Episode #29 – Holiday Deliciousness

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Let’s learn about some delicious holiday food! We have Jeff Young, the Catholic Foodie on the show to talk about Christmas cooking and yummy food. Jeff shares some recipies and some thoughts about bringing your family together at the table for Christmas. We also discuss our favorite holiday movies, along with some exciting SQPN news and the SQPN Giving Campaign.

After the 3 J’s we talk about the What’s My Line segment. Nick and Pat forgot to fit in Barb in Nebraska’s land Greg from Kentucky’s lines from last week… Jeff helps us out with fitting them in while Nick goes a little crazy with the bell and the buzzer.

In the news we discuss the SQPN Giving Campaign! To keep SQPN.com being an amazing successful network we’re asking for your support. Please prayerfully consider donating to SQPN. We also talk about some cool iPhone happenings as well.
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Episode #15 – Looking at Reconciliation, Part 1

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Pat and Nick are back for another great episode, this time focusing on Confession. The episode starts with the 3 J’s. Pat shares a story about a new Catholic he met in town, while getting his car serviced.

We have two new calls for “Whats my Line”, one is from Jeff Young from The Catholic Foodie, the other is from our friend Dan. Additionally, we have some new listeners who have sent us feedback for the podcast.

In the news Pat tells us of his friend Maria studying in China. She’s our first listener from China! We encourage all our listeners, including International to let us know their out there. Nick tells us about a new vocations video with Archbishop Dolan in it. Check it out at nypriest.com. Lastly, check out Sonic’s new promotion to help support public school teachers across America called Limeades for Learning.

We sit down with our parish priest, Fr. Tom, who talks to us about confession. This is a two-part interview, with the second part coming next week. In this episode, Fr. Tom talks about the history of the sacrament, whether priests and bishops go to confession and why he thinks the sacrament should be referred to as reconciliation rather than confession. (more…)

Episode #14 – We’re All Grown Up, and We Pray the Rosary

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In this episode, we have a big announcement! But first, we start off talking about our 3 Js for the week. From there, we talk about some interesting news: a big tomato fight and the USCCB website for the changes happening to the Roman missal.

Second, we have a big announcement about our podcast and some changes that are coming. To mark this podcast, we have put together some fun things for the listeners. Tune in and hear how we celebrate this big announcement.

For this week’s Help I’m Fallen segment, we talk about the rosary, where it came from and a pope known as the “Rosary Pope.” Did you know that the rosary has been used by the laity to imitate the monastic liturgy of the hours? Additionally, we talk about Pop John Paul II’s encyclical on the rosary and his own methods for praying it. (more…)

Episode #9 – I Can Has Podcast

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In this episode, Nick and Pat talk about the news of the day—Nick’s involvement with Catholic Heart Workcamp, Pat’s birthday and Walter Cronkite’s passing.

We have a new “What’s my Line” suggestion from Jeff Young, of CatholicFoodie.com along with some feedback from him about the show, and Nick and Pat work in Brian’s suggestion from the last episode.

Nick and Pat start a new segment called Catholics of Caliber where they highlight a Catholic person of interest. In this episode, we interview Jeff Geerling about LOLSaints.com. We hear about how the site got started and talk with Jeff about some of his other Projects, including Open Source Catholic and his blog, Life is a Prayer. (more…)