This episode, we talk about resources for your unintended stay in the monastery of your home, saints who battled fear and won, and the lost art of the Sunday Supper. Plus! Fr. Chris' Lenten Beard progress and our picks of the week.

Jeff BlackwellMarch 16, 2020Coronavirus, COVID-19, Mass, Mass Obligation, horarium, iBreviary, Liturgy of the Hours, anxiety, fear, saint, Sunday, supper, evangelizationComment

CU Weekly 418: Goin' to Joseph

This week, we learn chant from some Dominicans, ask St. Joseph for intercession, and attempt to patiently learn prayer.

CU WeeklyJeff BlackwellMarch 8, 2020chant, Saint Joseph, prayer, Beginning to Pray Comments

CU Weekly 417: Beard of Wonder.

This week: the Eucharist cleans up the streets in Mexico, Lent fails, and penance to suit one's temperaments. All this plus our picks of the week!

CU WeeklyJeff BlackwellMarch 1, 2020Eucharistic Adoration, Mexico, Epic Fail, Lent, temperaments, Star Trek

CU Weekly 416: Loaf 'n' Lent.

This week, we talk about the Capuchin who baked his way onto TV, some ideas for Lenten fasting, the mystery of things being "all messed up" and our picks of the week!

CU WeeklyJeff BlackwellFebruary 17, 2020Capuchin, baking, Lent, mystery, sufferingComment

CU Weekly 415: Mystery Meringue.

This week, 10 deacon recommended movies of 2019, life isn't always fair, and how to enter into the mysterious. All this, and our picks of the week!

CU WeeklyJeff BlackwellFebruary 10, 2020movies, fair, mysteryComment

CU Weekly 414: Point Conversion.

This week, we talk about Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker's love for The Mass, the need for heroes, and discuss the gift of priestly celibacy. All this and our picks of the week!

CU WeeklyJeff BlackwellFebruary 3, 2020liturgy, Latin, Mass, Kansas City Chiefs, Superbowl, Harrison Butker, altar server, acolyte, C.S. Lewis, hero, saints, celibacy, priest, virtueComment

CU Weekly 413: Up in the Air.

This episode, we talk about a creative way to bless the crops, what to do when someone asks for prayer, which side to take with Martha and Mary (spoiler: it's both!), some backchat, our picks of the week, and the usual foolishness!

CU WeeklyJeff BlackwellJanuary 27, 2020holy water, crop duster, priest, Martha and Mary, prayer, intercession, petition Comment

CU Weekly 412: The 2019 Christmas Spectacular!

This episode, we talk about a boy who invited his kindergarten class to his adoption, the school for would-be St. Nicks, and our culinary trip to Italy in studio. Plus a drinkable pick of the week!

CU Weekly 411: Kathleen is Cheese Drunk

This episode: how to party like a Catholic, introducing your younglings to some important and hopeful saints, what's with all the "joyful waiting" and our picks of the week!

CU WeeklyJeff BlackwellDecember 9, 2019party, advent, joy, saintsComment

CU Weekly 410: Marriage Mandatums.

This week: the unique way a newlyweds expressed Ephesians 5 at their reception, St. Albert crosses the streams and reconciles faith and science, and we take a look at Pope St. John Paul II’s Letter to Families after 25 years.

CU WeeklyJeff BlackwellNovember 26, 2019foot washing, faith & reason, science, Pope St. John Paul II, letter, family

CU Weekly 409: My Own Private Apocalypse.

This week: Catholic Artists Unite, St. Monica gives us some insight into hope, and Archbishop Sheen takes us through the Four Last Things. Also, our picks of the week!

CU WeeklyJeff BlackwellNovember 18, 2019artist, hope, St. Monica, St. Augustine, Four Last Things, death, heaven, hell, purgatory, Quas Primas, Christ the King, Archbishop SheenComment

CU Weekly 408: Soldering On.

This episode, we talk about a new memorial on the Church calendar, how our bodies speak theology, veterans teach us about virtue, our picks of the week, and more!

CU WeeklyJeff BlackwellNovember 11, 2019Loreto, Thelogy of the Body, posture, veterans, virtue Comments

CU Weekly 407: When The Pope Tweets, Saints Go Marchin'.

This episode, the tweet heard 'round New Orleans (and the football world!), monk hand signals in medieval times, attending to the present moment, and ordering our use of beauty.

Jeff BlackwellNovember 4, 2019twitter, Pope Francis, evangelization, monks, communication, quiet, beauty, liturgyComment

CU Weekly 406: The Family Dynamic.

This week, justice and mercy meet in court, some tips for talking to the teen in your life, that unique thing that makes a Catholic family different, our picks of the week, and more!

CU WeeklyFr. Chris DeckerOctober 14, 2019forgiveness, teens, familyComment

CU Weekly 405: A Matter of Conscience.

This week, a Latin app, Kathleen and a QB, New Life Legislation in Texas, and St. John Henry Newman speaks about conscience. All this, plus our picks of the week!

CU Weekly 404: Kathleen Not Found.

This week, robot priests in the confessional, saying "Sorry" and meaning it, and are we giving Mary too much credit? All this plus our picks of the week!

CU WeeklyJeff BlackwellSeptember 23, 2019robots, android, apology, sorry, Mary, devotion Comment

CU Weekly 403: Hoops, Habits, and Hope.

This week, upholding faith with end-of-life issues, the importance of rest, and resisting the altar of consumerism. Plus our picks of the week!

CU WeeklyJeff BlackwellSeptember 16, 2019Villanova, basketball, Poor Clare, Mother Angelica, EWTN, Spe Salvi, hope, Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, businessComment

CU Weekly 402: And Kathleen is McFurious.

This week, upholding faith with end-of-life issues, the importance of rest, and resisting the altar of consumerism. Plus our picks of the week!

CU Weekly 401: Taylor Made.

This week: call mom while you can, staying Catholic when you crossover into freshman year, the importance of rites of passage for young men, plus our picks of the week and a special guest!

CU WeeklyJeff BlackwellSeptember 2, 2019Mother, mom, college, rites, rites of passageComment