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Deacons Pod episodes

September 13, 2022 Julie Leininger Pycior
The Deacons welcome Dr. Julie Leininger Pycior, Professor of History Emerita at Manhattan College. She is the author of the Paulist Press book Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton and the Greatest Commandment, which won a first place award in the history category at the 2021 Catholic Book Awards sponsored by the Catholic Media Association.
ABOUT THE SHOW:
Deacons Pod is a podcast for everyone. But, it’s especially created to inspire and give hope to people on the “threshold of faith”: Those who are thinking about going to Church and those who are thinking about leaving Church.
Deacons Pod is hosted by Deacon Tom Casey, Deacon Drew Dickson, and Deacon Dennis Dolan, all permanent deacons who are Paulist Deacon Affiliates. The podcast is a production of the Paulist Fathers.
More at deaconspod.com
53 min
August 30, 2022 Fr. James Martin, S.J.
The Deacons welcome Fr. James Martin, S.J., editor-at-large of America magazine. They talk about his work and his recent book on prayer, Learning to Pray.
ABOUT THE SHOW:
Deacons Pod is a podcast for everyone. But, it’s especially created to inspire and give hope to people on the “threshold of faith”: Those who are thinking about going to Church and those who are thinking about leaving Church.
Deacons Pod is hosted by Deacon Tom Casey, Deacon Drew Dickson and Deacon Dennis Dolan, all permanent deacons who are Paulist Deacon Affiliates. The podcast is a production of the Paulist Fathers.
More at deaconspod.com
50 min
August 16, 2022 In the Company of Charity
The Deacons welcome Sr. Liz Sjoberg, D.C. and Sr. Elizabeth Greim, D.C., members of the Daughters of Charity and hosts of "In the Company of Charity" podcast
ABOUT THE SHOW:
Deacons Pod is a podcast for everyone. But, it’s especially created to inspire and give hope to people on the “threshold of faith”: Those who are thinking about going to Church and those who are thinking about leaving Church.
Deacons Pod is hosted by Deacon Tom Casey, Deacon Drew Dickson and Deacon Dennis Dolan, all permanent deacons who are Paulist Deacon Affiliates. The podcast is a production of the Paulist Fathers.
More at https://deaconspod.com
54 min
August 02, 2022 Judge Esther Salas
In this episode, the deacons have a powerful conversation with U.S. District Judge Esther Salas about forgiveness and faith. Judge Salas has publicly forgiven the man who murdered her son and shot her husband in 2020.
ABOUT THE SHOW:
Deacons Pod is a podcast for everyone. But, it’s especially created to inspire and give hope to people on the “threshold of faith”: Those who are thinking about going to Church and those who are thinking about leaving Church.
Deacons Pod is hosted by Deacon Tom Casey, Deacon Drew Dickson and Deacon Dennis Dolan, all permanent deacons who are Paulist Deacon Affiliates. The podcast is a production of the Paulist Fathers.
More at https://deaconspod.com
1 hr
July 19, 2022 Fran Rossi Szpylczyn
Fran Rossi Szpylczyn was a senior vice president at The Nielsen Company before she gave up corporate life to work for the Church. Today, she is the pastoral associate for administration at Immaculate Conception Church in Glenville, NY, where she often interacts with people who have been away from the Church for a time.
Fran's writings have appeared in Give Us This Day and other Catholic publications.

ABOUT THE SHOW:
Deacons Pod is a podcast for everyone. But, it’s especially created to inspire and give hope to people on the “threshold of faith”: Those who are thinking about going to Church and those who are thinking about leaving Church.
Deacons Pod is hosted by Deacon Tom Casey, Deacon Drew Dickson and Deacon Dennis Dolan, all permanent deacons who are Paulist Deacon Affiliates. The podcast is a production of the Paulist Fathers.
More at https://deaconspod.com
1 hr
July 04, 2022 Fr. Stuart Wilson-Smith, C.S.P.
The Deacons welcome Paulist Father, writer, and musician Stuart Wilson-Smith.
BONUS CONTENT:
A longer version of their conversation that goes deeper into their discussion about mental health is available here: https://soundcloud.com/paulist-fathers/deacons-pod-paulist-fr-stuart-wilson-smith-long-version
ABOUT THE SHOW:
Deacons Pod is a podcast for everyone. But, it’s especially created to inspire and give hope to people on the “threshold of faith”: Those who are thinking about going to Church and those who are thinking about leaving Church.
Deacons Pod is hosted by Deacon Tom Casey, Deacon Drew Dickson and Deacon Dennis Dolan, all permanent deacons who are Paulist Deacon Affiliates. The podcast is a production of the Paulist Fathers.
More at https://deaconspod.com
38 min
June 16, 2022 Kaya Oakes
For our first episode, the deacons welcome award-winning Catholic author Kaya Oakes and discuss her recent book, The Defiant Middle.
Oakes is an alumna of Newman Hall – Holy Spirit Parish, which the Paulists serve at UC Berkeley in Berkeley, CA.
ABOUT THE PODCAST
Deacons Pod, a brand-new podcast from the Paulist Fathers, is created to inspire and give hope to people on the “threshold of faith”: Those who are thinking about going to Church and those who are thinking about leaving Church. Deacons Pod is hosted by Deacon Tom Casey, Deacon Drew Dickson and Deacon Dennis Dolan, all permanent deacons who are Paulist Deacon Affiliates.

53 min