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Colloquium is the Latin word for "conversation". There are few things more powerful than a meaningful conversation. At Colloquium, we believe that conversation has the power to transform hearts and minds. Join former FOCUS missionaries Dylan and Nick as they talk about the most relevant topics in the Catholic Church and in the world. Join the conversation!

Dylan Jedlovec


    • Jan 13, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 72 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Colloquium

    Is This Our Last Episode?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025 84:02


    Dylan and Nick reflect on the last four and a half years podcasting and discuss their plans moving forward. Thanks to all who have listened over the years!

    Artificial Intelligence and Human Intelligence

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2024 58:36


    In this episode we talk about what it means to be human in light of artificial intelligence.

    Preparing for Our Vocations

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024 67:46


    Reunited after 8 months, Dylan and Nick discuss all that has happened during that time. We discuss Nick's first year of seminary formation and Dylan's time of preparation for marriage.

    Is Having Too Much Stuff a Sin?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2024 62:03


    In this episode we discuss minimalism of the physical sense.

    Nick Read a Book about Reducing Technology Use

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2024 62:58


    In this episode we discuss Cal Newport's book Digital Minimalism. This episode is from the vault, recorded in August of 2023.

    The Impact of Jordan B. Peterson (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2023 41:52


    Rules 6-12 and some concluding reflections on Jordan Peterson.

    The Impact of Jordan B. Peterson (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2023 41:56


    To be clear: this is a podcast ABOUT Jordan Peterson, not WITH Jordan Peterson. For those of you who don't listen, I understand. It would have been cooler if we had him on. But for those of you who stick around, enjoy the conversation in which we go through each of his 12 rules for life. This is Part 1 and includes an introduction as well as a discussion of rules 1-5. Rules 6-12 will be released in Part 2. I am not putting our email here because we would get too much spam.

    Are You Not Entertained?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2023 58:11


    Some reflections on pop culture and literature that we've been consuming of late. Catholic podcasts, Oppenheimer, Barbie, Mission Impossible, Morgan Wallen, and more... instagram.com/colloquiumshow

    Eastern Catholicism

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2023 67:03


    Did you know that there are 23 different rites of the Catholic Church in communion with Rome? There is far more diversity in the Catholic Church than you might think. Join Dylan and Nick as they discuss exciting insights from looking into Christianity in the East. instagram.com/colloquiumshow

    What's the Deal with the Pharisees?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2023 61:02


    In this episode, Dylan and Nick discuss the reputation of the Pharisees in the four Gospels and whether or not it is justified. instagram.com/colloquiumshow

    Is Cussing a Sin?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2023 57:41


    This episode is not explicit.

    Rap Music

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2023 63:10


    What's the deal with rap music? Is there a such thing as clean rap music? Does listening to rap music make you cooler? What virtues could possibly be expressed or encouraged in rap music? Should a Christian listen to it? If you've ever wondered any of these things, then this is the episode for you. instagram.com/colloquiumshow

    Season 2 Intro

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2023 1:49


    New season of Colloquium coming soon!

    The Lost Virtue of Attentiveness (with P.J. Jedlovec)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2022 73:11


    P.J. is back in town! We had the opportunity to discuss all things teaching, coaching, and how cultivating attentiveness can help in both. Please take our short survey: https://tinyurl.com/2sk56d6k If you are not a robot or scammer, please email us at: colloquiumshow@gmail.com instagram.com/colloquiumshow facebook.com/colloquiumshow

    Spiritual Fatherhood

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2022 40:19


    Please take our short survey: https://tinyurl.com/2sk56d6k If you are not a robot or scammer, please email us at: colloquiumshow@gmail.com instagram.com/colloquiumshow facebook.com/colloquiumshow

    Is College Worth It?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2022 66:55


    Please take our short survey: https://tinyurl.com/2sk56d6k colloquiumshow@gmail.com instagram.com/colloquiumshow facebook.com/colloquiumshow

    Virtuous Pagans

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2022 59:38


    Please take our short survey: https://tinyurl.com/2sk56d6k colloquiumshow@gmail.com instagram.com/colloquiumshow facebook.com/colloquiumshow

    Theology of the Body

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2022 47:27


    What is--and isn't-- Theology of the Body? Tune in to find out. We unfortunately lost about 4 minutes of audio for this episode. However, you can still follow the thread of what proved to be a very enlightening conversation about how Theology of the Body can be used in the twenty-first century. Please take our short survey: https://tinyurl.com/2sk56d6k Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/colloquiumshow colloquiumshow@gmail.com instagram.com/colloquiumshow facebook.com/colloquiumshow

    Evangelizing Gen Z

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2022 67:55


    What are the characteristics of Gen Z and how does if impact their openness to the Gospel? Listen to find out! Please take our short survey: https://tinyurl.com/2sk56d6k Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/colloquiumshow colloquiumshow@gmail.com instagram.com/colloquiumshow facebook.com/colloquiumshow

    Is Boxing a Sin? (with Daniel Stadler)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2022 62:08


    Please take our short survey: https://tinyurl.com/2sk56d6k Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/colloquiumshow colloquiumshow@gmail.com instagram.com/colloquiumshow facebook.com/colloquiumshow

    Mary

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2022 64:53


    In this episode we attempt to cover everything there is to cover about Mary in an hour. This episode is jam packed! Please take our short survey: https://tinyurl.com/2sk56d6k Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/colloquiumshow colloquiumshow@gmail.com instagram.com/colloquiumshow facebook.com/colloquiumshow

    Obedience

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2022 68:31


    In our third and final episode on the Evangelical Counsels, we discuss the importance of the virtue of obedience. The discussion includes hot takes on pandemics, the drinking age, and more! Please take our short survey: https://tinyurl.com/2sk56d6k Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/colloquiumshow colloquiumshow@gmail.com instagram.com/colloquiumshow facebook.com/colloquiumshow

    Chastity

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2022 61:38


    The second of the evangelical counsels. Please take our short survey: https://tinyurl.com/2sk56d6k colloquiumshow@gmail.com instagram.com/colloquiumshow facebook.com/colloquiumshow

    Poverty

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2022 58:38


    In this episode, Dylan and Nick discuss their perspective on one of the three evangelical counsels: poverty. Please take our short survey: https://tinyurl.com/2sk56d6k colloquiumshow@gmail.com instagram.com/colloquiumshow facebook.com/colloquiumshow

    Evil

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2022 50:18


    Please take our short survey: https://tinyurl.com/2sk56d6k colloquiumshow@gmail.com instagram.com/colloquiumshow facebook.com/colloquiumshow

    Let's Talk About Modesty

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2022 61:40


    True to form, Dylan and Nick provide a bold but sensitive take on a controversial topic. Some quotes: "Purity requires modesty, an integral part of temperance. Modesty protects the intimate center of the person. It means refusing to unveil what should remain hidden." -Catechism of the Catholic Church, Paragraph # 2521 "The forms taken by modesty vary from one culture to another. Everywhere, however, modesty exists as an intuition of the spiritual dignity proper to man." -CCC 2524 Works Referenced: Love and Responsibility by Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II) Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body by Pope John Paul II Please take our short survey: https://tinyurl.com/2sk56d6k colloquiumshow@gmail.com instagram.com/colloquiumshow facebook.com/colloquiumshow

    Listener Q&A: crosses that feel fruitless, being Catholic at work, personality tests, and more art!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2022 56:54


    In this episode we address questions and topic requests from our listener survey, including crosses that feel fruitless, being Catholic at work, personality tests, human v. spiritual formation, art, music, and more! If there's a topic you want us to cover, tell us here: https://tinyurl.com/2sk56d6k colloquiumshow@gmail.com instagram.com/colloquiumshow facebook.com/colloquiumshow

    Live Local

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2022 54:25


    “The man who lives in a small community lives in a much larger world." - G.K. Chesterton Please take our short survey: https://tinyurl.com/2sk56d6k colloquiumshow@gmail.com instagram.com/colloquiumshow facebook.com/colloquiumshow

    8 Books To Read Before You Die

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2022 55:19


    In this episode, Dylan and Nick walk through the books that have impacted them the most and why you should read them too. Please take our short survey: https://tinyurl.com/2sk56d6k colloquiumshow@gmail.com instagram.com/colloquiumshow facebook.com/colloquiumshow

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    "Do Nothing out of Selfishness or out of Vainglory"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2022 56:57


    In this episode, Dylan shares his story. Philippians 2:3 Please take our short survey: https://tinyurl.com/2sk56d6k colloquiumshow@gmail.com instagram.com/colloquiumshow facebook.com/colloquiumshow

    The Story of (Saint?) Nicholas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2021 53:19


    In this episode, Nick shares his testimony with the world. Please take our short survey: https://tinyurl.com/2sk56d6k colloquiumshow@gmail.com instagram.com/colloquiumshow facebook.com/colloquiumshow

    What is the Role of Humor in the Spiritual Life?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2021 53:50


    "Pippin glanced in some wonder at the face now close beside his own, for the sound of that laugh had been gay and merry. Yet in the wizard's face he saw at first only lines of care and sorrow; though as he looked more intently he perceived that under all there was a great joy: a fountain of mirth enough to set a kingdom laughing, were it to gush forth.” -J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Please take our short survey: https://tinyurl.com/2sk56d6k colloquiumshow@gmail.com instagram.com/colloquiumshow facebook.com/colloquiumshow

    Faith on the Field

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2021 51:27


    What do sports have to do with faith? Dylan and Nick weigh in, speaking from their experience living out their faith on the field. Please take our short survey: https://tinyurl.com/2sk56d6k colloquiumshow@gmail.com instagram.com/colloquiumshow facebook.com/colloquiumshow

    Grace

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2021 45:27


    The word grace is a Christian buzz word if there ever was one. However, in the word grace lies the meaning of the Christian life and all of reality. Please take our short survey: https://tinyurl.com/2sk56d6k colloquiumshow@gmail.com instagram.com/colloquiumshow facebook.com/colloquiumshow

    "So, what have you been praying about?"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2021 45:48


    Please take our short survey: https://tinyurl.com/2sk56d6k In this episode, Dylan and Nick discuss the things that they've been contemplating lately including poetry, sunsets, and scripture. colloquiumshow@gmail.com instagram.com/colloquiumshow facebook.com/colloquiumshow

    The Liturgy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2021 57:35


    Please take our short survey: https://tinyurl.com/2sk56d6k In this episode, Dylan and Nick finally talk about one of the most popular topics in the Church: the liturgy. Do Dylan and Nick prefer the Latin Mass or liturgical dancing? Listen to find out! colloquiumshow@gmail.com instagram.com/colloquiumshow facebook.com/colloquiumshow

    What's Wrong with Gossip?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2021 51:11


    Is it ever okay to gossip? In this episode, Dylan and Nick look at the Catechism and share stories from their own experience to determine what exactly is the problem with gossip. colloquiumshow@gmail.com instagram.com/colloquiumshow facebook.com/colloquiumshow

    Virtuous Friendship

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2021 51:30


    "Without friends, no one would want to live, even if he had all other goods." -Aristotle colloquiumshow@gmail.com instagram.com/colloquiumshow facebook.com/colloquiumshow

    The Holy Spirit and the Charismatic Gifts

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2021 59:05


    The Holy Spirit often seems to be the neglected person of the Trinity. In this episode, Dylan and Nick discuss their experience with the Holy Spirit, in particular with the charismatic gifts of the Holy Spirit. colloquiumshow@gmail.com instagram.com/colloquiumshow facebook.com/colloquiumshow

    Why Should We Embrace Classical Education?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2021 60:54


    In this episode, Dylan and Nick discuss their educational upbringing and how it could have been improved by the classical education. It is often said that we are in the midst of a "classical revolution" in private education. Find out why and join the conversation! Email us at colloquiumshow@gmail.com. https://www.instagram.com/colloquiumshow/ https://www.facebook.com/colloquiumshow/

    Repost: A Crisis of Masculinity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2021 53:14


    No new episode this week, so please enjoy listening to one of our favorite episodes from the summer of 2020. The most important issue nobody is talking about. Today's Problem With Masculinity Isn't What You Think by Benjamin Sledge: https://humanparts.medium.com/todays-problem-with-masculinity-isn-t-what-you-think-b43e80edcf60 Into the Breach, Apostolic Exhortation by Bishop Thomas Olmsted: https://www.kofc.org/en/resources/cis/cis340.pdf

    More Than Entertained with Brennan Garriques

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2021 57:44


    Check out the More Than Entertained Blog at: https://morethanentertained.com Brennan Garriques graduated from Troy University and is currently serving as a FOCUS missionary at LSU. He is a co-founder of More Than Entertained, an organization committed to helping people discover that the divine is all around them, if only they would take a moment to look for it. Brennan has always been fascinated by the way he is moved by a good story. One of his favorite hobbies is to reflect on how the entertainment industry can point him to the divine.

    The Feminine Genius with Rachel Wong

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2021 64:28


    The Feminine Genius Podcast: https://www.instagram.com/femgeniuspod/ https://www.femininegeniuspodcast.com/ A Pondering Heart Podcast: https://redcircle.com/shows/a-pondering-heart-podcast Referenced writings: The Eternal Women by Gertrud von le Fort Mulieris Dignitatem by St. John Paul II Letter to Women by St. John Paul II

    A Feminine Perspective with Emily Thomason

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2021 54:39


    Dylan and Nick sit down to chat with Emily Thomason, Colloquium's resident artist, about her perspective on living femininity in the 21st century.

    Femininity: The Mystery of Woman

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 47:11


    Dylan and Nick discuss femininity, the complementarity of men and women, and the tension that women seem to face in the twenty-first century. Thoughts, questions, or hate mail? Email us at colloquiumshow@gmail.com.

    Why You Should Read: Fyodor Dostoevsky

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2021 50:20


    One of the greatest novelists of all time may not be an understatement for this author. The Brothers Karamazov and Crime and Punishment are consistently considered among the greatest novels ever written. Join us as we talk about some of the gripping themes of Dostoevsky's novels and why you should make the time to read him.

    Truth, Goodness, and Beauty

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2021 54:40


    Dylan and Nick discuss the three transcendentals: truth, goodness, and beauty, and how they draw us outside of ourselves and toward God.

    What's Wrong with Lying?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 54:42


    Very much at risk of promoting unpopular opinions, Dylan and Nick discuss the intricacies of telling the truth in a fallen world.

    Why You Should Read: Flannery O'Connor

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2021 45:27


    Twentieth century novelist Flannery O'Connor portrays sin as nothing less than grotesque, horrifying, and demonic.

    Redemptive Suffering

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2021 45:15


    What is the Christian perspective on suffering?

    What is the Message of the Gospel?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 54:49


    Dylan and Nick discuss what exactly the Gospel message is and how we can articulate it clearly and effectively.

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