Saints in the Parish

By Donald Paul Maddox

Sainthood isn't optional | Conversations on holiness, vocation, and the Catholic life.

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How many episodes does Saints in the Parish have?

The podcast currently has 119 episodes available.

Saints in the Parish episodes:

July 07, 2026 Becoming A Dominican Sister (Sr. Maria Reginald) - Ep. 116
In this episode, Fr. Steve sits down with Sr. Maria Reginald, a Dominican Sister of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist.
Sr. Maria Reginald shares how she discerned religious life and became a Dominican Sister, as well as her apostolate teaching high school math.
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June 22, 2026 Sister Josefa Reveals Her Calling to the Dominican Order - (Ep. 115)
Sister Josefa is a Dominican Sister.

Fr. Steve had the pleasure of sitting down with her and interviewing her about her vocation, the Dominican vocation process, and how to promote religious vocations.
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June 15, 2026 She Has Been A Dominican Sister For 60 Years (Sr. Mary Samuel) - Ep. 114
Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist: https://www.sistersofmary.org/

Sr. Mary Samuel has been a Dominican Sister for 60 years.

She is a founding member of the Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist.

In this episode, Sr. Mary Samuel talks about her vocation to religious life and what you can do to encourage vocations to the religious life!
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15min
June 09, 2026 Cathedral Organist: Why The Catholic Mass "Needs" The Organ (Joe Setzer) - Ep. 113
Joe Setzer is the Cathedral Organist at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Mobile, AL.

He discusses Sacred Music, why the Organ is the instrument for the Liturgy, why guitars and pianos don't fit, and the surge of young Catholics wanting Gregorian Chant.
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June 01, 2026 She Runs A Catholic Gift Shop That Makes No Money. (Susie Blackinton) - Ep. 112
Susie Blackinton runs a parish gift shop.

The pastor was clear: it's not about money.

In this interview, Donald Paul and Susie discuss why having a gift shop at the parish is important for the spiritual lives of the parishioners, why Sacramentals are important, and what Susie has learned about her own spiritual life from running the gift shop.
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May 26, 2026 He Will Be Ordained A Transitional Deacon In 4 Days (Edward Charnock) - Ep. 111
Edward Charnock will be ordained a Transitional Deacon Saturday, May 30th.
Edward has spent the last 7 years in seminary discerning a call to the Priesthood. This Sunday, he will promise celibacy, obedience, and to pray always without ceasing.
In this episode, Donald Paul is joined by Edward to discuss his upcoming ordination, celibacy, life in seminary, and how the seminary taught Edward to preach.
Enjoy!
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53min
May 18, 2026 The Alabama Priest Bridging Black and White Catholics in the Deep South (Fr. Victor Ingalls) - Ep. 110
"What We Have Seen And Heard"-A Pastoral Letter on Evangelization from The Black Bishops of the United States: https://www.usccb.org/resources/what-we-have-seen-and-heard.pdf

Fr. Victor Ingalls is in charge of 6 historically Black and Indian Catholic Churches in South Alabama.

In this interview, Fr. Victor Ingalls sits down with Donald Paul to discuss his vocation, his various ministry roles from parochial vicar, to Vocations Director, to now pastor and executive director of the Multicultural ministry of the Archdiocese of Mobile.

In this conversation, Fr. Victor talks about the beauty of his parishes, the rich history of Black Catholics in Mobile, and the ways in which he is working to bring all the parishes into the same mission to proclaim Christ and baptize all nations.

This is a fascinating conversation on building bridges within the Catholic cultural landscape and the richness of the Body of Christ.

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1h 35min
May 11, 2026 From "Anti-Catholic" Protestant to Working for Hallow (Brantley Rutz) - Ep. 109
Brantley Rutz grew up Southern Baptist. After years of being anti-Catholic, he and his family became Catholic.

Now he works at Hallow, the Catholic prayer app used by millions of Catholics and Protestants around the world.

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1h 8min
May 04, 2026 Protestant Couple Becomes Catholic | Their OCIA Conversion (Mike and Paige Caras) - Ep. 108
Mike and Paige just became Catholic at the Easter Vigil.

Paige grew up Church of Christ Protestant and Mike was raised Greek Orthodox. They spent years Church hopping and never finding a home.

Finally, after 2 years of going to Mass, they went through OCIA and became Catholic. This is a beautiful conversation on conversion, OCIA, the Easter Vigil, and Catholic faith.

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59min
April 27, 2026 God Hit Him in the Face With a Brick. Now He's About To Become a Priest. (Dcn. Gaten Armstrong) - Ep. 107
In 35 days, Deacon Gaten Armstrong will be ordained a Catholic priest.

He never could have imaged God would call him to this vocation. In this interview, Deacon Gaten tells the story of how God called him to the priesthood, the fears he still has about being a priest, the monastic vocation he was briefly attracted to, and his take on the generational change in Catholic conversions in the United States.

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FAQs about Saints in the Parish:

How many episodes does Saints in the Parish have?

The podcast currently has 119 episodes available.