This week we welcome Karen Ball to the podcast. Karen is the Director of Youth and Family Faith Formation at Saint Lawrence and Holy Family. She gives us an update on how the year is going, shares some highlights, and talks about the changes to this year's faith formation program.

This week we discuss baptism and how we receive sanctifying grace through our baptism. Also, Fr. Ryan shares some of the context on the relationship between John the Baptist and Jesus.

Have you ever wondered what life as a seminarian is like? We have Diocese of Duluth Seminarian Peter Brown to tell you about what life is like, his classes, and some of his own interests as he is with our parish community for the next couple weeks before his classes resume.

January 1st is not only the beginning of a new year but also the Feast of Mary, The Mother of God. In this episode we talk about both of these and what they mean for us as Catholics.

Merry Christmas! We have a savior and he has come! This is the message of Christmas and what we get to live out during this season. In this episode, Fr. Ryan leads us through a meditation of the Nativity and we talk about the beauty of the Christmas mystery.

Happy third week of Advent! This week the Church encourages us to live joyfully. Fr. Ryan talks to us about what it means to live with Christmas Joy, even when we are in times of suffering.

What is the reason for the season? Does the way we live Advent show that? This week we talk about keeping Christ in our Advent and our Christmas celebrations.

Happy 1st week of Advent. With the sudden passing of Bishop Sirba over the weekend Fr. Ryan shares with us some stories and the importance of preparing ourselves for the coming of Jesus this Advent season.

Happy Thanksgiving! This week we talk about being thankful for the gifts that God has given us... both the good and the bad and how we can have a disposition of gratitude.

Have you ever been at Mass and noticed the priest saying some prayers quietly to himself and wondered what he's saying? Well in today's episode Fr. Ryan shares with us those prayers, why he says them to himself, and what they mean.