Podcasts about pastoral review

1/23/25 - Dr. Monica Miller is a nationally known pro-life leader, having been involved in the pro-life movement since 1976. She is the founder of Citizens for a Pro-life Society and author of several articles published on theological subjects and life-issues. Her work has appeared in This Rock, The National Catholic Register, Homiletic and Pastoral Review, The New Oxford Review, Fidelity Magazine, and Crisis Magazine. Since 1976, Monica Miller has made it her life's work to defend the unborn: she has counseled pregnant women outside abortion clinics and organized pro-life groups and sit-ins at many of those same clinics. She has blocked abortionists' cars, been arrested, and gone to jail. And she has pulled the bodies of thousands of unborn babies out of dumpsters and given them a proper burial. Abandoned: The Untold Stories of the Abortion Wars is the story of those children abandoned by abortion, and it is the story of their courageous defenders. It tells the profound, breathtaking, and often daring journey of one woman, but it is much more than that. It is a history of the Pro-Life movement since Roe vs. Wade, a suspenseful, true-life tale of life and death, an insightful look into the unique and terrible horror of abortion, and a plea for the protection of the most helpless and innocent members of the human family. Get the book at https://tanbooks.com/products/books/abandoned-the-untold-story-of-the-abortion-wars/?srsltid=AfmBOopEmXMVLMdLxYPsKRwV6E9CgKU-ltBZ85_HyVrWN_iN6zmwOeeb

12/12/24 - Monica Miller, Ph.D. is a nationally known pro-life leader, having been involved in the pro-life movement since 1976. She is the founder of Citizens for a Pro-life Society and author of several articles published on theological subjects and life-issues. Her work has appeared in This Rock, The National Catholic Register, Homiletic and Pastoral Review, The New Oxford Review, Fidelity Magazine, and Crisis Magazine. The signature evils of our day—abortion, pornography, personal alienation, sex and gender confusion, breakdown of marriages and families, countless souls caught in the grip of the culture of death—have one crucial thing in common: humanity's prideful rejection of God's created order. To combat this modern folly, we need ancient wisdom; in fact, we need to go all the way back to creation's very first days. In the Beginning takes you through a unique reading of the first three chapters of Genesis, unfolding the richness of the divinely revealed creation story and what it has to say about God, the world, and the destiny of mankind. Get the book at https://shop.catholic.com/in-the-beginning/?srsltid=AfmBOooCPX-b9ljTJoKyKTvctqZKcqdF_03Rt2f-H_cn7Dp9G0dRa3RQ

Sam Sawyer, S.J., editor-in-chief of America Media, returns to “Preach” to discuss his Advent homily series, designed to be more cohesive than the usual week-to-week, stand-alone Sunday homilies that preachers typically prepare. Sam shares with host Ricardo da Silva, S.J., how Pope Francis' latest encyclical, Dilexit Nos, inspired him to create these homilies for the season, specially commissioned for Homiletic & Pastoral Review. Over the four weeks, Sam leads the congregation through a four-part reflection on the heart: awakening the heart, trusting its activity and passion, recognizing our heart's capacity to desire something greater, and embracing God's grace in our heart as it overflows from within us Read the full text of this week's homily and Scripture readings. Get daily Scripture reflections and support "Preach" by becoming a digital subscriber to America Magazine. “Preach” is made possible through the generous support of the Compelling Preaching Initiative, a project of Lilly Endowment Inc.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Started in 1986, the Pro Fidelitate et Virtue Award is conferred each year at the Institute on Religious Life's National Meeting to someone who has been outstanding in the support and promotion of authentic religious life. Today's episode is honoring our 2022 award recipient, Fr. Brian Mullady, of the Dominican Friars, Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus in Oakland California.  Fr. Mullady is a mission preacher and retreat master for the Western Dominican Province. He has had twelve series on Mother Angelica's EWTN television network. He is the author of four books and numerous articles and writes the Answer column in Homiletic and Pastoral Review.  He is also designated as an official Missionary of Mercy by Pope Francis for the Year of Mercy. Today's episode is a recording of his talk from the 2016 National Meeting entitled, “Reawakening Our Consciences Through the Works of Mercy”. We hope you enjoy! Episode: https://instituteonreligiouslife.podbean.com/e/14-fr-brian-mullady-op-2022-pro-fidelitate-et-virtute-award-recipient/ Podcast: https://instituteonreligiouslife.podbean.com

In this Episode…     Glen is a guest on Real Presence Radio discussing the importance of men in our culture, especially as leaders.  Men have shamed, confused, and have taken a back seat to the feminist  movement.  That's why there's a need for the men's conference movement.   Come Feb. 3, 2024, Mission Blueprint is hosting another men's conference at Old Sanctuary in Brookings, S.D.  This years featured speakers include Fr. Jeff Norfolk, a priest in the diocese of Sioux Falls.  Fr. Jeff is a formation advisor at St. John Vianney Seminary.   Kevin Wells is a former award-winning sports reporter with the Tampa Tribune, where he covered Major League Baseball and other sports. He is the best-selling author of The Priests We Need to Save the Church, a written plea for holy priests to live like the paragons, martyrs, and great saints before them. His book was quickly disseminated in bulk to seminarians across America. Many hundreds of clergy throughout the world have read Kevin's book.   Kevin is a writer whose articles have appeared at Crisis Magazine, Catholic Exchange, LifeSiteNews, The National Catholic Register, One Peter Five, and Homiletic and Pastoral Review. He is an active evangelist who has spoken on a national Catholic stage including the Legatus Summit, Napa Institute, That Man is You, on EWTN, the TASTE program, as well as hundreds of other men's and women's conferences, retreats and events, radio programs and podcasts.    In 2009, he survived a brush with death after a malformed line of vessels in his brain hemorrhaged. The day after invasive brain surgery failed to control the flow of blood, Kevin was anointed by Fr. James Stack – the longtime best friend of his murdered uncle, Msgr. Thomas Wells. To this day, witnesses in the neuro-ICU room tell of the miracle that unfolded at his bedside. He wrote Burst, A Story of God's Grace When Life Falls Apart during his recovery.   Register here:  https://mission-blueprint.kindful.com/e/mens-conference Find Glen here: https://www.glengauer.com or  https://www.mission-blueprint.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/missionblueprint Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/missionblueprint/ Donate today -  https://mission-blueprint.kindful.com

"We're in a post-philosophical world," says Fr. Brian Thomas Becket Mullady, OP and author of the new book, The Roots of A Christian Civilization: First Principles of a Just and Ordered Society.  Fr. Mullady entered the Dominican Order in 1966 and has been a parish priest, high school teacher, retreat master, mission preacher and university professor. He has had twelve series on Mother Angelica's EWTN television network. He is the author of four books and numerous articles and writes the Answer column in Homiletic and Pastoral Review. In the pages of his new book, Fr. Mullady, answers the question: Should law implement morality or not? He provides you with a compendium of accessible answers to a range of questions on spiritual and moral theology. Find Fr. Mullady's new book at https://sophiainstitute.com/product/the-roots-of-a-christian-civilization/ and at EWTN, where he hosts a weekly radio show.

Dan Sherven is the author of three books: Light and Dark, the #1 Amazon Bestseller Classified: Off the Beat ‘N Path, and Live to the Point of Tears. He holds a Bachelor's of Philosophy, and a Bachelor's of Journalism. Sherven currently writes for Word on Fire, The Symbolic World, the Homiletic and Pastoral Review, Luther College, and the Archdiocese of Regina.  Here, you can find his work: https://linktr.ee/dansherven   Dan Sherven Interviews — YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@dansherven  Paul Vander Klay clips channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX0jIcadtoxELSwehCh5QTg Bridges of Meaning Discord https://discord.gg/kPwtyjdY https://www.meetup.com/sacramento-estuary/ My Substack https://paulvanderklay.substack.com/ Estuary Hub Link https://www.estuaryhub.com/ If you want to schedule a one-on-one conversation check here. https://paulvanderklay.me/2019/08/06/converzations-with-pvk/ There is a video version of this podcast on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/paulvanderklay To listen to this on ITunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/paul-vanderklays-podcast/id1394314333  If you need the RSS feed for your podcast player https://paulvanderklay.podbean.com/feed/  All Amazon links here are part of the Amazon Affiliate Program. Amazon pays me a small commission at no additional cost to you if you buy through one of the product links here. This is is one (free to you) way to support my videos.  https://paypal.me/paulvanderklay To support this channel/podcast with Bitcoin (BTC): 37TSN79RXewX8Js7CDMDRzvgMrFftutbPo  To support this channel/podcast with Bitcoin Cash (BCH) qr3amdmj3n2u83eqefsdft9vatnj9na0dqlzhnx80h  To support this channel/podcast with Ethereum (ETH): 0xd3F649C3403a4789466c246F32430036DADf6c62 Blockchain backup on Lbry https://odysee.com/@paulvanderklay https://www.patreon.com/paulvanderklay Paul's Church Content at Living Stones Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh7bdktIALZ9Nq41oVCvW-A To support Paul's work by supporting his church give here. https://tithe.ly/give?c=2160640  

It's Natural Family Planning (NFP) Awareness Week in the US, so Dominic and Paul talk about NFP in light of the Church's teaching about the individual consciences and the law of gradualism. Paul also shares some of his personal experience with NFP and being a part of the NFP subculture. “We have long thought that simply by stressing doctrinal, bioethical and moral issues, without encouraging openness to grace, we were providing sufficient support to families, strengthening the marriage bond and giving meaning to marital life. We find it difficult to present marriage more as a dynamic path to personal development and fulfillment than as a lifelong burden. We also find it hard to make room for the consciences of the faithful, who very often respond as best they can to the Gospel amid their limitations, and are capable of carrying out their own discernment in complex situations. We have been called to form consciences, not to replace them” (Pope Francis, Amoris Laetitia). The content for this episode comes from an article Paul wrote in 2020 for Homiletic & Pastoral Review: https://www.hprweb.com/2020/12/the-sweetness-of-the-yoke-of-christ/ ABOUT POPE FRANCIS GENERATION Pope Francis Generation is the show for Catholics struggling with the Church's teaching, who feel like they might not belong in the Church anymore, and who still hunger for a God of love and goodness. Hosted by Paul Fahey, a professional catechist, and Dominic de Souza, someone who needs catechesis. Together, we're taking our own look at the Catholic Church– her teachings and practices- from 3 views that changed our world: the Kerygma, the forgotten doctrine of theosis, and the teachings of Pope Francis. Together, with you, we're the Pope Francis Generation. SUPPORT THIS SHOW: This show is brought to you by Pope Francis Generation, a project to explore Catholicism inspired by Pope Francis. Founded by Paul Fahey, you can follow the newsletter, join the group, and become a supporting member. Your donations allow us to create the resource you're enjoying now as well as much more. Paid subscribers get to watch each episode before everyone else, join private Q&As, and pitch ideas for future episodes! Check out: popefrancisgeneration.com ABOUT PAUL FAHEY Paul lives in Michigan with my wife, Kristina, and four kids. He's a catechist, retreat leader, counseling student, as well as a contributor and co-founder of Where Peter Is. ABOUT DOMINIC DE SOUZA SmartCatholics founder, Dominic de Souza, is a convert from radical traditionalism – inspired by WherePeterIs, Bishop Robert Barron, and Pope Francis. He is passionate about helping ordinary Catholics break the ‘bystander effect', and be firstresponders. “We don't have to be geniuses. We just have to show up with witness and kindness. Christ does the rest.” Today he hosts the SmartCatholics community. smartcatholics.com SPONSOR: SELECT INTERNATIONAL TOURS More Catholic Leaders choose Select International Tours than any other pilgrimage company. With 35 years of award-winning travel planning, they have a track record of excellence and faithfulness. And they are a small company with a big heart, because every one of their pilgrimage trips helps to support and fund their 501 (c)(3) charity work, helping Christian families thrive in the Holy Land. If you're ready to travel, or if you're looking to lead a group of your own, take the next step on your pilgrimage by visiting: SelectInternationalTours.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/popefrancisgeneration/message

Thomistic scholar and author Reverend David Meconi, S.J.,  delivered Christendom College's annual St. Thomas Aquinas Lecture on Wednesday, January 28, 2015. Fr. Meconi discussed how Augustinian principles influenced the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas.Fr. Meconi teaches in the Department of Theological Studies at Saint Louis University, and is the editor of Homiletic and Pastoral Review. . Fr. Meconi is a former president of the Jesuit Philosophical Association, as well as a Fellow at the Augustinian Institute at Villanova University, and serves on the ecclesiastical board of Boston College's School of Theology and Ministry, as well as the Saint Benedict Institute at Hope College in Holland, MI.

Thomistic scholar and author Reverend David Meconi, S.J.,  delivered Christendom College's annual St. Thomas Aquinas Lecture on Wednesday, January 28, 2015. Fr. Meconi discussed how Augustinian principles influenced the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas.Fr. Meconi teaches in the Department of Theological Studies at Saint Louis University, and is the editor of Homiletic and Pastoral Review. . Fr. Meconi is a former president of the Jesuit Philosophical Association, as well as a Fellow at the Augustinian Institute at Villanova University, and serves on the ecclesiastical board of Boston College's School of Theology and Ministry, as well as the Saint Benedict Institute at Hope College in Holland, MI.

This lecture was given on March 26, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of the Thomistic Institute's Annual Spring Thomistic Circles Conference: "Our Father: Prayer and Theology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joining the Dominicans of the Western Province in 1960, Fr. Cole was ordained to the priesthood in 1966. He finished his theological studies at Le Saulchoir in Etiolles, France earning the lectorate and licentiate degrees in 1968. He later received the doctorate in sacred theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome (the Angelicum). After teaching theology and philosophy at Pilarica College for the Notre Dame Sisters (1968-69), Fr. Cole was elected prior of St. Dominic's in San Francisco, where he also served as parish priest, a member of the provincial council and lecturer at various institutions (1970-1975). Elected prior of Daniel Murphy High School community in Los Angeles he became a member of the Western Dominican preaching band and preached throughout the American West. Fr. Cole was an invited professor at the Angelicum from 1985-97, and has taught moral, spiritual and dogmatic theology at the Dominican House of Studies since 1997. Fr. Cole has authored: Music and Morals, Alba House, Staten Island, New York, 1993; co-authored with Paul Connor, O.P.; Christian Totality: Theology of Consecrated Life, published by St. Paul's editions in Bombay, India 1990, revised in 1997 Alba House, Staten Island, New York. He has written for The Priest, Homiletic and Pastoral Review, Faith and Reason, and Angelicum. He has also been a long time collaborator for Germain Grisez's four volume series of moral theology, The Way of the Lord Jesus.

Sr. Maria Catherine wasn't always a Jesus fan. Far from it. Before meeting Christ, she was an actress who was involved in a host of non-Christian practices and thought Christianity and its "superstitious belief system" would be the last thing she would ever give in to. Then something changed — dramatically. Tune in to hear how this now deeply committed religious sister took the long road to Christ. In this dynamic podcast, Sr. Maria Catherine shares in depth about her miraculous journey from black magic to the foot of the Cross. You won't believe it until you hear it! ABOUT THE GUEST Sr. Maria Catherine, O.P. is from the great state of Texas. After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin, she worked in various industries but mainly banking and administration before entering the convent. Sister has traveled widely and has been one of a few representatives of her community on The Oprah Winfrey Show. She is a published author in the Catholic San Francisco, The Imaginative Conservative, and Homiletic and Pastoral Review. She loves teaching English and Theology and continues to be grateful for the opportunity to study Aquinas at Ave Maria University. She is currently teaching English at JSerra Catholic High School.

Natalie K. Watson, Publishing Editor of the Pastoral Review, in conversation with Seán McDonagh, eco-theologian and author of Robots, Ethics and the Future of Jobs, about the ethical and theological implications of Artificial Intelligence. Seán McDonagh SSC is an Irish Columban missionary priest. As well as theology he has studied Anthropology and Linguistics. During his time as a missionary among the T'boli people in S.E. Mindanao, Philippines, he became aware of the enormous destruction of the environment which was taking place and has continued to challenge behaviour which destroys the Earth and impoverishes People. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-tablet/message

The Catholic Church has embarked on a two-year synodal pathway towards the Synod of Bishops on synodality in 2023. Women's submissions to the synodal process must be made “as public as possible” in order to prevent any attempt to airbrush them out, theologian and broadcaster, Professor Tina Beattie said at a webinar hosted by the Tablet. The retired Professor of Catholic Studies at the University of Roehampton said making submissions public would ensure that “if our voices are airbrushed out, or if the things we say that they don't like are airbrushed out, we can say this is not discernment. It is censorship”. Natalie K. Watson, Publishing Editor of the Pastoral Review, was in conversation with Tina Beattie, Penelope Middelboe, author and podcaster, Daisy Srblin, chief executive of the Catholic charity Million Minutes, and Dr Alana Harris, director of Liberal Arts and Senior Lecturer in Modern British History at King's College, London, about synodality and the experience of women in the Catholic Church. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-tablet/message

This talk was given on October 28, 2021 at the University of Tulsa. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Matthew Ramage is Adjunct Professor of Sacred Scripture at Holy Apostles College and Seminary and Professor of Theology at Benedictine College in Kansas. He is author, contributing author, or co-translator of a variety of articles and books, including the monographs Dark Passages of the Bible: Engaging Scripture with Benedict XVI and Thomas Aquinas (CUA, 2013), Jesus, Interpreted: Benedict XVI, Bart Ehrman, and the Historical Truth of the Gospels (CUA Press, 2017), The Experiment of Faith: Pope Benedict XVI on Living the Theological Virtues in a Secular Age (CUA Press, 2020), and Christ's Church and World Religions (Sophia Institute Press, 2020). His next book, From the Dust of the Earth: Benedict XVI, the Bible, and the Theory of Evolution, is forthcoming from Catholic University of America Press in early 2022. For more on his work and his CV, visit Dr. Ramage's website www.matthewramage.com. In addition to his books, Dr. Ramage's work has appeared in a number of scholarly journals including Nova et Vetera, Letter and Spirit, Scientia et Fides, Scripta Theologica, Cithara, and Homiletic and Pastoral Review as well as popular online venues such as Strange Notions, The Gregorian Institute, Crisis, and the Word on Fire Institute's Evangelization and Culture. You can find interviews with Dr. Ramage at news outlets including the National Catholic Register and First Things, EWTN radio's Catholic Answers Live, and EWTN's television program Catholicism on Campus. When he is not teaching or writing, Dr. Ramage enjoys hiking with his wife and five children, tending his orchard, and traveling abroad to learn, lecture, and lead educational trips.

#103: "Being Critical of Critical Race Theory" with Deacon Gerard-Marie AnthonyJoin Jack and special guest Deacon Gerald-Marie Anthony as they discuss Deacon Anthony's latest articles on Critical Race Theory and Racial Healing.  Deacon Anthony is the Director of Religious Education at Saint Timothy Catholic Church in Arlington Virginia. He received his B.A. in Theology from Christendom College and his M.A. in Theology from the Catholic Distance University. He also has earned his Theology of the Body Institute Certificate as well as a Virginia Catholic Education Teaching Certification. Deacon Anthony is a theologian, author, and apologist who has taught the Catholic faith for over twenty years. He is a prolific writer and author. Here are links to his latest articles/books/and videos:The Best Medicine for Racial Healing (Homiletic and Pastoral Review): https://www.hprweb.com/2021/05/the-best-medicine-for-racial-healing/ Being Critical of Critical Race Theory (Crisis Magazine): https://www.crisismagazine.com/2021/being-critical-of-critical-race-theory  A Renewed Look at Pastoral Freedom Concerning COVID-19 (Homiletic and Pastoral Review): https://www.hprweb.com/2021/05/a-renewed-look-at-pastoral-freedom-concerning-covid-19/ Cost of Racism and Rash Judgement-What Can You Get for $5.58 (2Minutes2Virtue): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEfJ7LvDClg&t=3s  For My books:  https://www.jmjgerardmarie.com/online-store Check out my book with a Primer in Theology of the Body called Hope and the Theology of the Body (Great for Wedding Preparation in chapter 5-7)As well as my short book explaining and defending Marian Intercession called  5 Minutes to Glory Series: Explaining How Catholics DO NOT Worship MaryDeacon Gerard-Marie Anthony's website is:  https://www.jmjgerardmarie.com/  Don't forget to sign up for our Newsletter!!  JPll Renewal Center email listPlease consider being a Sponsor of the show! Email me with questions!Contact Jack: BWYR Podcast is a production of the John Paul ll Renewal Center or email him at info@jp2renew.orgSupport the show (http://jp2renew.org/donate/)

May 2, 2021 - Fr Edward Looney joins Joe & Joe to talk about his book: Meditations after Holy Communion. They also speak with Fr Looney about Marian devotion, St Joseph, and the sacraments. Fr. Looney's writings have been featured in Catholic Digest and Missio Immaculatae, as well as on Catholic Exchange, Aleteia, Church Pop, and Homiletic and Pastoral Review. Fr. Looney regularly appears on Catholic radio, and he travels across the country delivering Marian presentations at conferences and parishes. Fr Edward Looney: https://www.edwardlooney.com. 

Stephen Hilker discusses "Deacons as Apostles for the New Evangelization" an article which was featured in the Homiletic & Pastoral Review.

Stephen Hiker discusses "Deacons as Apostles for the New Evangelization" an article which was featured in the Homiletic & Pastoral Review.

Stephen Hiker discusses "Deacons as Apostles for the New Evangelization" an article which was featured in the Homiletic & Pastoral Review.

What makes Catholic schools what they are? What's the secret to their success? Dominican Sister, Sr. Maria Catherine, shares her insights about the exceptional qualities students and their families are finding as they make their way in large numbers to Catholic schools, many for the first time. A product of the public school system herself, Sister explains the reticence she had to Catholic education – even after she made her religious vows – and the surprise she experienced when she finally saw firsthand what Catholic schools were all about. Listen in as she unpacks the unique model of forming students for lifelong happiness that are at the center of JSerra and all strong Catholic schools. ABOUT THE GUEST Sr. Maria Catherine, O.P. is from the great state of Texas. After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin, she worked in various industries but mainly banking and administration before entering the convent. Sister has traveled widely and has been one of a few representatives of her community on The Oprah Winfrey Show. She is a published author in the Catholic San Francisco, The Imaginative Conservative, and Homiletic and Pastoral Review. She loves teaching English and Theology and continues to be grateful for the opportunity to study Aquinas at Ave Maria University. She is currently teaching English at JSerra Catholic High School.

This lecture was delivered over Zoom on November 23, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. David Vincent Meconi, S.J. is Professor of Patristics as well as the Director of the Catholic Studies Centre at Saint Louis University; he is also the editor of Homiletic and Pastoral Review. He holds the pontifical license in Patrology from the University of Innsbruck in Austria, as well as his doctorate in Ecclesiastical History from the University of Oxford. Fr. Meconi is a past Fellow of the Augustinian Institute at Villanova University, and serves on the ecclesiastical board of Boston College.

This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Advent livestream series. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joining the Dominicans of the Western Province in 1960, Fr. Cole was ordained to the priesthood in 1966. He finished his theological studies at Le Saulchoir in Etiolles, France earning the lectorate and licentiate degrees in 1968. He later received the doctorate in sacred theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome (the Angelicum). After teaching theology and philosophy at Pilarica College for the Notre Dame Sisters (1968-69), Fr. Cole was elected prior of St. Dominic’s in San Francisco, where he also served as parish priest, a member of the provincial council and lecturer at various institutions (1970-1975). Elected prior of Daniel Murphy High School community in Los Angeles he became a member of the Western Dominican preaching band and preached throughout the American West. Fr. Cole was an invited professor at the Angelicum from 1985-97, and has taught moral, spiritual and dogmatic theology at the Dominican House of Studies since 1997. Fr. Cole has authored: Music and Morals, Alba House, Staten Island, New York, 1993; co-authored with Paul Connor, O.P.; Christian Totality: Theology of Consecrated Life, published by St. Paul’s editions in Bombay, India 1990, revised in 1997 Alba House, Staten Island, New York. He has written for The Priest, Homiletic and Pastoral Review, Faith and Reason, and Angelicum. He has also been a long time collaborator for Germain Grisez’s four volume series of moral theology, The Way of the Lord Jesus.

The focus of today's episode is St. Augustine's understanding of sin as self-sabotage, and why it is that we do the things we always ultimately regret and accuse ourselves of. Of course, in his life, Augustine comes to know the healing and rest found in the person of Christ, Incarnate, Crucified, Risen, and extended through his body, the Church.  Guiding us through all of this today is Fr. David Vincent Meconi, S.J., who is Associate Professor of Historical Theology as well as the Director of the Catholic Studies Centre at Saint Louis University; he is also the editor of Homiletic and Pastoral Review. Father earned his doctorate in Ecclesiastical History from the University of Oxford. He has published numerous books and articles on the early Church, and on Saint Augustine in particular. Today we'll be discussing his recently published book, Augustine On Self-Harm, Narcissism, Atonement and the Vulnerable Christ available from Bloomsbury Academic. On Self-Harm, Narcissism, Atonement and the Vulnerable Christ by Fr. David Vincent Meconi, S.J.Fr. Meconi's homepage, where you can find out more about his workThe Confessions by St. AugustineSupport the show (http://patreon.com/curiouscatholicpodcast)

This lecture was given at the University of Kansas on November 14, 2019. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Dr. Matthew Ramage is Associate Professor of Theology at Benedictine College in Atchison, KS. He is author, coauthor, or cotranslator of several books, including Dark Passages of the Bible: Engaging Scripture with Benedict XVI and Thomas Aquinas (Catholic University of America Press, 2013) and Jesus, Interpreted: Benedict XVI, Bart Ehrman, and the Historical Truth of the Gospels (CUA Press, 2017). Dr. Ramage's articles have appeared in a variety of scholarly journals including Nova et Vetera, Scripta Theologica, Cithara, and Homiletic and Pastoral Review as well as popular online venues such as Strange Notions, The Gregorian Institute, and Crisis. Dr. Ramage has been interviewed by news outlets including the National Catholic Register and First Things and has made periodic appearances on the EWTN programs Catholic Answers Live, Catholicism on Campus, and The Son Rise Morning Show. Dr. Ramage lives in Atchison, Kansas, with his wife, Jennifer, and five children. For more on his work and his CV, visit Dr. Ramage's website www.truthincharity.com.

This lecture was given by Prof. Matthew Ramage at Ohio State University on 12 September 2019. Matthew Ramage's current positions include Associate Professor of Theology at Benedictine College and Adjunct Professor of Theology at Holy Apostles College & Seminary. He has authored and translated several books, including the monographs "Dark Passages of the Bible: Engaging Scripture with Benedict XVI and Thomas Aquinas." His work has appeared in a number of journals including Nova et Vetera, Scripta Theologica, Cithara, Homiletic, and Pastoral Review. For more information on this and other events, go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1

This talk was offered at the University of Oklahoma on March 5th, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. About the speaker: Dr. Matthew Ramage is Associate Professor of Theology at Benedictine College in Atchison, KS. He is author, coauthor, or cotranslator of several books, including Dark Passages of the Bible: Engaging Scripture with Benedict XVI and Thomas Aquinas (Catholic University of America Press, 2013) and Jesus, Interpreted: Benedict XVI, Bart Ehrman, and the Historical Truth of the Gospels (CUA Press, 2017). Dr. Ramage's articles have appeared in a variety of scholarly journals including Nova et Vetera, Scripta Theologica, Cithara, and Homiletic and Pastoral Review as well as popular online venues such as Strange Notions, The Gregorian Institute, and Crisis. Dr. Ramage has been interviewed by news outlets including the National Catholic Register and First Things and has made periodic appearances on the EWTN programs Catholic Answers Live, Catholicism on Campus, and The Son Rise Morning Show. Dr. Ramage lives in Atchison, Kansas, with his wife, Jennifer, and five children. For more on his work and his CV, visit Dr. Ramage's website www.truthincharity.com.

Following the lead of Pope Benedict XVI and synthesizing insights from his book on the subject, in this lecture Dr. Matthew Ramage will set out to answer these above questions by wedding the historical-critical approach with a theological reading of Scripture based in the patristic-medieval tradition. Whereas these two approaches are often viewed as mutually exclusive or even contradictory, Ramage will insist that the two are mutually enriching and necessary for doing justice to the Bible's most challenging texts. (Recorded and aired on Friday, February 2, 2018.)Dr. Matthew Ramage is Adjunct Professor of Theology at HACS and Associate Professor of Theology at Benedictine College. He is author, contributing author, or co-translator of several books, including the monographs Dark Passages of the Bible: Engaging Scripture with Benedict XVI and Thomas Aquinas and Jesus, Interpreted: Benedict XVI, Bart Ehrman, and the Historical Truth of the Gospels. Dr. Ramage's work has appeared in a number of scholarly journals including Nova et Vetera, Scripta Theologica, Cithara, and Homiletic and Pastoral Review as well as popular online venues such as Strange Notions, The Gregorian Institute, and Crisis. He has been interviewed by news outlets such as the National Catholic Register andFirst Things and has made periodic appearances on the EWTN programs Catholic Answers Live, Catholicism on Campus, and The Son Rise Morning Show. See https://www.catholic.com/audio/cal/8360#.WlmNNGt_vzAFor more on his work and his CV, visit Dr. Ramage's website www.truthincharity.com.

Following the lead of Pope Benedict XVI and synthesizing insights from his book on the subject, in this lecture Dr. Matthew Ramage will set out to answer these above questions by wedding the historical-critical approach with a theological reading of Scripture based in the patristic-medieval tradition. Whereas these two approaches are often viewed as mutually exclusive or even contradictory, Ramage will insist that the two are mutually enriching and necessary for doing justice to the Bible's most challenging texts. (Recorded and aired on Friday, February 2, 2018.)Dr. Matthew Ramage is Adjunct Professor of Theology at HACS and Associate Professor of Theology at Benedictine College. He is author, contributing author, or co-translator of several books, including the monographs Dark Passages of the Bible: Engaging Scripture with Benedict XVI and Thomas Aquinas and Jesus, Interpreted: Benedict XVI, Bart Ehrman, and the Historical Truth of the Gospels. Dr. Ramage's work has appeared in a number of scholarly journals including Nova et Vetera, Scripta Theologica, Cithara, and Homiletic and Pastoral Review as well as popular online venues such as Strange Notions, The Gregorian Institute, and Crisis. He has been interviewed by news outlets such as the National Catholic Register andFirst Things and has made periodic appearances on the EWTN programs Catholic Answers Live, Catholicism on Campus, and The Son Rise Morning Show. See https://www.catholic.com/audio/cal/8360#.WlmNNGt_vzAFor more on his work and his CV, visit Dr. Ramage's website www.truthincharity.com.

In Footnote episode 20, Dr. Christopher Manion interviews Father Kenneth Baker, S.J., about his forty years as editor of the Homiletic and Pastoral Review, as well as his role as translator of the German works of Josef Cardinal Ratzinger.

A talk given by Fr. David Vincent Meconi, S.J., on Sunday, June 3, 2012, as part of the Catholic World View series at Christ the King Catholic Church. Fr. Meconi is a professor of Patristic Theology at St. Louis University in Missouri, editor of the journal Homiletic and Pastoral Review, and author of the booklet Union with God. Key word: CWV, Catholic vision, worldview, culture, Eucharist, Blessed Sacrament, Incarnation, Presence

Homily given at the 11:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday, June 3, 2012, the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, by Fr. David Vincent Meconi, S.J. Fr. Meconi is a professor of Patristic Theology at St. Louis University in Missouri, editor of the journal Homiletic and Pastoral Review, and author of the booklet Union with God. Key words: Trinity, Father, Son, Jesus, Spirit

A talk given by Fr. David Vincent Meconi, S.J., on Sunday, June 3, 2012, as part of the Catholic World View series at Christ the King Catholic Church. Fr. Meconi is a professor of Patristic Theology at St. Louis University in Missouri, editor of the journal Homiletic and Pastoral Review, and author of the booklet Union with God. A transcript of the talk is available by clicking here. Key word: CWV, Catholic vision, worldview, culture, Mystical Body

TRANSCRIPT Even before the COVID scamdemic, countless people suffered from mental and emotional illnesses. Many of you know that my own mother, whose sufferings and offerings on my behalf returned me to the Faith, suffered enormously from mental illness. She had crippling bipolar depression as well as acute obsessive-compulsive disorder — massive crosses not only for her, but for the whole family. Her mental pains were likely brought on by an occasion when she was just 20, where she was brutally raped by her father in law while my father was temporarily away on short-term military duty. He had married her in England and, a few months later, brought his new bride back to his hometown near Dayton, Ohio, as he was decommissioning from the U.S. Air Force. I knew none of this until the evening of the day when my father and I buried my mom — and my dad unburdened himself of a torturous secret he kept for over 50 years. That rape became the unknown, quiet horror at the center of our family, its tentacles reaching into every aspect of our lives and emotionally crippling my mother. Through it all, it was the Faith of her childhood, instilled in her by fiercely-Catholic Irish parents, which kept her hanging on, and, yes, sometimes it was by the barest of threads. It was only years afterward that I learned from her that, while I was in high school one afternoon, she sat on the edge of the bed with a lethal amount of sleeping pills in her hand — ready to end the pain of her life. Faith kept her hanging on, sometimes by the barest of threads. A split moment before she ingested them, she had the inspiration to call information (411 for those of you who remember those days) and be connected to a random parish — where a priest actually answered the phone. I have no idea who that priest was, but he was able to convince my mom to put the pills down, speaking with her about eternity. I share this with you to underscore that, in the end, the only real cure for a soul afflicted with mental anguish is God. Current psychotherapy has been completely divorced from the Divine for decades, and it is the patients who suffer even more as a result. Because of the increase in mental problems (which are, at their base, problems in the soul), Church Militant has produced a brand new Premium program on mental health. Our expert is Thomistic psychologist Dr. G.C. Dilsaver, a man so respected in his field Catholic University Press said of him, in 2007, he "is rightly considered by many to be the father of Christian psychology." Dr. Dilsaver has been around the field a long time and published a book on dealing with mental pain, Imago Dei Psychotherapy. One of the most reliable priests you will ever meet, Fr. Kenneth Baker, editor of Homiletic and Pastoral Review for years, said of the book: In this treatise on clinical psychology, we find a current presentation which is fully in accord with traditional scholastic philosophy and theology. The whole Catholic worldview of man, made in the image of God, a composite being of spirit and matter, is the philosophical basis of Imago Dei Psychotherapy. This is an invaluable tool for Catholic counselors, psychologists and psychiatrists whose goal it is to bring their therapants to a state of mental health which is in accord with both the natural law and divine revelation. It would be foolish to think that every institution except the field of mental health has been invaded by anti-Christian forces. Of course it has been invaded. Nothing has escaped the taint and stench of the diabolical. And, just as in the field of media (like us here at Church Militant and many other faithful Catholics laboring in their own fields of expertise), it will be faithful Catholics that will help restore and claim back what the Devil has so thoroughly corrupted. Psychology is no exception. Even before the COVID scamdemic, countless people suffered from mental illness. New episodes of our Premium program on mental health and the Catholic life come out each Friday every week, and, of course, all of them are available for viewing at any time for Premium members. If you are not yet a Premium member here at Church Militant, we highly encourage you to sign up today. For only $10 a month, you not only get access to this newest addition to the Premium lineup, but on-demand access to hundreds of other episodes covering a wide range of topics in the Catholic life. Church Militant has not changed the cost of being a Premium member since we first rolled out this feature more than a decade ago, and we have no plans to do so. We know money is tight for many people these days — thanks to the current political climate producing increasingly harsh economic conditions for families — and we want to keep our Premium content always available. So please, click on the link and sign up today so you can enjoy hundreds and hundreds of hours of content for the good of your soul. This newest show (Mental Health: Catholic Perspective) carries the very message that convinced my mother to put down those pills and pick up her Cross, as mightily heavy as it was. Catholicism is life, eternal life, and it is this Faith which teaches us that pain is temporary. Victory is forever.