The McCarrick Report and De Facto Atheism w/Dr. Larry Chapp Today on the show, Dr. Larry Chapp joins me to talk about the McCarrick Report and the de facto atheism that it reveals within the Church. We discuss Dr. Chapp's experiences in seminary in teh 1980s, the post-conciliar suffocation of the smoke of Satan, the Anglican Ordinariate, the Cathoilc Worker Movement, living close your parish, and more. Mentioned on the show: Dr. Chapp's Blog: www.gaudiumetspes22.com Dr. Chapp's post on the McCarrick Report CNA Editor's Desk Podcast on the McCarrick Report St. Charles Borromeo We'd love to hear what you think of this episode! Reach out to us: Email | Instagram | Twitter | Patreon Other shows on the Vernacular Podcast Network: Vernacular | Breaking Pod | The Popped Cast | The Lineup

Liturgical Lowdown: Advent w/Sally Crippen Today on the show, the brilliant and inimitable Sally Crippen joins me to talk about why and how to embrace liturgical living in the coming season of Advent. We discuss Stir Up Sunday, Las Posadas, Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, waiting to put up your tree, abstaining from meat on Christmas Eve (and a really fun tradition to go along with that!), and much more. Some things we discussed: Catholic Culture Catholic Cuisine Catholic All Year Carrots for Michaelmas We'd love to hear what you think of this episode! Reach out to us: Email | Instagram | Twitter | Patreon Other shows on the Vernacular Podcast Network: Vernacular | Breaking Pod | The Popped Cast | The Lineup

Discerning Religious Life w/Katie Logan Today on the show I talk to my friend Catherine (Katie) Logan, a friend of mine at my parish who is entering religious life with the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity in 2021. Katie and I talk about her conversion to Catholicism, discerning the call of God on her life, wrestling with her desire for a family, what postulancy and novitiate looks like, and more. We also talk about how Katie found resources to aid in her discernment and her efforts to raise funds to pay off student loans before she joins the Franciscan Sisters. Links: Katie's Website about her call to religious life Katie's GoFundMe The Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity (https://fscc-calledtobe.org/2020/10/25/support-future-franciscan-postulant-from-colorado) Vocations Awareness Program's Vocation Discernment Weekend We'd love to hear what you think of this episode! Reach out to us: Email | Instagram | Twitter | Patreon Other shows on the Vernacular Podcast Network: Vernacular | Breaking Pod | The Popped Cast | The Lineup

The American Solidarity Party w/Amar Patel Today on the show I welcome fellow Catholic Amar Patel, who is running for Vice President of the United States on the American Solidarity Party ticket. Amar and I talk about the principles of solidarity, subsidiarity, personalism, and sphere sovereignty, why it's important to have third parties, what "success" looks like for his ticket, finding a way out of our toxic two-party culture, and a platform that upholds the dignity of every human life. For more information on the American Solidarity Party, please visit https://solidarity-party.org/. We'd love to hear what you think of this episode! Reach out to us: Email | Instagram | Twitter | Patreon Other shows on the Vernacular Podcast Network: Vernacular | Breaking Pod | The Popped Cast | The Lineup

The Trump Train? w/Mike Iversen On this second part of my conversation with Mike Iversen, Mike and I talk about the phenomenon of Catholics jumping aboard the MAGA/Trump Train, rejecting false political binaries, revising the voting process, the virtue of abstaining, Catholic Social Teaching, and more. We'd love to hear what you think of this episode! Reach out to us: Email | Instagram | Twitter | Patreon Other shows on the Vernacular Podcast Network: Vernacular | Breaking Pod | The Popped Cast | The Lineup

Improving Parish Catechesis w/Mike Iversen Today on the show I welcome my parish's Director of Evangelization and Discipleship, Mike Iversen, for a conversation about his conversion to Catholicism and how to improve catechesis at the parish level. We'd love to hear what you think of this episode! Reach out to us: Email | Instagram | Twitter | Patreon Other shows on the Vernacular Podcast Network: Vernacular | Breaking Pod | The Popped Cast | The Lineup

Voting and Being Catholic w/Bishop Donald Hying Today on the show, Bishop Donald Joseph Hying joins me to talk about how Catholics should vote in the 2020 election, balancing the tension between heavenly and earthly citizenship, articulating a vision of politics that emphasizes the integrity and dignity of the human person, and more. Make sure you check out Bishop Hying's recent letter to his dioecese on the November election: https://www.madisoncatholicherald.org/bishop-hying-columns/8846-hying-column09242020.html We'd love to hear what you think of this episode! Reach out to us: Email | Instagram | Twitter | Patreon Other shows on the Vernacular Podcast Network: Vernacular | Breaking Pod | The Popped Cast | The Lineup

Race and the Eucharist w/Fr. Josh Johnson Today on the show, Fr. Josh Johnson joins me to talk about his Pocket Guide to Adoration (https://ascensionpress.com/products/pocket-guide-to-adoration) racial justice, and the importance of the former to the latter. Fr. Josh Johnson is the Vocations Director for the Diocese of Baton Rouge and is also the Pastor of Holy Rosary Catholic Church. While Fr. Josh was raised Catholic, he didn’t like the Church growing up. One day, in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, he fell in love with Jesus and perceived the call to become a priest. He is a nationally recognized speaker and he presents regularly on the topics of conversion, virtue and vice, avoiding the near occasion of sin, growing in the spiritual life and forming intentional disciples of Jesus Christ across the racial divide. He is a presenter with Ascension Press on “Altaration: The Mystery of the Mass,“ YOU: Life, Love, and The Theology of the Body," “Rejoice: Advent Meditations with Mary,” “Rejoice: Advent Meditations with Joseph,” “No Greater Love” and “the 99.” He is also the author of “Broken and Blessed: An Invitation to My Generation,” “Pocket Guide to Adoration” and a contributing author of “Power & Grace: A Guide to the Catholic Sacraments.” You can keep in touch with Fr. Josh through his weekly podcast at https://media.ascensionpress.com/category/ascension-podcasts/askfrjosh/. Prior to his ordination to the priesthood, Fr. Josh attended Southern University and graduated from St. Joseph’s Seminary College and Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans. We'd love to hear what you think of this episode! Reach out to us: Email | Instagram | Twitter | Patreon Other shows on the Vernacular Podcast Network: Vernacular | Breaking Pod | The Popped Cast | The Lineup

The Veil Removed w/Chris Magruder Today on the podcast we sit down with Chris Magruder, President and Executive Producer of The Veil Removed, a multimedia immersion into the Mass. We talk about the creative process, how the project got started, and how it has reached 7 million views (and counting!). The Veil Removed is "a short film that reveals the coming together of heaven and earth at Mass, as seen by saints and mystics, revealed by scripture and in the catechism of the Catholic Church." For more information, go to www.theveilremoved.com. We'd love to hear what you think of this episode! Reach out to us: Email | Instagram | Twitter | Patreon Other shows on the Vernacular Podcast Network: Vernacular | Breaking Pod | The Popped Cast | The Lineup

Episode Notes We're posting this episode a bit early this week in advance of St. Edith Stein's feast on August 9th! Today Simone Rizkallah (culturalgypsy.com) joins me to discuss the incredible life of this woman--philosopher, convert, and martyr. Simone has recently lead a study on St. Edith Stein for Endow Groups (endowgroups.org). If you'd like to learn more, please go purchase the Endow study! I'd love to hear what you think of this episode. Reach out to me: Email | Instagram | Twitter | Patreon Other shows on the Vernacular Podcast Network: Vernacular | Breaking Pod | The Popped Cast | The Lineup