Creating Saints
Episodes
11 episodes
Mental Health and Faith
CONTENT TRIGGER WARNING: This episode talks about serious mental health issues and discusses suicidality and self-harm. If you or someone you know are experiencing mental health concerns, please seek professional support as this podcast is not ...
Immigration and Faith
Today, we interview Suzette Malong, a family friend, who immigrated to the United States from the Philippines. We talk about the challenges that she faced when she immigrated to the US and talk about how her faith played a role during those dif...
Bonus Episode: Baseball Opening Weekend Edition
We are huge Oakland Athletics fans and we decided to watch the movie Angels in the Outfield to hype us up for the start of the baseball season (COVID-19 edition). We talk about how baseball and faith intersect and describe themes in the movie t...
What does a Catholic look like? Feat. John Giang pt. 2
We interview a 5/6 year old Catholic, John Giang, who recently converted and was baptized in the faith about what biases and stereotypes are held about Catholics and what biases continue to exist within the church. John tells us his conversion ...
What does a Catholic look like? Feat. John Giang pt. 1
We interview a 5/6 year old Catholic, John Giang, who recently converted and was baptized in the faith about what biases and stereotypes are held about Catholics and what biases continue to exist within the church. John tells us his conversion ...
What are Implicit Biases?
It’s been a minute, but we are glad to be back in action! This week’s episode talks about what implicit biases are and *some* of the ways it shows up in our church and in our families. In this episode, we ask:What are implicit biase...
Praying and Gardening through Quarantine Life feat. Stephanie Luna
Join us in our discussion of faith and gardening with Stephanie Luna! In this episode, we discuss Luna’s faith journey with her time with the Franciscans and now, with Maryknoll. We talk about quarantine life, how we can foster our relationship...
Bonus Episode: Father’s Day
We are celebrating Father’s Day by interviewing my own father, Fred De Leon. Join us for a special conversation about how my father grew in his Catholic faith.If you’re an immigrant, or come from an immigrant family, and if there is...
Ep 3 - Praying with Family
Today’s guests are our 3 children! We talk about what our prayer life looks like as a family and we ask each other questions to reflect on:What is your favorite memory of your family praying?When are some significant times ...
Ep 2 - Praying in Chaos
Welcome back for our 2nd episode! It has been quite a difficult week so we’re sharing with you why and how prayer has been instrumental in keeping us afloat during times of chaos. In this episode, we ask each other questions about our personal ...