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The Gardener: A Catholic Picture Book for Miscarriage & Child Loss – Maddie Cain – 10/29/2026
Maddie Cain joins Deacon Mark Campbell — turning the tables after once interviewing him on her own diocesan podcast — to talk about The Gardener.
Where the Story Came From After a miscarriage at seven weeks between her first and second children, Maddie kept picturing Jesus holding her baby in a field of flowers. That image, rooted in Mary Magdalene mistaking the risen Christ for the gardener, became the heart of the book.
A Gardener, a Garden, and the Snowdrop Raquel of The Little Rose Shop — Maddie's freshman-year roommate at Benedictine College — invited her to write the book. Together they…
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