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Hosted by The Hildegard Collective · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 70 episodes
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Join Tara Windibank and Cecilia Blackwell, co-founders of the Hildegard Collective and hosts of the Little Sparks Podcast, as they chat about all things faith and music! We’ve custom-tailored a podcast just for Catholic musicians, for the purposes of building community and cultivating important conversations. With plenty of special guest interviews, inspiring stories, and musical drama, you can expect lots of deep conversations and a healthy dose of hilarity, as these former college roommates take you through the peaks and valleys of life as a Catholic musician.
The Hildegard Collective hosts Little Sparks, a arts show with 70 episodes published.
Send us Fan Mail For our season finale episode, we're talking our top 5 favorite and top 5 least favorite Christmas songs! See how we rank popular hymns and festive favorites in this lighthearted and hilarious season 6 f
Send us Fan Mail Today we're welcoming back our friend Julia Janowski! Julia was a guest on Season 1, and her life has taken many twists and turns over the past few years. We're chatting about what she's learned about tr
Send us Fan Mail Have you ever heard of The Huron Carol? This traditional Christmas hymn was written by a saint, and its unassuming lyrics have a lot to teach us about evangelization. ---- Here's the links referenced in
Send us Fan Mail With American Thanksgiving just around the corner, today we're taking a moment to reflect on gratitude. One of the most important tools for growing in contentment, peace and joy, we're chatting about why
Send us Fan Mail Loneliness is endemic in our times, and can especially affect musicians around the holidays. Today we're chatting about how to combat the holiday loneliness, whether you're working, or spending time with
Send us Fan Mail It's the most wonderful time of the year - unless you're a working musician, drowning in your hectic schedule. Today we're chatting about how to get on top of this crazy time of year, with mental, physic
Send us Fan Mail Today we're chatting about the newest Doctor of the Church - St. John Henry Newman. Known for his prolific writings, did you know he was also a musician? We're sharing some fascinating snippets of John H
Send us Fan Mail This is part 2 of our mini-series on the All Hallows Triduum - the feasts of All Saints & All Souls! Today we're chatting all about the importance of these commemorations, some ideas of ways to celebrate
Send us Fan Mail Today, we're chatting all things Halloween! Though it's become somewhat controversial in Catholic circles in recent years, we're sharing the reasons why we believe it's so important to continue commemora
Send us Fan Mail After an unexpectedly long hiatus- WE'RE BACK! We're thrilled to be returning to the podcast for Season 6. In this episode, we're catching up on what's happened since we last recorded, the reason for the
Send us Fan Mail Discernment - it can feel like a Catholic buzzword sometimes, with it's increasingly casual use in day-to-day life. But what does discernment really mean and why does it matter? For musicians, especially
Send us Fan Mail We have a very special guest on this week's episode - Cecilia's mom, Olivia Leskowicz! Sharing her personal story of growing up in a musical family, and balancing a budding career and a young family, thi
Send us Fan Mail Theology of the Body was one of the most widely known works of Pope Saint John Paul II, and its message has broken barriers in teaching us about our own humanity and the Divine Character of God as unders
Send us Fan Mail Following last week's episode, Cecilia addresses an important and easily overlooked form of mistreatment: emotional abuse. Broaching this difficult topic, Cecilia shares candidly from her own personal ex
Send us Fan Mail Power imbalance is an unfortunately common problem in the music industry. It can be personally and professionally devastating to be on the receiving end of unfair treatment or inappropriate behavior of a
Send us Fan Mail You may have heard of St. Alphonsus Liguori, but how much do you really know about his life? St. Alphonsus was a moral theologian, extraordinary musician, intelligent lawyer and much more. He suffered wi
Send us Fan Mail If you've ever experienced a performance-impacting injury or illness, you'll know well the feeling of desperation to find healing. For many musicians, this becomes a gateway to new-age practices, which c
Send us Fan Mail Send us a text After a deep-dive into the Cardinal virtues last week, we're back discussing the Theological virtues! Everyone knows these terms - Faith, Hope and Charity, but what do they mean, why are t
Send us Fan Mail When you think of the word virtue, what comes to mind? If your answer is somewhere along the lines of "dry," "old-fashioned," or "prudish," you need to listen to this episode! The virtues are actually go
Send us Fan Mail Join us for our first episode of season 5! Today we're chatting about moral theology, what it's all about, and why it's relevant for us today. A book we love on this topic: Made by God, Made for God: Cat
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