Two Become Family: Restoring Confidence in Catholic Marriage and Family life
Renzo and Monica share stories, advice, and encouragement for everyday Catholics navigating the human side of a faith-filled marriage. They both bring a voice of joyful solidarity from their experience living in the trenches with a growing family. Their honesty and witness offer hope to couples who want to find confidence in their vocation to marriage through a candid and faithful discussion. Renzo and Monica Ortega are Catholic ministry leaders, podcast hosts, authors, and national speakers. Their latest title, Lovemaking: How to Talk about Sex with Your Spouse was published through Ave Maria Press. They host the popular marriage podcast Two Become Family and speak nationally for the St. John Paul II Foundation’s Together in Holiness conference series. Their testimonies of faith, marriage, and parenting have been featured by the National Catholic Register, the Knights of Columbus, and Augustine Institute. They are coauthors of the children’s devotional Go to Joseph for Children, and Renzo is also the author of the men’s devotional Go to Joseph: 10 Day Preparation for Consecration to St. Joseph.
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In our first rewind of the summer we are sharing one of our favorite interviews with the Swaffords! It's all about heroic virtue and how virtue can change your life and your relationships. Let's jump in!
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Go To Joseph For Children
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Welcome to part 5 of our new series Resurrected Marriage! In today's episode, we talk about how, as God's grace heals us, we need to respond by moving from maintenance to mission. What is the mission your marriage is living out? We're so happy you're here with us! Let's jump in!
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Welcome to part 4 of our new series Resurrected Marriage! Let's jump in!
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Go To Joseph: 10 Day Consecration to St. Joseph
Go To Joseph For Children
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In this episode, we apologize profusely for missing yesterday's post and come to you to de-influence and share what's going on in our lives. We hope you enjoy the episode and hop over to our substack to continue the conversation!
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In today's episode we sit down and chat with Mary Bruno. We are so happy you are here to join us to hear her testimony and witness! Let's jump in
The intimate experiences with suffering and joy Mary shares inspired her to write two books! You can learn more about Missing Pieces: Female Perspectives on Sex for Catholic Women and Holding Space for Joy: A Prayer Companion for Women Struggling with Infertility an...
Welcome to part 2 of our new series Resurrected Marriage! In today's episode, we talk about how grace can allow us to move from tackling the bad fruit in our marriage to tackling the bad roots in our marriage. We're so happy you're here with us for this let's jump in!
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Welcome to part 1 of our new series Resurrected Marriage! In today's episode, we talk about how we can live a in the resurrection by moving from relying on grit to relying on grace. We're so happy you're here with us for this let's jump in!
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Go To Joseph: 10 Day Consecration to St. Jos...
Buy our new book on how to talk about sex with your spouse: Order LOVEMAKING! - Use code LOVE10
Our other books
Go To Joseph: 10 Day Consecration to St. Joseph
Go To Joseph For Children
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In today's episode, we talk about the next two chapters in the Lenten devotional we've been working through. It leads us to some deeper and honest conversation about areas of life that we need to increase in trust of God the Father. Let's jump in!
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In this episode Renzo shares a little bit about his weekend and The Rescue Project we connect the reality of the Gospel with how God has been challenging us this Lent. Our conversation leads us to talk about faith, gratitude, and how to start having faith filled conversations with your spouse!
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In today's episode we talk about Lent and what we're reading together during this season: https://jpiihealingcenter.org/product/trusting-our-fathers-provision/
We talk about our recent trip to Steubenville, Ohio, how God is answering our prayers and how we can start to pray more open and honestly this Lent to prepare to receive what God has in store for us.
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In today's episode we talk about Lent and what we're reading together during this season: https://jpiihealingcenter.org/product/trusting-our-fathers-provision/
We talk about why we struggle with trust in this season of our lives, we talk a little bit of the temperaments and we share about the Phil Wickham concert we attended! We hope you enjoy our conversation and lean in to what God wants to do this season.
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In today's episode, we interview some of our favorite people about their leap into starting Refuge Rosaries! Jess and Robby Nayden discuss trusting Mary, learning from the Rosary, and the difference it can make in a married couples prayer life. Let’s jump in!
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In today’s episode, we catch up with our friends from Saints Alive! Melissa and Alex Dee. We have a great talking about the leap of faith necessary to be couple-preneurs, and the latest Lent challenge from Saints Alive and Hallow!
- Waitlist to sign up for The Little Way
- 30 day free trial of Hallow
- Saints Alive website
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In this episode, we chatted with Katie Bogner, teacher and catechist (and blogger from LookToHimAndBeRadiant.com). Covering topics related to her experience teaching in both public and Catholic school as well as working parish catechetical ministry, we discussed school choice, obstacles and challenges she sees her middle schoolers facing, and ways that families can vibrantly live their Catholic faith together, especia...
We thought we were done with Lovemaking, but this week was tough! In today's episode we also give you some practical ways our marital intimacy can get stronger in our season of parenthood. For more on this topic: Order LOVEMAKING! we're so happy you're here with us, let's jump in!
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In our last episode of the Lovemaking series we talk about the connection between marriage, sex, and the Eucharist. We also give you some practical ways our marital intimacy can reframe our relationship with Jesus. For more on this topic: PRE-ORDER LOVEMAKING! we're so happy you're here with us, let's jump in!
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In today's episode we talk about how sexual wounds can hurt your intimacy in marriage and what freedom and healing looked like in our marriage. For more on this topic: PRE-ORDER LOVEMAKING! we're so happy you're here with us, let's jump in!
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We had to re-record this episode cause of technical issues, but we think it's better than our first attempt. Here it is: why your mental load may be ruining your marital intimacy. Let's jump in!
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