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Presented by Ave Maria University, Dr. Michael Dauphinais, Chair and Professor of Theology, sits down with colleagues and friends to discuss Catholic theology. Ave Maria is a Catholic University located in Southwest Florida. This Catholic podcast covers themes such as the value of a Catholic higher education, religious liberty, how to pray, the philosophies of Thomas Aquinas and more!
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What deeply Christian truths are hidden in J.R.R. Tolkien’s most famous work? Today, Dr. Michael Dauphinais is joined by Joseph Pearce, internationally acclaimed author and visiting professor at Ave Maria University, to talk about finding the profound Catholic themes in J.R.R Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings while exploring issues such as divine providence, suffering, and original sin.
Resources:
Annunciation Circle (Ave Maria University Monthly Giving Community)
Ave Maria University website
Learn more about Professor Joseph Pearce and his work on his website
Read Joseph Pearce’s work on the Christian character of Frodo’s Journey
How does recovering a sense of the demonic help in appreciating the Good News of Christ? Today, Dr. Michael Dauphinais is joined by Fr. David Tomaszycki, an Ave Maria University alumnus and priest from the Archdiocese of Detroit, to discuss his soon-to-be-published book which addresses “Fulton Sheen on the Demonic,” exploring themes such as the signs of the demonic and three weapons that can be used against them.
Resources:
Annunciation Circle (Ave Maria University Monthly Giving Community)
Ave Maria University website
Discover more about the Missionaries of Charity and their life-changing work here
How does the work of evangelization lead to true joy? Today, Dr. Michael Dauphinais is joined by Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil, who was ordained in 1965 in Northeast India and is the recipient of a World Peace Award, to discuss his encounters with St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta, and how the Catholic Church evangelizes in today’s diverse global environment.
Resources:
Annunciation Circle (Ave Maria University Monthly Giving Community)
Ave Maria University website
Discover more about the Missionaries of Charity and their life-changing work here
How does Exodus 90 help men escape their bonds and embrace true leadership? Today, Dr. Michael Dauphinais sits down with Dr. Jared Staudt, AMU alumnus and Director of Content for Exodus 90, to talk about how Exodus 90 focuses on bringing men to freedom by means of prayer, asceticism, and fraternity, and how this process is sustained and nourished by the Eucharist.
Resources:
Annunciation Circle (Ave Maria University Monthly Giving Community)
Ave Maria University website
Learn more about Dr. Jared Staudt and his work here
Check out the mission and success of Exodus 90
How should human beings love?
Today, Dr. Michael Dauphinais and Catholic literature scholar Joseph Pearce discuss C.S. Lewis’s wonderfully insightful retelling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche, Till We Have Faces. In this episode, they address how this novel both parallels C.S. Lewis’s The Four Loves and reveals the great complexity of loving as a human; how we must give in order to receive.
Resources:
Annunciation Circle (Ave Maria University Monthly Giving Community)
Ave Maria University website
Learn more from Professor Joseph Pearce on his website
How did G.K Chesterton help society grow in wonder and gratitude?
Today, Dr. Michael Dauphinais and Fr. Joseph Fessio, Jesuit priest, founder and editor of Ignatius Press, and founding provost of Ave Maria University, discuss G.K. Chesterton’s remarkable book, The Everlasting Man. They explore how this book provides an incredible overview of human history, philosophy, and religion, and how they can be understood within the context of Christ.
Resources:
Annunciation Circle (Ave Maria University Monthly Giving Community)
Ave Maria University website
Learn more about Fr. Joseph Fessio and his work with Ignatius Press here
Who was Pope St. John Paul II and how did he reshape the world’s approach to the Catholic faith? Today, Dr. Michael Dauphinais sits down with Patrick Novecosky, award-winning author of 100 Ways John Paul II Changed the World and founder of NovaMedia, to discuss some key aspects of Pope St. John Paul II’s remarkable biography and influential papacy, explaining the profound mark he left on the world.
Resources:
Annunciation Circle (Ave Maria University Monthly Giving Community)
Ave Maria University website
Learn more about Patrick and his work here
Check out NovaMedia, a “marketing and communications firm that helps Catholic (and other) organizations” get their message heard/communicate their messages
What is Matrimony and why should it be protected as the primordial sacrament? Today, Dr. Michael Dauphinais is joined by John Clark, author, political speech writer, and columnist for the National Catholic Register, to discuss the importance of recognizing the sacramentality of marriage. They address themes such as the primary purpose of marriage, its indissolubility, and how it was instituted.
Resources:
Annunciation Circle (Ave Maria University Monthly Giving Community)
Ave Maria University website
Check out John Clark’s articles on Catholic family life & apologetics here
Learn more about John’s newest book, Betrayed Without a Kiss, which “seeks to identify the critical marital problems impacting the Church” today
How can St. Thomas Aquinas’ carefully presented theological truths lead us to a place of personal intimacy with God? Today, Dr. Michael Dauphinais sits down with Fr. Gregory Pine of the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. and host of podcasts and classes on Aquinas 101 with the Thomistic Institute. They discuss why we should seek to learn about prayer and spiritual theology from Aquinas.
Resources:
Annunciation Circle (Ave Maria University Monthly Giving Community)
Ave Maria University website
Learn more about Fr. Gregory Pine and his work here
Check out Fr. Pine and Matt Fradd’s book on Marian Consecration with Aquinas
What does it mean to have good ethics and how should they guide our approach to business?Today, Dr. Michael Dauphinais and Dr. Andrew Abela, professor of marketing and Dean of the Busch School of Business at the Catholic University of America, discuss the necessity of upholding ethics in the business world, explaining how this is only possible through the cultivation and practice of virtue.
Resources:
Annunciation Circle (Ave Maria University Monthly Giving Community)
Ave Maria University website
Learn more about Dr. Andrew Abela’s work
How does the book of Wisdom encourage us to unite humanity’s philosophical pursuit of wisdom with God’s revelation in history? Today, Dr. Michael Dauphinais and Dr. Mark Giszczak, professor of scripture and theology at the Augustine Institute, unpack the Wisdom of Solomon, while addressing related themes such as how Scripture should be approached according to the Second Vatican Council.
Resources:
Annunciation Circle (Ave Maria University Monthly Giving Community)
Ave Maria University website
Explore the informative and approachable Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture
Read more about Dr. Mark Giszczak and his achievements here
Check out Dr. Mark’s new book on the Wisdom of Solomon
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1Who was Fulton Sheen and how did he advocate for authentic freedom? Today, Dr. Michael Dauphinais and Dr. James Patterson, professor of politics at Ave Maria University and scholar of Fulton Sheen, discuss Fulton Sheen’s seminal work, Freedom Under God, while exploring how Bishop Sheen was one of the most effective Catholic apologists in American history.
Resources:
Annunciation Circle (Ave Maria University Monthly Giving Community)
Ave Maria University website
[link to another video with Dr. Patterson/about Fulton Sheen]
How does the Book of Romans help us to understand the nature of our salvation? Today, Dr. Michael Dauphinais sits down with Dr. Daniel Lendman, assistant professor of theology at Ave Maria University, to discuss the book of Romans by St. Paul. Their conversation covers some of the deep theological themes of this book and why it has been the cause of ongoing controversy between Christians.
Resources:
Annunciation Circle (Ave Maria University Monthly Giving Community)
Ave Maria University website
From the Catholic Theology Show Archives: Made for Worship| Preparing for Holy Week with Dr. Daniel Lendman
How can we embrace the Christian call to mission in today’s world? In this episode, Dr. Michael Dauphinais sits down with Catholic priest and founder of The Rescue Project, Fr. John Riccardo, to discuss the importance of making time to evangelize. Their conversation provides insight into how the Gospel addresses the crisis of loneliness sweeping the globe and what motivated Fr. Riccardo to begin his own journey of mission.
Resources:
Annunciation Circle (Ave Maria University Monthly Giving Community)
Ave Maria University website
Learn more about Fr. Riccardo’s Rescue Project
Check out another episode with Fr. Riccardo here
How has the Catholic “giant” of our time, Bishop Robert Barron, evangelized and catechized this generation? Today, Dr. Michael Dauphinais and Dr. Matthew Levering, Catholic scholar and noted editor and author, sit down to discuss Dr. Levering’s new work on the theology of Bishop Robert Barron. They think about how Bishop Barron successfully reaches fallen away Catholics and students of theology alike and helps them to recover a profound confidence in the truths of their Catholic faith.
Resources:
Annunciation Circle (Ave Maria University Monthly Giving Community)
Ave Maria University website
Dive deeper with Dr. Matthew Levering’s work on Bishop Barron
Learn more about Bishop Robert Barron’s work as the founder of Word on Fire
How can creation be good when sin and evil exist? Today, Dr. Dauphinais and Catholic scholar Joseph Pearce discuss The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien, hearkening to the Catechism of the Catholic Church’s call for a “catechesis on creation.” They unpack how the role of music in Middle Earth’s creation story grants insight into God’s continual work of unfolding the harmony of creation, inviting us to participate in it through our creativity, and providentially operating amid the discordance of evil.
Resources:
Annunciation Circle (Ave Maria University Monthly Giving Community)
Ave Maria University website
Read the section on creation in the Catechism of the Catholic Church
Learn more from Professor Joseph Pearce on his website
Take Professor Pearce’s FREE short course on The Genius of J.R.R. Tolkien from
What is Catholic bioethics and how should it guide our approach to fertility and infertility? Today, Dr. Michael Dauphinais and Fr. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, a Catholic priest, neuroscientist, and writer, discuss the proper relationship between faith and science. They address themes such as whether the Church should be involved in scientific conversation, while focusing primarily on in vitro fertilization (IVF) and its challenging moral consequences.
Resources:
Annunciation Circle (Ave Maria University Monthly Giving Community)
Ave Maria University website
Learn more about why IVF is wrong and other contemporary moral problems from Fr. Tad’s bioethics videos
What does it mean to perfect our love for God? In this episode, Dr. Dauphinais sits down with Fr. Rick Martignetti, Franciscan priest and director of campus ministry at Ave Maria University, to discuss his book Perfect Love, a collection of reflections on prayer inspired by Saint Bonaventure. Fr. Rick speaks about what the Seraphic Doctor can teach Christians today about prayer, contemplation, and love for God.
Resources:
Annunciation Circle (Ave Maria University Monthly Giving Community)
Ave Maria University website
Perfect Love: Forty Stories and Reflections Inspired by Saint Bonaventure’s De Perfectione Vitae by Fr. Rick Martignetti, OFM
Hidden Beauty: Reflections on Saint Bonaventure’s Tree of Life by Fr. Rick Martignetti, OFM
What truths about the world and human experience can short stories reveal? In today’s episode, Dr. Michael Dauphinais and Catholic scholar Joseph Pearce look at Leaf by Niggle, J.R.R. Tolkien’s short story filled with profound themes of beauty, creativity, the gift of time, and the afterlife.
Resources:
Annunciation Circle (Ave Maria University Monthly Giving Community)
Ave Maria University website
Learn more from Professor Joseph Pearce on his website
Sign up for Professor Pearce’s FREE short course, The Genius of J.R.R. Tolkien, from The Pursuit of Wisdom by Ave Maria University
How does Christ work in the Church through the Sacraments? Today, Dr. Michael Dauphinais converses with Fr. Romanus Cessario, Adam Cardinal Maida professsor of Theology at Ave Maria University, about his latest book entitled The Seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church. Fr. Cessario looks at each of the seven sacraments, their reality and unchanging nature, and how they continue Christ’s saving work in the souls of men.
Resources:
Annunciation Circle (Ave Maria University Monthly Giving Community)
Ave Maria University website
The Seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church by Fr. Romanus Cessario
Related episode: The Sacraments | Friendship with Christ with Dr. Roger Nutt
From the Catholic Theology Show archives: What is Truth? | Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas with Fr. Romanus Cessario
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