MPR: Monsignor's Parish Radio: Recent Episodes

Monsignor John Fritz

A podcast for the parishioners of St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr, South Bend, Indiana.

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The True Religion_Criteria for Revelation (part 2)

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The True Religion_Criteria for Revelation (part 1)

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The Sacrament of Confirmation

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The Holy Trinity

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A solo episode by Monsignor.

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A solo episode by Monsignor.

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A solo episode by Monsignor.

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Monsignor discusses the feast of St. Joseph, as well as the paternal concept of God.

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Monsignor delivers another monologue for Lenten recollection. 

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Monsignor goes solo again and answers a couple audience questions with out Andrew and Steve to distract him. Enjoy!

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Monsignor gives us a contemplative deep dive into a proper examination of conscience and penance during Lent. He packs more in 15 minutes than Andrew and I covered in 6 months.

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Monsignor directs our attention to the benefits of penance during the Lenten season. Andrew did a pretty good job this time.

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Monsignor gives us his thoughts on preparing for a good Lenten season, while Andrew continues to struggle with the intro.

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Andrew and Monsignor discuss whether Catholics should embrace fiction and works of art. Listen as they both pretend that Tolkien is not the best Catholic fiction author. 

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Monsignor discusses the life and virtue of St. Joseph while Andrew compares him to a giraffe. 

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Not only does Monsignor answer follow up questions to his episode on vocations, but he also gives us his best Mr. Kotter impressions.

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Andrew-less again. Where is he? Have you seen him? Anyway, Monsignor gives an in-depth talk on the nature and discernment of vocations.

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In this Andrew-less episode, Monsignor discusses what makes the rosary such a special prayer.

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We recorded an unplanned conversation that turned out quite well. We also get a bit into distributism... Happy New Year!

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In which Monsignor instructs us on the Sacrament of marriage, and we almost don't quote The Princess Bride. 

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In which Monsignor and Andrew discuss confession and extreme unction. 

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In which Monsignor instructs us on the first three Sacraments and Andrew learns when children should honor their fathers.

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In which Monsignor instructs us on Catholic sacramental devotion and Andrew "the Omlette" sets us up to discuss the Sacraments in future episodes.

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In which Monsignor helps us understand what exactly a Sacrament is.

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In which Monsignor rounds out his talk on the four last things and Andrew impersonates Kermit the Frog.

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In which Monsignor instructs us on the four last things while also repudiating a theological error made by Gene Simmons; and I recount my meeting with Alice Cooper.

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In which Andrew reveals he wore multiple costumes to get more candy, and Monsignor advises us on superstition vs sacramentals. 

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In which Monsignor answers submitted audience questions and Andrew decides he doesn't like goat's milk.

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In which Steve suggested an awesome discussion about angels, but also had to download sound effects to edit out the times when Monsignor got mad at Andrew.

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Rounding out our conversation about the last two Dogmas of Mary. 

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In which Monsignor instructs us on the Church's history of establishing Marian Dogmas, and Andrew won't let us end the episode. (again, sorry for the audio quality - I bought a new USB cord for future episodes)

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In which Andrew attempts to introduce the show in less than 5 takes and Monsignor explains how the Church's interpretation is critical to understanding scripture. (sorry for the poor audio quality... we had a faulty USB apparently.)

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Monsignor and Andrew discuss the four marks of the Church while Steve pretends to edit out their mistakes.

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Andrew and Monsignor discuss the existence of God. Steve provides the beer and hits record.