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This is the new Timely Thoughts segment for today's Remastered Timely Tuesday episode. Be sure to listen to the full episode linked in the show notes!   Shote Notes This Is Your City on Fentanyl (Charles Fain Lehman) 10/17/23 Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Q...

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses his latest article in Crisis Magazine evaluating the effectiveness of many parishes. In the next persecution, are the parishioners of St. Typical's more likely to rise to the occasion, or fall to the level of their training? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass.   Show Notes Parishes Preparing Their...

We welcome back Matt Archbold of Creative Minority Report to walk through some headlines and to discuss the evangelical power of a life lived joyfully. As global news continues to trend towards the bleak and the absurd, how can we remain faithful and happy warriors?   Show Notes That's a Lot of Police for a Convention of Joy. Hmmm… | Creative Minority Report 'Terrifying development': New U.S. Army...

We welcome back Fr John Paul Kern, O.P to discuss Marian devotion and the second Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage. Father McTeigue finishes with Timeless Thoughts, using the writings of the saints to further encourage prayer of the Rosary. Show Notes Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage 2024 Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage Novena Card The Hillbilly Thomists Indulgences | Catholic Answers Encyclopedia Fr. Gregory Pi...

We welcome back Rafael Mangual of The Manhattan Institute to discuss his article in City Journal on recent police reform movements. How do we begin to have a sober conversation on this topic, what would it take to honestly admit what went wrong, and what needs to be done to fix it? Show Notes Can We Get Back to Tougher Policing? | City Journal When Race Trumps Merit: How the Pursuit of Equity Sacr...

This is the new Weekend Readiness segment for today's Remastered Let's Talk About This episode. Be sure to listen to the full episode linked in the show notes.   Show Notes The Dark Gods Have Returned (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 3/15/24 Daily Readings for August 18th, 2024 Death of Sr. Agnes Sasagawa, locutionist of Our Lady of Akita Photo Released of Would-Be Assassin Thomas Crooks Walking Around...

We welcome back Sarah Cain, known as the Crusader Gal to discuss nationalism, a two-tiered justice system, and the riots in England. What can Americans learn from both the causes and the effects?   Show Notes The Crusader Gal Homefront Crusade English Riots: A Prelude to Civil War? Silkie Carlo: Get ready for the crackdown Keir Starmer uses the disorder as an opportunity to lay the foundations for...

We welcome back Kathleen Carr of the Catholic Arti Institute to discuss the Catholic imagination and the deep impact of theology on works of sacred art. Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes Conference 2024 | Catholic Art Institute Reverent Catholic Mass Home | Stabat Mater Foundation St. John Cantius Church As Hundreds of Churches Sit Empty, Some Become Malls and Restaurants Sacred Art...

We welcome back Shawn Carney of 40 Days for Life to discuss abortion as an area of concern in the upcoming election. How can we prevent ourselves from being overwhelmed when facing pro-abortion argumentation? Show Notes 40 Days for Life 40 Days for Life | Search Your Location Day 41 Magazine To the Heart of the Matter: The 40-Day Companion to Live a Culture of Life What to Say When: The Complete N...

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses the deadly allure of normalcy bias when it comes to spiritual warfare. What are we to do when we discover that something other than God has a hold on us? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes Anything but helpless during this dark time: Let us call on this power Both Christ and Satan have...

We welcome back Fr. Francisco Nahoe of Zaytuna College to discuss the result of aggressive secularism seen in the blasphemous displays both in the Olympic opening ceremony and a lesser reported story in Austria. Why is the violently profane presented as sacred within modern art?   Show Notes Cardinal Müller condemns statue of Virgin Mary giving birth displayed in Austrian cathedral | Catholic News...

We welcome Sister Renée Mirkes of the Pope Paul VI Institute to discuss her latest article in Catholic World Report on derailed desire, rights, and the many grave errors of IVF. How can couples carrying the Cross of infertility glorify God in their efforts to expand their family?   Show Notes The tyranny of in vitro fertilization Pope Paul VI Institute Contact the Center for NaProEthics – Pope Pau...

We welcome back Matt Archbold of Creative Minority Report to discuss the newly announced vice presidential candidate, the Olympics, and media gaslighting. How are faithful Catholics to stay sane in the culture of lies? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes What You Need to Know About Tim Walz. Stop Being Gaslit. They Hate You. News Media Beclowns Themselves, All Using the word "Weird" t...

We welcome back Fr. John Perricone to discuss his recent article in Crisis Magazine on the priesthood. How have generations of degrading the masculine created a culture of defeated men, and what is really needed to address the vocation crisis in the Church? Show Notes The Priest as Hercules - Crisis Magazine Goodbye Good Men By Michael S. Rose Bring Back the Box Do Men Need to Apologize for Mascul...

This is the new Weekend Readiness segment for today's Remastered Let's Talk About This episode. Be sure to listen to the full episode linked in the show notes.   Show Notes What Can We Learn from Nineveh? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 4/5/24 Pete Buttigieg: 'Men Are More Free' When Abortion Is Legal   'It's Evil': Fans Erupt in Anger After Olympic Boxer Alleged to Have Male Chromosomes, Defeats Fema...

We welcome back Elisabeth Sullivan of the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education to discuss a unified Logos-centered vision of Catholic education. How can educating for freedom, wisdom, and virtue counter the secular pragmatism of current model-based educational fads? Show Notes The Institute for Catholic Liberal Education ICLE Launches Formation Program for Diocesan Educational Leaders Annual C...

We welcome back Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J. of Ignatius Press to discuss St. Ignatius of Loyola on this, his feast day. Who is Ignatius of Loyola, and how has his vision affected both the Church and the World? Show Notes Ignatius Press A Pilgrim's Journey: The Autobiography of St. Ignatius of Loyola "Lord, I Want to See": How to Keep Your Spiritual Eyes Open The Examen Prayer: Ignatian Wisdom for Our...

We welcome back author and scholar Raymond Ibrahim to discuss the Paris Olympics and the true history of the conflict between Islam and Christendom. Should we really be surprised by what we saw on display? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.   Show Notes The Muslim Persecution of Christians Reports - Archive Is Paris Burning? | Dominique Lapierre Is Paris Burning? | IMDB   Media Cover Up the Jih...

We welcome back John Horvat of Tradition Family and Property to discuss his latest article in The Imaginative Conservative. What can the opening ceremony of the Olympics teach us about the First Commandment and the mystery of iniquity?   Show Notes Why Everyone Needs the First Commandment ~ The Imaginative Conservative Blasphemy | EWTN   There used to be a better class of atheist A Brief History o...

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses patience, courage, and the valley of soul-making. Are the faithful being trained to respond well in times of trial and persecution? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes Faith, Hope, Love - Josef Pieper Christendom Lost and Found: Meditations for a Post Post-Christian Era Doomscrolling Pa...

We welcome back Dr. Michael Pakaluk of the Catholic University of America to discuss his latest in The Catholic Thing. How has federal funding changed the Church's voice in civil matters, and what does it really mean to form your conscience in these times? Show Notes Reason Amid the Ruins - The Catholic Thing U.S. National Debt Clock : Real Time (usdebtclock.org) The reconstruction of the Republic...

We welcome back Steven Mosher of the Population Research Institute to continue the discussion on China with his latest with TAN Books. What caused the Vatican's shift in policy towards China in recent history, and what price is being paid as a result? Show Notes The Devil and Communist China: From Mao Down to Xi Population Research Institute Bishop Fulton Sheen and Chairman Mao Agreed: Hate Drives...

We welcome back Matt Archbold of Creative Minority Report to discuss the commitment to untruth as seen in recent news headlines. Who benefits from widespread isolation and a spirit of perpetual distrust? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.   Show Notes Creative Minority Report I'm No Conspiracy Theorist but… You Don't Despise the Media Enough. – Creative Minority Report The Would Be Assassin has...

We welcome back Dr. Darrick Taylor of the Controversies in Church History podcast to discuss the intellectual and cultural influence of Germany within the Catholic Church. How has the contemporary Church been shaped by German figures, and what is the likely result of the "German Synodal Way"?   Show Notes Controversiae Ecclesiasticae | Controversies in Church History Podcast Dr. Taylor's Substack...

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses the spiritual response necessary to combat the evil seen in recent days. What will it take to cast off business-as-usual Catholicism and to undergo a true hard reset? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass.   Show Notes Emergency Episode: Special Forces Sniper Explains Trump Shooting - Tim Kennedy Ass...