Glory Be: Interesting People & How They Pray

"Don't let a distraction become a distraction." - seminarian Joey Griggs "Pray as you can, not as you can't." - seminarian Robert Williams Joey and Robert are preparing to return to Kenrick-Glennon seminary in St. Louis, Missouri for the spring semester. In this episode of Glory Be podcast, they talk about how they pray at the seminary and how they pray when they're at home.

Fr. Brian O’Brien was ordained a priest of the diocese of Tulsa and Eastern OK in 2007. He holds a BA in Theology and Political Science from Boston College, a Masters in Education from the University of Notre Dame, a Masters in Catholic Social thought and Life and a Master of Divinity from St. Meinrad Seminary in Southern Indiana. He has served as an associate pastor, a High School chaplain, and t...

Our guest this week is Emily Leedom, executive director of Catholic  Family Services for the Diocese of Sioux Falls. Emily grew up in Sioux Falls, SD. She pursued her degree in Catholic  Studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN before God  brought her back to her home Diocese of Sioux Falls where she has served  in various roles over the past eight years. Most re...

"On an archaeology dig in Jordan, I first heard the call to prayer in situ and became enchanted with Islam. In my master's studies, I focused on our Christian sacred texts and Moslem sacred texts - and what people believe about their own sacred texts." Glory Be: Interesting People & How They Pray features Dr. Rita George Tvrtkovic, a consultor for the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dial...

"Social media can be addictive. There is so much darkness online. That's the difficulty of my religious order's charism of being in the middle of media. Our charism is to bring some of the light of the Gospel online. I think that's the call of all Christians." Sister Theresa Aletheia Noble, FSP is a former atheist now a religious sister with the Daughters of St. Paul. She is the founder of the Mem...

"In Franciscan circles, they make Saint Francis the 'birdbath saint.' You put his statue in your yard. He's holding a birdbath. Sparrows come. It's beautiful, but there's so much more, right? Like any saint, there's so much more." Father Rick Martignetti is a Franciscan priest who earned a Masters of Divinity degree from Weston Jesuit school of theology in 1996 and was ordained for the Order of Fr...

"I was great at obedience, but I wasn't doing it out of love. Then I realized that God allows us to participate in His will and I must respond to God's invitation. That was a huge turning point."  Glory Be: Interesting People & How They Pray features Nathaniel Binversie, Director of Mission for Exodus 90. Show Notes: Exodus 90: https://exodus90.com/ Nathaniel's backstory: The Exodus 90 po...

Glory Be: Interesting People & How They Pray features Father Sean  O'Brien, a Tulsa priest and bioethicist. Father Sean studied at the Pontifical  North American College, receiving an STB at the Gregorian University and  a Licenciate degree in Moral Theology with a concentration in Bioethics  at the Alphonsianum. He was ordained in 2016. He is published in the  Nationa...

"I never felt a sense of abandonment; I never felt that God wasn't there. I see myself and my life of faith as intertwined with the Church but also as independent. It allows me to have questions or doubts and not have that lead to a wholesale rejection of the Church or of God." Eric Krakowski serves as the assistant principal at Duchesne Academy, an all girls Catholic High School in Omaha Nebraska...

"If I choose to pray with Scripture, I always go to the Psalms." Glory Be: Interesting People & How They Pray welcomes Mr. Lyndon  Meyer, a Tulsa-based conductor, vocal coach, pianist, and organist. He  currently serves as Organist and Director of Music for the Church of  Saint Mary in Tulsa. Since 2014 he has served as chorusmaster, assistant  conductor, principal pianist...

"We're made for divine intimacy. If we realize the value of prayer, so many things fall into place." Sister Immaculata Hanisch entered the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles in 1985 and received final vows in 1994. She is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma Health Science center with a degree in clinical dietetics and a Masters in Theology from Holy Apostles College Sem...

"Saint Augustine took his inspiration straight from the Acts of the Apostles, Christians living in community." Father Philip Cook is an Augustinian Friar who is headmaster of Cascia Hall Preparatory School in Tulsa.

"I need to think about how my own comfort gets in the way of ministering  to my people."  Father Victor Galier, pastor of a Black Catholic church in Atlanta,  Georgia talks about his ministry and how his own prayer has changed over  the past nine years.

"On my best days, I pray the Liturgy of the Hours. What I love... is the way it punctuates the day." Dr. Elizabeth W.  Collier is secretary of the North American chapter of the United Nations  Principles of Responsible Management Education, an advisor to the Archdiocese of Chicago on immigration ministry, a wife, and a mother to three teenagers. She shares how she prays.

"I was always a Benedictine spirit; I just didn't know it." Twenty-seven-year-old Sister Lucy Fitzmorris is a novice at Saint Joseph Monastery in Tulsa. She shares her vocation story and how it is fueled by prayer. Sometimes Sister Lucy's prayer is fervent and focused. Other times she says, "it's okay to not have a goal. Showing up for prayer is part of the practice."

Fr.  Bob Reiser, a Jesuit priest, says Jesuit identity is that of sharing  the mission of Jesus Christ. "How does one pray that?"

Bishop David Konderla talks about his years in campus ministry, what it  was like to get the most important phone call of his life, and how his life would have been different if he had become a Trappist monk.

Glory Be podcast creators Sharron Hanisch, Fr Vince Fernandez and Mike  Malcom talk about how they pray and why they decided to start a podcast  about prayer.

"I entered the monastery one week before my 19th birthday. I was a baby." Sr. Julia Roy entered the Benedictine Sisters at St. Joseph’s Monastery here in Tulsa in 1979 and made first vows in 1981. She was raised in Atlanta Georgia and Graduated from University of Tulsa with Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education and received her Master of Arts in Monastic Theology from St. John’s University in...

"As an internationally adoptive mom, I have a unique privileged  perspective on immigration. All three of my children immigrated on  orphan visas."   - Emily Kamp Emily has a passion for adoption, refugees, and students with  disabilities. She is often chosen to lead retreats. This podcast explores how Emily prays.

"As an internationally adoptive mom, I have a unique privileged  perspective on immigration. All three of my children immigrated on  orphan visas."   - Emily Kamp Emily has a passion for adoption, refugees, and students with  disabilities. She is often chosen to lead retreats. This podcast explores how Emily prays.