catholic Archives - Kathryn Whitaker

2020 Gift Guide

I love the holidays. And, good Lord do we need some joy in 2020. The past three years (2017, 2018 and 2019), I put together gift guides in hopes that it would inspire you with finding a meaningful gift for someone you love. This year’s was so much fun to put together. Curating these guide…

Here and There

The last few weeks, some podcasts and YouTube videos I’ve been in have gone live and I wanted to share them with you. Primarly, because in each, I share things I rarely talk about online. Also, if you missed my SiriusXM special on The Catholic Channel, it’s still available to listen to on the app,…

About That Book Tour…

As we await the release of my audio book (soon, y’all!), I can’t help but reflect on a spectacular 2019 book release. The thing I only dreamed of happening, did, in fact, happen. People keep asking me, ‘How was the book tour?’ And, I never really know how to respond. I mean, of course it…

My Experience with Spiritual Direction

Just before I began my book tour, a dear friend of the family (who’s also a priest), pulled me aside one afternoon and said, “Kathryn, do you have a spiritual director?” He had looked at my travel schedule and while it was shaping up to be the time of my life, he also knew the…

Lent: I Don’t Think That Means What You Think It Means

Lent is here and the Internet has a lot of opinions, doesn’t it? I think we can sum it up like this: You’re doing it wrong. Put on your oxygen mask first, before helping others. It doesn’t require a public announcement. You’re doing it wrong By “you” I really mean “we.” We get sucked into…