Two Become Family: Restoring Confidence in Catholic Marriage and Family life
Renzo and Monica share stories, advice, and encouragement for everyday Catholics navigating the human side of a faith-filled marriage. They both bring a voice of joyful solidarity from their experience living in the trenches with a growing family. Their honesty and witness offer hope to couples who want to find confidence in their vocation to marriage through a candid and faithful discussion.
Renzo and Monica Ortega are Catholic ministry leaders, podcast hosts, authors, and national speakers. Their latest title, Lovemaking: How to Talk about Sex with Your Spouse was published through Ave Maria Press. They host the popular marriage podcast Two Become Family and speak nationally for the St. John Paul II Foundation’s Together in Holiness conference series.
Their testimonies of faith, marriage, and parenting have been featured by the National Catholic Register, the Knights of Columbus, and Augustine Institute. They are coauthors of the children’s devotional Go to Joseph for Children, and Renzo is also the author of the men’s devotional Go to Joseph: 10 Day Preparation for Consecration to St. Joseph.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 52 minutes
- Episodes
- 177
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
4 Things All Couples NEED To Do
In today's episode, we get super specific and practical as we give advice on 4 things every couple NEEDS to do!. So happy you're here with us!
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The Reasons We Fight
In today's episode, we are start talking about one thing, and end up talking about something else! We're so happy you're here, let's jump in!
The Exorcist Files
Deliverance Prayers for Laity
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The Problem with Date Nights
In today's episode, we talk about the importance of date night! We also dive into why date nights alone can't save the romance and intimacy in your marriage! It's a great conversation, let's jump in!
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What If You're Attracted To Someone Else?
In today's episode, we talk about attraction and the nuance of the different types of attraction we might feel in relationships, freindships, and marriage! It's a great conversation, let's jump in!
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Peter and Debra Herbeck - Lessons from the School of Love
In today's episode, we sit with Peter and Debra Herbeck and learn from their years of wisdom from the school of love. This was such a great conversation and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did!
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Parenting Through Pride Month (and everything else that's going on)
In today's episode we share how we parent during pride month, and all the other cultural shifts we're seeing lately. We share our views as members of the "resonable middle", how we believe that we sh…
What To Do When Your Husband Is Gaining Weight
In today's we talk about the sensitive and hard-to-address issue of a spouse's weight gain. How do you bring it up, what are realistic goals for health and fitness, and how can our spouse become our …
Millennial Parenting and Healing Generational Wounds
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The Evolution of the Cartoon Dad
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Alex and Melissa From Saints Alive - Taking Leaps In Marriage and Family Life
In today's episode, we are joined by the brilliant couple from the Saints Alive radio theatre podcast! Alex and Melissa share about their own lives, what they hope for Saints Alive in the future, and…
First Baby! Why You Need Sleep, What No One Talks About, and Postpartum Depression
In today's episode, we jump into what it was like when we had our first baby. We talk about what new parents should expect, the encouragement that you need to hear, and we recall some tough experienc…
How Do You Argue With Your Spouse?
In today's episode, we we argue about arguing! Just kiding, it was just a "discussion". Let's jump in!
Dennis Prager and Matt Fradd debate on P*rn
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Why You’re Worthy of Love, Even if Your Toddler Won’t Stop Crying
In todays episode, we sit down and talk about the struggle and shame that comes in revealing our little battles. We talk about our worthiness of love, why we need to embrace Christmas and Easter and…
Fr. Timothy Gallagher - Discernment of Spirits in Marriage
In today's episode, we sit down with Fr. Timothy Gallagher as he brings the spiritual wisdom of St. Ignatius of Loyola to life!
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Discerning Hearts Podcast
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Dr. Matthew Breuninger - Family of Origin, Boundaries, and Marriage as a Sacrament of Healing
In today's episode, we sit down and chat with Dr. Matthew Breuninger! We have a wonderful discussion about setting boundaries, and families of origin, and we got to hear some powerful insight into ho…
Will We Have Stretch Marks in Heaven?
In today's episode, we prepare our hearts for Holy Week by contemplating Aquinas and asking whether or not their will be stretch marks in Heaven.
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St. Thomas Aquinas: Whet…
Why Men Need a Theology of Masculinity
Today’s episode is a little bit different! In todays episode we sit down and talk about what it means to be a man, and the need for a concrete definition to help men be better husbands and fathers. W…
TOB 4: Learning to Get Naked Without Shame (General Audience 11)
In today's episode, we revisit the Theology of the Body and talk about what it meant for Adam and Eve to be naked without shame and how it relates to our marriage.
From JP2:
The sentence, according to…
Jen Doherty - Building a Catholic Family Culture
In today's episode, we sit down with a good friend, and Godmother to two of our boys, and talk about how we can build a strong Catholic family culture that bears fruit. How do we raise children who a…
Why You Need To Stop Complaining About Your Husband
In today’s episode, we sit down and talk about how differently men and women view love, and respect, and why parenting or complaining about your spouse falls short of the call of marriage. Let’s jump…
Is the Husband the Head of His Wife?
In today’s episode, we sit down and discuss the husband’s headship and a wife’s submission. We talk about what mutual submission means, what it looks like in our marriage, and we lean on St. John Pau…