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Did you miss the live version of Ask Father during the On-Air Appeal? Check out his answers to your questions sent in, and please consider donating to The Station of the Cross to help us continue the great work of The Catholic Current.   2024 Spring On-Air Appeal: "This is My Body... This is My Blood." Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!  

This is the new Weekend Readiness segment for today's Remastered Let's Talk About This episode. Be sure to listen to the full episode linked in the show notes.   Show Notes Finding, Remembering, and Sharing Wisdom (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 2/16/24 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...

We welcome back Joseph Pearce for another episode from his series in Crisis Magazine on the Unsung Heroes of Christendom: this time highlighting Roy Campbell. What does a 20th century poet have to do with the preservation of the writings of St. John of the Cross, and why has he been all-but written out of history?   Show Notes Joseph's Website Unsung Heroes of Christendom - Crisis Magazine A Conve...

We welcome back Joseph Pearce for another episode from his series in Crisis Magazine on the Unsung Heroes of Christendom, this time highlighting St. Nicholas Owen. What can this master craftsman teach us about bravery and self sacrifice, and how is it that his story is not better known?   Show Notes Joseph's Website Unsung Heroes of Christendom - Crisis Magazine The Unsung St. Nicholas - Crisis Ma...

This is the new Timeless Thoughts segment for today's Remastered Timely Tuesday episode. Be sure to listen to the full episode linked in the show notes.   Shote Notes Catholicism Is About Swords (Fr. John Perricone) 3/12/24 The Great Shantytown Plausibility Structure | Doug Wilson Interview with NYU protester: "I really don't know... [turns to friend] Why are we protesting here?" | Not the Bee Rea...

We welcome back Matt Archbold of Creative Minority Report to once again discuss the madness in the world and the sanity of Christ. What happens when man attempts to create "Heaven on Earth"? Show Notes Feds Mandate Time Off for Abortion Joe Biden Makes the Sign of the Cross at an Abortion Rally Pennsylvania Priest Arrested. But Don't Worry, It's Just a Candy Crush Addiction. The Far Right's Campai...

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses what to with discouragement and desolation. How do we fight back against our spiritual enemies? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass.   Show Notes St Ignatius of Loyola's Prayer Against Depression – EWTN Global Catholic Television Network Depressed? Demoralized? What's the Difference? (Fr. Robert McTeig...

We welcome back Leila Lawler to discuss do-something-ism, McTeigue's Axiom, and unsatisfactory attempts at Eucharistic Revival. Can revival ever occur if those in charge refuse to address the problems that got us in our current position?   Show Notes Eucharistic revival is not something our bishops know about Like Mother, Like Daughter Eucharistic devotion cut off at knees: two little examples   T...

We welcome back Dr. Catherine Palaluk of The Catholic University of America to continue the discussion on her latest book through Regnery Publishing, Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth. What are the effects of many years of denigrating motherhood and family life?   Show Notes Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth Women Defying the Birth Dearth (Dr...

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...

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...

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...

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'...

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...

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 Q...

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...

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 cel...

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 Kwasni...

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...

We welcome Kathleen Carr of the Sacred Art Institute to discuss the universal need for beauty in the life of man. How does the absence of liturgical beauty affect us, and how can sacred art aid in evangelization? Father Finishes with Timely Thoughts.   Show Notes Mediocrity Will Convert No One, but Beauty Will: The Purpose of Sacred Art in the Modern World| National Catholic Register Catholic Art...

We welcome back Eric Sammons of Crisis Magazine to discuss gimmick, pandering, and the utter farce by those in authority who call for us to be a "listening Church". Why write and then pay attention to surveys meant to pander to those who do not believe?   Show Notes Following the Unfaithful - Crisis Magazine The False Hope of a "More Apostolic Church" - CatholicCitizens.org   The Faithful Departed...

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses Nineveh, repentance, and Psalm 78. What does it take to bring about conversion, in ourself and in others? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass.   Show Notes Psalm 78 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition This 28-year-old Dutch woman is scheduled to be euthanized in May because she is depressed a...

We welcome back Matt Archbold of Creative Minority Report to discuss the virtue of Hope in light of the Resurrection. If Christians are called to be out-of-sync with the desires of the world, why do so many compromise to try and fit in?   Show Notes 28 Year Old Netherlands Woman to Legally Commit Suicide for Depression – Creative Minority Report Biden Honors Transgender Visibility Day While Demand...

We welcome back Joseph Pearce to discuss an article in his Unsung Heroes of Christendom series in Crisis Magazine highlighting E.F. Schumacher. What can an economist teach us about the true meaning of the phrase "the common good"?   Show Notes Joseph's Website The Unsung Convert Who Converted Millions to Catholic Teaching - Crisis Magazine Unsung Heroes of Christendom - Crisis Magazine Small is St...