The Catholic Advance Movement Podcast

Deacon Evan leads the group in reading and discussing paragraphs 38-63 of the encyclical, focusing on the physicality of the SHJ and how that adds meaning to this unique devotion. Led by the religious of PES, each session features discussion on Haurietis aquas , an encyclical issued by Pope Pius XII, as young adults grow in devotion to the Sacred Heart and in community with each other.

Sister Fabiola joins the group to read and discuss paragraphs 21-37 of the encyclical, delving deeper into the meeting of this special devotion. Led by the religious of PES, each session features discussion on Haurietis aquas , an encyclical issued by Pope Pius XII, as young adults grow in devotion to the Sacred Heart and in community with each other.

Father David joins the group to read and discuss paragraphs 1-20, as well as excerpts by Joseph Ratzinger from the book Towards a Civilization of Love . Led by the religious of PES, each session features discussion on Haurietis aquas , an encyclical issued by Pope Pius XII, as young adults grow in devotion to the Sacred Heart and in community with each other.

Fr. David shares the history of religious and civic leaders throughout world history who have consecrated their nations to the Sacred Heart of Jesus; what led them to this decision, as well as the fruits - and consequences - of their actions.

Sr. Fabiola shares the history of religious and civic leaders who have consecrated their nations to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She emphasizes the importance of the Sacred Heart devotion in experiencing the love of Jesus, and responding generously to this love in our pursuit of holiness.

Dr. Michael Rota, Professor of Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas, presented research on current challenges in transmitting the Catholic faith and strategies for strengthening our children's faith in the home and in the Church.  In this talk, he unpacks some of the specific obstacles facing parents in this secular age, and offers some good news and practical tips for Catholic parents and p...

Horror to suffering 

The inmoderate desire for pleasure

Sr. Leann shares how the Sacred Heart invites us to conversion, especially in the penitential season of Lent. To properly dispose our hearts to receiving God's graces, the spirit of self-denial enables us to fight against our tendancy towards self-love and align our wills with the Sacred Heart.

Men's Spiritual Exercises 2025, talk 3. On Dec 6.

From the Men's Spiritual Exercises 2025, Talk 1

Patron Saint of the Missions 

Human flourishing depends on leisure, understood correctly as resting in God. Dr. Michael Naughton deepened our understanding of leisure and how it requires a conversion of mind and attitude of the soul to receive. To assist us in this conversion, he grounds us in the philosophy of leisure and offers some practical tips for recovering our rest in God on Sundays.  

Fr. Patrick, PES, shared highlights of the inspiring lives of Saints Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati, showing how their everyday practice of heroic virtue points us to a higher vocation of holiness. 

On Saturday Sept 20, 2025

On Saturday June 21

On Saturday June 7

Fr. Pablo Menor, our founder, was a member of the Society of Jesus which St. Ignatius founded and a faithful spiritual son of this great saint. Like a good householder, “who brings out of his treasure both what is new and what is old” (Mt 13:52), Fr. Menor passed on to us, his spiritual children, the new and unique charism of our Institute along with many of the riches of Ignatian spirituality. In...

The Catholic Advance is a spiritual family. Like any family, membership is not primarily based on activity, on “what you do.” It goes deeper. It is a question of identity, of a relationship created by God. Our belonging to the Movement, therefore, is not a function of how much we do as a member, but how deeply we identify with its mission and spirit. Likewise, just as our participation at Mass is...

Serious Knowledge of the Faith To understand the faith we must develop a habit of study, for God wills that we labor to remedy the ignorance that results from original sin: “By the sweat of your brow you shall eat bread” (Gen 3:19, NABRE). Those who have been away from formal schooling for some time have no reason to be intimidated. Within the busyness of daily life, the Lord has opened up for mod...

When we speak of a spirit of vigilance (or watchfulness), we mean a habit of attentiveness to our spiritual wellbeing. Mindful of the words of the Apostle, “Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour” (1 Pet 5:8), and of our own weakness, guard our soul like a prudent householder guards his possessions, or a stock trader monitors hi...

Each member of the Catholic Advance ought to strive to appreciate the personal and ardent love that the Virgin Mary has for him or her and to trust in both her motherly concern in their regard and in the great power she has before the throne of her Son to obtain all the graces needed to acquire holiness and make our path to holiness both easy and sweet.

It should come as no surprise that the most essential of the Seven Basic Points is to love Jesus Christ. For “he is the image of the invisible God,” (Col 1:15) and in loving Him we fulfill the first of all commandments to love God with our whole being. When we are in Heaven, we shall love Him there, “face to face.” While we are yet on earth, we must love Him as He is present to us, within our hear...

“If any man wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me” (Mt 16:24). Whether it is to avoid sin, to better serve our neighbor, or simply to be more united with Christ crucified, we as Christians must be well-trained in the art of “saying no” to our irrational passions and inclinations, and governing the rational.

It should be of no surprise that prayer has preeminent importance for our spiritual lives. Yet hopefully now we are able to see why that is so. It is through prayer that our relationship with God plays out from day to day, and through it that our knowledge and love of Him grows and matures. As we saw above, prayer is essentially a humble attentiveness to God, seeking both from Him all that we need...