Searching for More
Are you searching for more? The good news is that there is one who is searching for you—and he is waiting to be found.
You’ve shared with us a growing desire and need for more opportunities both to be both informed and inspired in your faith journey. In responding to this need, we seek to not only educate on the topics you wonder about, struggle with, and question, but ultimately bring you closer to an intimate encounter and relationship with Jesus Christ. This series is dedicated to the patronage of our diocesan co-patron, St. Thomas More.
Searching for More (SFM) offers 3-6 minutes of inspirational and catechetical content to enrich your faith and accompany you on your journey as a disciple of Christ. When you tune into an SFM episode on Instagram and YouTube, as well as anywhere you access your favorite podcasts, you’ll hear from lay faithful and religious alike from throughout the Diocese — people trying to live in, but not of, the world.
Have an idea for a topic to be discussed on the podcast? Please email your idea to [email protected].
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 99
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2024
The Courage of Motherhood
Saying yes to God is at the heart of every Christian prayer: to be wholly his, because he is wholly ours. To answer the call to motherhood is one of the most beautiful and courageous ways of saying y…
Our Lady of Grace
Grace is a free gift, given by the Father out of love for us. And when we pray to Mary, we pray to the model recipient of God's grace. God made her full of grace and free from any stain of sin so tha…
The Key to True Friendship
"But I have called you friends..." - Jesus Christ
What is true friendship? How to we unlock the treasure therein? Christianity and many philosophers have taught us over time the key to true friendshi…
How Suffering Heals Us
“If you really want to love Jesus, first learn to suffer, because suffering teaches you to love.” - St. Gemma Galgani How do we make sense of our suffering? Despite the pain and hurt we experience …
How Sin Hurts Us
"Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." - Saint Pope John Paul II
How does sin chain us and take away the freedom that God freely gives us and wants…
Can Catholics Have Soul Mates?
How does God give us the opportunity to find and choose our spouse? By his grace, God accounts for our free will. But we must always cooperate with that grace in prayerfully discerning our spouse — t…
Man's Desire for More
We’ve been created for much more than we realize. As we enter the season of Lent, it is good to ask ourselves: Where am I attaching to or finding contentment that is not a share in God’s own happine…
Our Most Important Relationship
Who is the most important person in your life? For Mary, it's Jesus — but it wasn't always.
In this pilot episode of Searching for More, hear her story of how she came to love the Lord and why she co…
Trailer | Searching for More
In this trailer episode, you will hear the vision behind this revamped series. Catholics need to know their faith. This podcast is an attempt to address that need. Stay tuned for the upcoming episode…
The Attack on Ukraine: Get the Inside Story on the Crisis, What it Means for People of Faith, and What You Can Do
Join us to hear from Mr. Robert McConnell, Co-founder of the U.S. Ukraine Foundation. In 1991, amid warnings that if Ukraine tried to break from the Soviet Union there would be civil war and bloodshe…
What is Real Love
You’re listening to "Searching for More,” a podcast of the Diocese of Arlington. Hear Father Dufresne talk about, maybe the most important issue we could discuss – love, what “real” love is in light …
March for Life 2022: “Equality Begins in the Womb”
Hear Jeanne Mancini preview this year’s March for Life, themed “Equality Begins in the Womb,” and talk about the importance of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case currently before th…
“Turn Outward”: Evangelism in a Post-Pandemic World
Hear Tony Brandt and Chris Stewart, co-founders of Casting Nets Ministries, talk about how the pandemic has opened our hearts to truth and the call we each have to spread the Gospel of Christ. Today’…
Experience the Birthplace of Christ: Then and Now
Hear Father Will Nyce, parochial vicar at St. Philip Catholic Church in Falls Church, paint a picture of the Holy Land and offer clues present day Bethlehem holds for what Mary and Joseph’s experienc…
Longing for Peace this Advent? What Adoration Is and How and Why to Do It. (Tips for Beginners!)
Are you longing for peace this Advent? Stay with us to hear Father Bjorn Lundberg, Pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Winchester, talk about what Adoration is and why to go as he offe…
Pursuing Adoption: Transactional vs. Ethical Adoption and What it Means for You
November is National Adoption Month. Keep listening as we talk with Meaghan Lane, Program Director for Pregnancy and Adoption Support services at Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington, about…
Parental Authority and Families Under Fire- The Case for the Domestic Church
Do you think parental authority is under attack in our culture? How is this impacting the role of the family in society? Join us to hear from Soren and Ever Johnson, Founders of Trinity House Communi…
Do Catholics Have a Responsibility to Vote?
With the November election only days away, join us to hear from Jeff Caruso, Executive Director of the Virginia Catholic Conference, on the responsibility we have to vote and how to prepare to do so.…
Out of Afghanistan: The Church Helps Refugees
You’re listening to "Searching for More,” a podcast of the Diocese of Arlington. Today we sit down Stephen Carattini, President and CEO of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington and Hekmatull…
Invisible Losses from the Pandemic: Processing and Healing
Today we sit down with Dr. Michael Horne, Director of Clinical Services for Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington, as he talks about invisible losses from the pandemic. Hear Dr. Horne talk a…