Pastors of Payne (County)

“From a Love of Baseball to a Love of the Eucharist: Fr. Kerry interviews Brett Akins”

In this week’s episode, Fr. Kerry and special guest Brett Akins talk about Brett’s upbringing, baseball career, college life, a rediscovery of the Catholic faith, and his newfound love of the Eucharist.

“Anointing of the Sick and the Sacraments of Healing”

In this week’s episode, Fr. O’Brien and Fr. Kerry talk about the Sacraments of the Church and deep dive into the Sacraments of Healing: Anointing of the Sick and Reconciliation.

Resources:
CCC 1499
James 5:13

“Did Jesus Have Brothers and Sisters?”

In this week’s episode, Fr. O’Brien and Fr. Kerry talk about the hotly contested and often controversial subject of whether Jesus had biological brothers and sisters.

Resource: CCC 499-507

Why We NEED the Eucharist

Back together after a month of interviews with staff and friends of the show, Fr. Kerry and Fr. O'Brien kick off the Eucharistic Revival with a show about why we NEED the Eucharist. 

“Hispanic Ministry in Payne County: An Interview with Angela Vivar Romero”

In this week’s episode, Fr. O’Brien and special guest Angela Vivar Romero talk about her Stillwater roots, her work with the Hispanic community of Payne County, and how she became a staff member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church.

“What is Hospitality? An Interview with Amanda Fiorazo”

“What is Hospitality? An Interview with Amanda Fiorazo”

In this week’s episode, Fr. O’Brien and special guest Amanda Fiorazo talk about her early life, choosing a college and a degree in hospitality management, faith and prayer, a day in the life of a Hospitality Coordinator, and what is hospitality and its biblical roots.

 

Resource:

“Radical Hospitality – Benedict’s Way of Love” by Lonni Collins Pratt

“Trevor’s Conversion Story”

In this week’s episode, Fr. Kerry and special guest Trevor Allee talk about all the awesome summer events happening at St. John’s Student Center and Trevor’s conversion to the Catholic faith.

“The Incarnation is Really Important”

In this week’s episode, Fr. Kerry and special guest Chris Petrin talk about the first century apologist St. Irenaeus of Lyon, great books about the Incarnation, the dogma of the Incarnation, and the effects and importance of the Incarnation to the Christian faith.

Resource(s):
“The Teaching of the Church Fathers” - Fr. John R Willis, SJ

“Everyone (Who’s Baptized) Is A Priest!”

In this week’s episode, Fr. O’Brien and returning special guests Seminarians Kyle Doud and Marcus Lyons talk about why they’re in Stillwater, their life as a seminarian, what they’ve learned so far, their summer plans, and what it means to be baptized a priest.

“The 6th Commandment”

In this week’s episode, Fr. O’Brien and Fr. Kerry talk about the latest update on the St. John’s building project, choosing great names for church bells, summer events happening at St. Francis Xavier, and the philosophy and scriptural basis of the sin of adultery known as the 6th Commandment.

 

Resources:

CCC 2331: https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P83.HTM

CCC 2339, 2344, 2347: https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P85.HTM

“Theology of the Body for Beginners” – Matthew West