Church Life Today

Shortly after the close of the second Vatican council, a young theologian, who had been influential at the council, was invited to give a series of lectures at the University of Tubigidan, partially as a way to begin to interpret and receive the work of the council. That theologian’s name was Joseph Ratzinger. Who would become, as we know, Pope Benedict XVI nearly four decades later. The series of lectures that he delivered were collected into a book published under the title: “Introduction to Christianity” in 1968. By one unscientific estimation, the way to deem if a book is indeed a classic if it is still in print and widely read 50 years after its publication. At a recent conference of the McGrath Institute for Church Life, we observed the 50th anniversary of this text. Today I talk with the key-note presenter from the conference, Fr. Richard Schenk. Father Schenk is a Dominican Priest, who is currently honorary professor of the philosophy of religion at the theological faculty of the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg and a member of the Roman Catholic chaplaincy there. He previously served as professor of philosophy and theology at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley and concurrently as director of the Hannover Institute of Philosophical Research, as well as of the Intercultural Forum for Studies in Faith and Culture in Washington, D.C.. He was also President of the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt from 2011 to 2014 and is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.------Resources: 'Introduction to Christianity' by Joseph Ratzinger - a.co/d/hRaQMLu------Live: www.redeemerradio.comFollow Redeemer Radio on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram:@RedeemerRadioFollow McGrath Institute for Church Life on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram:@McGrathNDSubscribe to the Podcast:iTunes | Google Play | SoundCloudChurch Life Today is a partnership between the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame and OSV Podcasts from Our Sunday Visitor. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.

Dorothy Day was a lot of things, but is she a Saint? By her own words, we should save her from the honor. She once bluntly said, 'don't call me a Saint!'. Maybe to spite her own wishes, Dr. John Cavadini, Director of the McGrath Institute for Church Life, is delivering a public lecture on the co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement, Dorothy Day, as part of our Institute's Saturdays with the Saints Series. So we want to talk to him about that to find out what Dorthy Day meant, what the Saint mean, how we miss the Saints, how we can learn to see and love the Saints better, and how the Church needs Saints today.In addition to serving for two decades as the Director of the Institute, Dr. Cavadini is also Professor of Theology and former chair of the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. On top of lots of other initiatives, and preparing this very lecture on Dorothy Day, he is also hosting conference marking the 50th anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI, that is Joseph Ratzinger's classic text, "Introduction to Christianity' in the coming week.------Resources: Saturdays with the Saints - mcgrath.nd.edu/events/saturdays-with-the-saints/Dr. John Cavadini - mcgrath.nd.edu/about/faculty-sta…-c-cavadini-ph-d/Introduction to Christianity at 50 - mcgrath.nd.edu/conferences/acade…ristianity-at-50/Introduction to Christianity by Joseph Ratzinger - a.co/d/hRaQMLu------Live: www.redeemerradio.comFollow Redeemer Radio on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram:@RedeemerRadioFollow McGrath Institute for Church Life on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram:@McGrathNDSubscribe to the Podcast:iTunes | Google Play | SoundCloudChurch Life Today is a partnership between the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame and OSV Podcasts from Our Sunday Visitor. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.

Dr. Chris Baglow, directs the science and religion initative in our Institute, and he also teaches in our department of theology. He is the author of a textbook on science and religion, entitled “Faith Science and Reason: Theology on the cutting edge”. Dr. Baglow holds a BA from Franciscan University of Steubenville, an MA from the University of Dallas, and Ph.D. in Theology from Duquesne University------Resources: Faith, Science, and Reason Theology on the Cutting Edge - http://a.co/d/65LZSoiChurch Life Today with Dr. Stephen Barr - https://soundcloud.com/user-178289668/2018-july-28Science & Religion Seminars - https://mcgrath.nd.edu/conferences/summer-institute/science-religion-seminar/------Live: www.redeemerradio.comFollow Redeemer Radio on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram:@RedeemerRadioFollow McGrath Institute for Church Life on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram:@McGrathNDSubscribe to the Podcast:iTunes | Google Play | SoundCloudChurch Life Today is a partnership between the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame and OSV Podcasts from Our Sunday Visitor. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.

Especially with the Synod of Bishops focusing on young people, the faith, and vocational discernment, there is an increasing focus on what is going on in the lives of young people today, personally and culturally. If the church is asking about vocational discernment for our young people, we are really thinking about their freedom to hear and respond to God’s call to take on the responsibility and joy of discipleship. Our show today is dedicated to trying to get a better sense of what is actually marking the lives of young people, what is their situation? What are their burdens? What are their possibilities? To help us think more deeply, we are talking with someone who examined the millennial generation, from a very broad, cultural perspective. Malcolm Harris is a freelance writer and editor at The New Inquiry. His work has appeared in the New Republic, Book Forum, The Village Voice, and n+1 and the New York Times Magazine. He hails from Philadelphia. In his recently published book, ‘Kids These Days: Human capital and the making of millennials’, Harris examines a broad trend like runaway student debt, the rise of the intern, mass incarnations, social media, and more. He is here today to talk to us about his new book and what he is seeing in the millennial generation. ------Resources: The New Inquiry - https://thenewinquiry.com/author/malcolm-harris/‘Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials’ - https://www.amazon.com/Kids-These-Days-Capital-Millennials/dp/0316510866/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1539096351&sr=8-1&keywords=kids+these+days+human+capital+and+the+making+of+millennialsThe New Republic - https://newrepublic.com/authors/malcolm-harrisN+1 - https://nplusonemag.com/authors/harris-malcolm/Malcolm Harris on Twitter - https://twitter.com/bigmeaninternet ------Live: www.redeemerradio.comFollow Redeemer Radio on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram:@RedeemerRadioFollow McGrath Institute for Church Life on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram:@McGrathNDSubscribe to the Podcast:iTunes | Google Play | SoundCloudChurch Life Today is a partnership between the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame and OSV Podcasts from Our Sunday Visitor. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.

In his 2018 World Communications address, Pope Francis spoke to the importance and dignity of journalism, and the now widespread much talked about the problem of fake news. Against that backdrop, the Holy Father recalled the promise of Jesus that the truth will set us free. Wouldn’t we all like a little more truth in the world? Over our airwaves? And online? But, how do we find the truth that we seek? That search must begin with prayer. And so Pope Francis offered a new version of an old, beloved prayer, popularly attributed to his namesake- Saint Francis of Assisi. Pope Francis concluded his message by asking that the lord, make us instruments of His peace, and then when line by line, through the Saint’s prayer to mold it to the needs of our time. For good, reliable, personal and true communication. Our guest today was so taken by this message of Pope Francis, and his renewed Franciscan prayer, that he wrote a book about it. Bill Schmitt, is a long time journalist, and communications specialist. Who also happens to be a third order Franciscan. He is here with us to talk about journalism, noise and silence, information and formation, and his book: "When Headlines Hurt: Do We Have a Prayer?"------Resources:When Headlines Hurt: Do We Have a Prayer? - http://a.co/d/0fJh4zB------Live: www.redeemerradio.comFollow Redeemer Radio on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram:@RedeemerRadioFollow McGrath Institute for Church Life on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram:@McGrathNDSubscribe to the Podcast:iTunes | Google Play | SoundCloudChurch Life Today is a partnership between the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame and OSV Podcasts from Our Sunday Visitor. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.

To write music about God, or to God, how much do you have to believe in God? Can you doubt? Can you struggle? And it is music that comes from that spiritual restlessness, perhaps the most authentic of all? These questions are questions that very much pertain to today’s guest. Both as a singer/songwriter and as a person of Faith.Audrey Assad, is an award-winning Catholic recording artist, whose albums consistently top the charts. Her popularity continues to grow, not just for those who generally like Christian music, but even, and sometimes especially for those who do not. And that is no accident. Hew newest album, Evergreen, emerges from a place of deep questioning, and spiritual wrestling in her life. Today she opens up with us about her new music, its inspiration, and her mission as a Catholic artist. ------ResourcesAudrey Assad - www.audreyassad.comEvergreen Album - https://rma.lnk.to/evergreen ------Live: www.redeemerradio.comFollow Redeemer Radio on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram:@RedeemerRadioFollow McGrath Institute for Church Life on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram:@McGrathNDSubscribe to the Podcast:iTunes | Google Play | SoundCloudChurch Life Today is a partnership between the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame and OSV Podcasts from Our Sunday Visitor. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.

How important is beauty to Catholic life? What about the physical spaces where we worship? Engage in the liturgy and encounter the sacrificial love of God? On today’s show we talk with someone who has not only given a lot of thought, but also a lot of hands on work to answering these questions. Geoffrey Keating is the owner of Keating Woodworks, after a decade of producing handcrafted furnishings for people’s homes; he took on the project of renovating his home parish, Sacred Heart in Colorado Springs, CO. What he and his team of artists, and artisans have created is a place where the mysteries of faith, are celebrated upon the work of human hands, the work of the hands of those who worship, week in and week out, at Sacred Heart Parish. ------ResourcesKeating Woodworks – www.geoffreykeating.com/------Live: www.redeemerradio.comFollow Redeemer Radio on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram:@RedeemerRadioFollow McGrath Institute for Church Life on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram:@McGrathNDSubscribe to the Podcast:iTunes | Google Play | SoundCloudChurch Life Today is a partnership between the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame and OSV Podcasts from Our Sunday Visitor. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.

Eric Buell, a Catholic educator from the Diocese of San Jose. Eric is a theology teacher at an all-girls Catholic High School, Where he recently completed a term as Department Chair of Theology and continues to serve as the Director of the school's liturgical choir. He was recently appointed to the newly created position of Director of Catholic Identity for his High School. Buell talks with show host, Leonard DeLorenzo, about Catholic Education, teaching theology, Catholic identity, and some of the cultural shifts he is seeing from the perspective of living in the Silicon Valley. ------Live: www.redeemerradio.comFollow Redeemer Radio on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram:@RedeemerRadioFollow McGrath Institute for Church Life on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram:@McGrathNDSubscribe to the Podcast:iTunes | Google Play | SoundCloudChurch Life Today is a partnership between the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame and OSV Podcasts from Our Sunday Visitor. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.

Technology certainly never stands still, the moment we get comfortable with one thing it seems like the next thing is coming along. How do we prepare ourselves, especially as Catholics, to engage with technology as it develops? Today we will be talking to Dr. Luis Vera, of Mount Saint Mary's University, a Moral Theologian, who pays attention to media studies, and the development of technology. ------Resources - Luis Vera - http://msmary.edu/academics/Faculty-Directory/luis-vera------Live: www.redeemerradio.comFollow Redeemer Radio on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram:@RedeemerRadioFollow McGrath Institute for Church Life on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram:@McGrathNDSubscribe to the Podcast:iTunes | Google Play | SoundCloudChurch Life Today is a partnership between the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame and OSV Podcasts from Our Sunday Visitor. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.

Dr. Susan Reynolds is an Assistant Professor of Catholic Studies at Emory University. An experienced teacher and parish minister, Dr. Reynolds is now closely following transformations in the US Catholic Church, in terms of ethnic makeup, geographic shifts, and migration. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, as well as Boston College, Dr. Reynolds makes space in the halls of higher education for pressing issues in the life of the church. ------Live: www.redeemerradio.comFollow Redeemer Radio on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram:@RedeemerRadioFollow McGrath Institute for Church Life on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram:@McGrathNDSubscribe to the Podcast:iTunes | Google Play | SoundCloudChurch Life Today is a partnership between the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame and OSV Podcasts from Our Sunday Visitor. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.