Veil + Armour: Holiness in Motherhood and Daily Life
From former feminist to exploring the Catholic feminine genius: Learning how to be a "Proverbs 31 Woman" in the Modern World Authentic conversations about faith, family and femininity. Are you seeking a joyful, life-changing + Christ-centred vision of motherhood & femininity? Are you seeking authenticity, clarity, and confidence in your vocation as a Christian wife and mother, and seek to understand your husband's role and mission in the family, in his work, and in the world, and your divine calling as parents? Sheila Nonato is a stay-at-home and homeschooling mom, and an award-winning journalist. Her work has been published by The Catholic Register (Toronto), Postmedia News - Ottawa (National Post), The Jordan Times (Amman), IRIN Middle East (UN news agency), The Canadian Press, The Globe and Mail, China Daily, The Christian Science Monitor We will explore the Catholic Feminine Genius of women. Is popular culture the only lens within which we can view a woman's worth and purpose? The Catholic vision of motherhood and womanhood presents the "feminine genius," embodying the Christian virtues of service, sacrifice, and lasting joy and fulfillment in our God-given vocation as women, mothers, future mothers and spiritual mothers. We seek to bridge the gap between the understanding of women in the secular world vs. a countercultural Christian vision of a woman's role & power, rooted in the Bible and Church tradition. Veil + Armour is a Top 10 Motherhood & Catholic podcast via Goodpods' rankings charts. Thank you to our faithful listeners and subscribers! God bless! https://www.sheilanonato.com https://www.veilandarmour.com https://www.instagram.com/@veilandarmour https://www.x.com/@sheilanonato on X/Twitter
Episodes
For this first week of Advent, let us reflect upon Hope, Hope in Christ.
We are honoured to welcome our next guest, Camille Mendoza, who is the designer of our podcast apostolate's logo!
She is a brand designer, and newly expectant mother! Congratulations, Camille!
Camille shares the beautiful, heartfelt story of her daughter Lilo a lived a radiant, albeit short life, and how grief reshaped Camille's faith, fa...
Parenting today can feel like being in a tornado or holding back a storm brewing in the background —graphic headlines on every feed, smartphones in every pocket, and a culture that treats faith as a long-lost relic of an age gone by. We invited Dr. Ray Guarendi—clinical psychologist, EWTN host, and father of ten adopted children—to help us navigate the chaos with clear judgment, deep faith, and steady authority. The r...
We trace a family’s roots from Holocaust survival and Bishop von Galen’s courage to a modern Canadian home shaped by saints’ names, a modern-day courtship (with the help of a Catholic dating website), and faith that guides marriage, parenting, and public service. Practical habits and clear principles show how love endures amid busyness, travel, and six kids.
• naming children after saints who are role models ...
We honour veterans and their families this week. A Blessed Remembrance Day and Veterans' Day all veterans and their families, honouring those who made the ultimate sacrfice.
What shapes the Filipino-Canadian identity? Sheila's husband, Joseph, traces a line from quiet devotion to public service, showing how heritage, resilience, and a shared purpose that builds a hopeful community.
• context and orig...
A single line from Sacred Scripture sets the tone: faith, hope, and love.
We invite you into a Mother’s Day Retreat reflection to remember the many crosses being carried by women around the world who have faced miscarriage, stillbirth, infertility, and the quiet ache of waiting, paired with a family pilgrimage tale that finds warmth on an icy road to Lourdes.
We start in Barcelona, standing under the rising sp...
Veil + Armour at the Catholic Creator Conference:
Start with Scripture, stay for the mission. We open with St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 6 and a family prayer, then trace the unexpected path from a mother’s return to journalism to a household apostolate that lives at the crossroads of motherhood and fatherhood—veil and armour together.
The spark was finding Tammy Peterson's story of healing and conversio...
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What resonated with you the most about this episode? Feel free to email us and let us know!
Email: veilandarmour@gmail.com
If our podcast helped you in so...
Faith in the City, Jesus in the Streets: The Sisters Poor of Jesus Christ - A Vocation Story
We share how the Sisters Poor of Jesus Christ lives a bold charism: serve Jesus in the poor, walk with families, and build a faith-based sobriety program called "Be Sober" to help individuals and their loved ones who are struggling with addiction (drugs, alcohol, sex addiction).
Prayer, street outreach, and Marian trus...
Day 5: The Catholic Mother's Retreat - Finding Christ in our homes and in Christian Homemaking
In explaining homemaking to our children, we can use the metaphoric language of the kitchen table as similar to an altar where we offer our big and small sufferings and challenges of the day. That single idea reframes the noise, chores, and constant motion of family life as a sacred rhythm that draws us back to Christ th...
56. The Catholic Mothers' Retreat: Day 4 - Freedom from Impatience - Patience and the Heart of Jesus
Day 4: The Retreat for Catholic Mothers - Freedom from Impatience
We trace the path from “love is patient” to the Canadian shrine of Our Lady of the Cape, linking miracles and mission to the daily practice of gentleness at home. Stories of the Rosary Bridge and a statue’s open eyes ground a call to patient love in prayer and action.
• freedom from impatience as a path to love
• history of Our Lady of the ...
Day 3: Freedom from Comparison - Letting Go of our inner multi-tasking "Martha' and Embracing our contemplative "Mary"
The pressure to be everything for everyone can drain the joy from home life. We step into a quieter, sturdier way: a day shaped by prayer, simple offerings, and a renewed understanding of vocation. From the first moments, we ground the conversation in a heartfelt prayer for mothers ...
To reach Veil + Armour, please visit:
https://veilandarmour.com
https://www.youtube.com/@veilandarmour
https://www.x.com/@sheilanonato
https://www.sheilanonato.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/@veilandarmour
What resonated with you the most about this episode? Feel free to email us and let us know!
Email: veilandarmour@gmail.com
If our podcast helped you in so...
For Day 2 of the Retreat for Mothers, we explore how forgiveness breaks perfectionism’s grip and how Mother Mary’s quiet strength reframes what it means to “stand” in seasons of weakness. Scripture, Benedictine balance, and a living in hope guides us toward peace, presence, and practical prayer.
• Mother Mary standing at the cross as a model of resilient presence
• Erika Kirk, public grief, public reactio...
The news cycle overwhelms us with tragedy—political assassinations, church shootings, global conflicts, and the cries of suffering people worldwide. Where do we turn when darkness seems to engulf our daily lives? This deeply moving episode offers a spiritual sanctuary through a special Mother's Day retreat that feels perfectly timed for our current moment of collective grief.
We journey together to the G...
"Who is that woman holding my baby?"
This jarring moment of non-recognition became the catalyst for Maureen Brintnell's remarkable transformation journey. After years of putting everyone else first, this homeschooling mother of eight found herself staring at a Disney vacation photo, unable to recognize the exhausted stranger cradling her child.
In this powerful conversation, Maureen (now known ...
A Remarkable Friendship of Faith: Cancer survivor Tammy Peterson and Catholic convert Queenie Yu
A blessed Rosary and daily prayers in a hospital atrium sparked an extraordinary spiritual journey for Tammy Peterson. Recorded just five days before her confirmation into the Catholic Church, this intimate conversation reveals how suffering became the doorway to profound transformation.
Tammy's story begins ...
What happens when motherhood leaves you wondering who you are beyond diapers, carpools, or an empty nest? In this illuminating conversation with Jill Simons, Executive Director of Many Parts Ministries, we uncover how understanding your charisms—unique spiritual gifts given by the Holy Spirit—can transform your identity and purpose as a Catholic woman.
Jill explains the crucial distinction between gifts of th...
Catholic sex and marriage coach, and moral theologian, Dr. Sarah Bartel shares her insights on marital intimacy from a Catholic perspective, explaining how sex is a physical renewal of our marriage vows and addressing common misconceptions that prevent couples from experiencing true intimacy.
• The Catholic understanding of sex as "body language" that renews our marriage vows
• Why there's ...
Girl Talk: Sheila interviews Cassandre about her wedding preparations and the importance of prayer during the engagement and after the wedding. This is Part 2 of the conversation.
Highlights:
9:03 Intuition entrusted in prayer
9:22 When Cassandre's fiance knew she was The One
10:17 "I knew a year and a half before that he was the one."
10:34 "I did not have a list."
A Young Catholic Bride prepares for her marriage in Paris, France.
Sheila speaks with Cassandre Verheslt from Paris, France, who has some bittersweet news for us!
Stay tuned to find out!
0:01 Cassandre's quote: Growing closer to Jesus
0:32 Welcome1:07 "Love is patient, love is kind." 1 Corinthians 1-13
2:39 Opening prayer
3:10 Cassandre's Announcement
5:10 Understan...
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