Leadership Where it Matters Most

Marcel LeJeune is the founder of Catholic Missionary Disciples. Marcel spent a lot of his ministry pouring into college students while working at Texas A&M’s Catholic Student Center. Through his work, he helped grow St. Mary’s into the largest Catholic student center in America. In today’s episode, Marcel shares his conversion story and calling into ministry, his experience at the National Eucharistic Congress, the Church’s evangelizing mission, and leadership in the Church today.

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Today’s guest is Fr. Paul Scalia, the Vicar General of the Diocese of Arlington. Fr. Scalia shares his testimony and a bit about growing up with his father, Antonin Scalia. He talks about his calling into the priesthood and what it’s like to be a priest for such a young diocese. We discuss the state of men today and how in today’s society, men have been deprived of heroes and the role of providing and protecting. Additionally, we talk about the need for fraternity, specifically in seminaries and the priesthood, and for fatherhood in the family and the Church.

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Today’s guest is Dr. Carrie Gress, a Fellow at the Washington, D.C. based think-tank, Ethics and Public Policy Center and a Scholar at the Institute for Human Ecology at Catholic University of America. She is the author of several books, including Theology of Home, The Anti-Mary Exposed: Rescuing the Culture from Toxic Femininity, and, her latest, The End of Woman: How Smashing the Patriarchy Destroyed Us. We talk about her books, the start of feminism, where the hope is for women’s advocacy, and the beauty and gift of motherhood and family life.

Carrie Gress - Author, Philosopher, and Mom

Books — Carrie Gress

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Today’s guest is Dr. Michael Dauphinais, the chair of the Theology Department at Ave Maria University, author of many books, & host of the Catholic Theology Show. We talk about his passion for theology, his book discussing questions about Catholicism, advice for Catholic parents, and what Catholic education looks like today.

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Did you watch the SEEK talk that broke the internet this year? Today’s guest is the man who gave that talk, Monsignor Shea. At the age of 34, Monsignor Shea became the youngest college president in the United States, appointed to the University of Mary in Bismarck.

Today, we discuss his book, From Christendom to Apostolic Mission, which has been passed around through many Catholic circles. He shares how he has focused on the apostolic mission with his students and the need to implement this in our own parishes.

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Today’s guest is Dr. Janice Chik Breidenbach, an associate professor of Theology at Ave Maria University. We talk about Dr. Janice’s journey to faith, her love for music and how she is classically trained in violin, piano, and voice. We discuss the philosophy and theology of motherhood, and her passion for free speech.

‌ Website: Janice T Chik

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Today’s guest is Fr. John Riccardo, the executive director for ACTS XXIX, which ministers to & equips priests & lay leaders. We talk about his ministry, the importance of not entering into discouragement & despair in the Church today, and his ministry to priests.

Fr. John's Website: https://www.actsxxix.org 

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In our first interview, Brett sits down with Carey Nieuwhof who has been a pastor, teacher, & leadership guru for many years. They discuss God’s calling to change careers & fighting against simply going through the motions.

They also discuss what the Church can learn from her own response to the pandemic in retrospect. We may have adapted to meet the new challenges, but did we really innovate? This includes a discussion on the politicization of the Church.

To close the conversation, they discuss burnout; when the functions of life continue but the joy of life is gone. Carey shares his personal story of dealing with extreme burnout, how he recovered from it & how you can avoid it.

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Carey’s Website (https://careynieuwhof.com)

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Today’s guest is the founder of FOCUS, Curtis Martin. FOCUS is one of the fastest growing college outreach apostolates in the Catholic Church. FOCUS has hundreds of missionaries, serving tens of thousands of students on college campuses throughout the United States. Curtis is a speaker, author, mentor, and leader. In this episode, he discusses his reversion to the Catholic Church, what his discernment was like starting FOCUS, some themes from his latest book, life with his wife, and what the future holds for FOCUS.

‌Website: Curtis Martin - FOCUS

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Today’s guest is Jason Evert, a Catholic author and chastity speaker. He is the founder of Chastity Project, an organization that promotes chastity primarily to high school and college students. In this episode, he shares about how society has shifted on it’s perspective of sexuality. Brett asks him questions about how parents can respond when their children discuss difficult topics, such as pornography & homosexuality.

Jason's Website: https://chastity.com/speakers/ 

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