Mother Cabrini's Empire of Hope with Rod Barr, "Cabrini" Movie Screenwriter
Release Date: 03/07/2024
An Eternal Perspective with Rich Peluso of Sony AFFIRM Films
Mamas in Spirit
Rich Peluso was in a dark place in his early twenties--he was working a job that compromised his values and chisled away at who God created him to be. While Rich was avoiding time alone with God in prayer, he desperately desired to reconnect. One night as Rich laid in bed, he called out to God. And even though Rich was not ready to fully amend his life, God was faithful. Days later Rich unfolded a newspaper that held a ceramic Christmas tree in his car--Rich never could have imagined the pages would hold the gift of new life for Rich. God would transform Rich's heart and provide him with a...
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One Step at a Time with God with Elizabeth Blanke
Mamas in Spirit
Elizabeth Blanke never could have imagined she’d be a young widow, on her own with three small children. Elizabeth’s husband and high school sweetheart passed away unexpectedly from a sudden heart attack. Hear how God guided Elizabeth one step at a time to face the unimaginable. From planning the funeral to learning taxes to becoming the sole parent of their three children, Elizabeth leaned into God’s holy presence and supernatural provision—with God, she was able to attend to all the details while God attended to Elizabeth’s heart. Listen to this newest podcast in the...
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Becoming Who God Dreams Me to Be with Ismael Fierro
Mamas in Spirit
Ismael Fierro and his wife Vanessa prepared for three years--and even learned French--to move from Mexico to Canada. However, when the time came to go, Ismael's company didn't offer him a job in Canada--they unexpectedly invited him to work in Nashville, Tennessee. Ismael learned to let go of his own plan and surrender to God's will. He prayed, “Let me be the person you dreamt of when you created me.” Soon thereafter, Ismael, Vanessa and their two small children landed in the Nashville airport to create a home in a country they didn't know with a language they didn't speak. Ismael sensed...
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Glorifying God While Carrying a Cross with Lorraine Hess
Mamas in Spirit
Lorraine Hess was touring for her new album about glorifying God when she found out that her home had been severely damaged in a house fire. After returning home she felt drawn to Adoration. While there, she heard God ask her, “Can you glorify me while you are carrying a cross?” In this Easter podcast, hear how Lorraine was committed to glorifying God throughout the 20 months her family was displaced while fixing their home. God sharpened Lorraine to stay in gratitude and recognize how people were watching her living witness. Hear Lorraine sing about this experience in her song “A...
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A New Heart: Imagine the Impossible with Don and Barb Weller
Mamas in Spirit
“I’m here for a change of heart.” Don Weller spoke these words as he began the intake process for his heart transplant surgery. When Don woke up from the surgery, the doctor handed him a stethoscope and Don listened to his replacement heart's beat for the first time. A little while later, his wife Barb, their son and two daughters were able to do the same. But Don wasn't the only one in the hospital room receiving the miraculous gift of new life that day. As Don and Barb’s daughters listened to Don’s new heart, two tiny hearts were beating within them—they were both...
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The First Armless Pilot's Catholic Faith with Jessica Cox
Mamas in Spirit
There was silence in the delivery room when Jessica Cox was born—Jessica’s parents and the doctors were stunned to see she was born without arms. As Jessica’s father held her that morning, a stranger approached and said how special he and Jessica's mom must be to bless them with Jessica-- Jessica's parents not only remembered their faith that morning, but they shared it with Jessica. Jessica, in turn, has been blessed with supernatural perseverance and determination in her lifetime. Be inspired in this Easter podcast as Jessica shares almost unimaginable achievements (like Guinness...
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Love is Everything with Immaculée Ilibagiza
Mamas in Spirit
Immaculée Ilibagiza followed her father’s instructions and ran to her neighbor’s house to hide at the start of the Rwandan genocide. She spent the next three months huddled in a tiny bathroom with seven other women, while extremist members of another tribe tried to find and kill them. It was in this bathroom that Immaculée gave her heart to God and began to pray in a way she never had before—as she recited the words of the Rosary, peace veiled and healed her from the anger and fear that otherwise consumed her. When Immaculée finally left the bathroom at the end of the...
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My Greatest Cross with Sister Gianna Junker, O.P.
Mamas in Spirit
On Holy Thursday Sister Gianna Junker, a Nashville Dominican, had a conversion of heart in which she learned to accept suffering and discovered what she grappled with most. “I am my suffering. I am my biggest cross.” While Sister Gianna, like all of us, found it easy to blame her suffering on other people and circumstances in her life, she realized that the person who most needed healing was her. As Sister Gianna accepted her own interior struggle she learned a profound lesson: when we sit in a place where we can be in our own weakness and cry out to God, that is when he can...
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Radical Empathy with Tim Forbes, Judge Dinkins Educational Center
Mamas in Spirit
Tim Forbes scored a goal at his college lacrosse game and looked up to see who was cheering loudly--Tim will never forget spotting his friend, Santis, as well as a young, homeless man they had befriended, James. Tim learned "radical empathy" through his encounters with James. Tim was touched by James' humanity and saw Christ residing in him--James also ministered to Tim. Through this experience in his young adulthood, coupled with many years of ministry and a career in Catholic school administration, God has taught Tim to practice empathy with those he serves, as well as those he disagrees or...
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Christ: The Face of Mercy with Susan Skinner
Mamas in Spirit
Susan Skinner discovered she had the gift of discernment of spirits. Susan’s son had slept over at his friend's home before, but this time Susan felt uneasy; she said yes to playing during the day, but no to the overnight invitation. Susan dropped her son off and chatted with the friend’s mom, Veronica, in her living room. The next day, Veronica was murdered right where she and Susan had been standing about 12 hours earlier. Susan's suffering consumed her as she grappled to understand how a loving God could ever let this happen. Learn how God met Susan as she lay in tears on her...
info_outlineScreenwriter Rod Barr shares how God had a plan for Mother Francesca Cabrini that was not her own.
At the turn of the 20th century, the dream of a better life inspired Italian immigrants to journey to America. Tragically, most found themselves among the poorest of the poor and even homeless--including the children.
While Mother Cabrini had committed her heart to ministry in China, Pope Leo XIII directed her to help these immigrants where they had landed in New York City.
While many build empires for themselves, Saint Frances Cabrini built one for God.
In this Lenten podcast, hear how Saint Cabrini's revolutionary heart for Christ changed Rod's own heart to create this film about The First American Saint. Learn about this nun of supernatural faith, determination and perseverance--and allow her life to change yours.
Go see the movie Cabrini in a theater near you beginning Friday, March 8th!