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We welcome back Mary Carmichael of Homeschool Flip House to discuss commitment and the often misunderstood word of "resilience" in relation to those desiring to remain faithful to a good discernment. Our spiritual enemies want us disheartened and discouraged to continue doing a good work: how can we prevent them from succeeding?

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Homeschool FlipHouse

Homeschool Help (Mary Carmichael) 03/03/21

Is Homeschooling Right for Your Family? (Mary Carmichael) 8/3/22

Mid-Term Homeschool Checkup (Mary Carmichael) 11/21/22

Here Come the Homeschoolers (Mary Carmichael) 9/11/23

Homeschool Report Card: Fall Semester (Mary Carmichael) 12/18/23

Finishing the Homeschool Year Strong (Mary Carmichael) 4/2/24

The Examen Prayer: Ignatian Wisdom for Our Lives Today | Fr. Timothy Gallagher, O.M.V.

Meditation and Contemplation: An Ignatian Guide to Praying with Scripture | Fr. Timothy Gallagher, O.M.V.

An Ignatian Introduction to Prayer: Scriptural Reflections According to the Spiritual Exercises | Fr. Timothy Gallagher, O.M.V.

How to Pray Always (Fr. Timothy Gallagher, O.M.V.) 9/7/22

Teaching from Rest: A Homeschooler's Guide to Unshakable Peace

The Intellectual Life - A. D. Sertillanges

The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci: Jonathan Spence

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We welcome back Michael Kenney of the Pro-Life Partners Foundation to discuss a new video series to better spread the Pro-Life message. How can this series help to change hearts and minds? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.

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Pro Life Partners Foundation

American Pro-Life Movement | Videos

What to Say When: The Complete New Guide to Discussing Abortion

What to Say When 2: Your Proven Guide in the New Abortion Landscape - How to Discuss, Clarify, and Question Abortion in a Hostile Culture | Shawn Carney

Speaking for the Unborn: 30-Second Pro-Life Rebuttals to Pro-Choice Arguments

Speaking for the Unborn (Dr. Steven A. Christie) 01/19/22

What's a Pro-Lifer to Do? (Shawn Carney) 9/11/24

Rethinking Our Words and Images (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 9/20/24

'Republicans need to match': Anti-abortion groups roll out new messaging

The Way Forward After Dobbs by Ryan T. Anderson | Articles | First Things

Ryan Anderson: The Pro-Life Movement Needs to Shift to Promoting Chastity and Marriage| National Catholic Register

Note About the Spiritual Experience Connected with Medjugorje | Vatican.va

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We welcome back Michael Hichborn of the Lepanto Institute to discuss his recent exposé on St. Jude Children's Hospital and its founder Danny Thomas, as well as to share some of the graces from a recent and challenging pilgrimage. What lies beneath the surface of this research hospital for childhood illnesses, and why would they align themselves with such objectionable causes and organizations?

Show Notes

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | The Lepanto Institute

The Lepanto Institute

Charity Reports - The Lepanto Institute

In Eminenti - Papal Encyclicals

Vatican Doctrine Office Reaffirms That Catholics Cannot Be Freemasons

Declaration on Masonic Associations Nov 26, 1983

"Membership in Freemasonry by the Catholic Faithful" - 13 November 2023 

"It is Great to be a Freemason" by Danny Thomas 33rd Degree

The First Catholic Mass on the Summit of Mt. Ararat | The Lepanto Institute

Doomscrolling Past Christ

When It's Time to Fast from the News

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In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses spreading the Gospel in the age of short-form digital video. It's crucial to use, master, and capture all technology for Christ and His Kingdom, but why does Father still recommend the written word? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass.

Show Notes

Resistance Writer by Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. | Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity

The Humiliation of the Word: Jacques Ellul

Abuse of Language, Abuse of Power: Josef Pieper

Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies, 2nd ed: Marilyn McEntyre

Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology: Neil Postman

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

The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction: Alan Jacobs

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains: Nicholas Carr

6 Take-aways from a dad in the video game industry

Have we surrendered our kids to the popular culture - Aleteia

The Struggle For Stupidity | Bill Whittle

The Word Cannot Be Cancelled | Father Robert McTeigue, S.J., Ph.D. | TEDxLambethSalon

Fr. Robert McTeigue, SJ Speaks at The Station of The Cross 25th Anniversary Celebration!

Note About the Spiritual Experience Connected with Medjugorje | Vatican.va

The Canadian military pushed for a hate-crime investigation because someone destroyed tampon dispensers in men's washrooms | Not the Bee

New Canadian military report claims space exploration is both racist and sexist | Not the Bee

Canadian judge convicts pastor of "criminal harassment" for protesting drag queen events for kids | Not the Bee

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We welcome Dr. Naomi Wolf to discuss her upcoming book with Skyhorse Publishing on Pfizer pharmaceuticals. What do 450,000 internal documents show them being fully aware of, and is it reasonable to question whether the reproductive side effects of the MRNA injections are features rather than bugs?

Show Notes

The Pfizer Papers

How to Be a Conspiracy Realist (James Corbett) 10/20/22

The Ethics of Vaccine Mandates (Dr. Julie Ponesse) 03/24/22

What is the Biosecurity State? (James Corbett) 2/20/23

Covid: True or False? (Dr. Robert Malone) 3/13/23

Second Thoughts About Covid? (Shannon Joy) 3/15/23

"Died Suddenly" (Ed Dowd) 1/23/23

Real Philosophy for Real People: Tools for Truthful Living - Audiobook Now Available!

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We welcome back Matt Archbold of Creative Minority Report to take another cautious look at the news headlines concerning the Church and the world. Why is there a Synod sanctioned pseudo-struggle session scheduled in October at St. Peter's Basilica? Can things really be as bad as they appear?

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Synod Penitential Event in St. Peter's Basilica Oct 1

Europe Just Passed a Law That Will Change Your Life | Creative Minority Report

Two Minutes of Dems Calling for Political Violence | Creative Minority Report

Vetted Video Shows Ohio Immigrants Grilling Neighborhood Cats – PJ Media

The two reasons totalitarian states detest the Church

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We welcome back Kathleen Carr of the Catholic Art Institute to discuss the pursuit of liturgical beauty and the institute's upcoming conference on the Catholic imagination. What does it look like when we give God our best? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.

Show Notes

Conference 2024 | Catholic Art Institute

Is your parish beautiful? Does that matter?

Catholic Art Institute

Catholic Art Institute - YouTube

Sacred Art Prize 2024 | Catholic Art Institute

Sacred Art Prize 2023 | CatholicArtInstitute

Sacred Art Prize 2022 | Catholic Art Institute

Sacred Art Prize 2021 | CatholicArtInstitute

Sacred Art Prize 2020 | CatholicArtInstitute

The Dominican House of Studies

St. John Cantius Church

Mediocrity Will Convert No One, but Beauty Will: The Purpose of Sacred Art in the Modern World| National Catholic Register

Worshiping God Through the Arts (Kathleen Carr) 8/13/24

What Do Catholic Artists Need? (Kathleen Carr) 6/11/24

Eucharistic Art & Culture (Kathleen Carr) 4/23/24

Looking for Jesus at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Letter to Artists, (April 4, 1999) | John Paul II

Liturgical Arts Journal

The Cult of the Imperial Self

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We welcome Phillip Primeau to the show to discuss his latest article in Crisis Magazine on the importance of cultivating a proper Christian hatred. What happened to the language of hatred of the World, and what happens when we both accommodate and befriend the World out of a desire for comfort?

Show Notes

A Little Hatred Might Yet Save Us - Crisis Magazine

A Brief History of Our Annihilation - Crisis Magazine

The Cult of the Imperial Self

Scenes from the War Against God and Man (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 10/20/23

The Justice and Yes, the Mercy of Hell

The Screwtape Letters Narrated by John Cleese - Complete

When it's time to flee, be silent, and pray: Go here

What's Your Parish Good For? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 8/23/24

Parishes Preparing Their People for…What Exactly? - Crisis Magazine 

When It's Time to Fast from the News

Doomscrolling Past Christ

Fasting & Abstinence — What You Need To Know (Matthew Plese) 3/2/23

A Brief Reader on the Virtues of the Human Heart - Josef Pieper

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In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses the need to overcome practical atheism to prepare for the trials ahead. Will mere attendance sustain us in times of persecution? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass.

Show Notes

A Great Reset without the Conspiracy / Paul Kingsnorth Ep. 013

The Collapse of the Human Empire - Paul Kingsnorth | Maiden Mother Matriarch 102

Becoming Gods Without God - with Paul Kingsnorth 

The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry

Isaiah's Job

How to Be a Conspiracy Realist (James Corbett) 10/20/22

The two reasons totalitarian states detest the Church

The Weight of the Poor: A Strategy to End Poverty

Bogurodzica - Polish Battle Hymn

Catholic men singing in Poland

Bogurodzica – Polish Music Center

Mother of God – Polish Independence Songbook

Kamala said it's "not true" that Roe allowed you to get abortions in the 8th to 9th month of pregnancy, so these ladies called clinics to show how easy it is | Not the Bee

Ohio's governor is sending state troopers and $2.5 million in aid to Springfield … but says stories about barbecued cats and dogs are fake news | Not the Bee

Crime in New York is so out of control that the state is requiring large retailers to install "panic buttons" | Not the Bee

Dad of Ohio boy killed by Haitian migrant says he wishes his son had been killed "by a 60-year-old white man" so that people would leave immigrants alone | Not the Bee

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We welcome back friend of the show Matt Archbold of Creative Minority Report to discuss the disturbing trend seen in recent days of being told to not believe our lying eyes regarding unpopular news reporting. What is it that we're to do, and why does it seem like the Church has lost her clear and certain voice?

Show Notes

The FAQs: The Johnson Amendment and Political Speech in Churches

89 Year Old Pro-Lifer Facing Life in Prison Prays for this Country.

Under Gov. Tim Walz, Babies Born Alive in Botched Abortions Were Left to Die. Then He Removed Reporting Requirements 

Pro-Life Clinic Attacked After DNC Convention Ends. – Creative Minority Report

Yes, Democrats Support Ending The Lives of Babies Who Survive Abortions

More Faulty Wiring in a Church in France!!! – Creative Minority Report

Tracker: Over 400 Attacks on U.S. Catholic Churches Since May 2020 - CatholicVote org

Beware of "Hopium" and "Copium"

https://creativeminorityreport.com/blog/2024/09/10/this-outrages-you/

Ohio man blasts preschool for telling family to 'hire translator' for grandson who is only English-speaking student in class

Denver's mayor does the Norm MacDonald meme about the migrant crime wave: "The much bigger risk is a perception that the newcomers are dangerous" | Not the Bee

Listen to this 911 dispatcher talk about "32 Venezuelans" that stormed a Chicago apartment building | Not the Bee

Wit and Wisdom from Fr. Robert McTeigue S.J. | Creative Minority Report

'It's just heartbreaking': Buffalo Diocese issues final church closing plan

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