Profiles of Endurance

Fr. Scott VanDerveer•loveisthelesson.podbean.com

Fr. Scott VanDerveer shares a series of original interviews with parishioners who have survived losses of loved ones, health crises, addiction battles, & financial disasters. Through their stories you will find some of the wisdom and strength you need to endure the trauma of the COVID-19 Pandemic and all of life's challenges.

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Profiles of Endurance: Gina Donovan

When we go through a traumatic loss, we depend on faith more than ever. But sometimes, our faith seems to vanish when we need it most. Gina Donovan had this lonely experience after suddenly losing the love of her life, when, during the darkest days of loss, she couldn't feel God's presence anymore. Many people who have had this experience never tell anyone about it. Listen as she bravely opens up with her pastor about what it felt like to be without her husband and without God, and how she is fi...

May 08, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Profiles of Endurance - Caroline Lewis

24-year-old Caroline Lewis faced a huge challenge when she was accepted into the Peace Corps and assigned to Ukraine, a country with a language and culture entirely different from her own. But that challenge now pales in comparison to what happened to her when COVID-19 arrived in her adopted country. Listen as this wise young woman shares with her pastor what it means to accept life on life's terms.

May 01, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Profiles of Endurance: Marie DeFrancesco

On the day before the first day of her senior year of high school, while enjoying one last day of summer with a good friend, Coxsackie, N.Y. resident and St. Mary's parishioner Alison DeFrancesco was in a catastrophic car accident that put her in a coma for two years. When she awoke, she found herself permanently unable to move or speak. That was 31 years ago. Her mother, Marie, and niece Genevieve talk candidly with Fr. Scott about how the family endured such a trauma and how they have had the ...

Apr 24, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Profiles of Endurance: Hugh and Peggy Quigley

What does a business owner or manager do when the decisions they are being advised to carry out for the good of the organization would hurt some of the very people that have been working right along side of them as they built that organization into what it is today? That is exactly what today's guests were faced with, yet they found the courage to do something different for the sake of their neighbors. This conversation with Hugh and Peggy Quigley is a reflection of how the events of September 1...

Apr 18, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Profiles of Endurance: Mary Jane Persico

The loss of a child is something no parent should ever have to endure, yet so many do. This conversation about loss is the first in a series of episodes profiling the people who have been through some very challenging life experiences that have given them hard earned wisdom. They have opened themselves up in a vulnerable way in hopes of inspiring or comforting others enduring similar situations. This conversation with Mary Jane Persico is a humble and honest reflection of a mother of 5 who has e...

Apr 11, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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