Mamas in Spirit

"God loves you and wants you to receive and depend on that love." This week’s “mini retreat in a podcast" features Fr. Jon Meyer, Chaplain of Mamas in Spirit. Fr. Jon joins host Lindy Wynne to discuss the profound theme of poverty of spirit, highlighting the importance of relying on God. Tune in as they share personal

During her first three years, Mary Jo Thayer was primarily cared for by her teenage sister.  They were so close that Mary Jo says, “She took me into herself.” Although it wasn't her sister's fault, Mary Jo felt abandoned when her sister moved across the country. Mary Jo carried this wound with her into adulthood. Well

“God works through ordinary people to remind us of what miracles look like in action.” John O’Leary was on the verge of death when he was nine years old. Like many kids, he copied something he saw some older boys do. But the result was catastrophic. John caused an explosion in his parents’ garage, which left burns over

As a teenager, Michelle Ovalle agreed to help her aunt take photos at a Quinceañera, not thinking much of it. The Quinceañera changed Michelle’s life.   While Michelle was captivated by the beauty of the Mass, she had no idea she was standing in the very church where her parents had been married and where she had been

“I felt like one of those pieces.” When Mellissa Vincent’s Pietá statue fell off her bed and shattered, Melissa felt shattered, too. After the unexpected loss of her father the day after Christmas and taking on the primary care of her mother, Melissa was mentally exhausted. Until she had a vision from God. Melissa saw

"We often gain spiritual maturity through the hard times, the rough seasons of our lives.”   Shantel Dudley is a mother to 18 children: four biological kids, three stepchildren, and 11 children with special medical needs from foster care.   Shantel is no stranger to tough times. She has “rocked six children into heaven