Singleness and vocations / Shannon’s experience with singleness and discernment / Fitting into the life of the Church / Focusing on the call to holiness / Radical honesty in prayer / Being a supportive friend if you’re not single

40: Friendship and Single Life

Cliques vs. communion / Friendship as sharing of emotion and soul / Are friends more than the people with whom we share our hobbies and interests? / Detachment and spiritual directors / St. Therese and the struggle to center friendship on God / No one-sided friendships / Allowing others to show charity to us / Fr. Cassidy gets stressed out by small talk / "Salvific Disillusionment"

39: Cliques, Small Talk, and One-Sided Friendships - But I Have Called You Friends, pt. 4

Life and travel updates / The compounding power of friendship / Charity close to home / Intuitive versus ‘Real’ friendships / Slow growth relationships / Progressive growth in the spiritual life / Trusting the process of purification / How failure helps us grow in friendship / Self-awareness and detachment

38: Instant Coffee and World Peace - But I Have Called You Friends, pt. 3

The difficult choice to love others / Why community matters for our holiness / Therapy and friends helping us to detach and empathize / The ‘exuberant discovery’ of friendship / Seeing the beauty in others that God sees in us / Loving each other on our worst days and in our brokenness / Shannon goes hiking

37: The Power of Community - But I Have Called You Friends, pt. 2

Lent and Easter, a brief retrospective / Introducing "But I Have Called You Friends" / Friendship is the common denominator in love / Taking a second look at relationships / Community as a source of purification / Get to know people, but don't make it weird

36: Friendship, The Common Denominator of Love - But I Have Called You Friends, pt. 1

Praying for friends / Embracing the awkwardness of praying with other people / Intercession through the liturgy / Contemplation and intercession / "Offer it up" / Immersion in Scripture

35: Intercessory Prayer

Another life update / Mental health, and our different experiences / Vulnerability with God and each other / Being loved in our weakness / Self-mastery for human and spiritual flourishing

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Here are some mental health resources we and others have found helpful:

Books
-St. Dymphna’s Playbook: https://www.avemariapress.com/products/st-dymphnas-playbook
-A Catholic Guide to Depression: https://www.amazon.com/Catholic-Guide-Depression-Aaron-Kheriaty/dp/1933184760

Websites
-self-compassion.org [http://self-compassion.org/]
-the calm breathing bubble: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5DqTuWve9t8
-https://www.crisistextline.org [https://www.crisistextline.org/]
-https://www.catholichotline.org [https://www.catholichotline.org/]
-psychologytoday.com [http://psychologytoday.com/]
-"How To ADHD" on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HowtoADHD

Apps
-Calm
-Headspace

Phone numbers
-988 crisis line

Organizations
-Local Catholic charities in your area
-NAMI: https://nami.org/Home
-RAINN: https://www.rainn.org [https://www.rainn.org/]

34: We're Back (And Discussing Mental Health)

Priest senioritis / Chunky books / The story of Jacob’s Ladder / Vertical and horizontal dimensions / Dependence on Christ acting in us / Pro-worm podcasting / Interceding for others / Only Christ can bring souls to himself / The grief and joy of death to self

33: Jacob's Ladder and the Power of Intercession - The Priest Is Not His Own, pt. 2

Shannon shouldn't drink coffee / Introducing Fulton Sheen's 'The Priest Is Not His Own' / Priesthood and victimhood / Being a priest means being sacrificed / Sacrificial love and vocations / Learning to be a priest-victim / Fr. Cassidy's big news

32: "Just Me And The Squirrels" - The Priest Is Not His Own, pt. 1

We're back! / Liturgical music is awesome / Spiritual lessons learned / Christ living in the priesthood / The importance of silence / commemorating the Deposition and Burial of Christ / Supporting  friends in carrying their crosses

Listen to Fr. Cassidy's series in episodes 12-14 of the Cor Christi podcast here: 
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cor-christi/id1560979444

31: "Christ Living In Me" - Easter Joy & Lenten Lessons

Fr. Cassidy Stinson and Shannon Monaghan host a Catholic conversation on living out holy friendship in the modern Church and the lives of the Saints.

Cassidy Stinson

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