The Springs in the Desert Podcast: Catholic Accompaniment Through Infertility

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Annie
 Aug 28, 2023
Great episode, and helpful for reframing how I examine my conscience, especially while navigating the emotions of infertility. thank you!

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Welcome! We’re glad you found us, because we’re those friends you can take with you—wherever you are on the path of infertility. At Springs, we know that infertility is a heavy cross. But as Catholics, we believe that by keeping our focus on Christ, we can come through this season of waiting stronger in faith and love—no matter what happens. So each week, we’ll bring you a conversation that gets to the heart of the infertility experience – including primary/secondary infertility, miscarriage/loss, childlessness, and more. It is an honor to walk with you! Visit us: www.springsinthedesert.org

Episode Date
The Story of Pietro and St. Gianna Molla w/ Jennifer Nelson
Sep 16, 2026
Growing in Grace and Virtue in a Season of Infertility w/ Steffani Aquila
Sep 09, 2026
Your Marriage Is a Witness w/ Lisa Martinez
Sep 02, 2026
Anne of Green Gables and the Little Joys of Life w/ Veronica Simon and Allie Kleineck
Aug 26, 2026
Nurturing and Nourishing the Domestic Church w/ Steffani Aquila
Aug 19, 2026
Living Out Spiritual Motherhood as an Aunt
Aug 12, 2026
Giving Glory to God through Art w/ Jana Zuniga of January Jane Shop
Aug 05, 2026
Marriage and Holy Orders: Infertility & the Sacraments w/ Fr. Paul West
Jul 29, 2026
Confirmation: Infertility & the Sacraments w/ Fr. Paul West
Jul 22, 2026
The Eucharist: Infertility & the Sacraments w/ Fr. Paul West
Jul 15, 2026
Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick: Infertility & the Sacraments w/ Fr. Paul West
Jul 08, 2026
Baptism: Infertility & the Sacraments w/ Fr. Paul West
Jul 01, 2026
Listen to This If You Haven't Read the Theology of the Body - Theology of the Body Part IV
Jun 24, 2026
Let God Be Your Father this Father's Day w/ Kenn Cramer
Jun 17, 2026
Why Nuns Are Learning About FEMM – And What That Teaches Women Experiencing Infertility
Jun 10, 2026
What Jesus' Body Teaches Us About Our Suffering - Theology of the Body Part III
Jun 03, 2026
Hope and the Reality of Childlessness
May 27, 2026
What does "Theology of the Body" even mean? - Theology of the Body Part II
May 20, 2026
Scripture and Saints for the Path of Infertility w/ Monica Amery of Ascension
May 13, 2026
Getting Started with Theology of the Body - Theology of the Body Part I
May 06, 2026
How God is Working Through Springs Small Groups
Apr 29, 2026
What Is Infertility And Why Can It Be So Difficult?
Apr 22, 2026
TRAILER: Scripture and Saints for the Path of Infertility
Apr 19, 2026
Simple Ways Dioceses Can Provide Infertility Support
Apr 15, 2026
Ask God to Resurrect Your Marriage w/ Fr. Paul
Apr 08, 2026
A Focus on Christ, Not Conception
Apr 01, 2026
Carried through a Difficult Season
Mar 25, 2026
Infertile but Fruitful w/Leigh Snead
Mar 18, 2026
Walking the Camino of Life Together w/ Michael Dominic Taylor
Mar 11, 2026
When the Path of Infertility Leads to the Holy Land w/ Mark and Carissa Krautscheid
Mar 04, 2026
Healing When Abortion Is Part of Your Path of Infertility w/ Sr. Veronica Mary and Sr. Mariana Benedicta
Feb 25, 2026
What Jesus Said About Suffering w/ Liz Kelly
Feb 18, 2026
Dealing with the Winter Blues w/ Lauren Braun, LPC, LMHC
Feb 11, 2026
Infertility Stories in the Bible w/ Elizabeth Kirk
Feb 04, 2026
Reading and Writing through Infertility and Loss w/ Veronica Simon
Jan 28, 2026
Why Infertility Is Part Of The Pro-Life Conversation w/ Julie Dumalet
Jan 21, 2026
Humanae Vitae and Infertility w/ Elizabeth Kirk
Jan 14, 2026
New Year, New Word and Saint!
Jan 07, 2026
Take This to Heart
Dec 31, 2025
Understanding Spiritual Motherhood w/ Fr. Joseph Aytona, CPM
Dec 24, 2025
Writing the Book on Infertility w/ Leigh Snead
Dec 17, 2025
When You Feel Tired of Waiting w/ Lisa Martinez
Dec 10, 2025
Living in God’s Love this Advent w/ Lindy Wynne
Dec 03, 2025
Dealing with Insensitive Comments in a Season of Infertility w/ Edward Luersman, MA, LPCC
Nov 26, 2025
Praying the Psalter this Advent w/ Fr. Paul
Nov 19, 2025
Calvary Cemetery’s Infant Burial Ministry w/ Krissy Hamilton
Nov 12, 2025
The Grief of Infertility
Nov 05, 2025
Where Grief Meets Grace w/ Margalita Poletunow, LPC
Oct 29, 2025
St. John Paul II's Rule for a Joy-filled Marriage w/ Peter and Theresa Martin
Oct 22, 2025
When Your Daughter Experiences Miscarriage w/ Jocelyn Abyad and Patricia Estes
Oct 15, 2025
Miscarriage Burial Options w/ Chaney Mullins Gooley
Oct 08, 2025
Walking St. Thérèse's Little Way
Oct 01, 2025
Homemaking in a Season of Infertility
Sep 24, 2025
Starting a Small Group for Infertility Accompaniment
Sep 17, 2025
How We Walk with YOU on the Path of Infertility & Loss
Sep 10, 2025
How Can We Educate Our Priests About Infertility? w/ Kenn Cramer
Sep 03, 2025
Infertility Is Not the Mission
Aug 27, 2025
On a Mission Together w/Keith and Ann Koshute
Aug 20, 2025
How Can I Support My Spouse In a Season of Infertility?
Aug 13, 2025
Pause to Pray: Your Marriage Has a Mission
Aug 06, 2025
Is your Relationship with NFP Complicated? [REPLAY]
Jul 30, 2025
What To Do When Charting Feels Like a Chore
Jul 23, 2025
How Can Infertility Be Incorporated Into NFP?
Jul 16, 2025
What Does NFP & Intimacy Look Like After Pregnancy Loss?
Jul 09, 2025
Pause to Pray: A Summer Litany
Jul 02, 2025
What Does Healing Look Like? w/ Lisa Martinez
Jun 25, 2025
Adoption, Interrupted w/ Clare Kane
Jun 18, 2025
What to Do about Our Suffering w/ Megan Hjelmstad
Jun 11, 2025
The Crowns of Marriage with Fr. Elias Dorham
Jun 04, 2025
Who am I in a Season of Infertility?
May 28, 2025
Who Are You Becoming? w/ Shalini Blubaugh
May 21, 2025
When Going to Mass Feels Difficult w/ Fr. Paul and Clare Kane
May 14, 2025
Changing Your Mindset w/ Eileen Tully
May 07, 2025
Prayer for Awareness
Apr 30, 2025
Treating the Whole Person w/ Rachael Marshall
Apr 23, 2025
Support at the Diocesan Level w/ Deanna Johnston
Apr 16, 2025
How Do I Support Someone With Infertility?
Apr 09, 2025
How Can Pastors Support Those With Infertility?
Apr 02, 2025
When is it Time to Take a Break from Treatment? w/ Caroline Gindhart and Clare Kane
Mar 26, 2025
Pursuing Treatment Options w/ Caroline Gindhart and Clare Kane
Mar 19, 2025
The Complementarity of Man and Wife w/ Mary Ellen Stanford
Mar 12, 2025
How To Begin Lent
Mar 05, 2025
How To Be Friends With God w/ Frs. Paul and Chris
Feb 26, 2025
A Deeper Dive into Friendships w/ Clare Kane
Feb 19, 2025
Acknowledging the Grief of Infertility
Feb 12, 2025
What do I Expect from Friendship? w/ Clare Kane
Feb 05, 2025
Dream Date with God
Jan 29, 2025
Let's Pause to Pray
Jan 22, 2025
Is it Time for Your Dream Date?
Jan 15, 2025
Back to the Basics: Managing Infertility Each Day w/ Edward Luersman
Jan 08, 2025
Saint and Word of the Year!
Jan 01, 2025
A Deeper Reflection on Christmas w/ Fr. Paul
Dec 25, 2024
Why do We Prepare? with Father Paul
Dec 18, 2024
How to Advent with your Spouse
Dec 11, 2024
Networking in a Season of Infertility w/ Amy Brooks
Dec 04, 2024
Your Inner Child and Infertility w/ Brya Hanan
Nov 27, 2024
Discovering and Setting Boundaries (Part 2) w/ Clare Kane
Nov 20, 2024
Discovering and Setting Boundaries (Part 1) w/ Clare Kane
Nov 13, 2024
Journeying Through the Tough Stuff w/ Eileen Tully
Nov 06, 2024
Hospitality and Maintaining Friendships in a Season of Infertility w/ Steffani Aquila
Oct 30, 2024
How to Start a Small Group [REPLAY]
Oct 23, 2024
Ways to Pray with Mary Bruno
Oct 16, 2024
Navigating Through Infidelity w/ Clare Kane
Oct 09, 2024
Reapproaching Intimacy after Medical Trauma
Oct 02, 2024
You are Worthy: One Woman’s Personal Story of Redemption through Medical Trauma
Sep 25, 2024
Strengthening Our Marriages through Gratitude and Forgiveness w/ Fr. Elias
Sep 18, 2024
Diving Deeper into Small Groups: A Place to Form Community During a Season of Infertility
Sep 11, 2024
Where it All Began: The Story of How Springs in the Desert Came to Be
Sep 04, 2024
Undergoing a Hysterectomy
Aug 28, 2024
How to Start a Small Group
Aug 21, 2024
Our Place in The Body of Christ w/ Leigh Snead
Aug 14, 2024
How to Serve Couples with Infertility from a Diocesan Perspective w/ Mikki Sciba
Aug 07, 2024
Serving in the Parish while Suffering from Infertility and Loss w/ Jocelyn Abyad
Jul 31, 2024
Is Your NFP Chart Distracting You?
Jul 24, 2024
Is your Relationship with NFP Complicated?
Jul 17, 2024
Dating Your Spouse
Jul 10, 2024
Moving Forward from Medical Trauma
Jul 03, 2024
Entering into Treatment with Surrender w/ Caroline Gindhart
Jun 26, 2024
What's the Issue with IVF? w/ Chris O'Neill
Jun 19, 2024
Receiving Bad or Difficult News w/ Clare Kane
Jun 12, 2024
Praying to Help Us Surrender
Jun 05, 2024
Looking to Mary as Our Model for Fruitfulness
May 29, 2024
Making a Retreat at Home in a Season of Infertility
May 22, 2024
How to Support Our Husbands During Infertility w/ Clare Kane
May 15, 2024
Supporting your Wife on Mother's Day
May 08, 2024
Feminine Fruitfulness w/ Leigh Snead
May 01, 2024
The Connection Between Trauma and Hope w/ Clare Kane
Apr 24, 2024
What Is Love and What Isn't It?
Apr 17, 2024
What Really is Hope?
Apr 10, 2024
Living Out the Virtue of Faith w/ Clare Kane
Apr 03, 2024
Resting in the Garden
Mar 27, 2024
Handling Pregnancy/Personal Announcements at Work
Mar 20, 2024
Love, Hate, or Somewhere in Between? Thoughts on Work
Mar 13, 2024
Navigating Infertility in the Workplace w/ Edward Luersman
Mar 06, 2024
An Examination of Conscience: Our Relationship with Ourselves
Feb 28, 2024
An Examination of Conscience: Our Relationship with Others
Feb 21, 2024
An Examination of Conscience: Our Relationship with Our Spouse
Feb 14, 2024
An Examination of Conscience: Our Relationship with God
Feb 07, 2024
Finding Fruitfulness in Our Wounds w/ Bethany Meola
Jan 31, 2024
The Intimacy Episode w/ Clare Kane
Jan 24, 2024
Going Deeper with The Five Love Languages
Jan 20, 2024
Keeping the Spark Alive
Jan 10, 2024
How to Trust God in This New Year
Jan 03, 2024
Changing the Infertility Conversation
Dec 20, 2023
Building the Domestic Church for a Family of Two this Advent w/ Mari Wagner
Dec 13, 2023
Making the Most of this "Little Lent" w/ Fr. Paul
Dec 06, 2023
What is Spiritual Motherhood? w/ Mary Bruno
Nov 29, 2023
How to Be Grateful When We Don't Feel Grateful
Nov 22, 2023
When God Answers Some Prayers and Not Others w/ Fr. Paul
Nov 15, 2023
Being Okay in a Season of Infertility
Nov 08, 2023
Adoption Questions Answered w/ Emily Stimpson Chapman
Nov 01, 2023
Support in Miscarriage w/ Victoria Cerise
Oct 25, 2023
New Horizons: From Infertility to Menopause w/ Clare Kane
Oct 18, 2023
Grieving Miscarriage w/ Jamie Rathjen
Oct 11, 2023
How Should We Process Grief? w/ Edward Luersman
Oct 04, 2023
Healing through Story Sharing w/ Theresa from The Loveliest Masterpiece
Sep 27, 2023
How to Reset after a Busy Season
Sep 20, 2023
What is Liturgical Living? w/ Steffani Aquila
Sep 13, 2023
Growing in Holiness with Saints Joachim and Anna w/ Fr. Paul
Sep 06, 2023
Restoring Relationships with Our Fathers w/ Edward Luersman
Aug 30, 2023
Rethinking Confession w/ Father Paul West
Aug 23, 2023
Marriage Prep and Infertility w/ Victoria Cerise
Aug 16, 2023
Participating in Parish Life During a Season of Infertility
Aug 09, 2023
How the Church Can Minister to Couples Struggling with Infertility w/ Chris O'Neill
Aug 02, 2023
Focusing on Christ during a Season of Infertility [REPLAY]
Jul 26, 2023
Stepping Into Our Suffering w/ Mary Bruno
Jul 19, 2023
Low-Toxin Living w/ Natalie Blackford
Jul 12, 2023
Going Beyond the Chart w/ Jamie Rathjen
Jul 05, 2023
God as Carpenter w/ Dr. Megan Reister
Jun 28, 2023
Can Music be Healing?
Jun 21, 2023
How to Flourish in Our Brokenness w/ Liz Kelly
Jun 14, 2023
When, Where, & How to Pray in a Season of Infertility w/ Fr. Paul West
Jun 07, 2023
Fruitfulness through Photography w/ Victoria Cerise
May 31, 2023
Using Social Media during Infertility: Healthy or Harmful?
May 24, 2023
Meet Springs of Love: All about Foster Care, Adoption, and Discernment
May 17, 2023
Mother's Day: Celebrating the Hardest Day of the Year
May 10, 2023
Secondary Infertility Stories w/ Dr. Megan Reister
May 03, 2023
How Can I Spread Infertility Awareness?
Apr 26, 2023
Do I Belong at Springs in the Desert?
Apr 19, 2023
Being Charitable when Dealing with Hurtful Comments
Apr 12, 2023
Pregnancy after Miscarriage
Apr 05, 2023
Focusing on Christ during a Season of Infertility
Mar 29, 2023
Reflecting on the Life of St. Joseph w/ Fr. Paul West
Mar 22, 2023
Journeying through Lent: A Focus on Almsgiving
Mar 15, 2023
How to Support Others on the Path of Infertility w/ Christina Heidemann
Mar 08, 2023
Stepping into Lent: A Focus on Fasting
Mar 01, 2023
Why do We "Lent" w/ Father Paul West
Feb 22, 2023
Preparing for Lent: A Focus on Prayer
Feb 15, 2023
Pregnancy after Infertility
Feb 08, 2023
Moving into a New Home
Feb 01, 2023
Catholic Teaching on IVF w/ Dr. Marie Meaney
Jan 25, 2023
Having Fun and Being Challenged with the Word of the Year
Jan 18, 2023
Going Deeper than Resolutions
Jan 11, 2023
When Expecting Doesn't Happen: Wisdom from the Cross w/ Author, Dr. Marie Meaney
Dec 28, 2022
Entering into the Joy of the Season w/ Sydnee Blackburn
Dec 14, 2022
Infertility Portrayed in Television and Movies w/ Sydnee Blackburn
Nov 23, 2022
Bringing the Mission Trip to your Home: An Introduction to Safe Families w/ Natalie Blackford
Nov 09, 2022
Healing after Child and Pregnancy Loss w/ Kelly Breaux
Oct 26, 2022
A Medical Provider's Experience Treating those Suffering from Infertility w/ Caroline Gindhart, NP
Oct 12, 2022
A Priest's Role in Ministering to Those Experiencing Infertility w/ Father Jacob Meyer
Sep 28, 2022
Pilgrimaging and Praying with Our Lady through Infertility
Sep 14, 2022
Soldiering Through Infertility in the Military w/ Kim Colby
Aug 24, 2022
Freedom From NFP w/ Christina Valenzuela
Aug 10, 2022
The Goodness of Our Bodies w/ Christina Valenzuela
Jul 27, 2022
Fertility at all Costs? Temptations and Truths about Infertility Treatment
Jul 13, 2022
Persevering with the Lord through Infertility w/ Deacon Amarante
Jun 22, 2022
Vocation and the Call to Live for Others w/ Fr. Paolo Puccini, CSP
Jun 08, 2022
Clicks and Reels: Social Media and Infertility
May 25, 2022
Idealizing Marriage and Motherhood w/ Sterling Jaquith
May 11, 2022
Infertility and the Parish Family
Apr 27, 2022
Ministering to Catholic Couples Experiencing Infertility w/ Michele Chronister & Danielle Abril
Apr 13, 2022
Appreciating the Siesta and Sabbath w/ Jillian Kubik
Mar 23, 2022
Resting in the Lord in Infertility
Mar 09, 2022
Taking Captive Every Thought w/ Sterling Jaquith
Feb 23, 2022
Weathering the Storm: Baby Showers and Infertility
Feb 09, 2022
Infertility, Work, and Being a Catholic Wife w/Sydnee Blackburn
Jan 26, 2022
Balancing Work, Marriage, and Rest
Jan 12, 2022
Making Room for Jesus w/Cassi and Ian Durnan
Dec 22, 2021
Christmas Traditions for Two w/ Stacy and Todd Stephenson
Dec 08, 2021
Adoption, Discernment, and Giving Thanks w/Jen Soccorsi
Nov 24, 2021
Comfort and Joy: Surviving “Announcement” Season, w/Natalie Blackford
Nov 10, 2021
A Man’s Take: The Healing Power of Hobbies
Oct 27, 2021
Beyond Conception: Re-conceiving Healing in Infertility
Oct 13, 2021
Declaring Our Unique Femininity as Women w/Abby Kyle
Sep 23, 2021
Finding Peace in the Negative Thoughts of Infertility
Aug 25, 2021
Peak (Days) and Valleys: NFP and Infertility
Jul 28, 2021
A Man's Take: Father's Day and Growing in Our Marriages w/Ian Durnan
Jun 23, 2021
Spiritual Motherhood Is For All Women w/Sr. Anna Rose and Sr. Mary Gemma, TOR
May 26, 2021
Lifted Up By Our Loved Ones: Support Through Infertility w/ Katie Hickmann and Alissa West
Apr 21, 2021
A Man's Take: St. Joseph w/Fr. Paul Varchola West
Mar 24, 2021
Blessed (too) is the Fruit of Your Heart: Exploring Spiritual Maternity w/ Cassi Durnan
Feb 24, 2021
What Did you Expect? Infertility, Illness, and Hope w/ Cassandra Taylor
Jan 28, 2021
Praying Through Infertility (Advent Mini-Retreat Facebook Live)
Dec 30, 2020
Thanksgiving in Infertility (Under the Laurel Tree)
Nov 25, 2020
The "Tough Stuff" of Emotions and Prayer in Infertility (Under the Laurel Tree)
Nov 11, 2020
Grief and Infertility (Under the Laurel Tree)
Oct 21, 2020
A Man's Take: Infertility Grief and Counseling w/ Edward Luersman, MA, LPC
Sep 30, 2020
More Than a Spa Day: Why Self-Care Matters in Infertility
Sep 16, 2020
Finding Joy in Hardship: A Look at Elisabeth's Leseur's Marriage (The Secret Diary of Elisabeth Leseur)
Aug 26, 2020
The Inspiring Interior Life of Elisabeth Leseur (The Secret Diary of Elisabeth Leseur)
Aug 12, 2020
Elisabeth Leseur's Spiritual Motherhood (The Secret Diary of Elisabeth Leseur)
Jul 29, 2020
Start, Pause, Stop, Resume: Discerning Treatment for Infertility (Facebook Live)
Jul 15, 2020
A Man's Take: Prayer, Exodus 90 and Infertility w/Phil Huneck
Jul 01, 2020
Communicating with Our Spouses, Family and Friends through Infertility (Facebook Live)
Jun 17, 2020
Springs in the Desert Podcast Trailer
Jun 16, 2020