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Veil + Armour: Holiness in Motherhood and Daily Life

Sheila Nonato

70 episodes

2 weeks ago

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Send us a text Merry Christmas Eve, Friends in Christ! We sincerely appreciate your prayers! Every listen, like, comment or subscription is like an answered prayer that the Good News is being heard on the Internet - a space where the battle between good and evil is being fought every single day. Thank you for joining us in that battle, especially with your prayers! This week, we continue our conversation with Carissa Douglas, homeschooling Mom of 15, author of The Little Douglings and Douglin...

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Veil + Armour: Holiness in Motherhood and Daily Life

How to teach the faith and form saints in the family: The Inspirational Story of Carissa Douglas, Mother of 15, Canadian author and illustrator

Send us a text Merry Christmas Eve, Friends in Christ! We sincerely appreciate your prayers! Every listen, like, comment or subscription is like an answered prayer that the Good News is being heard on the Internet - a space where the battle between good and evil is being fought every single day. Thank you for joining us in that battle, especially with your prayers! This week, we continue our conversation with Carissa Douglas, homeschooling Mom of 15, author of The Little Douglings and Douglin...

2 weeks ago

53 minutes

Veil + Armour: Holiness in Motherhood and Daily Life

68. From Grief To Grace: A Mother Of Sixteen On Faith, Family, And The Feminine Genius

Send us a text As we prepare to celebrate Christmas, please join us in this conversation about Canadian author and children's book illustrator Carissa Douglas: It is a story of how turned a family tragedy into a calling to become a mother of a large family. How did Carissa embrace this noble vocation that's shrouded in much mystery, and sometimes confusion or derision from an anti-Christian world? Start with a "Yes" and watch your world widen. That’s the heartbeat of our conversation with chi...

3 weeks ago

33 minutes

Veil + Armour: Holiness in Motherhood and Daily Life

67. How A Pilgrimage To Lourdes Restored Hope After Miscarriage

Send us a text Happy Third Week of Advent, Sisters in Christ! Please allow us to re-introduce Day 7 of the Mother's Day Retreat, with a bit of a background story to accompany it. It's a busy time for everyone, especially mothers, and it would be a good time to slow down, reflect, and spend time with Our Lord in prayer. This week, we share a mother’s path from grief to consolation through a family pilgrimage to Lourdes and a renewed Advent focus on peace, prayer, and quiet healing. Along the w...

3 weeks ago

12 minutes

Veil + Armour: Holiness in Motherhood and Daily Life

66. From Postpartum Darkness To A Veil Of Hope in Jesus Christ with Veils by Lily CEO Lily Wiilson

Send us a text A mother’s raw account of postpartum crisis turns into a story of God-inspired healing: spiritual, psychological, and physical. We trace the years-long birth of the Merciful Love Veil, why veiling expresses dignity and freedom, and what is the future for Lily at Veils by Lily, and does she have a new adventure waiting for her in this season of life? • postpartum anxiety, depression, insomnia, and hospitalization • parish and family support as lifelines • therapy ro...

1 month ago

1 hour 2 minutes

Veil + Armour: Holiness in Motherhood and Daily Life

65. How Losing A Child Led One Creator To Heal, Build Community, And Guide Mothers and Women Online

Send us a text For this first week of Advent, let us reflect upon Hope, Hope in Christ. We are honoured to welcome our next guest, Camille Mendoza, who is the designer of our podcast apostolate's logo! She is a brand designer, and newly expectant mother! Congratulations, Camille! Camille shares the beautiful, heartfelt story of her daughter Lilo a lived a radiant, albeit short life, and how grief reshaped Camille's faith, family, and creative work, purpose, motherhood and passion. From ...

1 month ago

1 hour 10 minutes

Veil + Armour: Holiness in Motherhood and Daily Life

64. Discipline, Faith and Phones: Christian Parenting in the Digital Age

Send us a text Parenting today can feel like being in a tornado or holding back a storm brewing in the background —graphic headlines on every feed, smartphones in every pocket, and a culture that treats faith as a long-lost relic of an age gone by. We invited Dr. Ray Guarendi—clinical psychologist, EWTN host, and father of ten adopted children—to help us navigate the chaos with clear judgment, deep faith, and steady authority. The result is a candid, practical roadmap for raising resilient ki...

1 month ago

1 hour 1 minute

Veil + Armour: Holiness in Motherhood and Daily Life

63. Holy Inspiration from Saints: Secrets to finding your spouse and a lasting marriage of 15 years and 6 children

Send us a text We trace a family’s roots from Holocaust survival and Bishop von Galen’s courage to a modern Canadian home shaped by saints’ names, a modern-day courtship (with the help of a Catholic dating website), and faith that guides marriage, parenting, and public service. Practical habits and clear principles show how love endures amid busyness, travel, and six kids. • naming children after saints who are role models of today • St. Carlo Acutis inspiring a child-led naming choice • von...

1 month ago

36 minutes

Veil + Armour: Holiness in Motherhood and Daily Life

62. Faith, Family, And .... ? What do Filipinos value most?

Send us a text We honour veterans and their families this week. A Blessed Remembrance Day and Veterans' Day all veterans and their families, honouring those who made the ultimate sacrfice. What shapes the Filipino-Canadian identity? Sheila's husband, Joseph, traces a line from quiet devotion to public service, showing how heritage, resilience, and a shared purpose that builds a hopeful community. • context and origins of the Golden Balangay Awards: "Balangay" means a traditional Filipino boa...

2 months ago

17 minutes

Veil + Armour: Holiness in Motherhood and Daily Life

61. How I was healed at the miraculous baths in Lourdes, France

Send us a text A single line from Sacred Scripture sets the tone: faith, hope, and love. We invite you into a Mother’s Day Retreat reflection to remember the many crosses being carried by women around the world who have faced miscarriage, stillbirth, infertility, and the quiet ache of waiting, paired with a family pilgrimage tale that finds warmth on an icy road to Lourdes. We start in Barcelona, standing under the rising spires of the famed and glorious Sagrada Familia Basilica, and trace o...

2 months ago

4 minutes

Veil + Armour: Holiness in Motherhood and Daily Life

60. From Hidden Homes To Holy Battle: Building A Family Apostolate Rooted In Prayer, Motherhood, And Faith

Send us a text Veil + Armour at the Catholic Creator Conference: Start with Scripture, stay for the mission. We open with St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 6 and a family prayer, then trace the unexpected path from a mother’s return to journalism to a household apostolate that lives at the crossroads of motherhood and fatherhood—veil and armour together. The spark was finding Tammy Peterson's story of healing and conversion heard 'round the world and it drew us into a new chapter: serv...

2 months ago

28 minutes

Veil + Armour: Holiness in Motherhood and Daily Life

59. How to heal with Christ Through Our Lady Of Kibeho: Freedom from trauma and past wounds

Send us a text Support the show To reach Veil + Armour, please visit: https://veilandarmour.com https://www.youtube.com/@veilandarmour https://www.x.com/@sheilanonato https://www.sheilanonato.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/@veilandarmour What resonated with you the most about this episode? Feel free to email us and let us know! Email: veilandarmour@gmail.com If our podcast helped you in some way, or could help someone else, kindly share our podcast with a friend!

2 months ago

3 minutes

Veil + Armour: Holiness in Motherhood and Daily Life

58. Faith in the City, Jesus in the Streets: How to love Jesus through the poor, the homeless and those struggling with addiction: Sisters Poor of Jesus Christ - A Vocation Story

Send us a text Faith in the City, Jesus in the Streets: The Sisters Poor of Jesus Christ - A Vocation Story We share how the Sisters Poor of Jesus Christ lives a bold charism: serve Jesus in the poor, walk with families, and build a faith-based sobriety program called "Be Sober" to help individuals and their loved ones who are struggling with addiction (drugs, alcohol, sex addiction). Prayer, street outreach, and Marian trust shape a path from survival to hope, faith, sobriety and freedom in ...

2 months ago

39 minutes

Veil + Armour: Holiness in Motherhood and Daily Life

57. The Catholic Mother's Retreat: Day 5 - How to find Christ in Homemaking

Send us a text Day 5: The Catholic Mother's Retreat - Finding Christ in our homes and in Christian Homemaking In explaining homemaking to our children, we can use the metaphoric language of the kitchen table as similar to an altar where we offer our big and small sufferings and challenges of the day. That single idea reframes the noise, chores, and constant motion of family life as a sacred rhythm that draws us back to Christ through ordinary work. We explore how prayer, Scripture, and tradit...

2 months ago

5 minutes

Veil + Armour: Holiness in Motherhood and Daily Life

56. The Catholic Mothers' Retreat: Day 4 - Freedom from Impatience - Patience and the Heart of Jesus

Send us a text Day 4: The Retreat for Catholic Mothers - Freedom from Impatience We trace the path from “love is patient” to the Canadian shrine of Our Lady of the Cape, linking miracles and mission to the daily practice of gentleness at home. Stories of the Rosary Bridge and a statue’s open eyes ground a call to patient love in prayer and action. • freedom from impatience as a path to love • history of Our Lady of the Cape in Quebec • the Rosary Bridge miracle on the St Lawrence River...

2 months ago

6 minutes

Veil + Armour: Holiness in Motherhood and Daily Life

55. The Catholic Mothers' Retreat: Day 3 - Freedom from Comparison - From Worldly Perfectionism to God-inspired Purpose

Send us a text Day 3: Freedom from Comparison - Letting Go of our inner multi-tasking "Martha' and Embracing our contemplative "Mary" The pressure to be everything for everyone can drain the joy from home life. We step into a quieter, sturdier way: a day shaped by prayer, simple offerings, and a renewed understanding of vocation. From the first moments, we ground the conversation in a heartfelt prayer for mothers and a candid look at how comparison steals peace. Then we explore a living tradi...

2 months ago

5 minutes

Veil + Armour: Holiness in Motherhood and Daily Life

54. Highway to Heaven: How can we do a Jubilee Pilgrimage? What can we learn from the saints? A Millenial Priest visits the tomb of the first Millenial Saint

Send us a text Support the show To reach Veil + Armour, please visit: https://veilandarmour.com https://www.youtube.com/@veilandarmour https://www.x.com/@sheilanonato https://www.sheilanonato.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/@veilandarmour What resonated with you the most about this episode? Feel free to email us and let us know! Email: veilandarmour@gmail.com If our podcast helped you in some way, or could help someone else, kindly share our podcast with a friend!

3 months ago

30 minutes

Veil + Armour: Holiness in Motherhood and Daily Life

53. The Catholic Mothers' Retreat: Day 2 - How can we can break free from worldly perfectionism? What does God's definition of perfection mean? How does it apply to mothers and living daily holiness in our families?

Send us a text For Day 2 of the Retreat for Mothers, we explore how forgiveness breaks perfectionism’s grip and how Mother Mary’s quiet strength reframes what it means to “stand” in seasons of weakness. Scripture, Benedictine balance, and a living in hope guides us toward peace, presence, and practical prayer. • Mother Mary standing at the cross as a model of resilient presence • Erika Kirk, public grief, public reaction, and choosing mercy over optics • God’s perfection rooted in forgivenes...

3 months ago

15 minutes

Veil + Armour: Holiness in Motherhood and Daily Life

52. How to find Hope and Healing in a Broken World: The Catholic Mother's Retreat, Day 1

Send us a text The news cycle overwhelms us with tragedy—political assassinations, church shootings, global conflicts, and the cries of suffering people worldwide. Where do we turn when darkness seems to engulf our daily lives? This deeply moving episode offers a spiritual sanctuary through a special Mother's Day retreat that feels perfectly timed for our current moment of collective grief. We journey together to the Garden of Gethsemane, reflecting on how Jesus himself responded when facing...

3 months ago

10 minutes

Veil + Armour: Holiness in Motherhood and Daily Life

51. How to transform your mind, body and soul in Midlife: Radical Transformation after 40 for Christian women

Send us a text "Who is that woman holding my baby?" This jarring moment of non-recognition became the catalyst for Maureen Brintnell's remarkable transformation journey. After years of putting everyone else first, this homeschooling mother of eight found herself staring at a Disney vacation photo, unable to recognize the exhausted stranger cradling her child. In this powerful conversation, Maureen (now known as "The Alpha Momma") shares how this wake-up call led her to reclaim her heal...

4 months ago

1 hour 2 minutes

Veil + Armour: Holiness in Motherhood and Daily Life

50. From Suffering to Surrender: Discovering Mary's Heart - A conversation with two atheists who converted to Catholicism

Send us a text A Remarkable Friendship of Faith: Cancer survivor Tammy Peterson and Catholic convert Queenie Yu A blessed Rosary and daily prayers in a hospital atrium sparked an extraordinary spiritual journey for Tammy Peterson. Recorded just five days before her confirmation into the Catholic Church, this intimate conversation reveals how suffering became the doorway to profound transformation. Tammy's story begins with her daughter Mikhaela's childhood battle with juvenile rheumato...

4 months ago

41 minutes