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CM Hangout #11: Tami Kiser and Advent - This week on CatholicMom.com's CM Hangout Podcast, co-hosts Lisa Hendey and Sarah Reinhard welcome CatholicMom.com contributor Tami Kiser, a.k.a. "Smart Martha". Today, Tami shared her "Smart Martha tips" for preparing for Advent and Christmas without having panic attack. Tami Kiser is mother, wife, author and speaker. She is the author of Smart Martha's Catholic Guide for Busy Moms and the creator and founder of Smart Martha Ministries, CatholicFamilyCelebrations.com, and CatholicConference4moms.com She is also a part-time dance teacher. She has been married for 27 years. And has 10 children (ages 3 to 26) and 5 grandchildren. You can follow Tami on her Smart Martha Facebook page and the Catholic Conference 4 Moms Facebook page. THANK YOU to Sarah Reinhard for sponsoring this episode – again! Sarah sponsored the show today in honor of Mary and her book, Word by Word: Slowing Down with the Hail Mary. Word by Word is now available from Ave Maria Press (and from your loca

CatholicMom.com Hangs out with author Heidi Bratton to talk about her new book, Finding God's Peace in Everyday Challenges; 100 Meditations for Women

This week on CatholicMom.com's CM Hangout Podcast, co-hosts Erika Marie and Gina Felter welcome our guest and CatholicMom.com contributor Judith Costello. Today, Judith shares her love for art and how art can be used as a form of Prayer and Stress Relief.

This week on , co-hosts Lisa Hendey and Lisa Jones welcome our guest and CatholicMom.com contributor . Erin shared about the program,  and how it has been a game changer for her marriage. She also shared great practical advice for couples who want to start praying together as a couple and as a family. Erin is a Catholic wife, mother of three, blogger, podcaster, and CatholicMom.com contributor. She writes and podcasts about growing in the everyday life of faith. You can find , , and all at  You can follow Erin on , T, her , and on check out .   We offer a very warm thank you to for sponsoring this episode in honor of their 25th Marriage Anniversary  tomorrow, November 4, and also for their  booklet. Happy Anniversary!  are new to the CatholicMom.com community and we had the great pleasure of welcoming them as our first guests on the . As parents of a child with autism, David and Mercedes promote inclusion for individuals with special needs in the faith. They have developed the , and have authored  and .   

This week on CatholicMom.com's CM Hangout Podcast, co-hosts Erika Marie, Gina Felter chat it up with our guest and CatholicMom.com contributor Meg Matenaer all about Saints and the "Hallowtide" this week with Halloween, All Saints' Day, and All Souls' Day.

This week on CatholicMom.com's CM Hangout Podcast, co-hosts Sarah Reinhard and Sarah Damm learn all about WINE "Women in the New Evangelization" with CM Contributor and WINE Founder Kelly Wahlquist. WINE is a Catholic Women's Ministry that brings women together to encourage & educate them in their Catholic faith and in their vocation as women. WINE works to nurture women through fellowship, service & prayer and to send women equipped as leaders to use their God-given talents to minister to other women and to the parish community to heal and build the body of Christ. WINE unites the evangelization & formation efforts of leaders of existing women’s groups and leaders of parish women’s ministries and offers support, guidance and resources to implement & grow a fruitful parish women’s ministry. Learn more about WINE at http://www.WomenIntheNewEvangelization.com and visit Kelly Wahlquist at http://www.kellywahlquist.com/ Share your feedback to lisa@catholicmom.com or using #CMHangout on social medi

This week on CatholicMom.com's CM Hangout Podcast, co-hosts Lisa Hendey, Gina Felter, and Sarah Reinhard had a ton of fun and an enriching conversation continuring on with Mary for the Month of Mary with a special focus on Sarah's newest book, Word by Word: Slowing Down with the Hail Mary. Sarah Reinhard writes at SnoringScholar.com in the midst of rural farm life with little ones underfoot. She is the author of a number of books including A Catholic Mother's Companion to Pregnancy: Walking with Mary from Conception to Baptism, the first in the CatholicMom.com books, and Catholic Family Fun: A Guide for the Adventurous, Overwhelmed, Creative, or Clueless. Get to know Sarah at sarahreinhard.com. We want to give a big THANK YOU to Sarah for also sponsoring this episode! Learn more about this great book and all of Sarah's work at . Share your feedback to lisa@catholicmom.com or using #CMHangout on social media. Catch our show every Tuesday at Youtube, iTunes, CatholicMom.com or using your favorite podcast app. 

This week on CatholicMom.com's CM Hangout Podcast, Lisa Hendey, Gina Felter and our special guest Erin McCole Cupp take on the dual topics of Mary during the month of October and the world of Catholic fiction. Visit Erin's site at http://erinmccolecupp.com/ and grab your copy of "Working Mother" for only .99 at http://amzn.to/1Mbz5dQ. Share your feedback to lisa@catholicmom.com or using #CMHangout on social media. Catch our show every Tuesday at Youtube, iTunes, CatholicMom.com or using your favorite podcast app.

This week on CatholicMom.com's CM Hangout Podcast, co-hosts Erika Marie and Lisa Jones welcome our guest and fellow CatholicMom.com contributor, Jeannie Ewing. They chatted about caregiving for our loved ones, grief, and grace.

This week on CatholicMom.com's CM Hangout Podcast, Erika Marie welcomes our guests, David and Mercedes Rizzo to chat about the World Meeting of Families and what it's like to be a family with a special needs child. Share your feedback to lisa@catholicmom.com or using #CMHangout on social media. Catch our show every Tuesday at Youtube, iTunes, CatholicMom.com or using your favorite podcast app.

This week on CatholicMom.com's CM Hangout Podcast, Erika Marie, Gina Felter and Lisa Hendey continue the "back to school" conversation with an emphasis on homeschooling and technology. Share your feedback to lisa@catholicmom.com or using #CMHangout on social media. Catch our show every Tuesday at Youtube, iTunes, CatholicMom.com or using your favorite podcast app.

Hangout with Erika, Lisa and Sarah as we introduce CatholicMom.com's latest project "CM Hangouts". Our topic for today is "Back to School" survival strategies, mishaps, tips and more. Find the prayer Erika shared at http://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayer.php?p=118. Share your feedback to lisa@catholicmom.com or using #CMHangout on social media. Catch our show every Tuesday at Youtube, iTunes, CatholicMom.com or using your favorite podcast app.

We're happy to be starting a new video podcast and (eventually) weekly hangout for our community at CatholicMom.com! Tune in weekly on Tuesdays for conversation and fun. In today's quick "test run", CatholicMom.com founder Lisa Hendey and CM writer Erika Marie talk about our goals for the show. Subscribe at iTunes by searching for CM Hangout Podcast, catch us on YouTube, and help us spread the word by using #CMHangout on your favorite social media platform.

I’m happy to share the recording of this week’s episode of the all new “Catholic Moments”, which is now airing as a bi-weekly radio program on Radio Maria USA. In our very first show, we were honored to feature the work of two special friends of mine, Fr. Robert Reed and Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle. Fr. Robert Reed Renewed by Fr. Robert Reed Fr. Robert Reed is president and CEO of CatholicTV and a priest of the Archdiocese of Boston. He is the cohost of CatholicTV’s popular show, This is the Day, and often celebrates Mass and prays the Rosary on the network. Reed was educated at St. John’s Preparatory School and prepared for the priesthood at St. John Seminary College in Boston and the Pontifical North American College in Rome. Reed also studied broadcast administration at Boston University’s School of Communication. Fr. Reed is the author of . Links: , ,  Book: ,  YouTube:  Blog:  Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle Bringing Lent Home with St. John Paul II by Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boy

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