Catholic Media
Discover a wealth of resources designed to help parents and caregivers nurture their family's faith. From insightful websites to engaging podcasts and enlightening books, a world of Catholic resources is just a click away. Empower your family's spiritual journey with these valuable tools!
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Podcasts
Abiding Together
Hosted by Sister Miriam, Michelle Benzinger, and Heather Khym, Abiding Together provides a place of connection, rest and encouragement for people who are on the journey of living out their passion and purpose in Jesus Christ.
Ask Christopher West
Since the early 90's, author and speaker Christopher West has devoted his life to spreading John Paul II's revolutionary teaching on human life, love, and sexuality: The Theology of the Body. His beloved wife Wendy, mother of their five children, has served as his confidante, friend, and support through these long years of ministry. In this podcast, Christopher and Wendy combine their wisdom to tackle the toughest questions dealing with vocation, sexuality, marriage, and the Catholic faith.
Being Human
At the CatholicPsych Institute, we're doing something new when it comes to therapy. In the Being Human podcast, Dr. Greg Bottaro offers a glimpse into a totally reinvented model of therapy. Come behind the scenes and experience Dr. Greg's vision for Catholic therapy as he introduces a revolutionary approach that is finally focused on what it means to be human.
Bishop Barron's Sunday Sermons
Listen weekly as Bishop Barron elucidates the wisdom and power of the Scripture in his Sunday Sermons.
Catholic Answers Focus
Catholic Answers Focus helps busy Catholics explain and defend the Faith. Can you clarify your belief in God to an Atheist? How about justify your faith in Jesus to a skeptic? Defend moral absolutes? Disabuse those who think the Church worships Mary, or rejects the Bible, or believes our own works save us? If you answered ‘no’ to these questions and possibly many others, Catholic Answers Focus is your solution. You will learn how to answer objections, common and uncommon, to Catholicism. And you will get clarity about modern controversies in the Church. Hosted by Cy Kellett and featuring a variety of expert guests, Catholic Answers Focus is a weekly podcast all about the reasons behind Church teaching. Listen at catholic.com, or subscribe to the podcast on Apple, Google Play, or anywhere you listen to podcasts. It’s a confused world, keep your focus.
Catholic Classics
Welcome to Catholic Classics! Each season we’ll read through a classic text, providing insightful commentary and practical guidance along the way.
Charting Toward Intimacy
Looking for answers to the questions you don't want to Google? Not sure where to get help when your sexual life is on the rocks and everything the secular culture has to offer is only making things worse. Welcome to Charting Toward Intimacy where you learn to actually enjoy and desire good, holy sex with your spouse.
Girlfriends
Each week, host Danielle Bean shares advice, encouragement, and connection for Catholic women in all walks of life.
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is an exploration of the weird, the strange, the unusual, and the fascinating phenomena on the physical world around us – and beyond – from a Catholic perspective, Join Jimmy Akin and his co-host Domenico Bettinelli as they examine ancient mysteries, folk tales, urban legends, and miraculous stories with a methodical, logical, and well-reasoned but not entirely skeptical eye.
Messy Family Podcast
Parenting is not a clean-cut, simple process for those who like to follow the rules. Family life is messy and unpredictable, but it is the greatest adventure you will ever have. We are Mike and Alicia Henon, parents of 10 children ranging from 10 to 27 and we would like to invite you into some conversations we have had with each other about marriage, parenting, and Catholic family life. Our hope is that our conversation sparks a dialogue between you and your spouse that leads to greater unity and intentional Christian parenting in your home. Listen to our podcast and start the conversation as we seek to lead our families to heaven.
Pints with Aquinas
If you could sit down with St. Thomas Aquinas over a pint of beer and ask him any one question, what would it be? Every episode of Pints With Aquinas revolves around a question, a question that St. Thomas addresses in one of his many works. So get your geek on, pull up a bar stool, and grab a cold one. Here we go!
Poco a Poco
Join Fr. Innocent, Fr. Angelus and Fr. Mark-Mary, members of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, for their weekly podcast. The Poco a Poco Podcast offers "Practical Spirituality." The friars break open the Gospel in light of their years of prayer, communal life, and work with the poor. The Poco A Poco Podcast is a source of rest, encouragement, refreshment, and renewal for all pilgrims helping them to discern and make the next best step. Poco a Poco, little by little, step by step we're making our pilgrimage to the Father's house.
Read-Aloud Revival
The bi-weekly show that helps you fall in love with your ordinary, bookish homeschool life. Sarah Mackenzie and the RAR Team will get you and your kids excited about reading, guaranteed.
Restore the Glory
Dr. Bob Schuchts & Jake Khym, MA are Catholic therapists with over 50 years combined experience teaching and accompanying people into fuller life and freedom. They met about 12 years ago and quickly realized they were kindred spirits with a similar understanding of the value of an integrated approach to the healing journey. They both understand the keys for people to experience and live a restored life. Currently, Bob and Jake have their own ministries and are delighted to collaborate on events and conferences. They hope the Restore The Glory Podcast will be an accessible way for people to hear the good news of freedom that is available in and through Jesus Christ.
Rosary in a Year
In Ascension’s Rosary in a Year podcast, Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, CFR, guides listeners in a step-by-step journey that will change the way you pray – no matter where you are in your spiritual life. By starting small and adding on over time, listeners will find themselves falling more in love with this powerful Marian devotion, becoming a source of grace for the whole world. Listen to discover….how to build a daily habit of prayer, how to form a relationship with Jesus and Mary, the Biblical foundations of the Rosary, how to meditate with sacred art (visio divina), saint writings, and scripture (lectio divina), the power of Mary’s influence in your life…and more.
Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz
Every week, Catholic priest Fr. Mike Schmitz delivers powerful homilies based on the Sunday Mass Scripture readings, inviting you to live more fully as the person God created you to be. Engaging and motivating, these 20–30-minute homilies will help ground your faith, fortify your heart and transform your life. Fr. Mike Schmitz preaches from Duluth, Minnesota, where he serves as the Newman chaplain for the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Bulldog Catholic campus ministry.
The Bible In a Year
In The Bible in a Year podcast, Fr. Mike Schmitz guides you through the entire Bible in 365 episodes. Using an exclusive reading plan rooted in The Bible Timeline (a ground-breaking approach to understanding salvation history developed by Biblical scholar Jeff Cavins) you won’t just read the Bible … you’ll finally understand how all the pieces fit together to tell an amazing story that continues in your life today!
The Catechism In a Year
With this podcast, Catholics will: read the entire Catechism of the Catholic Church in 365 days, understand the essentials of the Catholic Faith and why they matter, see how Church teaching is rooted in Sacred Scripture, absorb over 2,000 years of Sacred Tradition, encounter God’s plan of sheer goodness, and transform their relationship with the Church that Christ founded. If you have ever wanted to understand what it means to be Catholic and allow those truths to shape your life—this podcast is for you!
The Catholic Gentleman
A Podcast for Catholic Men on Faith, Virtue, and the World Today. The Catholic Gentleman is a show for Catholic Men on the topics of living with virtue and holiness in the modern world. Featuring interviews and commentary, the show seeks to provide practical insights for men of all ages.
The Word on Fire Show
The Word on Fire Show is a weekly discussion in which Bishop Barron and Dr. Matthew Petrusek take a deep dive into all things faith and culture. If you have a question you would like to ask Bishop Barron, you can submit it on the Ask Bishop Barron page.