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Untangling the New Document on Human Dignity (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 4/19/24

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue finishes his week long analysis of Dignitas Infinita. What is the most important duty of the Church, and what might the emphasis in recent Vatican documents lead one to believe the answer is? What context must we read this document in? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes Declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith "Dignitas Infinita" on Human Dignity Tametsi Futura Prospicientibus (November 1, 1900) | LEO XIII  Dignitas Infinita and the Idolization of Man - Crisis Magazine On the Question of Human Dignity - The Lepanto Institute The Cult of the Imperial Self A Brief Reader on the Virtues of the Human Heart - Josef Pieper PE Coach Pairs Unmotivated Students to Run with Shelter Dogs–Adoptions Soar  Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Undermining Human Dignity? (Dr. Michael Pakaluk) 4/18/24

We welcome back Dr. Michael Pakaluk of the Catholic University of America to discuss Grace, sin, and the odd silences within Dignitas Infinita. Why is the Gospel urgency missing from a document on human dignity, and what has replaced it?   Show Notes Dr. Pakaluk Tweet: "I've so far only defended 'Infinity Dignity' in print. But there's plenty wrong with it..." What's Right about 'Infinite Dignity' - The Catholic Thing  The Dangers of Half-Truths | Michael Pakaluk | First Things The Other Footnote in Amoris Laetitia | Michael Pakaluk | First Things By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment Yes, Some Moral Acts Are Disordered—Here's Why – Catholic World Report Can There Ever Be a Just War? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 03/25/22 Anger: When is It Time to Pull the Pin? SUMMA THEOLOGIAE: The vices opposed to perseverance (Secunda Secundae Partis, Q. 138) The Catechism of The Council of Trent Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Human Dignity and the Gender Agenda (Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse) 4/17/24

We welcome back Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse from The Ruth Institute to discuss the strong statements against gender ideology within Dignitas Infinita. How can this document be useful for Catholics working in the public square? Show Notes Declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith "Dignitas Infinita" on Human Dignity Is the Pope Catholic After All? | Jennifer Roback Morse and The Ruth Institute Substack Jennifer Roback Morse and The Ruth Institute Substack Yes, Some Moral Acts Are Disordered—Here's Why – Catholic World Report Gender Ideology's Verbal Engineering| National Catholic Register Gender Ideology's Verbal Engineering, Part 2: An Irrational Agenda That Few Want| National Catholic Register Believe data, not activists: Transgenderism among kids is mostly a fad The Ruth Institute Allied Organizations | #ResistPride The Ruth Institute | Top 5 Myths Dr J Show Archives – Ruth Institute The Sexual State: How Elite Ideologies are Destroying Lives and Why the Church Was Right All Along A Brief History of Our Annihilation - Crisis Magazine The Ruth Institute's Transgender Resource Center Courage International Who Is Silencing Therapists? (Fr. Paul Sullins) 1/3/24 Why Transgenderism? Why Now? (Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse/Dr. Paul Hruz) 11/7/22 Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

What Really Is Human Dignity? (Fr. John Perricone) 4/16/24

We welcome back Fr. John Perricone of Iona College to continue the discussion on Dignitas Infinita. What does Catholic tradition have to say about the true nature of human dignity? Fr. McTeigue finishes with Timely Thoughts.   Show Notes Declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith "Dignitas Infinita" on Human Dignity Sacrosanctum Concilium: A Lawyer Examines the Loopholes  On the Question of Human Dignity - The Lepanto Institute Does Jesus Love You Just the Way You Are? - Crisis Magazine Is Opposition to Illegal Immigration a Sin? - Crisis Magazine By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment Can There Ever Be a Just War? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 03/25/22 The First (Bitter) Fruits of Synodality (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 11/17/23 The Screwtape Letters Narrated by John Cleese - Complete Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Learning to Live with Dignitas Infinita (Dr. Anne Hendershott) 4/15/24

We welcome back Dr. Anne Hendershott of Franciscan University of Steubenville to begin our week-long discussion on Dignitas Infinita. What is moral mumbling, and what ought to have been highlighted in the document? Is this all the Church can say about human dignity?   Show Notes   Declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith "Dignitas Infinita" on Human Dignity Hiring for Mission at Catholic Colleges and Universities - Crisis Magazine Yes, Some Moral Acts Are Disordered—Here's Why – Catholic World Report The Politics of Envy - Dr. Anne Hendershott Status Envy: The Politics of Catholic Higher Education The Politics of Deviance: Dr. Anne Hendershott Real Philosophy for Real People: Tools for Truthful Living - Audiobook Now Available! What's Catholic about Catholic Higher Education? (Dr. Anne Hendershott) 3/6/24 Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Easter—More than Just a Season (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 4/12/24

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses life within the Easter season. How can you know that you lived Lent well, and if you didn't, how can you reform your life now to be ready should God grant you another Lent? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass.   Show Notes Four Signs you might not be ready for Easter (but there's still time!)  Why celebrate Easter joy amid tears and flames?  How to make Easter the connecting thread of past, present, and future  Three Tasks that Easter demands of us  Good Friday by Christina Rossetti | Aleteia A Brief Reader on the Virtues of the Human Heart - Josef Pieper Edward Feser: Two problems with Dignitas Infinita Harvard student calls Chris Rufo's anti-plagiarism campaign racist, proposes reviewing ALL college faculty | Not the Bee Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Are There Limits to Religious Obedience? (Dr. Peter Kwasniewski) 4/11/24

We welcome back Dr. Peter Kwasniewski to discuss the second half of his latest book from Angelico Press in light of the recent document from Rome. How are we to respond to confused and confusing directives?   Show Notes Bound by Truth: Authority, Obedience, Tradition, and the Common Good by Peter Kwasniewski | Angelico Press Tradition and Sanity by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski | Substack Dr. Peter Kwasniewski | Website True Obedience in the Church: A Guide to Discernment in Challenging Times Good Music, Sacred Music, and Silence: Three Gifts of God for Liturgy and for Life Cantabo Domino Obedience and Hope In Times of Trial (Dr. Peter Kwasniewski & Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J.) 04/13/22 Does the Church Need Good Music? (Dr. Peter Kwasniewski) 7/13/23 Christendom Lost and Found: Meditations for a Post Post-Christian Era St. Joseph's Apprentice Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

A First Look at Rome’s New Document on Human Dignity (Fr. Gerald Murray) 4/10/24

We welcome back Pastor and canon lawyer Fr. Gerald Murry of EWTN to begin the discussion on the newest Vatican document on human dignity. Why is the United Nations being cited as a credible source, and why isn't Quas Primas and the social reign of Christ the King?   Show Notes  Declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith "Dignitas Infinita" on Human Dignity By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment Jesus didn't "turn the other cheek"—neither should you Thomas Aquinas: De Regno | English & Latin Encyclical of Pope Pius XI on the Feast of Christ the King Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Retrieving Sacred Art (Kathleen Carr) 4/9/24

We welcome Kathleen Carr of the Sacred Art Institute to discuss the universal need for beauty in the life of man. How does the absence of liturgical beauty affect us, and how can sacred art aid in evangelization? Father Finishes with Timely Thoughts.   Show Notes Mediocrity Will Convert No One, but Beauty Will: The Purpose of Sacred Art in the Modern World| National Catholic Register Catholic Art Institute Catholic Art Institute - YouTube Conference 2024 | Catholic Art Institute Sacred Art Prize Gallery 2023 | Catholic Art Institute Sacred Art Prize Gallery 2022 | Catholic Art Institute Sacred Art Prize Gallery 2021 | Catholic Art Institute Sacred Art Prize Gallery 2020 | Catholic Art Institute Way of Beauty Art Tour – National Gallery of Art, Saturday Apr 13, 2024 The Cult of the Imperial Self Fynders Keepers Brokerage and Church Supply Looking for Jesus at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Letter to Artists, (April 4, 1999) | John Paul II Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Following the Unfaithful? (Eric Sammons) 4/8/24

We welcome back Eric Sammons of Crisis Magazine to discuss gimmick, pandering, and the utter farce by those in authority who call for us to be a "listening Church". Why write and then pay attention to surveys meant to pander to those who do not believe?   Show Notes Following the Unfaithful - Crisis Magazine The False Hope of a "More Apostolic Church" - CatholicCitizens.org  The Faithful Departed: The Collapse of Boston's Catholic Culture | Phil Lawler Courage International  The Cult of the Imperial Self The False Hope of a "More Apostolic Church" - CatholicCitizens.org Happy Despite Them: The four groups entirely excluded by the Synod Excluded From the Synod? (Leila Lawler) 11/15/23 I'd Like to Tell the 2015 Synod Fathers about my Friend, Pete Alternatives to Pride (Fr. Kyle Schnippel) 6/15/23 Being Prepared for Tough Talk at Thanksgiving (Fr. Bochanski) 11/24/21 Models of Courageous Love (Fr. Philip Bochanski) 07/26/21 Does the Church Hate Homosexuals? (Fr. Bochanski) 11/21/18 Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

What Can We Learn from Nineveh? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 4/5/24

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses Nineveh, repentance, and Psalm 78. What does it take to bring about conversion, in ourself and in others? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass.   Show Notes Psalm 78 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition This 28-year-old Dutch woman is scheduled to be euthanized in May because she is depressed and it's sad how happy she seems about it | Not the Bee 87-year-old concentration camp survivor is one of 11 pro-lifers recently arrested by FBI Message of Akita on 50th Anniversary Is More Timely Than Ever Doomscrolling Past Christ French government cracks down on priest who said homosexual relations are sinful Michigan mayor says he's been asked to stop the eclipse | Not the Bee Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Hope is a Choice, Not a Feeling (Matt Archbold) 4/4/24

We welcome back Matt Archbold of Creative Minority Report to discuss the virtue of Hope in light of the Resurrection. If Christians are called to be out-of-sync with the desires of the world, why do so many compromise to try and fit in?   Show Notes 28 Year Old Netherlands Woman to Legally Commit Suicide for Depression – Creative Minority Report Biden Honors Transgender Visibility Day While Demanding No Religious Messages on Easter Eggs. – Creative Minority Report Out with Christianity and In with ??? - Creative Minority Report Orrin Tucker - I've Been Waiting For Your Phone Call For 18 Years Beware of "Hopium" and "Copium" Despair, Presumption, and Other Falsehoods (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 6/9/23 Beware of Hopium and Copium (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 3/24/23 Can Pain Be a Near Occasion of Sin? Why Can't We Reason With Pain and Sin? How to Unite Mind, Soul, and Body Against Sin Faith, Hope, Love - Josef Pieper Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

A Hero You’ve Never Heard Of (Joseph Pearce) 4/3/24

We welcome back Joseph Pearce to discuss an article in his Unsung Heroes of Christendom series in Crisis Magazine highlighting E.F. Schumacher. What can an economist teach us about the true meaning of the phrase "the common good"?   Show Notes Joseph's Website The Unsung Convert Who Converted Millions to Catholic Teaching - Crisis Magazine Unsung Heroes of Christendom - Crisis Magazine Small is Still Beautiful: Economics as if Families Mattered | Joseph Pearce Return to Order: From A Frenzied Economy to An Organic Christian Society – Where We've Been, How We Got Here, and Where We Need to Go Rerum Novarum: On Capital and Labor (Pope Leo XIII, 1891) Quadragesimo Anno: Reconstruction of the Social Order (Pope Pius XI, 1931) Centesimus Annus: On Catholic Social Teaching (Pope John Paul II, 1991) Thomas Aquinas: De Regno | English & Latin Small Is Beautiful ( 1973) E. F. Schumacher | Internet Archive  What is Distributism? Understanding a Controversial Alternative to Socialism and Plutocracy - The Imaginative Conservative  Hilaire Belloc and the Catholic Cultural Revival - Crisis Magazine Reclaiming the Trades: A New of Form of Higher Education (Mike Sullivan) 12/19/23 Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Finishing the Homeschool Year Strong (Mary Carmichael) 4/2/24

We welcome back Mary Carmichael of Homeschool Flip House to discuss humility, flexibility, and the importance of fostering community in the creation of a successful homeschool family. What's the real purpose of education, and why is that so easy to lose track of? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.   Show Notes Homeschool Flip House Teaching from Rest: A Homeschooler's Guide to Unshakable Peace - Sarah Mackenzie Leisure: The Basis of Culture - Josef Pieper Is Homeschooling Right for Your Family? (Mary Carmichael) 8/3/22 Mid-Term Homeschool Checkup (Mary Carmichael) 11/21/22 Examination of Conscience" for Homeschooling Parents Catholic Homeschool Community Are We Educating for Freedom? Does Modern Education Endanger the Soul? How They Lit New York For Easter - 1956 Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Celebrating Life’s Victories (Shawn Carney) 4/1/24

We welcome back Shawn Carney of 40 Days for Life to discuss the attractiveness of Truth, the repulsiveness of "at least" Catholicism, and the joy that comes from fighting on the winning side. How are we to celebrate our victories without resting on our laurels? Show Notes 40 Days for Life 40 Days for Life | Search Your Location Day 41 Magazine DAY 41: Late-Term Abortion Halted on Operating Table! To the Heart of the Matter: The 40-Day Companion to Live a Culture of Life What to Say When: The Complete New Guide to Discussing Abortion Thomas Aquinas: De Regno | English & Latin Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!