Ascension Roundtable (Your Catholic Ministry Podcast)

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**Ascension Roundtable (Your Catholic Ministry Podcast)**

Catholic ministry professionals share stories and brainstorm solutions to common ministry challenges.

Latest Episodes:

Ministry Minutes: Complaining Won't Help Jul 25, 2018

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Ministry Minutes: Keeping Up with the Parish Next Door Jul 18, 2018

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Ministry Minutes: Your Most Important Work Happens Outside the Office Jul 13, 2018

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Episode 71: Happy 4th of July & An Important Announcement! Jul 04, 2018

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Happy 4th of July & An Important Announcement! by Ascension

Episode 70: A Winning Formula for Confirmation Prep Jun 27, 2018

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One parish in Louisiana transformed their confirmation prep ministry by making three simple, yet powerful changes. Their teens went from begrudgingly memorizing answers about Catholicism, being confirmed, and then disappearing from church, to becoming active participants in their parish - truly on fire for the Catholic faith. Listen as Colin MacIver, a contributor for Chosen: Your Journey Towards Confirmation, shares this story of incredible transformation and the formula that made it possible.

Episode 69: Parishes, Please Invest in Better Music Jun 20, 2018

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Whether we like it or not, people leave parishes because of bad music. While music is not essential to the Mass, it has the potential to move people’s hearts and draw them closer to Christ. Today Steven Joubert (a writer, musician, and youth minister) explains why it is so important for every parish to invest time and effort in music. You may be surprised at how doing just this actually builds up parishes in other ways as well.

To find out more about Steven or to listen to his music, visit StevenJoubert.com.

Episode 68: 3 Prayers You Might Not Be Praying … and Why You Should Start Praying Them Jun 13, 2018

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If you’re not praying, you’re not going to get very far in understanding your faith or being able to help others grow in theirs. Historical theologian Dr. Marcellino D’Ambrosio explains three prayers of the Church to help you deepen your own prayer life and help others deepen their prayer lives as well. Listen and come away with a better grasp of the Church’s teaching on prayer, as well as several very practical ways to incorporate these three specific prayers into your own life and ministry.

Episode 67: How One College Professor is Challenging Today's Hook-Up Culture Jun 07, 2018

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Dr. Kerry Cronin doesn’t just give her students essays; she gives them an assignment that requires them to ask someone out on a good, old-fashioned first date. It’s something she’s been doing for a while, and her experiment is featured in a new feature-length documentary recently released called The Dating Project. If you work with teens, college students, or young adults, you won’t want to miss what Dr. Cronin has discovered about hook-up culture and dating in today’s day and age.

Episode 66: How to Talk About Fertility Within Your Ministry May 30, 2018

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When it comes to parish life, women’s fertility and health is a topic often relegated to a brief discussion during marriage prep, and then it’s either ignored or rarely touched upon again by anyone in the parish because of its sensitive nature. But this is a topic that everyone in Catholic ministry should be able to discuss to some degree, because at least half of the people we’re serving are women, and this is an area where our faith gives us a wealth of guidance! In a world where young women are often told that their fertility is a problem that must be fixed with birth control, we have the opportunity to share with them the beauty of God’s design behind their sexuality. Alex DeRose joins us again to give practical advice on how this topic might be addressed within different areas of ministry, and she also explains how it is an incredible opportunity to evangelize women.

We’d Love to Hear from You
Do you have comments, questions, or topic suggestions for the Ascension Roundtable hosts? Use the comment box below or email us at ascensionroundtable@ascensionpress.com. You may hear your question or comment in an upcoming podcast episode!

Episode 65: NFP Baby May 23, 2018

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How much do you know about Natural Family Planning? Today, nurse practitioner Alex DeRose gets real about NFP, a topic that can be uncomfortable to discuss and therefore avoided. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Not only does Alex provide an overview to help you explain NFP to others, she answers specific questions about the Creighton Model, NAPRO technology, and explains why NFP is not Catholic birth control. Whether this is the first time you have heard about NFP or you consider yourself to be a NFP expert, this episode will prepare you to speak about natural family planning to anyone you may encounter within (or outside of) your parish.

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