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Girlfriends (A Podcast for Catholic Women)

The Philosophy of Motherhood (with Dr. Janice Breidenbach)

Girlfriends (A Podcast for Catholic Women)

Danielle Bean

Kids & Family, Parenting, Religion & Spirituality

4.9810 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Our guest this week is Dr. Janice Chik Breidenbach, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Ave Maria University. Dr. Breidenbach joins us to share about her new course, Philosophy of Motherhood. She shares about the motivation to create this course and the important conversations it is sparking on campus in the culture. Snippet From the Show The sacrifice of motherly love, and how it nourishes the most utterly dependent and helpless being, is one of the most beautiful and powerful icons of God's love in this world. For episode shownotes, text GIRLFRIENDS to 33-777 or visit www.ascensionpress.com/girlfriends.

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0:00.0

Girlfriends, episode number 280.

0:03.0

The Philosophy of Motherhood with Dr. Janice Bridenbach.

0:09.3

Hello and welcome to girlfriends.

0:11.5

I'm Danielle Bean.

0:12.6

I'm a wife and a mom, and I'm on a mission to help you know your worth as a woman

0:16.8

so you can find peace, balance, and joy in family living.

0:19.9

This week, I'm talking with

0:21.2

Dr. Janice Brydenbach about a new course that she's teaching at Ave Maria University,

0:26.0

the philosophy of motherhood. A fascinating conversation, can't wait to share it with you. Let's go.

0:41.2

Hello, you glad you are here.

0:44.4

Thanks for joining me on this newest episode of the Girlfriend's Podcast.

0:47.2

If you're a first time listener, I want to give you a special welcome.

0:48.7

Thank you for being here.

0:51.7

Special bonus for everyone listening is you were prayed for. I always pray for the people who listen to my podcast

0:54.4

before I record them. So you get that bonus grace today. And if you're a long time or

0:59.2

sometime listener, welcome back. I'm always glad to be able to connect with you here. So today's topic,

1:04.3

we're talking about the philosophy of motherhood, which is the name of a new course that's available

1:08.6

at Ave Maria University. I was excited for this

1:11.8

opportunity to talk with Janice Bridenbach, who's the professor who put the course together and

1:16.4

taught it for the first time this past spring, because as some of you know, and I've shared here on

1:22.0

the podcast before, I've had a few kids go through Ave Maria University. So I'm a big fan of that place.

1:27.8

I've got two incoming freshmen for this fall. And so, you know, the legend goes on. And I love that place.

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