This Connected Podcast

Send us Fan Mail On this 33rd Episode of This Connected we thought we would do it different this time around and record off a live Instagram feed.  Although it was fun, it did have some technical audio difficulties.  This cast is a little low on the volume so please turn it up.  Joining me is special guest, Tony Pimentel who is the Middle School and High School Ministry Coordinator of Saint Oscar...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of This connected, we are joined by a former Net Missionary, who we met in 2016 when she came with her team to provide our parish a youth retreat.  She is from Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and we talk to her about what it was like to be a missionary in America, what she has been doing since and what has life been like during these times at home in Spain.  This Conne...

Send us Fan Mail This Connected Episode 31- Bonus Pandemic Episode.   We are living in an unprecedented time.  A Time of anxiety, of fear, of what we don’t know, of what we can’t see.  We are living in a time of stay home orders, loss of work, not being able to see family and friends, not being able to go to school. Not being able to go to worship God at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass together, in...

Send us Fan Mail EP 30 is an interview with Fr. Adam MacDonald, SVD of the Divine Word Missionaries.  We talk about whats going on at this current Pandemic and also vocations.  This podcast is an amazing listen from a holy priest who has great words that need to be heard and listened to.   We hope you like our podcast and if you would like to support please log into Patreon.com/ThisConnected . You...

Send us Fan Mail On episode 29 we talk about what’s been going on regarding the global Covid-19 pandemic and how it’s affecting our daily lives and routines. How our faith, the usual ways we connect is challenged. We speak to two callers who share ideas and things they and their church youth are continuing to connect during this period of crisis. | Thank you for listening. | If you like this episo...

Send us Fan Mail In episode 28, Catholic.dad and Carlos “the Goose-man” talk to a young married couple, Mr and Mrs Diego & Elizabeth Gamboa. The conversation was about the recent guidelines sent by the Bishop to all the churches regarding the proper reception of the Holy Eucharist. We continued the centuries old debate of reception on the tongue or the hand. | If you like this episode send us...

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 - Episode 27 is about the power of Intercessory Prayer. However this podcast is more than that. It is a story of the fruit of intercessory prayer. The life of Anna, who suffers from Pulmonary Hypertension, a disease that was to take her life 2-5 years after her diagnosis. Yet 13 years later, this blessed woman continues to bless others through her service and prayers. She...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 26 is an interview with newly ordained priest Fr Alex Rodarte. Ordained in 2017 he is currently assigned at St Adelaide Catholic Church in Highland California. Fr Alex is relatable and has a calm easy going demeanor that young and old are drawn to. In the podcast we talk about his vocation story as a local boy, graduating from Rialto High School, his first crush, to being...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 25 is a post Valentine’s Day Podcast. We share the answers our listeners wrote in as well as those people we spoke to live on the question - “what does love mean to you.” We hear from middle school, high school, young adults and mature adults as well as parent listeners who share their answers. We hope you find it as interesting as I did on the differences and similarities...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 24 is called “Behold Your Mother.” It is a conversation with four Catholic moms whose children are actively serving today. Listen to how these moms stay strong in faith, and have become moms to not just their own children but to all of the children. | If you like this episode send us a message or email to Catholic.dad50@gmail.com follow us on Instagram at Catholic.dad or o...

Send us Fan Mail Fr Brendan whose patron Saint is St Brendan the Navigator is - like his patron saint a fearless traveler. A Priest of the Society of St Columban who after 12 years as a Resident Priest at St Mary’s Parish bids them farewell to move to his next destination. Fr Brendan has touched many lives, been an example of humility and kindness to the parishioners of St Marys and especially the...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 22 we speak to a missionary group. This is our connection with them. | The Missionary Cenacle Familyare a spiritual family within the Catholic Church called the Missionary Cenacle Family. They have 4 branches. The Founders are Fr. Thomas A. Judge, CM, Mother Boniface Keasey, and Dr. Margaret Healy. In 1909 Fr. Thomas Augustine Judge, CM became more and more concerned about...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 21, Catholic.dad goes to the One Life LA prolife March, interviewing people going to the prolife March as well as people going to the women’s march. People riding the same train, going to the same destination breathing the same air and yet having views about life that may as well be two trains heading opposite directions. | Listen as how young people and people of all ages...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we interview two Los Angeles Police Officers who take their Catholic Faith to heart. Listen to the reality of what it’s like to be a police officer and the honest answers given to questions posed by our two youth cohosts Valeria and Carlos. | Send voice messages to https://anchor.fm/arnel-recio/message or email to Catholic.dad50@gmail.com follow us on Instagram at...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 18: Part 2 of “Unequally Yoked” is the continued conversation Catholic.dad has with a couple from two faith backgrounds who fell in love, got married and had a child. Find out how they met and what happens when God gets in the way and a conversion story of love begins. | Send voice messages to https://anchor.fm/arnel-recio/message or email to Catholic.dad50@gmail.com follo...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 18: Part 1 of “Unequally Yoked” is a conversation Catholic.dad has with a couple who fell in love but came from different faith backgrounds. Find out how they met and what happens when God gets in the way. | Send voice messages to https://anchor.fm/arnel-recio/message or email to Catholic.dad50@gmail.com follow us on Instagram at Catholic.dad or on Facebook at This Connect...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 17 is a Christmas special on being open to life. We feature a family with 6 children, who are home schooled, living out their Catholic Faith and giving us hope that it can be done. This fun episode puts Catholic.dad along with youth cohost David with kids age 3 to 14 on a conversation from how school is to how mom and dad met to singing Christmas carols. || Send voice mess...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 16 Podcast is about courage. The courage of two young people who with the support of the friends and family shares with us what it feels to be LGBTQ+ | Sharing their dreams and aspirations, challenges in the world and in their faith. This Connected with Catholic.dad brings to the table what families don’t talk about. Sometimes we just need to listen. | Send voice messages...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 15 of season 2 on Family, brings This Connected with Catholic.dad with youth cohost Luis to Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Chino, California where we interview Fr. Edmund Gomez. Listen as we ask the questions you submitted on the how he became a priest, how to stay strong in faith, homosexuality and the church and spiritual fatherhood. | Send voice messages to https://anc...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 14 PART 2 of Season 2 on Family. What’s in Part 2? Ugly crying, snot, Steubenville conferences, things that freak you out enough to keep you coming back - like the real presence? Hello? Scripture for this episode is the shortest episode ever. Look it up - Jesus wept. | Send voice messages to https://anchor.fm/arnel-recio/message or email to Catholic.dad50@gmail.com follow...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 14 part 1 begins our Season 2 on Family. In this two-part episode we drove all the way to Barstow to St Joseph’s Church to meet with the leaders to the Young Apostles Ministry. Why? Because they became family. Find out how and why encountering others becomes an encounter with God. | Send voice messages to https://anchor.fm/arnel-recio/message or email to Catholic.dad50@gma...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 13 is the last episode of our season 1. In front of a live audience of youth from St Marys Spanish and English Youth groups we talk to the Coordinator of Young Adult Ministry for the Diocese of San Bernardino, Brenda Noriega. Along with Victoria Ciudad Real and Andrea Guerrero we discuss everything from Christus Vivit to missionary discipleship and field questions from the...

Send us Fan Mail In episode 12: 23 in Me - more than the Latin Rite - we have a special guest - Catholic Speaker, Blogger & Vlogger, Rita Saikali from #thewordwithrita & Radio Lebanon, who talks to us why she loves Jesus. How she shares her faith and who she is a child of God. Rita is a Melkite Rite Catholic, who immigrated to United States at the age of 5. We talk about about how the Cath...

Send us Fan Mail Ministry Monday with Carlos brings to light ministries that serve the church. Carlos interviews members of Pan de Vida to share what they do and what services they provide. To contact Pan de Vida call 909-822-5670---  Remember to like, subscribe, and recommend to a friend. If you would like to help our podcast, you may become a patron on our Patreon page, or you may make a donatio...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 11 is about that “dark hole” we find ourselves. The emptiness we don’t talk about - depression, anxiety and other mental health issues - and puts to question our faith. In this Episode called Broken & Blessed, we listen to 5 young people who courageously share their story with the hope that maybe, just maybe it will help someone else. We find ourselves broken at times...