Theology On Tap (YAMSD)

April 11th 2018: Christina Barba @ Mission San Diego About the speaker: Proclaiming the dignity of human life has been a lifelong passion for Cristina. Since her early childhood, she has been involved in the pro-life movement with her family at events such as prayer vigils, life chains, and much more. While attending The Pennsylvania State University, she served as president

April 4th, 2018: Catching Foxes @ Mission San Diego About the speaker: Luke and Gomer started a podcast to fulfill their obligation as American men in their thirties that work in ministry. Their show, Catching Foxes, oscillates between a conversation about the intersection of faith and culture and interviews with guests that deserve better. Catching Foxes has almost five million downloads. It

March 28th, 2018: Anthony D’Ambrosio @ Mission San Diego About the speaker: Anthony D’Ambrosio left seminary in 2010 to seek a more creative way to bring the Gospel into contact with post Christian culture. After spending five years growing a successful youth ministry, he founded a creative agency in Dallas Texas that partners with entrepreneurial ministries and startups to help them build

October 25, 2018: Mari Pablo @ St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church About the speaker: Mari grew up in a Hispanic family in Miami. She graduated from Franciscan University with a double major in theology and psychology has her master’s in theology from the Augustine Institute. She has worked in ministry for over 15 years. She is passionate about St. John Paul II’s

October 18, 2018: Matt Regitz @ St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church About the speaker: After working five years as an oilfield salesman, Matt followed Christ’s call to step in and help his struggling parish programming for young adults and youth. Fifteen years later Matt is still sharing the goodness of the gospel at Prince of Peace Church while reaching thousands more

October 11, 2018: Erica Tighe @ St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church About the speaker: Erica is the owner and designer of Be A Heart as well as a designer for Blessed is She; she moved to Brazil post-grad to work for Heart’s Home and currently lives in Los Angeles and travels through out the country sharing the message that beauty can

Our three-part “Theology On Tap” series came to a conclusion tonight. The Associate Young Adult Director, Pamela Poe, had tasked me to give a talk which answered the question “What does it mean to be a restless pilgrim?”. In this presentation, I recount the story of my own faith journey, I describe the story of Salvation History as a pilgrimage, and I explain why we’re

Tonight’s “Theology On Tap” was hosted by Paul Kim. Paul came to speak to use about “Adulting the Catholic Way”. Paul is a husband and father of two, as well as a well-known Catholic speaker, beatboxer and avid Instagram picture-taker! If you would like to hear audio from other San Diego “Theology On Tap” sessions, you can subscribe to the

On the 1st February, a new Theology On Tap series was kicked off at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Paradise Hills. Sister Peter Marie and Sister Elizabeth Marie from the Nashville Dominicans gave a talk on “Joyful Discernment”. They were accompanied by some of their Dominican brothers, Fr. Stephen Maria Lopez and Fr. James Moore, who joined them for the Q&A session.

May 2, 2017: Karen Reynolds @ St. Luke, El Cajon Karen Reynolds is a missionary with a lifetime of faithful service to the Church. She currently serves Dirty Vagabond Ministries as the Chief Operating Officer and Director of Development. She is passionate about sharing the love of Jesus Christ with the lost and training/equipping missionaries. A veteran of over 20 years

April 25, 2017: Steven Lewis @ St. Luke, El Cajon Steven (aka Steve the Missionary) is currently working as the Director for Young Adults and Evangelization in the Diocese of Oakland. Before taking a diocesan position he spent three years as a FOCUS missionary on campuses in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and California. In addition, Steve is a vlogger for Patheos where he

April 18, 2017: Jackie Francois-Angel @ St. Luke, El Cajon Jackie is a full-time traveling speaker, singer/songwriter, and worship leader from Orange County, CA. In 2006, she became an artist with OCP/SpiritAndSong.com with whom she has released two albums. She has been involved in youth ministry since she graduated high school, and she now travels the globe speaking to young

In this last Theology On Tap series we also heard a presentation from Peggy and Deacon Ralph Skiano, the Directors for Marriage and Family Life for the Diocese. Their talk was entitled “Vocation to love” and is available for download below: Main Talk (Download) Q&A (Download)

The Theology On Tap series concluded with Lisa Hunt, with her talk “Quieting the noise to meet the God who longs for you!”: Main Talk (Download)

Theology On Tap continues with Chris Check’s lecture on “The Cristeros and martyrs of the Mexican Revolution”: Main Talk (Download) Q&A (Download)

It’s Theology On Tap season again! This series kicked off with Fr. Anthony Saroki speaking on “Angels & Demons: Who are they and how do they influence us?”: Main Talk (Download) Q&A (Download)

In the last round of Theology On Tap we also had Chris Hulbert come and speak to us, “Prayer in the FAST LANE! Quiet moments to connect with God”. The audio is available for download below: Main Talk (Download) Q&A (Download) Group Discussion (Download)

Theology On Tap was running last month and one of the speakers in this series was Katie Patrizio giving her talk entitled“A Crash Course through Sacred Scripture”. As well as giving a brief tour through the books of the Bible, in her talk Katie traces the biblical narrative through the six major covenants of Salvation History. As she moves through each of

Last week I posted the audio from Dr. Michael Barber’s Theology On Tap. In this most recent Theology On Tap series we also had Matt Franklin come and give a presentation. His talk was called “Sweet Surrender: Are you a fan or follower of Jesus?”  Main Talk (Download) Q&A (Download)

Last month, Dr. Michael Barber gave a talk at Theology On Tap. Dr. Barber has spoken at Theology On Tap several times in the past (“Understanding The Mass” and “Spiritual Lessons About Politics”), as has his wife (“Mary, Saints, Angels and More!”). Attached below is the audio of Dr. Barber’s latest talk, entitled “The Book of Revelation and the Mass”, where he

Our recent Theology On Tap series was brought to a close by a San Diego favourite, Jackie Francois…or shouldn’t she be called Jackie Angel now? Anyway, Jackie spoke at the final Theology On Tap about “Bringing Sexy Back…to its original meaning!”. Main Talk (Download) Questions & Answers (Download) UPDATE: In related news, there’s a little angel on the way…

This week we concluded our current round of Theology On Tap. At the beginning of this series, Fr. Jacob gave a talk entitled: “The Francis Effect: Living the life of JOY!”. The audio is available below. (Download)

I was recently asked about the prayer I prayed at the beginning of the Theology On Tap talk. Here it is: Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of Truth, everywhere present and filling all things; Treasury of Blessings, and Giver of Life – come and dwell within our hearts, cleanse us from all stain, and save our souls, O Gracious One. And

Here’s the audio for the final Theology On Tap of this series entitled: “Call to Serve: Responding to the 2nd Greatest Commandment!” by Fr. John Tasto.

Theology On Tap is an initiative in the Diocese and throughout the USA where young adults gather in a bar or restaurant to listen to a speaker, to fellowship with one another and grow in their faith. Earlier in the month, I gave a talk at Theology On Tap about Sacred Scripture. The series continues, this time with the talk

It has taken me a while, but I finally got around to editing the audio from my recent Theology On Tap session entitled “Reading the Bible for all its worth”. The audio quality wasn’t great, but I’ve cleaned it up the best I can. For the benefit of those who couldn’t attend my talk, I have created a YouTube video which

Fr. Jacob (Andrew) Bertrand, priest at Santa Sophia, recently gave a talk at Faith On Fire, an event in our San Diego diocese much like Theology On Tap, but specifically targeted at those in their late teens and early twenties. Fr. Jacob was scheduled to speak at another Faith On Fire series at the end of last year, but was unfortunately sick on the night of

Theology On Tap continues… This week’s Theology On Tap talk was given by a Theology On Tap veteran, Dr. Michael Barber. Dr. Barber is a San Diego local and Professor of Theology, Scripture and Catholic Thought at John Paul The Great University. In a previous Theology On Tap series, Dr. Barber gave a talk called “Spiritual lessons about politics” in which he looked at the

If you’re a Catholic Young Adult living in San Diego, chances are that you’ve been going to Theology On Tap for the last few weeks at The Old Spaghetti Factory in San Marcos. On the 14th May, Kristine Bacich, Director of Religious Education at St. Mary Magdaleine’s, gave a talk entitled “Relationships and Theology of the Body”. The MP3s of that talk

This month’s theology on Tap was brought to a close by Deacon Ray Arnold with his talk entitled “Getting right with God: Making the most of your Lent”. The talk, the Q&A session and the audience response are all available for download below. Main Talk (Download) Q&A (Download) Response (Download) I had my last meeting for the Young Adult Commission

On 4th February at Cafe Coyote in Old Town, Dr. Christine Wood gave the following Theology On Tap talk: God has Spoken, he has truly broken the great SILENCE: Communicating the Gospel to Others! Dr. Wood is originally from Sydney Australia, but teaches at John Paul The Great Catholic University here in America’s favourite city, San Diego in California. (I wonder if she

The purpose of Theology On Tap is to help Young Adults grow together in their faith in a relaxed, informal environment. A few days ago I posted the audio from Dr. Michael Barber’s Theology On Tap talk at John Paul “The Great” University on the subject of “Spiritual lessons about politics from the book of Revelation”. Today I’m posting the audio from another talk in

Did your Christmas presents disappoint? Did Santa get lost on the way to your house? Were you naughty and not, in fact, nice? Well, no need to worry! In today’s post there’s a present we can all enjoy! 😉 Back in November we had another round of Theology On Tap here in San Diego, this time at John Paul “The Great” University. The first talk

On October 23rd, Dr Delgado and Roger Lopez spoke here in San Diego for Theology on Tap. The title of their talk was “Healing the Culture: “Bringing reason back into medicine and sexuality”. Main Talk – Part 1 (Download) Main Talk – Part 2 (Download) Q&A (Download)

On October 16th, as part of our recent Theology on Tap series, Kimberly Barber spoke to us on the topic of “Mary, Saints, Angels and more: Getting to know the heroes of our faith in a new way”. Here are the MP3 audio files available for download: Main Talk (Download) Q&A (Download) Kimberly is a Master Catechist for the Diocese.

“Faith on Fire” is a new initiative here in San Diego to help nurture the younger young adult community. Like “Theology On Tap”, it is held at a bar or restaurant where there is a talk given by a speaker which is followed by Q&A and some discussion. However, unlike “Theology On Tap”, it is restricted to only those between

Over the course of our “Theology On Tap” series we heard talks from Fr. Matt Spahr, Cy Kellett and Dr. Karen Saroki. This Thursday the series was brought to a close by the ever-popular Jackie Francois. Actually, Jackie wasn’t the only one who spoke that night, being supported by her boyfriend Bobby Angel: Jackie Francois is a full-time, travelling worship leader and speaker from Orange County. Bobby Angel, her

Yesterday we had another “Theology On Tap” session at Phil’s BBQ. In previous weeks we’ve heard from Fr. Matt Spahr and Cy Kellett and this week our speaker was Dr. Karen Saroki: Aug 7: “What is your purpose? What is your call?” Learning to listen to God’s voice and follow it. -Fr. Matt Spahr Aug 14: “Citizens and Disciples” Voting your conscience! What does that look

“Theology On Tap” continues apace. Last week we heard from Fr. Matt Spahr, the pastor at the Immaculata parish, speaking about discernment. This week we heard from Cy Kellett: Aug 7: “What is your purpose? What is your call?” Learning to listen to God’s voice and follow it. -Fr. Matt Spahr Aug 14: “Citizens and Disciples” Voting your conscience! What does that look like?-

It’s “Theology On Tap” time again here in San Diego! For the next four weeks at Phil’s BBQ here in San Diego the Young Adult Catholic community will be hearing talks from a number of different speakers: Aug 7: “What is your purpose? What is your call?” Learning to listen to God’s voice and follow it. -Fr. Matt Spahr Aug 14: “Citizens

Last week we had the final session of our Theology On Tap series here in San Diego. I had not encountered Theology on Tap (ToT) until I came to America so, in case you have not been exposed to it, it’s an outreach and catechesis initiative embraced by many Catholic dioceses as part of their Young Adult ministry. Typically what happens at