Welcome to our new newsletter name - we have decided to name it after Our Lady - Stella Maris Gazette. You will receive this once a week in your inbox if you signup for our newsletters.
We hope to put more "newsy" information in the Gazette. We will include a link to our blog here. If I don't have time to make a blog post then I may link to someone else's post or something like that. Surprises - I would love to make some fun connections between music and doulas - so we will see what kind of fun surprises I include in the newsletter. Events - I plan to make an event list or page to put information in our news or link to a page for events. We like to keep you update about events. Events can be free webinars to paid events like our rebozo online zoom classes and more. Freebie items in our newsletters - when we can provide this - we will have them. For May we are participating in a spring bundle and you will obtain access to our mini-rebozo class usually $47 now for free! How to access will be announced next week. Rebozo information - our next live zoom class will be on May 11th, 2024 and it will be our postpartum bone closing class - you can register here - you get $20 automatically off for May! https://www.catholicdoula.com/rebozo.html#/ *********** Mama Tip of the Week. It is OK to cry as a new mother. God is with you in this journey. Do you need some extra help? You may want to read my book "A Catholic Postpartum" - get your copy here. ************ New Mom Class: Are you lonely being a new mother? Would you like to untangle motherhood? This is a mom's group with a twist, Heather and you will be exploring the reasons why isolation, overwhelm, and mom guilt are so common and what we can do about it while developing self-care and community building practices that nourish our souls. This virtual group is designed to be accessible even to moms of newborns but is open to moms of all ages. If this resonates with you and you are willing to help Heather Magill iron out the wrinkles in her first group session starting May 13th, she is offering a special rate of $97 if you sign up by the 12th (Mother's Day)! Future sessions will start at $197 so don't miss out! You can learn more about Heather Magill and the course content here https://infantconcierge.podia.com/untangling-motherhood be sure to use coupon code JULIE at checkout to get the special rate for this session only. (If for some reason that code does not work please use MOTHERDAY instead and tell her Julie sent you.) The 8th of April was a big day for two reasons this week, first of all it was the Annunciation of Mary transferred to this particular day as it is not celebrated on Holy Week in the Latin Tridentine Calendar. Second, everyone was watching the total solar eclipse going through America. My thoughts on the eclipse, yes this was a nice event to get outside and enjoy nature and do some science. However, how many are giving God glory during this time? I doubt if you will hear it in the news media. Team sun or team moon or earth is all they talked about. God gave us this wonderful event to enjoy "in the heavens there will be signs and wonders" as the Bible says! I also was thinking - perhaps there was an eclipse the day of Good Friday when Christ died? The way the Bible and movies portray the hour of Christ's death as an earthquake and darkness happening. Could this darkness been from a solar eclipse? I wouldn't know for sure - but it sounds like a true possibility! We should give God thanks for this beautiful day that we were able to observe whether you got to see a total eclipse in Texas, Arkansas, Illinois, Ohio, New York or Maine... or like us where we just got a partial - it was a fun event! Now, let me turn to our Marian theme - Mary is the beautiful Mother of God. The moon is considered HER Lamp and the Sun is sometimes considered to represent Jesus. So, Mary overshadowing the Sun!! This shows to me that we get our graces through Mary and praying to her for help! She is the Mediatrix of all graces! Also, it was the Feast of the Annunciation on April 8th - she is the first doula accepting God's fiat and going straight to visit her cousin Elizabeth immediately after this Annunciation of God to her soul. You can read this article from Koala Mom blog if you want to know more on how a doula can help your Catholic pregnancy: https://thekoalamom.com/2019/10/catholic-doula-support-pregnancy/ In this blog post, I also wanted to announce a new childbirth class training program - we are offering a new course titled "Gratia Plena Childbirth classes". We have decided to redo our name of the course and will be featuring more information soon on this class. We are in tester mode and we are offering partial scholarships or one full scholarship (to a lucky mom) for testing the class. Deadline for applications is April 15th and then I'll decide on a few tester students for this course. The partial scholarship students can choose a give from your heart amount to test the course. Start will probably be mid-May-June for the first class around 4-6 zoom meetings - I will decide on amount later. Let me know if you have any questions. If you want to apply go to the childbirth class page or email [email protected] - I will not accept applications after April 15th. Thanks. |
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