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We welcome back Kathleen Carr of the Sacred Art Institute to discuss beauty, liturgy, and the cultivation of good aesthetic taste. Why is sacred art so compelling, and why does it inspire so many conversions? Father Finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes Sacred Art & Adoration Presentation: The Eucharist as a Source of Beautiful Art & Culture | Catholic Art Institute Vision of Paschal Bayolon by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Mediocrity Will Convert No One, but Beauty Will: The Purpose of Sacred Art in the Modern World| National Catholic Register Catholic Art Institute Catholic Art Institute - YouTube Conference 2024 | Catholic Art Institute Liturgical Arts Journal The Difference of an Interior Restoration: St. Mary's in Menasha, WI ~ Liturgical Arts Journal Before and After: Holy Innocents in Long Beach, California ~ Liturgical Arts Journal Before and After: St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Janesville, Wisconsin ~ Liturgical Arts Journal Looking for Jesus at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Letter to Artists, (April 4, 1999) | John Paul II Good Music, Sacred Music, and Silence: Three Gifts of God for Liturgy and for Life Does the Church Need Good Music? (Dr. Peter Kwasniewski) 7/13/23 Do Catholics Really Need Beauty? (Cornelius Sullivan) 8/28/18 Diocese of Brooklyn Eucharistic Revival Mass at Louis Armstrong Stadium (Queens, NY) The 8th National Eucharist Congress | October 17-20, 1938 Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

On this special podcast-extended episode welcome back Fr. Tad of the National Catholic Bioethics Center to dive deep in discussion of controversial topics of human fertility, IVF, and the concept of embryo adoption. What are the moral issues involved in these beginning of life processes, and at this point what can be done for the children left in these cryogenic orphanages? Show Notes Father Tad's Website The National Catholic Bioethics Center Making Sense of Bioethics FatherTad.com | Lectures Father Tad — The Struggle of Infertility Father Tad — Why is IVF Wrong? Making Sense of Bioethics: Column #217 : Poking the Hornet's Nest of IVF Making Sense of Bioethics: Column #216 : Surrogacy and Child Trafficking Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 006: Babies in Test Tubes Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 013: Thawing the Frozen Embryo Myths Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 035: Fire in the Clinic! Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 048: What Should We Do with the Frozen Embryos? Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 066: Humans in "Frozen Orphanages" Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 137: Orphans in Liquid Nitrogen Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 165: It's Not Just About the Frozen Embryos Instruction Dignitas Personae on Certain Bioethical Questions, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith The Frozen Embryo Problem Instruction on Respect for Human Life in its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation: Replies to Certain Questions of the Day Adoption: Prayer and Educational Resources | USCCB The Concentration Can: When Does Human Life Begin? an Eminent Geneticist Testifies: Lejeune, Jerome Pope Paul VI Institute The Gianna Center | Catholic Health Want a Baby? Get the App! - Let's Talk About This (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 09/24/21 Selling Embryos & Making A Killing (Dr. Tara Sander Lee) 7/10/23 Women & Children For Sale (Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse) 1/24/24 An Honest Look at IVF (Leila Lawler) 3/4/24 Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue finishes his week long analysis of Dignitas Infinita. What is the most important duty of the Church, and what might the emphasis in recent Vatican documents lead one to believe the answer is? What context must we read this document in? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes Declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith "Dignitas Infinita" on Human Dignity Tametsi Futura Prospicientibus (November 1, 1900) | LEO XIII Dignitas Infinita and the Idolization of Man - Crisis Magazine On the Question of Human Dignity - The Lepanto Institute The Cult of the Imperial Self A Brief Reader on the Virtues of the Human Heart - Josef Pieper PE Coach Pairs Unmotivated Students to Run with Shelter Dogs–Adoptions Soar Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Dr. Michael Pakaluk of the Catholic University of America to discuss Grace, sin, and the odd silences within Dignitas Infinita. Why is the Gospel urgency missing from a document on human dignity, and what has replaced it? Show Notes Dr. Pakaluk Tweet: "I've so far only defended 'Infinity Dignity' in print. But there's plenty wrong with it..." What's Right about 'Infinite Dignity' - The Catholic Thing The Dangers of Half-Truths | Michael Pakaluk | First Things The Other Footnote in Amoris Laetitia | Michael Pakaluk | First Things By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment Yes, Some Moral Acts Are Disordered—Here's Why – Catholic World Report Can There Ever Be a Just War? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 03/25/22 Anger: When is It Time to Pull the Pin? SUMMA THEOLOGIAE: The vices opposed to perseverance (Secunda Secundae Partis, Q. 138) The Catechism of The Council of Trent Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse from The Ruth Institute to discuss the strong statements against gender ideology within Dignitas Infinita. How can this document be useful for Catholics working in the public square? Show Notes Declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith "Dignitas Infinita" on Human Dignity Is the Pope Catholic After All? | Jennifer Roback Morse and The Ruth Institute Substack Jennifer Roback Morse and The Ruth Institute Substack Yes, Some Moral Acts Are Disordered—Here's Why – Catholic World Report Gender Ideology's Verbal Engineering| National Catholic Register Gender Ideology's Verbal Engineering, Part 2: An Irrational Agenda That Few Want| National Catholic Register Believe data, not activists: Transgenderism among kids is mostly a fad The Ruth Institute Allied Organizations | #ResistPride The Ruth Institute | Top 5 Myths Dr J Show Archives – Ruth Institute The Sexual State: How Elite Ideologies are Destroying Lives and Why the Church Was Right All Along A Brief History of Our Annihilation - Crisis Magazine The Ruth Institute's Transgender Resource Center Courage International Who Is Silencing Therapists? (Fr. Paul Sullins) 1/3/24 Why Transgenderism? Why Now? (Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse/Dr. Paul Hruz) 11/7/22 Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Fr. John Perricone of Iona College to continue the discussion on Dignitas Infinita. What does Catholic tradition have to say about the true nature of human dignity? Fr. McTeigue finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes Declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith "Dignitas Infinita" on Human Dignity Sacrosanctum Concilium: A Lawyer Examines the Loopholes On the Question of Human Dignity - The Lepanto Institute Does Jesus Love You Just the Way You Are? - Crisis Magazine Is Opposition to Illegal Immigration a Sin? - Crisis Magazine By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment Can There Ever Be a Just War? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 03/25/22 The First (Bitter) Fruits of Synodality (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 11/17/23 The Screwtape Letters Narrated by John Cleese - Complete Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Dr. Anne Hendershott of Franciscan University of Steubenville to begin our week-long discussion on Dignitas Infinita. What is moral mumbling, and what ought to have been highlighted in the document? Is this all the Church can say about human dignity? Show Notes Declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith "Dignitas Infinita" on Human Dignity Hiring for Mission at Catholic Colleges and Universities - Crisis Magazine Yes, Some Moral Acts Are Disordered—Here's Why – Catholic World Report The Politics of Envy - Dr. Anne Hendershott Status Envy: The Politics of Catholic Higher Education The Politics of Deviance: Dr. Anne Hendershott Real Philosophy for Real People: Tools for Truthful Living - Audiobook Now Available! What's Catholic about Catholic Higher Education? (Dr. Anne Hendershott) 3/6/24 Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses life within the Easter season. How can you know that you lived Lent well, and if you didn't, how can you reform your life now to be ready should God grant you another Lent? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes Four Signs you might not be ready for Easter (but there's still time!) Why celebrate Easter joy amid tears and flames? How to make Easter the connecting thread of past, present, and future Three Tasks that Easter demands of us Good Friday by Christina Rossetti | Aleteia A Brief Reader on the Virtues of the Human Heart - Josef Pieper Edward Feser: Two problems with Dignitas Infinita Harvard student calls Chris Rufo's anti-plagiarism campaign racist, proposes reviewing ALL college faculty | Not the Bee Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Dr. Peter Kwasniewski to discuss the second half of his latest book from Angelico Press in light of the recent document from Rome. How are we to respond to confused and confusing directives? Show Notes Bound by Truth: Authority, Obedience, Tradition, and the Common Good by Peter Kwasniewski | Angelico Press Tradition and Sanity by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski | Substack Dr. Peter Kwasniewski | Website True Obedience in the Church: A Guide to Discernment in Challenging Times Good Music, Sacred Music, and Silence: Three Gifts of God for Liturgy and for Life Cantabo Domino Obedience and Hope In Times of Trial (Dr. Peter Kwasniewski & Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J.) 04/13/22 Does the Church Need Good Music? (Dr. Peter Kwasniewski) 7/13/23 Christendom Lost and Found: Meditations for a Post Post-Christian Era St. Joseph's Apprentice Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Pastor and canon lawyer Fr. Gerald Murry of EWTN to begin the discussion on the newest Vatican document on human dignity. Why is the United Nations being cited as a credible source, and why isn't Quas Primas and the social reign of Christ the King? Show Notes Declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith "Dignitas Infinita" on Human Dignity By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment Jesus didn't "turn the other cheek"—neither should you Thomas Aquinas: De Regno | English & Latin Encyclical of Pope Pius XI on the Feast of Christ the King Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!