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The Curious Catholic Podcast

Pilgrimaging through the Catholic Imagination. Each episode is an encounter with the personalities, ideas, and movements that have shaped and embodied the dynamism of the Catholic vision. If you're re... Read more

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Motherly Love as Icon of Divine Love, St. Augustine and the Women of His Life with Br. Bill Gabriel, O.S.A. (Ep. 5)

Motherly Love as Icon of Divine Love, St. Augustine and the Women of His Life with Br. Bill Gabriel, O.S.A. (Ep. 5)

Today we’ll begin a couple week focus on St. Augustine. While Augustine is known by many a Catholic by name, it’s my hop... Read more

10 Feb 2020

40mins

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Edith Stein's "Knowledge and Faith," with Richard Bernier, Ph.D. (Ep. 4)

Edith Stein's "Knowledge and Faith," with Richard Bernier, Ph.D. (Ep. 4)

In the late-1920s, Edith Stein, having been Catholic for a handful of years, wrote a fictional dialogue between the phil... Read more

29 Jan 2020

40mins

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Edith Stein's "On the Problem of Empathy," part 2, with Donald Wallenfang, Ph.D., OCDS (Ep. 3)

Edith Stein's "On the Problem of Empathy," part 2, with Donald Wallenfang, Ph.D., OCDS (Ep. 3)

In this episode, we’ll continue and bring to a close my conversation with Donald Wallenfang of Sacred Heart Major Semina... Read more

22 Jan 2020

23mins

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John Henry Newman on Catholics and Other Christians, with David Deavel, Ph.D. (Ep. 11)

John Henry Newman on Catholics and Other Christians, with David Deavel, Ph.D. (Ep. 11)

The newly canonized John Henry Newman is fascinating in many respects. One such feature of the interest he garners is hi... Read more

15 Apr 2020

40mins

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St. Augustine on Love and Loss, with Erika Kidd, Ph.D. (Ep. 10)

St. Augustine on Love and Loss, with Erika Kidd, Ph.D. (Ep. 10)

This episode is focused on grief. That is, loving and losing those whom we love, feeling acutely the absence of our belo... Read more

1 Apr 2020

48mins

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St. Patrick's Day Special Edition (Ep. 9)

St. Patrick's Day Special Edition (Ep. 9)

This episode starts with a look at The Confession of Saint Patrick, written by the saint himself. While the whole work i... Read more

17 Mar 2020

25mins

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St. Augustine on the Big Screen: Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life" as Augustinian Confession with Paul Camacho, Ph.D. (Ep. 8)

St. Augustine on the Big Screen: Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life" as Augustinian Confession with Paul Camacho, Ph.D. (Ep. 8)

Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life" is one of the most stunningly beautiful and heart-wrenching films I've ever seen. A... Read more

11 Mar 2020

55mins

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"In Love With My Own Ruin," St. Augustine on Sin as Self-Harm with Fr. David Vincent Meconi, S.J., D.Phil. (Ep. 7)

"In Love With My Own Ruin," St. Augustine on Sin as Self-Harm with Fr. David Vincent Meconi, S.J., D.Phil. (Ep. 7)

The focus of today’s episode is St. Augustine’s understanding of sin as self-sabotage, and why it is that we do the thin... Read more

2 Mar 2020

34mins

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"One in Mind and Heart on the Way to God," St. Augustine and His Rule of Life with Fr. Kevin DePrinzio, O.S.A., Ph.D. (Ep. 6)

"One in Mind and Heart on the Way to God," St. Augustine and His Rule of Life with Fr. Kevin DePrinzio, O.S.A., Ph.D. (Ep. 6)

This episode focuses on the ideal of community life expressed in the words of St. Augustine, that we be “one in mind and... Read more

19 Feb 2020

37mins

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Edith Stein's "On the Problem of Empathy," with Donald Wallenfang, Ph.D., OCDS (Ep. 2)

Edith Stein's "On the Problem of Empathy," with Donald Wallenfang, Ph.D., OCDS (Ep. 2)

When it came time to select a topic for her doctoral dissertation in philosophy, the young Edith Stein eventually settle... Read more

13 Jan 2020

23mins

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