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S4 Ep17: How-to Platform Part 2 Feb 19, 2019

Show notes

So you know that you’re called to spread a message that God wants you to share, but what’s the best way to do it? In our digital world, there are so many options and endless mediums to figure out, where should you start?

On today’s episode, Kevin and Lisa finally get back to podcasting and share with you best practices on social media, speaking, podcasting, blogging, websites, and more. Along the way, they’ll share their plan for future podcasting and make fun of themselves for taking so long to come out with a part two episode.

SHOWNOTES

Speaking

Catholic Speakers Organization

Communicator Academy Podcast

How to Become a Speaker from Chastity.com

Podcasting

Power-Up Podcasting Course

All of Pat Flynn’s podcasting resources

For making graphics: Canva.com

For music: PremiumBeat.com

For freelancers: fiverr.com (spelled fiverr, not fivver like Lisa said, oops.)

Blogging

Community Site: medium.com

Personal Sites: Blogger and WordPress

How to write a blog post

Book Publishing

Michael Hyatt’s book proposal tutorial

HACK/GIVEAWAY

To enter to win a copy of Dating Detox and Blessed is She’s Lenten devotional, To The End, head over to Instagram!

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Kevin: Twitter | Instagram

Lisa: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

Email: hello[at]madetomagnify[dot]com

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Liturgical Lowdown: February Jan 30, 2019

Show notes

Welcome to the Liturgical Lowdown for the month of February! In this episode host, Lisa Cotter will be giving you insights, histories, and ideas on how to celebrate and integrate the liturgical life of the Catholic Church into your life this month.

SHOWNOTES

February’s Devotion: The Holy Family

Prayer: Prayer to the Holy Family
Reading
- Familiaris Consortio (It’s an Apostolic Exhortation, not Encyclical, sorry about that)
- Letter to Families

The Pope’s Monthly Intention: Human Trafficking: For a generous welcome to the victims of human trafficking, enforced prostitution, and violence.

How-to Carnival

How-to Lent (on resolution making)

CatholicFamilyCrate.com (Use the code to get 20% off your first crate!)

Feasts of Note:

February 1st – St. Brigid of Ireland (Feast in Ireland)

Prayer: O Holy St. Brigid
Books
Audio: The Life of St. Brigid (It’s free!)
Food: Catholic Cuisine
Craft: St. Brigid Cross

February 2nd – Presentation/Candlemass (Solemnity)

February 3rd – St. Blaise (Memorial)

February 8th – St. Josephine Bakhita (Optional Memorial)

February 10th – St. Scholastic (Memorial)

February 11th – Our Lady of Lourdes (Optional Memorial)

Prayer: Pope St. John Paul II’s prayer to Our Lady of Lourdes
Books
Audio
- St. Bernadette of Lourdes (Truth to Inspire Series)
Movies
- Song of Bernadette
- Bernadette: Princess of Lourdes
Food: Edible Grottos
Craft: Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto Making Kit

February 14th – Sts. Cyril and Methodius (Memorial) / St. Valentine (unofficial)

Books
- Saint Valentine
- Saint Valentine
Crafts
- Valentine’s Day Countdown
- Catholic Valentine’s Day Cards

February 20th – Sts. Francisco and Jacinta Marto (Feast in Portugal)

February 22nd – Chair of St. Peter (Feast)

Video: St. Paul Outside the Wall
Craft: Paper Miter (from my old mommy blog)
Everything: Shower of Roses

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Kevin: Twitter | Instagram

Lisa: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

Email: hello[at]madetomagnify[dot]com

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S4 Ep16: How-to Spiritual High Jan 16, 2019

Show notes

After a retreat, conference, mission trip, or pilgrimage most attendees experience a sort of “spiritual high” that lasts for a few days or weeks. However, if the high isn’t capitalized on, once it’s gone, it’s easy to let things go back to normal.

In an effort to prevent this kind of spiritual backsliding, on today’s podcast, which was recorded live at SEEK2019, hosts Kevin and Lisa Cotter share three steps for squeezing as many graces as possible out of a recent spiritual encounter.

SHOWNOTES

More information on the Green Scapular

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Kevin: Twitter | Instagram

Lisa: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

Email: hello[at]madetomagnify[dot]com

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Liturgical Lowdown: January Dec 29, 2018

Show notes

Welcome to the Liturgical Lowdown for the month of January! In this episode host, Lisa Cotter will be giving you insights, histories, and ideas on how to celebrate and integrate the liturgical life of the Catholic Church into your life this month.

SHOWNOTES

January’s Devotion: The Holy Name of Jesus

Prayer: Litany of the Holy Name of Jesus or the Jesus Prayer (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.)
Crafts:
- Jesus with popsicle sticks: Catholic Icing
- Jesus in stained glass: Confessions of a Homeschooler
- The sweetest name craft: Oriental Trading Company

The Pope’s Monthly Intention: Evangelization: That young people, especially in Latin America, follow the example of Mary and respond to the call of the Lord to communicate the joy of the Gospel to the world.

New Year’s Day:

Picking Patron Saint for the year (from my old mommy blog)
SaintsNameGenerator.com

Feasts of Note:

January 1st – Mary, Mother of God (Solemnity)

January 2nd – Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen (Memorial)

January 4th – Elizabeth Ann Seton (Memorial in US and CAN)

January 6th (ish) – Epiphany(Sunday after New Year’s Day) (Solemnity)

Prayer: Door blessing
Books:
Movie: The Star of Bethlehem
Food: Multiple options at Catholic Cuisine

January 13th (ish) – Baptism of our Lord (Sunday after the Epiphany) (Feast)

Online Story: The Baptism of our Lord told with Legos
Book: A Child’s Guide to Baptism
Video: Reborn
Food: Christ’s Diapers

January 21st – St. Agnes (Memorial)

January 24th – St. Francis de Sales (Memorial)

January 25th – Conversion of St. Paul (Feast)

January 26th – Sts. Timothy and Titus (Memorial)

January 28th – St. Thomas Aquinas (Memorial)

January 31st – St. John Bosco (Memorial)

Movie: Saint John Bosco: Mission to Love

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Kevin: Twitter | Instagram

Lisa: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

Email: hello[at]madetomagnify[dot]com

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Liturgical Lowdown: December Nov 30, 2018

Show notes

Welcome to the Liturgical Lowdown for the month of December! In this episode host, Lisa Cotter will be giving you insights, histories, and ideas on how to celebrate and integrate the liturgical life of the Catholic Church into your life this month.

SHOWNOTES

December’s Devotion: Immaculate Conception (Also, the Divine Infancy)

The Pope’s Monthly Intention: Evangelization – In the Service of the Transmission of Faith: That people, who are involved in the service and transmission of faith, may find, in their dialogue with culture, a language suited to the conditions of the present time.

Book: Called by Kevin Cotter

Advent Episodes:

Feasts of Note:

December 3rd – St. Francis Xavier (Memorial)

December 6th – St. Nicholas (Optional Memorial)

Prayers: Multiple options at stnicholascenter.org
Books:
Movies:
- Nicholas: The Boy who became Santa
- St. Nicholas: A Story of Joyful Giving
Food:
- Multiple options at stnicholascenter.org
- Cherry Cheese Coffee Cake
Crafts: Multiple options at stnicholascenter.org

December 7th: St. Ambrose (Memorial)

December 9th – St. Juan Diego (Optional Memorial)/December 12th – Our Lady of Guadalupe (Feast in the USA)

Prayer: Multiple options at liturgies.net
Books
Audio: St. Juan Diego (Glory Stories)
Video:
- Juan Diego: Messenger of Guadalupe
- Guadalupe: The Miracle and the Message
Crafts:

December 13th – St. Lucy (Memorial)

Prayer: Prayer in Honor of St. Lucy
Books
Food
- Saint Lucia’s Braided Bread
- St. Lucia’s Buns (Lussekatter)
- St. Lucy Breads from Pillsbury dough (From my old mommy blog)
Craft
- Printable St. Lucy Crown

December 14th – St. John of the Cross (Memorial)

Free Online Books:

December 25th – Christmas (Solemnity) (We will do a whole episode on this later!)

December 26th – St. Stephen (Feast)

December 27th – St. John the Apostle (Feast)

December 28th – Holy Innocents (Feast)

Movable Feast: Holy Family (Feast) – Sunday between Christmas and New Year’s Day

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Kevin: Twitter | Instagram

Lisa: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

Email: hello[at]madetomagnify[dot]com

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S4 Ep15: How-to Platform: Part 1 Nov 07, 2018

Show notes

Have you ever thought about having a Catholic platform? Have you ever wondered what it might take to publish a book, become a public speaker, or start a podcast?

On today’s episode, hosts Kevin and Lisa discuss 5 questions about launching a platform. They look at discerning your calling, finding your niche, spreading your message, spending money, and the reality of what it’s really like to have a platform. Along the way, they share what it was like starting their own platforms and give some warnings on what not to do.

SHOWNOTES

Good to Great by Jim Collins

Platform by Michael Hyatt

The God Ask by Steve Shadrach

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Kevin: Twitter | Instagram

Lisa: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

Email: hello[at]madetomagnify[dot]com

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S4 Ep14: How-to Called Oct 29, 2018

Show notes

Our Church calls each baptized Catholic to share the faith, but what if you don’t know how? Where would you start? And what would the end goal be? These are the questions that Kevin answers in his new book, Called: Becoming an Everyday Disciple in a Post-Christian World.

On today’s podcast, hosts Kevin and Lisa Cotter share the story behind the book, give you a preview of the five weeks, share some fun endorsements, and give an update on our lives.

SHOWNOTES

Where to buy Called: Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Ave Maria Press

Hack

Litany of the Saints (Just insert your patrons!)

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Lisa: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

Email: hello[at]madetomagnify[dot]com

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Liturgical Lowdown: November Oct 28, 2018

Show notes

Welcome to the Liturgical Lowdown for the month of November! In this episode host, Lisa Cotter will be giving you insights, histories, and ideas on how to celebrate and integrate the liturgical life of the Catholic Church into your life this month.

SHOWNOTES

November’s Devotion: Holy Souls

Prayer: Eternal Rest Prayer
Video: Fr. Mike Schmitz on Indulgences
Rules for Indulgences

The Pope’s Monthly Intention: In Service of Peace: That the language of love and dialogue may always prevail over the language of conflict.

Book: The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman

Feasts of Note:

November 1st – All Saints Day (Solemnity)

Prayer: Litany of the Saints
Books:
- Can you Find Saints?
- Cloud of Witnesses
Craft: Wooden Saint Dolls:
All Saints Party Ideas:
- Food: Catholic Icing
- Games
  - Just Like Mary
  - Catholic Icing
- Everything Else for All Saints
  - Raising Little Saints
  - Paper Dali

November 2nd – All Souls (Feast)

Food: Soul Cakes

November 3rd – St. Martin de Porres (optional memorial)

Prayer: St. Martin Prayer
Books
- The Pied Piper of Peru
- Martin de Porres: The Rose in the Desert
Audio: St. Martin de Porres (Glory Stories)
Movie: St. Martin de Porres (My Catholic Family)
Craft/Food
- Mouse crafts
- Mouse treats

November 4th – St. Charles Borromeo (memorial)

November 9th – Dedication of St. John Lateran (feast)

November 10th – St. Leo the Great (memorial)

November 11th – St. Martin of Tours (Martinmas) (memorial)

Prayer: Table Blessing
Food
- St. Martin’s Day Croissants
- St. Martin’s Horseshoe Cookies
Craft: Lantern Crafts
Music
- St. Martin
- St. Martin (telling the story)
- St. Martin, St. Martin (town celebration with lanterns)

November 13th – St. Frances Xavier Cabrini (memorial)

November 17th – St. Elizabeth of Hungary (memorial)

Prayer: Litany of St. Elizabeth of Hungary
Book: St. Elizabeth’s Three Crowns
Video: St. Elizabeth of Hungary (My Catholic Family)
Food/Craft
- Crown Cake
- Craft

November 21st – Presentation of Mary (memorial)

November 22nd – St. Cecilia (memorial)

November 23rd – Bl. Miquel Pro (optional memorial)

Movie: For Greater Glory

November 30th – St. Andrew (feast)

Last Sunday of Ordinary Time: Christ the King (Solemnity)

Prayer: Act of Dedication of the Human Race to Jesus Christ the King
Book: Take it to the Queen
Craft: Christ the King Crown

Fourth Thursday of November: Thanksgiving

Prayer: Prayers for Thanksgiving
Books: Thanksgiving Book List (from my old mommy blog)
Activity: Thanksgiving Bible Printables
Crafts
- Thankful Pumpkin
- Indian Corn (also from the mommy blog)

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Kevin: Twitter | Instagram

Lisa: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

Email: hello[at]madetomagnify[dot]com

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S4 Ep13: How-to Live Fearless with Lisa Brenninkmeyer Oct 22, 2018

Show notes

Few things can hold us back in life like fear. It steals our joy, it tells us we’re not enough, and it stops us from being fully alive. We know deep down that this isn’t what we were made for, but facing fears and clearly seeing reality takes an immense amount of courage.

On the podcast today host Lisa Cotter interviews the founder of Walking with Purpose, Lisa Brenninkmeyer, on her newest Bible study, Fearless and Free. In the interview, Lisa share’s the 3 part journey that she herself took to face her fears and she shares how you can take the journey too.

SHOWNOTES

Walking with Purpose: Website | Instagram

Fearless and Free Bible Study

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Lisa: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

Email: hello[at]madetomagnify[dot]com

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S4 Ep12: How-to Online Dating Oct 15, 2018

Show notes

Dating is… complicated. For many Catholic singles, the process of finding Mr. or Mrs. Right is annoying at best. After trying Catholic young adult groups, Bible studies, and gatherings at bars, many throw their hands up in frustration because they don’t seem to be getting anywhere. And then the thought crosses their mind, “Should I try online dating?”

If you’ve ever thought this for yourself or someone else, this episode is for you.

On the podcast today Lisa interviews her dear friend Jill Rippee who, almost a decade ago, met her husband via a Catholic online dating website. Having been there herself, Jill shares 5 questions to consider before entering into the online dating scene.

SHOWNOTES

catholicmatch.com

catholicsingles.com

avemariasingles.com

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Kevin: Twitter | Instagram

Lisa: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

Email: hello[at]madetomagnify[dot]com

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