Among Women Podcast

October 16, 2012 This week’s episode: “Blessed are They”: Catherine of Bologna “Among Women” Guest: Joanne McPortland This week we visit with Egregious Twaddle blogger, Joanne McPortland, and listen to the ways God spoke to her on pilgrimage most recently to Marian shrines in Portugal, Spain, and France, (including Fatima and Lourdes), as well as in a previous pilgrimage to Assisi. We talk about the important integration of faith and life and the gift of the experience of walking where Mary and the saints have been, and the lessons one finds along the pilgrim way. Links for this episode: The Book of Saints for Catholic Moms, by Lisa Hendey  Egregious Twaddle blog posts from Joanne McPortland on her recent pilgrimage experiences. Other shows of related interest: AW 7: This very early podcast from the archives describes my first pilgrimage to Fatima, Portugal, with my friend and guest, Jane Richard. AW 133: In “Blessed are They” I describe the life of Blessed Jacinta Marto, one of the visionaries of Fatim