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Hospice, St. Joseph, and Happy Deaths

November 19, 2012 by Lisa Schmidt 5 Comments

In honor of National Hospice/Palliative Care Month, a note of gratitude to hospice professionals for their role in shepherding terminally ill patients from this life into the next.

Posted in: Faith, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: Deacon Formation, Death, Diaconate, Dying, Hospice, saints

7 Quick Takes: My Attempt at Humor

November 2, 2012 by Lisa Schmidt 5 Comments

Another round of 7 Quick Takes. This time, Lisa tries her hat at a little stand-up comedy, blog-style.

Posted in: Family, Fun, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: 7 Quick Takes, Conception Abbey, Das Schmidt Haus, Deacon Formation, Diaconate, Family, Lucy

Praying for More Angels in Habits

September 22, 2012 by Lisa Schmidt 3 Comments

In nine days, the Church celebrates the memorial of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux. We are praying a novena for increased vocations to the sisterhood in honor of a beautiful nun we recently met.

Posted in: Faith, Schmidt, Joel, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: Conception Abbey, Deacon Formation, Diaconate, novena, Nun, PrayMoreNovenas, Silent Retreat, Sisterhood, Sisters, St. Clare of Assisi, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Vocation

In Search of Holy Leisure

September 11, 2012 by Lisa Schmidt 3 Comments

In between bouts of folding laundry, cleaning house, and preparing lunch one recent day, I spotted a family sitting on my next-door neighbor’s front lawn. After a second look, I realized the man was the construction worker who had been pouring concrete in the neighborhood all morning. He was taking a lunch break and his … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faith, Family, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: Deacon Formation, Diaconate, Ephphatha, Gospel of Mark, Holy Leisure, Otium Sanctum, Pope Benedict XVI, St. Benedict

How Do I Know You’re a Man of God?

January 9, 2012 by Deacon Joel Schmidt 8 Comments

Editor’s Note: In honor of National Vocations Awareness Week, we will be sharing a handful of posts focusing on vocations. Our diocese poses the following: “Through our baptism, each of us receives a special vocational calling from God. What is God calling you to?” My husband Joel, who is in diaconate formation, provides today’s post and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faith, Family, Schmidt, Joel Tagged: Deacon Formation, Diaconate, National Vocations Awareness Week, Vocation, Vocational Calling

2011 In Pictures — 7 Quick Takes Style

December 30, 2011 by Lisa Schmidt 2 Comments

2011 has been exciting here at Das Schmidt Haus. Here’s my year in review, 7 Quick Takes style. — 1 — I started 2011 as a new full-time at-home parent after resigning from what many called the “dream job.” Many people didn’t understand my decision to walk away from a job with a very promising … [Read more…]

Posted in: Fun, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: 7 Quick Takes, Blessed Pope John Paul II, Catholic New Media Conference, Deacon Formation, Diaconate, Diocese of Des Moines, Infertility, Pilgrimage, Pregnancy, saints

It’s not what Martha was doing. It was her mode!

July 29, 2011 by Lisa Schmidt 8 Comments

I’ve used and abused Martha so much in the past to justify my busyness. Someone has to step up, be the Martha, and get the work done, right?

Maybe this is common sense for you, but I had an “A-ha” moment a few months back. I had been complaining a lot about how busy Joel and I are required to be with his diaconate formation. Classes to attend, books to read, essays to write, spiritual direction to seek, etc. Sometimes I feel we are kept busy just for the sake that looking busy must mean we are really being formed spiritually.

But it was during one of the seminary classes that I gained a sense of peace about much of this. There is a very dynamic monk at Conception Seminary & Abbey in Missouri, and no matter what he says, it seems he’s always speaking just to me. And he made the point, “It wasn’t what Martha was doing that was her problem. It was her mode!”

Posted in: Faith, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: Deacon Formation, Diaconate, Jesus, Martha, Mary, saints

Seven Quick Takes Friday (vol. 4)

February 11, 2011 by Lisa Schmidt 2 Comments

~1~ We are staring down a busy weekend at Das Schmidt Haus.First up is another deacon formation weekend at Conception Seminary that may shape up to be a defining moment for Joel’s continued diaconate discernment. Last month he was given a large assignment: to develop a ministry for a group of people in need. After … [Read more…]

Posted in: Fun, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: 7 Quick Takes, Deacon Formation, Diaconate, Pure Fashion
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