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Our Biblical Theology series keeps rolling along, and this time, the boys take on something that gets everyone's blood pressure boiling: economics. What are the ways the current usage of the word obscures both a deeper theological meaning of the term AND the way money/lending/exchange, etc. are understood in Scripture? What are the ways that Scripture forces us to reconsider how we understand wealth in our communities and in our personal lives? This and more right here on UCG!
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Starting a new series on "Biblical Theology," the boys briefly discuss what that means (over against "scriptural studies" on one hand or "theology" more generally on the other--shout out to Benedict XVI!), and then dive into their first subject: Prophecy. What are contemporary misunderstandings, how can a fuller account help us understand Scripture better, and how does the Scriptural vision of Prophecy help us make sense of things here and now (and yes, both Fatima Secrets and Algorithms make guest appearances!)
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- Man Up! with Joe Stopulos
- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson
- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr
- Be Not Afraid with Fr. Fabian Moncada and Fr. Bruce Riebe
- Be Not Afraid en Español con el P. Fabián Moncada
- Making it Personal with Bishop William Joensen
- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
- The Great Men of the Bible with Joe Stopulos
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- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith
- The Daily Mass from St. Francis of Assisi
- The Daily Mass from St. Pius X
- The Daily Mass from St. Theresa
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Bud is the lecturer for his local Knights of Columbus chapter, and he had a reflection on how we answer the call of God, based on the lives of saints in Scripture. We dive into the idea of what makes us weary to answer the particular callings in our life, and what temptations allow us to ignore the call or transform it in ways that go against the very act of the call itself.
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- Be Not Afraid en Español con el P. Fabián Moncada
- Making it Personal with Bishop William Joensen
- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
- The Great Men of the Bible with Joe Stopulos
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- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith
- The Daily Mass from St. Francis of Assisi
- The Daily Mass from St. Pius X
- The Daily Mass from St. Theresa
- Sunday Mass from the Basilica of Saint John
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A replay of a talk Bo and Dr. Marr gave to the Catholic Young Adults for the Diocese of Des Moines. Recorded at the Pastoral Center on July 9th, the boys talk temperance, fortitude, liturgy, hope, and funny tidbits along the way!
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Bo made it back from Europe, and we are diving into the second volume of the Reconsidered Leader. Part 1 is about how Mercy and Justice must come together for a Catholic leader, and we look to the life our Our Lord (with hints toward Divine Mercy Sunday) to help us reflect on this important topic!
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In this Father's Day episode, Dr. Bud Marr hosts solo while co-host Bo Bonner travels through Europe, welcoming back an Uncommon Good "all-star": Joe Stopulos, host of the Man Up show on Iowa Catholic Radio. Both shows launched in 2016, and this episode marks an Iowa Catholic Radio mashup centered on one question — what does it mean to live a life well lived in light of eternity?
The conversation grows out of Joe's recent loss of his father, who died after a fourteen-week battle with aggressive cancer. Joe shares the beauty found within that suffering: a death surrounded by family, the reception of communion and the sacrament of anointing, and a final afternoon of praying the Rosary and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy at his father's bedside. The discussion turns to the Church's teaching that we should never hasten death, and how that teaching preserved precious conversations, graces, and "teachable moments" that would otherwise have been lost.
Highlights and themes include:
- The witness of service over selfishness — drawing on Joe's father, bookstore owner Lois Brookhart, Father Aquinas, and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati as everyday and saintly models
- Bishop Robert Barron's challenge that "your life is not about you"
- Memento mori and Ben Sasse's reflections on facing mortality
- Living the joy of the gospel without needing to be a scholar or apologist — the "little way" of St. Thérèse and the humble witness of Blessed Solanus Casey and St. John Henry Newman
- Balancing vocation, career, and intentional time with children
- Health span and stewardship of the body — referencing Peter Attia's Outlive — as a way to keep serving others well into old age
- Tim Carney's Family Unfriendly and resisting the "Instagram" sheen of family life
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This week on The Uncommon Good, Dr. Bud Maher flies solo while Bo Bonner continues his doctoral studies in England. His guest is Dr. Stephen Lawson, a longtime friend and newly appointed associate professor of theology at Newman University in Wichita, Kansas — a position so new he hasn't appeared on the university's website yet. Check back at newman.edu this fall to follow his work.
The Stone-Campbell Movement
Dr. Lawson grew up in Grayson, Kentucky, the son of two Bible college professors deeply rooted in the Stone-Campbell (restorationist) movement — a tradition that intentionally uses generic church names like "Church of Christ" or "Christian Church" to emphasize unity over denominationalism. He explains the movement's founding principle ("where the Bible speaks, we speak; where the Bible is silent, we are silent"), its surprisingly robust understanding of baptism and weekly Eucharist, and how its Biblicist roots ironically pushed many of its most serious scholars toward deeper engagement with church history.
The Academic Journey
From Ozark Christian College in Joplin, Missouri, to Emmanuel Christian Seminary, and finally to Saint Louis University's PhD program in historical theology, Dr. Lawson describes how immersion in the Cappadocian Fathers, Augustine, and patristic scholarship created a hunger the Stone-Campbell tradition couldn't fully satisfy. He reflects on a remarkable cohort of fellow Stone-Campbell scholars at SLU — including mutual friends Alex Giltner, Jordan Wood, and Alden Bass — many of whom have since entered the Catholic Church.
Hauerwas, Peterson, and Newman
Two thinkers proved pivotal: ethicist Stanley Hauerwas, whose radical ecclesiology pushed Lawson to ask serious questions about what the Church actually is, and Protestant-turned-Catholic theologian Erik Peterson (1890–1960), whose conversion story Lawson wrote his dissertation on. He was asked three times during his dissertation defense: Why aren't you Catholic?
Landing the Airplane
The decisive moment came when an institutional merger at Austin Graduate School of Theology — where Lawson was teaching — produced an administrator's claim that a theology degree was "basically the same thing" as a degree in marriage and family therapy. That reduction of Christianity to a subjective self-help tool made staying in a subjectivist tradition impossible. He and his wife Emily entered RCIA at St. Ignatius Martyr Church in Austin, Texas, and entered full communion with the Catholic Church. Their baptisms were recognized as valid; no rebaptism was needed.
Teaching Theology Today
After three years teaching at a Catholic high school in St. Louis, Dr. Lawson reflects on what really matters in the classroom. His approach shifted away from memorizing theological vocabulary toward helping students encounter Christ through texts — most notably, using Augustine's Confessions as a mirror for students to map their own spiritual geographies and key life moments.
Pope Leo's Encyclical
Dr. Lawson offers an early take on Magnificat Humanitas, Pope Leo's new encyclical on human dignity and artificial intelligence, describing it as a text with real, lasting impact — one that calls the Church back to the concrete, local, embodied person in an age of commodification and algorithmic control. He sees limited room for AI in theological education, where the goal is encounter, not output.
Dr. Lawson's conversion essay is available through his Facebook page. Look for his published work in the Newman Studies Journal. Dr. Bud Maher teases a return visit to go deeper on the encyclical.
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In this episode, Dr. Bud Marr sits down with Matthew David Wiseman — independent scholar, tutor, and author — for a wide-ranging conversation about one of the most theologically rich conversion stories you'll hear. Bo Bonner is traveling in Europe for the month of June, so Bud is flying solo and bringing some exceptional guests to the show.
Highlights include:
- Matthew's upbringing as a Southern Baptist in West Texas and his family's gradual move toward home church worship
- His introduction to the Hebrew Roots Movement — a Gentile Christian movement emphasizing Torah observance, kosher laws, and Saturday Sabbath
- How disagreements over the interpretation of the Law (especially calculating feast days and the liturgical calendar) exposed the need for a living oral tradition
- His discovery that the Law of Moses is not self-interpreting — and how that realization cracked open the question of ecclesiastical authority
- His transition into Anglicanism, drawn by apostolic succession, and his eye-opening first encounter with Eucharistic liturgy — which he recognized as a fulfillment of temple worship and the Passover Seder
- The fragmentation of the Anglican Communion and how watching it fall apart confirmed for him that authority without a final arbiter cannot maintain unity
- His reception into the Catholic Church in 2016 in St. Andrews, Scotland — and why that moment felt like completion, not just conversion
- The influence of James Kugel's How to Read the Bible, Peter Kreeft, and C.S. Lewis on his intellectual journey
- Reflections on the Jewish roots of the Mass and the continuity between ancient Israel's worship and Catholic liturgy
Matthew's book, The Two Jerusalems: My Conversion from the Messianic Movement to the Catholic Church, is available now. Contact Divine Treasures to check local availability.
His interview on EWTN's The Coming Home Network is also available online and is highly recommended.
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On this week’s episode of The UnCommon Good, Dr. Bud Marr welcomes returning guest Dr. Matthew Umbarger from Newman University in Wichita, Kansas.
Dr. Umbarger shares his remarkable journey from the Restoration Movement and missionary work in Israel into the Catholic Church. Along the way, Bud and Matthew discuss biblical interpretation, the historical roots of Christian worship, the importance of reading Scripture in community, and how Catholic theology transformed their understanding of the Old Testament.
The heart of the conversation centers on Dr. Umbarger’s book:
“A Table in the Presence of My Enemies: Banqueting and Battling in Ancient Israel.”
Listeners will hear a fascinating exploration of Psalm 23, the Eucharist as preparation for spiritual battle, the Passover connection to Christian worship, and how ancient Israel understood sacrificial meals before battle.
The episode also touches on:
- Catholic biblical literacy today
- The Church Fathers and Scripture
- Historical criticism and faith
- Spiritual warfare and the Mass
- The continuity between the Old and New Testaments
- Why the Eucharist matters for daily Christian life
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We wrap up the first group of episodes in our Reconsidered Leader series--bringing the theoretical to a close and opening up with Scripture for grouping #2.
Here, we look into the modern philosophical assumptions regarding leadership, whose flagship ideas belong to Hobbes and Nietzsche. Opposed to both is the Christian understanding of peace and prayer, and this consideration of "warring factions" brings our theoretical section to a fitting end.
With a summer sabbatical on order, we will be on break from the Reconsidered Leader, but will pick back up with part 2 in July!
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With this episode, we point out how "followership," that is obedience and discipleship, not only make leadership possible in the first place, but are also a base reality for all leaders--because even they have to follow someone! We look at the way Jesus Christ is both the perfect example of a leader AND the perfect form of obedience, and why such understandings chaff at the world's understanding of things so profoundly!
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We continue with the leader reconsidered, this time looking into the particular way a leader imitates Christ and His being-set-apart-for-others. What is the most fundamental way the Holiness of Jesus is shown forth? What else but that, in His resurrection, He retains the wounds of His passion! How is it that leaders must imitate Christ precisely in this way? Find out more by listening to the episode!
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We continue along not only with the reconsidered leader, but alighting upon the concept of holiness once more. This time, we utilize the theory of French Thinker Rene Girard and his theory regarding violence in religion and the scapegoat to make sense of two things. 1) How does Jesus Christ understand Himself to be "set apart," that is, Holy, in contradistinction to the rival political groups in first century Palestine? 2) How must leaders who would lead like Jesus both understand why scapegoating happens, and how it is that the Holiness Christ calls us to unravels the power of the scapegoat?
A pivotal episode--don't miss it!
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We keep our reconsidered leader arc going, this time considering the Scriptural concept of Holiness and what it has to teach us about leadership that imitates Our Lord. Dispelling misconceptions regarding the ideas of holiness, we look to the Old Testament to dwell on the concept of election (both for persons and people), and dive into the social and political situation on the ground during the New Testament to help look at Jesus's understanding of the point of holiness, and the implications this has for leadership.
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Rolling along with the reconsidered leader, we explore how the Theology of Sacrifice makes Taleb's concept of "Skin In The Game"...well...take on flesh! Sacrifice is often misunderstood as archaic or merely destructive, but with a properly informed Theological understanding, the Christian difference in leadership takes on new light. Along with practical implications for how Sacrificial Leadership will (and will not!) look like on the ground, its an episode you won't want to miss!
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UCG All-Star Christopher Altieri joins the show again to talk about his new book Leo XIV: The New Pope and Catholic Reform. It just so happens that this fits perfectly with the series on Catholic Leadership the guys are going through, and the overlap of the topics is Providential! Chris's expertise on Vatican governance melds with practical considerations explored so far in the series. You won't want to miss it!
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We continue our Reconsidered Leadership series with part 5: Extending arguments made by Nassim Nicholas Taleb from his popular book Antifragile, we explore the concept of "Skin in the Game," and how interpreted through the "key of Christ," this understanding of what leaders must do in regard to risk, benefit, and sharing burdens with those they lead serves as the practical way forward to judge whether one is a kenotic leader or not.
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We continue our Reconsidered Leadership series with part 4: Antifragility. Taking the theory by Nassim Nicholas Taleb from the book by the same name, we consider how leadership that is made different in the "key of Christ," is self-emptying and "apophatic" leads us to help our followers not become fragile, but more than resilient. This is nothing but antifragility, and it is unique to the Cross and Resurrection of Jesus Christ that His strength is more than robust, but weakness, suffering, and strife transfigured by the Resurrection.
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The arc of the Reconsidered Leader rolls on: we now turn to the central Scriptural concept that must guide our understanding of leadership: Kenosis. With extended observations from Philippians 2 and the Gospel episode of Christ washing the Apostle's feet, we formulate the essential principle grounding the rest of our conception of the difference Jesus Christ makes for leadership studies.
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On this special episode of The Uncommon Good, Dr. Bud Marr is joined by Joe Stopulos, host of Man Up, for a candid and engaging discussion about the spiritual journey of a cradle Catholic. Joe reflects on growing up in a large Catholic family, the quiet power of faithful parents, and how simply “showing up” to Mass formed a lasting foundation of belief.
The conversation explores the importance of fathers in passing on the faith, the challenges and blessings of Catholic life in the 1990s, and how Joe’s faith deepened in adulthood through parish life, Scripture study, Catholic radio, and the influence of Fr. John Ricardo. Joe also shares the story behind the founding of Man Up and the vibrancy he sees today in the Diocese of Des Moines.
This episode is a thoughtful reflection on how ordinary faithfulness can bear extraordinary fruit — in families, parishes, and the wider Church.
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The guys ARE NOT trying to predict the future! Instead, they dwell on "the seeds" of issues broiling the world and effecting the Church that look to be "on the docket" for the Church to witness to and navigate. From The Pope, to Peace in the world, and what it actually means to be prophetic, we hope to get your year started off right!
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To round out the year, Bud throws Bo some alley-oops from Pope Leo XIV's latest magisterium, and to wrap up the year we think through what it means to be in Mission AND in Communion at the same time. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone! Listen Live · Program Schedule · Our StationsLINKSYou can follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Tiktok! More on ourwebsite.If you would like to support Iowa Catholic Radio you can donate Here! More from Iowa Catholic Radio:- Sunday Dive with Katie Patrizio- Man Up! with Joe Stopulos- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Be Not Afraid with Fr. Fabian Moncada and Fr. Bruce Riebe- Be Not Afraid en Español con el P. Fabián Moncada- Making it Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle- The Great Men of the Bible with Joe Stopulos Liturgy & Devotions- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Daily Mass from St. Francis of Assisi- The Daily Mass from St. Pius X- The Daily Mass from St. Theresa- Sunday Mass from the Basilica of Saint JohnWant to support your favorite show? Click Here Iowa Catholic Radio - Connecting People to ChristHosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.comfor information about our collection and use of personal data foradvertising.
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The Book: Philip Porter, Unnatural Death: Creation, Sin, and the Angelic Fall
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In today's episode, we interview Hayden Haggerman, co-author and editor of the new book Converting the Blue Devils: Becoming Catholic at Duke. As many of you know, both Bo and Bud became Catholic while at Duke Divinity school, so to see a generation a decade younger than us have enough converts to get a book together intrigued us, and the conversation did not disappoint. Check out how it is that for a run of years, a Protestant Seminary that emphasized Ethics, the Church Fathers, and the Sacraments served as the fertile soil for multiple Catholic Converts!
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The 25th Annual de Nicola Ethics Conference at Notre Dame
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The dudes contemplate how Sacred Space and Common Space have more to do with the Common Good than most folks normally consider. Hot takes abound as to why modern buildings look like they do, what would be helpful to the common good, and how beauty should not be privatized but shared. Listen Live · Program Schedule · Our StationsLINKSYou can follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Tiktok! More on ourwebsite.If you would like to support Iowa Catholic Radio you can donate Here! More from Iowa Catholic Radio:- Sunday Dive with Katie Patrizio- Man Up! with Joe Stopulos- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Be Not Afraid with Fr. Fabian Moncada and Fr. Bruce Riebe- Be Not Afraid en Español con el P. Fabián Moncada- Making it Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle- The Great Men of the Bible with Joe Stopulos Liturgy & Devotions- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Daily Mass from St. Francis of Assisi- The Daily Mass from St. Pius X- The Daily Mass from St. Theresa- Sunday Mass from the Basilica of Saint JohnWant to support your favorite show? Click Here Iowa Catholic Radio - Connecting People to ChristHosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.comfor information about our collection and use of personal data foradvertising.
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Folks, the day has arrived: St. John Henry Newman will be announced as a Doctor of the Catholic Church on November 1st, 2025. Our very own Dr. Bud Marr was involved in the process, and we both have a lot to say in regard to this wonderful news! Listen Live · Program Schedule · Our StationsLINKSYou can follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Tiktok! More on ourwebsite.If you would like to support Iowa Catholic Radio you can donate Here! More from Iowa Catholic Radio:- Sunday Dive with Katie Patrizio- Man Up! with Joe Stopulos- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Be Not Afraid with Fr. Fabian Moncada and Fr. Bruce Riebe- Be Not Afraid en Español con el P. Fabián Moncada- Making it Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle- The Great Men of the Bible with Joe Stopulos Liturgy & Devotions- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Daily Mass from St. Francis of Assisi- The Daily Mass from St. Pius X- The Daily Mass from St. Theresa- Sunday Mass from the Basilica of Saint JohnWant to support your favorite show? Click Here Iowa Catholic Radio - Connecting People to ChristHosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.comfor information about our collection and use of personal data foradvertising.
Co-hosts: Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr
Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:
- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus
- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada
- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson
- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen
- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus
- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner
- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith
- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr
- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
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We have been on air for 9 years folks! As Iowa Catholic Radio prepares for its on air Fall Fundraiser starting Tuesday, September 30th, we reflect on our time talking things out on the air way, showing our gratitude, pointing out what radio means to us, and hopefully convincing you to call 515-681-8143 or visit iowacatholicradio.com to donate! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleWant to support your favorite show? Click HereHosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.comfor information about our collection and use of personal data foradvertising.
We talked about the Pope and His first 100ish days--its an exciting time to be alive and be Catholic! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleWant to support your favorite show? Click HereHosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.comfor information about our collection and use of personal data foradvertising.
We talk about the upcoming feast of the Exultation of the Holy Cross and its profound shape on Church history, the history of every Christian life, and the reality of those implications for the here and now and the hereafter! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleWant to support your favorite show? Click HereHosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.comfor information about our collection and use of personal data foradvertising.
Co-Hosts: Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr
Pilgrims of Hope: A Pastoral Letter on Immigration
The Good Word On The Street: John Huynh Videos on Catholic Social Teaching
Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:
- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus
- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada
- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson
- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen
- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus
- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner
- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith
- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr
- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
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Cosmotechnics
A representative interview of Fagerberg's take on Liturgy, with reference to Schmemman and Kavanaugh
Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:
- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus
- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada
- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson
- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen
- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus
- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner
- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith
- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr
- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
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On the show, we interview long time friend Dr. Artur Rosman, translator of the new book The Philosophy of Drama, by Józef Tischner.
Artur is the Editor-In-Chief of the Church Life Journal, at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at Notre Dame University. On the one year anniversary of the publication of his translation of the book, Artur joins us to speak about Tischner's contribution to philosophy and theology through the lens of his philosophy of drama, his place in Polish Catholicism and the Solidarity movement, and what its like to translate such an intriguing, in depth work. You won't want to miss it!
Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:
- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus
- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada
- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson
- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen
- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus
- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner
- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith
- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr
- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
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Dog Days of Eternity--what does that mean? Welp, most know what the dog days of summer feel like. A little bit of boredom. A little bit of looking back and looking ahead. But what does it mean to look intently at the here and now, and have eternity make its way into our lives? This is what the guys cover in the episode, and its exciting to see what direction the conversation goes!
Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:
- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus
- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada
- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson
- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen
- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus
- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner
- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith
- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr
- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
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Not only are we being dorks by referring to Antichrist via a Brady Bunch meme, but we have made a "tribute" episode...to one of the best unusable shows we recorded! Due to severe audio issues that rendered half of the show hard to hear, we were not able to post a show about the now infamous interview between Tech Billionaire Peter Theil and conservative media commentator Ross Douthat. But God in his good Providence had good things in mind: with a few weeks of even more commentary and happenings in regards to that interview and Peter Theil, and even more so Bud and Bo's fruitful thinkings on tech and theosis due to their retreat last week, we pick up what is salvageable idea-wise from the now lost episode, and create something--even better!
And as you can surmise, this has everything to do with different conceptions of the antichrist, and rival conceptions on salvation from said figure. Don't miss it!
Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:
- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus
- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada
- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson
- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen
- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus
- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner
- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith
- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr
- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
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The UCG Boys have a retreat they are giving, and so we think through what we are talking about with you here on air!
If the life of faith isn't just a behavior modification program, and retreats aren't just pep rallies about how to make you live your "best life," then what is it? Come along with us as we talk about things ranging from virtue and tech, and culminates in understanding the life of faith in terms of sacrifice!
Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:
- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus
- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada
- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson
- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen
- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus
- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner
- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith
- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr
- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
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We have another episode in our Religion and Technology series--we talk with UCG All-Star Dr. David Delio about his work and research in the theological conception of the human heart, and how clinging and exhorting people to follow the Church's teaching in that matter, we may have a fighting chance against the technocratic paradigm. You won't want to miss it!
Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:
- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus
- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada
- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson
- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen
- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus
- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner
- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith
- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr
- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
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We keep doing what we do! Religion and Tech the overarching series, the Documents of Vatican II viewed through Media Ecology and Technology the subsection. This is Part 9 and we do two of the smaller documents today: Nostra aetate and Unitatis redintegratio
https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decl_19651028_nostra-aetate_en.html
https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decree_19641121_unitatis-redintegratio_en.html
Incredibly relevant for our times!
Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:
- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus
- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada
- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson
- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen
- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus
- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner
- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith
- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr
- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
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Intrepidly doth our series within a series carries forth! Its our Religion and Technology series, and it is our Vatican II documents seen through a Media Ecology and Technology lens. We are doing the second episode on Gaudium et Spes, and we get into the nitty gritty of the second half of this very influential (and perhaps misunderstood!) document!
https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html
Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:
- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus
- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada
- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson
- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen
- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus
- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner
- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith
- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr
- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
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We keep rolling along with are architectonic series on Religion and Technology, and further along in our sub series regarding Vatican II docs looked at through this lens. We do part 1 looking at GAUDIUM ET SPES (https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html), and folks, this is a pivotal document, and I dare say a pivotal episode! You don't want to miss it!
Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:
- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus
- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada
- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson
- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen
- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus
- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner
- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith
- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr
- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
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We are back from our adventures out to Washington D.C., and we are continuing our Religion and Technology series, and we are continuing to look at the documents of Vatican II through that lens, AND WE ARE CONTINUING to look at the document Lumen Gentium. This is a great document if people would actually give it a thorough read rather than just skim for the well known quoted texts, especially the end when it comes to the Church at the end of time and the Marian form of the Church! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleWant to support your favorite show? Click HereHosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.comfor information about our collection and use of personal data foradvertising.
Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleWant to support your favorite show? Click HereHosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.comfor information about our collection and use of personal data foradvertising.
It isn't every day that you get a new Pope, and it has NEVER been the day you get an American one--until now! We take a break from our regularly scheduled series to talk about our new Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, not only our first impressions of his Papacy, but also pointing out that, by paying special attention to the Holy Father's fresh words, we ended up talking about religion and technology AFTER ALL! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleWant to support your favorite show? Click HereHosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.comfor information about our collection and use of personal data foradvertising.
WE HAVE A POPE! Pray for Leo XIV. Also, we have a new episode in our sub series of a sub series of our larger series on Religion, technology, and communication. This time, we look into Dei Verbum, a natural place to talk about Mediums, Messages, Tradition, and Revelation!https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651118_dei-verbum_en.html Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleWant to support your favorite show? Click HereHosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.comfor information about our collection and use of personal data foradvertising.
Inception-like, our sub series of a sub series of our larger series on Religion, technology, and communication keeps trucking. We are finishing our thoughts regarding the document on the Liturgy, SACROSANCTUM CONCILIUM (https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19631204_sacrosanctum-concilium_en.html). We promise to keep what is essential and simplify nobly anything else you might come across! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleWant to support your favorite show? Click HereHosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.comfor information about our collection and use of personal data foradvertising.
Our sub series in the over arching considerations of Religion, technology, and communication rolls on. We are thinking through the phenomenon of Vatican II through the lens of Religion and tech, and today we start chewing on the document on the Liturgy, SACROSANCTUM CONCILIUM (https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19631204_sacrosanctum-concilium_en.html). You will want to have full and active participation with this episode, folks! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleWant to support your favorite show? Click HereHosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.comfor information about our collection and use of personal data foradvertising.
You know how we roll--we do things like make a sub-series within a larger meta-series. And so it has come to pass, dear listeners, that we are embarking on a multi-episode arc of exploring the seminal Second Vatican Council primarily through the lens of technology, and especially media technology, to consider the impact of the most talked about Council in our time. This is part 1 where we talk mostly about the set up to how instrumental this Council became. Buckle up and stick around for some fun! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleWant to support your favorite show? Click HereHosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.comfor information about our collection and use of personal data foradvertising.
We have the great privilege of interviewing editor of Luminor, Word on Fire’s literary imprint. Author of As Earth Without Water and Fragile Objects, she serves as writer in residence at the University of St. Thomas-Houston, senior affiliate fellow of Penn’s Program for Research on Religion in Urban Civil Society, and editor emeritus of Dappled Things, a journal of ideas, art, and Catholic faith. She talks about Flannery O'Connor and her talk at the University of Iowa's Newman Center in regards to her centenary! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleWant to support your favorite show? Click HereHosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.comfor information about our collection and use of personal data foradvertising.
We wrap up talking about the Vatican Document on AI -- Complete the Trilogy and here the insights! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleWant to support your favorite show? Click HereHosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.comfor information about our collection and use of personal data foradvertising.
We return once again in our Techno Round Up to the Vatican Document on Artificial Intelligence ANTIQUA ET NOVA (https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_ddf_doc_20250128_antiqua-et-nova_en.html). Showing that we are NOT robots, Bud takes important quotes from the Document and surprises Bo with them. Real human intelligence occurs--don't miss it! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleWant to support your favorite show? Click HereHosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.comfor information about our collection and use of personal data foradvertising.
Bud and Bo give a preview to the talks they will be giving at the Transforming Catholic Culture conference at Benedictine College in Atchinson, KS, on March 22nd. Marriage, tech, and little stories of how Bud and Bo ended up with their wives! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleWant to support your favorite show? Click HereHosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.comfor information about our collection and use of personal data foradvertising.
Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleWant to support your favorite show? Click HereHosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.comfor information about our collection and use of personal data foradvertising.
Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleWant to support your favorite show? Click HereHosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.comfor information about our collection and use of personal data foradvertising.
Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleWant to support your favorite show? Click HereHosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.comfor information about our collection and use of personal data foradvertising.
Bo BonnerBud Marr Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleWant to support your favorite show? Click HereHosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.comfor information about our collection and use of personal data foradvertising.
Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleWant to support your favorite show? Click HereHosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.comfor information about our collection and use of personal data foradvertising.
Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleWant to support your favorite show? Click HereHosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.comfor information about our collection and use of personal data foradvertising.
With the feasts that occur between Christmas on Dec. 25th and the Epiphany on Jan. 6th, we have multiple feasts that train the Catholic eye on making the most of the future without neglecting the past, all while avoiding nostalgia and utopianism. Join us as we consider how everything from the Holy Innocents to the Holy Name of Jesus ground us in making amends and carrying forward the best of what God has given us! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleWant to support your favorite show? Click HereHosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.comfor information about our collection and use of personal data foradvertising.
Advent points to Christmas, which points to the coming of our Lord in history, mystery, and might. But none of those are as powerful to reflect on unless we firmly root our contemplation in the Incarnation, and the radical implications for personal and social life that Theological fact has for us! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleWant to support your favorite show? Click HereHosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.comfor information about our collection and use of personal data foradvertising.
We interview Fr. Uwe Michael Lang about his new book, A Short History of the Roman Mass. Father Uwe Michael Lang is a priest of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in London and a lecturer in theology at Allen Hall Seminary and St. Mary's University, Twickenham. He is the author of The Voice of the Church at Prayer, Turning Towards the Lord: Orientation in Liturgical Prayer, and Signs of the Holy One: Liturgy, Ritual, and Expression of the Sacred.This book is a short introduction to the development of the Roman Rite of Mass, the most widely used of the Church’s liturgical rites, from its origins in early Christianity until the present day. Over the centuries, the form of Mass most Catholics are familiar with has been shaped by the Apostolic See of Rome in contact and exchange with other local churches. Understanding this rich and complex history will help not only the clergy in their sacramental ministry, but all the faithful in participating consciously and fruitfully in the liturgy of the Church.In the wake of the liturgical reforms initiated by Pope Pius XII in the mid-20th century, fully embraced by the Second Vatican Council, and implemented in the postconciliar period, there has been an intense and often controversial debate on continuity and rupture in liturgical development. Amid this debate, the long and complex history of the Roman liturgy is not always sufficiently acknowledged.The refinement of the Roman Mass, as this book shows, has been marked both by continuity and by change. From its formative period in late antiquity, the ritual shape of the Roman Mass was affected by religious, social, cultural, political, and economic transformations. But changes are to be expected over such a long period of time and the wide geographical area where this rite has been used. It is the essential continuity that stands out.This work challenges the conventional narrative that the liturgy of the Western church moved from early dynamic development through medieval decline to early modern stagnation and was only revived in the wake of the Second Vatican Council – a narrative that still has considerable traction both in academic publications and among the wider public. Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleWant to support your favorite show? Click HereHosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.comfor information about our collection and use of personal data foradvertising.
We invite back UCG All-Star Eve Tushnet to discuss her newest adventure, Building Catholic Futures (https://buildingcatholic.org). We talk about their outreach of resources for Missionary Disciples who would proclaim the Good news of Christ's saving grace and the fullness of the teachings of the Catholic Faith to those in the LGBT community. You won't want to miss it! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleWant to support your favorite show? Click HereHosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.comfor information about our collection and use of personal data foradvertising.
Today we pick back up considerations of Catholic Social Teaching, but with a liturgically appropriate twist: in this month of November dedicated to praying for the dead, what can the dead teach us about civic life and Catholic Social Teaching? Ruminating on a wide array of commentators, we explore how the ultimate poverty of death should make us treat the living better and understand how Christ's Death and Resurrection shows His preferential option for us even in the grave. Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Faith of Trial with Deacon Mike Manno and Gina Noll- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
The Church and Data, An Interview with Dave PliskyIowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Faith of Trial with Deacon Mike Manno and Gina Noll- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
We take a break from our Reconsidered Good run of shows to honor the "spooky season" of Halloween, All Saints, and All Souls to talk about the Demonic from one of America's most beloved Catholic Voices, Bishop Fulton Sheen. Fr. Dave Tomaszycki, the editor of the new book on Bishop Sheen's writings on the subject, joins us for an interview!Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Faith of Trial with Deacon Mike Manno and Gina Noll- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
We keep trucking along with our series reconsidering the fundamental pillars and principles of Catholic Social Teaching, the same first run of shows we started with when we began the UnCommon Good on Iowa Catholic Radio 8 years ago. Today we deal with the Dignity of Persons, and how that plays into things like the Imago Dei, Human Rights, and how the primacy of the human person alters how we consider any other social question. Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Faith of Trial with Deacon Mike Manno and Gina Noll- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
We are keeping it going with the reconsideration of our first run of shows on Catholic Social Principles we started out the show with 8 years ago. Today we talk about Marriage and Family life not simply as "lifestyle" choices, but as Social Goods with obligations for the society as a whole toward them. Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Faith of Trial with Deacon Mike Manno and Gina Noll- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
We keep rolling along with our Reconsideration of the first series of shows we started with 8 years ago when the UnCommon Good began! Today we explore the Preferential Option for the Poor, hopefully dispel the flat or of base understandings of the concept, and try to shine a light on the brilliance of this distinct principle in the consideration of Catholic Social Principles. Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Faith of Trial with Deacon Mike Manno and Gina Noll- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
Keepin' on keepin' on with our 8 year anniversary rewind, review, and renewal episodes about foundational Catholic Social Teaching Principles, we consider the twin giants of Solidarity and Subsidiarity on this episode. 8 years ago we focused on what we saw as shallow interpretations of these ideas, but this time we really focus in on how they are too often seen as opposites or at least something to hold in tension, rather than intimately related, and indeed best seen as subsidiarity being the "Catholic way to do Solidarity." You won't want to miss it! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Faith of Trial with Deacon Mike Manno and Gina Noll- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
We move right along with our reconsideration of the foundations of Catholic Social Teaching we started of the show with 8 years ago, this time diving into the concept of Justice, and what it means to give each person what they are owed. We talk about the three types of Justice, Justice and Mercy, and how this principle provides the bedrock to many other considerations. Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Faith of Trial with Deacon Mike Manno and Gina Noll- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
It has been 8 wonderful years, and we are going back to review the themes of our first shows to reconsider the principles of Catholic Social Teaching. We start off with Peace, the Tranquility of Order, and how this first principle makes a world of difference! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Faith of Trial with Deacon Mike Manno and Gina Noll- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
Next week marks our 8th year anniversary of the show, so this week we are "wrapping up" 7 years and 51 weeks, talking about the origins of the show, its goal when we began, and setting up what makes the Common Good such a fantastic topic to reproach year after year!Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Faith of Trial with Deacon Mike Manno and Gina Noll- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
The Church is the Mystical Body of Christ, but the fact that it is a body means a lot. On one hand, no principle of Catholic Social Teaching stands except that it rest of the foundation of the "brute reality" of the Church. On the other, the members of the Faith become worldly, even in their best intentions, unless they rest their efforts on the fact of the Church as the portal between time and eternity. This and more on the new episode! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Faith of Trial with Deacon Mike Manno and Gina Noll- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
The Feast of the Assumption always denotes the ending of summer and the fact that fall will start soon, but it also is a pivot point for many Protestants considering conversion to Catholicism. Bo and Bud talk about the factors that made the Assumption of Mary not only "make sense" from an Apologetics stand point, but grounded Catholicism both in the here and now, the hope of Eternal life, and in the power of the Logos to imbue with more-than-symbolic power what was formerly just the vanishing shadows of time.
What does it means to do history rather than just read history? Bo comes up with a t-shirt pithy aphorism, Bud double and triple checks whether it makes any sense, and we are off to the races talking about history, eye witness accounts, means of communication in terms of how we understand past events, and yes...John Henry Newman on the illative sense. Who knew history could be such a blast?
Undoubtedly you have heard of the French fiasco in the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games. How are Christians to process this event? We try to get underneath the surface level political tensions and ask about the nature of art and imagery, interpretation, etc., and ask ourselves whether Christians should be offended by mockery, or if they should demand better mockery from their cultured despisers.
Bo and Bud comment on some of the summer Catholic news, largely revolving around the National Eucharistic Congress and the Synod on Synodality, but are able to stuff all sorts of other relevant tidbits in there as well!
We take another look at long time favorite Idea of a University by St. John Henry Newman!
We are supposed to live in the present moment, but plagiarizing St. Augustine just a teeny bit...is that possible? Bo ambushes Bud with questions regarding Eternity's role in living in the present, and what that might mean for the spiritual life.
Reflecting on Leadership in a Christian Key once again, we take on the injection of St. Paul to boast in our weakness, by which the strength of the Lord is shown. But what does that look like practically? And how might we form young Catholic Leaders in this principle when so much of leadership studies seems to focus on strengths? We ponder all this in more!
Listen in as we talk to Dr. Holly Taylor Coolman, assistant professor of theology at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island, and a senior fellow of the Principium Institute, as we talk about her new book on parenting (https://bakeracademic.com/p/Parenting-Holly-Taylor-Coolman/542805).
We take the classic approach to problem solving, as famously seen in Pope Francis's Laudato Si, of See, Judge, Act, and connect it with several themes listeners of our show will be familiar with! Good fodder for Catholic Leaders to reflect--and act--on!
June is the month of the Sacred Heart for the Catholic Church, and we explore the ramifications of this devotion not only for the inner life of the individual, but for the Social Life of the Church. Leo XIII shows up quite a bit as well!
The whole world wants to make a game of anything and everything important, INCLUDING your Faith! Fight back against "gamification," and listen to how you might do so in this episode!
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Join us as we talk to "Elder Statesman of Vatican Insiderism" Christopher Altieri, digging into his experience as a Journalist covering the goings on with the Holy See and Vatican City, as we clear up misunderstandings and delve into confusions about the reality on the ground at the heart of Roman Catholicism!
We talk to Dr. Jeffrey Morrow (check out all his work here: https://stpaulcenter.com/dr-jeffrey-morrow/) about his recent work, the veracity of the Resurrection, and what Biblical criticism is. A very informative show!
It's a touchy subject, but it is right in our wheelhouse, so we need to comment: What's the deal with A.I. Chatbot Priests? We take on the controversy regarding Catholic Answer's "Fr. Justin" AI Chatbot, try to suss out why the response was as swift and heavy (and almost in complete unity!), and hopefully point to learning moments we can all share from this episode in the annals of Catholic popular media history!
We take a somewhat crazy Tweet about expertise in biblical translation and try to get at the root of a big debate: should you trust experts? What is an expert? Is that different than the "masters" of old? Do they both have their place in society? With a Faith like ours that believes in the Master/Disciple relationship, what ramifications does that have for us? Find out in this episode!
I don't know where you were if you didn't hear: there is a new DDF document in town! On the Infinite Dignity of the Human Person...well that is something worth unpacking!
It's Eastertide friends! We hope you are doing your job and having as much mirth and joy as possible! In this episode, we consider the Emmaus Road readings from the Easter week liturgy, and ponder what it means to rest with the Resurrected Lord during Eastertide. We end up talking about how to "hear" Scripture best, and talk about the role of hearing the Word in the Liturgy. Blessings to everyone--the Lord is Risen Indeed!
Continuing the theme from Part 1, we talk about how the goal of Lent leading into the Holy Triduum of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday and then the glory of Easter is a long practice of learning to engage in rest as perfect activity. We dive into the full implications of the Sabbath, how at the end of our lives we enter into a Sabbath rest in our final passion in order to prepare for the rest of Eternity and witness that to others, and dwell on how Holy Ones (like Bo's Great Aunt Jo) exhibit this reality for us in their deaths. Happy Eastertide to everyone!
As we barrel through Lent--ever closer to Easter--there were two things that happened this past week to the fellas that made them reflect on the fact that in God, rest is perfect activity. They presented at the Benedictine Conference talking about Catholic education and medical professional instruction, and then Bo attended last rites for his dying great Aunt Jo. The relationship between the two might be surprising, but the two part series hopefully will folks complete a fruitful Lent and live into a blessed Easter!
This one is a wild rollercoaster of Theological Cultural commentary! We start with an article that points out the resurgence of Occult and "Pagan" worship in formerly very Catholic Italy, take a detour through the tidal shifts throughout history of devotion vs. regression of belief, move on to why in a consumerist world people might think all of this is appealing, precisely because the Church has lost its nerve in its sacramental vision right when the world needs it the most! Disenchantment? Reenchantment? You will want to join us for this!
Join us as we parse out the difference between Truth and Certainty, why it matters not only for personal Faith and a more peaceful inner life, but its ramifications for the Church and Society as a whole!
Dr. Bud Marr is giving a Lenten Feast of a retreat here in Des Moines, and we are serving up an appetizer version of those themes here on the show to give Bud a warm up and include you, our listeners, in on the Nebraska-formed wisdom the good people of St. Anthony's in Des Moines will/have got to hear 02-25-24 through 02-27-24. It is about the eternal buffet of love God has shown from the Creation of creatures, through the fall of the human race, to our redemption--a Lenten repast you will not want to miss!
Continuing on themes of the last few shows, we talk about what it means to freely choose to submit oneself to the coercive authority outside of oneself, be that fasting laws, Church authority, or even the social contract of a State. Much more fun was had than the serious subject matter seems to imply!
Kristin's essay "The Dark Kenosis of Medical Education:" https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2024/02/92580/
The Second Chapter to Philippians, where we hear of Jesus's kenosis ("He emptied Himself...): https://bible.usccb.org/bible/philippians/2
Our episode where we talk about Kenosis and Christian Leadership:
https://theuncommongood.simplecast.com/episodes/pour-yourself-out-kenosis-and-christian-leadership-1-19-22
On this episode we consider Jesus's description as the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and realize that the "counterfeits" of these truths too often sold to folks are a notion of the spiritual life as a Checklist, done for the sake of a Certainty, in hopes of a Jackpot, all of which never come. More fun is had than the title suggests--there's even singing!
Dr. Ben Reinhard is an Associate Professor of English at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, where he teaches courses in medieval literature, mythology, and the Western literary tradition. He received his B.A. from Purdue University and his M.M.S. and Ph.D. from the Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame. His articles have appeared in Mythlore, Tolkien Studies, Anglo-Saxon England, and several other journals; his new translation of Beowulf was published by Cluny Press in 2022.
We answer an email from one of our wonderful listeners! Bo received an insightful email regarding questions about how to start either a discussion or accountability group. Bo asks Bud if he approves of Bo's answers. Bo then springs an entire theory about ethics and grace on Bud, and radio magic ensues!
It is Epiphanytide, and as we live into the season after Christmas and before Lent, we can take lessons from those observant fellows who saw the grace of the star, but were both prepared and willing to follow it when it came about, thus uniting nature and grace. They didn't call them wise for nothing!
Happy New Year! The Church is Ever Ancient and Ever New, so what does it mean for something a couple thousand years old to have new beginnings? We explore that and more in this FRESH new episode!
Merry Christmas folks! Exploring the glory of the Incarnation, and intertwining observations we have come to these last few months as we have journeyed with John Henry Newman!
We had the opportunity to have frequent UnCommon Good All-Star and expert on Newman Studies Dr. Dave Delio come back on the show to discuss his article in a new book (https://www.amazon.com/Guide-John-Henry-Newman-Thought/dp/0813235855), discussing Newman and his stance on the "Liberalism" of the modern world.
We dwell on the reality of Christ the King in honor of His feast day, all with the help of St. John Henry Newman's numerous sermons where he speaks on the topic!
We have a lot to be grateful heading into Thanksgiving week, and chief among those reasons is getting the chance to talk to the well known Augustine expert Dr. John Cavadini (check out everything they are doing at the McGrath Church Life Institute of Notre Dame, which he directs https://mcgrath.nd.edu) as a final wrap up of our Radio Reading Round-up on St. Augustine's Confessions. More filling than a turkey and sweeter than pumpkin pie!
The Radio Reading Round-up on John Henry Newman comes at you again! This time, we talk about how events in St. Newman's life lead him along the path of considering knowledge in general, and more particularly, how eduction works. You will LEARN A LOT with this episode!
Our John Henry Newman Radio Reading Round-up rolls along, this time talking about how the Saint's life and concerns animated his major Theological considerations, most famously of all his understanding of Church History, the development of Doctrine, and the offices of the Church!
We embark on our newest Radio Reading Round-up adventure, this time with St. John Henry Newman! We will touch on briefly some of the context of his life and major works before getting down to the nitty gritty of reading along with some of his greatest works: his sermons! For today, we utilize the fact we have DES MOINES'S MOST FORMIDABLE NEWMAN SCHOLAR, Dr. Bud Marr, right here as the Co-host, beginning on the process of delving into the life of Eng-a-lands most famous convert!
Iowa Catholic Radio has wrapped up their Fall Fundraising, and we here at the UnCommon Good consider all things Stewardship, Almsgiving, Being Grateful, and the Temptations inherit in how we approach wealth and the spreading thereof!
This is the end folks--the final episode of the Radio Reading Round-up on St. Augustine's Confessions! A bittersweet day indeed. We finish off Book 13, where we get Augustine's most thorough treatment of allegory and the life of the world to come. You won't want to miss it!
We are coming to the end of our Radio Reading Round-Up over St Augustine's Confessions, but we are prolonging it just a tad longer! This is Book 13 PART 1!!! How all of creation, and humans in particular, are allegories of the Holy Trinity--this stuff will blow your mind!
We keep it rolling with Radio Reading Round-Up: St Augustine's Confessions pt. 10, this time we dive into Book 12, where we delve into the depths of formlessness, the beginning of allegory, and the ever encroaching sense that our time with St. Augustine is almost over!!!
We keep rolling along with our Radio Reading Round-Up of St. Augustine's Confessions, book 11 coming your way. You are going to want to make TIME for this episode! Come for the part where St. Augustine prefigures Einstein's theory of time by multiple centuries, stay for Bud and I prognosticating whether the Saints can be "unstuck in time" a la Kurt Vonnegut!
We march on with our Radio Reading Round Up of St. Augustine's Confessions, where we get to the deeply philosophical Book 10, where Augustine explores the depth of memory--an episode you won't soon forget!!
Check out our wonderful interview with Liturgical scholar Dr. David Fagerberg as he speaks about his new book, "The Liturgical Cosmos."
More from our Radio Reading Round-up of St. Augustine's Confessions. Grab your tissues because this one we cover the heart-moving account of St. Monica's death.
Continuing our Radio Reading Round-Up of St. Augustine's Confessions, Book 8 -- THE BIG ONE! Get the scoop on Augustine's conversion!
Guest: Dr. Matthew Mehan, Director of Academic Programs for Hillsdale in D.C., Assistant Professor of Government, Graduate School of Government
Bo and Bud delve into the Labor Day statement from Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City.
Guest: Abigail Favale, Director of the William Penn Honors Program at George Fox University, where she teaches seminars in the Great Books. Her first book is the conversion memoir, Into the Deep: An Unlikely Catholic Conversion.
Bo and Bud visit with Jason Blakely, author of "We Built Reality: How Social Science Infiltrated Culture, Politics, and Power."
Bo and Bud talk with John Bergsma about his book "Jesus and the Old Testament Roots of the Priesthood."
Bo and Bud delve into the distortion of our historical memories and the remembrance of the Church.
Joe Stopulos fills in for Bo Bonner to discuss seeking the welfare of our earthly city with Dr Bud Marr.
Chris Stefanik joins Bo and Bud to talk about his book "Living Joy: 9 Rules to Help You Rediscover and Live Joy Every Day".
Bo and Bud discuss "What It Means to Be Human: The Case for the Body in Public Bioethics" with author O Carter Snead.
Bo and Bud discuss "It Is Right and Just: Why the Future of Civilization Depends on True Religion" with Co-Author Brandon McGinley
Bo and Bud delve into Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's "Prophetic World of the West" with David Deavel
Our guest is Ralph Martin is the president of Renewal Ministries and Director of Graduate Theology Programs in Evangelization and a professor of theology at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in the Archdiocese of Detroit. He is the author of the bestselling The Fulfillment of All Desire and several other books.
Guest: Leah Libresco Sargeant, author of "Building the Benedict Option" and "Arriving at Amen"
This week on The Uncommon Good, Bo and Bud talk to Dr. Logan Paul Gage, Chair of the Philosophy Department at Franciscan University of Stubenville, about his work for New Polity, and the question if Science has entered into a "religious status" with our popular discourse.
This week on "The Uncommon Good" Bo and Bud discuss Providence, Calamity, and St. Augustine's The City of God. Paul, Rome, Job and Cato all make "appearances"! And some BIG news about Bud and the Marr gang...
This week the UnCommon Good welcomes Rebecca Christian, a Catholic Doula at Fiat Doula Services in California, to talk about birth, race, and pro-life justice.
This week Bo and Bud talk to Dr. Michael Bonnor, Canadian political advisor and historian of Iran, about the lessons we can learn from the Last Empire of Iran.
On this week's episode, Bo and Bud talk about Mary's Assumption into Heaven and our Hope.
This week Bo and Bud talk about three things common: common good, common sense, and the sense of the common.
Bo and Bud talk to Dr. Kenneth Craycraft about religious liberty in the thought of the founding fathers vs. the teachings of the Church. Dr. Kenneth Craycraft is an attorney and the James J. Gardner Family Chair of Moral Theology at Mount St. Mary's Seminary & School of Theology. He hold a Ph.D. in moral theology from Boston College, and a J.D. from Duke University School of Law.
Bo and Bud talk with Brandon McGinley about his book "The Prodigal Church: Restoring Catholic Tradition in an Age of Deception."
This week on the Uncommon Good, Bo and Bud talk to Adam Storey and John Huynh from the Diocese of Des Moines, and ask them the question "What does family mean?"
Bo and Bud talk about memory and healing the past with Dr. Adam DeVille, associate professor and chairman of the Department of Theology-Philosophy, University of Saint Francis (Fort Wayne, IN) and author of multiple books, including his most recent, "Everything Hidden Shall Be Revealed: Ridding the Church of Abuses of Sex and Power" (Angelico Press, 2019).
Bo and Bud talk with Onoriode Ekeh, Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT, about Racial Justice and the Common Good.
This week Matthew Umbarger returns to The Uncommon Good to talk to Bo and Bud about allegory and the Old Testament.
Katie Patrizio joined Bo and Bud this week to talk about the Jewish roots of Pentecost.
This week Bo and Bud talked with Matthew Umbarger, Assistant Professor of Theology at Newman University and return guest to the show, about the moral problems in Old Testament Biblical interpretation.
Bo and Bud talk to author Derek Rotty about his book A Life of Conversion: Meeting Christ in the Gospels.
On this week's "Uncommon Good", Bo and Bud share two 20 minute segments from their Catholic Culture Lecture "I Am the Resurrection and the Life".
Steve Wichmer, the Catholic Movie Guy, is back on The Uncommon Good this week to talk to Bo and Bud about The Irishman, The Last Dance and more.
Bo and Bud talk with Brett Robinson Ph.D., about whether tech dreams or nightmares are coming true. Robinson is the director of communications and Catholic media studies at the McGrath Institute for Church Life, for the University of Notre Dame.
How do we address the COVID-19 economic crisis and the common good? Bo and Bud talk with Bradon McGinley about it in this week's episode of The Uncommon Good.
Bo and Bud talk with James Matthew Wilson, an Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities and Augustinian Traditions at Villanova University, about the poetry of Holy Week.
Bo and Bud talk with Stephen M. Metzger, a Scriptor of Latin Manuscripts at the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame's Medieval Institute.
This week on The Uncommon Good, Bo and Bud talk sacred art and the common good with Gwyneth Thompson-Briggs, a contemporary sacred artist in the perennial Western tradition.
Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P., Assistant Director for Campus Outreach at the Thomistic Institute, joins Bo and Bud to talk about The Consecration to Mary.
It's Ash Wednesday and the beginning of the Lenten season. Bo and Bud talk about penitential practices for the season and how they relate to the common good.
This week on The Uncommon Good, Bo and Bud interview Charles Camosy about his book "Resisting Throwaway Culture: How a Consistent Life Ethic Can Unite a Fractured People".
Following the Iowa Caucuses, Bo and Bud talk about the virtue of patience in the political life.
Bo and Bud talk with Mercy College's Julie Weldon, MSN, RN, about Thomas Aquinas and human flourishing.
Bo and Bud welcome back to the show Chris Arnade, author of "Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America" to talk about the local and global dynamic in America.
Bo and Bud talk about the show's patroness Joan of Arc, and her example of loving God and her country.
Mark Scheve and John Huynh join Bo and Bud on this Thanksgiving Spectacular episode of The Uncommon Good
Bo and Bud talk with author Leroy Huizenga about his book "Behold the Christ: Proclaiming the Gospel of Matthew" and authors Anthony Wachs and Jon Schaff about their book "Age of Anxiety: Meaning, Identity, and Politics in 21st-Century Film and Literature".
Bo and Bud talk with Dave Delio, president of The Newman Idea, about this non-profit organization, and they discuss the season of Advent.
Joe Stopulos guest hosts with Bud Marr and they talk with Mike Aquilina about his book "The Eucharist Foretold: The Lost Prophecy of Malachi."
Bo and Bud talk about Hell with Paul Thigpen, Ph.D., is the editor of TAN Books and the best-selling author of his book "Saints who Saw Hell."
Bo and Bud talk with Kathryn Jean Lopez, editor-at-large of the National Review online, about her book "A Year with the Mystics".
Bo and Bud talk to Julie Weldon, Research and Project Manager at MercyOne Population Health Adjunct Faculty at Mercy College Health Sciences. Julie is a PhD Candidate at the University of Iowa, College of Nursing, and is writing her dissertation on the Sisters of Mercy's Careful Nursing model & how it impacts nursing practices.
Bo and Bud talk with Father John Bartunek, L.C., about his book "Spiritual but not Religious: The Search for Meaning in a Material World".
Bo and Bud talk with Michael J. Naughton about his book "Getting Work Right: Labor and Leisure in a Fragmented World".
Bo and Bud, live at the Iowa State Fair, talk to Haley Stewart about her recent article "Can We Justify Bringing Children into This Dark World."
Haley Stewart is a beekeeper's wife, mother of four, speaker, and author of "The Grace of Enough: Pursuing Less and Living More in a Throwaway Culture." She blogs at Carrots for Michaelmas and co-hosts the Fountains of Carrots Podcast.
"Can We Justify Bringing Children into this Dark World": https://t.co/5vjmhLnNK7?amp=1
Themes, notes, and insights from the 2019 Newman Association of America Conference in New Orleans. Hear Bo and Bud talk about the insights they gleaned and the content of their presentations.
Bo and Bud talk with Anthony Clark, author and professor of Chinese history, about the state of the church in China.
Bo and Bud talk to Brett Robinson, author of "Appletopia: Media Technology and the Religious Imagination of Steve Jobs", about modern communication and how it's impact on the common good.
Science and Religion in Dialogue for the Common Good, an interview with Dr. Chris Baglow, Director of the Institute for Science and Religion for the McGrath Institute on Church Life at the University of Notre Dame.
Bo and Bud talk to Nathan Eubank, professor at Notre Dame University, about the Church's understanding of merit.
A look into the June feast days of Corpus Christi, the Sacred Heart, and St. John the Baptist and how they enhance the common good.
Bo and Bud unpack how we can make charity incarnational and truly exemplify the Body of Christ in the world.
Bo and Bud discuss "Dignity" with author Chris Arnade on today's episode of The Uncommon Good.
Bo and Bud discuss the Life and Legacy of Jean Vanier and his L'Arche communities. Listen to The UnCommon Good:
The Catholic Movie Guy, Steve Wichmer, joins Bo and Bud to talk movie reviews and why movies play such an important role in our culture.
Today Bo and Bud talk with Steven Hemler about his new book "Search No More" in the first half of the show and in the second half they talk about the ramifications of the burning of Notre Dame.
Inauguration, Leadership, and the Catholic Difference. President Fiore invites listeners to his Inauguration, and speaks about what the Catholic difference makes for education and healthcare
In today's episode of "The Uncommon Good" Bo and Bud discuss the beauty, history and importance of the Solemnity of Annunciation.
Bo and Bud talk with author Vinny Flynn about his Mass and Adoration Companion.
Find more from Vinny Flynn at www.vinnyflynn.com or find his books at www.mercysong.com
Bo and Bud talk to Dr. Denis McNamara about the importance of church architecture and the impact it has on the liturgy.
Dr. Denis McNamara will be speaking in Des Moines on Saturday, March 23rd, at St. Augustin's Catholic Church at 7:30 pm, and on Sunday, March 24th at 11 am at St. Anthony's Catholic Church, following the 9:30 Traditional Latin Mass. Visit www.UnaVoceDSM.org for more information.
Bo and Bud are joined by Adam Storey and talked to Brent Robbins about his book The Medicalized Body and Anesthetic Culture: The Cadaver, the Memorial Body, and the Recovery of Lived Experience.
Dr. O'Malley talked about chastity, dating and married life in the light of Catholic moral theology. The starting point for the discussion was his recently published book, Off the Hook: God, Love, Dating, and Marriage in a Hookup World.
Bo and Bud discuss Interfaith Dialogue in reaction to Pope Francis' historic visit to Abu Dhabi.
Bo and Bud discuss Catholic social teaching in relation to the family--how economies should be structured to serve the family and not the other way around. Per Catholic teaching, the family is the basic unit of community life, such that no society can be truly healthy without fostering conditions within which the family can thrive. All that being said, the family is not simply the insular nuclear family. Rather, families need the support of the broader community and should, in turn, do all they can to strengthen communal bonds at both the neighborhood and city-wide levels.
An interview with Dr. R.J. Snell, Director of the Center on the University and Intellectual Life at the Witherspoon Institute, talking about his new book "Mind, Heart, and Soul: Intellectuals and the Path to Rome." We explore not only features of conversion and the intellectual life, but the way in which conversion contributes to the Common Good and is truly a communal effort on the part of the Church.
We have Dr. David Delio, President of the Newman Idea and UCG all-star, back on the show. With the canonization of John Henry Newman on the horizon, having two Newman Scholars in the house allows us to hear fantastic stories regarding Newman's "full sanctity," not only the intellectual life he is so well known for, but his concern for the poor and lost souls.
Bo and Bud talk sports analogies with Justin White, and share a great moment in Church History.
Author of the book "Discernment Do's and Dont's: A Practical Guide to Vocational Discernment
Discussion of Mary as an image of the Church and exemplar for Christians. Launching point for the discussion was the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Professor of Theology and the Administrative Chair of Theology at the University of Mary, author of the book "Loosing the Lion."
Foolish Gratitude at the End of Time: Bo and Bud discuss “the end of time,” both liturgically (the last week before Advent) and historically (the time after the coming of Christ) and how this shifts both our love and attachment to this world.
Matthew Mehan began teaching at The Heights School in 2000 and is the director of the Jackson Scholars senior thesis program. Matthew is also a fellow of the Center for Thomas More Studies, and he has been named The Worsham Teaching Fellow of Hillsdale College’s Washington DC Allan P. Kirby, Jr., Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship.
The Gifts of the Church, an interview with Dr. Ryan Topping, professor of Theology and Vice-President and Academic Dean at Newman Theological College, Edmonton. Dr. Topping speaks about his new book, The Gift of the Church, volume 1: How Catholicism Transformed the History and Soul of the West. In terms of the Common Good, the episodes how many goods even the Secular world enjoys are "gifts" from the Church, and how this robot understanding of Church history appealed to the guest and hosts as converts.
Bo and Bud discuss how politics does not end, but only begins after an election. And what should Catholics be up to? We turned to the 12 Apostles for their prayers, and then consider the 4 Last Things, the 4 sins that cry to heaven for vengeance, and the 4 Cardinal Virtues as places to start living "in the world but not of the world."
Suffering & Death: The Halloween Episode! Interviews with Dr. Bob Schuchts & Sr. Theresa Aletheia Noble FSP. Its Halloween, so to keep with the spirit of the day, we first talk about how we can suffer well and faithfully with Dr. Bob Schuchts, founder of the John Paul II Healing Center and author of Be Healed: Encountering the Powerful Love of Jesus in Your Life, and Be Transformed: The Healing Power of the Sacraments. Second, we talk about "memento mori," keeping death in mind as we go through life, in an interview with Sr. Theresa Aletheia Noble FSP, who is "twitter famous" (in this case specifically meant as a compliment!) for being the "Nun who has a skull on her desk," who has tweeted her journey at @pursuedbytruth, and has the "Remember Your Death: Memento Mori Journal" being published on All Souls Day, Nov. 2nd 2018.
The Good News For The Common Good, an interview with Cathy Duffy, author of the book "Everyday Evangelism for Catholics: A Practical Guide to Spreading the Faith in a Contemporary World." We talk about the implications for the Common Good regarding Evangelizing the Faith, and practical considerations regarding how we can do that better in our current social climate.
An interview with Gabriel Sanchez, editor for Angelus Press and an attorney for the Maul Law Group in Grand Rapid, MI. We discuss the difficulties people in debt face, the options they have for help, and the Catholic basis in Scripture and Tradition for aiding those in monetary distress and finding relief for those laboring under the weight of debt.
An Interview with Brandon McGinley, writer and editor, regarding the "deep cut" of a 2013 article he wrote that has more relevance today than ever. How is it that individualism, the liberal ordering of the state, and the myth of neutrality actually ends up in more clannish, tribal behavior, and how being forthrightly Catholic may become easier the less the modern world "works." Read more at http://brandonmcginley.com/wp/
An interview with Pater Edmund Waldstein, Cistercian Monk and Vice-Rector of the Seminary in Heiligenkreuz, Austria, and editor of www.thejosias.com. We discuss the concrete and practical considerations of "the good" for most people, and how those beginnings flower into full fledged understandings of the Common Good, along with that stand in our way of fully comprehending the relationship between personal goods and the common good.
An Interview with Dr. Patrick Callahan, Director of Humanitas and Chair of Catholic Thought at the St. Lawrence Institute for Faith and Culture. Great Books have become a buzz phrase in Catholic education, but is it only one more fad intended as a class marker or another consumer choice for our children? Dr. Callahan shatters the notion of the Great Books as a boutique education option, and shows it as that which "breaks the tyranny of the present" by lending us the voices from the past through relationship with present teachers.
Writer Haley Stewart (https://www.carrotsformichaelmas.com) comes on the show to talk about her new book, The Grace of Enough.
Bo and Bud talk about the history of Labor Day and how the Church has understood the role of labor.
Bo and Bud talk about the nature of Public Penance, especially in light of the difficult news all of us are encountering on an almost weekly occurrence. How we can include acts of reparation in our daily prayer lives. In the 2nd half of the show, we introduce Belle Chase, Iowa Catholic Radio's new Director of Development & Communications.
The Integrated Order, an interview with Dr. Jared Goff, Adjunct Professor at Mt. Angel Seminary and Instructor for Portland Diocese. We ask foundational questions about the economic order and how Catholic Social Teaching envisions the role of the human person in society. The question of how Body and Soul interacts in a well order society is addressed, and practical elements for our life in Christ are explored!
What happens when the history we know about the Church is a distortion? The most basic answer: it distorts our ability to talk about the contemporary Church dealing with its current challenges. Whether we demonize or glamorize the past, showing our ancestors the respect worthy of parents gives us not only an honest stance toward the past, but an authentic way to move forward.
Fear and Fortitude in Education: an interview with Dr. David Delio, Director of the Newman Idea at Holy Cross University. Our cultural moment is pock-marked with fear, and the decisions and discussion we have often betray this fear of the future for Catholic schooling from top to bottom. David comes on to say how we do not have to be afraid, and how the great tradition of Grace shown in Saints like John Henry Newman show us not only a path forward, but fill us with courage to man the battles ahead, and even thank God for the good these challenges will do for our souls, our institutions, and the Church itself.
Catholic Education: Distinct For the Sake of Others, an interview with Dr. Douglas Fiore, President of Mercy College of Health Sciences in Des Moines, IA. Dr. Fiore joins us to speak about his impressions as a new President, how this fits into the arc of his career, and how being a President at a Catholic College makes the job distinct. The role Catholic Education plays in the Common Good is explored, especially how it is the commitment to a Catholic School's heritage and Identity makes it more capable of helping people from all walks of life, not less.
Marriage and the Common Good, An interview with Regis Flaherty, author and General Manager at the Newman Institute for Newman Studies in Pittsburgh, PA. Bud and Regis team up IN Pittsburgh to show Bo and the audience the ropes of marriage. Starting with practical advice, delving into the Sacramental mystery of marriage, and widening out to the societal implications of the Matrimonial union, the talk is hopefully fun, helpful, and challenging all at the same time.
An interview with Dr. Karen Zwier, Phd from Pittsburgh University in Philosophy and History of Science, who has served different appointments at Drake and Iowa State Universities. Faith and Science are often seen as opposed, but even when they are "brought into conversation" with one another, the temptation is to claim they both have solid, firm answers, just in different fields or types of inquiry. However, Dr. Zwier challenges this narrative on both accounts, arguing that what unites Faith and Science is actually their mutual reliance on "apophatic" (or "negative") knowledge, or knowing something better by ruling out what it is not. In other words, both fields share in common this: the deeper you go into either, the more you come to appreciate the mystery of both.
Sometimes it is good to revisit the very idea of why we have a show in the first place, and that is what we did today. We of course asked similar things before early in the show, but we are much, MUCH better at this radio thing now! We center on Saints as the Citizens of the City of God and how we should implore them to change the City of Man ever more and more to match their heavenly home.
Katie Patrizio has taken being an UnCommon Good all-star to the next level, by co-hosting the show while Bo is away on vacation! They interview Maury Willls, owner of Wills Family Orchard, and have such a good time, everyone wonders whether Bo should ever come back at all!
Back with the Summer Movie Extravaganza 2018, it is the all-star of UCG all-stars, Steve Wichmer, talking about why we so primordially love the movies, and which movies you should and should not see this summer!
Carne and Incarnation, an interview with Emily Stimpson Chapman, author of several books and articles regarding the intersection of food and faith, accessible at thecatholictable.com. Look folks, its not hard to get Bo and Bud talking about how much they love food...but Emily engages the topic in such a joyful, profound, and practical level, its hard to imagine a more enjoyable show over a splendid topic! From the glory of cheese, the happiness and delight God takes in creation, to difficult discussions of eating disorders and alcoholism, a show that you won't want to miss.
Revelation Read Rightly, an interview with Dr. John Kincaid, Senior Fellow of the Principium Institute and Scripture Scholar who also blogs at http://www.thesacredpage.com. How do we read Scripture not only IN the Church, but WITH the Church? How is Scripture Revelation and how does other Revelation relate to Scripture? How many of Bo and Bud's friends converted to Catholicism when they were at Duke? Find out this, and more, in this episode of the UnCommon Good!
First Forays Into Friendship, an interview with Leah Libresco, a writer, speaker, and general Renaissance Woman whose work can be found at leahlibresco.com. We talk about the ideas contained in her forth coming book, "Building the Benedict Option: A Guide to Gathering Two or Three Together in His Name." Particularly, we look into particular, practical, and immediate ways folks who yearn for more community can get started doing so without necessarily having the resources to do something revolutionary. We someone include drinking in parking lots and curling, but once you start the podcast, it will all make sense.
Hildebrand and the Everyday Extraordinary, an interview with John Henry Crosby, Founder and Director of the Hildebrand Project. John Henry Crosby is a translator, writer, critic, and cultural entrepreneur who has dedicated his life to the legacy of Catholic Philosopher and Intellectual Dietrich von Hildebrand. We explore not only the fascinating story of Hildebrand's life, early and vigorous resistance to the Nazis in his native Germany, and subsequent intellectual life--we also dive into his practical considerations regarding how to be a Catholic in the midst of such trial and difficulty.
Fear and Longing For Eternity -- Dr. David Deavel -- 05/09/18. An Interview with Dr. David Deavel, Editor of LOGOS and Assistant Professor of Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas. We talk about the concept of Eternity, why it stokes fear for some (both young and old alike!), how understanding Eternity in a new way gives us new perspectives not only on the afterlife, but the her and now, and finally, how education is first and foremost a "preparation for Eternity."
Happiness, Virtue, and the Beautiful Life, an interview with Dr. Sheryl Overmyer, Associate Professor of Catholic Studies at DePaul University in Chicago, IL. We discuss modern misunderstandings surrounding happiness, the connection between happiness and virtue for ancient Philosophers, and the Catholic flowering of happiness and virtue into Our Lord's teaching in the Beatitudes. We look into insight from St. Thomas Aquinas, and, for the FIRST TIME EVER ON THE SHOW, our guest asks US a question!!! The answer we give: joy--so hopefully we passed the test!
Hope Among The Long Defeat: We bring back UCG All-Stars Adam Storey (Marriage and Family Life Director and Vice Chancellor) and John Huynh (Director of Faith Journey), both from the Diocese of Des Moines, to talk about J.R.R. Tolkien's concept of "The Long Defeat." We talk about the difference between optimism and hope, the Crosses necessary for us to have Resurrection in our lives, and how this changes the scope and shape of our work in the Church, for the Church, and with the Church
An interview with Dr. Alan Moy, MD, Founder and Scientific Director, John Paul II Medical Research Institute. Dr. Moy speaks with us about Stem Cell Research and Implications for Catholic Health Care, the difficulties of creating space for Catholic Biomedical research, and how the Common Good directs endeavors toward medical progress.
Excarnation vs. Incarnation -- An Interview with Dr. William Cavanaugh -- 04/11/18. We speak with Dr. William Cavanaugh, the director of Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology (CWCIT), professor of Catholic Studies at DePaul University in Chicago, and author of many wonderful books (https://works.bepress.com/william_cavanaugh/). We expound on his concept of "excarnation," the inverse of the Christian insistence on the "materiality" of the faith. We celebrate the Risen Body of Jesus Christ this Eastertide as a Church, so it makes sense to ask, what takes us away from our bodies and the hope that they will be Resurrected at the end of time?
He Is Risen -- Bo & Bud -- 04/04/18. Bo and Bud talk about the radical social implications stemming from Jesus Christ's Resurrection at Easter.
An Interview With Dr. William English, Assistant Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. It is one thing to talk about the moral claims individuals have and make on one another, or to speak about what society as a whole should aim for in matters of the Common Good. But what about the murkier "middle waters" of complicated systems as they exist "on the ground"? Dr. English explores these questions, specifically in the Medical Field, and how these issues may begin to be solved.
An Interview with David Mills, Editorial Director of Ethika Politika and Columnist for Aleteia. We welcome David back to the show as he stops by to tell us what it is really like to live with the those that make up the Church--namely, US!!! From One-issue Catholics, to those barely hanging on, to those in the midst of suffering, death, and rebirth, what does it mean to concretely live with our Brothers and Sisters in Christ?
Fr. David Poecking is the Pastor of St. Elizabeth Anne Seaton Parish in Carnegie, PA. His writings can be found at http://www.hourofourdeath.org/author/dpoecking/ -- in today's interview, Fr. David and the guys explore the societal and pastoral "burden" of caring for the dead, the way in which the living, dying, and dead form a "common good" more complete than when those groups are considered separately, the width of gravesites in Bo's family, the fact that only Oklahomans get hit by space debris (its a FACT), and more on this episode of the UnCommon Good!
Dr. Matthew Umbarger, Assistant Professor of Theology at Newman University and Uncommon Good All-Star, comes on the show to talk about the limits and strengths of Archeological finds and how they help us understand our faith. Also: bullships and Indiana Jones play a bigger role in this episode than you might imagine.
Christopher Thompson is the academic dean at the Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity and Catholic Rural Life’s Senior Research Fellow. He is the author of The Joyful Mystery: Field Notes Toward a Green Thomism, and also a contributing author to On Earth as It Is in Heaven, a book exploring ecology through the lens of Catholic theology, a book exploring ecology through the lens of Catholic theology. He blogs at https://greenthomism.wordpress.com/.
The guys comment on being stood up (AGAIN) on Valentine's day, and how the strange mix of holy days actually makes better sense of both of them. Plus, some relatively bad advice as to what to get your spouse this Ash Wednesday/Valentine's Day...
UCG All Star Katie Patrizio returns to speak about the promises, obligations, and graces God has promised his people through the Covenants with various Patriarchs, and the ramification for the Christian Social order.
Dr. Taylor Patrick O'Neill, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids, IA, stops by the show to talk about Leo XIII's famous encyclical Rerum Novarum, the world it outlines for Catholic understandings of the economy, and more!
Brandon McGinley, UnCommon Good All-Star, comes back on the show to talk about his new article "Detachment Parenting" in the newest issue of "Fare Forward."
Christian Friendship: An Interview with Eve Tushnet. Exploring the depth and history of friendship, especially the Christian concepts of spiritual friendship, with author and speaker Eve Tushnet. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/evetushnet/
The Mystical in the Mundane: An Interview with Acclaimed Author Mike Aquilina. We explore the common theme connecting Mike's most recent books (The Healing Imperative, A History of the Church in 100 Objects, The Apostles and Their Times, and How the Choir Converted the World) which you can find at https://fathersofthechurch.com/
Turkey Movie Extravaganza! Another Interview with the Catholic Movie Guy, Steve Wichmer
Gratitude and Family: An Interview with Adam Storey, Director of Family and Marriage for the Dicoese of Des Moines
Nasty-Rash, Contagious Catholicism: An Interview with Brandon McGinley. Check out his work at his website: http://brandonmcginley.com/wp/
The name is weird, but trust us on this one--inoculating our kids AGAINST the faith, what has to change, and more!
Let Them Be Born In Wonder: An Interview With Dan Kerr and Patrick Whalen, Founders of Saint Martin's Academy in Fort Scott, KS.
In The Market For Trust: An Interview With Dr. William English, Assistant Professor Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. Why do people trust or distrust institutions? What role do structures play in the ease and expanse of corruption in society? What does the common good have to say about rectifying these difficulties? These questions and more explored in this episode of the UnCommon Good!
New Vision, New Life: An Interview with Mike Vasquez, Founder of the St. Gregory Retreat Centers in Iowa. We talk about the retreat centers, the impetus behind their founding, the need for people with substance abuse issues to be treated body, mind, and soul, and the way the Catholic tradition weds both deep faith and attention to science in order to reach out to those most in need.
An Imitation of the Human--Technology In and As Metaphor: An Interview With Dr. Brian Sudlow, Lecturer of French with Translation Studies and Director of Undergraduate Programmes at Aston University in Birmingham, U.K. A discussion of how technology shapes us individuals and societies, the danger of viewing technologies as a given, worries regarding "mechanized bureaucratic Jansenism," and the difference between evangelizing the Faith as an alternative to dehumanization, and evangelizing the Faith as just one more technology.
Great Moments in BUD History: A Clip Show To Honor Bud's Physical Move to Pittsburgh (BUT DON'T WORRY, He Will Still Be On The Show!) It's goofy, sentimental, and most of the stories are fakes, but a good time was had by all!
God's Purpose In Things: An Interview With Elizabeth Bruenig, Editor at the Washington Post and Contributor to America Magazine. Elizabeth gives us a general outline of the understanding of property from the Patristic Age, through the Medieval Church, and into the Enlightenment Era. We especially look to St. Augustine's account of creation, fall, and redemption in understanding the political order, rule, and property. The difference this makes for contemporary Catholics is elucidated as well.
Bold Canaanites and The Small-Souled People of God: An Interview with Katie Patrizio, Director of Faith Formation at St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Ames, IA. We discuss Sloth and Magnanimity in the context of the Scripture stories of Caleb and the Canaanite Woman, and the wider communal ramifications for this vice and virtue.
The Gift of Those In Need: An Interview with Laura Wenman, Chief Mission Officer for Mercy Medical Center, in Des Moines, IA. Laura speaks to the Mission difference in Catholic Healthcare, and specifically the way in which "positive obligations" of Catholic healers is not simply a burden, but a beautiful calling, that shapes the way we engage those in their most dire times of need.
Your West Is Too Small: An Interview with Erik Ellis, Notebaert Fellow in the Medieval Instituate at the University of Notre Dame on "Romanitas" and A "Wider" Understanding of the "West"
A Cyber-Anxious Age: An Interview with Dr. Joseph Bottum, Professor of Cyber-Ethics and Director of the Classics Institute at Dakota State University. We speak with Dr. Bottum about his new position, how that relates to his other writings (from his newest book "An Anxious Age" and his myriad articles reflecting the life of a public intellectual), and dive into insights both the Classics of the West and Catholic understandings of the Common Good might have for navigating our new reality.
The Fall Into Politics: An Interview with Dr. Jacob Howland, McFarlin Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tulsa. In this interview, we explore the ancestry of Catholic Social Teaching by discussing its Greek and Jewish philosophical fore-bearers. Dr. Howland demonstrates this commonality by relating the fall from the Garden of Eden in Jewish thought with the transition from the "well ordered city" to the "feverish city" in Plato.
Not An Adjective But A Universe: Evangelization In An Age of Consumerism. An Interview with Dr. Timothy O'Malley, director of the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy in the McGrath Institute for Church Life. He teaches in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. Tim stops by the show again to talk about Evangelization in America, his recent trip to a "New Evangelization" conference in Poland, and his new book, "Bored Again Catholic."
The Trees of the Field Will Clap Their Hands: An Interview with Dr. Bryan Cross on Creation and the Justice Due Our Fellow Creatures. Dr. Bryan Cross is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids, IA. He joins us today to speak about the difference the Common Good and Catholic Social Teaching make when considering "environmentalism" or "nature." Regard as Creation, and seen as a "mutual harmony" between creatures, the flavor of the discussion changes dramatically. Utilizing Pope Francis's encyclical "Laudato Si," the conversation digs deep into why this truly is not an issue that can be contained to or by one "political side."
Blessed Be The Sewers: Local Initiatives, Municipal Resources, and How To Rethink the Common Good in a Concrete Manner. Bo and Bud explore the ways we sometimes overthink or neglect the day-to-day way we show each other charity, civic unity, and the blessings that living a common life have.
The Eviscerated Middle: An Interview with Jared Schumacher and Fr. Aaron Wessman. Fr. Aaron and Jared describe the lessons they have learned, personally and academically, about the relationship between Secularism and the Church while studying at the University of Leuven in Belgium. Jared studies Church-State relations there, and is a convert. Fr. Aaron studies Secularism and Missionary work there, and is a Priest of the Glenmary Home Missioners. The interview deals with the similarities and differences between American and European Catholicism, what lessons we can learn from those observations, and the role "middle-institutions" play in the advance of Secularism. All that and a new Great Moments in Church History.
Plundering The Egyptian's Gold: An Interview with Dr. Adam DeVille On the Christian Practice of Using Pagan Writings and Resources Outside the Tradition For the Sake of Truth. An Interview With Dr. Adam DeVille, Chair, Philosophy & Theology; Associate Professor; Program Director, Master of Arts in Theology at University of St. Francis in Fort Wayne, Indiana regarding the long tradition of Christians using the treasure of "outside resources" to make sense of the Truth of the Faith. We look not only on the Early Church's use of Greek Philosophy, but explore the Medieval adoption of Islamic sources, and modern engagements with the likes of Freud and Nietzsche. Plus, another great moments in Church History.
The Public Nature of Art: An Interview with the Catholic Movie Guy, Steve Wichmer, Regarding Movies, Art, and the Public Good.
The War of the Lamb Against the Prince of This World: An Interview With Adam Storey About Christ's Easter Offensive and the Resurrection. Adam Storey is the Vice Chancellor and Director Marriage and Family Life Office at Roman Catholic Diocese of Des Moines. We talk to him not only about how "militant imagery" surrounding Easter in the Early Church strikes him as a combat veteran, but what such imagery has to say about how we should celebrate Easter, along with hot takes regarding Ham intake during the Octave and pot shots at Easter Eggs. Also: a one of the greatest great moments
A Walk Through Holy Week: An Interview with Dr. Matthew Umbarger Regarding His Recent Trip to the Holy Land. Dr. Umbarger, an UnCommon Good All-Star, recently lead a tour through the Holy Land. With those memories fresh in his mind, we ask him to reflect on the physical places Jesus walked during Holy Week, and what insights they have for us as we journey with Christ to His Cross and Empty Tomb this week.
Secularization in Europe and America: An Interview With Jared Schumacher Regarding His Studies in Church/State Relations and Secularization, and His Experience of Converting to Catholicism in Belgium. Jared was a fellow grad student at Duke Divinity School with Bo and Bud, is a PhD student at the University of Leuven in Belgium and is our "European corespondent," along with a fellow traveler in advocating for a return to Catholic Social Teaching.
Radio Cross-Over!!! The Man UP! show pays a visit to us. Joe and Fr. Zach are known for their Man UP! show on Iowa Catholic radio, and after having us on their show Monday, we returned the favor and had them on as well! The role of Spiritual and Biological Fatherhood was the main points of discussion, with plenty of jokes in between, and a March Madness themed "Great Moments in Church History."
To Reopen The Sacred Fountains of Inspiration: An Interview With Dr. Jarod Goff, Adjunct Professor at Mt. Angel Seminary, On St. Francis And His Life. We often pigeonhole St. Francis in an individualistic manner, either as a Superstar Saint none of us can be like, or Medieval hippie. Dr. Goff disabuses us of this notion of St. Francis, and points out how the reform of St. Francis is Pauline, Marian, and before anything else, after the Heart of Jesus Christ. We also reprise an oldie-but-goodie Great Moments in Church History in honor of St. Francis!
What Kind of King Goes Out To The Desert? An Interview With Katie Patrizio, Director of Faith Formation at St. Cecilia Catholic Church Regarding the Scriptural Basis of Lenten Practice. Katie breaks down the numerous scriptural echoes regarding why we need penance, but why it is that Jesus Christ does the specific things we see recorded in the Gospel narrative. Be prepared to take notes, because Katie has wonderful scripture texts for you to study during Lent!
Prudential Judgments and the Common Good: How to Move From Principles to Practical Reasons For Why We Do Things Here and Now. The difference between Dogma, Doctrine, and Prudential decisions. Tips from Bl. John Henry Newman on how this relationship works and the freedom it allows the Catholic intellectual tradition. Insights from Nassim Taleb on how we create mental traps that bind us (in ways Dogmas and Doctrines do not!). Skin in the game when it comes to our decisions. A great moment in Church History with St. Valentine(s)!
When The Church Does Not Agree: The Immigration and Refugee Crisis As An Example of How To Debate Prudential Matters As the Body of Christ. We undoubtedly make people mad by NOT choosing a particular side, but bringing to bear the two principles regarding Immigration and Refugees (as outlined by a document from Pope Pius XII) and meditating on how we can faithfully engage people in the Church we disagree with regarding how to prudentially apply both principles in our particular context. Rather than give 4 "easy steps" to dialogue," we have 4 difficult "thorns" we hope everyone holds in their heart when speaking about these difficult issues: how will Prayer, Revelation, Reason, and Experience spur our hearts to see those who disagree with us as part of the solution and not first of all part of the problem?
The City of God Cannot Leave the City of Man Alone: An Interview with Dr. Tim O'Malley. Bo Bonner and Bud Marr welcome Dr. Tim O'Malley, Director of the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy at the McGrath Institute for Church Life. What does the liturgy, family and social life have in common? The guys ask an expert, and before you know it, talking about our crazy children gets involved. Don't miss it!
What Is Political Theology and What Does It Mean For Us?: An Interview With Dr. Grant Kaplan, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at St. Louis University. A discussion regarding the way Theology and the Church shapes our allegiances, and how the way religious belief is often narrated is not only historically inaccurate, but politically damaging. Additionally, one of our underwriters Joe Jerome, owner of Cartridge World, stops in to talk about his business, how he strives to relate the Catholic world and the small business world, and nostalgia regarding Big 8 basketball.
God, Kings and the Ruled: An Interview with Dr. Matthew Umbarger About the Old Testament Ambivalence Toward Rulers, and the Implication For Modern Christians. With the Presidential Inauguration coming up, our society has "mixed feelings" to say the least. However, the Old Testament gives witness to the "mixed feelings" our tradition has toward rulers, and although they are not the mixed feelings of our two-party system, they do show the breadth, maturity, and symphonic account of how the faithful are to relate to rulers, and how Jesus Christ brings together the many voices of the Old Testament on that relationship.
Redeeming the Time: How Liturgical Time Shapes Civic Time. Thoughts On the Christmas Octave and Christian Social Understanding. Ecclesial vs. Civic Liturgies and Our Understanding of the Passage of Time. How this conditions us to do things differently. Worshipful vs. Consumerist societies, etc.
At The Movies: An Interview with the Catholic Movie Guy, Steve Wichmer. A discussion of how movies (and other art) informs and is informed by the common good, with examples from specific movies. One of the "Greatest Moments" in Church history, and dulcet music from the season.
The Social Good of Marriage - An Interview with Leila Marie Lawler, Author of the New Book, "God Has No Grandchildren." You can read her blog here: http://www.likemotherlikedaughter.org/ Her newest book is here: https://goo.gl/NguUWR Her book before that: https://goo.gl/3PpfzS
Economic Solidarity: Allowing the Church to Mold Our Economic Vision, With Gabriel Sanchez, Attorney with expertise in Aviation and Commerce Law, Editor at Angelus Press, and Author of the blog opuspublicum.com. A conversation with Gabriel about how events in his life opened him to the teachings of the Church in economic matters, and how our understanding of economics must be a witness to both "liberals" and "conservatives" in the culture. Additionally, a few words regarding the tragedy that has befallen the Des Moines Metro Community regarding the ambush of two Metro Police Officers, and a Monastic prayer for the dead on All Souls day.
The Preferential Option For the Poor - An Interview with Steve and Andrew from the St. Vincent de Paul Society in Des Moines, IA. What does it mean when the Church says God has a "preferential option for the poor"? We interview Steve Havemann, Executive Director, and Andrew Gross, Education Center Director of the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Des Moines, IA to give flesh to this idea. Referring to the important work they are doing in the midst of our community, we explore what it looks like to live God's preferential option for the poor in our community today.
Solidarity and Subsidiarity -- A Deeper Look. These two important terms are often given shallow descriptions, but in this show we hope to encounter their full depth and beauty. Breaking down what the words mean, giving biblical examples of what they look like, and connecting them to every day situations for followers of the Church. And as always, a "Great Moments in Church History" to make us laugh and think at the same time!
What Is Justice? An in depth look on "giving each their due." Covering aspects of Legal, Commutative, Distributive, and Social Justice, along with other corners of thought where Justice is important!
Tranquility of Order: The Primacy of Peace in Catholic Social Thought. It's foundation in God, it's expression in the Mass, and how it emanates throughout our hearts, families, cities, and nations. Great Moments in Church History: Joan of Arc and The French Win!!!!
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