Outside the Walls

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Outside the Walls

Outside the Walls is a weekly radio program featuring interviews with theologians, authors, clergy, religious, and engaged laity from around the Catholic world.

  1. The Sacred Heart: Exuding the Love of Jesus - Dr. Dawn Eden Goldstein

    3D AGO

    The Sacred Heart: Exuding the Love of Jesus - Dr. Dawn Eden Goldstein

    Dawn Eden Goldstein, JCL, SThD, is the author of The Sacred Heart: A Love for All Times available on LoyolaPress.com Born in New York City, Dr. Goldstein began her working life as a rock-and-roll historian. She went on to editorial positions at the New York Post and the Daily News before publishing her first book in 2006. She is one of only a few women to hold both a doctorate in theology licensed by the Holy See and a licentiate in canon law. Dr. Goldstein’s books have been translated into ten languages. She lives in Washington, DC, and has taught at universities and seminaries in the United States, England, and India.  We discuss the development and practice of the devotion to the Sacred Heart historically, and how the practice, in turn, develops us into mature disciples of Jesus. An extra segment is available on our Patreon page.

    55 min
  2. In Justice, Opposing Injustice: Gloria Purvis

    MAR 8

    In Justice, Opposing Injustice: Gloria Purvis

    Gloria Purvis is an author, commentator, public scholar, and the host and executive producer of The Gloria Purvis Podcast.  Through her media presence, she has been a strong Catholic voice for life issues, religious liberty, and racial justice. She was Our Sunday Visitor’s Catholic of the Year for 2020. She presented a powerful video series entitled Racism, Human Dignity and The Catholic Church through the Word on Fire Institute.  She was part of a groundbreaking, exclusive interview with Pope Francis with a delegation from America Media. Most recently, she delivered one of the keynote speeches at the historic National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis, Indiana.  She is the Inaugural Pastoral Fellow at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at Notre Dame University and recently received Honorary Doctorates in Humane Letters from the University of Portland in Oregon and Salve Regina University in Rhode Island. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Catholic Charities USA.   We talked today about our Christian responsibility not only to avoid acting unjustly, but also to actively oppose injustice. Listen to an extra segment on our Patreon page.

    56 min
  3. Ordo Amoris: Wisely Extending Love - Fritz Bauerschmidt & Maureen Sweeney

    MAR 2

    Ordo Amoris: Wisely Extending Love - Fritz Bauerschmidt & Maureen Sweeney

    Frederick C. Bauerschmidt is Professor of Theology at Loyola University Maryland and a deacon of the Archdiocese of Baltimore; He is the award-winning author of The Love that is God: An Invitation to Christian Faith on Eerdmans press. He has written extensively on St. Thomas Aquinas, and you can find his most recent book Thinking Through Aquinas, through Word on Fire Academic. Maureen A. Sweeney is Law School Professor and founding director of the Chacón Center for Immigrant Justice at Maryland Carey School of Law. They join us to talk about their recent Church Life Journal article, Ordo Amoris: Wisely Extending Love.

    56 min
  4. Culture of Life vs. Culture of Deterrence - Dr. Thérèse Scarpelli Cory

    FEB 23

    Culture of Life vs. Culture of Deterrence - Dr. Thérèse Scarpelli Cory

    Dr. Thérèse Scarpelli Cory is the Director of the Jacques Maritain Center and its associated History of Philosophy Forum. Her work is on medieval theories of mind, cognition, and personhood, with special focus on the thought of Thomas Aquinas and his thirteenth-century interlocutors. She is the John and Jean Oesterle Associate Professor of Thomistic Studies at the University of Notre Dame and is a member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. Today we’re talking about a piece she published in January of 2024 in the Church Life Journal from the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame entitled Migrants and the Unborn: A Culture of Life Versus a Culture of Deterrence.

    56 min
  5. Simply Scripture: A Daily Guide - Colleen Vermeulen

    FEB 9

    Simply Scripture: A Daily Guide - Colleen Vermeulen

    Colleen Vermeulen is cofounder of CatholicBiblicalSchool.org and a teacher and director with the Catholic Biblical School of Michigan, an Adult Faith Formation Ministry. She is a contributing writer to the Living the Word Catholic Women’s Bible, and has written a daily guide to reading the bible called Simply Scripture for Lent and Easter which uses daily readings of the Gospel Mark and the Acts of the Apostles over the course of the two liturgical seasons to help foster good Bible Study tools and establish a habit of daily scipture reading.

    56 min
  6. The Holy Spirit in the Bible - Little Rock Scripture Study: Fr. George Smiga

    FEB 2

    The Holy Spirit in the Bible - Little Rock Scripture Study: Fr. George Smiga

    Fr. George Smiga is on the Faculty of St. Mary Seminary and Graduate School of Theology. He writes regularly at buildingontheword.org/  A resource for Scripture, Culture, and Faith. He has written books with Paul’s Press and with Liturgical Press’ Little Rock Scripture Study. Today we’re discussing his book on The Holy Spirit in the Bible. To go through this study on your own, or with others from your parish, visit LittleRockScripture.org

    56 min
  7. The Healing Ministry of Jesus - Amy Ekeh

    JAN 26

    The Healing Ministry of Jesus - Amy Ekeh

    Amy Ekeh, Director of Little Rock Scripture Study at Liturgical Press, faculty at the New England Catholic Biblical School, and adjunct professor at Sacred Heart University, joins us to talk about her new book Stretch Out Your Hand: Reflections on the Healing Ministry of Jesus which is now available from Liturgical Press. (litpress.org)

    10 min
  8. SEEK25, FOCUS, and the Call to Continue - John Michael Lucido

    12/29/2024

    SEEK25, FOCUS, and the Call to Continue - John Michael Lucido

    John Michael serves as a Regional Director for the South Area for the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS.org). He joins me to talk about the work of FOCUS on university campuses, his own initial encounter with FOCUS missionaries bringing him to a deeper understanding and commitment to his faith, and the amazing annual SEEK conference hosted by FOCUS. While SEEK is sold out in all three locations this year, you can catch a livestream of the evening sessions on EWTN, or stream more from the app. Learn more at https://seek.focus.org.

    56 min
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Outside the Walls is a weekly radio program featuring interviews with theologians, authors, clergy, religious, and engaged laity from around the Catholic world.

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    2017 - 2025
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