Kolbecast

Kolbe Academy

The official podcast of Kolbe Academy with lively discussions on home & distance education, Kolbe Academy, and our Catholic community.

  1. 13h ago

    331 Forming Disciples in Intentional Community at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College

    AMDG. Today we’re traveling north of the border to Canada’s only Newman Guide college! Our guest is Dr. Patrick Craine, president of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College in Barry’s Bay, Ontario. Dr. Craine tells us about his and the college’s background and what makes Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College unique.We think that you’ll enjoy this trip to another Newman Guide School combined with a visit to our friends up north.  Links mentioned and relevant:  Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College website  The Cardinal Newman Society’s profile of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College  Kolbe Academy named to Newman Guide’s list of recommended K-12 schools  Catherine Doherty cause for canonization website  Related Kolbecast episodes:  123 A Change of the Ages and 224 Forming Apostolic Hearts with Msgr. James Shea  204 Habits of Ownership with Jacob Imam of St. Joseph the Worker College  Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.   We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!  The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!

  2. Sep 23

    330 The Door to Beauty

    AMDG. Today Steven and Bonnie are joined by Kolbe’s Agostina Cavasotto and Sarah Howard to discuss the transcendentals of the true, the good and the beautiful. From art and music, literature and history, to poetry and plays, we discuss the merits of being exposed to these and how we can make them a part of our classical homeschooling experience.  Related Kolbecast episodes:  Advisor series:  313 Preparing for a Stellar School Year  319 Tapestry in the Making  320 College Considerations  321 Building a Strong Extracurricular Profile  323 Ordinary Days  324 Common Pitfalls and Stumbling Blocks   328 Doing the Human Things   Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.   We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!  The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!

  3. Sep 16

    329 Rosary as Pilgrimage with Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress, O.P.

    AMDG. Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress of the Order of Preachers is the promoter of the Rosary for the Dominican Province of St. Joseph and leader of the Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage. He is also a regular host of the Godsplaining podcast.  In addition to hearing about Fr. Kress and his vocation, we’re able to find out more about the Dominican order and its charisms. He also tells us about the fourth annual Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage on September 26, 2026, in Washington D.C. and streamed online.   Links mentioned and relevant:  The 2026 Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage (in-person and virtual participation)  Dominican Friars | Province of St. Joseph  more about Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress, OP   Godsplaining.org  Aquinas 101 series  Thomistic Institute  The Hillbilly Thomists  Related Kolbecast episodes:  183 Gratuitous Gifts: Sherry Weddell on Charisms  285 Joy, Light, Sorrow, and Glory - The Way of the Rosary with Shannon Wendt  119 The Hope Throughout with Tom & Noelle Crowe of The American Catholic History Podcast  Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.   We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!  The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!

  4. Sep 9

    328 Doing the Human Things

    AMDG. There are a lot of discussions going on regarding AI and its impact on the world and the appropriate ways that it can be used. Kolbe theology department chair Nick Senz and curriculum director Maggie Hayden join Bonnie and Steven to discuss Pope Leo XIV’s recent encyclical Magnifica Humanitas which addresses these issues. We discuss the encyclical itself and some practical takeaways as we continue to explore this important issue.  Links mentioned & relevant:  Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas  Related Kolbecast episodes:  322 Intentionality, Greatness, Dignity, Vision, Faith: Commencement 2026  327 The Intentional Homeschooling Household with John & Sofia Cuddeback  Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.   We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!  The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!

  5. Sep 2

    327 The Intentional Homeschooling Household with John & Sofia Cuddeback

    AMDG. Today we welcome Dr. John Cuddeback to the Kolbecast. This time he’s brought his wife, Sofia, with him Many people will be familiar with John and Sofia from their work on Life-Craft, whether it is retreats, writings or podcasts. Our focus today is on John’s new book, The Intentional Household. In this book, John explores eight principles for building and maintaining an intentional household. We explore these principles and discuss practical steps for making this a reality.  Links mentioned and relevant:  The Intentional Household: Living as if People Matter by John Cuddeback  The Intentional Household podcast episode 36  True Friendship: Where Virtue Becomes Happiness by John Cuddeback  Life-craft.org,  Related Kolbecast episodes:  166 Dr. John Cuddeback on Dwelling Together Richly  188 Dr. Kevin Majeres Sees Challenges as Opportunities   Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.   We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!  The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!

  6. Aug 26

    326 Discerning & Discovering Joy at Walsh University with Dr. Tim Collins

    AMDG. Today we welcome Dr. Tim Collins to the Kolbecast. Dr. Collins is the president at Walsh University in North Canton, Ohio –  a Newman Guide school. We get to hear a bit about Dr. Collins’s background, what great things are happening at Walsh University, and what makes it unique among the Newman Guide colleges. Dr. Collins also shares his experience and wisdom in discernment and how we can always be in communication with God for guidance, especially for those big questions and decisions.  Links mentioned & relevant:  Walsh University, one of Kolbe Academy’s college partners  CatholicHigherEd.com, a tool for families by Dr. Collins  Let the Fire Fall by Fr. Michael Scanlon  The Brothers of Christian Instruction  Related Kolbecast episodes:  265 Chosen to Be a Saint: Commencement 2025 featuring Dr. Collins as keynote speaker  183 Gratuitous Gifts: Charisms with Sherry Weddell  84 The Essence of Catholic Education and 157 Renewal, Revival, Variety, and Unity with Patrick Reilly of The Cardinal Newman Society  123 A Change of the Ages and 224 Forming Apostolic Hearts with Msgr. James Shea  Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.   We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!  The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!

  7. Aug 19

    325 Skipping School with Dixie Dillon Lane

    AMDG. Today we welcome homeschooling mother, historian, editor, and author Dr. Dixie Dillon Lane to the Kolbecast. Dixie has recently written a book about the history of homeschooling called Skipping School: A History of American Homeschooling and How it Went Mainstream.  Through research, Dixie traces the origins of homeschooling through the lens of the homeschool movement in Southern California and its evolution to its current form today. In addition to this history, Dixie also shares her wisdom and experience as a homeschooling mother to talk about the benefits of homeschooling and navigating some of the challenges that it can present.  Links mentioned & relevant:  Dixie’s book Skipping School: A History of Homeschooling in the United States and How It Went Mainstream  Dixie on Substack  The Bad Moms Homeschool, Dixie's collaboration with Ivana Greco and Nadya Williams  Hearth & Field   Research by Ivana Greco & Elliot Haspel on stay-at-home parents  Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.   We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!  The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!

  8. Aug 12

    324 Common Pitfalls and Stumbling Blocks

    AMDG. Today we’re joined by three experienced homeschooling mothers and Kolbe Academy academic advisors. Rylan Buchanan, Diana Hayes, and Sarah Turley take up the topic of common pitfalls and stumbling blocks that can come up when homeschooling. From planning to balancing multiple children, avoiding burnout and surviving times of illness and disruption, our guests provide us with a great deal of practical wisdom along with a reminder to be kind and patient with ourselves.  Links mentioned & relevant:  Kolbe Academy’s Family Advising Services  Kolbe Academy’s Partnership Meetings  Related Kolbecast episodes:  Advisor series:  313 Preparing for a Stellar School Year  319 Tapestry in the Making  320 College Considerations  321 Building a Strong Extracurricular Profile  323 Ordinary Days   232 Part of the Family   Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.   We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey!  The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!

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The official podcast of Kolbe Academy with lively discussions on home & distance education, Kolbe Academy, and our Catholic community.

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    Kolbe Academy
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    2020 - 2026
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    331
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