Why are dioceses unwilling to examine what is failing, and why vocations are down in most of the country? What messages have we been sending to young men for decades? Are they listening for the call? Fr. McTeigue, S.J. takes on these questions in this week's episode of Let's Talk About This. He finishes with Weekend Readiness to prepare you for Sunday Mass. 

Show Notes

Looking Backward in the Diocese of Charlotte - Crisis Magazine

The Class of 2026 - by John Carter - Postcards From Barsoom

What Many Priests No Longer Believe - Homiletic & Pastoral Review

Pluscarden Abbey’s hard-fought return to the Church - Catholic Herald

“a cringeworthy romp in the very worst that the 70’s and 80’s could offer” | Fr. Z's Blog

Making Communion a true meal: bring back wine, sing easy songs and no hosts from the tabernacle | America Magazine 

I'm Thinking of Quitting | Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. 

Why Are Catholic Communities Failing? | Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. 

In Tune With The World by Josef Pieper

Headbanger Services in Catholic Church 

Defiling Consecrated Ground - Crisis Magazine 

Eucharistic Devotion Serves as Catalyst for Young Men Discerning Priesthood 

Buffalo’s parishes to contribute $80M toward bankruptcy settlement

Pluscarden Abbey’s hard-fought return to the Church - Catholic Herald 

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We welcome Erika Ahern of Catholic Vote to talk about what is happening in our educational institutions and how the misuse of technology is causing young people to be improperly formed and under-developed. 

Show Notes

How ChatGPT Blindsided Colleges (and no one can stop it)

Episode 478 – We Need To Talk About AI | The Corbett Report 

Opting Out of Technocracy – #SolutionsWatch | The Corbett Report 

Diabolus Ex Machina - by Amanda Guinzburg

Analog Hunger in a Digital World: Confronting Today's Identity Crisis

World fertility rates in 'unprecedented decline', UN says

Why South Korean women aren't having babies

The Poor Old Liberal Arts

The Death Of Christian Culture - Angelus Press

Restoration of Christian Culture

The LOOPcast - YouTube

CatholicVote org

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

The Class of 2026: AI is doing to the universities what Gutenberg did to the monasteries

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Catholic parishes are closing. Religious and priestly vocations are dwindling. The numbers of those exiting the Church far exceed coming into the Church. Yet it seems that many Church leaders wish for better numbers, while unwilling to consider how and why Catholic communities are failing. Father Robert McTeigue, S.J. asks some hard questions and points towards some unexpected answers.

Watch on YouTube: Why Are Catholic Communities Failing?

We welcome back Matt Archbold to talk about the divisions within the Church, why the faithful are facing persecutions, the Charlotte fiasco, and the state of Catholic education. Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.

Show Notes

Saint Boniface: Laying the Axe to the Root of Evil - Catholic Insight 

New: Supreme Court Hands Down Huge Ruling in Ohio 'Reverse Discrimination' Case – RedState 

Charlotte’s War on Reverence: A Priesthood Undone - Crisis Magazine

Who Can Help the Diocese of Charlotte? | Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.

Why Can't Catholics Be Happy? | Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.

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What does it mean to quit—not your vocation, not your duty, but the illusions that someone else is coming to save us? Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J., confronts the anxiety and chaos of our times and explains why trusting in political saviors, clever plans, or worldly fixes is not only futile but dangerous.

Watch on YouTube: I'm Thinking of Quitting

The Charlotte Diocese has been dominant in the news cycle for the bishop's attempts to both reduce access to the Latin Mass and eliminate reverence in the Novus Ordo. In this week's Let's Talk About This, Father McTeigue discusses what the GIRM really calls for, and how parishes could worship better.

Show Notes

Why a bishop’s preferences can never become law – Catholic World Report

Charlotte’s War on Reverence: A Priesthood Undone - Crisis Magazine

Rorate Exclusive: The Anti-Traditional and Anti-Liturgical Pastoral Letter to be Sent by the Bishop of Charlotte on Liturgical Norms in His Diocese

General Instruction of the Roman Missal (at Vatican.va)

General Instruction of the Roman Missal (as PDF)

Bishop grants request to pause restrictions on Latin Mass until Vatican’s October deadline

Completing the Implementation of Traditionis Custodes in the Diocese of Charlotte

Who Can Help the Diocese of Charlotte? | Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.

Response to Father Robert McTeigue - ChantWorks 

FBI Spied on St Stanislaus MKE Old Rite Parish

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We welcome back Matt Lamb of the College Fix to discuss what academia has looked like over the last year, including the major DEI and plagiarism scandals. He and Father discuss whether college is a wise decision, and what parents and students ought to consider before they sign up.

Show Notes

The College Fix

Harvard Law Review Accused of Race-Based Discrimination

Fire professors who oppose ‘gender-affirming care,’ Harvard faculty chair says | The College Fix

NIH investigates Biden last-minute $89 billion grant to ‘seemingly dormant’ University of California nonprofit | The College Fix

Let’s Rethink Higher Education (Dr. Jacob Imam) 5/14/24

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Some Catholics are thriving—young, joyful, devout—living out traditions the Church once praised. So why are they being told to stop? Fr. Robert McTeigue unpacks the paradox of “forbidden joy” and what it reveals about the Church today.

Watch on Youtube: Why Can't Catholics Be Happy?

Is it true that communion on the hand is the old and therefore right way to receive? We welcome back Fr. Peter Stravinskas to talk about the real roots of this common practice, and why it matters.

Show Notes

An Open Letter to Archbishop Bruno Forte – Catholic World Report

Dominus Est It Is the Lord! Reflections of a Bishop of Central Asia on Holy Communion

On Communion in the Hand and Similar Frauds

Portland archdiocese: Coronavirus or no, Communion can be received on the tongue | Catholic News Agency 

Bishops Cannot Mandate Communion on the Hand or Forbid Communion on the Tongue

Instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum

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The Diocese of Charlotte is in trouble. Bishop Michael Martin, who was recently appointed, has been trying to bring about rapid changes in liturgical norms. But what does the Church actually teach? Let's take a closer look. 

Watch on YouTube: Who Can Help the Diocese of Charlotte?