Fr Sean OBrien
Deep Dives with Fr Sean: the Super Catholic Catechesis Podcast
I want to have easy access to good stuff for good people, and so I bring you some simple yet deep insights here for people on the fly. I'm always open to requests for topics, so give me a holler!
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Jul 8, 2026
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Episodes
Cheers! 250th Anniversary of USA: Should I be a patriot? 08.07.2026 22:40
Send us Fan Mail We get into the virtue of piety, or what we might call patriotism
Freedom of Speech #4 How Does Tech Affect Free Speech? 01.07.2026 43:02
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Biblical Roots of the Eucharist (a hyper compilation) 24.06.2026 10:25
Send us Fan Mail From Genesis through the New Testament, you'll get a crazy fast glimpse of what the Bible says about the Eucharist.
Interesting...A Manual on Pastoral Theology from 100 Years Ago 18.06.2026 30:58
Send us Fan Mail This was an interesting read for me at least. It was a different world!
Freedom of Speech #3: Did Theology Change with Vatican II on Freedom of Speech? Philosophical and Theological Underpinnings 10.06.2026 38:08
Send us Fan Mail This is my favorite within this series
Freedom of Speech #2: A Historical Survey, From Socrates to Killing Heretics 03.06.2026 26:33
Send us Fan Mail Tune in!
Freedom of Speech #1: A US Legal and Cultural Survey on the 250th Anniversary 27.05.2026 29:12
Send us Fan Mail We have a new series: Episode 1: A Look at the United States Scene Episode 2: A Global Historical Survey. So Violent Episode 3: A Philospohical Approach. From Violence to Freedom? Episode 4: Issues in a Digital World
Protestant Reformation? No! The True Reformation: Saints and the Council of Trent 20.05.2026 35:09
Send us Fan Mail Saints and Synods
Protestant Reformation? The Fallout in England, Bloody Mary, More Martyrs, Overthrowing Kings 13.05.2026 21:47
Send us Fan Mail It's just nuts. Edward VI Mary I Elizabeth I James I Charles I Charles II James II
Protestant Reformation? English Edition Unto Martyrdom 06.05.2026 27:48
Send us Fan Mail From Henry VIII's older brother, to Henry VIII's murder, we have the adulterous roots of Anglicanism.
Protestant Reformation? Martin Luther Part II (with Calvin, Zwingli, Knox) 29.04.2026 35:45
Send us Fan Mail Here we go!
Protestant Reformation? Martin Luther Part I 22.04.2026 23:59
Send us Fan Mail Martin Luther follows the example of his heroes: Paul and Augustine...he is a romantic and dramatic man who begins as a reformer and an source of academic conversation, but quickly falls into a recalcitrant rebel, largely because of the Catholic Church's non-theological, authoritarian response.
2nd Sunday of Easter on Divine Mercy: Is Sacramental Confession Necessary? (Spoiler: Yes and No) 15.04.2026 19:54
Send us Fan Mail My Homily
Protestant Reformation? The Background of the 1500's 15.04.2026 30:38
Send us Fan Mail There were many things going on: (1) Discovery--of wealth, of the new world (2) Religious exhaustion--The Avignon Papacy, the Western Schism, Bad Popes, Corruption (3) Culturally--Printing Press, Humanism, Secularism, (4) Politically--Nation States, the demise of the papal authority, pressure from the Turks
Easter Sunday Sermon 2026 06.04.2026 8:48
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Easter Vigil Sermon 2026 05.04.2026 11:31
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Update on Podast 02.04.2026 2:08
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Holy Thursday Homily 02.04.2026 9:52
Send us Fan Mail May God bless you
Pre-Evangelization #2 Proposing Goodness: Scandal, Evil, Bad Experiences 18.02.2026 38:24
Send us Fan Mail Here are some exterior encounters with the topic off goodness We need to be holy, and let Christ radiate from within us We can highlight the good fruits of the Christian tradition We need to confront scandals, possibly We need to confront the topic of evil in the world, possibly We need to confront people's bad experience of the church, possibly
Pre-Evangelization #1 Intro: God has the Initiative, and He Uses Us! 11.02.2026 39:29
Send us Fan Mail Before someone is inquiry, they might be indifferent or be filled with anger or maybe they just don't know much of anything. This series is about bringing people from there into an inquiry into the faith. It is about overcoming intellectual or emotional obstacles that they might not even know they have. God has the initiative in this. And He calls us to have authentic relatio...
St John Henry Newman: How do we come to faith? An Essay on the Grammar of Assent 04.02.2026 34:23
Send us Fan Mail How does someone assent to a proposition? By a jump of intuition based on many converging pieces of evidence.
St John Henry Newman: Idea of a University 21.01.2026 45:25
Send us Fan Mail This is done in four parts: 1) What does he mean by a university? 2) How is theology to be incorporated? 3) How should the Church be incorporated? 4) Miscellaneous points on pedagogy and the professor
St John Henry Newman: Development of Christian Doctrine 31.12.2025 50:13
Send us Fan Mail This stuff blew my mind, especially as he argued for the most reasonable expectation that there would be an infallible authority in the revealed religion of Jesus Christ. I have three parts: 1) The basic concept of the development of an idea, specifically Christian doctrine 2) The reasonable expectation for an infallible authority 3) The criteria for authentic development.
St John Henry Newan: Apologia Pro Vita Sua Part 2 17.12.2025 37:31
Send us Fan Mail Here are the theological and relational steps for his entrance into the Catholic Church.
St John Henry Newan: Apologia Pro Vita Sua Part 1 10.12.2025 37:34
Send us Fan Mail Check it out. Here's him starting up the Oxford Movement, aka tractarianism. It's my favorite time of his life!
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