Catholic Education Matters
Catholic Education Matters
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Welcome to Catholic Education Matters the podcast that celebrates the beauty of Catholic education, highlighting excellence in academics, athletics, and the transformative power of faith. Join us as we share the stories of those making a lasting impact on Catholic education.
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The podcast covers themes centered on excellence in Catholic education, including academic success, faith-based values, and community impact. Noteworthy episodes feature discussions on the importance of building faith foundations, addressing teacher shortages, and inspiring stories of student baptisms and parent conversions. Specific focus areas include cultural shifts in Catholic education and the transformative power of faith as it relates to school identity.
Welcome to Catholic Education Matters the podcast that celebrates the beauty of Catholic education, highlighting excellence in academics, athletics, and the transformative power of faith. Join us as we share the stories of those making a lasting impact on Catholic education.
In this episode of Catholic Education Matters, host Troy Van Vliet sits down with Dr. Larissa Rossen, Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology at Trinity Western University, to share her powerful journey from growing up without faith in Australia to converting to Catholicism in 2018 and building a life rooted in Christ in Vancouver. Dr. Rossen opens up about meeting her husband on a beach in Hawaii, her intentional RCIA journey, and how the tragic stillbirth of her firstborn son profoundly deepened her faith and understanding of hope, eternity, and the “dark night of the soul.” Now a wife, mother, professor, and practicing therapist in West Vancouver, she discusses how faith intersects with counseling, the formation of future therapists, navigating accreditation within a Christian university, and her clinical work using Internal Family Systems through a Catholic lens. This heartfelt conversation explores grief, resilience, vocation, and how authentic faith can transform both personal suffering and professional calling.
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- (00:00) – Intro
- (00:40) – From Australia to Vancouver: A Love Story in Hawaii
- (03:02) – A Journey to Catholicism: Conversion Through RCIA
- (05:00) – Searching for Meaning: Growing Up Without Faith
- (06:12) – Loss and Hope: The Stillbirth of Their Son
- (11:14) – Grief, Faith, and the Dark Night of the Soul
- (17:05) – Teaching at Trinity Western: Faith in Counseling Psychology
- (27:09) – Internal Family Systems: Integrating Therapy and Catholic Faith
- (31:10) – Internal Family Systems: Making Space for Our “Parts”
- (33:10) – Discovery, Blended Parts & Exploring Anger and Shame
- (36:26) – Emotions, Victimhood & A Catholic View of the Human Person
- (42:45) – What Does Healing Look Like? Faith, Trauma & Counseling
- (44:15) – Grief Work: Ceremony, Nature & Moving Through Pain
- (48:21) – Healing Family Relationships & Letting Go with Peace
- (52:09) – Motherhood, Career & Trusting Maternal Intuition
- (56:30) – Weaving Faith into Daily Life, Family & Education
- (01:00:00) – Outro
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