In this episode: Lyn Francisco, Maria Johnson, Steve Nelson, Jeff Nielsen, Fr. Cory Sticha

Christmas, New Year’s, and Festivus celebrations; Maria’s daughter’s engagement; Fr. Kyle Sanders’ blooper; Maria’s last-minute meat; Chinese food at Christmas, Shrove Tuesday pancakes, and early Lent and Easter; Saints for 2016; Remembering Pope Francis’ USA visit.

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Links discussed during the show:

• Saint’s Name Generator
• More about the saints: CatholicSaints.Info

Panelists’ Saints for 2016:

• Steve: St. Paul
• Jeff: St. Jerome
• Maria: St. Jerome Emiliani
• Fr. Cory: Bl. Titus Brandsma
• Lyn: St. Francis of Assisi

Picks of the Week

• Lyn: Lisa Hendey will be travelling to Colombia with Catholic Relief Services, and she’s keeping a journal of her travel! Follow it at CatholicMom.com. As she packed for her trip, she wrote a post about coffee: #CoffeeCraving: Why it matters
• Maria: Catholic Beard Balm
• Steve: iBreviary app: iOS | Google Play
• Jeff: Universalis Calendar for 2016 podcast
• Fr. Cory: Best Catholic Apps from 2015 by John Clem

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