The Deus Vult Podcast

Welcome to the Church, Shia LaBeouf!  The actor of Holes, Transformers, and Fury  fame has discovered Christ and the Church through his study of Padre Pio of Pietrelcina and his immersion in Catholic culture, especially Holy Mass.   Pray for his perseverance and continued growth as he begins this new chapter in life.

To Hell with "fitting in."   Installment X (ten) of The Screwtape Series.

One of the most common things people get wrong about the Papacy is the principle of Papal Infallibility.

What is Sacred Music?  The priests engage in conversation about the true nature of sacred music with two experienced Church Musicians: Stephen Stachofsky frequent cantor for the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Fort Wayne (and member of the Storytelling Breakdown podcast: storytellingbreakdown.com) and Richard Kochel, Music Director at Saint Jude Parish, Fort Wayne:   Other Resources: Catho...

Catholic Culture, encouraged by the little things, lived magnanimously. 

Defining "Scrupulous" and providing some help for those who struggle with scrupulosity.

In response to Dr. Jordan Peterson's recent video  Message to the Christian Churches. 

Of the 2022 Sacra Liturgia Conference and the Benedict XVI Institute.   "Reform of the Reform" or TLM?

Congratulations to Fr. LeeAllen Fortin on his ordination to the Priesthood of Jesus Christ. Ad Multos Annos. 

Two former protestants talk about their conversion experience: roadblocks, challenges, joys and all. Huge thanks to the Perkinses for coming on the show.

On a particular virtue of monastic life and it's real benefit to the everyday Catholic.  "The fourth class of monks is called Gyrovagi (or Wanderers). These move about all their lives through various countries, staying as guests for three or four days at different monasteries. They are always on the move and have no stability, and are slaves to their own wills and to the enticements of g...

On proper, Catholic merry-making. 

The DVP hosts dive into the depth of the Veni Sancte Spiritus , sometimes called the Golden Sequence, drawing out the poetic beauty and symbolism of this ancient hymn of the Solemn Feast of Pentecost.

The DVP hosts return to the subject of the USCCB's Eucharistic Revival: an initiative to assist Catholics in the rediscovery of their identity in the Most Blessed Sacrament. The Fathers focus on the final encyclical of Pope Saint John Paul II: Ecclesia De Eucharistia and touch on how this thorough and thoughtful document must be given attention in the life of the Church today.   Ecclesia De E...

The life of Faith has heights and valleys. When the valley comes, don't forsake the journey.

Jesus Christ is truly present in the poor.

***  IMPORTANT  CORRECTION:  The date of the Eucharistic procession in Warsaw, IN is Sunday, June 19th.  ***  On proper reception of Holy Communion.  In response to the crisis concerning belief in the Real Presence of Christ in the Most Blessed Sacrament, the US bishops have encouraged a period of prayer, catechesis, and evangelization   over the course of the next three years. Father Dan and Fath...

The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke are known to many as the synoptics, seemingly leaving Saint John to himself. Fr. Stephen shows that it's clear the Gospel writers were doing more riffing off each other than some might give them credit for. 

Here you will find the final installment of the three-part series on the Orator, Member of Parliament, Author, Historian, Economist, Apologist, Jack-of-all-trades-and-master-of-many, Catholic man himself, Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc.  Known as 'Old Thunder' to his family, 'Hilaire' to his friends, 'Belloc' to his enemies, and 'Beloved Son' to his God,...

Fathers Stephen and Dan look back on the recent Sacred Triduum and Easter Day, the glories and the sorrows both.

A look at the life of Hilaire Belloc. Thanks to Joseph Pearce's work  Old Thunder.

Slava Ukraini.  Immaculate Virgin Mother, Queen of Peace, Pray for us.

Thanks to Mr. Chris Lushis for coming on the show and continually showing us how Mary is at the center of the Christian Life, ever pointing us to her Son.   Sede Sapientiae - Seat of Wisdom  The Correspondence of Saint Ignatius and Our Lady: https://aleteia.org/2019/02/01/when-the-virgin-mary-wrote-a-letter-to-st-ignatius-of-antioch/

Two of the most Catholic Personalities ever to exist... No, not Fr. Dan or Fr. Stephen.  Old Thunder on the Shepherd of the Mournes.  Full text: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/yimcatholic/2014/03/hilaire-belloc-on-st-patrick.html

The Batman.