Jul 2024
Evangelizing Catechesis
Bishop Frank Caggiano
Franciscan University Presents
Franciscan University Presents
Franciscan University
For over three decades, Franciscan University Presents has aired monthly on EWTN and discussed a range of topics with some of the world’s top Catholic scholars, thinkers, and leaders.
September 2024
Guest: Dr. Kevin Schmiesing
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In our life journey, are we thriving, or just surviving? Are the traumas and sins of our past holding us back? Do we truly believe that the Lord…...
Guest: Stanley Konopka
Is beauty a necessity or a luxury in faith and worship? Isn’t beauty a matter of personal preference? What does beauty have to do with dogma? Stanley Konopka,…...
Guest: Dr. Katharina Westerhorstmann
What does it mean to be human? Can human vulnerability help us understand our own humanity more deeply? Can we learn to live through suffering? How can illness…...
Guest: Sister Faustina Maria Pia Bianchi, SV
What does it mean to trust in Jesus? And what do we stand to gain if we can overcome our fears? Sister Faustina Maria Pia Bianchi, SV, author…...
Guest: Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone
What does it really mean for us to receive Communion, and are any of us truly worthy? Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and…...
Guest: Dr. Regis Martin
Why did Jesus allow his friends Martha and Mary to experience the trauma of their brother’s death? What does it mean when God weeps? What does the Lord…...
Guest: Father Gerald Murray
Why is there so much confusion about what is true? How do we navigate the crises we face not just in the world but in the Church? How…...
Guest: Fr. Carter Griffin
Social norms change, but Church teaching doesn’t. How do Catholics prepare themselves to talk about difficult or unpopular Church teachings? Is there a way to do that effectively…...
Guest: Noelle Mering
Why does tolerance seem to go only in one direction these days? Why is dysfunction being normalized and even celebrated? How did violence and division come to be…...
Guest: Mike Aquilina
People today are hyper-connected—and profoundly lonely. Are we in a crisis of friendship? And do the ancient Church Fathers say anything remotely relevant to friendship in the 21st…...
