I Thought You'd Like To Know This, Too: Recent Episodes
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In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Michael Brennan speaks with Fr. Ray Introvigne about his book, co-authored with William Ayles, The Catholic Charismatic Renewal, Revisited (July 7, 2026)
The Catholic Charismatic Renewal is a “Head to Heart Experience”—and is fully backed by our modern-day Holy Fathers. This book is dedicated to all our fellow Catholic brothers and sisters, as well as all Christians who desire a transforming Holy Spirit Renewal Experience. This Experience will usher in life-changing, divine benefits:
* Strengthening Your Faith
* Scripture Coming Alive for You
* A Deeper Dimension of Peace and Joy
* A Falling in Love with Your Lord Jesus Christ
* A Greater “Intimacy with Our Precious Jesus” at Mass
* An Elevated Awareness of Your Divine Purpose in this Life
* Christ Granting to You (if desired) the same Charismatic Gift given to His Apostles
Our Lord is knocking on the door of your heart…
The Catholic Charismatic Renewal, Revisited by Fr. Ray Introvigne and William Ayles, D.D. | En Route Books and Media
In this episode of WCAT TV's discussion of Mount Doom, author Paul List and Tolkien scholar Joseph Pierce discuss their interpretations of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" through a Thomistic lens.
Paul emphasizes the book's themes of original sin, mortal sin, and the fear of death, linking characters like Tom Bombadil and Goldberry to the rational will and intellect. Joseph praises the book's comprehensive analysis but cautions against reductionism, suggesting that Tolkien's work is broader and more nuanced. They also discuss the potential impact of artificial intelligence and the importance of preserving Catholic tradition. Both agree on the significance of Tolkien's work in addressing contemporary spiritual and technological challenges. The discussion explores the connections between J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" and the themes of technology, artificial intelligence, and Christian faith.
Paul highlights Tolkien's prescience, particularly his understanding of Alan Turing's concepts, which influences the portrayal of Sauron and the Eye of Sauron. Joseph emphasizes the importance of reading Tolkien's work as a story and of recognizing its deeper Christian themes, such as the long defeat and the ultimate victory of good over evil. Both agree on the need to return to faith and the dangers of worshiping technology.
Concerning the book under discussion:
In Mount Doom: The Prophecy of Tolkien Revealed, Paul List and Ali Ghaffari present a bold reinterpretation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s mythology, arguing that a hidden philosophical and spiritual framework underlies The Lord of the Rings. Drawing from Catholic theology, Thomistic philosophy, psychology, and cultural criticism, the authors explore Tolkien’s legendarium as a prophetic warning about technology, artificial intelligence, idolatry, and the crisis of the modern soul. This provocative study challenges readers to see Middle-earth—and themselves—in an entirely new way.
Concerning the speakers:
Paul List is co-author with Ali Ghaffari of Mount Doom: The Prophecy of Tolkien Revealed. Drawing on years of study in philosophy, theology, mythology, and Tolkien’s legendarium, Paul has developed a bold and deeply original interpretation of Tolkien’s work—one that connects The Lord of the Rings to questions of metaphysics, technology, artificial intelligence, and the spiritual crisis of modern civilization. His work challenges readers to reconsider Tolkien not only as a master storyteller, but also as a prophetic thinker speaking directly to our own age.
Joseph Pearce, one of the world’s leading Catholic literary scholars and biographers. A prolific author, editor, and speaker, Joseph has written extensively on J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, and many of the great literary voices of the Christian tradition. His work has helped countless readers rediscover the spiritual, philosophical, and theological depth embedded within great literature.
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know, Marcus Peter of Ave Maria Radio Interviews Stephen Rouhana on his book The King and Queen are Naked: Establishment Failures based on Scientific, Medical, and Psychiatric Research on “Gender Dysphoria” (February 9, 2026)
This book is the result of analysis of the literature on Gender Dysphoria published in journals of psychology, psychiatry, and medicine, and in other relevant publications.In part one, Dr. Rouhana starts from basic definitions and leads the reader through the maze of articles and opinions on the subject to the unavoidable conclusion that the gender identity issues underlying Gender Dysphoria do constitute a mental disorder. He examines how the current recommendations in the Diagnostic and Statistics Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) published by the American Psychiatric Association have been intentionally written to mislead the general public and medical insurance companies.In part two, Dr. Rouhana explores what ethical treatments are, and are not, for Gender Dysphoria given the conclusions from part one.In part three, he explores what the Catholic Church has taught on this topic, from the perspective of faith and philosophy. Each part ends with proposed actions to truly help those suffering with this issue.
The King and Queen are Naked: Establishment Failures based on Scientific, Medical, and Psychiatric Research on “Gender Dysphoria” by Stephen W. Rouhana, Ph.D. | En Route Books and Media
Roxane Salonen talks with The Catholic Connection about Finding Flannery: A Travel Memoir Exploring the Mystique of Flannery O’Connor and the Legacy She Has Left Us All authored by Christina Brajkovich, Karen Anne Mahoney, and Roxane B. Salonen
Follow the journey… During the fiftieth anniversary year of the death of Flannery O’Connor, three writers from the North embarked on a pilgrimage to Milledgeville, Georgia, to uncover the mystique of their heroine, whose stories have left as many shocked as in stitches.
What formed this famed literary artist, who, though her life was cut short by lupus, became one of America’s most celebrated fiction writers, and whose stories of grace, sin, and redemption–with their misfit characters and grotesque violence–still point us to the light of truth?
Get ready to be transported into the Deep South, where the world is best taken in from a front-porch rocking chair amid peaches and magnolias, and where Flannery penned her best works in the shadow of a dairy farm. Along the way of this vivid travelogue, you’ll peer into the places that educated and shaped Flannery’s imagination and fed her devout Catholic soul.
Finding Flannery: A Travel Memoir Exploring the Mystique of Flannery O’Connor and the Legacy She Has Left Us All, authored by Christina Brajkovich, Karen Anne Mahoney, and Roxane B. Salonen | En Route Books and Media
Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell interview Roxane Salonen on her book, co-authored with Christina Brajkovich and Karen Anne Mahoney, entitled Finding Flannery: A Travel Memoir Exploring the Mystique of Flannery O’Connor and the Legacy She Has Left Us All. (November 18, 2025)
Follow the journey… During the fiftieth anniversary year of the death of Flannery O’Connor, three writers from the North embarked on a pilgrimage to Milledgeville, Georgia, to uncover the mystique of their heroine, whose stories have left as many shocked as in stitches.
What formed this famed literary artist, who, though her life was cut short by lupus, became one of America’s most celebrated fiction writers, and whose stories of grace, sin, and redemption–with their misfit characters and grotesque violence–still point us to the light of truth?
Get ready to be transported into the Deep South, where the world is best taken in from a front-porch rocking chair amid peaches and magnolias, and where Flannery penned her best works in the shadow of a dairy farm. Along the way of this vivid travelogue, you’ll peer into the places that educated and shaped Flannery’s imagination and fed her devout Catholic soul.
Finding Flannery: A Travel Memoir Exploring the Mystique of Flannery O’Connor and the Legacy She Has Left Us All, authored by Christina Brajkovich, Karen Anne Mahoney, and Roxane B. Salonen | En Route Books and Media
In this episode of Catholic Connection, Teresa Tomeo shares some of her own experience during a conversation with Lisa Livezey concerning Lisa's book Minding Mom surrounding a topic she calls, "near and dear to her heart."
Devotional writer Lisa Livezey understands the challenges of full-time caregiving atop an already-full life. Following her father’s sudden death, Lisa was plunged headlong into caring for her mother who was battling Alzheimer’s. With wisdom and candor, Lisa pairs every-day and extraordinary caregiving moments with scriptures, prayers, and reflections. Caregivers will:
* Feel recognized and valued
* Laugh amidst the craziness
* Experience God in the day-to-day
Minding Mom: A Caregiver’s Devotional Story by Lisa Livezey | En Route Books and Media
In our last session of Paul: His Epistles and What They Mean, Dcn Jim McFadden reflected that the truth of the Gospel cannot be negotiated. One of the key components of the Good News is that we are justified by Jesus Christ and, as such, are not bound by the Law, but are called to the demanding life-style of self-giving generosity of the Gospel. But, the Law still has a role—we’re obliged to follow the Ten Commandments—but it serves as a precursor to the Good News.
- Paul zealously embraced the evangelical model of the Church. Do you share in that mission? How so?
- Paul would not dilute or compromise the Gospel. Do you see that as being rigid or faithful to the Good News? How can the Gospel be compromised today?
- The Gospel is Jesus’ gift to us; it gives us life. How do you embrace and live the Gospel?
The Bible Says What!? is a podcast and YouTube channel that features the atheist host’s one-on-one conversations with Bible-believing podcasters, authors, pastors, and religious leaders from across the globe.
Have you been told that science and religion are incompatible? Do you think you have to give one up to be consistent?You don’t. In this book, MIT-trained physicist Thomas Sheahen explains how you can:* trust in God more readily, by realizing that God is not limited by space and time * expand your human thinking and step up to a higher plane of understanding * realize that religion and science are complementary paths to knowledge–not opposed * understand that God thought up the laws of nature and uses them in creation.
Everywhen | En Route Books and Media
Paul’s Letter to the Galatians is an important letter. Not only do we get to know Paul better as he makes biographical references to explain his conversion and his decision to place his whole life in the service of Christ Jesus, but he also deals with certain themes that are important to our faith, such as freedom, grace, and the Christian way of life.
Paul’s 1st Epistle to the Thessalonians was the earliest compositions of the New Testament, written around 51 A.D., nearly 20 years before Mark’s gospel was composed. The letter was written at the beginning of what is known as Paul’s second missionary journey, in which he conveys his understanding of his mission.
* What does it mean to be a slave to Christ?
* When the Risen Christ has become the center of your life, how is that displayed in your ordinary experience?
In this episode of Paul: His Epistles and What They Mean, Dcn. Jim McFadden talks about Paul and his conversion. (September 29, 2025)
Unlike the dearth of biographical information for the Gospel writers, The Acts of the Apostles furnishes us with a host of details about Paul’s life, his missionary toils and sermons, his relationship to the churches, to Judaism and the Roman authorities.
L K Miller offers her deliverance prayer.
For more, see 10 Steps to Lasting Healing: True Psychology—for Catholics by L K Miller | En Route Books and Media
For far too long, prevailing messages have been that relapse is inevitable, that emotional suffering can at best be medication managed, and that permanent healing for psychological disorders is impossible. L K Miller refused to accept this—and after years of searching in worldly solutions and finding no relief for her own emotional suffering, addictions, and other psychological disorders, she turned to Christ and discovered the only path to true and lasting healing: repentance and living fully in His Truth, Love, and Virtues.
In 10 Steps to Lasting Healing: True Psychology—for Catholics, L K Miller shares the fruit of over two decades of prayer, professional practice, and her personal journey, offering readers the same steps that led to her freedom and have transformed numerous lives. This book presents True Psychology and the Lasting Healing Psychology (LHP Method)—a Christ-centered approach that goes beyond symptom management to address the real root of harmful emotions, addictions, disordered attachments, trauma, psychological disorders, and sexuality and identity confusion, offering authentic and lasting healing.
With warmth, honesty, zeal, and practical wisdom, L K Miller offers hope to those who have suffered enough and are ready for lasting change as she shares both her personal testimony and the ten steps that led to her achieving peace, contentment, fulfillment, and lasting healing. 10 Steps to Lasting Healing: True Psychology—for Catholics offers a practical, deeply spiritual proven lifeline for the suffering, hope for loved ones, companion for truth seekers, and guide for those who serve others in ministry, counseling, or spiritual direction.
Because lasting healing is possible. Freedom is possible. And you were made for more.
In this inaugural episode of Paul: His Epistles and What they Mean, Dcn. Jim McFadden talks about Pauline theology.
St. Augustine marveled at the depth of St. Paul’s epistles, which would nurture and strengthen the faith of so many Christians up and down the centuries. His epistles would inspire saints and countless disciples who hear his words every Sunday Mass at the 2nd reading, and may they do the same for us as we begin our reflection of Paul: His Epistles and What They Mean.
Fr. Christopher Seith deepens his conversation with Fr. Mark about the role of social media and the importance of silence from technology and other such distractions in our lives. (January 13, 2025)
Fr. Christopher Seith joins Father Mark to talk about his book, Rekindling Wonder, and the immense importance of and benefits from stepping away from screen time in daily life. (January 6, 2025)
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Sr. Carla Mae Streeter, OP, interviews Sister Ilia Delio, OSF, a Franciscan sister with a background in science and theology. Sr. Ilia discussed her journey from neurobiology to historical theology, emphasizing the integration of science and religion. She highlighted the need for a dynamic understanding of Christology and the role of figures like Francis of Assisi, Bonaventure, and Teilhard de Chardin in bridging science and faith. Sr. Ilia advocated for a shift from traditional doctrines to a more evolutionary and integrative approach, stressing the importance of revisiting core theological concepts in light of modern scientific insights. She also emphasized the need for a robust religious education that includes both science and faith to address contemporary challenges.
In this episode of Jesus 911, Jesse Romero interviews Joseph Freymann on his book Summa Apologetics (January 30, 2025)
Summa Apologetica is for adults and mature teens. It is specifically designed for a year-long course in Catholic Apologetics at the late high-school or early-college level. The book contains 160 questions and answers on Catholicism, Christianity, and faith in general. There are six categories: Natural Apologetics, Christian Apologetics, Catholic Apologetics, Historical Apologetics, Moral Apologetics and General Questions. The book is based on the philosophy and theology of St. Thomas Aquinas, as well as magisterial documents and the writings of authors whose views are consistent with sound Catholic theology. In each answer, scriptural verses appear in bold print for quick reference. The study questions at the end of each chapter are helpful for classroom discussions, quizzes and tests. This textbook has a digital companion, available in the App Store and the Google Play Store. It is a mobile app called Appologetics, written by the same author and containing the same content, a helpful pocket resource for convenience and quick reference.
Summa Apologetica: Catholic Apologetics and Moral Questions by Joseph Freymann | En Route Books and Media
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Dr. Angelyn Arden interviews Chai Mahfood on her book Damnatio Memoriae (January 25, 2025)
After confronting unspeakable paranormal entities and narrowly escaping with his life, a young man faces the challenges of survival in the aftermath.
Damnatio Memoriae by Chai Mahfood | En Route Books and Media
The goal of Rich May's workbook entitled Addressing Moral Confusion is to help our youth to receive catechetical instruction without getting bogged down by the mindset of the world today, thereby enabling them to be more open to the truth of the Gospel of Christ and His Church. It uniquely addresses these challenges, drawing from The Catechism of the Catholic Church, as well as great theologians and philosophers including C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton, Fulton Sheen, St. John Cardinal Newman and others knowledgeable in moral psychology and human behavior.Age group: High school and young adults especially those already enrolled in institutions of higher learning. Not all of them may be practicing Christians. It should be of interest to all teachers including those that are currently working with younger age groups. Parents will also benefit from the material and convey basic themes … example, Session One: “Should you believe everything you hear?
Addressing Moral Confusion | En Route Books and Media
In this episode of the Catholic Link podcast. Fr. Conrad Murphy, host of the Habemus Papam podcast, joins Fr. Rob and Fr. George to discuss his new book Why Christians Can Wear Pants: Spiritual Lessons from Strange Stories in Papal History. This new book is the product of Fr. Murphy’s podcast project. Over the course of six years, Fr. Murphy created short podcast biographies for each pope in chronological order. This book compiles some of the best stories he learned and how we grow closer to Christ in light of these stories. These stories include a pope’s statement on whether Christians can wear pants.
In the late 9th Century, Pope Nicholas I was asked if Christians were permitted to wear pants. His response was both amusing and wise, extolling the questioners to virtue and spiritual growth. Why Christians Can Wear Pants is a collection of unique stories from Papal History, which, like the example provided by Pope Nicholas, teach us lessons about the spiritual life.
Why Christians Can Wear Pants: Spiritual Lessons from Strange Stories in Papal History by Fr. Conrad Murphy | En Route Books and Media
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know, The Catholic Current interviews Jennifer Roback Morse about her chapter in Lived Experience. The show is entitled "How to Stop Being Stupid about Sex."
This book is an initial attempt to arrive inductively at the truths embedded in the moral teaching of the Church through the lived experience of faithful men and women, rendered intelligible in conceptual terms. While attending to one’s own experience is certainly one step in coming to understand oneself, it provides but a glimpse – a partial clue – into the mystery of who one is and is meant to be. Indeed, experience is not alienated from human cognition but integral to it. Wisdom is the fruit of both experience and reason. But, contrary to claims of those who would give primacy to subjective personal experience over and against the conclusions of right reason, it is only possible to arrive at the full truth about oneself if the intellect is allowed to pursue its proper end, not mere knowledge but understanding. We hope to persuade the reader that a proper grasp of the place of lived experience in the search for truth reveals that the Catholic understanding of the human person and human sexuality provide the only sure route to human happiness.
Lived Experience and the Search for Truth: Revisiting Catholic Sexual Morality | En Route Books and Media
In this ITEST webinar entitled "A New Understanding of Quantum Mechanics: Back to Aristotle and Aquinas" Dr. Robert Kurland, Kenneth Francis, and Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, discuss metaphysics, epistemology, and quantum physics. (August 17, 2024)
In the order of appearance,
Sebastian Mahfood, OP, PhD, "Introduction to Aristotelian-Thomistic Metaphysics"
Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, Director of ITEST, is a Lay Dominican of the Province of Saint Albert the Great. He has served as a professor of intercultural and interdisciplinary studies in theological education for over two decades. In 2021, he transitioned full-time to developing his publishing house, En Route Books and Media, LLC, and his radio station, WCAT Radio, the missions of which are to promote the Catholic spiritual journey in the provision of resources that assist in the formation of priests and laity. He lives in St. Louis with his wife, Dr. Stephanie Mahfood, and children, Alexander and Eva Ruth.
Abstract
“All men by nature desire to know. An indication of this is the delight we take in our senses” – so begins Aristotle’s Metaphysics, less a metaphysical statement than an epistemological one, but it sets the tone for everything that follows in terms of the third level of abstraction, being qua being, since it indicates the hylomorphic nature of man as both spiritual and material. The immaterial mind learns when the body, formed by the soul, perceives through its senses an ambient reality, generating a phantasm which no longer relies on the sensory impression. One need only touch fire once, for example, to get the idea of “hot.” Are there ways in which metaphysics can help us understand quantum mechanics? Certainly! And that is the subject of this talk.
Kenneth Francis, "God and Quantum Theory "
Kenneth Francis is a freelance journalist and Contributing Editor at New English Review. For the past 30 years, he has worked as an editor in various publications and print media, as well as a university professor in journalism. He also holds an MA in Theology and is the author of The Little Book of God, Mind, Cosmos and Truth (St Pauls Publishing); The Terror of Existence: From Ecclesiastes to Theatre of the Absurd (with Theodore Dalrymple); and Neither Trumpets Nor Violins (with Theodore Dalrymple and Samuel Hux).
Abstract
In understanding the universe, it seems that quantum theory, according to most physicists, is the final mysterious frontier of cosmic science. If so, I believe that this boundary can only be understood fully by a Mind possessing omniscience: God. The serpent in the Garden of Eden successfully conned Adam and Eve into believing they could achieve omniscience, and we all know what happened after that mother-of-all conceited errors. I often wonder did the serpent also tempt the ‘Adam and Eve’ scientists in Switzerland’s ‘Garden of CERN’, with its Large Hadron Collider in search of the so-called ‘God particle’. Even Mary Shelly’s novel Frankenstein was written by the shores of Lake Geneva, next door to CERN, with its potential for creating another Frankenstein’s monster.
Robert Kurland, PhD, "A ‘New’ Understanding of Quantum Mechanics: Back to Aristotle and Aquinas"
Dr. Robert Kurland (a convert to Catholicism in 1995) is a retired physicist who has applied magnetic resonance to problems of biological interest in his research (web search: “Kurland-McGarvey Equation”). He began to learn about quantum mechanics at Caltech (BS, “with honor,” 1951) and Harvard (MS,1953; Ph.D.,1956) from courses taught by Richard Feynman and Julian Schwinger. In teaching quantum mechanics to students at Carnegie-Mellon University and SUNY/AB he found that mathematical formalism of quantum mechanics was an obstacle to understanding. So, in his talk he will try to explain what quantum mechanics is about using a minimum of mathematics, as he did in his book Mysteries: Quantum and Theological.
Abstract
In this talk, I’ll give a brief, qualitative, pictorial explanation of quantum mechanics, from a historical perspective. Two mysteries of quantum mechanics (behavior not in accord with our everyday intuition), the wavelike nature of particles, and entanglement, will be illustrated in simple examples. I’ll examine how philosophers of science have recently used two concepts, actus (actus essendi) and potentia, to explain these mysteries and put them into a context of Aristotelian/Thomistic metaphysics.
ABORTION PILL REVERSAL – TRUTH OR FICTION?
Abortion Pill Reversal - Truth or Fiction? - Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology (faithscience.org)
OUR PRESENTERS
STEPHEN SAMMUT, PHD
ABORTION-PILL REVERSAL: PRECLINICAL EVIDENCE
Dr. Stephen Sammut received a B.Pharm from Monash University (Victoria, Australia) and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Malta (Malta, Europe). His research utilizes preclinical models to investigate psychopathological behavior. He has authored and co-authored papers in leading scientific journals, including his groundbreaking studies relating to abortion and abortion-pill reversal. His research efforts currently focus on investigating: 1) the neurological, biological and behavioral consequences of drug-induced abortion, 2) the abortion-pill-reversal, 3) the development of an animal model for relocating the embryo in ectopic pregnancy and 4) mental health and related behaviors in the university student population.
ABSTRACT
Abortion-pill reversal (APR) is the process where a woman, regretting her abortion shortly after taking mifepristone (RU486), is administered progesterone in an effort to stop and reverse the abortion process. APR is treated as medically/scientifically unsound and dangerous to women. However, what does the reality tell us? Does objective reality support the narrative fed to the public? This presentation will seek to address the objective scientific reality underlying APR, including recent findings from my laboratory. The presentation will also address briefly the previous preclinical findings pertaining to the negative consequences of abortion and aspects relating to the abuses and manipulation of objective scientific truth in the current mode of operation of the scientific and medical fields that are driving the attack on APR.
STACY TRASANCOS, PHD
FROM BLUE JEANS TO VACCINES: THE CONSCIENCE OF AN ABORTIFACIENT WORLD
Stacy Trasancos has a Ph.D. in chemistry from Penn State University and worked as a senior research chemist for DuPont before converting to Catholicism. She left her career to stay home with her children. In those years, she earned a M.A. in dogmatic theology and published five books on the integration of science and theology. Dr. Trasancos teaches online science and theology courses for Seton Hall University, Holy Apostles College and Seminary, and Belmont Abbey College and is a Fellow of the Word on Fire Institute. She is, at last, pursuing a second M.A. in systematic philosophy.
ABSTRACT
An abortion is characterized by pro-choice advocates as a concern of personal autonomy, expressed most succinctly in Planned Parenthood v Casey (1992): “At the heart of liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life. Beliefs about these matters could not define the attributes of personhood were they formed under compulsion of the State.” The abortion industry naturally exploits this narrative by politicizing in the name of human rights a procedure that denies those very rights. At the heart of these politics is an anti-personhood agenda that counts on the complicity of pro-life advocates. Such a shaky moral landscape became apparent during COVID when prominent Catholic leaders were promoting, under the principle of double-effect, immorally created vaccines as morally licit. This presentation will engage the moral dimension of an issue that pervades even those areas of our lives where we least expect it to surface.
In this webinar of the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology, Sr. Marysia Weber, RSM, and Dr. Kevin Powell, discuss the effects of social media on children. (April 13, 2024)
Is the increasing number of hours that children are spending using smartphones having any effects on their brains and psychosocial well-being? Research is telling us that the answer to this question is a resounding yes! This presentation will address how excessive use of digital devices is impacting psychosocial maturation and is altering brain development in ways similar to the alterations noted in substance use disorders. Practical means of addressing these detrimental effects will also be highlighted.
Technology changes communication and social lifestyles. This has been true since the invention of the printing press and the telephone. Technological progress will have both positive and negative effects on society. It is not enough to measure harms and act like outraged Luddites. Ethical societies measure and balance the positive impacts. It is not enough to weigh pros and cons. Communities should regulate technology so that positives are appropriately rewarded, negatives are mitigated, and just remediation is provided for economic externalities that generate profit for some while harming other people, society, and the environment. Laws are not enough. Moral formation needs to be updated and augmented to enable beneficial development and adoption of technology. Children, who have never known anything different, are the most strongly impacted by the harms, the least able to resist trends, and the most in need of the moral formation.
How Does Social Media Affect Children? - Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology (faithscience.org)
WILLIAM BADKE - ENGAGING FACULTY IN TEACHING RESEARCH PROCESSES
William Badke grew up in Kelowna, BC, Canada. After completing a B.A. at the University of British Columbia in 1971 and a Master of Divinity (1975) and Master of Theology (1977) he taught at a college in Nigeria, West Africa for two years before returning to teach at Northwest Baptist Theological College in Vancouver, BC. In 1985 he earned a Master of Library Science degree at the University of British Columbia and currently serves as Associate Librarian for Associated Canadian Theological Schools and Information Literacy at Trinity Western University, in Langley, BC. He has published extensively in the area of information literacy as well as fiction and spirituality. His column on information literacy (Infolit Land) appears every two months in Online Searcher and, as of 2023, in Computers in Libraries.
MR. BADKE’S ABSTRACT
Today’s information landscape, whether popular or scholarly, has been radically transformed by the World Wide Web. This has provided significant benefits to human freedoms, education, and development. Yet our knowledge base overall is uneven in quality and possesses a significant power to mislead us. Yet academia has failed to understand that today’s education must include a strong program that will increase the ability of students to handle information and do research. This is not a remedial task but a detailed one that is akin to learning a new language. To achieve these student skills, faculty members in concert with librarians, must rethink the way they educate their students. This is an urgent matter in the theological setting where searching for and knowing the truth is paramount.
STACY A. TRASANCOS, PH.D. - HOW TO RESEARCH SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE IN THE LIGHT OF FAITH
Stacy Trasancos has a Ph.D. in chemistry from Penn State University and worked as a senior research chemist for DuPont before converting to Catholicism. She left her career to stay home with her children. In those years, she earned a M.A. in dogmatic theology and published five books on the integration of science and theology. Dr. Trasancos teaches online science and theology courses for Seton Hall University, Holy Apostles College and Seminary, and Belmont Abbey College and is a Fellow of the Word on Fire Institute. She is, at last, pursuing a second M.A. in systematic philosophy.
DR. TRASANCOS’ ABSTRACT
This brief presentation will show you how to navigate scientific literature that is published in global scientific journals by scientists in various fields so that you can determine for yourself the research methods and conclusions. Often in the faith and science dialogue, secondary sources in popular magazines or news outlets present a biased version of the scientific literature. A Catholic scholar can more accurately assess scientific claims by reading the scientific literature him- or herself. The reports are much easier to navigate once you understand their structure. If you can read Aristotle and Aquinas, you can read modern scientific papers.
In this ITEST Webinar "Bridging the Chasm: Quantum Mechanics and Christian Spirituality," Dr. Bob Kurland and Dr. Terrence Lagerlund (December 16, 2023)
BRIDGING THE CHASM: HOW QUANTUM MECHANICS BRINGS TOGETHER THE PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL WORLDS BY TERRENCE D. LAGERLUND, MD, PHD
Dr. Terrence Lagerlund has been a neurologist in the Division of Epilepsy at Mayo Clinic for 35 years, treating patients with epilepsy and interpreting their electroencephalograms. He also lectures to residents and fellows on electroencephalography including basic principles of electricity and neurophysiology. He has published papers and authored book chapters on electroencephalography and epilepsy, particularly regarding quantitative analysis of electroencephalograms. Prior to becoming a neurologist, he obtained a Ph.D. in physics and worked as a postdoctoral research associate at the MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science (doing research at Brookhaven National Laboratory and CERN) and as a term physicist at Fermilab.
ABSTRACT
The God of Judeo-Christian tradition is the Lord of the universe, and scriptures affirm God’s sovereignty over the course of events. However, the discoveries by Newton and others that the universe is governed by rigid laws of cause and effect that are expressed as mathematical formulas engendered the belief that the universe is a complete, closed system of cause and effect (the principle of “causal closure”), and therefore that God cannot possibly influence or change what happens in the physical universe. In this worldview, God, even if he exists, is irrelevant to our lives, and our souls, even if they exist, are irrelevant to what we believe, say, or do. However, quantum mechanics may provide an opening for the spiritual world to influence the physical. Quantum mechanics (QM) describes physical systems by a state vector (SV), a collection of superimposed possible states. During the quantum to classical transition, possible states reduce to one actual state (SV collapse). QM predicts the probability of each possible outcome. SV collapse seems to be an uncaused process with a random result, breaking the deterministic chain of physical causes and effects. Wolfgang Smith hypothesized that God causes SV collapse and chooses the outcome.
TOURING THE WONDERLAND OF QUANTUM MECHANICS BY ROBERT KURLAND, PHD
Dr. Robert Kurland (a convert to Catholicism in 1995) is a retired physicist who has applied magnetic resonance to problems of biological interest in his research (web search: “Kurland-McGarvey Equation”). He began to learn about quantum mechanics at Caltech (BS, “with honor,” 1951) and Harvard (MS,1953; Ph.D.,1956) from courses taught by Richard Feynman and Julian Schwinger. In teaching quantum mechanics to students at Carnegie-Mellon University and SUNY/AB he found that mathematical formalism of quantum mechanics was an obstacle to understanding. So, in his talk he will try to explain what quantum mechanics is about using a minimum of mathematics, as he did in his book Mysteries: Quantum and Theological.
ABSTRACT
The talk will give a brief, qualitative, pictorial explanation of quantum mechanics, from a historical perspective. I’ll illustrate two mysteries of quantum mechanics—superposition of states (the Schrödinger Cat paradox) and entanglement—by use of simple examples. Also, I’ll discuss some of the many interpretations of quantum theory, focusing on how they might be related to Catholic teaching.
ITEST Webinar entitled "Science, Reason, and Faith: Discovering the Bible" with Fr. Robert J. Spitzer, SJ, and Dr. Tom Sheahen (December 2, 2023)
Built into our very nature is a desire to know about the world around us. The big questions of human existence are inescapable: Who am I? Why am I here, and where am I going? Why is there evil in the world? What is the meaning of life?This yearning for truth ultimately leads us to our Creator. God knows the longings of the human heart, and he reveals himself to us through creation, through Scripture, and ultimately through the Incarnation. Because God the Son became man, we have a person to look to in our pursuit of truth: Jesus Christ himself, who is Truth. Christ helps us see that truth is not just the object of science and reason, but what animates the mysterious and loving power of faith.In Science, Reason, and Faith, Fr. Robert Spitzer, SJ, explores in depth the Bible and the intersection of three realms that the secular world tells us are separate and incompatible. Fr. Spitzer draws the modern reader’s attention to the many seeming conflicts between science, reason, and Catholic teaching. By tackling these difficult questions, he shows that it is precisely through the integration of science, reason, and faith that we can truly discover ourselves, our world, and our God.
Fr. Spitzer’s new book Science, Reason and Faith is subtitled Discovering the Bible because it displays the unity between science, the Biblical texts, and the presentation of the Christian faith contained in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. For the scientific reader, it is a reassuring surprise to discover how the elements of faith and science fit together so well.Matters such as finding compatibility between modern physics and cosmology and the text of Genesis 1, or the significance of Old Testament miracles, are explained carefully in a way that a reader without expertise in Biblical scholarship or science can understand. New Testament questions range from the eyewitness accounts of Jesus’ miracles, through the full understanding of the real presence of the Eucharist, to the need for there to be an organized religion.Structured in question-and-answer form, multiple topics containing a scientific component are explored across both Old and New Testament. This format enables the reader to quickly locate a particular topic of interest; and thus, the book serves as a handbook or reference guidebook. Several hundred citations guide the reader pursuing greater depth.In my supplement to Fr. Spitzer’s presentation at this Webinar, I will develop some of these topics further, relating them to the principle of God’s omnipresence, which includes God’s supremacy over time, enunciated in my own book Everywhen: God, Symmetry and Time. Our independent approaches converge, which further shows the compatibility of faith and science.
Science, Reason, and Faith: Discovering the Bible - Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology (faithscience.org)
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology presents Greg Miller and Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, in a webinar entitled Education and Evangelization in the Age of AI: Promise and Perils (November 18, 2023)
his session will be led by a former Catholic principal and theology teacher, Greg Miller. Dive deep into the intersections of faith and technology, understanding how Artificial Intelligence can be harnessed for the greater glory of God while being vigilant of its challenges. Discover the potential of AI in enhancing Catholic education and evangelization and engage in meaningful discussions of its risks to the people of God.
In a mediated world filled with dystopic science fiction that problematizes a transformative technology like AI, our culture is embracing its promise, perhaps forgetting Marshall McLuhan’s salient point that our technologies first ape us, then shape us. Our Christian faith is already a counter-cultural phenomenon, so authentic and integral human and spiritual formation has never been more important than it is today for the restoration of our human identity created as it was in the image and likeness of God.
In this webinar, D. Kristina Olsen, OCDS, talks about Principles of Change: Teresa of Avila’s Carmelite Reform and Insights from Change Management (November 4, 2023)
Dr. Olsen's book draws from organizational change management principles to examine Teresa of Avila’s 16th-century reform of the Carmelite Order. During the last twenty years of her life, Teresa addressed the problems she saw in the Carmelite monasteries of her day, including ineffective administration, overcrowding, and laxity in spiritual practices. By returning to the original purpose and written Rule of the Carmelite founders, Teresa launched a reform of the Carmelite Order using principles similar to those used in change management and information technology (IT) adoption today. This book examines her reform in light of change management theory and practice, in order to shed light on what made her reform successful and how we might apply her approach to the management of change in spiritual and secular organizations today.
Principles of Change by Kristina R. Olsen | En Route Books and Media
DR. PATRICK CASTLE
LIFE Runners President & Founder
REAL HEALTHCARE DEFENDS LIFE AT ALL STAGES
ABSTRACT
Did you know that Hippocratic Oath specifically forbids abortion and euthanasia?
Did you know the American Medical Association in 1859 unanimously voted that life begins at conception and that abortion is criminal?
Did you know that Google makes it more difficult for mothers to find pregnancy help centers online?
Did you know that the FDA removed the warning that Plan B can cause an abortion?
Did you know that the current administration is working to repeal conscience protections for healthcare workers?
Did you know that running is optional for LIFE Runners?
And much more!
GEORGE DELGADO, M.D.
President of Steno Institute
ABORTION PILL REVERSAL: GIVING WOMEN A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE
ABSTRACT
Mifepristone chemical abortions account for about 60% of all abortions in the United States. Some women, after starting the chemical abortion process, change their minds and want to continue their pregnancies. Abortion Pill Reversal (APR) utilizes supplemental progesterone, the maintenance hormone of pregnancy, to out-compete the abortion drug. APR offers women a second chance at life. Women offered the option of reversing their chemical abortions are very grateful.Mainstream medical organizations, Planned Parenthood, and the ACLU have fought vigorously to discredit APR and make it less available. The evidence in the medical literature is very reassuring that Abortion Pill Reversal is safe and effective.
DR. CYNTHIA TOOLIN-WILSON
Academic Dean – Pontifex University
SURVIVING ABORTION AS THE VICTIM
ABSTRACT
The most important event of my life occurred when I was eleven years old. That was when I found out that Ma and Grandpa tried to kill me, with the knowledge and agreement of many family members, including Pa.On a hot summer evening in her kitchen, Ma told me after several hesitations, that in 1949 Grandpa bought a chemical at the drugstore that would make her lose me. She was annoyed that I didn’t understand what that meant. So, she told me that she didn’t want a baby and the medicine would make me go away. I asked her why the medicine didn’t work, and she explained that when she started bleeding, she was afraid she might die too, so she stopped drinking it. The fact that she was afraid of dying was the second most important event of my life.I never felt the same about her or the family members. I suspect that her cousin, who had married a Catholic man, and had used medicines for years to prevent a pregnancy, had told Ma what medicine to buy.Here I am 62 years later (that is, I am now 73 years old). I am the age my mother was when she passed. My husband Jimmy Toolin, a devout Catholic, died of cancer; my second husband Bill Wilson, who I managed to bring back to being a practicing Catholic, died of heart, liver, and kidney failure. Between them, if I count all the way to great grandchildren, I have 38 descendants.
In this ITEST Webinar, "Science at the Doorstep to God," Fr. Robert Spitzer presents on his latest book, Science at the Doorstep to God, which is an especially important book at the present time because the realization that our universe had to be created by a super-intelligent Transcendent Being is emerging into the public domain.
Dr. Thomas P. Sheahen, responding to Fr. Spitzer's presentation, says that Fr. Spitzer builds upon science to convincingly establish that God created the Universe, and mankind does have a soul, containing both intellect and free will. These are the points that well-informed Christians must be prepared to defend.
The reader of Science at the Doorstep to God can be confident that there IS solid scientific evidence underpinning the theological statements we assert about mankind.
We can promote a resurgence of faith, backed by reason and scientific evidence.Our religious leaders, both clergy and laity, need to be better informed about new scientific evidence and its implications.
Several recent discoveries have strengthened the case for transcendent intelligence in the universe:
- The unlikeliness problems of an infinite multiverse and eternal inflation, particularly in Stephen Hawking’s final article.
- The narrowing of feasible naturalistic explanations of “fine-tuning for life” in our universe.
Fr. Robert Spitzer will examine these new developments along with previous ones, showing that the most reasonable explanation is transcendent creative intelligence – akin to the God of Christian revelation.
Classical metaphysics is grounded in a philosophy of Being (States of Being) with God as the Supreme Being or Pure Actuality. Potentiality is seen in descending states of being: first, the order of angels, human beings, higher-order and lower-order animal species, plants, insects, minerals, their molecular and atomic components, prime matter. Process- or systems-ordered metaphysics is grounded in Stages of Becoming: Infinite Potentiality/Energy Source, subatomic particles, atoms, molecules, minerals, cells, plants, animal species, human beings, an all-encompassing network of relations between participants that continues to evolve in new and different ways through all its parts or members but especially its primordial components. Everything else depends upon the right choice in terms of these opposing world views.
Transformative learning theory, which explains the reframing of one’s worldview in light of a transformative experience, may assist in articulating the dynamic relationship between the One and the Many. Fr. Bracken’s explanation of a reciprocal causal relation among constituent parts and the whole to which they belong provides an opportunity to explore a process-oriented metaphysics in the understanding of an event-based efficient causality. The creative interplay among the relational paradigms through which an individual organism moves over the course of its existence demonstrates the interdependence of all things regardless of their material causes, and this seems to give a quantum meaning to any kind of final causality of adaptive systems.
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CATHOLIC HIGHER EDUCATION IN A CULTURE OF DEATH: CREATING THE WORLD’S MOST FAITHFUL CATHOLIC MEDICAL SCHOOL
STEPHEN MINNIS, President of Benedictine College, JERE PALAZZOLO, President of
Catholic Healthcare International, GEORGE MYCHASKIW, II, DO, President of the Saint Padre Pio Institute for the Relief of Suffering, School of Osteopathic Medicine
Our society is declining in a culture of death and self-interest. Higher education is contributing to this cultural decline by renunciation of Western, Judeo-Christian values and ethics. This is particularly true in medical schools, which have advanced the causes of abortion, gender ideology, organ harvesting and in-vitro fertilization, without regard to Catholic and other religious ethical standards. Catholic Healthcare International and Benedictine College intend to reclaim the culture and change society by creating the world’s most faithful Catholic medical school, which will stand for the worth and dignity of every human life, from conception to natural death, as created in the image and likeness of God. This webinar will discuss the challenges of contemporary Catholic higher education, the charism of St. Padre Pio and the relief of human suffering, and the creation of a new, faithful Catholic medical school as an instrument to change the culture.
Catholic Higher Education in a Culture of Death: Creating the World’s Most Faithful Catholic Medical School - Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology (faithscience.org)
In this webinar we will discuss the work of Mary Kloska’s books in renewing and spreading the Catholic faith in Pakistan. Joined by Aqif Shahzad, her translator and a great missionary in his own right, the two will explain specifically the founding of Children’s Prayer Groups (named Children of the Cross) who are dedicated to meet at least once a month to pray for priests and persecuted Christians. Aqif will also share how he has used Mary’s writings for retreats, seminars, and personal one-on-one encounters with people, which in turn have become life-saving. How does one spread the faith in a primarily Muslim nation that persecutes Christians? It’s through becoming little, “meek and humble of heart” like Jesus. Join us and you will find out.
Sowing Wildflowers in the Desert: God's Powerful Work of Love in Pakistan - Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology (faithscience.org)
The heinous scientific experiments performed on living human beings at the hands of Nazi doctors and researchers was internationally condemned and prohibited as “crimes against humanity” by the Nuremberg Code that was formulated seventy-five years ago in August 1947. In 1987, forty years later, the Magisterial Instruction Donum vitae added important new bioethical standards regarding the ethical and medical treatment of human embryos:
– Are Therapeutic Procedures Carried Out on the Human Embryo Licit?
– How is One Morally to Evaluate Research and Experimentation on Human Embryos?
The Catechism of the Catholic Church 2274, also clearly teaches that “Since it must be treated from conception as a person, the embryo must be defended in its integrity, cared for, and healed, as far as possible, like any other human being.” This webinar will discuss the moral imperative to “treat human embryos as human patients” and to protect them – “like any other human being” – from “heinous crimes against humanity.”
ELIZABETH B. REX, MBA, PH.D., TH.D. (CANDIDATE)
The Magisterial FAQS Regarding the Ethical Treatment – and the Legal Protection – of Human Embryos who are Human Beings
Dr. Elizabeth Rex is the President of the The Children First Foundation, a charitable and educational organization dedicated to promoting Adoption as a positive and loving choice for unwanted unborn children, including unwanted frozen embryos. Dr. Rex has taught Bioethics at Holy Apostles College & Seminary and is currently an Adjunct Professor of Catholic Studies at Sacred Heart University. Dr. Rex has spoken at major conferences and is a frequent contributor to National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly regarding the moral arguments in the embryo adoption debate.
ABSTRACT
My presentation will discuss the most important Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS) regarding the teachings of the Catholic Church in Donum vitae (in 1987), Dignitas personae (in 2008), and the Catechism of the Catholic Church that magisterially define and defend the ethical treatment of human beings from the first moment of their conception. These major magisterial documents also call for the “intervention of political authorities and legislators” to establish civil laws that ensure the legal protection of “human beings, even at the embryonic stage.” (Donum vitae III: Conclusion). My presentation will conclude with a brief review of important international and national laws that have already been legislatively enacted to provide the legal protection of embryos as human beings, who must be treated as human persons and patients.
GEORGE MYCHASKIW II, DO, FAAP, FACOP, FASA
The Medical FAQS Regarding the Ethical and Therapeutic Healthcare of Human Embryos who are Human Patients
Dr. George Mychaskiw is a founder and President of the Saint Padre Pio Institute School of Osteopathic Medicine (proposed), which will be co-located on the campus of Benedictine College, Atchison, Kansas. Dr. Mychaskiw is a thought leader in medical education and has developed four operating US osteopathic medical colleges and is in the process of developing four more. A practicing cardiac anesthesiologist, Dr. Mychaskiw is a graduate of the Kansas City College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his residency and fellowships in pediatric and cardiothoracic anesthesiology at the Yale University School of Medicine.
ABSTRACT
In vitro fertilization (IVF) and the creation of human embryos are assisted reproductive technologies that have come into widespread use ahead of a structured foundation in medical ethics. As a result, the commercial applications of IVF have outpaced ethical restraint and consideration, such that millions of human lives are being created, without thought to their ultimate disposition. This presentation will discuss the biomedical aspects of IVF technology and illustrate the numerous unintended consequences of its proliferation. A case will be made for a prohibition or moratorium on IVF until legislation and regulations are enacted to protect these human lives and prevent further erosion of unborn human rights.
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Archbishop Emeritus Alfred Hughes and Dcn. Larry Oney present on their book A Gospel Path to Racial Healing with (June 17, 2023)
Racial eruptions continue to highlight our need for deeper racial healing. This book begins with two contrasting stories of a black deacon and a white bishop. They recapitulate the sad history of racial servitude and discrimination, while acknowledging the uneven history of the Church’s response. Drawing on the Church’s social teaching, they then propose a Gospel path to racial healing. This brief book can serve as a manual for teaching or discussion in parishes and schools.
Archbishop Hughes - ahughes@arch-no.org
Larry D Oney - larryoney@hopeandpurpose.org
https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/gospelpathtoracialhealing/
FR. KEVIN FITZGERALD, SJ, PHD, PHD
Healing Post-Covid Healthcare by Greater Integration of the Humanities and Ethics into Healthcare Education
Kevin T. FitzGerald, S.J., Ph.D., Ph.D., is the John A. Creighton University Professor and chair of the Department of Medical Humanities in the School of Medicine, at Creighton University. He received a Ph.D. in molecular genetics, and a Ph.D. in bioethics, from Georgetown University. His research efforts focus on the utilization of the Humanities in medical education, on the investigation of abnormal gene expression in cancer, and on ethical issues in biomedical research and medical genomics. He has published educational, scientific, and ethical articles in peer-reviewed journals, books, and in the popular press.Fr. FitzGerald has given presentations nationally and internationally, and has often been interviewed by the news media, on such topics as human genetic engineering, cloning, stem cell research, and personalized medicine. He is a founding member of Do No Harm, and a member of the Genetic Alliance IRB. In addition, he has been a Corresponding Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life since 2005.
ABSTRACT
The Covid pandemic greatly exacerbated deep flaws in our healthcare institutions and educational programs. To help heal these deep flaws, Creighton University is intentionally and intensively integrating the humanities and ethics into all its health professions programs, both undergraduate and graduate. Though early in this process, evidence is already manifesting the value this integration is having with our students and faculty, and, hence, with those they care for and work with. A brief introduction and summary of this effort will be presented in hopes of generating further discussion of how all of us can create a healthcare education program adequate to meet the enormous financial, social, moral and spiritual challenges healthcare faces today.
KEVIN POWELL, MD, PHD
The Application of Faith and Reason to Clarify Truth in Medical Care
Kevin Powell, M.D. Ph.D. FAAP, is a retired pediatrician who specialized in the care of hospitalized children. Prior to medical school he worked as a chemical engineer in industry and academia, earning a Ph.D. in Medical Engineering from a joint program of Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Alongside clinical care, for 18 years he served on or chaired hospital ethics committees and was a clinical ethics consultant. His last academic position was on faculty at Saint Louis University and Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital. He is Lutheran.
ABSTRACT
Medical knowledge is constantly evolving and occasionally advancing. Most of what I was taught in medical school became obsolete, contradicted, or was shown to have always been flat out wrong by the time I retired. The practice of clinical medicine requires continuous adoption, improvement, refinement, and frequently rejection of new knowledge. That knowledge needs to be adapted to function within evolving moral norms and cultural values. The search for truth is ever-present. The encyclical Fides et Ratio says “Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth.”
REV. FR. NICANOR PIER GIORGIO AUSTRIACO, O.P.
An Ethical Assessment of Puberty Blocking Hormonal Treatments for Gender Dysphoria in Children
Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, OP is a Professor of Biological Sciences and a Professor of Sacred Theology at the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines. He completed his Bachelor of Science in Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania, summa cum laude, and then earned his Ph.D. in Biology from M.I.T. where he was a fellow of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). He earned a Doctorate in Sacred Theology (S.Th.D.) at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, in 2015. His first book, Biomedicine and Beatitude: An Introduction to Catholic Bioethics, was published by the Catholic University of America Press in 2011. It was recognized as a 2012 Choice outstanding academic title by the Association of College and Research Libraries.
ABSTRACT
Should puberty blockers be used to treat gender dysphoria (GD) in children? For activists promoting transgender rights, the answer to this question is a clear yes. However, several recent reviews of the medical literature have concluded that there is insufficient evidence to assess the long-term effects of hormone treatment on prepubescent children who experience GD. Therefore, in the absence of a robust risk-benefits analysis, it is unethical to promote this controversial medical intervention. It is not surprising that in Norway, Sweden, and Finland, public health officials are warning that for teens with adolescent-onset dysphoria, the use of these puberty blocking drugs may do more harm than good.
In this ITEST Webinar entitled Finding God in Space Exploration and Extraterrestrial Life (April 22, 2023), Paul Segura and Ted Peters talk about space and the possibility of life outside the earth.
The Space Race to the Moon in the 1960s is an example of science and engineering excellence peaking at the national level to achieve a seemingly impossible goal. Yet even in the midst of this technological achievement, God could not only be found but made a lasting impact. In addition, as the search for intelligent life beyond Earth continues, it’s reasonable to expect we have morally ambiguous space neighbors who have been similarly graced by a loving creator and redeemer.
Finding God in Space Exploration and Extraterrestrial Life - Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology (faithscience.org)
PREACHING WITH THE SCIENCES AND THE SCIENCE OF PREACHING - FR. FOLEY’S ABSTRACT
The sciences are seldom employed by Roman Catholic preachers in their homilies. This presentation will narrate how they became important for my own preaching, which in turn generated the grant in preaching from the Templeton Foundation. That grant and our scientific collaborates, homilists, and resulting resources will be described. This work has triggered further wonderment about the sciences, not “in” but “behind” the preaching. Neuroscience seems particularly valuable in gaining new perspectives on what contributes to effective preaching, across languages and even cultures. While this work is preliminary, I will report some of my preliminary findings about the ways the neuroscientific work collaborates some well held wisdom about crafting effective preaching.
PREACHING WITH THE SCIENCES REAWAKENING WONDER IN WORSHIP - DR. WOLF-CHASE’S ABSTRACT
Science and technology pervade every aspect of modern life. Over the past several decades, their interplay has increased our knowledge of ourselves, our planet, and the Universe, exponentially. Faith is often seen as becoming increasingly detached from “real life” and the multiple challenges our world faces today. Religious leaders have a very important role to play in helping their communities relate science and faith intellectually and meaningfully. However, science offers more than intellectual stimulation; it offers wonderment. Many religious thinkers have pointed out that, in an excessive focus on legalism, religion loses precisely that sense of awe and wonderment that inspired so many of the Scriptures. I’ll offer some ways that astronomy, in particular, can help reawaken religious awe and wonder.
PREACHING WITH THE SCIENCES: A PROTESTANT REFLECTION - REV. LIU’S ABSTRACT
The sciences rarely make a substantive appearance in Protestant preaching. I will reflect upon how participation in the Templeton Preaching with the Sciences Grant led by Ed Foley has provided opportunity to anchor scientific knowledge and inquiry as foci for preaching preparation and practice in an ecumenical way that has broadened my own homiletic imagination as an ordained United Methodist Minister and the possibilities for enlivening preaching scientifically in partnership with Roman Catholic neighbors. The grant has also helped me to think more directly about how engaging scientific knowledge and inquiry homiletically can strengthen the public relevance of preaching for ethical questions in our contemporary era.
In this ITEST Webinar, entitled Evangelizing the Real Presence – Miracles, Scripture, and Quantum Physics, Dr. David Keys and Raymond Gerard present on the Eucharist.
Recognizing the importance of the Eucharist in today’s challenging culture, the USCCB has begun a 3-year initiative to promote faith in the Eucharist, culminating in a national Eucharistic Congress next year in Indianapolis. To help proponents evangelize the Real Presence, Dr. David Keys, a scientist turned theologian, and Raymond Gerard, a lawyer by trade, will discuss certain means toward that end. Dr. Keys will discuss various Scriptural reasons for belief, as well as certain Eucharistic miracles. Mr. Gerard will discuss various miracles focused on the reliability of witness testimony. There will also be a limited discussion on the theological and philosophical implications of quantum physics.
Belief in the Real Presence has declined significantly. Many have lost their trust in the teachings of the Catholic Church. Without trust in one’s sources of knowledge, there can be no belief. To restore belief, trust and catechesis are critical. However, many still will not believe. God knows man and knows this. As a result, God has provided multiple, extraordinary miracles to help man in his unbelief of the Real Presence. Dr. Keys will review the faith-based reasons for belief in the Real Presence, and he will discuss a few of the miraculous interventions God has given us to support the Church’s Eucharistic teaching.
While most people think of bleeding Hosts when Eucharistic miracles are mentioned, there are a number of other miracles for which reliable evidence may be found in the testimony of witnesses. By its nature, the reliability of such evidence is recognized in Scripture and our English-based legal system. The reliability for particular Eucharistic miracles can be found in the number of witnesses to such miracles or the reliability of the witnesses themselves. Four particular instances will be discussed in detail: 1) the French island of Reunion (1902), 2) Andre Frossard (1935), Alexandrina Maria da Costa (1943), and San Mauro la Bruca (1969). The logical and philosophical implications of a certain discovery in quantum physics will also be raised.
https://faithscience.org/eucharistic-miracles/
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like To Know This, Too, Robert Nicastro and Paul Segura discuss Astrophysics and Exotheology (February 13, 2023)
For the Time Dilation Video, click here: https://youtu.be/yuD34tEpRFw
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Is science only another human intellectual achievement, as is music, literature, philosophy? Or is it something more? Are the techniques used in science—mathematics, experiment, and rational inquiry—given to humankind by God so that His creation be understood and glorified, as in Psalm 19A? What ethical constraints, if any, does God set on science? And why did science develop only with Christendom? And finally, why should we not worship the idol of Science? These questions will be addressed in this webinar.
WCAT TV is an en air wing of En Route Books and Media working with WCAT Radio to share the joys of the Catholic faith. To support the station, please visit our Patreon account at https://www.patreon.com/wcatradio Linda Blosser-Medley, Thom Brucie, Grace Bourget, Ronda Chervin, and David Ross talk about their Catholic novels in this WCAT Radio webinar.
A Sword Will Pierce by Linda Blosser-Medley https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/aswordwillpierce/ This is a love story, showing the great love Mary has for God, always saying, “God’s will be done” and doing His will, always trusting fully in Him.
Vale of Hope by Grace Bourget https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/valeofhope/ In 15th-century Spain, a reckless youth finds himself grounded with the worst punishment he can imagine: volunteering in a leper camp.
Obsidian Mirth by Thom Brucie https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/obsidianmirth/ This is a heart-rending and beautiful story, and these characters will hover at the outskirts of your thoughts like whispering ghosts of past kinships.
The Messiah of the Metro Cafe by Ronda Chervin https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/metrocafe/ It was 9:00 A.M., October 24, 2022. The reporters of the Catholic Weekly of Los Angeles met in the chief editor’s office for their special assignments. “This cult leader is influencing some St. Mark’s seminarians from his throne in a nearby café.” “I’ll take that one,” Teresa grinned enthusiastically. And so began the conversion of Michael Kaufman.
Goat-Song and Other Stories by David Ross https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/goat-song/ “Goat-Song” concerns an exclusive theatrical production, and the two people involved, one alive, the other dead. “Gaps” concerns a recluse who wakes to find a growing hole in his backyard. “Poison” concerns a small-business owner who invents a product that produces the ability to manifest memories in reality.
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, ITEST presents a webinar with Dr. Gerard Verschuuren and Dr. Stacy Trasancos on Faith That Makes You Think (December 10, 2022)
Can faith ever make you think? For most people, thinking contradicts having faith. People who think do not have faith. And people who have faith do not think. That is the most common perception nowadays. But that perception is seriously flawed.
In fact, there is a strong connection between thinking and having faith. St. Augustine expressed this quite clearly saying, “Believers are also thinkers: in believing, they think and in thinking, they believe.… If faith does not think, it is nothing.” In the Catholic tradition, this connection has been known as “faith and reason.” Pope John Paul II even wrote an encyclical on this issue, making them two sides of the same coin.
https://faithscience.org/faith-think/
Masereka Wenceslaus Felix Cleto on the Virtue Orphanage in Kasese, Uganda (November 24, 2022)
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In this episode of "I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too," Dr. Craig Turczynski and Dr. Mary Anne Urlakis present an ITEST webinar entitled "In Vitro Fertilization and the Sanctity of Human Life."
Assisted Reproductive Technology Violates Natural Law and Causes Harm by Dr. Craig Turczynski
The leaders in the field of assisted reproductive technology (ART) are promoting the use of technology in an increasingly more radical direction. Separating the unitive and procreative purpose of marital intercourse is foremost, but there are many ways in which ART promotes evil that even non-Catholics can identify with. These share a common characteristic of violating natural law. The first principle of natural law is “the good is to be done and pursued and evil is to be avoided.” This necessarily requires following an objective moral truth that can be ascertained using human reason. On the other hand, ART follows a subjective, relative interpretation of right and wrong. Application of the technology outside of objective moral boundaries often produces more complications and difficulty for the individual and society than the problem in which they intend to solve. This talk will summarize the 5 most undesirable consequences of ART’s disordered approach as experienced by an Embryologist who left the field after having a crisis of conscience.
Sanctity of Life: IVF: Science, the Church, & Bioethics by Dr. Mary Anne Urlakis
From the moment of conception, a profoundly unique and sacred relationship exists between every human person and Almighty God. Each and every person, bearing the image and likeness of God, is created with a vocation to fulfill an eternal destiny of divine beatitude. The Church teaches us: “Endowed with “a spiritual and immortal” soul, the human person is “the only creature on earth that God has willed for its own sake. From his conception, he is destined for eternal beatitude (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1703, referencing Gaudium et Spes 14 §2; 24 §3).” In this presentation, we will examine the role of bioethics regarding In Vitro Fertilization and other Artificial Reproductive Technologies (ARTs). After a brief survey of the history and role of bioethics and the anthropology of the human person, this presentation will focus on both science and theology which underpins the Magisterial teaching regarding the sanctity of human life and the role of Artificial Reproductive Technology.
Dr. Thomas Sheahen and Dr. Stacy Trasancos present on How Science and Theology Read One Another (October 29, 2022)
Pope St. John Paul II began his famous encyclical, “Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth.” Dr. Thomas P. Sheahen, with a Ph.D. degree in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, examines truth from the wing of science. Scientists depend on empirical data for conclusions. Dr. Stacy A. Trasancos, with a Ph.D. in chemistry and M.A. in dogmatic theology, explains how we find truth from the wing of faith. Theologians derive formulations from divine revelation. Together they seek an understanding of the axiom, truth cannot contradict truth.
https://faithscience.org/two-wings/
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, ITEST board member Patrick Panozzo interviews Dr. David Roemer on his listing in Marquis' Who's Who in America (October 7, 2022)
https://spotlight.marquiswhoswho.com/david-roemer/
This webinar will develop essential American Constitutional law principles and their relationship to the most significant bioethical issues of the day. Without this knowledge, meaningful participation in ongoing debates related to bioethics is seriously compromised. Topics will include the judicial lens by which legislation and regulations are examined for their constitutionality, including the tests applied to determine the validity of a claim of fundamental liberty. The meaning and application of the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the Constitution will be presented and applied to topics such as: end of life health care, advance medical directives, capital punishment, contraception, marriage, and abortion – with special attention to the recent Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health. If time permits, we will also examine government health care mandates and sexual orientation and gender identity laws and their relationship to constitutional and statutory rights to free exercise of religion and freedom of speech.
https://faithscience.org/catholic-bioethics/
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, WCAT Radio presents Gary Scott Thomas's interview entitled "Does Science Point Back to God?" with Dr. Tom Sheahen concerning Tom's book Everywhen.
For the original source, see https://garyscottthomas.com/dr-thomas-sheahen/
Dr. Gerard Verschuuren with Jon Leonetti on Iowa Catholic Radio concerning his book Faith That Makes You Think 082422
Doesn’t faith contradict thinking? Actually, no. The Catholic Church teaches that there is a strong relationship between faith and reason. In fact, it’s a characteristic of us rational creatures to practice a faith that seeks understanding. This book is specifically written for Catholics—fallen-away Catholics, lukewarm Catholics, struggling Catholics, would-be Catholics—for all those in search of the truth, as it gives life-saving answers to life-size questions.
https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/faith/
- Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Abstract for Webinar
Signature Courses at Seton Hall: STEM engages the Catholic Intellectual Tradition
The SHU University Core—taken by all undergraduate students—includes a sequence of three Signature courses. These are rooted in questions central to but not exclusive to the Catholic Intellectual Tradition. The third course, Engaging the World, encompasses a set of courses building on the first two from many differing academic perspectives. We look at challenges in developing such courses in STEM disciplines, and then at three particular courses, Science and Theology of Food; Logic, the Limits to Knowledge, and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition; and Creation and Science (which is also taken by students at the Seminary/School of Theology).
The purpose of these courses is to inform and engage, and not at all to persuade or convert, and their goal to make better and wiser Catholics of Catholics, and everyone more informed and reflective.
https://faithscience.org/food/
DR. THOMAS MARLOWE
CREATING A STEM SIGNATURE COURSE
Thomas Marlowe is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Computer Science at Seton Hall University, where he taught in both disciplines for over 40 years. He holds a Ph.D. in each discipline from Rutgers University. He has always had an interest in interdisciplinary and integrative studies, in both his teaching and his research. He worked with Fr. Laracy and others over the past seven years to develop an interdisciplinary upper-level course for Seton Hall’s University Core program on Logic, the Limits to Knowledge, and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, and consulted with Fr. Buonopane on his course on Science, Food, and Theology. This work has led to several conference and journal publications.
FR. GERALD BUONOPANE
SCIENCE AND THEOLOGY OF FOOD
Ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark in 2006, Rev. Buonopane’s area of specialization is food chemistry. Prior to seminary and the priesthood, Fr. Buonopane held a number of positions in academia, the federal government (USFDA), and in the food and pharmaceutical industries. Among the courses Fr. Buonopane teaches, and has taught, are a graduate level course in food chemistry, as well as Core curriculum courses, including a Core 3 course, “Science and Theology of Food.” His research areas of interest are: Chemical Deterioration of Food Lipids: Oxidative Reactions; Essential Oils as Natural Antioxidants; and Cold Plasma Treatment of Botanicals and Essential Oils. In addition to this work, Fr. Buonopane was appointed Minister to the Priest Community on June 1, 2020.
FR. JOSEPH LARACY
CREATION AND SCIENCE
The Rev. Joseph R. Laracy, S.T.D., a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, serves as Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology, Seton Hall University. He is also an affiliated faculty member with the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science as well as the Catholic Studies Program. Father Laracy is the author of Theology and Science in the Thought of Ian Barbour: A Thomistic Evaluation for the Catholic Doctrine of Creation (Peter Lang, 2021) and the co-editor of Stanley Jaki Foundation International Congress (Gracewing, 2020). His scholarly articles have appeared in publications such as The Seminary Journal; Logos; The Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics, and Informatics; The Journal of Religion and Theology; The International Journal of Communications, Network, and System Sciences.
FR. LEO PATALINGHUG, IVDEI
WEBINAR INTRODUCTION AND PRAYER
Fr. Leo Patalinghug is a priest member of a community of consecrated life, Voluntas Dei (The Will of God). He is the creator and founder of an international food and faith movement called Plating Grace.com, and founder and chair of the nonprofit group, The Table Foundation. He is a best-selling author, acclaimed international speaker, host for radio, podcast and a weekly international food and faith show on EWTN, Savoring our Faith. His unique background as a professional chef and his previous experience as a two-time black belt martial arts instructor and former award-winning break dancer and choreographer has earned the attention of major media outlets, including the Food Network. The mission to see food as a gift from God to nourish your family and to strengthen relationships is making this world a better place one meal at a time.
For the full show, see Christian Talk That Rocks with Richie L. Ep. 7/19/2022
https://www.spreaker.com/user/christiantalkthatrocks/christian-talk-tha-trocks-with-richie-l-_2
How can a Catholic scientist speak about “a beautiful mind and soul”? Dr. Gerard Verschuuren does so as a Catholic who knows that science has nothing to say about mind and soul, but also that science has nothing to say against it. Using a lively, conversational dialog between a skeptical scientist and a religious scientist, this book provides an enlightening tour through the pivotal questions raised by our human minds and souls, which were created in God’s image.
https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/beautifulmindandsoul/
Guest Host Marcus Peter discusses the month of Mary and the end of Roe with Noelle Mering. Also, Luke Lancaster discusses the Sacrament of Confirmation and Kevin Symonds celebrates the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima. (May 13, 2022)
Fr. Dominic Ibok, D.Min., presents on his Faith and Facebook: Evangelizing a Rural Parish Community in Southeast Missouri through Social Media with Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, as respondent for the April 23, 2022, ITEST webinar.
The book description is below:
In Southeast Missouri, where Catholics are a minority, the challenge of diminishing participation and reduced membership requires an intentional engagement of the inactive members and the unaffiliated within the community. Unfortunately, many members of the laity do not have the awareness or skills to evangelize. In a rural community, the challenges seem more significant due to limited personnel and resources.
This book aims to equip the laity with the skills and tools to evangelize inactive Catholics and the unaffiliated. It involves their growing in prayer, study, generosity, evangelization, and the discernment of their charisms. With the benefit of social media engagement like Facebook live stream, an opportunity to engage and evangelize is available for our rural parish community. The resources from experienced lay evangelists in evangelization and social media engagement will provide a template that can enhance the development of a program on evangelization for my rural parish community.
To test the effectiveness of these resources, seventeen participants engaged in a nine-week program to learn how prayer, study, generosity, evangelization, the discernment of their charisms, and teamwork can prepare them for evangelization. This thesis engaged the inactive Catholics and the unaffiliated in rural Southeast Missouri by using Facebook live stream as an evangelization tool. The focus of this project is thus reminding active Catholics of their responsibility to evangelize and how utilizing a familiar social media portal like Facebook can enhance the process even in a rural community.
For more, see https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/faithandfacebook/
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Michael O'Neill of The Miracle Hunter interviews Dr. Gerard Verschuuren on his book A Beautiful Mind and Soul (March 3, 2022)
This webinar focuses on the philosophical movement of Transhumanism and its quest to transcend biological limits toward enhanced life. The emphasis on transhumanist transcendence will be compared to the hybridity of posthumanism. Both movements will be contextualized within an evolutionary framework.
SISTER ILIA DELIO, OSF, PHD
Transhumanism advocates deeply transformative technologies for the betterment of humankind – a world in which the frailties of human biology are transcended. Sister Ilia will examine Transhumanism, compare it to Posthumanism, which emphasizes hybrid relationships, and contextualize these movements in an unfinished universe.
NICHOLAS M. SPARKS
A RESPONSE TO SISTER ILIA DELIO
First, I register my agreement with Sister Ilia Delio, arguing that posthumanism can help Christians to recover insights obscured by Enlightenment humanism. Then, I note a few points of disagreement: (1) the relationship of nature and techne; (2) the account of nature as computational and informational; (3) to what extent a classical Christian view of the person and of nature is already consonant with the insights of posthumanism; (4) and finally, the proper understanding of the transition to a cybernetically-embedded and mediated mode of individual and social existence.
Socrates
Socrates was on to something centuries ago
when he said to know yourself is all you need to know
at first I didn't get it wrote him off as old and bent
now I've got some years behind me I know what he meant
it's the voyage of a lifetime it's the road that never ends
it's staying straight and true when everybody’s got the bends
it's working out what I’m about and letting others be
so thank you Socrates
Moses heard the voice of God and transcribed every word
thou shalt not this thou shalt not that was all he ever heard
well we can't really blame him he was a victim of his times
but let's thank God for Jesus he took a different line
like ‘love your brother as yourself that’s all you need to do...
if he asks you for your shirt give him your jacket too...
stick with me and I'll show you a place in paradise’
thank you Jesus Christ
I have to say my heroes never were the sporting kind
I gravitated to the ones who exercised my mind
even though they’re dead and gone
their contribution lingers on in me
imperfectly
Albert Schweitzer had it figured out he got the third degree
Philosophy and Medicine and of course Theology
and somewhere in his spare time he wrote the book on Bach
for him all human knowledge was a brisk walk in the park
’til he realised that action said much more than words could say
built a clinic in the jungle for the folks in Lamberéné
taught us all the simple truth of Reverence for Life
thank you Albert Schweitzer
Mortimer J. Adler was a man with Great Ideas
believed that education starts at the end of our school years
designed a life-long reading plan from Homer through to Freud
making sure our minds at least are never unemployed
proved that books are pointless if you leave them on a shelf
that we don't know just what we know ‘til we show someone else
without him I don’t think this song could’ve come this far
thank you Mortimer
thank you Albert Schweitzer
thank you Jesus Christ yeah
thank you Socrates
Songwriter Graeme Connors
Copyright 2010 The Panama Music Company Pty. Ltd.
Republished with Permission of Graeme Connors.
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Dr. Thomas P. Sheahen and Rev. Lawrence C. Brennan, S.Th.D., discuss God's providence and omnipresence. (December 11, 2021)
Have you been told that science and religion are incompatible? Do you think you have to give one up to be consistent?
You don’t. In this book, MIT-trained physicist Thomas Sheahen explains how you can:
trust in God more readily, by realizing that God is not limited by space and time
expand your human thinking and step up to a higher plane of understanding
realize that religion and science are complementary paths to knowledge–not opposed
understand that God thought up the laws of nature and uses them in creation.
https://www.enroutebooksandmedia.com/everywhen/
https://www.faithscience.org/everywhen
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Dr. Stephen Barr, author of Modern Physics Ancient Faith talks with Catholic Students at Holy Apostles College & Seminary about the Multiverse (May 31, 2018)
https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Physics-Ancient-Faith-Stephen/dp/0268021988
DR. STACY TRASANCOS
The Data from the Eucharistic Miracles
In writing her latest book with Fr. George Elliott, Behold It is I: Scripture, Tradition, and Science on the Real Presence (Tan Books), Stacy Trasancos had to look deep into the data from the investigations of Eucharistic miracles. What she found was surprising and, at times, disappointing. In a commitment to the truth, she will present the data from the three miracles she studied: Lanciano, Bolsena, and Buenos Aires. Ultimately, she argues for the limits of science and the certainty of faith in Jesus Christ.
MSGR. EUGENE MORRIS
At the Church’s Foundation: the Lord’s Real Presence
Holy Mother Church teaches us that the Most Holy Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life (Catechism of the Catholic Church #1324). This means that Christian spirituality flows from the Most Holy Eucharist (the source) and so Christian actions should be directed towards Him (the summit). At the heart of this profound assertion is the Church’s consistent teaching regarding the Real Presence of Our Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament.
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology hosts Joe Provenzano, Ron Morgan, and Dan Provenzano as they discuss the idea within their book that the fall of the angels may have resulted in the creation of the universe. (July 31, 2021)
https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/fallenangelmodel/
In this webinar hosted by the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology, Dr. Peter Redpath and Dr. Tom Sheahen speak on the topic of Media Bias. (June 19, 2021)
https://faithscience.org/media-bias/
On this Dantedi 2021: Dr. Frank Ambrosio interviews Canadian Sculptor Timothy Schmalz and American Translator Daniel Fitzpatrick concerning their year-long translation project that produced three books, 100 emails, and some assistance to the refugees and migrants in Italy. See https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/helpdantehelpitaly/ for more! (March 25, 2021)
Dr. Joseph D. White is a clinical child psychologist and former parish catechetical leader. He is the Director of Catechetical Resources for OSV Publishing and Curriculum and has taught courses in Catechetical Ministry at Holy Apostles College and Seminary. A frequent guest on Catholic radio and television, Dr. White has written eleven books and numerous articles about catechesis, Catholic education, and ministry. He is coauthor of the Allelu and Alive in Christ religion series.
Rev. Dr. John C. Yake, I. V. Dei, is a career teacher of thirty-three years (five years at elementary school and twenty-eight years at the secondary level while being engaged in pastoral ministry with youth as campus minister). He has taught pastoral theology since 1995: At the University of St. Michael’s College (1995-2000) and at the Institute of Theology/St. Augustine’s Seminary (2001 to the present). He joined the Formation Faculty and was the Director of the Spiritual (Propaedeutic) Year of priestly formation at St. Augustine’s Seminary (2010-2017). He is the author of Star Wars and the Message of Jesus: An Interpretive Commentary on the Star Wars Trilogy (Image Publishing, 1985), The Theory of Religious Ministry to Youth: Faith Development and the “Christ in Others” Retreat (The Edwin Mellen Press, 2005), Talking to Teens About the Mass: A User’s Guide (Legas Publishing, 2012) and Teens Making Decisions: Engaging the Thought of Bernard Lonergan (Legas Publishing, 2015).
For more on Fr. John Yake's work, see his recent article in Seminary Journal (published March 10, 2021). http://seminaryjournal.com/educationforevangelization/
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology presents a Webinar on Gender Dysphoria with Dr. Paul Hruz and Fr. Philip Bochanski (March 6, 2021)
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Dr. Peter Mango interviews Dr. Anthony Rizzi, Founder and Director of the Institute for Advanced Physics (December 10, 2020)
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, WCAT Radio shares Jennifer Deputy's Lift & Shift episode on How to find Spiritual Wellness with Mary Kloska (October 23, 2020)
Syndicated through WCAT Radio with permission.
This webinar brought to you by the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology provides an introduction to genetic manipulation, they will explore considerations of what is practical, moral, and ethical when it comes to genetic engineering.
Co-sponsors include WCAT Radio, En Route Books and Media, Society of Catholic Scientists, Office of Consecrated Life – St. Louis Archdiocese, Department of Medical Humanities, School of Medicine at Creighton University, St. Louis Guild of the Catholic Medical Association, and the Liberty Institute for Faith & Ethics (L.I.F.E) - https://liberty4life.org/
For more on the webinar, see https://faithscience.org/genetic-engineering/
Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Joe Avalos concerning his book Cry Oneness (October 8, 2020)
Where Are You? Finding Myself in My Greatest Loss is the first published work by M.J. Flood. Recalling the author’s experience as the father of a stillborn daughter, this memoir articulates the private heartbreak and depression so frequently associated with disenfranchised griefs like pregnancy loss. But Where Are You? is ultimately a work of hope, as M.J. Flood walks the reader through the chaos of death in search of the peace of healing.
https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/whereareyou/
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Dr. Bryan Froehle interviews Fr. Alfredo Hernández concerning his book Formation Activities & Catholic Seminarians (July 23, 2020)
https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/formationactivities/
What can we seminary formators, bishops, and others involved in the formation of seminarians do to help the men who are ordained from our seminaries to be joyful and fruitful as priests and persevere in ministry? The answer to this question is grounded in practical theology and concerns the specific changes we might make in the choice of formation activities during seminary to increase the likelihood of lifelong perseverance. Father Alfredo Hernández invites his fellow formators to consider with him the theological and pastoral benefits and the impact on priestly formation of each of the programs included in the study: Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), the Institute for Priestly Formation, pastoral year internships, spirituality or propaedeutic year experience, priestly fraternity groups, and pastoral language immersion programs.
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, guest host Dr. Bryan Froehle interviews Dr. Jose Redondo about his Psycho-Sexual Survey entitled "Questionnaire on Sexuality of Candidates for the Priesthood (QSCP). (July 9, 2020)
In this episode of "I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too," Dr. Bryan Froehle interviews Fr. Donald Kloster on his Research Study concerning the Latin Mass (June 11, 2020)
For the study, see https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/TLM-Adult-18-39-Study-2.pdf
In this episode of "I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too," Catholic philosopher and evangelist, Ronda Chervin, interviews Catholic illustrator, Rocio Ortiz concerning her art and faith. (May 28, 2020)
On June 29, St. Augustine's Seminary is pleased to offer an online conference entitled Preaching Stewardship open to clergy and laity. For registration details, see https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/st-augustines-seminary-online-preaching-stewardship-conference-tickets-102782398922
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Catholic evangelist Michael Horn interviews Catholic author Gerard Verschuuren concerning his books The First Christians and The Destructive Doctrines of Our Age. Published by En Route Books & Media in 2019. (Oct 19, 2019)
Penny Abbruzzese joins Carlos Bersabe to talk about Our Lady and Medjugorje. She has an upcoming book, but in the meanwhile, feel free to check out her documentary which can be found on Amazon, "God Exists... The Queen of Peace Speaks from Medjugore."
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Catholic evangelist Michael Horn interviews Dcn. Dennis Lambert on the Experience of a Catholic Fiction Writer (September 12, 2019)
In this episode of I thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Catholic evangelist and philosopher Ronda Chervin interviews Dave Basconi on his book Nonsense to Horse-Sense: How Horses Tell Us the Truth about Ourselves and How to Live available from En Route Books and Media at http://enroutebooksandmedia.com/nonsense-to-horsesense/ (August 14, 2019)
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Catholic philosopher and evangelist Ronda Chervin interviews Al Hughes on his book Ice Fog, Spirit Fire and the Narrow Gate. (July 13, 2019)
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Ronda Chervin interviews David Moss about his work in the Association of Hebrew Catholics. For more on the AHC, see http://www.hebrewcatholic.net/ (May 30, 2019)
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Ronda Chervin interviews Mary Kloska concerning her book Out of the Darkness (May 16, 2019)
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Ronda Chervin Interviews Mary Kloska concerning her book A Heart Frozen in the Wilderness: The Reflections of a Siberian Missionary (May 9, 2019)
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Bob Olson interviews Catholic Author Bruce Mac Vicar concerning his book entitled How YOU Can Build the World’s Largest Second-Hand, Catholic Bookstore. (May 12, 2017)
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know, Bob Olson interviews Lisa Fortini-Campbell, the Co-Host of Two WCAT Radio Programs with Fr. Joseph Henchey entitled Duc in Altum and By His Wounds We Are Healed (May 5, 2017)
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Bob Olson interviews Chantrice and Clint Johnson of Christian Action Comics. (April 28, 2017)
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Bob Olson interviews Jason Braun, Director of the Online Writing Lab at Holy Apostles College & Seminary. (April 21, 2017)
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know, Bob Olson interviews Michael Brinda, Honorary Doctorate Recipient at Holy Apostles College & Seminary. (April 14, 2017)
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know, Bob Olson interviews Dcn. Len Sisul, Formation Director of the St. Louis Lay Dominicans. (March 31, 2017)
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Bob Olson interviews Michael Frey concerning his Bereavement Miracles Program. (March 13, 2017)
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Bob Olson Interviews Catholic Author TJ Burdick concerning his book 99 Ways to Teach Like the Master. (March 3, 2017)
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Bob Olson interviews Catholic mama, Laura Van Slyke. (February 24, 2017)
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Bob Olson interviews Monica Ochenkowski on the Source of the Seal of Unity and Hope, Part 2 (March 2, 2017)
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Bob Olson interviews Monica Ochenkowski on the Source of the Seal of Unity and Hope. (February 22, 2017)
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Bob Olson interviews Catholic Author Joyce Marie Rayno, the Storyteller. (February 10, 2017)
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Bob Olson interviews Linda Znachko, author of He Knows Your Name. (January 27, 2017)
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Bob Olson interviews Donna Zuroweste of St. Louis, MO. (January 13, 2017)
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Bob Olson interviews Karen Miller from North Carolina. (January 6, 2017)
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Bob Olson interviews Catholic Author Kevin Symonds concerning his three books entitled On The Third Part of the Secret of Fatima, Refractions of Light, and Pope Leo XIII and the Prayer to St. Michael (December 30, 2016, and January 20, 2017)
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Bob Olson interviews Bill McVey of Kansas City, MO. (December 16, 2016)
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Bob Olson interviews Fr. Tom Simon, MSA, of the Missionaries of the Holy Apostles. (December 9, 2016)
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Bob Olson interviews Lorraine Hartnett and Christine Sacken. (December 2, 2016)
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Bob Olson interviews Joe Indelicato of the St. John Bosco School and Chesterton Academy in Rochester, NY. (May 19, 2017)
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Catholic author Ronda Chervin interviews Mary Kloska concerning her retreat book for women entitled The Holiness of Womanhood: Mystery and Gift (May 2, 2019)
Carlos Bersabe interviews Marty Dybicz, author of The Fullness of Life, a complete and highly readable overview of the Catholic faith explains how living fully is found in knowing three things: that God is real, that He communicates with us, and that He wants us to respond. Marty explains the relationship between Faith and Reason, the importance of our being familiar with the Bible, and the value of our understanding our human nature, including our sexuality, through the light of our faith. It's available through Enroute Books & Media and Amazon.
Carlos Bersabe interviews Father Walter Werbylo regarding his article for Seminary Journal, "Allow Reason and Faith to Guide Gospel Studies: Advice of Benedict XVI for Biblical Preparation of Priests for the New Evangelization." Be on the look out for it on http://seminaryjournal.com.
Carlos Bersabe interviews Steve Pokorny to talk about how our culture can become free from pornography.
Like many men, Steve Pokorny was exposed to pornography at a young age and struggled with pornography compulsion for many years before encountering freedom.
"I really thought there was no hope at all, but by the grace of God I have been set free from the domination of lust – and free indeed, so much so, that I would rather die than lust. Because of this great gift, I’m making my life work to help other’s recover their God given-given dignity and to assist them on their own journey of healing and wholeness.”
Steve holds an MA in theology and a specialization in catechetics from Franciscan University of Steubenville, as well as an MTS from the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family Studies in Washington D.C. Author of "Redeemed Vision: Setting the Blind Free from the Pornified Culture," Steve also is an internationally-known speaker, speaking with a wide variety audiences on many topics. He is married and lives with his family in San Antonio, Texas.
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Ronda Chervin interviews Cynthia Toolin-Wilson, Co-Author of The Story of Holy Apostles, published by En Route Books and Media in December, 2018 (December 13, 2018)
Carlos Bersabe interviews Matthew C. Hoffman about The Book of Gomorrah and St. Peter Damian's Struggle Against Ecclesiastical Corruption. "
Alas, it is shameful to speak of it! It is shameful to relate such a disgusting scandal to sacred ears! But if the doctor fears the virus of the plague, who will apply the cauterization? If he is nauseated by those whom he is to cure, who will lead sick souls back to the state of health?"
With these words, St. Peter Damian introduces the Book of Gomorrah, an eloquent and impassioned denunciation of a plague of homosexuality among the Catholic clergy during the 11th century. Although it was written almost a thousand years ago, the Book of Gomorrah seems addressed to our own times, associating the phenomena of clerical homosexuality and pederasty, and endorsing the imprisonment of clergy who are a danger to youth.
The Book of Gomorrah offers a scathing analysis of the evil of sodomy, while also expressing compassion for those who have fallen into such vice and the possibility of their redemption by the aid of divine grace. It explains the devastating effects of the vice both spiritually and psychologically, and warns that such behavior, particularly among the clergy, will bring down the wrath of God. It also urges the permanent defrocking of clerics who are habituated to homosexual behavior and endorses the permanent confinement those guilty of child sex abuse.
This new translation by Matthew Cullinan Hoffman is the most accurate and faithful available in English, and carries a foreword by Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iñiguez, Archbishop Emeritus of Guadalajara. It includes a 10,000-word biographical introduction recounting Damian's struggle against corruption in the Catholic Church, and a translator's preface that breaks new scholarly ground and resolves old controversies about the text.
Carlos Bersabe interviews Sister Marysia about her upcoming book about social media devices and the potentially dangerous effects misuse can have on a person's physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health.
Carlos Bersabe interviews Ray Gerard about his upcoming show St. Paul's Letters to America, Sundays, 6:00 pm Eastern – Written almost 2,000 years ago, the letters of St. Paul are timeless, expressing messages and themes that could just as easily have been directed to the people of America today as they were to their originally intended audiences. In this program, your host will explore current issues in the light of such messages and themes.
Special Guest Host, Michael Horn, Interviews Dr. Jacques Cabaud about his book On the End Times, or The First Return of Christ (En Route Books and Media, 2018) (October 18, 2018)
Special guest host Michael Horn interviews Bill Hennessy, a St. Louisan leading a Rosary Coast-to-Coast event because he was inspired to introduce people to a beautiful, hidden gem of prayer and peace, the Shrine of the Black Madonna. Scheduled to air on October 11, 2018.
Carlos Bersabe interviews Avera Maria Santo about how her Catholic faith affects her experiences with same-sex attraction. Check out her blog at http://www.imhohblog.com/ (October 4, 2018)
Special Guest Host, Michael Horn, interviews Mike and Sarah Zimmerman, founders of The Little Catholic Clubhouse (online at https://littlecatholicclubhouse.com/), a series of books involving a group of young Catholic kids who work together and rely upon one another to solve everyday problems and questions. September 27, 2018.
In this introduction of Peter Kahama, the show host of the upcoming "A Voice of Tabora," Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, engages Peter in a short interview concerning his life and work in the Archdiocese of Tabora. (September 20, 2018)
Special Guest Host, Michael Horn, interviews Rick Akins concerning his upcoming Christian historical fiction book, Nicodemus. Scheduled for airing September 20, 2018.
Special guest host, Michael Horn, interviews Mary and Kevin O’Neill on their book entitled Catechism of the Seven Sacraments that uses legos to image the building blocks of faith. Get your copy today at https://www.amazon.com/Catechism-Seven-Sacraments-ONeill-Kevin/dp/0999508709
Special Guest Host Michael Horn interviews Michael O'Keefe, a parishioner of St. Patrick's Church in Columbus, OH, about his response to his daughter, Celia's, marriage and divorce.
Carlos Bersabe interviews Diana Wehbe and Vivyan Hamo about Catholicism and modesty. Vivyan dresses in Diana's modesty clothing line from her non-profit, LulaRoe The Purpose Foundation, and the impact on the Catholic faith is real and spreading!
Carlos Bersabe interviews Sean McVeigh from Sean’s Outdoor Adventures. We talked about his faith journey, his testimony and what God put in front of him regarding evangelizing in the outdoors.
Carlos interviews Caramia Caballero, discussing her faith journey, chapel veils, her Instagram ministry, and the virtue of chastity.
Carlos Bersabe interviews Cate, a Lay Dominican of the Province of St. Albert the Great. She was a member of the Denver chapter until she learned of the need for a formation director in the Cedaredge Community, a new community of Lay Dominicans doing something entirely new - namely, online formation through their candidacy period until they are fully professed Lay Dominicans and can grow their group themselves.
Carlos Bersabe interviews Father Dunstan, a Benedictine Monk from Saint Mary's Monastery in Petersham, Massachusetts concerning vocations to the monastic life and monastic life in general. http://stmarysmonastery.org/monastic_experience.html
Carlos Bersabe interviews Catholic fiction writer Tim Speer, where they discuss his two books and some advice for hopeful Catholic writers.
The Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology, with Sr. Marianne Postiglione, RSM (associate director of ITEST), in collaboration with St. Joseph Evangelization Network show host Jim Deken, engages Stephen M. Keller, M.D. (a retired diagnostic radiologist) and Margie S. Hunter (chemist), both of St. Anselm's Parish in St. Louis, MO, as part of their parish speaker's program entitled "Scientists Speak of their Faith: A Model for Parish Discussion." Special thanks to St. Joseph Evangelization Network for allowing their recording to be rebroadcast on WCAT Radio. Scheduled to air June 28, 2018.
Carlos Bersabe interviews Matt D’Antuono about his latest book, "A Fool's Errand: A Brief, Informal Introduction to Philosophy for Young Catholics."
Carlos Bersabe interviews Leticia Velasquez regarding her new show on WCAT Radio, Living the Gospel of Life--a discussion on the Culture of Death and the Culture of Life.
Pat Flynn interviews Gerard Verschuuren on his latest book _The Eclipse of God: Is Religion on the Way Out?_ (En Route Books and Media, 2018).
Special Guest Host, Michael Horn, interviews Dr. Peter Simpson. Scheduled for airing on March 29, 2018.
I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too - Special Guest Host, Carlos Bersabe, interviews Luca Stucchi regarding the current innovations taking place at WCAT Radio. Scheduled for airing on March 22, 2018.
I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too - Special Guest Host, Michael Horn, interviews Joe Avalos, author of Cry Oneness (En Route Books and Media, 2017). Scheduled for airing on March 15, 2018.
I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too - Special Guest Host, Ronda Chervin, interviews William Brown, author of Canticle of Returning (En Route Books and Media, 2017). Aired on March 8, 2018.
I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too - Special Guest Host, Ronda Chervin, interviews Michael Horn, the Evangelization Coordinator for the Archdiocese of St. Louis, MO, and a graduate student at Holy Apostles completing his MA in Theology in spring 2018. Scheduled to air at 11:00 am Eastern on Thursday, February 1, 2018.
Michael Horn was born and raised in Affton, Missouri, and grew up in St. Catherine Laboure Parish. He attended St. John Vianney High School and then Fontbonne University where he earned a B.S. in Biological and Physical Sciences. Growing up, he wanted to become a doctor but felt a call to the priesthood in the middle of his college years. After graduation from Fontbonne University in December 2011 and a free spring semester, he entered Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in the fall of 2012 where he completed a B.A. in Philosophy and studied two years of graduate theology. He left Kenrick-Glennon in the spring of 2016 after discerning to pursue a relationship and began working for the Archdiocese of St. Louis as the Evangelization Coordinator, a ministry that has been for him both a blessing and a challenge. He is currently finishing his M.A. in Theology at Holy Apostles College and Seminary and expects to graduate in May, 2018.
I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too - Special Guest Host, Carlos Bersabe, interviews Mary Hanley, wife of David C. Hanley, author of The Missing Chalice, a children's story published by En Route Books and Media (2017). Recorded on January 16, 2018. Scheduled to air on January 25, 2018.
I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too - Nick Loeb, producer of Roe v. Wade, will share the story of his upcoming film with Mary Anne Urlakis, one of the film's Co-Executive Producers. The film tells of what happened on January 22, 1973, when the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in the case of Roe- v- Wade which summarily obliterated the legal protection for unborn children. This landmark movie is headed to the Silver Screen – a movie which will expose the deceit and corruption that led to the notorious verdict. Join Dr. Mary Anne Urlakis as she interviews the movie’s Executive Producer, Nick Loeb, and hear how this exciting new project is exposing the truth behind the Roe-V-Wade ruling.
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I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too - Mr. Carlos Bersabe, an alumnus of Holy Apostles College & Seminary. (Recorded and Aired on September 15, 2017)
I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too - Dr. Ralph Olliges, Professor of Educational Technology at Webster University and Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology. (Recorded and Aired on September 1, 2017.)
I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too - Br. Guy Consolmagno, Director of the Vatican Observatory. (Recorded and Aired on August 25, 2017.)
I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too - Dr. Tom Sheahen and Sr. Carla Mae Streeter, OP, talk about their work in the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology. (Recorded and Aired on August 18, 2017.)
I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too - Joyce Marie Rayno, the StoryTeller is back again. (Recorded and Aired on August 11, 2017.)
I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too - Michael Mahfood, former Finance Chair of the Diocese of Tyler. (Recorded and Aired on August 4, 2017.)
I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too - Sr. Dolores Liptak, adjunct professor emerita at Holy Apostles College & Seminary. (Recorded and Aired on July 28, 2017.)
I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too - Shawn Carney, president and Founder of 40 Days for Life. (Recorded and Aired on July 21, 2017.)
I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too - Rev. Peter Stravinskas, founder and superior of the Priestly Society of Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman, executive director of the Catholic Education Foundation. (Recorded and Aired on July 14, 2017.)
I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too - Dcn. Dennis Lambert of the Diocese of Phoenix and author of The Table (Recorded and Aired on July 7, 2017.)
I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too - Jeremie Solak - Catholic educator and editor (Recorded and Aired on June 30, 2017.)
I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too - Elizabeth Westhoff - Director of Communications for the Archdiocese of St. Louis (Recorded and Aired on June 23, 2017.)
I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too - Erin Broestl, Catholic author and editor. (Recorded and Aired on June 16, 2017.)
hought You'd Like to Know This, Too - Dr. Douglas Beaumont, author of Evangelical Exodus (Recorded and Aired on June 9, 2017.)
I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too - Joyce Marie Rayno, the StoryTeller is back again. (Recorded and Aired on June 2, 2017.)
I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too - Jennifer Hartline, a student at Holy Apostles College & Seminary with an online ministry speaks on her life and work - May 26, 2017.