Strange Catholics

In this episode we give a background on how our podcast was started and some more information on why we have a podcast! Link to the Minnesota Catholic Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minnesota-catholic-podcasts/id1436225315 More information on the publication for the Diocese of St. Cloud https://thecentralminnesotacatholic.org/ Please send comments, prayer requests, topics or any ot...

Rom 8:31b-34 Brothers and sisters: If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son  but handed him over for us all,  how will he not also give us everything else along with him? Who will bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who acquits us, who will condemn? Christ Jesus it is who died—or, rather, was raised—  who also is at the right hand of...

We discuss some recent news and the topic of idolatry, how we have as a country and individually can make idols out of many things rather than the honor, glory and service due alone to God. Main Topic: Idolatry  What are we making our greatest sacrifices for? What are we doing to orient our lives towards Christ? https://www.thelittlestway.com/how-to-remove-idols/ http://fatherbroom.com/blog/2...

We discuss our own Ash Wednesday experiences Main Topic: Lent, how to do it well and keep our focus on Christ Meditation on the Gospel narratives of Christ's Passion. Spiritual reading of books like Goodier's Passion and Death of Our Lord Jesus Christ , Abbot Marmion's The Way of the Cross , Edward Leen's Why the Cross? , Fulton Sheen's Seven Words on the Cross . Recitation of prayers like So...

The Collect changing for American Catholics  https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/on-ash-wednesday-the-words-you-hear https://www.ncregister.com/cna/following-concern-of-cdw-us-bishops-adjust-liturgical-translation-omitting-one-before-god Bible in a Year Podcast / Father Mike Schmitz https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bible-in-a-year-with-fr-mike-schmitz/id1539568321 https://media.ascensio...

**We were not aware at the time of this recording that Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene was removed by the Democrat party and not her own, this would have changed some of our responses for sure, but we left it in as we still heard value in the discussion and where it leads.**   We discuss some recent news and how our actions from the past can catch up with us. Main Topic: Sin - what is it...

We discuss the most recent Executive Orders that President Biden has signed  https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/us-bishops-deplore-bidens-grevious-repeal-of-pro-life-policies-43281 Special Guest Father Tom Skaja We discuss his calling, what life is like and how to not worry living out the pattern in order below Relationship - With The Lord Identity - you get your identity from the relati...

Morality: https://catholicinrecovery.com/combating-the-seven-deadly-sins-through-the-spiritual-practices-of-recovery/ Saint Spotlight: St Thomas Aquinas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Aquinas https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Thomas-Aquinas https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2530 https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-thomas-aquinas https://www.biogra...

We're back after a month off and ready with some great episodes coming for 2021! The Baptism of The Lord and what that means for us, also why was Jesus Christ baptized? Venerable Fulton Sheen on Baptism: https://catholicsaints.info/the-sacrament-of-baptism-as-described-by-venerable-fulton-sheen-1962/ CCC Paragraphs  1246 - 1271 Catechism of the Catholic Church - PART 2 SECTION 2 CHAPTER 1 ART...

Catholic News: https://news.gallup.com/poll/327311/americans-mental-health-ratings-sink-new-low.aspx https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/analysis-who-speaks-for-american-catholics-44224 Main Topic: Advent https://www.catholicapostolatecenter.org/history-of-advent.html https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/resources/advent/history/the-history-of-advent https://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/litu...

COVID vaccine what are the latest updates on what we should do as Catholics Points to Consider on the Use of COVID-19 Vaccines — The National Catholic Bioethics Center (ncbcenter.org) https://thecentralminnesotacatholic.org/use-of-pfizer-moderna-covid-19-vaccines-is-morally-acceptable-say-bishops/ https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/catholic-archbishop-charles-chaput-says-denying-joe-biden-com...

Catholic News links discussed: https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2020/11/06/catholic-vote-donald-trump-joe-biden-election-split https://www.post-gazette.com/news/faith-religion/2020/11/09/Pennsylvania-religious-vote-presidential-race-Biden-Trump-evangelical-Christian-Protestant-Catholic-Jewish-Muslim/stories/202011080093 https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/religious-freedom-beco...

Catholic News: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/let-michael-be-the-miracle---the-baby-healed-through-fr-mcgivneys-prayers-10629 https://www.ncronline.org/news/vatican/corruption-church-must-be-stamped-out-continually-pope-says https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/pope-francis-calls-for-civil-union-law-for-same-sex-couples-in-shift-from-vatican-stance-12462 Main Topic: https://www.britann...

Catholic News: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/poll-young-adults-more-likely-than-older-catholics-to-accept-all-of-church-teaching-40179 https://www.ncronline.org/news/justice/supreme-court-hear-cases-emerging-trumps-immigration-policies https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-usa/2020/10/brooklyn-bishop-says-new-limits-on-congregation-size-outrageous-unfair/ https://archny.org/statement-of-the-...

News segment: Supreme Court - Doesn't reinstate abortion drug restrictions https://www.ncronline.org/news/politics/supreme-court-does-not-reinstate-abortion-drug-restrictions Recent spike in COVID cases Brooklyn diocese sues state restrictions https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/diocese-of-brooklyn-sues-new-york-over-new-mass-restrictions-57572 Discussion: We discuss resources that are provide...

Catholic News: We discuss the Supreme court pick, Amy Coney Barrett  Pope's latest encyclical http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2020/09/30/0498/01133.html#EN Featured discussion: Pornography and the distortion of our views of the other by objectifying the opposite sex https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/the-problem-with-porn/ Catechism of the Catholic Churc...

Catholic News: We discuss what the death of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg Supreme Court Justice and what this means for the country's highest court and some names that are being speculated https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/catholic-amy-coney-barrett-front-runner-as-trump-signals-supreme-court-nomination-plans-56399 https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/usccb-to-trump-administration-stop-the...

Catholic News of the week: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pope-francis-sex-food-divine-pleasure_n_5f5bd9c3c5b67602f6051a6e https://www.startribune.com/two-renegade-priests-one-calls-covid-sham-one-says-dems-face-hell/572411762/ Father Altman's video https://youtu.be/3-7eoTN2vNM   Main Topic: Forgiveness We discuss the importance of forgiveness, as referenced in Matthew Chapter 18:15-35 We div...

Catholic News: Duluth Bishop-elect Michel Mulloy resignation approved by Pope Francis amidst sexual abuse allegation https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/pope-francis-accepts-resignation-of-duluth-bishop-elect-michel-mulloy-after-abuse-allegation-82824 Pope Francis Encyclical coming https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/column/pope-francis-a-new-encyclical-to-outline-his-post-covid-19-vision-4218...

Catholic News : We cover a recent ruling prohibiting private schools access to the funding provided from the CARES act https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/court-halts-education-departments-rule-for-pandemic-relief-money-to-private-schools-23180 Topic this week : We discuss the importance of Eucharistic Adoration, the great gift in this time especially with all the noise, and how this has impac...

We cover a couple news stories, one was with the Archdiocese of Detroit and the invalid Baptism that required all the Sacraments to be re-administered https://www.aod.org/announcements-newsroom/newsroom/2020/august/archdiocese-of-detroit-to-rectify-invalid-sacraments-in-response-to-vatican-note https://www.aod.org/sacramentsupdate Out topic this week closes out our discussion on the Sacrament of R...

We congratulate Terry on his ordination to the permanent diaconate! We continue the conversation on the Sacrament of Confession, how God's mercy shown to us needs to be given to others, the importance of our own humbling ourselves before God. Catechism of the Catholic Church paragraph 1459 http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p2s2c2a4.htm#1459 We dive into our opportunity to recognize our sinfulness and...

We hope that you find this podcast helpful in your faith journey, know that we are not perfect but we know the One who is and our prayer is that this conversation will further your love for Him and His Church! This week we start a three week discussion on the Sacrament of Reconciliation Why we go, what the pandemic has done to temporarily change access and reception, & the importance of going...

Latest SCOTUS ruling on the Nevada church that wanted more than 50 people to gather as more are able to gather in other enclosed spaces https://www.startribune.com/us-supreme-court-denies-nevada-church-s-appeal-of-virus-rule/571900432/ Discussion on the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony, how it has impacted our lives and those of our families and those that we serve. https://www.catholic.org/prayers/sac...

Current Events: We discuss recent Catholic Churches that were damages or set on fire https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/nantes-cathedral-fire-saint-pierre-paul-france-damage-church-today-a9625946.html https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/san-gabriel-mission-fire-damage-historic-church-los-angeles/2394627/ We discuss the book of Wisdom, the reading from the 16th Sunday in ordinary...