Ever Ancient, Ever New

Fr. K and Cosden go over the recent parish survey results.

In this bonus episode Fr. Kyle Kowalczyk is joined by two of his theatre colleagues, Chad Berg and Haynes Brooke, to discuss the writing process of their new musical "Moonshot" which debuts in June 2026. Tickets are on sale now at https://missedtheboattheatre.com/2026/moonshot

Today Cosden and Fr. K discuss the lost art of reading, and the one book that every Catholic male must read! It's really nonnegotiable. A brand new reading group starting June 2026 will be meeting every Tuesday at St. Max!

What's it like to be a seminarian? Find out on this episode as St. Max seminarian, Jon Stone, joins the podcast to share about how he got to seminary, what it's like, and what the road ahead looks like.

Money isn't the root of all evil, just the love of it. So, how does a Catholic engage with money, save it, spend it, and give it away. Financial coach and parishioner, Jeff Stempel has all the answers, or at least some answers. He can be contacted at: Jeff@stampedecoaching.com 763.233.9030 Www.stampedecoaching.com

Does anyone like Lent? Maybe it's because we do it all wrong. Cosden and Fr. K provide some musings on how you can have a good Lent... we hope.

If you've been around St. Max in the last year, you've probably met Jessica. Now for the first time ever, she shares her story!

Jeff Reither is a Delano name that no one seems to pronounce correctly, and a man who everyone seems to know. He joins the show today to discuss intentional fatherhood, the origins of Deep Fried Fridays, and more!

Priests are often asked some variation of the "Is it okay to do X on a Sunday?" In this episode Cosden and Fr. K tackle it from all angles.

One might think that the more theology one knows the less difficulties with the faith one would have. However, one would be wrong. Parishioner Dr. Kevin Keiser discusses the difficulties inherent to the science of theology. In fact, the deeper one goes, the messier it gets. And of course, since theologians also happen to be human beings subject to all the hardships of life, the difficulties can pi...

The devotion to the Holy Face is, after the Rosary, the most important devotion of our day; or at least so says Fr. Lawrence Carney, author of The Secret of the Holy Face and other books. He joins the podcast to share about this all but forgotten treasure of the Church

What does the Church teach about gossip? How serious of a sin is it? Cosden and Fr. K break down what gossip is, how serious it is, and what we can do about it. Here's a link to the book mentioned in the podcast, Sins of the Tongue by Fr. Belet: http://www.catholicapologetics.info/morality/general/btongue.htm And here is Aquinas's treatise: https://www.newadvent.org/summa/3073.htm

Kate Capato is a Sacred Artist, who travels around the country sharing her art and her love of beauty and most importantly her love of God. She was kind enough to join Fr. K on the podcast while she was in town. Here's their conversation. Kate's website https://visualgrace.org/ Video cast https://youtu.be/7qkTudHBhMo

Ellen, while currently working at the school, grew up in the parish and has years of youth ministry under her belt. She joins the podcast to share some of her experience, expertise and her love of all things true and beautiful.

If you don't celebrate the Sacred Paschal Triduum, you are missing out! It's like Catholic Week par excellence! Because only Catholics celebrate it, and the deeper a Catholic gets into their faith, the more he is drawn to or into the Triduum and the more it it builds up his faith. Fr. Kowalczyk and Cosden recap the Catholicist and holiest of all weeks!

This bonus episode is the live recording of the third part of the three part Teaching Mass series that Fr. K is doing as part of our Wednesday Ars Vivendi formation nights. He walks and talks through the parts of the Mass starting with the the Preface through the end of the Mass.

This bonus episode is the live recording of the second part of the three part Teaching Mass series that Fr. K is doing as part of our Wednesday Ars Vivendi formation nights. He walks and talks through the parts of the Mass starting with the the Credo through the Orate Fratres (Pray Brethren), i.e., mainly the middle or "hinge" part of the Mass between the homily and the preface dialogue.

This bonus episode is the live recording of the first part of the three part Teaching Mass series that Fr. K is doing as part of our Wednesday Ars Vivendi formation nights. He walks and talks through the parts of the Mass starting with the vesting prayers through the homily.

Recorded in Poland a priest with Polish blood and a priest who just speaks Polish (Fr. Kowalczyk and Fr. Brinkman respectively) share about some of their travels and give their perspective on the state of the Church in Poland.

Ever wonder what it is like for a priest to hear confessions? Without breaking the "seal", Fathers Park and Kowalczyk give some insider information to the other side of the screen, which will hopefully make it easier on your side of the screen.

One of my great privileges is being on mission with Bridget Schulz. She actually moved across state lines and changed jobs mid-career because of... Catholic schools! She is now the principal of our parish school, St. Maximilian Kolbe Academy. In this episode, she joins me on the podcast to share why she is so passionate about Catholic Classical education.

Fr. K joins Cosden to discuss the question that no one wants to discuss: what are the parameters in which a couple can use Natural Family Planning? They may not solve all the problems or answer all the questions, but they bring up a lot of good food for thought.

Chad Koppes was a long time Methodist minister, when the "woke" culture finally woke him up and he walked out. In this episode Chad shares his conversion story as well some of his insights into the state of Protestantism today.

I had a great conversation with almost-Dr. Henry Wickus about the intellectual life, the importance of philosophy in the study of theology, and some behind the scenes of what he is learning as he dives deep into writing his dissertation on the Franciscans.

Cosden and Fr. K break open one of C.S. Lewis's finest books, The Great Divorce.