Theology on Tap - Orange County

God has blessed every believer with spiritual gifts. But, for what purpose and how do I assess what gift God has given me?  In this talk, Tim discusses how the church is at its healthiest state when the members are using their God given gift for His glory and the uplifting of God’s people. Click here to take the Spiritual Gifts Assessment [PDF] Spiritual Gifts Definitions Tim grew up in Michigan a...

Fr. Glenn Baaten, is the pastor of  St. John Henry Newman  and chaplain of the  Santiago Retreat Center. In his talk, he shared how we as Christians can navigate the secular world and be the light. Are Christians being backed into a corner? How can Christians (Catholics, Protestants, and Orthodox) transform Cancel Culture into Gospel Culture? What change can Christians affect in the midst of a div...

Jess Echeverry , is the Founder and Executive Director of SOFESA , a non-profit dedicated to helping homeless and low-income families in Southern California since 1999. She shared her story of years of homelessness and how she ultimately found healing thru personal relationships. She also addressed some myths surrounding homelessness and how Catholic Social Teaching is the solution. "What dif...

Cristofer Pereyra is the CEO of Tepeyac Leadership, Inc. (TLI), a non-profit organization dedicated to civic leadership development for lay Catholic professionals. This organization provides a catalyst development experience which equips professionals to become virtuous leaders, influencing the culture and serving the common good. Baptized Christians have a duty to be the light of the world, illum...

This talk was given by Charles Coulombe on September 2016 at Valiant Brewery.

For August, we featured Chris Weir, Executive Director of The Camino Schools, to talk about the Christian vision on Education. How does the Christian approach to education differ from the modern/secular approach? In what ways can we gradually open ourselves and pave this vision for future generations? What does it look like in the real world? Here are some of the references from the talk: The Inst...

Matt Garvey is a member of the Dunamis Team of Spirit Filled Hearts Ministry . He worked for 4 years in machine learning and artificial intelligence prior to his reversion to Jesus Christ. For this episode of Theology on Tap OC, he shared his faith journey, how to surrender to the Spirit, and be more intentional in prayer. If you find Theology on Tap OC helpful, please prayerfully consider giving...

Stefano Ganddini, Principal of AMDG Marketing , a boutique digital marketing firm in SoCal for Catholic businesses & organizations whose mission is to use the power of digital media for the greater glory of God. Stefano shared his profound testimony of conversion to Jesus Christ from New Age Spirituality. He also exposed why New Age Spirituality so deceptive and prevalent in our culture. And g...

Charles Coulombe, is the nephew of the author and historian, Charles Coulombe. Charles (the Less, as he refers to himself) is a native of LA & who has been a Master of Ceremonies in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite for over 20 years. He spoke about the role of laity and active participation at Mass using the methods of St. Ignatius of Loyola, particularly the Composition of Place. Do w...

The First Apology was one of the earliest examples of Catholic apologetics addressed by St. Justin Martyr to the Roman Emperor⁠ ⁠Antoninus Pius⁠. In addition to arguing against the persecution of individuals solely for being Christian, Justin also provides the Emperor with a defense of the philosophy of Christianity and a detailed explanation of contemporary Christian practices and rituals.

Adrian is a Catholic convert from Protestantism. He graduated with honors from CSULB with a Bachelors in Philosophy, and has taken grad courses from the Talbot School of Theology at Biola University. He has one minor publication on the ethics of trophy hunting. He has been volunteering at several parishes as a catechist over the last 7 years, and currently teaches History and Religion at a Catholi...

Here are some notable quotations from Pope Leo XIII's encyclical: "The contention, then, that the civil government should at its option intrude into and exercise intimate control over the family and the household is a great and pernicious error. True, if a family finds itself in exceeding distress, utterly deprived of the counsel of friends, and without any prospect of extricating itself,...

Richard Pintang, the founder and host of  ⁠@thecatholicdadcast⁠ , talked about what it truly means to be a father of faith through stories, biblical references, and teachings of the Church. How can we gain a deeper appreciation for fathers and father figures? How do we cultivate a passion for fatherhood that is rooted in love, sacrifice, and commitment to the family? How do we encourage men to est...

Theology on Tap OC's first talk for 2023 featured Deacon Bernie Ocampo of St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Irvine . He spoke on how the smallest unit of society, the family, plays a role not just in the economy, but also politically in terms of subsidiarity. The closing discussion and Q&A was led by the lead organizer, Louie Calma. Family is the original cell of social life ( CCC 2207 )....

This episode of Theology on Tap - Orange County podcast is from Dr. Robert Llizo's talk on July 26, 2015. He is an Associate Professor of History at Houston Christian University. More info about Dr. Llizo at https://hc.edu/contact/robert-llizo/

This talk was from Fr. John Farao's Theology on Tap OC talk in September 2015. Fr. John discusses some of the theology surrounding exorcism, and explains why it is still very much needed in our church.

The following reading is from Venerable Fulton J. Sheen’s Preface to Volume 1 of the American Edition of "Radio Replies" (1938). This is where the famous quote of Bishop Sheen, "There are not over a hundred people in the United States who hate the Catholic Church. There are millions, however, who hate what they wrongly believe to be the Catholic Church... As a matter of fact, if we Catholics belie...

As a bonus for St. Valentine's Day, the following reading is from the Rite of Christian Marriage in the 1962 Rituale Romanum and it has two parts: The Instruction on the Day of Marriage and the Exhortation before Marriage . The Instruction is attributed to The Most Reverend William O. Brady who served as Archbishop of Saint Paul MN from 1956-1961. The Exhortation is a well-known homily and the ori...

The Emperor Trajan asked Ignatius, "Do we not then seem to you to have the gods in our mind, whose assistance we enjoy in fighting against our enemies?" St. Ignatius rebukes the emperor saying, "You are in error when you call the demons of the nations gods. For there is but one God, who made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that are in them; and one Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of Go...

From Chapter 8 of St. Ignatius's Epistle, "See that you all follow the bishop, even as Jesus Christ does the Father, and the presbytery as you would the apostles; and reverence the deacons, as being the institution of God. Let no man do anything connected with the Church without the bishop. Let that be deemed a proper Eucharist, which is [administered] either by the bishop, or by one to whom he ha...

In paragraph 7, Pope Pius XI states: "It is therefore as important to make no mistake in education, as it is to make no mistake in the pursuit of the last end, with which the whole work of education is intimately and necessarily connected. In fact, since education consists essentially in preparing man for what he must be and for what he must do here below, in order to attain the sublime end for wh...

In paragraph 10, Pope Benedict XIV states, "... We exhort you not to listen to those who say that today the issue of usury is present in name only, since gain is almost always obtained from money given to another. How false is this opinion and how far removed from the truth! We can easily understand this if we consider that the nature of one contract differs from the nature of another. By the same...

Are Catholics single-issue voters? Does the Catholic Church recognize a separation between Church and State? These were few of the questions Chris addressed in his talk. Below are Chris's sources: [YouTube] Homily by F.r John Nepil [PDF] Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship - USCCB [Book] Render Unto Caesar by Archbishop Charles Chaput [PDF] Catholic Answers Voter’s Guide for Serious C...

Louie Calma, one of the instituted Acolytes serving St. John Henry Newman Catholic Church , spoke about the 4 Marian Dogmas, and not only what they are, but how they can deepen your relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. Who is Mary? Why are Catholics so fixated upon her? And why are there dogmas about Mary? If you find Theology on Tap OC helpful, please prayerfully consider giving a one-time or...

Advent is a great opportunity to deeply ponder the central tenet of the Christian faith: that God showed up in the FLESH. The Gospels account many times in which reverence became the instinctive disposition whenever one authentically opened himself to the power of Jesus Christ. Reverence, the fear of the Lord, and awe are all underrated in our modern approach to worship. For December's Theology on...