View from the Domestic Church: I'm a guest on Al Kresta's show tomorrow speaking about Mother Teresa

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Love for Laundry: Folding Hail Mary’s
Laundry: a never-ending task,
Looming over me, growing beside me,
Requiring my time and lots of energy.
How can a mother embrace this job?
Quietly, I pray.
Folding my family’s clothes,
I think of them and of you, Lord.
Thankful for this blessing;
The awesome privilege
Of caring for them!
Dear Lord, please grant me all of the graces I need to see the hidden treasure in housework and in caring for my family!
(excerpted from my book: Grace Cafe: Serving Up Recipes for Faithful Mothering, Circle Press)

Monday, February 1, 2010

I'm a guest on Al Kresta's show tomorrow speaking about Mother Teresa

I hope you can join Al Kresta and me tomorrow (Tuesday) at 5:30 PM to 6:00 PM Eastern time. We will be chatting LIVE on Ave Maria Radio aired through EWTN and all of its affiliates and through Sirius Radio. We will be chatting about my book: Mother Teresa and Me: Ten years of Friendship and of course, my friendship with Blessed Mother Teresa. I am honored to be Al's guest again. He has a great inspirational show every afternoon called "Kresta in the Afternoon" where he "talks about things that matter most." I have thoroughly enjoyed listening to Al's show and also being a guest on Al's show both in person LIVE at events I have attended around the country and over the phone LIVE as well.

The latest news on the "blogfront" is the new webcam on Al's blog. You can watch the webcam during our interview! You can join us by tuning into Kresta In The Afternoon.blogspot.com

See you tomorrow!

God bless and hugs,

Donna-Marie

2 comments:

Roxane B. SalonenFebruary 1, 2010 at 5:41 PM
Donna, wonderful! I listen to Al's show nearly every afternoon. And he will be in Fargo this month for a Catholic radio fundraiser, which I will be attending as one of our newest local hosts. So, how neat is this? I might even have to watch it on my computer instead of just listening in. Now you can't do the interview in your pajamas. Hee hee. I'll be praying for you and looking forward to your chat with Al!
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Donna-Marie Cooper O'BoyleFebruary 1, 2010 at 5:48 PM
Thanks for stopping by, Roxane! That's great that Al will be in Fargo. When is he due to be there?

Regarding me in my pj's, I think by 5:30 PM I had better be in my clothes! :) But, Al is the only one you'll see LIVE in this interview since it won't be webcammed on my end but maybe some other time. You'll see images of me, my book, Mother Teresa and maybe some surprises, who knows.

I'm glad you'll be joining us, Roxane. I think there's a way you can watch it later on too if you aren't at your computer at that time. It appeared that way to me when I looked at the blog earlier today. Check it out and see.

Thanks for your prayers and support!
Hugs!
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