Kolbecast

319 Tapestry in the Making

AMDG. Today, Kolbe Advisors Rylan Buchanan and Sarah Howard join the Kolbecast to offer some tips and advice on homeschooling. They also remind us of how Kolbe’s family advisors can help our parents effectively navigate their homeschooling journey. 
As Sarah points out, homeschooling can be a bit like making a tapestry. When you’re in the thick of it you can see the knots and it can look messy, but when you turn it around, you can see the beautiful work that has been done.  
Advisors like Rylan and Sarah help our families with that homeschooling work and can also encourage us to see the beautiful progress when we’re in the thick of it. 
Links mentioned & relevant: 
Kolbe Academy’s Family Advising Services 
HSLDA.org  
Help Center articles 
Grade Level Course Selection Guides 
6th-12th Grade Math & Science Sequence 
High School Graduation Plan Progress and Fillable Graduation Planner 
Scheduling Your Elementary and Middle School Day 
Scheduling Your High School Day 
Monitoring & Verifying Store Credit 
Related Kolbecast episodes:  
197 Tools in a Toolbox: Kolbe Student Support Services 
232 Part of the Family: Parents & Advisors as Partners 
269 Resources and Roadmaps 
243 Drawing Distinctions - Classical Education, Liberal Arts, and Liberal Education 
Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.  
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318 Matthew Mehan, an Aesop for America

AMDG. Kolbe’s own Neva Hernandez joins Bonnie and Steven to welcome Dr. Matthew Mehan to the Kolbecast. Dr. Mehan is a best-selling author and the Associate Dean and Professor of Government at the Van Andel Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale College’s Washington D.C. campus.  
As we come to our country’s 250th birthday, we discuss history, poetry and Dr. Mehan’s new book The American Book of Fables.  
This new book explores our country and its history through the eyes of American animals and has materials for “Littles”, “Middles” and “Bigs” and with its beautiful illustrations can be enjoyed by the whole family. 
Links mentioned and relevant: 
The American Book of Fables by Dr. Matthew Mehan 
Trailer for The American Book of Fables 
Mr. Mehan’s Mildly Amusing Book of Mythical Mammals and The Handsome Little Cygnet, also written by Dr. Matthew Mehan and illustrated by artist John Folley 
Dr. Mehan is @mtmehan on Instagram and X 
Watch trailers for Dr. Mehan's books on YouTube 
Dr. Gerard Wegemer of the Thomas More Studies program at the University of Dallas 
Relevant Kolbecast episodes: 
192 Kitchen Doings, Neva’s Kolbecast debut 
175 A Both-And Approach with Dr. Jonathan Sanford, president of the University of Dallas 
312 Educating for Liberty with Dr. Tom Harmon 
Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.  
We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey! 
The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

317 Saints in the Making with Lisa Hendey

AMDG. We are joined by mother, grandmother, author, speaker, and podcaster Lisa Hendey. Many parents, or at least their children, will be familiar with Lisa’s Chime Travelers series of books, which explore children who travel through time to meet saints who help them solve problems in their own time. The books have recently been made into an animated television series. We discuss the origins of the series and the process of bringing these wonderful stories on screen. We also visit about Lisa’s wide-ranging writing and speaking for audiences of all ages. 
Links mentioned and relevant: 
Chime Travelers website 
Chime Travelers trailer 
Lisa’s website 
Lisa’s Substack 
Holy Cross Family Ministries 
Lisa’s books 
Chime Travelers series
The Handbook for Catholic Women 
The Grace of Yes 
Jesus Every Day, Jesus Every Way 
Danielle Bean’s Substack 
Related Kolbecast episodes: 
303 Hallow and the Road Home 
308 Understand, Live, and Share the Faith with The Augustine Institute 
131 It’s All about Relationship with Danielle Bean 
133 An Audience of One with Kolbe Academi alumni turned students of John Paul the Great Catholic University 
73 Through Beauty and Technology with Leila Castillo and Dolores Mihaliak 
Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.  
We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey! 
The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

316 Fatherly Advice

AMDG. Today we are joined by Kolbe homeschooling fathers Scott Patterson and Tony Guzzaldo. 
As we know, homeschooling can take all sorts of forms, and today we hear how two fathers work to make homeschooling successful in their families.  
We hear how their children are thriving in Kolbe’s homeschooling program and how homeschooling has enriched their relationships with their children along the way. 
Related Kolbecast episodes: 
181 Chef Dad with Tony Guzzaldo 
263 Exploring God’s Cosmos: Astronomy for Everyday People 
162 Let Latin Conquer You with Steven’s wife Maggie Hayden and Dr. Jordan Almanzar 
62 Due Diligence with Darren Jones of the Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) 
Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.  
We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey! 
The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

315 Rebecca Dougherty on Practicing the Presence of God

AMDG. Today we are joined by Rebecca Dougherty. For many years, Rebecca put her master's degrees in theology and education to work in teaching high school theology, but these days she’s putting her gifts to work homeschooling her own children and providing insight and knowledge via her podcast.  
Additionally, she and her brother Fr. Gregory Pine are set to release a series of podcasts through Ascension Press’ Catholic Classics podcast covering Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection’s The Practice of the Presence of God.  
We are able to get some insight into homeschooling from Rebecca and also get a preview about the writings of this 17th century monk and the wisdom they contain. 
Links mentioned & relevant: 
More about Rebecca Dougherty 
Trailer and Facebook group for Ascension’s presentation of The Practice of the Presence of God 
Rebecca on Godsplaining
Catholic Light podcast
Fr. Gregory Pine discussing Pope Leo’s new encyclical Magnifica Humanitas  
Social media handles: 
Instagram: @ascensionpress, @catholiclightpodcast 
Facebook: @AscensionPress and @rebecca.raintreehoa 
X: @AscensionPress 
Related Kolbecast episodes: 
179 Translation Tug of War with Dr. Matthew Minerd, the translator of Ascension’s edition of The Practice of the Presence of God
222 Something No One Has Understood Before  and 278 The Compatibility of Catholicism and Evolution with Dr. Daniel Kuebler 
Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.  
We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey! 
The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

314 Evangelizing Brick by Brick with Kevin & Mary O'Neill

AMDG. Today we are joined by Kevin and Mary O’Neill, authors of the Building Blocks of Faith series which utilizes Lego blocks and figures to explore and explain the faith. 
Kevin and Mary tell us about the origins of this series and the steps that go into creating the scenes and stories in the books.  
We also explore typology and how the figures and stories of the Old Testament are images of the coming of our Lord and the Paschal Mystery. 
Links mentioned & relevant: 
The Power of Prayer  
Building Blocks of Faith Series by Kevin & Mary O’Neill 
Upon This Block, the O’Neills’ website 
Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic by David Currie 
Relevant Kolbecast episodes: 
287 Emily Stimpson Chapman Sees the World through Catholic Eyes 
252 The Timeliness of Fulton Sheen with Cheryl Hughes 
Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.  
We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey! 
The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

313 Preparing for a Stellar School Year

AMDG.  Today we are joined by three Kolbe academic advisors and veteran homeschool moms to get some advice on how to make a good start to homeschooling in general and specifically homeschooling with Kolbe Academy.  
Krysten Pizzurro, Jennifer Thomas, and Elyse Williams have years of homeschooling experience. They discuss everything from finding your homeschool space, preparing for a new year to different ways to structure your day. All with an eye to making homeschooling fruitful for the whole family. 
Links mentioned and relevant: 
Principle of Subsidiarity Article in Kolbe website Help Center 
Welcome Packet 
Sarah Mackenzie’s Teaching from Rest 
Bookstore section of Kolbe Help Center 
Related Kolbecast episodes: 
124 In This Together, Krysten Pizzurro’s Kolbecast debut 
207 A Privilege of a Lifetime, introducing Elyse Williams 
211 Continuity & Community: Homeschooling on Base with Jennifer Thomas & Krysten Pizzurro 
103 Above and Beyond featuring now-retired Kolbe bookstore manager Nancy Nelson 
Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.  
We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey! 
The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

312 Educating for Liberty with Dr. Tom Harmon

AMDG. Today we are joined by the University of St. Thomas’s Dr. Tom Harmon, who catches us up on the many good things happening at UST but also tells us about the recent grant that the university received from the National Endowment for the Humanities to promote the strengthening of civic life.  
Links mentioned and relevant: 
More information about UST’s NEH grant 
The University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX, one of Kolbe Academy’s college partners 
Related Kolbecast episodes: 
72 Participatory Citizens 
119 The Hope Throughout with Tom & Noelle Crowe of The American Catholic History Podcast 
290 There is No Neutral with Brett Salkeld 
Office Hours with Clara Davison of Holy Heroes 
109 A Lifetime Venture with Dr. George Harne, formerly of UST/currently of Christendom College 
84 The Essence of Catholic Education with Patrick Reilly of the Cardinal Newman Society 
Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.  
We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey! 
The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!