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New Life for Liturgical Music? (Dr. Jennifer Donelson-Nowicka) 11/5/24

Release Date: 11/05/2024

Ask Father Mailbag #7 (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 2/21/25

The Catholic Current

Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. opens up the mailbag in this edition of Let’s Talk About This, answering listener questions for the first three segments of the show before finishing with Weekend Readiness to prepare you for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes

Tough Talk About Culture (John Horvat II) 2/20/25

The Catholic Current

John Horvat joins the show to talk about the good, the true, and the beautiful, and how our society has abandoned these pillars. How might we reinsert them back into the lives of our children, and build a truly Catholic culture? Show Notes

Let’s Take A Closer Look: Are You Guilty of This?

The Catholic Current

The fallacy of explaining something clearly and expecting people to understand and accept what you say is fraught with disaster. Following St. Bernadette's example, we can avoid this pitfall. Let's take a closer look.

Goodbye to DEI? (Fr. John Perricone) 2/18/25

The Catholic Current

We welcome back Fr. John Perricone, professor of philosophy at Iona College in New Rochelle, NY, as Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J., talks about the demise of DEI. What would a real Catholic education look like if there were no DEI? Father also finishes with timely thoughts. Show Notes:

Let’s Take A Closer Look: Good Preaching is Like Mortal Sin

The Catholic Current

How could it be that the fundamental elements of mortal sin and good preaching would be the same? Let's take a closer look.

Why Won’t We Help Our Children to Be Holy? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 2/14/25

The Catholic Current

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses raising mature disciples of Christ. Can we offer our children an example better than flowchart theology at St. Typical's? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes

Poverty: It’s Where the Money Is (Michael Hichborn) 2/13/25

The Catholic Current

We welcome back Michael Hichborn of the Lepanto Institute to discuss ideological colonialism, DOGE, and the untold history of USAID. Was USAID really immoral from its very beginning? Show Notes

Let’s Take A Closer Look: Magic and Martyrs

The Catholic Current

How did martyrs do it? Grace is not magic, nor does it happen by chance. Let's take a closer look.

Is Everything Fake? (Matt Archbold) 2/11/25

The Catholic Current

We welcome back Matt Archbold of Creative Minority Report to discuss DOGE, grift, and restoring sanity to women's sports. What are we to make of the response of those in government who prefer to both work and spend in secret? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes

Let’s Take a Closer Look: Don’t Fix the Mass

The Catholic Current

What if you are at Mass and the priest says, "In the name of the creator, the redeemer, and the sanctifier." What would you do? Let's take a closer look.

More Episodes

We welcome Dr. Jennifer Donelson-Nowicka of The Church Music Association of America to discuss Sacred Music, true active participation, and developing proper disposition of the soul in the liturgy. Should we ever settle for bad music in Mass? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.

Show Notes

Dr. Jennifer Donelson-Nowicka | Website

Catholic Institute of Sacred Music

Sacred Music Resources | Jennifer Donelson

The Sacred Music Podcast

The Via Pulchritudinis, Way of Beauty

Hymns Deemed “Doctrinally Problematic” by the USCCB | Diocese of Jefferson City

Beauty for Truth's Sake: On the Re-enchantment of Education: Stratford Caldecott

WARNING: The Music at Mass May Be Harmful to Your Soul

What Many Priests No Longer Believe | Homiletic & Pastoral Review

The Problem With “Mary Did You Know”

In Tune With The World: A Theory of Festivity- Josef Pieper