Fishing with Dynamite: An Explosively Catholic Podcast

Deacon James Munuhe is a permanent Deacon and full-time accountant (certified to preach AND do your taxes), working at St. James Catholic Church in Charles Town, WV. In our second episode of season 2, we talk about early Christians and their practical and effective approach to evangelization.

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It's a brand new season! In this season, we talk about going fishing, fishing for men that is. Why is it so difficult? How do we do it better? In the next 11 episodes, we meet folks who are doing evangelization really well.

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Fr. Dwight Longenecker's Evangelization Article at CERC

https://www.catholiceducation.org/en/religion-and-philosophy/other-topics/10-reasons-why-catholics-don-t-evangelize.html

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We delve into three traditions of Christmas: the date December 25, Saint Nicholas (the jolly old elf himself!), and the Christmas Tree. What lessons do they have to teach us this year?

The Date December 25

https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/why-december-25

Saint Nicholas

https://www.stnicholascenter.org/pages/home/

Saint Boniface and the Christmas Tree

http://catholicstraightanswers.com/what-is-the-origin-of-the-christmas-tree/

Father Josh Stevens tells his story. A priest for the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, Fr. Josh serves two parishes, a college, and various other ministries. A graduate of NET and a chaplain in the United States Army National Guard, he is a man of many talents. In this episode, he talks to us about how he manages to do all this without going crazy.

What does the church teach about taxation? In this episode, we talk about what the Catechism does (and doesn't) say about being a moral citizen in terms of finances.

In the context of this podcast, we don't advocate for any particular political solution. Please don't send us hate mail! If you do, we'll read it on The Catch in a funny voice.

Sources:

http://www.loyno.edu/jsri/catholic-social-teaching-and-taxes

https://www.catholicity.com/vote/taxation.html

https://www.osv.com/OSVNewsweekly/Story/TabId/2672/ArtMID/13567/ArticleID/351/The-morality-of-taxes.aspx

We delve into the life of one of the Church's newest Blesseds!

Sources:

https://www.catholiceducation.org/en/faith-and-character/faith-and-character/the-surprising-case-of-solanus-casey.html

http://catholicexchange.com/many-miracles-solanus-casey

Music courtesy of Art List and Slainte

This week, we feature an episode of The Kyle Heimann Show! Mark and Likable Art's Cory Heimann discuss why art and storytelling matter in the modern world.

Check out the episode here:

https://soundcloud.com/kyleheimannshow/khs-264-praying-for-and-defining-artists-storytelling-cory-heimann-and-mark-guiney

Check out more about Kyle: kyleheimann.com

Check out Cory and Likable Art: likableart.com

Photo Credit to Likable Art

Steve Jagla, now Youth Minister at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Fort Wayne, shares the story of the Glorybus. He also discusses Pier Giorgio Frassati and the role of Christian friendship in his life.

We discuss the Parable of the Talents, and how it applies to life, virtue, and business.

The full article is available here:

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/column/the-parable-of-the-talents-3001

Dom Daniel Oppenheimer, CRNJ, shares stories from his life as prior of the Canons Regular of the New Jerusalem in Charles Town, WV.

The audio quality this week was a tad lacking, but we'll be back up to full strength next week!