with the grace of …
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Are we living in the twilight of the American empire? Was the American Revolutionary war a Just War? Is Donald Trump quint-essentially American? This week, we tackle all of these issues with the grace of someone doing pirouettes in a minefield.
Show notes:
* The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher
* The Advent of Salvation by Jean Daniélou S.J.
* Rick Monday saves the American flag
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We’re BAAAaaack! The gang is back together again, and share stories and insights of their travels abroad. Emily & Chris return from the green pastures of Austria and the English moors, and regale us with tales …
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We’re BAAAaaack! The gang is back together again, and share stories and insights of their travels abroad. Emily & Chris return from the green pastures of Austria and the English moors, and regale us with tales the motherland, and how our souls are really pining for something beyond this world. Hear how Kate produced a Shakespeare production, and how Casey rescued a stranger on hot day.
Show notes:
* Franciscan University's Austria Abroad program
* Born to be Wild by Steppenwolf
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The ever-reaching tentacles of AI are EVERYWHERE these days, and Pope Leo has finally given us some insights and moral considerations in his recent Encyclical Magnifica Humanitas. All of us on the far-flung …
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The ever-reaching tentacles of AI are EVERYWHERE these days, and Pope Leo has finally given us some insights and moral considerations in his recent Encyclical Magnifica Humanitas.
All of us on the far-flung corners of the globe currently are pouring through his writings, preparing for a future episode. This week, Emily is busily lecturing in the kitchen of a medieval monastery, and has assigned her students the same article we’re sharing with you.
The topic: a man whose mother is in love with an AI-Chatbot.
Show notes:
* Lanterns on the Levee by William Alexander Percy
* Melania by Melania Trump
* My Mother gave up on Love. Then she met Chat GPT
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How Not to Save the PlanetLetters from AustriaSteubenville Warming Center This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit …
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Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose by Flannery O'ConnorAll Along the Waterfront Silver, Sword, and Stone: Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story by Maria AranaThomas CrapperUrsula K. Le Guin article …
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Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose by Flannery O'Connor
All Along the Waterfront
Silver, Sword, and Stone: Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story by Maria Arana
Ursula K. Le Guin article
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As the age of AI dawns, how do you hold on to your capacity to think, write, focus, empathize, and do all the things proper to human persons? According to some folks, the answer is friction-maxxing — otherwise …
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As the age of AI dawns, how do you hold on to your capacity to think, write, focus, empathize, and do all the things proper to human persons? According to some folks, the answer is friction-maxxing — otherwise known as going out of your way to do human things the old-fashioned way. This week, we’re chatting about the nature and benefits of friction-maxxing … and whether it’s actually necessary for parents of small children.
Show Notes:
“In 2026, We Are Friction-Maxxing,” by Kathryn Jezer-Morton
“Can Friction-Maxxing Fix Your Focus” by Alexandra Patillo
“I Balked at the Idea of Friction-Maxxing, But There’s More to It Than Meets the Eye,” by Gaby Hinsliff
The World As We Know It Is Falling Away by Jane Greer
Love Like a Conflagration by Jane Greer
Micha-el By Jane Greer You lull yourselves with dimple-handed cherubs simpering in your étagère half-naked; small-breasted maidens, tissue-winged and swooning there on your desktop; all those complacent fleshy pastel eunuchs posing with harp or horn on the Christmas mantel: you underestimate to your own peril Whom we have come from, Whom we are acting for, and it’s too late now: suddenly it’s too late to ask for mercy. Mercy is what you’ll get—His wide-armed mercy— but you won’t like it. He has been with you, at your elbow, lovesick, down the millennia. He knows you deeply, yet still encumbers your black hearts with blessings. Willing unwillful swain, He has wept and waited while you mocked Him. Finally, now, the muscles of His jawline clench and unclench beneath that holy shadow: Enough is enough. Don’t act as though some game’s been played unfairly: He’s never skimped on prophets since He breathed you out of the mud and on your way to Heaven— yours for the asking— but you were too intent on what you’d crawled from. You can’t begin to dream what you’ve rejected, what we would give to need His fierce salvation, require His dying …. Love like a conflagration shall be yours now; love like an April river, like a temblor; love like an avalanche, a midnight bomb-blast, finding you hidden, shrieking the air with shards of stained-glass windows; love like a sunstorm, sweeping before it nations, continents, galaxies, and all your hubris. Yes, say your prayers now. This is your Precious Moment, I its angel, angry and dark and terrible. God With Us, Emmanu-el, comes bearing yet more mercy, but you won’t like it.
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit visitationsessions.substack.comLast week, we couldn’t record our podcast because Emily had no voice. Not a raspy voice. Not a hoarse voice. Quite …
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit visitationsessions.substack.comLast week, we couldn’t record our podcast because Emily had no voice. Not a raspy voice. Not a hoarse voice. Quite literally no voice. This week, we can’t record because the Stapletons are sailing the high seas sans Internet with Casey’s family. We’ll be back to our regularly scheduled programming next week, but in the meantime, we have a treat for you.
Right before they set sail, Kate and Casey recorded a conversation for our full subscribers about their newest documentary, “The Good Neighbor,” which tells the true story of a cowboy doctor from Wisconsin, who rides on horseback to serve the Amish. This week, full subscribers not only get to hear that conversation, but watch the documentary itself.
Because it documentary is currently on the film festival circuit, it can’t be available to the general public just yet. But if you click the little button below and join the loyal band of supporters who make this podcast possible, that pesky paywall will just go away. It’s like magic!
Is Gambling a Sin?
Is it wrong to bet on sports? What about playing the lottery? Or all those 50/50 tickets every Catholic school in America is selling? This week, we’re parsing the Church’s very broad teaching on gambling, as we …
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Is it wrong to bet on sports? What about playing the lottery? Or all those 50/50 tickets every Catholic school in America is selling? This week, we’re parsing the Church’s very broad teaching on gambling, as we chat about games of chance and being good stewards of the money God has given us.
Show Notes:
“The Rise of Sports Betting is a Growing Public Health Crisis”
On the Unseriousness of Human Affairs by James Schall
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Why do Christians celebrate Holy Week? What is the point of it all? How have we done it in the past? How are we doing it now? And how does it shape us as Christians? Talking about all that and more this week …
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Why do Christians celebrate Holy Week? What is the point of it all? How have we done it in the past? How are we doing it now? And how does it shape us as Christians? Talking about all that and more this week, on Visitation Sessions.
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P.P.S. Please forgive the lack of show notes this weel! We’ll try to come back and get them up in the next few days, but this week, due to time, family, and travel constraints, it was a choice between posting without show notes or not posting at all. We chose no show notes!
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For the past two months, one of us (Chris) has been teaching a class on the history of Black Catholics in the United States. This week, we’re talking about some of that history and the consequences it has for …
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For the past two months, one of us (Chris) has been teaching a class on the history of Black Catholics in the United States. This week, we’re talking about some of that history and the consequences it has for the life of the Church in America today.
Show Notes
* The History of Black Catholics in the United States by Cyprian Davis
* A Black Patriot and a White Priest by Stephen J. Ochs
* Desegregating the Altar: The Josephites and the Struggle for Black Priests by Stephen J. Ochs
* The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church by Rachel Swarns
* From Sharecropper to Scientist: The Memoir of Thomas Wyatt Turner, Ph.D. edited by Marilyn Wenzke Nickels
* The Autobiography of Frederick Douglas by Frederick Douglas
* The Whitney Plantation Museum (Louisiana)
* Mansfield Plantation Story (South Carolina)
* Nottoway Plantation (Louisiana)
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It’s Saint Joseph’s feast day, and we are celebrating this very special solemnity by taking a break from all our Lenten fasts and diving into the Scriptural and theological foundations of building a …
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It’s Saint Joseph’s feast day, and we are celebrating this very special solemnity by taking a break from all our Lenten fasts and diving into the Scriptural and theological foundations of building a relationship with Saint Joseph (and all the other saints). Note: This relationship should not include burying a statue of Saint Joseph upside down in your yard, thinking that will somehow get your house sold.
Show Notes:
Joseph, Keeper of the King by Emily Stimpson Chapman and Scott Hahn
Redemptoris Custos (“Guardian of the Redeemer)” by Pope Saint John Paul II
The Visitation (painting by Mattia Preti)
Ottumwa International Film Festival
Beloit International Fim Festival
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We’ve had a slew of new listeners since the New Year, and that was reflected in the questions you all sent for this week’s Q&A. So, this week, we’re sharing all about Casey’s time as monk (technically “canon”) …
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We’ve had a slew of new listeners since the New Year, and that was reflected in the questions you all sent for this week’s Q&A. So, this week, we’re sharing all about Casey’s time as monk (technically “canon”), Emily’s year cleaning toilets for world leaders, Kate’s plumbing free, electricity free mountain cabin, and Chris’s fall from grace. Hope you don’t regret asking!
Show Notes:
Reclaiming Quiet by Sarah Clarkson
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling
The Meaning of Grace by Charles Journet
The History of Black Catholics by Cyprian Davis
The Habit of Being by Flannery O’Connor
Letters and Papers from Prison by Dietrich Bonhoffer
The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volumes 1, 2, and 3
John Henry Newman: A Life Sacrificed by Ida Friederike Görres
Paper Girl by Beth Macy
Dope Sick by Beth Macy
Timebends: A Life by Arthur Miller
Alexander the Great by Phillip Freeman
The Art of the Deal by Donald Trump
The Church in the Seventeenth Century by Daniel Rops
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This week we’re circling back to actually answer the questions we asked last week: Is feminism the root of all evil and can Catholics call themselves feminists? We’re also tackling the sticky wicket of who gets …
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This week we’re circling back to actually answer the questions we asked last week: Is feminism the root of all evil and can Catholics call themselves feminists? We’re also tackling the sticky wicket of who gets to define feminism, why women need the vote, and why tutus are not the wisest choice of attire for hog tying competitions.
Show Notes:
Spiritual Theology by Jordan Aumann
Women in the Days of the Cathedrals by Regine Pernoud
Letter to Women by John Paul II
Evangelium Vitae by John Paul II
Feminist Pope Inspires Doctor’s Labor of Love by Helen Alvare
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What is feminism? Is it really rotten root and branch? Can Christians call themselves feminists? What do proponents and opponents of feminism get right? What do they get wrong? Why does Emily know so much about …
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What is feminism? Is it really rotten root and branch? Can Christians call themselves feminists? What do proponents and opponents of feminism get right? What do they get wrong? Why does Emily know so much about Mary Wollstonecraft? And why is it so important to never respond to an email when Casey is talking?
All this and more in the first part of our conversation about feminism.
Show Notes:
The Feminist Question by Father Francis Martin
The Rights of Woman: Reclaiming a Lost Vision by Erika Bachiochi
The Dignity of Dependence: A Feminist Manifesto by Leah Libresco Sargeant
Who Stole Feminism by Christina Hoff Summers
A Vindication of the Rights of Men by Mary Wollstonecraft
A Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft
Thoughts on the Education of Daughters by Mary Wollstonecraft
“Steelman or Strawman: Carrie Gress’ Something Wicked” by Angela Franks
“Something Wicked Leaves Readers Unprepared to Evangelized” by Leah Libresco Sargeant
Something Wicked by Carrie Gress
The End of Woman by Carrie Gress
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit visitationsessions.substack.comHey folks, we’re taking a break this week to allow the Chapmans to catch up on work, life, and everything after their …
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit visitationsessions.substack.comHey folks, we’re taking a break this week to allow the Chapmans to catch up on work, life, and everything after their unexpected week away. But, if you’re a full subscriber, we do have that promised bonus episode for you on our various dating wins and disasters before and after marriage. Enjoy! (And if you’re not a full subscriber, now is a great time t…
Fertile & Worthy: Love, Marriage, and What Really Matters In a Spouse
This week, we’re talking about why it’s so hard for Catholics to find love, marriage, and that baby carriage, and how so much of the current conversation around dating is missing the mark.P.S. We recorded this …
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This week, we’re talking about why it’s so hard for Catholics to find love, marriage, and that baby carriage, and how so much of the current conversation around dating is missing the mark.
P.S. We recorded this talk before the Chapmans left town both for a family funeral and to spend time with Emily’s mom, who is not doing well. Please keep them in your prayers.
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Show Notes:
“She’s Probably Not Delaying Marriage” by Cartoons Hate Her
National Catholic Singles Conference
“Scarcity of College Men and the Decline in Marriage Among Non-College Americans”
“The Illusion of Many Options”
“Men on Dating Apps Are Aiming Too High, and Science Says It’s Time to Stop”
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How are Chris and Casey doing working from home with their wives? How do you reconnect with your spouse after a slew of babies in quick succession? How do you explain to your kids that your family can’t afford …
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How are Chris and Casey doing working from home with their wives? How do you reconnect with your spouse after a slew of babies in quick succession? How do you explain to your kids that your family can’t afford everything their classmates’ families can? On this week’s podcast, we’re answering these questions and more, sent to us by you.
Show Notes:
New Melleray Abbey (Dubuque Trappists)
What Do People Do All Day by Richard Scarry
The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
Those Who Can’t Teach Anymore podcast
The Interior Castle by Saint Teresa of Avila
Summa Theologiae I-IIae Q.2 a.1 (Does happiness consist in wealth?)
Arthur Brooks on “Reconnecting with your spouse”
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