Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all our blog and newsletter subscribers! Thank you for being part of Catholic Doula Program this year. 
A short meditation: 
Mary is on her way to have her baby Jesus. He's inside her womb - the Holy ONE - Jesus - inside her womb waiting to be born - how awesome! Mary feels Jesus kick! She knows He is coming soon. However, there is not place for them to stay. Then, a Inn Keeper suggests the stable nearby. Mary and Joseph rush to go to the stable. Mary prepares her place for Jesus' birth. Joseph gets wood for a fire. Then Jesus comes like a light through the window - no pain for Mary at all (this is according to traditional sources) - Mary feels no pain. She just knows when He will come and is prepared. Jesus comes quickly and he is there a small wee baby and she gathers Him up and lays him in a manager! Then the Shepherds come because the Angels told them to do so. Gloria! Emmanuel is Born!! -- end of meditation by Julie Larsen 
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We are pretty excited about offering new opportunities for doulas. I have had 2 requests already for a mini-spiritual program for doulas who are already in training with someone else. So, we are most likely going to offer some kind of mini-doula spiritual class in the near future. We are also going to offer a new transfer your doula certification (or cross-certification) class to those who may have stumbled upon our class after you registered somewhere else and want to be able to have the full experience! We want to give you a price break from our regular course - so for $299 you can transfer over or cross-certify and we will be putting up a page on more information on how that works. That will be available for birth or postpartum doula classes. I plan to have a once a month zoom meeting day available for transfer or cross-certifying students. January 18th is the day I have chosen for January. So, if you are interested in doing this, message [email protected] and I'll get you started on this. I plan to setup info after Christmas.
Our new fast-track doula postpartum doula course is now open - you can read about that here.
OK, God Bless, we will post another blog soon. Subscribe to our newsletter or blog to get updates. Thank you.

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