23. Raising Children in the Faith- Part 1

05/25/21 • 34 min

Latte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood

There is no better way to end our season than with a series on raising our children in the faith. It's such an important topic, and something we are both so passionate about, that we knew we needed a few episodes to cover it. We end our season with an AMAZING interview that you won't want to miss!
Raising children is hard and we crumble, fail, and cry a lot. But if we can remember that God is a God of love and mercy and have that same heart towards our children than we can, by our example, lead them closer to Christ. "We must first create a home where tenderness, forgiveness, respect, fidelity, and disinterested service are the rule." (CCC 2223) God knows we will not be perfect parents but He calls us to pass on the faith to our children and no one can do it more effectively than us! That is truly a difficult task but He equips us with everything we will need."The role of parents in education is of such importance that it is almost impossible to produce an adequate substitute." (CCC 2221)
“Your life has a purpose and you have a mission in Jesus... Your mission field begins in your home. To help the people living under your roof realize that their lives are not meaningless, that their lives are bigger than they seem. That there is a God who loves them. Your mission is to them first of all...and then to everyone else you come in contact with. But they are first. Miss that, and you is the very reason why you even exist!”
-Father Mike Schmitz
SPECIAL THANKS:

Mike Loin @ MiloElevation Studios: Content Editor and Sound Producer
Paul Bilodeau @ Apical: Content Advisor
Olivia Breen: Photographer, Marketing, and PR

SHOW NOTES:

Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart by Jacques Philippe (section 7 Part 1)
CCC 2221-2228
Bishop Barron: Catholicism and Beauty
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUBNTNiqn60

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She Loved: Resting in the Beauty of Motherhood (New Motherhood Book with Ascension- Be encouraged and uplifted: www.ascensionpress.com/sheloved)

I am convinced that God is on mission to restore and revive the beautiful vocation of motherhood right here and right now! Let's build up this community of catholic moms who are answering the call to this mighty work!

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Mike Loin @ MiloElevation Studios: Content Editor and Sound Producer
Paul Bilodeau @ Apical: Content Advisor
Olivia Breen: Photographer, Marketing, and PR

SHOW NOTES:

Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart by Jacques Philippe (section 7 Part 1)
CCC 2221-2228
Bishop Barron: Catholicism and Beauty
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUBNTNiqn60

Have an episode idea you want to hear about? Shoot me a message here!

She Loved: Resting in the Beauty of Motherhood (New Motherhood Book with Ascension- Be encouraged and uplifted: www.ascensionpress.com/sheloved)

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22. Fatherhood: Interview with Tyler Rowley

Fatherhood is such an important topic and we were delighted to have Tyler Rowley with us to talk about the topic of Fatherhood. The calling and the vocation of fathers is so important and so vital right now and having him with us to talk about this was such a blessing.
Tyler Rowley is the author of a new book called Because of our Fathers: Twenty-Three Catholics Tell How Their Fathers Led Them to Christ. We are so excited to promote this book and talk about what inspired him throughout the process of writing this book.
Fathers have such a great calling to lead their families to Christ by being examples to their children. Tyler found that in his search of strong Catholics to interview for his book, the strongest denominator in each person was that each had a spiritually strong father. What a witness of faith!
"It is quite curious thing when you examine how much better we become once we have children, and we don't just want them to be better; we often want ourselves to be better for them."
-Tyler Rowley
SPECIAL THANKS:

Mike Loin @ MiloElevation Studios: Content Editor and Sound Producer
Paul Bilodeau @ Apical: Content Advisor
Olivia Breen: Photographer, Marketing, and PR

SHOW NOTES:
Tyler Rowley Website:
https://tylerrowley.com/
Because of Our Fathers Book
https://tylerrowley.com/product/because-of-our-fathers-twenty-three-catholics-tell-how-their-fathers-led-them-to-christ/

Have an episode idea you want to hear about? Shoot me a message here!

She Loved: Resting in the Beauty of Motherhood (New Motherhood Book with Ascension- Be encouraged and uplifted: www.ascensionpress.com/sheloved)

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24. Raising Children in the Faith- Part 2

We are continuing on in our conversation of raising children in the faith. In this episode we dive into some of the more difficult aspects that we can face in handing on our beliefs to our children. Many of these difficulties are often rooted in the thought that we are not good enough for this task. Once we see this lie for what it is we can have faith in the truth that God has chosen YOU for this mission. No one else is better equipped to raise your children then you. In our conversation we remind ourselves that God will provide all that we need in bringing our children closer to God through our words and examples.
We also look at some of the fears we face as parents: What if my child asks me a question I can not answer? What if I'm pushing my faith on them and it turns them away? What if I'm not a good enough example of living out the faith? What if... What if...This can become crippling and spiral us to then let fear hold us back from doing what God has called us to, to be the most important people in educating our children in the faith and to bring them to His merciful heart.
"Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he's old he will not depart from it."
Proverbs 22:6
SPECIAL THANKS:

Mike Loin @ MiloElevation Studios: Content Editor and Sound Producer
Paul Bilodeau @ Apical: Content Advisor
Olivia Breen: Photographer, Marketing, and PR

SHOW NOTES:
Father Mike Schmitz: Article on Raising Children in the Faith
https://stswithuns.org.uk/raise-kids-as-catholics/
Father Mike Schmitz: Talk on Anti-Fragile Faith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDnXk5iiCxM

Have an episode idea you want to hear about? Shoot me a message here!

She Loved: Resting in the Beauty of Motherhood (New Motherhood Book with Ascension- Be encouraged and uplifted: www.ascensionpress.com/sheloved)