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Jun 13, 2017
Catholic Influencers&middot Faith

Finding Faith and Hope on Your Device this Summer: Catholic Social Media Influencers, Volume 6

Finding Faith and Hope on Your Device this Summer-

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Catholic Social Media Influencers began as a Facebook group where Catholics who write, create, publish and simply inspire support one another.  You can now follow Catholic Social Media Influencers on Pinterest!  Follow here: Catholic Social Media Influencers

Annie Deddens

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I’m a Catholic wife & writer — and I very much identify with being a producer. I used to work in broadcast journalism for years as a reporter & producer, and now I’m using those same skills to find some of the best Catholic reads out there about living an authentic Catholic life as a woman, and sharing those things on my blog. I also run a prayer ministry with my husband, called Pray More Novenas. We’ve been doing that for nearly six years (wow!), we’ve been married for almost five (I can’t believe it!), and it’s still just the two of us (for now), living in Dayton, Ohio, my husband’s hometown.

Where can you be found on social media?

On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/catholicwifecatholiclife

On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/catholicwifecatholiclife/

And on Pinterest here: https://www.pinterest.com/catholicwifecl/

What is your favorite prayer and/or quote?

This is constantly changing… Right now, it’s this from St. Francis de Sales:

The same everlasting Father

who cares for you today, will care for you tomorrow

and every day.

Either He will shield you from suffering

or give you unfailing strength to bear it.

Be at peace and then and put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginings.”

And my current favorite prayer is the super short & simple, “Jesus, I trust in You.”


What services do you provide?

Through our prayer ministry, my blog and social media, I provide encouragement, particularly for women, to strive to lead a holy life — in our every day lives, doing the small & ordinary things.

I’m available to write for faith-based websites about marriage, our Faith, and the lives of the saints — and what we can learn from them. I’m also available to write sponsored posts. Please contact me for my rates!

Tell us what freelance opportunities you hope to provide:
Sponsored posts and writing faith-based content about marriage and the lives of the saints.

Contact info
E-mail: catholicwifecatholiclife@gmail.com

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 Kirby Hoberg

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I’m a Texan girl who just transplanted from the SF Bay Area to the Twin Cities. By day I am home with the kids, by night I dance ballet and act in theater productions.
I love coffee, Anthropology, Country music, and British television, plus I have the drinking taste of an old man. I’m a 2nd generation homeschooler, semi-crunchy mom, who can’t seem to run out of depths to delve in Catholicism.


Where can you be found on social media?


Facebook https://www.facebook.com/underthyroof/


Instagram https://www.instagram.com/underthyroof/


What is your favorite prayer and/or quote?


New favorite quote:

“Take care of our body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.”

– St. Augustine.

The two things I see that moms are tempted to sacrifice are their physical care and prayer time. This quote calls me out when I feel like slipping in those areas!


What services do you provide?


On the Under Thy Roof blog, and on my social media, I seek to share about Catholic family life in our domestic home our big Church home. It has also turned into encouraging healthier attitudes about self-care for moms and women in general. As my motherhood has developed into a wider creative experience with theater and dance thrown into the mix, I hope to widen assumptions about what it means to be an at-home parent and what it means to be a young Catholic woman living in the world.
I am available to write for faith-based or motherhood websites, and do sponsored posts. Rates are available upon request.

I am currently on a maternity leave of sorts from theater and dance production until after this baby is born in late September, but I will be returning to the audition circuit in the Winter or Spring!


What is your contact info?


My blog can be found at www.underthyroof.blogspot.com and I can always be reached by email at underthyroof@gmail.com.
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Pam Spano

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I’m a convert to the Catholic faith.  Though my mother was raised Catholic and my father was Lutheran, neither of my parents practiced their faith and left it up to me to decide how I wanted to worship (or not worship at all).  It was difficult growing up like that.  God revealed himself to me over the years, but I didn’t know how to worship Him.  I attended many different kinds of churches, including the Catholic Church, but nothing was resonating with me during my childhood, teen years or up to my mid-twenties.
 
I met my husband on a blind date.  Neither of us was really interested in meeting the other, but we agreed to go out.  As we dated, I was intrigued by this man who still went to church every Sunday and actually followed his faith.  At one point, I sarcastically said to him, “I suppose if we were to get married, you would want me to convert?”  He thought for a moment, and said, “Well, I am worried about your soul.”  To this day his cousin claims that is the best pick-up line ever!
 
After 35 years of marriage and three children, I find myself writing a Catholic blog.  Our God is indeed a God of surprises!

Where can you be found on Social Media?

 

Facebook: Being Catholic. Really

Twitter: Pam Spano @CatholicReally

Favorite Prayer and/or quote:

In my early years as a convert, it was:
 1 Corinthians 2:9, 

       But as it is written:

“What eye has not seen, and ear has not heard,

and what has not entered the human heart,

what God has prepared for those who love him.

 
That’s my spiritual journey in one verse!  It still speaks to me after all these years.

What services do you provide?

My blog came out of wanting to share my faith journey and encourage others in theirs.  What happened was I was being taught my faith by those who read my words and shared their stories.  It seems surreal even now.
Right now I am accepting freelance writing opportunities!  Please contact me for my rates!
*** Additional note from Amy:  Pam posts often combine faith and humor!  She is sure to make you chuckle once in awhile!
For example, you may see something like this on your Facebook feed:
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Contact info:

Pamspano@aol.com

Want to follow more inspiring Catholics on Social Media?  Check out these earlier posts!

Catholic Social Media Influencers: Volume 1

Catholic Social Media Influencers: Volume 2

Catholic Social Media Influencers: Volume 3

From California to London: Catholic Social Media Influencers, Volume 4 

Inspiring Ministries for Everyday Catholics: Catholic Social Media Influencers, Volume 5

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  1. Carrie Chance says

    June 14, 2017 at 9:24 am

    I am not catholic, or religious at all, but I do like that quote on Kirby’s bio by St Augustine. Whether catholic or not, it’s great advice

  2. Heather Lawrence says

    June 14, 2017 at 11:55 am

    Love your printables!
    We are not Catholic but I was raised Anglican so I think a lot of what we believe is the same.
    Your prayer is interesting to me… I honestly think that our prayer life is a never ending conversation with our Lord and saviour.

    • Amy says

      June 14, 2017 at 7:18 pm

      I definitely think most of what we believe is the same . . including that our prayer life is that never ending conversation with our Lord!

  3. Milena says

    June 14, 2017 at 4:16 pm

    I have never explored our faith online to be honest with you. Both my boys attend Catholic school as I did when I was young. This is interesting.

  4. Rebecca Bryant says

    June 14, 2017 at 5:29 pm

    I agree with Carrie. The quote is a wonderful one.

  5. Dawn Nieves says

    June 14, 2017 at 7:12 pm

    This sounds like a great community. Thanks for introducing me to new blogs/people. I especially like some of these quotes. Some of them, I truly needed to hear today.

    • Amy says

      June 14, 2017 at 7:17 pm

      Dawn, I am so glad to read that you needed to hear some of these quotes today. That’s what’s great about faith . . . with God, there are no coincidences! Those messages were meant for you!

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