Handbook for Humanity

Thanks for sharing some of your valuable time with us. This is part 2 of our series on Sanctity of Life. We are diving in deep to the writings of St. John Paul II and how they relate to the dignity of every human person. Adele, Becki and Tom are honored to be joined by someone who's entire career quietly enjoined what JP II called the Gospel of Life in action. In this show Dr. Kim Hardey share...

Thank you for sharing some of your valuable time. It's a joy to step into this fresh beginning with you. As we welcome January we also welcome Sanctity of Life month. A time set aside to reflect on the profound dignity of every human person and the call to love that dignity into the world. This show takes that thought and brings to light what that looks like in the real world. Our focus will b...

Thank you for lending us your ears and your heart. If you have been following us since around Episode 70 you know that we have been covering the Audiences of St. John Paul II that make up the book titled, "Man and Woman He created Them, The Theology of the Body". In this show Adele, Tom and Becky will cover the final chapters of the book as they share why JP II thought the document, &quo...

Thank you for joining us for Handbook for Humanity, we truly appreciate the gift of your ears. We are moving through more audiences of St. John Paul II"s Theology of the Body. Today's subject focuses on a challenge to married couples and those considering marriage. In today's audience JP II used Pope Paul VI's Humanae Vitae to describe what married couples can do to reach perfecti...

Thank you for lending us your ears and your heart. In this show we will be focusing on the last section of St. John Paul II's Theology of the Body titled, "Language of the body". In one of the most important parts of this section JP II points to the body speaking directly to married couples through practices involved in Natural Family Planning. To help with this topic Adele and Tom h...

Thank you for lending us your ears and your heart. We continue our deep dive into the wisdom of St. John Paul II's Theology of the Body. Today we are exploring a profound reflection on one of the many mysteries of human love, the gift of marriage. In this show Adele and Tom are joined by 2 guests, Richard and Pam Andrus. The Andrus's have journeyed through multiple Theology of the Body cou...

Thanks for lending us your ears and hearts. This conversation turns away from Christ appeals to the resurrection and towards audiences that explore the call to virginity and celibacy for the sake of the Kingdom. In this show we hope to reveal St. John Paul II's thoughts on how the human body speaks a language of total self gift even outside of marriage. For this discussion Adele, and Tom are j...

Thank you for lending us your ears and your hearts for another edition of Handbook for Humanity. Adele and Tom are once again joined by guest Hallee Mire as she helps the team finish off St. John Paul II's discussion of his Theology of the Body audiences on Christ Appeals to the Resurrection. Hallee recently returned from an amazing pilgrimage to Poland and she will share insights as to how he...

Thank you for joining us for this next part in our series on Christ appeals to the Resurrection from St. John Paul II's Theology of the Body. In this section we are going to discuss the idea that God did not create the body to be thrown away but to be transformed into it's ultimate purpose, to love God and participate fully in the divine life. Listen in as Adele and Tom are once again join...

Thanks for joining us today. These past couple of shows we've been discussing St. John Paul II's audience's on Christ's appeal to the resurrection but today we are turning our attention toward a celebration and tradition that bridges the sacred and the personal. By using some previously recorded material we want to introduce you to two remarkable women that keep this tradition aliv...

Thank you for lending us your open ears and your open hearts. During last weeks show we started a new section in St. John Paul II's Theology of the Body, "Christ Appeals to the Resurrection". This show will take a look at what role death plays in our journey to eternity. So lean in as Adele and Tom get help from our content partners Becki Landry and Colby Allen as the team discusses...

We appreciate you and your interest in learning more about Theology of the Body. The focus of our discussion today will be on an important phrase spoken by Jesus, "He is not the god of the dead but the God of the living". This show starts our coverage of the topic of Jesus and the Resurrection and according to St. John Paul II's insights into this phrase that Jesus spoke to the Saddu...

We greatly appreciate your time and attention and we hope you find value in what you are about to hear. This show continues a look at the beginning of a different tone by Pope St. John Paul II's in his writings on Theology of the Body. This discussion focuses on how JP II wanted to remind us that Jesus himself taught about the importance of the human body and what we should do with our bodies...

We are honored that you are spending some of your valuable time with us. This show is a great resource for anyone wanting to share a quick summary of the first half of St. John Paul II's work called, Theology of the Body. Listen in as Adele and Tom share and discuss JP II's 58th audience as Pope where he explains the incredible importance of two key phrases spoken by Jesus. The 2 phrases a...

Thanks for joining us for this discussion about St. John Paul II's take on the Holy Spirit's role in transformation, shame and the redemption of the body. In this second of our 2 part series Deacon Mike Crain joins Adele and Tom to unpack JP II's understanding of how Jesus says we must call on the Holy Spirit to aid in our battles against life stealing addictions.

We are blessed to have you spending some of your valuable time with us today. We are continuing in the section of Theology of the Body, "Christ appeals to the human heart". In this show we will discuss JP II's writing in TOB on "Life According to the Spirit". Joining Adele and Tom is special guest, Deacon Michael Crain of St. Mary Mother of the Church in Lafayette, LA. Deac...

We are truly blessed to have you joining us today for our latest edition of Handbook for Humanity! This episode is part 2 of a two part series on St. John Paul II's writings on the subject of Purity. Adele and Tom are joined once again by University of Louisiana Phd student, Hallee Mire as they break open JP II's thoughts on why its so important to give purity a prominent place in modern c...

Thanks for spending some time with us! This show jumps back into the audiences of St. John Paul II's Theology of the Body. Starting at audience 49 we are looking at the section on the subject of "Purity". The next few audiences that cover Purity will challenge us to live life according to God's Holy Spirit and to have a transformation of heart toward authentic love and freedom. S...

Thank you for lending us your ears! In this episode we are taking a break from talking about the audiences that make up Theology of the Body to discuss a topic on something that many of us do with our bodies every day, work. In one of his 14 encyclicals, titled "on human work" he explored the profound dignity found in working. To add a special layer to today's show we invited who kno...

We appreciate you spending some of your valuable time with us. This episode is the second part of our 2 part series with Diocese of Lafayette seminarians, Reid Bourgeois and Matthew Gomez. This episode we will discuss with these possible future priests the St. John Paul II's writings on sexual integrity and how it intersects with real life, virtue building and accountability.

Thank you for sharing your precious time with us. Each summer thousands of young men attending Catholic Seminaries across the country return to their home dioceses to visit family and friends and help Parish Priests and their parishioners. In this episode we visited with 2 Seminarians from the Diocese of Lafayette, Reid Bourgeois and Matthew Gomez. Listen in as these two gifted young men share a l...

Thank you for spending some time with us! As backpacks are packed and classrooms buzz to life we are kicking off a tribute to back to school. Words are something we learn in school and after learning them we use them to communicate. But do we really know the importance of the words we choose, how the words we choose shape our relationships, how do words reveal or conceal our hearts and what does i...

We appreciate you spending some of your valuable time with us. We are once again returning to the audiences of St. John Paul II that make up "Theology of the Body". In this show we are going to let JP II take us back in time to when Jesus gave "The Sermon on the Mount". In that sermon the beloved pope says Jesus was appealing to the human heart. The same human heart created by God in Adam and Eve,...

Thank you for lending us your ears and allowing us to share more of St. John Paul II's Theology of the Body. July 25th is the anniversary of a document that was instrumental to JP II's writings ... Humane Vitae by Pope Paul VI. In our time together we hope to share how important that document was and still is by featuring some archival content from our valued partner, Colby Allen as well as wise a...

Welcome back to part 2 of our series on adoption. St. John Paul II said "adoption is a reflection of God's Love" and in this show Jared and Brittany Normand are back again to share more of their families inspiring image of God's Love. Listen in as the Normand's discuss their journey of adopting their 2 sons and how that experience profoundly impacted their marriage and the li...