Driving Home the Faith 2024

Today, our Fr. Rob talks with Fr. Rob[ert] Spitzer about God and science, writer Jaymie Stuart Wolfe tells us how to more like St. Joan of Arc, and much more. Get “Christ, Science, and Reason” at  Ignatius.com Read “What’s it Like in Purgatory” at  catholicexchange.com Get “Born to do This: at  avemariapress.com Get “Passport to Perfection” at  essentialistpress.com Details for the Annie Takeuchi’...

Happy Veterans Day and Feast of St. Martin of Tours! Today, writer Jeannie Ewing talks with Fr. Rob about when it’s okay to admit failure (and why), Roxanne King introduces her book about Catholic heroes of civil rights, and much more. Jeannie Ewing is at j eannieewing.com  and  jeannieewingsubstack.com Find American Heritage Girls at  americanheritagegirls.org Find Carl Brown’s books and talks at...

Today, Professor Michael Ward joins us from Oxford to explain why C.S. Lewis’s book “The Abolition of Man” is more important now than when it was written, composer/musician Michael Zabrocki introduces his new album of traditional and new music dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and much more. Get the “After Humanity” and “The Abolition of Man” set at  bookstore.wordonfire.org Read “Christiani...

Today, Fr. Rob talks with Margie Christie of Dayton Right to Life and Dr. Jennifer Roback More of the Ruth Institute about election results for Ohio and the country, entrepreneur/publisher Ryan Moreau tells us about Essentialist Press, and more. Dayton Right to Life is at daytonlife.org Get “Passport to Perfection” at essentialistpress.com Read “The Messenger” at  covdio.org Get “Praying Like Sain...

Today, Steffani Aquila of His Girl Sunday tells us how to celebrate like a Catholic all year long, Arizona Christian University researcher Dr. George Barna shares what his research into American worldview and mental health says about a possible overlooked reason for the high rates of anxiety and depression in our society, and much more. Care Net Pregnancy Services of Northern Kentucky is at  caren...

Today, Director Rich Hull introduces his film about combat chaplains (in theaters for Veterans Day!), Patti Garibay tells us how to start an American Heritage Girls troupe in your parish, and much more. See the trailer for “Fighting Spirit” and buy tickets at  fightingspiritfilm.com The National Catholic Bioethics Center is at  ncbcenter.org Read “How to Teach with Power and Authority” at  catholi...

Today, Dr. Adam Rusmussen from the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University talks with Fr. Rob about what CRC research says about Christians who don’t intent to vote this year; Joseph Pearce Download the CRC report on voting at  arizonachristian.edu Find Dawn Beutner at  dawnbeutner.com The Friday concert at St. Martin of Torus, and scores of other Catholic events, are at sacredhea...

Today, Fr. Rob and professor/author Dr. David Deane finish their series on how the Mass can overcome the banality of our culture and renew our faith; bestselling author and speaker Gary Zimack previews his Advent book, and much more. Get “The Tyranny of the Banal” at  rowman.com Get “Find Peace in Advent!” at  avemariapress.com Read “Saints Who Saw Heaven and Hell” at  ncregister.com The American...

Today, Meg Hunter-Kilmer introduces her new books about saints for young readers, National Catholic Register staff writer Joseph Pronechan introduces saints who saw Heaven (and Hell!), Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse of the Ruth Institute talks with Fr. Rob about the Archbishop of Cincinnati’s decision to sever ties with the Girl Scouts, and much more. Get “Saints Around the World” at  stpaulcenter.com...

Today, Fr. Nathan Cromly of the St. John Institute explains how to make the Apostle Paul your coach, University of Dayton historian Dr. Michael Carter explores the part anti-Catholicism played in past American elections, and much more. Get “Coached by Paul the Apostle” at  scepterpublishers.org Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center is at  olhsc.org Find Dr. Michael Carter at  udayton.edu  and  schola...

Today, Karlo Broussard joins Fr. Rob to talk about what it means to ask a saint to pray for you; Aaron Seng from Tradivox introduces a new app that will answer all your Catholic questions, and much more. St. Gertrude Parish is at  stgertrude.org Get “The Saints Pray for You” at  shop.catholic.com Try out the Master Catechism app at  mastercatechism.com Adventure Catholic Leadership Training is at ...

Today, Fr. Ed Looney invites us to spend this Advent praying with the Church; Christopher Kazcor tells us how to pray like St. Augustine, and much more. Get “Praying with the Church Through Advent” at  sophiainstitute.com Get “Praying Like Saint Augustine: A Guided Prayer Journal” at  osvcatholicbookstore.com The Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics is at  mariasteinshrine.org The Cathedral Basil...

Today, Professor David Deane talks with Fr. Rob about how the banality of our attitude toward sex and sexuality leads to its tyranny over us; Jason Baxter introduces his exciting new translation of Dante’s “Inferno,” and much more. Get “The Tyranny of the Banal” at  rowman.com The St. Cecilia Hymn Festival and scores of other Catholic events are at  sacredheartradio.com/events Get Dr. Jason Baxter...

Today Catholic adventurer Steve Ray debunks six Biblical myths (plus one!); Katie Brown from the American Life League tells us two breast cancer charities to avoid; and much more. Steve Ray is at  catholicconvert.com Read “Six Biblical Myths Debunked” at  catholicanswers.com Read “The Messenger” at  covdio.org Red Bird Ministries is at  redbird.love The Ruth Institute is at  ruthinstitute.org Get...

Today, Cincinnati Catholic Schools Superintendent Matt Daniels joins us to talk about Bishop Conley’s letter on Catholic education; Pat Flynn gives us another argument for the existence of God, and much more. The Archdiocese of Cincinnati Catholic Schools Office is at  catholicaoc.org Read “The Joy and Wonder of Catholic Education,” Bishop James Conley’s letter on education, at  lincolndiocese.org...

Today, Professor Ken Craycraft finishes his series on Catholicism and politics; Dr. Christopher Holman and Fr. Luke VanBurkem, OP, join us from St. Gertrude to explain the parish’s monthly Dominican-rite Masses, and much more. Find articles by Ken Craycraft at  thecatholictelegraph.com ,  catholicherald.co.uk , and  oursundayvisitor.com Get “Citizens Yet Strangers” at  osvcatholicbookstore.com SVD...

Today, Kelly Breaux of Red Bird Ministries invites grieving parents to use their programs and resources, film director Rich Hull introduces “Fighting Spirit: A Combat Chaplain’s Journey” (in theaters November 8th only), and much more. Red Bird Ministries is at  redbird.love Crisis Magazine is at  crisismagazine.com Read “Beware the Hardened Heart” at  catholicexchange.com The Ruah Woods Institute...

Today, Prof. David Deane joins us from Nova Scotia to discuss disordered despair, attorney Philip Williamson explains the details of a case against an Illinois abortion “buffer zone” that the Supreme Court may take up, and much more. Get “The Tyranny of the Banal” at  rowman.com The National Catholic Bioethics Center is at  ncbcenter.org The Taft law firm is at  taftlaw.com Mike Aquilina is at  fa...

Today, Courtney Brown joins Fr. Rob from Ruah Woods for another discussion of St. Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, Margie Christie of Dayton Right to LIfe updates us on abortion numbers in Montgomery County, and much more. For information on Kentucky’s proposed amendment, see  covdio.org/yesontwo The Diocese of Covington’s Office of Catechesis and Evangelization is at  covdio.org/oce/ The...

Today, Rebecca Shaffer Wells continues her discussion about the organ in worship, SVDP-Cincinnati CEO Brad McGonigle joins Fr. Rob to talk about the upcoming Thanksgiving food drive, and much more. 1724 organ in the Netherlands Key to photos of the 1724 organ in De Grote Jakobijnerkerk Heaven’s Gain is at  HeavensGain.org Read “Why is Humility so Difficult to Achieve” at  catholicexchange.com SVDP...

Today, bioethicist Dr. Josef Zalot talks with Fr. Rob about the new database of children’s hospitals doing “gender-affirming care,” Kristan Hawkins from Students for Life of America tells us what she sees coming for the future of America’s prolife movement, and much more. Pregnancy Center Plus is at  pcplus.org  and  supportpcplus.org The National Catholic Bioethics Center is at  ncbcenter.org Do...

Today, writer Jeannie Ewing reminds us that hope is never lost, even when there are no answers; patient advocate January Littlejohn tells us what a new database of “gender affirming treatments” at children’s hospitals by Do No Harm says about Cincinnati Children’s Hospital (hint, it’s not good), and much more Read “Live Today’s Questions at  jeannieewing.substack.com Find articles by Ken Craycraft...

Today, Tommy Valentine from CatholicVote talks with Fr. Rob about news that a network of Catholic hospitals is performing “gender reassignment surgeries” on minors, Dr. Peter Kwasniewski answers common questions about the Mass before Vatican II changes, and more. Aid to the Church in Need is at  churchinneed.org Xavier Jesuit Academy is at  xavierja.org The Jesuit Center at Milford is at  jesuitsp...

Today, Dr. Jason Baxter (“The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis”) introduces his dynamic new translation of Dante’s “Inferno,” Donna Murphy of Heaven’s Gain Ministries explains how we can help the organization’s work for families who have lost an infant, and much more. Get Dr. Jason Baxter’s translation of “Inferno” at  angelicopress.com Read “The Messenger” at  covdio.org Heaven’s Gain is at  HeavensGa...

Today, Brian Walsh tells us how to consecrate ourselves to the Holy Eucharist; Pat Flynn talks with Fr. Rob about the best arguments for God, and much more. See the trailer for “Average Joe” at  youtube.com Find out more about “Average Joe” at  averagejoemovie.com  and  fathomevents.com Get “33 Days to Eucharistic Glory” at  dynamiccatholic.com Red Bird Ministries is at  redbird.love Sign up for t...