Taking a break from the interviews, I wanted to tell a few stories, recount a few memories to you all. Give you a little window into the Germ I am today, and what made me that way. In the interest of this, I am releasing this continuing series: Germories. Recounting the good (and bad) times that taught me a lot about my faith and its importance in my life. Kicking it off in this first episode is a story that every UD Rome student shares, yet is completely unique to every individual- the story of my 10-day trip. I had so much to say, I'm filling two episodes' worth of time with the stories. This is part one, the first 3-4 of my travels, which took me not very far from the Eternal City itself. I hope you find some value and reflection in this story!

Welcome to a new episode of the Catholit Podcast! 

Welcome back to a new episode of the Catholit Podcast! In this series, we're going to be taking a look at a huge part of any young Catholic's life: vocational discernment. For most people, this discernment ends in marriage and a family. But for a few men and women, the path of their lives lead to the religious life, to a life devoted to serve God and his people. In this episode, we hear from two men who have done just that in the UD community, Fr. Thomas More Barba, O.P. the chaplain of the Church of the Incarnation on campus, and Fr. Thomas Esposito, O. Cist, assistant professor of theology and Scripture at the university. The premise of this episode is simple, really: talking to priests about being priests! What inspired them to choose to be a priest, what it's like to serve as a priest, their favorite experiences from their times as priests...what a priestly time this episode is! However, what I think I'm most grateful for is Fr. Thomas Esposito not mentioning the assignments for his class that I procrastinated on this semester; really, very kind of him to do that. But there's more, much more than that on this episode, so make sure to give it a listen, and enjoy the conversation!

Welcome back, one and all, to the Catholit Podcast! This is the second in a two-episode mini-series covering the relationship between the pro-life movement and the Catholic faith. 

Welcome back, one and all, to the Catholit Podcast! This is the first in a two-episode mini-series about the pro-life movement and its relationship to the Catholic faith. 

For this first episode, we're bringing back some guests and adding a distinguished new face. That's right, not one, not two, but THREE guests are making an appearance for the first time! We have three very honorable officers from the pro-life club on the campus of the University of Dallas, Crusaders for Life! Kateri and Sam, the president and prayerful presence officer, respectively, will already be a little familiar to those of you that tuned in to the second episode of the catechesis series, but making her debut on the podcast is Erin, the publicity and social media officer for the club!

Among other things, we talk about their experience serving within the movement, discuss the relationship between faith and the pro-life movement, and offer some good tips about how to balance faith and involvement with the movement, as well as some steps you can take to learn more and do more for this issue. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we had recording it, enjoy the conversation!

For this five-episode series, I'm interviewing ten of my friends at the University of Dallas over their personal experiences with catechesis, their opinions on various things about catechesis, and offering their personal suggestions for improvement in this important area of the faith. 

For this five-episode series, I'm interviewing ten of my friends at the University of Dallas over their personal experiences with catechesis, their opinions on various things about catechesis, and offering their personal suggestions for improvement in this important area of the faith. 

For this five-episode series, I'm interviewing ten of my friends at the University of Dallas over their personal experiences with catechesis, their opinions on various things about catechesis, and offering their personal suggestions for improvement in this important area of the faith. 

In this third episode, the guests joining me from the safety of their own homes are Alex and Colette, two compatriots of mine from the fall Rome class of 2018! Among other things, we dish on the relational aspect of ministry and catechesis, the unique aspects of receiving your faith education at home instead of a parish, and some ways to help increase volunteers for catechesis within parishes. Don't tell the canon lawyers, but these two ladies even take a (purely hypothetical) swing at exercising papal authority! Make your quarantine that much better by listening, enjoy the conversation!  

For this five-episode series, I'm interviewing ten of my friends at the University of Dallas over their personal experiences with catechesis, their opinions on various things about catechesis, and offering their personal suggestions for improvement in this important area of the faith. 

I am so very excited to bring a new dimension to the writings of this blog in the form of a podcast! This project, at least for now, is part of my final project for my ministry class, but I had so much fun making these episodes that I'm hoping to take this forward as a podcast in and of itself over the coming months. It's always been an idea in the back of my head, combining the written or typed thoughts on the blog with spoken thoughts on a podcast, but I had never had the opportunity to really jump into it until now.