Host Father Ben Little, Pastor of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church and School, comments upon an article titled "History confirms that for US bishops, immigration isn't political." The article was written by John Allen and published on the Catholic news site The Crux on December 1st, 2024. Joined by Brenda Sevcik, a round of trivia and an outdoors report close out the episode.

Article from the Crux: https://cruxnow.com/news-analysis/2024/12/history-confirms-that-for-us-bishops-immigration-isnt-political
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church and School: https://stjohns-savage.org/

People and Podcast mentioned in the trivia portion:
Companions of Christ: https://www.companionsofchrist.org/
Pints with Aquinas: https://www.youtube.com/@pintswithaquinas
Word on Fire Show: https://www.wordonfire.org/videos/wordonfire-show/
Bishop Barron performing Bob Dylan: https://youtu.be/t6_Gg33MKaY?si=ZJJMxTXTVuelaw2Q
Tammy Peterson Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/user/tmrpeterson
Father Brian Park's Podcast: https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/9n29i-50a26/Father-Brian-Park%27s-Podcast
This Eucharistic Life: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/sjnpod/episodes/In-the-Light-of-Christ-e2b3cue?fbclid=IwAR0f9-uL3e2Z7hw2RFMwNy6Cn2JaQy_Wpnul_HdKr-yI0IjAjcsimDtKg1U
Catholic Stuff You Should Know: https://catholicstuffpodcast.com/
All Things Catholic with Ed Sri: https://www.edwardsri.com/all-things-catholic/
Abiding Together: https://www.abidingtogetherpodcast.com/
Poco A Poco: https://www.spiritjuice.org/pocoapoco/
Brother Isaiah's music: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXI4XKRle_gHogMwCuKPwloixeiiu8iKf
Restore the Glory: https://www.restoretheglorypodcast.com/
JP II Healing Center: https://jpiihealingcenter.org/
This Whole Life: https://martincenterforintegration.com/podcast
Praystation Portable: https://sqpn.com/podcasts/praystation-portable/

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Host Father Ben Little, Pastor of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church and School, reflects and expounds upon the idea of "clutter." Using a podcast episode by The Mission Guys as a springboard, he invites listeners to think and pray about where God might be inviting us to prune the early fruit of parish life, in order to harvest more abundant fruit.

The Mission Guys podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pruning-good-fruit-for-even-more-fruit/id1633016343?i=1000673066795
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church and School: https://stjohns-savage.org/

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Host Father Ben Little, Pastor of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church and School, along with Director of Music Brenda Sevcik, discuss another round of questions about the Mass.

St. John the Baptist Catholic Church and School: https://stjohns-savage.org/
Synod Letter from Archbishop Hebda: https://www.archspm.org/synodletter/

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Host Father Ben Little, Pastor of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church and School, along with Director of Music Brenda Sevcik, discuss questions about the Mass submitted by families involved in Religious Education.

St. John the Baptist Catholic Church and School: https://stjohns-savage.org/
Synod Letter from Archbishop Hebda: https://www.archspm.org/synodletter/

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Bonus Episode! Host Father Ben Little, Pastor at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church and School, gave a talk on October 26, 2024 while St. John the Baptist hosted the International Eucharistic Miracles Exhibit. This episode is a recording of that talk.

Exhibit website: http://www.miracolieucaristici.org/en/Liste/list.html

St. Paul Seminary video: https://youtu.be/M5Sq4M5H7vk?si=erxUgaaMJbXlN5RM

St. John the Baptist Catholic Church: https://stjohns-savage.org/

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Host Father Ben Little, Pastor of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church and School, along with Director of Music Brenda Sevcik, embark on the first "Homily Deep Dive" of the season with Father Ben's homily from the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time as the launching point. They discuss the concept of Spiritual Childhood and Father offers ways to grow in this disposition, as well as examples from the lives of the saints. They episode closes with a bit of trivia, and of course, the fishing report.


St. John the Baptist Catholic Church and School: https://stjohns-savage.org/
Companions of Christ: http://www.companionsofchrist.org/
Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis: https://www.archspm.org/

Link to youtube version: https://youtu.be/C0kXULyT__w


St. Therese of Lisieux information: https://www.littleflower.org/st-therese/who-is-st-therese/

Link to homily recordings on the SJB website: https://stjohns-savage.org/mass-adoration-reconciliation

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With election season upon us, host Fr. Ben Little and guest Fr. Brian Park discuss the intersection of faith and politics. Together they walk through St. John Paul II's Pastores Dabo Vobis and unpack the Church's teaching on a priest's involvement in the policitcal sphere and it's impact on his ministry.

Fr. Brian Park's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/father-brian-parks-podcast/id920271502

Pastores Dabo Vobis: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_jp-ii_exh_25031992_pastores-dabo-vobis.html

Companions of Christ: http://www.companionsofchrist.org/

St. John the Baptist Catholic Church: https://stjohns-savage.org/

St. Michael Catholic Church: https://www.stmcatholicchurch.org/church

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Host Father Ben Little, Pastor at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church and School, along with Director of Music Brenda Sevcik, introduce season three of the podcast. They share updates from the parish, recent graces, and of course- the fishing report.

Links:
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church and School: https://stjohns-savage.org/
Youtube Video link: https://youtu.be/5CMg7PD9lnk
Companions of Christ: http://www.companionsofchrist.org/
Clear Waters Outfitting: https://www.cwoutfitting.com/

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