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
Kyle Whittington: From a Teen Trip to Europe to Founding the Catholic Creator Conference
Host Sheila Nonato has a candid conversation with Kyle Whittington—father of five, Air Force veteran, and founder of the Catholic Creator Conference in Steubenville, Ohio—on conversion and digital evangelization. Kyle recounts growing up around various Protestant churches, and then encountering Catholic beauty at Notre Dame and R...
MATURE TOPIC ON MARITAL INTIMACY: If you are around your children, earbuds or headphones are advisable :-)
Welcome back, Sisters in Christ! Thank you very much for your patience!
We are in the Third Week of Lent. How has it been going for you? How may we pray for you?
This is the second half of the interview with Dr. Sarah Bartel, Catholic sex and marriage expert. The first half of the interview was published last year...
Father Rob Galea: Why I Quit X Factor and Chose Christ and the Priesthood -
An Inspiring Journey from Darkness to Divine Light
Join us for an extraordinary episode of the Veil +Armour Podcast, where host Sheila Nonato dives deep into an inspiring conversation with Fr. Rob Galea, an award-winning singer, songwriter, and Roman Catholic priest from Australia. Discover Fr. Rob's harrowing yet transform...
Happy Blessed New Year, Sisters in Christ!
New Year, New You in Christ!
What if the most radical way to reclaim your soul this year is to look at one face and listen? We sit down with Allan Smith to explore the Holy Face of Jesus Devotion, the "Little Way" of St. Therese, and the deep Carmelite spirituality that shaped Venerable Fulton J. Sheen’s life and witness. Together we map a clear path through digital...
Merry Christmas Eve, Friends in Christ!
We sincerely appreciate your prayers! Every listen, like, comment or subscription is like an answered prayer that the Good News is being heard on the Internet - a space where the battle between good and evil is being fought every single day. Thank you for joining us in that battle, especially with your prayers!
This week, we continue our conversation with Carissa Douglas, homesc...
As we prepare to celebrate Christmas, please join us in this conversation about Canadian author and children's book illustrator Carissa Douglas: It is a story of how turned a family tragedy into a calling to become a mother of a large family. How did Carissa embrace this noble vocation that's shrouded in much mystery, and sometimes confusion or derision from an anti-Christian world?
Start with a "Yes&q...
Happy Third Week of Advent, Sisters in Christ!
Please allow us to re-introduce Day 7 of the Mother's Day Retreat, with a bit of a background story to accompany it. It's a busy time for everyone, especially mothers, and it would be a good time to slow down, reflect, and spend time with Our Lord in prayer.
This week, we share a mother’s path from grief to consolation through a family pilgrimage to Lourdes and ...
A mother’s raw account of postpartum crisis turns into a story of God-inspired healing: spiritual, psychological, and physical. We trace the years-long birth of the Merciful Love Veil, why veiling expresses dignity and freedom, and what is the future for Lily at Veils by Lily, and does she have a new adventure waiting for her in this season of life?
• postpartum anxiety, depression, insomnia, and hospitaliz...
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, ...
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...
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 model...
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 or...
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 ...
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 convers...
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What resonated with you the most about this episode? Feel free to email us and let us know!
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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 tr...
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 ...
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 th...
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 mother...
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 ...
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