Podcasts

Father Dave offers some fatherly advice to a caller asking an age-old question: Why would a good God allow us to suffer?

Dan Cellucci, CEO of the Catholic Leadership Institute, discusses his OSV Initiative Talk, “What If They Don’t Come Back?” 

Caitlyn Kano. Executive Director of Compass Catholic ministries, discusses financial wellness and what role our faith can play in decisions about money. 

NT Wright, award-winning author and New Testament scholar, stops by the show to discuss his new book, “The New Testament in Its World: An Introduction to the History, Literature, and Theology of the First Christians.”

A woman whose husband has cancer shares the difficulty of maintaining her faith life and her marriage throughout such a difficult time. Father Dave shares some encouraging words for this trying period in their lives. (Original Air 04-20-17)

Lauren Green, Chief Religion Correspondent for Fox News, talks with Father Dave about her book, “Lighthouse Faith: God as a Living Reality in a World Immersed in Fog.” Lauren discusses old philosophical and theological principles and applies them to our modern lives. Original Air 4-23-18

Is it appropriate to decorate for Christmas during advent? A woman calls Father Dave saying that her family starts decorating their house on Christmas day and never before that. But she is wondering why almost everyone puts up Christmas decorations during the Advent season. Father Dave explains to her the history of putting up Christmas decorations and how it changed after Vatican II. (Original Air 12-21-16)

Author, speaker, wife, and mother, Kimberly Hahn chats with Father Dave about her Bible study book, “Chosen and Cherished: Biblical Wisdom for Your Marriage.” 

A fan named Patricia asks if we are required to fast during Advent, and uses the example of abstaining from meat on Fridays during Lent.

What are O Antiphons, and are they only used during Advent?