Brittany McCaffrey, Music Director at St. Max, joins the podcast to discuss the artistic value of music in the liturgy and how her background as a concert pianist and a lover of classical music has helped her understand why the Church calls our musical tradition "a treasure of inestimable value, greater than that of any other art"!

This bonus episode is a class that Fr. Kowalczyk taught at the parish for an Advent teaching series on Vatican II.

Part 1a gives an overview of Church Councils in general and the setting of the Second Vatican Council in particular.

Part 1b continues into some specifics of the running of the council itself and why after over 50 years we are just now getting to its proper implementation. 

The books referenced in class is Reclaiming Vatican II by Fr. Blake Britton and To Sanctify the World by George Weigel.

Council Documents can be found here: ⁠http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/index.htm⁠

And Council Limericks can be found here:

⁠http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/index.htm⁠

This bonus episode is a class that Fr. Kowalczyk taught at the parish for an Advent teaching series on Vatican II.

Part 1a gives an overview of Church Councils in general and the setting of the Second Vatican Council in particular.

Part 1b continues into some specifics of the running of the council itself and why after over 50 years we are just now getting to its proper implementation.

The books referenced in class is Reclaiming Vatican II by Fr. Blake Britton and To Sanctify the World by George Weigel.

Council Documents can be found here: http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/index.htm

And Council Limericks can be found here:

http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/index.htm

Fr. K concludes his conversation with Annie Grandell on youth ministry, faith formation, and handing on the faith to our children.

Fr. K sits down with long time youth minister, Annie Grandell, to discuss what's not working in the world of youth ministry and faith formation, why, and what parents and churches can do differently.