Basilica of Saint Mary Podcast

Missionary priest Fr. Michael Boathene shares a homily during The Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. It was given in the Basilica on August 16, 2026.

Father James Searby, a Parochial Vicar at the Basilica, shares a homily during The Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. It was given in the Basilica on August 9, 2026.

The monthly series called "What Are the Sisters Reading?" continues with Sister Emily Beata Marsh, FSP, who shares about a book called "Saint Bernard's Three Course Banquet: Humility, Charity, and Contemplation in the De Gradibus" by Father Bernard Bonowitz as he reflects on Saint Bernard of Clairvaux's short classic, "The Steps of Humility and Pride" (De gradibus humilitatis et superbiæ).

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Father Edward Hathaway, the Rector at the Basilica, shares a homily during The Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. It was given in the Basilica on July 26, 2026.

Father Christopher Tipton, a priest-in-residence at the parish, shares a homily during the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. It was given in the Basilica on July 19, 2026.

Father Edward Hathaway, the Rector at the Basilica, shares a homily during The Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. It was given in the Basilica on July 12, 2026.

Father Jason Burchell, a Parochial Vicar at the Basilica, shares a homily during The Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. It was given in the Basilica on July 5, 2026

This episode's guest is Amy McInerny, the director of the Respect Life Office of Marriage, Family and Respect Life for the Diocese of Arlington. She shares about the "Catholics Vote No" advocacy campaign that urges voters to reject two proposed Constitutional amendments that threaten the human right to life and the truth of marriage on Virginia's fall ballot. Click here to pledge to vote "no" and to find out more.

Part 2 of our Saints Peter and Paul Conference features "Catholic Wisdom for an AI Age: A Discussion of Pope Leo XIV's Magnifica Humanitas Encyclical." Recorded in our Lyceum Auditorium on June 27th, 2026, the panel discussion included the moderator, Catherine Hadro, the host of EWTN News in Depth; Lucia Silecchia, a professor of law at the Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America; and Eric J. Jenislawski, an associate professor of theology at Christendom College.

Part 1 of our Saints Peter and Paul Conference features "Catholic Wisdom for an AI Age: A Discussion of Pope Leo XIV's Magnifica Humanitas Encyclical." Recorded in our Lyceum Auditorium on June 27th, 2026, the panel discussion included the moderator, Catherine Hadro, the host of EWTN News in Depth; Lucia Silecchia, a professor of law at the Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America; and Eric J. Jenislawski, an associate professor of theology at Christendom College.