Hope Stories with Sr. Josephine Garrett, CSFN

Join Sr. Josephine Garrett for a walk down memory lane with her college friend and fellow Catholic convert, Dr. Larry Mitnaul. Sr. Josephine and Dr. Mitnaul landed at University of Dallas, a Catholic institution, as Protestant undergrads -- one of them not even realizing UD was Catholic at the time! Today, Dr. Mitnaul is a double board certified child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist and father of five. When he's not at the clinic or consulting for organizations he's meeting parents, teens and medical school students via TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Youtube or his PBS Show, "Cause for Hope".NOTESSr. Josephine's show resourcesDr. Larry Mitnaul@doctormitnaulJourney to a new depth of hope, even in seemingly impossible circumstances, with Sr. Josephine in her new book HOPE: An Invitation. Available at osvcatholicbookstore.com. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.Learn more about Sr. Josephine at: https://nazarethcsfn.org/https://www.instagram.com/sr_josephine/

Join Sr. Josephine Garrett for a conversation with one of the youngest permanent deacons in the world, Deacon Michael Parker, and his wife JaVaunda, a convert to the Catholic faith.  NOTESSr. Josephine's show resourcesPray the Rosary with OSV Prays podcastUSCCB Church Documents on the Permanent DiaconateOur Lady of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church, St. Amant, LAHoly Family School, Port Allen, LAJourney to a new depth of hope, even in seemingly impossible circumstances, with Sr. Josephine in her new book HOPE: An Invitation. Available at osvcatholicbookstore.com. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.Learn more about Sr. Josephine at: https://nazarethcsfn.org/https://www.instagram.com/sr_josephine/

Fr. Josh Johnson and Sr. Josephine Garrett discuss the reach of God's hope and the transformative power of falling in love with Jesus. They touch on topics like friendship, faith, navigating identity in a multi-racial family, creating community in an inner-city parish, and the inclusive nature of faith and hope.

In this episode Sr. Josephine has the joy of talking with Sr. Angela Cresswell, a fellow sister of the Sister of the Holy Family of Nazareth. SHOW NOTESWhat We Have Seen and Heard: A Pastoral Letter on Evangelization from the Black Bishops of the United StatesSr. Thea Bowman’s June 1989 Address to U.S. Catholic BishopsDemystifying Catholic Terms, with Sr. JosephineJourney to a new depth of hope, even in seemingly impossible circumstances, with Sr. Josephine in her new book HOPE: An Invitation. Available at osvcatholicbookstore.com. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.Learn more about Sr. Josephine at: https://nazarethcsfn.org/https://www.instagram.com/sr_josephine/

There are terms some Catholic Christians use that can sound mysterious and unapproachable to those less acquainted with Catholic theology and practice. We want everyone to come along for the ride, so Sr. Josephine takes a few minutes to explain a few things! SHOW NOTES"Adoration": Learn more about the Catholic understanding of the Eucharist as well as the practice of Eucharistic Adoration. Or find an Adoration Chapel near you -- this is not an exhaustive list of Adoration opportunities and locations across the U.S., but it is a start!Other resources:The scriptural foundations for the seven Catholic sacramentsChristology 101: Why the Incarnation MattersWhat We Have Seen and Heard: A Pastoral Letter on Evangelization from the Black Bishops of the United States (September 9, 1984)Sr. Thea Bowman's June 1989 Address to U.S. Catholic BishopsJourney to a new depth of hope, even in seemingly impossible circumstances, with Sr. Josephine in her new book HOPE: An Invitation. Available at osvcatholicbookstore.com. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.Learn more about Sr. Josephine at: https://nazarethcsfn.org/https://www.instagram.com/sr_josephine/

Learn more about the inspiration for Sr. Josephine's first podcast! SHOW NOTESGaudium et spes, A Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern WorldWhat We Have Seen and Heard: A Pastoral Letter on Evangelization from the Black Bishops of the United States Sr. Thea Bowman's June 1989 Address to U.S. Catholic BishopsJourney to a new depth of hope, even in seemingly impossible circumstances, with Sr. Josephine in her new book HOPE: An Invitation. Available at osvcatholicbookstore.com. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.Learn more about Sr. Josephine at: https://nazarethcsfn.org/https://www.instagram.com/sr_josephine/

Hope Stories with Sr. Josephine Garrett, CSFN explores extraordinary stories of hope hidden within the ordinary lives we lead.  Sr. Josephine loves the transformational power and gift stories have to reveal deep truth about the purpose and meaning of our lives. As a Catholic writer, speaker, and mental health counselor, Sr. Josephine helps people discover and abide within places and relationships where they can be received wholeheartedly as gift.  For this first series, “Hope Stories with Black Catholics,” Sr. Josephine sits down with friends and family to share stories of pain, struggle, consolation, and joy that encourage even the most downhearted to participate in the hope of Jesus Christ more fully.   Journey to a new depth of hope, even in seemingly impossible circumstances, with Sr. Josephine in her new book HOPE: An Invitation. Available at osvcatholicbookstore.com. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.Learn more about Sr. Josephine at: https://nazarethcsfn.org/https://www.instagram.com/sr_josephine/