

The Catholic Current
The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network
Bringing Christ to the World and the World to Christ! Producer and Host Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. illuminates today's issues with the love of Christ and the authority of His Church. Each show features expert guests that shed light on relevant and important topics.
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May 2, 2024 • 53min
The Last of the Catholic Troubadours? (Joseph Pearce) 5/2/24
We welcome back Joseph Pearce for another episode from his series in Crisis Magazine on the Unsung Heroes of Christendom: this time highlighting Roy Campbell. What does a 20th century poet have to do with the preservation of the writings of St. John of the Cross, and why has he been all-but written out of history?
Show Notes
Joseph's Website
Unsung Heroes of Christendom - Crisis Magazine
A Convert Among Communists and Carmelites - Crisis Magazine
Unafraid of Virginia Woolf: The Friends and Enemies of Roy Campbell | Joseph Pearce
C.S. Lewis & Roy Campbell: The Best of Friends & Enemies - Crisis Magazine
Poems Every Catholic Should Know
The Man Who Saved the Papers of St. John of the Cross ~ The Imaginative Conservative
The Poems of St. John of the Cross - Translated by Roy Campbell
The flaming terrapin by Roy Campbell
The Georgiad : a satirical fantasy in verse by Roy Campbell
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May 1, 2024 • 53min
God’s Spymaster (Joseph Pearce) 5/1/24
We welcome back Joseph Pearce for another episode from his series in Crisis Magazine on the Unsung Heroes of Christendom, this time highlighting St. Nicholas Owen. What can this master craftsman teach us about bravery and self sacrifice, and how is it that his story is not better known?
Show Notes
Joseph's Website
Unsung Heroes of Christendom - Crisis Magazine
The Unsung St. Nicholas - Crisis Magazine
What Fr. John Gerard's escape teaches us now | Catholic Culture
Faith of Our Fathers
The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful
The Autobiography of a Hunted Priest: Fr. John Gerard, S.J.
Campion's 'Brag' | EWTN
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Apr 30, 2024 • 11min
Timeless Thoughts (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 4/30/24
This is the new Timeless Thoughts segment for today's Remastered Timely Tuesday episode. Be sure to listen to the full episode linked in the show notes.
Shote Notes
Catholicism Is About Swords (Fr. John Perricone) 3/12/24
The Great Shantytown Plausibility Structure | Doug Wilson
Interview with NYU protester: "I really don't know... [turns to friend] Why are we protesting here?" | Not the Bee
Reality Rejected: New NPR CEO Says 'There Are Many Truths' - Intellectual Takeout
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Apr 29, 2024 • 53min
Here We Go Again... (Matt Archbold) 4/29/24
We welcome back Matt Archbold of Creative Minority Report to once again discuss the madness in the world and the sanity of Christ. What happens when man attempts to create "Heaven on Earth"?
Show Notes
Feds Mandate Time Off for Abortion
Joe Biden Makes the Sign of the Cross at an Abortion Rally
Pennsylvania Priest Arrested. But Don't Worry, It's Just a Candy Crush Addiction.
The Far Right's Campaign to Explode the Population | Politico
Biden administration redefines sex discrimination in Title IX to include 'gender identity' – Catholic World Report
Teen Girls Refuse to Throw Shotput Against Male after Court Tosses Law Banning Boys from Competing in Girl's Category
Don't Homeschool Your Kids, They'll be Weird. Meanwhile, Students at Public School Walkout After Being Attacked by Furries. Seriously.
Interview with NYU protester: "I really don't know... [turns to friend] Why are we protesting here?" | Not the Bee
Pittsburgh police will no longer respond to calls that are not 'in-progress' emergencies amid resource crunch | The Post Millennial
Criminal Attacks On American Churches Up 800 Percent In Last Six Years
Tracker: Over 400 Attacks on U.S. Catholic Churches Since May 2020 - CatholicVote org
The Screwtape Letters Narrated by John Cleese - Complete
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Apr 26, 2024 • 53min
Confronting the Demon of Discouragement (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 4/26/24
In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses what to with discouragement and desolation. How do we fight back against our spiritual enemies? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass.
Show Notes
St Ignatius of Loyola's Prayer Against Depression – EWTN Global Catholic Television Network
Depressed? Demoralized? What's the Difference? (Fr. Robert McTeigue S.J.) 6/10/22
Christian resilience is not what you think
What Should You Do When You Are Discouraged?
The Noonday Devil: Acedia, the Unnamed Evil of Our Times
Doomscrolling Past Christ
When It's Time to Fast from the News
Doomscrolling Past Christ (Dr. Darrick Taylor) 8/15/22
"Devout Catholic" Joe Biden makes sign of the cross at pro-abortion rally to deride Florida's abortion ban | Not the Bee
Black athletic director of Baltimore high school arrested for creating AI deepfake of white principal to stage race hoax | The Post Millennial
Tennessee passes death penalty for child rapists. Here's some of the twisted reasoning why some Dems opposed it.
59-year-old Breaks Women's World Record for the Longest Time in an Abdominal Plank Position
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Apr 25, 2024 • 53min
Half-hearted, Half-witted Revival (Leila Lawler) 4/25/24
We welcome back Leila Lawler to discuss do-something-ism, McTeigue's Axiom, and unsatisfactory attempts at Eucharistic Revival. Can revival ever occur if those in charge refuse to address the problems that got us in our current position?
Show Notes
Eucharistic revival is not something our bishops know about
Like Mother, Like Daughter
Eucharistic devotion cut off at knees: two little examples
The 8th National Eucharist Congress | October 17-20, 1938
The Catechesis of Tradition – Padre Peregrino
Catholic Art Institute
Catholic Art Institute - YouTube
Retrieving Sacred Art (Kathleen Carr) 4/9/24
Eucharistic Art & Culture (Kathleen Carr) 4/23/24
Contagious Faith: Why the Church Must Spread Hope, Not Fear in a Pandemic: Philip F. Lawler
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Apr 24, 2024 • 53min
Motherhood and Human Dignity (Dr. Catherine Pakaluk) 4/24/24
We welcome back Dr. Catherine Palaluk of The Catholic University of America to continue the discussion on her latest book through Regnery Publishing, Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth. What are the effects of many years of denigrating motherhood and family life?
Show Notes
Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth
Women Defying the Birth Dearth (Dr. Catherine Pakaluk) 2/8/24
The Women Defying America's Birth Dearth: An Interview with Catherine Pakaluk ━ The European Conservative
Q&A with Catherine Pakaluk, Author of Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth
The State Can't Save the American Family
Seoul, South Korea Considers Paying Couples $72,500 Bonus per Baby
What to Expect When No One's Expecting: America's Coming Demographic Disaster
When Medicine Mandates Murder
The Cube and the Cathedral: Europe, America, and Politics Without God: George Weigel
Rerum Novarum: On Capital and Labor (Pope Leo XIII, 1891)
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Apr 23, 2024 • 53min
Eucharistic Art & Culture (Kathleen Carr) 4/23/24
We welcome back Kathleen Carr of the Sacred Art Institute to discuss beauty, liturgy, and the cultivation of good aesthetic taste. Why is sacred art so compelling, and why does it inspire so many conversions? Father Finishes with Timely Thoughts.
Show Notes
Sacred Art & Adoration Presentation: The Eucharist as a Source of Beautiful Art & Culture | Catholic Art Institute
Vision of Paschal Bayolon by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Mediocrity Will Convert No One, but Beauty Will: The Purpose of Sacred Art in the Modern World| National Catholic Register
Catholic Art Institute
Catholic Art Institute - YouTube
Conference 2024 | Catholic Art Institute
Liturgical Arts Journal
The Difference of an Interior Restoration: St. Mary's in Menasha, WI ~ Liturgical Arts Journal
Before and After: Holy Innocents in Long Beach, California ~ Liturgical Arts Journal
Before and After: St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Janesville, Wisconsin ~ Liturgical Arts Journal
Looking for Jesus at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Letter to Artists, (April 4, 1999) | John Paul II
Good Music, Sacred Music, and Silence: Three Gifts of God for Liturgy and for Life
Does the Church Need Good Music? (Dr. Peter Kwasniewski) 7/13/23
Do Catholics Really Need Beauty? (Cornelius Sullivan) 8/28/18
Diocese of Brooklyn Eucharistic Revival Mass at Louis Armstrong Stadium (Queens, NY)
The 8th National Eucharist Congress | October 17-20, 1938
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Apr 22, 2024 • 1h 22min
Human Fertility and Current Controversies (Fr. Tadeusz Pacholczyk) 4/22/24
On this special podcast-extended episode welcome back Fr. Tad of the National Catholic Bioethics Center to dive deep in discussion of controversial topics of human fertility, IVF, and the concept of embryo adoption. What are the moral issues involved in these beginning of life processes, and at this point what can be done for the children left in these cryogenic orphanages?
Show Notes
Father Tad's Website
The National Catholic Bioethics Center
Making Sense of Bioethics
FatherTad.com | Lectures
Father Tad — The Struggle of Infertility
Father Tad — Why is IVF Wrong?
Making Sense of Bioethics: Column #217 : Poking the Hornet's Nest of IVF
Making Sense of Bioethics: Column #216 : Surrogacy and Child Trafficking
Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 006: Babies in Test Tubes
Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 013: Thawing the Frozen Embryo Myths
Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 035: Fire in the Clinic!
Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 048: What Should We Do with the Frozen Embryos?
Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 066: Humans in "Frozen Orphanages"
Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 137: Orphans in Liquid Nitrogen
Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 165: It's Not Just About the Frozen Embryos
Instruction Dignitas Personae on Certain Bioethical Questions, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
The Frozen Embryo Problem
Instruction on Respect for Human Life in its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation: Replies to Certain Questions of the Day
Adoption: Prayer and Educational Resources | USCCB
The Concentration Can: When Does Human Life Begin? an Eminent Geneticist Testifies: Lejeune, Jerome
Pope Paul VI Institute
The Gianna Center | Catholic Health
Want a Baby? Get the App! - Let's Talk About This (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 09/24/21
Selling Embryos & Making A Killing (Dr. Tara Sander Lee) 7/10/23
Women & Children For Sale (Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse) 1/24/24
An Honest Look at IVF (Leila Lawler) 3/4/24
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Apr 19, 2024 • 53min
Untangling the New Document on Human Dignity (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 4/19/24
In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue finishes his week long analysis of Dignitas Infinita. What is the most important duty of the Church, and what might the emphasis in recent Vatican documents lead one to believe the answer is? What context must we read this document in? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass.
Show Notes
Declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith "Dignitas Infinita" on Human Dignity
Tametsi Futura Prospicientibus (November 1, 1900) | LEO XIII
Dignitas Infinita and the Idolization of Man - Crisis Magazine
On the Question of Human Dignity - The Lepanto Institute
The Cult of the Imperial Self
A Brief Reader on the Virtues of the Human Heart - Josef Pieper
PE Coach Pairs Unmotivated Students to Run with Shelter Dogs–Adoptions Soar
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