Kolbecast

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! 

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! 

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! 

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! 

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! 

AMDG. As the end of the school year approaches and Kolbe Academy prepares to graduate another class of students, we combine a college visit with an alumnae meet up when Kolbe graduates and Belmont Abbey students Hannah Feeney and Lily Robinson join the Kolbecast.  
Hannah and Lily give us a virtual tour of this Newman Guide college in North Carolina and share their experiences of their life there.  
We also reminisce on their Kolbe days and talk about how their Kolbe experience prepared them well for their life as students after graduation. 
Links mentioned & relevant: 
Belmont Abbey College 
Kolbe Academy’s College Partnerships 
Related Kolbecast episodes: 
93 Good Thinking, Hannah’s Kolbecast debut 
188 Dr. Kevin Majeres Sees Challenges as Opportunities 
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! 

AMDG. Many of our listeners will be familiar with today’s guest. Dr. Greg Bottaro is a Catholic psychologist, founder of the CatholicPsych Institute, host of the Being Human podcast, author, husband and father of eight children who are all presently under the age of 12.  
Dr. Bottaro joins the Kolbecast to discuss integration and what that means and Catholic anthropology. We also discuss his new book: The Power of Listening Well. This new book shares important information for everyone but is especially an excellent resource for parents who are learning to help their children with difficult problems and to have difficult conversations. 
Links mentioned & relevant: 
CatholicPsych and the Being Human podcast 
Dr. Greg Bottaro on Substack 
Franciscan Friars of the Renewal 
Gaudium et spes 
Related Kolbecast episodes: 
Dr. Brett Salkeld on episodes 290 There Is No Neutral and 298 Educating for Freedom 
270 Dr. Peter Kreeft on Joy, Suffering, Conversion, and Truth 
146 Our Call to Holiness and 196 Greatness Awaits with Bobby Angel 
45 Grace Perfects Nature with Dr. Peter Malinoski 
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! 

AMDG. Today we welcome author, speaker and podcaster, Emily Stimpson Chapman back to the Kolbecast! 
It seems that Emily is becoming a regular on the podcast, and with good reason. She’s been busy with even more new books and joins us to discuss them and to share her wisdom.  
Her new book is Joseph, Keeper of the King, a children’s book about St. Joseph and his role as the father of our Lord.  
This is part of a collection of books that she’s worked on with Scott Hahn and illustrator Tricia Dugat through Emmaus Road Publishing.  
Links mentioned and relevant: 
St. Joseph, Keeper of the King 
The entire ‘God’s Word for God’s Children’ set by Emily Chapman and Dr. Scott Hahn will be available at 20% off from April 7–30, 2026. 
Journey through Scripture series 
The Story of All Stories 
The Visitation Sessions podcast 
Study with Emily Stimpson Chapman in Austria May 2026  
St. Paul Center 
Emily’s website 
Emily’s Substack Through a Glass Darkly 
Related Kolbecast episodes: 
130 The Gifts We Have, Emily’s Kolbecast debut, and 287 Emily Stimpson Chapman Sees the World with Catholic Eyes 
291 Good St. Joseph, Keeper of the Mystery with Fr. Serafino Lanzetta 
Poetry 
168 The Adventure of a Lifetime featuring Melissa Dee of the Saints Alive podcast 
150 A Family Apostolate: Liturgical Living with Kendra Tierney 
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!