Podcast appearances and mentions of peter george

Peter George, Head of Global Sales and Service at Alfa Laval and 2025 Stand Out 50 leader, joins Sarah Nicastro to share how Alfa Laval transformed service from a break-fix necessity into a strategic competitive advantage - covering the service wheel, digital service centers, dedicated R&D for service products, and why work-life balance was the first thing Peter reached for when talking about talent.

Fr Peter George Flynn brings on Oxford classicist Sam Troy to talk through Christopher Nolan's Odyssey and what Hollywood cut from Homer's original — including most of the comedy and nearly all of the gods. The conversation turns to Pope Francis's own fondness for the Aeneid, and the image of Aeneas carrying his father out […] L'articolo Catechesis – Was St Paul a Secret Classicist? – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv and Sam Troy proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn presents on Our Lady of Champion in Wisconsin — the only approved Marian apparition site in the United States — beginning with the deadliest wildfire in recorded history, which broke out across the surrounding countryside in October 1871. The episode tells the story of Sister Adele Brice, a Belgian immigrant who […] L'articolo Catechesis – Our Lady Appears in America – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn is joined by Sister Colette, a Poor Clare from his own native Galway, to mark St Clare's feast. She tells the story behind her convent's supposed emergency bell, what it meant that Clare wrote the first religious rule ever composed by a woman, and how a deathbed visit from the Pope […] L'articolo The Franciscan Hour – The First Rule Written by a Woman – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv and Sr Colette OSC proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn tracks down the little-known patron saint of firefighters, from slave-run bucket brigades in ancient Rome to a monastery in Austria and a set of oxen that mysteriously refused to move outside Krakow. Along the way: why half of Europe's footballers seem to share his name, and what he has to do […] L'articolo Catechesis – The Patron of Firefighters and Pope John Paul II – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn and relic expert Sean Pilcher return to weigh a very old jibe: that if every fragment of the True Cross were reassembled, you'd have enough wood for a ship. They trace how the relic was divided and dispersed after St Helena's discovery, and what a nineteenth-century French architect's fragment-by-fragment survey actually […] L'articolo E6 | The Relic Hunter – Enough True Cross Relics to Make a Ship? – Sean Pilcher & Fr. Peter George Flynn proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn admits he's no Tolkien scholar, but a passage in Pope Leo XIV's Magnifica Humanitas changed his mind about devoting an episode to him. He shares brushes with people who actually knew Tolkien in Oxford — a secretary of C.S. Lewis, a pub sign rescued from a skip, a son who became […] L'articolo Catechesis – Tolkien and the Pope – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn marks the Feast of Our Lady of the Angels by explaining the Porziuncola indulgence, available this weekend at parish churches everywhere rather than only Franciscan ones. He traces how the privilege travelled from a tiny chapel outside Assisi, through a centuries-long tangle of papal decrees restricting it to friars, poor clares […] L'articolo Catechesis – An Indulgence for Everyone: The Porziuncola – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn is joined by Fr Patrick Corkery and Edwin Fernandez — two Jesuits — for an episode he titles “the worst decision a Franciscan ever made”: the suppression of the Society of Jesus in 1773 by Pope Clement XIV, himself a Conventual Franciscan. The episode moves between the bond between St Francis […] L'articolo The Franciscan Hour – The Worst Decision a Franciscan Ever Made – Frs Peter George Flynn OFMConv, Patrick Corkery and Edwin Fernandez SJ proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn opens from Croke Park — in his Franciscan habit, giving out Miraculous Medals at the All-Ireland Football Final — including the moment RTÉ cameras zoomed in on a young man in the stands still wearing the medal he had just been handed. The episode takes up John 3:3-8 and the question […] L'articolo Catechesis – Bringing Our Lady to Croke Park – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

History holds secrets that can rewrite our understanding of ancient faith sites, and the search for the True Cross is one of the greatest. Director of Sacra Relics Sean Pilcher joins host Father Peter George Flynn to uncover the story of Saint Helena's discovery of the Cross in 326 AD. They examine how the site […] L'articolo E5 | The Relic Hunter – The Finding of the True Cross – Sean Pilcher & Fr. Peter George Flynn proviene da Radio Maria.

Father Peter delivers a catechesis on John 3:7, drawing extensively from Saint Thomas Aquinas' commentary on the Gospel of John to explain the Catholic understanding of being “born again” through baptism of water and the Holy Spirit. He contrasts the Catholic view — that spiritual regeneration occurs at baptism, not through an emotional conversion experience […] L'articolo Catechesis – Are Catholics ‘Born Again'? – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn presents a special edition framed by the blessing he gave the Radio Maria studio that morning — which he says transformed the atmosphere of the place completely. The episode replays his debut Catechesis on house blessings: the traditional CMB chalk ritual, the stations masses, and the story of a non-Christian Galway […] L'articolo Catechesis – The Power of House Blessings – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Uncover the layered spiritual meaning behind the Lord's Prayer through the wisdom of Saint Francis and Saint Bonaventure. Father Peter George Flynn breaks down the seven petitions, linking them to the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit and the defeat of deadly sins. Celebrating the 800th anniversary of Saint Francis, this broadcast revitalizes foundational Catholic […] L'articolo The Franciscan Hour – Understanding the Our Father – Frs Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Discover the historical struggle for Catholic civil rights in the United Kingdom and Ireland through the lens of penal legislation. Father Peter George Flynn explores the timeline from restrictive laws to Catholic emancipation and discusses the significance of a Catholic Prime Minister breaking historic barriers. This episode provides essential context for understanding the evolution of […] L'articolo Catechesis – Laws Against Catholics – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Uncover the forgotten history of the Canons Regular of Saint Bernard. Fr. Peter George Flynn separates myth from reality regarding the famous Alpine rescue dogs and their founder. Learn why this order dominated medieval Ireland only to disappear after the Reformation. For more reflections from Fr Peter click here! L'articolo Catechesis – The forgotten history of the Canons Regular of Saint Bernard – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn presents on Patrick Pearse's 1912 essay The Murder Machine, in which Pearse diagnosed the British education system in Ireland as designed to “repress, tame, and enervate” — and proposed instead a school built on freedom, beauty, religion, and the tin whistle. The episode includes a visit to the Pearse Museum at […] L'articolo Catechesis – The Murder Machine – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn takes a playful and surprisingly profound approach to Catholic teaching, through the poetry of the limerick. From a Latin prayer by Aquinas that fits the classic poem with a five-line rhyme scheme, to Monsignor Ronald Knox's witty poems about God and philosophy, Fr. Peter shows us how humour and verse can […] L'articolo Catechesis – Did St. Thomas Aquinas invent the Limerick? – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn turns to Shakespeare's Franciscan friars — more of them than any other religious figure across his 37 plays — moving from the Duke disguised in a habit in Measure for Measure to Friar Lawrence's well-intentioned sleeping potion in Romeo and Juliet. The episode also introduces the real friar operating in London […] L'articolo The Franciscan Hour – Shakespeare's Franciscans – Frs Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn presents on St Teresa of Avila's devotion to St Joseph — and her understanding of why he alone among the saints has no particular patronage, because he can be called on in every kind of need. The episode closes with the story of a destitute Carmelite convent in Gallipoli, Italy, where […] L'articolo Catechesis – Calling on St Joseph in Every Need – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn examines Matthew 23:9 — “Call no one your father on earth” — and why Catholics call priests Father despite it. The episode traces the scriptural basis for spiritual fatherhood, works through the three titles Jesus actually names in the passage (Rabbi, Father, Master), and includes the story of a Catholic priest […] L'articolo Catechesis – Call No Man Father? What About Priests? – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn presents on the Carthusians — the only religious order in the Catholic Church that has never needed to be reformed, whose motto stat crux dum volvitur orbis (the cross is steady while the world turns) is reflected in a daily life built around solitude, silence, and vigils at midnight. The episode […] L'articolo Catechesis – The Carthusians: An Order Never Reformed – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr. Peter George Flynn and Sean Pilcher of Sacra Relics of the Saints tell the three-century detective story of the relics of St John Southworth — the last priest tried and hanged by Oliver Cromwell, whose body was buried in secret in France with a hand-drawn map noting the coffin was exactly six feet deep. […] L'articolo E4 | The Relic Hunter – The Hunt For Cromwell's Last Martyr – Sean Pilcher & Fr. Peter George Flynn proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn is joined by Amin Royatvand Ghiasvand, a scholar of Armenian theology and language, currently studying for a Masters in Oxford University, to introduce one of the Catholic Church's newest saints — St Narcisse Snorhali, a 12th-century Armenian Catholicos whose canonisation the Church has only now completed, nearly nine centuries after his […] L'articolo Catechesis – A Saint Almost 1,000 Years in the Making: Narcisse Snorhali – Fr Peter George Flynn and Amin Royatvand Ghiasvand proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn concludes the series on Blessed Pope Innocent XI with the Battle of Vienna in 1683, the largest cavalry charge in history, and Sobieski's dispatch to Rome when it was over: “Venimus, vidimus, Deus vincit.” The episode also accounts for two things the retreating Turks left behind — and why, Fr Peter […] L'articolo Catechesis – Blessed Innocent XI: A Pope Worth Getting to Know – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn is joined by Fr Rory Doyle, vocations director for the Conventual Franciscans in Ireland and Great Britain, who gave up a civil engineering career in Galway to join an order that hadn't had a new vocation in twenty years. The episode covers how he knew the Dominicans weren't right for him […] L'articolo The Franciscan Hour – Advice for a Possible Religious Vocation – Frs Peter George Flynn and Rory Doyle OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn returns to the painting of King William III unveiled at Stormont in 1933 with the Pope of Rome in the top corner, and to what happened when an Ulster unionist MP later led a tour group past it. The episode then turns to the heresy of Quietism and its architect Miguel […] L'articolo Catechesis – The Heresy of ‘Quietism' – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn opens at Stormont in March 1933, where Ulster Unionist dignitaries gathered to unveil a painting they had purchased for £209 — The Entry of King William III into Ireland, by King William's own court painter — only to find, in the top left-hand corner, the Pope of Rome, bathed in rays […] L'articolo Catechesis – The Pope and William of Orange: A Peculiar Alliance – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn opens with a piece of Vatican trivia — the first recorded rules of football, from 1363, were issued by the Apostolic Penitentiary — before explaining what this obscure but powerful office actually does, including its role in managing the Church's gravest automatic excommunications. The episode turns to the case of the […] L'articolo Catechesis – Punishments Only the Apostolic Penitentiary Can Lift – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr. Peter George Flynn and Sean Pilcher of Sacra Relics of the Saints turn to the altar stone: the flat marble tile with a sealed relic at its centre, tracing the practice back to early Christians celebrating the Eucharist over the tombs of martyrs in the catacombs. The episode covers the consecration rite for an […] L'articolo E3 | The Relic Hunter – Why We Put Relics in Altars – Sean Pilcher & Fr. Peter George Flynn proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn concludes the series on religious freedom by turning to Canon 748 and the image at its heart: religious freedom is an open door, but once you find the right one and enter, it closes behind you — not a revolving door and not a licence for perpetual doubt. The episode also […] L'articolo Catechesis – Religious Freedom in Canon Law: East vs West – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn continues the series on religious freedom by tracing the Irish contribution — from Daniel O'Connell's letter to Isaac Goldsmith arguing that no believer in freedom of conscience can withhold it from Jews, to de Valera's carefully worded constitution of 1937. The episode closes with Justice Eileen Kennedy's commission on the industrial […] L'articolo Catechesis – The Irish Contributions to Religious Freedom – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn tells the story of California, the US state founded by Franciscans, beginning with how it got its name: conquistadores crossing the Pacific convinced themselves, from a popular novel about a magical island of warrior women, that the peninsula in front of them was the real thing. The episode traces the Franciscan […] L'articolo The Franciscan Hour – The Franciscans Who Founded California – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn continues the series on religious freedom by working through Dignitatis Humanae — including the Aesop fable the document implicitly answers, and why souperism in Ireland violated the same principle — before turning to the Syllabus of Errors and Cardinal Newman's dissection of Gladstone's reading of it. Newman found that Gladstone had […] L'articolo Catechesis – The Syllabus of Errors: Pius IX, Cardinal Newman and William Gladstone – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn opens a new series on religious freedom, prompted by a Nordic Bishops' Conference document quashing a fifty-year rumour that Scandinavian Catholics could join the Freemasons. The episode turns on Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim's argument that there was no Copernican revolution at Vatican II — no moment when the Church traded […] L'articolo Catechesis – What ‘Religious Freedom' Really Is – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr. Peter George Flynn and Sean Pilcher of Sacra Relics of the Saints explore one of the most unusual religious crimes in modern history. In mid-May of this year, a 35-year-old man broke into the Church of St. Lawrence in Czechia just before mass, stole the skull of 13th-century saint Zdislava of Lemberg, planned to […] L'articolo E2 | The Relic Hunter – The Crime That Shocked Europe – Sean Pilcher & Fr. Peter George Flynn proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn concludes a series on the Litany of the Sacred Heart by asking why, if Christ is fully present in every part of his body, the Church focuses devotion on his heart rather than — as some critics put it — his ten toes. The episode also uses the legend of the […] L'articolo Catechesis – The Red Hand of Ulster and the Sacred Heart – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn examines the German Bishops' Conference's recent request to Rome for permission to allow lay people to preach in place of the homily at Mass — and the logic behind Rome's refusal. The episode walks through what Canons 762 to 767 actually say about who may preach, including the German argument that […] L'articolo Catechesis – Lay Preaching at Mass: Responding to Germany – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn and Harry Fitzgerald take up the question of whether St Francis has been domesticated — the garden-statue Francis, sentimental and surrounded by birds that don't appear in any Franciscan story — and what the real man was like. Drawing on Chesterton and on John Eldridge's Wild at Heart, the episode makes […] L'articolo The Franciscan Hour – Making St Francis Wild Again – Fr Peter George Flynn and Harry Fitzgerald proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn is joined by Fr Rupert Allen of the Oxford Oratory to tell the story of Jacques Fesch — a Parisian drifter who shot a policeman dead in 1954 while trying to fund an escape to Tahiti, and who, lying on his prison bunk one night, said the words “my God” for […] L'articolo Catechesis – Finding God in Prison – Frs Peter George Flynn and Rupert Allen CO proviene da Radio Maria.

Welcome to the premiere episode of The Relic Hunter with host Father Peter George Flynn of Radio Maria Ireland. This special series explores the sacred history and ongoing relevance of saintly relics in Catholic spiritual life, featuring Sean Pilcher, Director of Sacra Relics of the Saints apostolate. Sean explains why Christians have honored physical remains […] L'articolo E1 | The Relic Hunter – The Power of Physical Faith: Why Catholics Venerate Relics – Sean Pilcher & Fr. Peter George Flynn proviene da Radio Maria.

Join Father Peter George Flynn on the shores of County Donegal as he speaks with pilgrims fresh off the grueling 3-day Lough Derg trek. From first-timers who discovered profound peace to veterans returning after decades, each shares what kept them coming back—friendship, surrender, and moments like sunrise shimmering on the lake. Plus, learn about HLI's […] L'articolo Pilgrims Share Their Lough Derg Experience – Fr Peter George Flynn proviene da Radio Maria.

Father Peter George Flynn explores one of the most beautiful yet puzzling invocations in the Litany of the Sacred Heart: “the desire of the everlasting hills.” He traces this phrase to Jacob's blessing of Joseph in Genesis Chapter 49, revealing its deep biblical roots in Scripture and ancient rabbinic commentary. The homily examines multiple interpretations—including […] L'articolo Catechesis – A Deep Dive into the Litany of the Sacred Heart – Father Peter George Flynn proviene da Radio Maria.

Father Peter George Flynn explores why millions call upon Saint Anthony first when something goes missing. This episode reveals centuries-old traditions including Saint Anthony's Bread, the mysterious “SAG” letters that guarantee delivery, and listener testimonials of miracles. From babies saved from death to car keys found where nothing was lost. Learn why the King of […] L'articolo The Franciscan Hour – The Powerful intercession of St. Anthony – Fr Peter George Flynn proviene da Radio Maria.

What drives someone to walk barefoot around stone circles at 6am, surrendering their phone and comfort for a weekend of raw prayer? Father Peter George Flynn sits down with Catherine from Human Life International for a revealing reflection on their transformative Lough Derg pilgrimage, where a small team offered up physical hardship and sleeplessness to […] L'articolo Catechesis – Barefoot on Lough Derg – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr. Peter George Flynn joins us from the Radio Maria Pilgrimage in Lough Derg and talks to Pilgrims who are present at the retreat as well as Luke McKann, a representative from Human Life International. The other group that was on the pilgrimage. Listen to the Experiences and Witness of Pilgrims as they talk about […] L'articolo The Radio Maria Pilgrimage in Lough Derg – Fr. Peter George Flynn proviene da Radio Maria.

Ever wondered why that red glow burns beside the altar in your church? Father Peter pulls back the curtain on tabernacles, the sacred repositories where Catholics believe Christ himself resides. From ancient desert tents housing the Ark of the Covenant to gold-plated medieval pyx containers carried by St. Francis, you'll discover a thousand-year history that […] L'articolo Catechesis – The Spiritual Significance of the Church Tabernacle – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

In this episode, Peter George, MD, MBA, FACC, FASE, FASNC, Chief Medical Officer of Cardiovascular Services at UnityPoint Health, joins the podcast to discuss optimizing medical therapy and expanding outpatient care strategies to keep patients healthier and out of the hospital. He also shares approaches to lowering readmission rates and improving long-term cardiovascular outcomes through coordinated, proactive care.

Humans have been captivated by the same story structure for thousands of years — and the best business speakers have figured out why. In this episode, Peter George breaks down the Hero's Journey into a simple three-act framework you can apply immediately to case studies, client success stories, and your own origin story: the Setup, the Struggle, and the Transformation. The key insight isn't just the structure itself — it's understanding why all three acts are essential. A hero who faces no real struggle isn't believable. A story without transformation is just a sequence of events. Peter walks you through a concrete business example and gives you a clear action step to map one of your existing stories to this framework before your next presentation.   • PeterGeorgePublicSpeaking.com • The Captivating Public Speaker on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJ8HRPWC

The difference between a presentation that feels polished and one that feels choppy often has nothing to do with the content — it comes down to transitions. In this Quick Bytes episode, Peter George breaks down exactly what an effective transition does, why poor transitions create mental speed bumps for your audience, and how a simple past-transition-future formula can keep listeners oriented and engaged from start to finish. You'll also learn four specific transition types — the flashback, the question, the bridge, and the contrast — along with a common mistake speakers make when moving into Q&A. The goal is transitions so smooth your audience never notices them. They just feel like your presentation flows naturally. Because the best bridge is one nobody has to think about crossing.   • PeterGeorgePublicSpeaking.com • The Captivating Public Speaker on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJ8HRPWC