Outside the Walls

Chris Padgett joins us to talk about Saint Summit 2021 a free opportunity on December 10th-12th to learn more about 25 saints from some of the most sought-after speakers. 

We talk about how the witness of the saints helps us to grow in holiness and grow closer to God. Listen to the end to hear about an opportunity to grow closer to your spouse this Advent season with a little CPR.

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Meg Hunter-Kilmer has written an extraordinary book about the saints for kids. "Saints Around the World" should be on your Christmas list for your children, grandchildren, god-children, nieces, nephews, and random strangers on the corner. This beautiful book introduces children to 100 saints from all corners of the world and all walks of life. Your kids will meet Saints who look like them and can encourage their own spiritual growth. We talk about the saints, and much more!

Drawn from the contemplative Catholic tradition and Evans's own parenting experience, Rewilding Motherhood helps women deepen their connection to God through practices inherent to the life they're living now. Topics include work-life balance, identity, solitude, patience, household work, and mission for the common good. Throughout, Evans encourages women to see motherhood as an opportunity to discover a vibrant feminine spirituality and a deeper knowledge of God and self. Rewilding Motherhood is available on Brazos Press.

The Most Rev. William A. Wack, CSC, Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee recently released a beautiful pastoral letter entitled Sharing the Gift (https://ptdiocese.org/pastoral-letter). He joins me to talk over the letter, to dispel misconceptions about evangelization, and to look with hope and joy at this task set before us all.

Fr. Jacob Boddicker, SJ joins us to talk about upholding and advocating for the Dignity of the Human Person and embracing the diversity of Catholicism, and shares his experiences serving on Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota with the Lakota Sioux tribe.

Dr. Charles C. Camosy, associate professor of theological and social ethics at Fordham University, joins us to talk about the importance of defending and promoting fundamental human dignity in the realm of Medical Ethics, particularly resisting dehumanizing models of 'care' when serving an aging population.

Catholics are Pro-Life! This is a consistent tenet of the faith. Her pro-life position, however, doesn't begin and end with the unborn. Rather, our advocacy for the unborn flows out of our belief in the Dignity of the Human Person made in the image and likeness of God. 

Kristin and I explore the implications of this belief in this week's episode.

Krista Corbello, founder of Even This Way, had been involved in Pro-Life advocacy for years before she learned that she had a sibling who was lost to abortion. Krista shares with us how this revelation impacted her and eventually pushed her to embrace a consistent life ethic, and to create a space for sibling survivors of abortion to find healing and community.

Joe Heschmeyer joins me as we unpack a question posed by Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa to the US Bishops, a follow-up question by one of those Bishops to the attendees of the Catholic Answers conference, and a follow-up question we have based on the previous two. All three questions stem from the distinction between knowing a Person and knowing a Personality.

Poet, David Russell Mosley, joins us to talk about Dante in light of the Pope's recent Apostolic Letter that we all read Dante this year, and the popular 100daysofdante.com reading group. We talk about the place of poetry in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition and discuss how an individual may benefit from both the reading and writing of poetry.