Podcast appearances and mentions of kaitlyn facista

Not all Middle-Earth movies are big-budget Hollywood productions. Thomas Salerno, Kaitlyn Facista, and Jeff Haecker review the fan-made LOTR film "Born of Hope" and discuss the bittersweet tale of Aragorn's parents Arathorn and Gilraen. The post Born of Hope appeared first on StarQuest Media.

Smeagol or Gollum? Thomas Salerno, Thomas Sanjurjo, Jeff Haecker, and Kaitlyn Facista do a deep dive on the character of this Ringbearer, his motivations and roles in various, the latest video game featuring Gollum, and the controversial opinion: Is Gollum the hero of LOTR? The post Gollum appeared first on StarQuest Media.

Happy Father's Day! Jeff Haecker, Thomas Salerno, Kaitlyn Facista, and Thomas Sanjurjo are celebrating Dads as they discuss the fathers of Middle Earth, both good and bad, including both biological fathers and spiritual fathers. The post Middle Earth Fathers appeared first on StarQuest Media.

The Valar are the angelic guardians of Middle-earth who watch over the heroes and influence the world in dramatic and surprising ways. Thomas Salerno, Kaitlyn Facista, Thomas Sanjurjo, and Jeff Haecker discuss their favorite Valar and even create their own original Valar characters. The post The Valar appeared first on StarQuest Media.

On March 25, it's Tolkien Reading Day: a day to enjoy all things Tolkien – including what makes The Lord of the Rings so beloved.  --- “… above all shadows rides the Sun”.   That's a line from a song that the hobbit Samwise Gamgee sings to give him hope at a critical moment in J R R Tolkien's epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings. Sam is stranded in the dark land of Mordor and Frodo, his master, has been captured. Their quest to destroy the one ring of power looks hopeless. But hope is not lost.   Kaitlyn Facista, who runs the online fan community Tea with Tolkien, says that this belief is what draws people to The Lord of the Rings: the hope that helps people persist through dark times.  On Tolkien Reading Day, observed on March 25 every year, Kaitlyn enjoys reading Tolkien's writings along with other similarly devoted fans. The poem quoted above – “In Western Lands Beneath the Sun” – is a particular favourite.  In this interview with Life & Faith, Kaitlyn explains the significance of March 25 within the world of Lord of the Rings: it's the day the one ring is finally destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom. The date is also significant within Tolkien's own Christian tradition. It's when the Feast of the Annunciation is celebrated – when the angel Gabriel told Mary she would bear Jesus, God's son. March 25 is also regarded as the day of Jesus' crucifixion.    Tolkien once described The Lord of the Rings as “a fundamentally religious and Catholic work”. Kaitlyn explores these religious resonances and tells us about being invited to meet the showrunners of The Rings of Power, the Amazon Prime TV show and prequel (of sorts) to Lord of the Rings.  --- Explore:  www.teawithtolkien.com  To Middle-Earth and Back Again: Kaitlyn's companion journal to The Lord of the Rings  Tolkien's poem: In Western Lands beneath the Sun 

It's Tolkien reading day and Thomas Salerno, Kaitlyn Facista, Jeff Haecker, and Thomas Sanjurjo offer up their favorite passages on the theme of travel and adventure, from the darkest depths to the hopeful highs. The post Tolkien Reading Day 2023: Adventure appeared first on StarQuest Media.

Tolkien's stories are filled with tales of romance and friendship, and Thomas Salerno, Kaitlyn Facista, Thomas Sanjurjo, and Jeff Haecker discuss all the great love stories, including their favorites, like Beren and Luthien, Aragorn and Arwen, and even Gimli and Galadriel. The post Love Stories of the Legendarium appeared first on StarQuest Media.

Faith is the topic for Jeff Haecker, Thomas Sanjurjo, Thomas Salerno, and Kaitlyn Facista as they discuss Tolkien's own Catholic faith and how he saw it in his works, plus the faiths of the people of his creation in Middle Earth. The post The Faith of Tolkien appeared first on StarQuest Media.

Who is Tom Bombadil? Thomas Sanjurjo, Kaitlyn Facista, Thomas Salerno, and Jeff Haecker discuss the enigmatic Tom: Who is he? What did Tolkien have to say about him? And what other similarly enigmatic characters are there in the Legendarium? The post Tom Bombadil appeared first on StarQuest Media.

What to get that Tolkien fan in your life for Christmas? Thomas Sanjurjo, Kaitlyn Facista, Thomas Salerno, and Jeff Haecker have Tolkien-related and adjacent gift ideas for all the fans in your life (or for your own Christmas list). The post Tolkien Christmas Gift Guide appeared first on StarQuest Media.

With Season 1 complete, Thomas Salerno, Kaitlyn Facista, and Jeff Haecker give a new look back to the whole season, including how it all appears on a re-watch, plus their predictions for what comes next. The post Rings of Power, Season 1 Review appeared first on StarQuest Media.

Finale! Thomas Sanjurjo, Kaitlyn Facista, Thomas Salerno, and Jeff Haecker discuss the Rings of Power finale; the big reveal of two characters; the forging of the Rings; and the future of this podcast. The post Rings of Power, Ep. 8: Alloyed appeared first on StarQuest Media.

As season 1 races toward its end, Thomas Sanjurjo, Kaitlyn Facista, Thomas Salerno, and Jeff Haecker continue to play "guess the Sauron;" marvel at the Dwarves; note the characters who CAN'T die; and note the Tolkien-ish flourishes in the script. The post Rings of Power, Episode 7: The Eye appeared first on StarQuest Media.

Doom! Thomas Salerno, Kaitlyn Facista, and Jeff Haecker discuss the latest episode, including the question of the redeemability of orcs; Halbrand's secret; and Galadriel's focused drive. The post Rings of Power, Ep. 6: Udun appeared first on StarQuest Media.

The mystery of mithril. Thomas Sanjurjo, Kaitlyn Facista, Thomas Salerno, and Jeff Haecker discuss the latest episode, including the great friendship between Durin and Elrond; the odd trio following the Harfoots; and Gil-galad's tale about the origin of mithril. The post Rings of Power, Ep. 5: Partings appeared first on StarQuest Media.

Choose not the path of fear, but of faith. Thomas Sanjurjo, Kaitlyn Facista, Thomas Salerno, and Jeff Haecker discuss episode 4 and the vision of the great wave; theories about the identities of various characters; and how Galadriel's character is being built. The post Rings of Power, Ep. 4: The Great Wave appeared first on StarQuest Media.

Mysteries abound this week as Thomas Sanjurjo, Kaitlyn Facista, Jeff Haecker, and Thomas Salerno discuss the arrival at Numenor, and the increasing number of questions and strangers in this 3rd episode of The Rings of Power. The post Rings of Power, Ep. 3: Adar appeared first on StarQuest Media.

Hope and vigilance! Dom Bettinelli, Thomas Sanjurjo, Thomas Salerno, and Kaitlyn Facista discuss the 1st 2 episodes of The Rings of Power, the themes it is unrolling so far, and how faithful to Tolkien's vision it stays. The post Shadow of the Past and Adrift appeared first on StarQuest Media.

Connor is joined by Kaitlyn Facista to discuss the Elves of Middle-earth. https://discord.gg/g3nKFaRv https://www.sheenrosaries.com/?ref=plotlines https://www.teawithtolkien.com/

Preparing for The Rings of Power, Dom Bettinelli gathers Jeff Haecker, Thomas Salerno, Thomas Sanjurjo, and Kaitlyn Facista to talk about their love for Tolkien; their hopes and fears for the new series; and Kaitlyn's pre-release access to the show and its cast and crew. The post We’re Going On An Adventure appeared first on StarQuest Media.

Craig sits down with Kaitlyn Facista from Tea With Tolkien to talk about The Silmarillion, the Rings of Power, and other various Tolkien-connected topics. Kaitlyn is the purveyor of Tea With Tolkien, a book club and erstwhile (but still valuable) podcast that Craig has enjoyed from afar for quite a while now, so this is […]

Craig sits down with Kaitlyn Facista from Tea With Tolkien to talk about The Silmarillion, the Rings of Power, and other various Tolkien-connected topics. Kaitlyn is the purveyor of Tea With Tolkien, a book club and erstwhile (but still valuable) podcast that Craig has enjoyed from afar for quite a while now, so this is episode has been a long time coming.   Check out Tea With Tolkien here: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/   Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendarium Check out the archives at https://www.thelegendarium.com/ Join the Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/FnCSsxx Twitter: https://twitter.com/LegendariumPod 

This week, Grace welcomes Kaitlyn Facista, creator of the online community Tea with Tolkien.  Naturally, they drink tea and talk Tolkien! Topics of discussion include: the upcoming Amazon series (and Kaitlyn's sneak peek of it in London!), how to throw a Hobbit party, why the Silmarillion matters, and the ever controversial Tom Bombadil, among other things.  Kaitlyn Facista is a Catholic convert, wife, mother to four babies at home + two in heaven, and hobbit at heart. She lives with her family in the Midwest. Hobbies include thinking about Tolkien (obviously), making friends on twitter, and spending time with Our Lord in her parish Adoration chapel.  She is the author of To Middle-Earth and Back Again and Thirty Days in the Shire and contributor to Catholic Hipster: The Next Level: How Some Awesomely Obscure Stuff Helps Us Live Our Faith with Passion. She has also written for The Grotto Network and The Catholic Woman.

Liv Harrison cohosts a tremendous episode tackling a wide variety of topics! She found a Hollywood star of the nickname Taylor has given her on the show. Taylor shares some of his favorite memes including attacking "daddy God", some that give great life advice and one that makes Taylor look like Iron Man. Our guests debaters this week are Kaitlyn Facista of Tea with Tolkien and David Bates of Pints with Jack. They debate once and for all who is the better author and man: Tolkien or Lewis. It is a thrilling and fun debate that you don't want to miss! The show wraps up with Taylor sharing a VERY long comment he got on Facebook about how he needs to repent and prepare himself for the Apocalypse. Fun stuff! He and Liv have a laugh and talk about what Catholics believe about the last day. Subscribe/Rate Never miss out on the craziness of each episode by hitting the subscribe button RIGHT NOW! Help other people find the show and #MakeCatholicismFunAgain by taking a few moments to leave a review in your podcasting app. Thanks! Connect

It's the first week of Light Up the Night on Up Too Late! Too much summer, too much fun, up too late. This week, Theresa is joined by Kaitlyn Facista of Tea with Tolkien. Theresa CAN read The Silmarillion if she wants to! A dramatic reading from Tolkien, top ten Tolkien characters, and Tolkien's favorite saint. Make sure to leave a review! Find Kaitlyn at www.teawithtolkien.com, or on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @TeawithTolkien. All hate mail can be directed to hell. Fan mail only at TheresaZoeWrites@gmail.com.Violators will go straight to purgatory. Twitter: @TheresaZoe Instagram and Facebook: @TheresaZoeWilliams TheresaZoeWilliams.com Support this podcast on Patreon! patreon.com/TheresaZoe Music composed and performed by Quthbert https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBwFf1VCLiCeKxT_vz4WvmA"

We're joined by our friend and fellow-traveler Kaitlyn Facista of Tea with Tolkien to discuss Hobbit Parties, Silmarillion Book Clubs, Middle-earth lore, and all things Tolkien. Join us! Please patronize the Tolkien Road: https://patreon.com/tolkienroad For more on this episode and The Tolkien Road podcast, please visit TolkienRoad.com or Facebook.com/TolkienRoad. Also, follow us on Twitter via @TolkienRoad. This episode is executive produced by Kaitlyn of Tea With Tolkien, Liis U, and Andrew T Special thanks to the following patrons: Kaitlyn of Tea with Tolkien Liis U Andrew T Shannon S Brian O Emilio P Zeke F James A James L Chris L Chuck F Asya V Ish of the Hammer Teresa C David of Pints with Jack Jonathan D Eric S Joey S Eric B Matt L Johanna T Ms. Anonymous Sam N Mike M

On today's episode, we are joined by Kaitlyn Facista of Tea with Tolkien for a discussion of love stories in literature! Tea with Tolkien Podcast: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/ Kaitlyn on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeawithTolkien We'd love to hear from you and continue the conversation! You can find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Additionally, you can email us at BellatorSociety@gmail.com.

In which Kaitlyn Facista, founder of the Tea with Tolkien online community, shares the story of her conversion from non-denominational Christianity to the Catholic faith. Along the way, we discuss J.R.R. Tolkien, the Eucharist, apostolic succession, St. Ignatius of Antioch, praying with kids, and kindness toward Protestants. Tea with Tolkien! https://www.teawithtolkien.com/ Follow Kaitlyn on Twitter: twitter.com/teawithtolkien Kaitlyn's book! https://www.amazon.com/Middle-Earth-Back-Again-Kaitlyn-Facista/dp/0692166254 Three Amazing Quotes from J.R.R. Tolkien: https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/jrr-tolkien-three-amazing-quotes Our Patreon! www.patreon.com/convertigo Our Twitter! twitter.com/convertigopod

Fr. Anthony co-hosts as he and Taylor start the show looking back at crappy situations and realizing how they actually helped us. It gives us insight into how we handle these difficult situations. Then in the second segment, we welcome back(to Fr. Anthony's surprise) Kaitlyn Facista, lovingly known as Tea with Tolkien! With the King and Queen of Catholic Twitter united, our goal is to break the internet, and challenge Matt Fradd's kingdom! We talk the video game versions of Tolkien, uncover how little Taylor actually knows about LOTR and Kaitlyn saves a sinking ship by taking over and showing us how Catholic thought is immersed in the Silmarillion. In the final segment, college freshmen Blaine Tamez rejoins the show to talk about some of the issues he's been seeing in our social media culture and makes Fr. Anthony do layman things. It's beautiful. Subscribe/Rate Never miss out on the craziness of each episode by hitting the subscribe button RIGHT NOW! Help other people find the show and #MakeCatholicismFunAgain by taking a few moments to leave a review in your podcasting app. Thanks! Patreon
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Lent is upon us! We have some great lenten episodes about the hows and whys of observing Lent in the archives, but we wanted to do something a little different for this year's Lent episode. Then we had the brilliant idea to have Tolkien aficionado Kaitlyn Facista join us to to help us bring wisdom … Continue reading FoC 106: Lent With Tolkien: A Literary Look at the Journey of Lent with Kaitlyn Facista →

Concerning "Queer Lodgings", from Beorn's manor to the borders of Mirkwood... Topics discussed... We try out some new theme songs! What do y'all think? - 1:00 You gotta support the things you love! Support the show financially if you are able! - 7:45 Beorn is the Tom Bombadil of The Hobbit. - 14:50 Proof that Tolkien loved haiku. - 18:00 Eyrie vs Eyrie - 20:40 Carrock & Beorn's Home - 24:50 Visiting Beorn. 2 x 2 introductions of Gandalf, Bilbo, and the dwarves. Bombur insult sandwich. - 33:00 The Wind Was on the Withered Heath - 43:40 Parting ways with Gandalf at the edge of Mirkwood - DON'T LEAVE THE PATH! - 53:20 Haiku is back! - 58:00 We watch the first trailer for Tolkien and offer our thoughts. - 1:01:00 LOTR on Prime has a Twitter account! What do we learn from their first few posts? - 1:05:30 You should check out Tea with Tolkien, the new podcast from our friend and long-time Tolkien Road supporter Kaitlyn Facista! - 1:11:15 Catching up on correspondence - 1:14:10 For more on this episode and The Tolkien Road podcast, please visit TolkienRoad.com or Facebook.com/TolkienRoad. Also, follow us on Twitter via @TolkienRoad. Please send correspondence to TolkienRoadPodcast@gmail.com. ***You can support The Tolkien Road for just $1 per episode by visiting Patreon.com/TolkienRoad. Your financial support is huge and helps us reach our goal of creating weekly (or more frequent) episodes!***  

Find all of the shownotes at: www.teawithtolkien.com/podcastFollow us on twitter @teawithtolkien:)To Middle-Earth and Back Again by Kaitlyn Facista (me!)Sweet Sequels (the etsy shop where I got my Baby’s Guide to LOTR cloth book)http://www.mi.imati.cnr.it/marco/Who_is_Tom_Bombadil.htmhttps://www.tolkiensociety.org/author/faq/#tellmehttps://terpconnect.umd.edu/~jkeener/tolkien/getserious.html

Ep. #46! Zac is a very very busy man so our pal Kaitlyn Facista plays the role of fill-in Zac this week! Matt and her answer all the hard hitting questions from Twitter!   Tweet us @romancircuspod, @heyitsmattbaker, @zacmabry Email us podcast@romancircusblog.com Find us on itunes. Rate and review us if you want. You can also find us on podbean, stitcher, google play.

Day 5! 5 Golden Rings aka the the first 5 Books of the Old Testament. You know if we are gonna talk golden rings then we have to do it with #1 Lord of the Rings fan Kaitlyn Facista!   Tweet us @romancircuspod, @heyitsmattbaker, @zacmabry Email us podcast@romancircusblog.com Find us on iTunes. Please rate and review us if you have a second. We are also on Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play

Our first episode in which I share some of my favorite unexpected books, for those who have already read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings! Here are the books mentioned in this episode as well as links to learn more or grab a copy:The SilmarillionBeren and LúthienThe Children of HurinThe Fall of GondolinTolkien’s Requiem by John CarswellTolkien’s Overture by John CarswellThe Letters of JRR TolkienThe Monsters and The CriticsThe Philosophy of Tolkien by Peter KreeftTolkien: Man and Myth by Joseph PearceThe Messiah comes to Middle-Earth by Philip RykenThe Flame imperishable: Tolkien, St. Thomas, and the metaphysics of faerie by Jonathan McintoshTolkien’s Sacramental Vision: Discerning the Holy in Middle Earth by Craig BernthalThe Gospel According to Tolkien by Ralph C WoodLetters from Father Christmas“John Ronald’s Dragons” by Caroline McAlisterFrodo’s Journey and Bilbo’s Journey (both by Joseph Pearce)To Middle-Earth and Back Again by Kaitlyn Facista (me!)What would you add to the list? You can tweet me @teawithtolkien, email me at kaitlyn@teawithtolkien.com, or leave a comment below!

Ep. #33! Kaitlyn Facista of Tea With Tolkien graces us with her presence! We share a few laughs, talk about her conversion, and talk Tolkien obviously. Matt also makes a joke about Pope Francis and the Supreme Court and Zac tells him he is super lame. Tweet us @romancircuspod, @romancircusnews, @heyitsmattbaker, @zacmabry Email us podcast@romancircusblog.com Find us on itunes. Rate and review us if you want. You can also find us on podbean, stitcher, google play.

Concerning Tea With Tolkien, from hobbitish hearts to travelogues for Tolkienites... On this episode we interview superfan Kaitlyn Facista of TeaWithTolkien.com about the various ways in which she is building community amongst Tolkienites. For more on this episode and The Tolkien Road podcast, please visit TolkienRoad.com or Facebook.com/TolkienRoad. Also, follow us on Twitter via @TolkienRoad.