Renovo Podcast

Renovo Episode 251: Military Archdiocese

What is the Archdiocese of Military Services?  Who do they serve?  Did you know you could be a missionary for them?

Renovo Episode 250: Scapulars.com

A conversation with Steve Kerekes about Scapulars and their incredible spiritual gifts!

Renovo Episode 249: Hermits

Who are these secluded people and why do they matter to the Church?

Renovo Episode 248: St. Alberto Hurtado

Who is this saint chose as the patron of the SEEK Conference 2022?  Find out by listening today!

Renovo Episode 247: Cryptocurrency & Christ

What does Cryptocurrency, the Metaverse and Jesus have to do with one another?

Renovo Episode 246: Godparents

Where did this idea come from and what is going on in Italy?

Renovo Episode 245: Opinion, Belief and Conviction

These three get confused and used interchangeably...lets clear the air.

Renovo Episode 244: Roberto Clemente

Why was he the greatest?

Renovo Episode 243: Catholic Whiskey

Did Catholics invent whiskey?

Renovo Episode 242: Latin Mass

Why does Pope Francis want to limit access to the Latin Mass?

Renovo Episode 241: Adoption

Why don't more people adopt babies?  What is the difference between secular and Catholic Adoption?

Renovo Episode 240: Bad Preaching

Are Catholics the worst at preaching?

Renovo Episode 239: Good and Evil

What makes people good?  What makes them evil?

Renovo Episode 238: Journaling

How does this millennia old practice shape your spiritual life today?

Renovo Episode 237: Elijah

How does this prophet of the ancient world effect us today?

Renovo Episode 236: Psychotherapy and Confession

Do these two have anything in common...and...what seperates them?

Renovo Episode 235: Lutheran Reunification

What does the Joint Declaration tell us about reunification of Lutherans and Catholics?

Renovo Episode 234: Soren Kierkegaard

What does this Danish Philosopher/Theologian have to teach us?

Renovo Episode 233: Existentialism

How does this 19th Century Philosophy shape modern Christian thought?

Renovo Episode 232: The Rebellious Dominican

What Catholic preacher planted the seeds for the Reformation?

Renovo Episode 231: The USCCB & Synodality

What authority does the USCCB have and what exactly is a Synod?

Renovo Episode 230: Catholic Olympics

How did the Catholic Church influence the modern Olympics?

Renovo Episode 229: The Cyclist Hero

An incredible story about the incredible heroic behavior of cyclist Gino Bartali.

Renovo Episode 228: Poetry in Scripture

Not a lot of rhyming, but a whole lot of beauty.  

Renovo Episode 227: Fathers of the Church Vol. 5...St. Athanasius

This guy was made a bishop in his thirties then spent 17years in exile!  What made CS Lewis love him so much?

Renovo Episode 226: Contraception

What does the Church have to say about sex?

Renovo Episode 225: Miguel Pro & Mexican Independence

What did the Cristeros actually fight for? Did the ends justify the means?

Renovo Episode 224: Prudential Judgment

Can two Church leaders have a conflicting judgment?  Who's conscience is right?  

Renovo Episode 223: Spiritual Animals

Why are animals associated with Saints and other holy things?

Renovo Episode 222: Mission in Media w/ Cory Pyke

What are Christian movies not very good? What can we do about it?

Renovo Episode 221: Universalism

Does everybody just go to heaven anyway?

Renovo Episode 220: Nazareth

Why does this little town matter more than it should?

Renovo Episode 219: Informed Conscience

Am I supposed to trust myself over Church teaching?

Renovo Episode 218: Discernment

This is not just about the priesthood or the religious life!  What do the desert fathers have to teach us about inviting God into my decisions? Did St. Ignatius change the way we discern?  This show might just change your life!

Renovo Episode 217: Sports and Spirituality

What do sports teach us about delight in God’s creation?  Should I pray for my favorite team to win?  Does God even care about sports? 

Renovo Episode 216: Pornography

An addiction that attacks our relationship with God.  Lets talk about it.

Renovo Episode 215: Zoroastrianism

Did this ancient Iranian religion really inform Judaism?  Better listen.

Renovo Episode 214: Guardian Angels

Is there really an Angel next to me...all the time?

Renovo Episode 213: Sacking Rome

Why did the Roman Empire matter and how did the Church rise from its ashes?

Renovo Episode 212: Middle Age Movements

What kinds of heresies were brewing in the Middle Ages and what kinds of things did the Church do that caused them to mature?

Renovo Episode 211: Remembering the Renaissance

This was an amazing period and history.  How did it change the church?  How did the church change it?

Renovo Episode 210: Anglo Saxons & its Christian roots

How did Christianity come to Anglo Saxon Britain?

Renovo Episode 209: John the Baptist & the Essenes

Who was the voice in the desert?  Was he part of a Jewish fringe community?  We will explain.

Renovo Episode 208: Bethlehem

Why is this little town so important? Was Jesus really born there?  Listen and learn!

Renovo Episode 207: Catholic Fiction

Renovo Episode 206: Marxism and Catholicism

Are communism and Catholicism compatible?  The answer might surprise you!

Renovo Episode 205: Meister Eckhart

Where did modern mysticism come from?  You better get to know the Meister!

Renovo Episode 204: Excommunication

What does it mean when some is excommunicated from the Catholic Church?

Renovo Episode 203: The Alamo

REMEMBER THE ALAMO...for what it actually was and find out where it came from!

Renovo Episode 202: Bible Food

Was there really Milk and Honey in the Holy Land?  Did Moses make the Israelites drink a ground-up Gold smoothie in the desert?  Are most folks in bible time vegan?