Living the CALL with Deacon Charlie

Leo Severino is producer of Angel Studios' newest film, Cabrini. His film credits include Sound of Freedom, Bella and Little Boy, he is also Executive Producer of Kevin James' latest Netflix comedy special, Irregardless. He lives in Los Angeles. https://www.angel.com/movies/cabrini

This week on a "Best Of" Living the Call, Deacon Charlie sits down with Jason Simon: husband, father of six and President of The Evangelical Catholic. After briefly working in engineering, Jason served as a parish Director of Religious Education and Youth Ministry. There, he saw the power of evangelization and his passion to see more lives impacted by the Holy Spirit.  In this episode, Deacon...

This week on a "Best Of" Living the Call, Deacon Charlie sits down with pro-life author and speaker Brett Attebery. After a powerful mid-life conversion to Christ that led him to seek healing for his role in the abortion of his own child, Brett left his career and devoted himself entirely to saving lives from abortion. Brett has an academic and professional background in economics and consumer pro...

This week on a "Best of" Living the Call, Deacon Charlie sits down with Deacon Dave Arms from the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Together with his father in law, he developed the “Rite of Passage weekend,” to commemorate each of his sons’ 13th birthday, and their transition from boyhood to manhood. In this episode, Deacon Dave discusses the practical ways to implement ”the weekend,” and the transfo...

This week on a "Best of" Living the Call, Deacon Charlie sits down with Christine Lacayo, a multilingual content writer who helps mission-driven brands by using multicultural marketing. Her passion is working for a regenerative future, for our people and our planet. In this episode, Deacon talks with Christine about her education and background in environmental sustainability and how the journey o...

Chris McMahon is president and CEO of two wealth management firms in Pittsburgh, PA. He has 30 years experience in financial planning services. Chris is devoted to handling money God's way and strives to help teach his clients those same ways as well as be good stewards in today's world. Websites: aquinaswealth.com  mfawealth.com Catholics at the Shore conference: catholicsattheshore.com Sist...

Katie McCarthy is the Director of Marketing for “Protect Our Kids,” a coalition united in the belief that today’s public school’s threaten our children’s welfare through promotion of comprehensive sexuality education, critical race theory, social and emotional learning and gender theory. Katie is devoted to raising awareness about the dangers in public education while helping parents and the churc...

Jeffrey Bruno is an award winning photographer, writer and creative director who focuses on issues and stories related to the Catholic Church in the spirit of evangelization through imagery and digital communication.  Website:   www.jeffreybruno.com (instagram, substack, aleteia, mudrack, twitter, linked in - all linked here!) Fr. Mike Schmitz homily from St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New Y...

Adam Anders is a musicmaker and film producer who has sold more than 100 million albums. His work has earned him two Golden Globe Awards, four Grammy Award nominations and two People’s Choice Awards. He was the Executive Music Producer for Glee , and his new movie, Journey to Bethlehem , will be in theaters beginning November 10.  ::OPENS THIS FRIDAY:: New Movie: journeytobethlehemmovie.com T...

Andreas Widmer is an entrepreneur, professor, consultant, business coach, speaker, and author, with 30 years experience in international business strategy, economic development, and entrepreneurship. Website: andreas-widmer.com The Catholic University of America: https://business.catholic.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty-profiles/widmer-andreas/index.html The Gospel of Work 8 video series: www.cio...

Eric Patterson, Ph. D. is President of the Religious Freedom Institute and past dean of the Robertson School of Government at Regent University and a Research Fellow at Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs. Patterson’s interest in the intersection of religion, ethics, and foreign policy is informed by two stints at the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of...

Louis Damani Jones is a “Fellow” at the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement located at Washington University in St. Louis. Louis produced “The Ark and Dove” podcast, which investigated the complex dynamics of race and religion in America through the lens of the Black Catholic Church. In this episode, Deacon Charlie and Louis discuss the Black Catholic experience as it relates to...

Luke Carey is the Chief Development Office at Spoke Street Media and the Co-Host of the podcast Catching Foxes. The podcast oscillates between a conversation with the hosts and interviews of other, “fancier” people. “Sometimes things get explicit either by being too honest or by being too stupid.” Catching Foxes can be found on any podcast platform Website: CatchingFoxes.fm Support through Patrion...

Patrick Coffin is the creator and host of  The Patrick Coffin Show  at  patrickcoffin.media . The former host of  Catholic Answers Live  is also the author of  Sex Au Naturel ,  Stay Cool When the Argument Heats Up , and  Once Saved Not Always Saved . https://www.patrickcoffin.media Patricks Books

Jason Brown is CEO of Called Higher Studios and Producer of Camp Hideout, a new film starring Christopher Guest (Back to the Future), Corbin Bleu (High School Musical) and Amanda Leighton (This is Us). Camphideoutmovie.com Calledhigherstudios.com

Buchi Akpati is a former cloistered Carmelite nun, writer, speaker, photographer, digital media producer, singer, sacred artist, kickboxer and polyglot. Buchi’s writings can be found on Church pop, Catholic News Agency, National Catholic Register. Buchi Akpati on Instagram:  O’MariaMedia  https://www.instagram.com/omariamedia/

6 of 6: Alex McKenna of the Arch Diocese of Irbil Iraq sits down with Deacon Charlie. https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-w-mckenna/ https://adiabene.org

4 of 6: Buchi Akpati of EWTN sits down with Deacon Charlie. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/author/824/buchi-akpati https://www.linkedin.com/in/buchi-akpati/

3 of 6: Chéri Ballinger sits down with Deacon Charlie. https://cheriballinger.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheriballinger/

Part 3 of 6: Mauricio Leone with Live Action sits down with Deacon Charlie. https://www.liveaction.org

Part 2 of 6: Nick Bezner from Undivided Life sits down with Deacon Charlie. https://www.undivided.life/about https://spokestreet.com/the-beatidudes/

Part 1 of 6: Samantha Kelly from Fierce Athlete sits down with Deacon Charlie. https://fierceathlete.org NEXT.EWTN.COM  

Kiki is a Sexual Integrity Coach and Speaker and works as a Strategist for The Women School. She uses her experience as a survivor of abortion, rape and homelessness to share the genius of femininity and the gift of integrity to audiences across the nation.    The books/podcasts/organizations we mentioned on the show:    Uniformity in God’s Will, By St Alphonsus...

Cristofer is CEO of Tepeyac Leadership Initiative, an organization that provides a catalyst development experience which equips professionals to influence the culture and serve the common good through virtuous leadership. Follow Cristofer & Things We Discussed: READ : Catholic Leadership for Civil Society , authors Cristofer Pereyra and Erin Monnin provide a guide to authentic lay Catholic lea...

This week on living the call Dcn. Charlie sits down with Matt Aujero, the founder of Fight Club Catholic, an accountability brotherhood committed to lead men to Jesus through purity of heart. His pornography recovery story has been featured by Fight the New Drug and Matt and Cameron Fradd’s book Restored: True Stories of Love and Trust After Porn. Matt lives with his wife, Mimi, and their six chil...