This Thursday, Archbishop Fulton Sheen will be beatified so we are joined by Dr. Cheryl Hughes, a Sheen scholar, to talk about his life and work.

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Blessed Fulton Sheen was beloved by Catholics and non-Catholics alike, and his teachings and lectures were widely viewed on both ratio and TV. But his personal life and upbringing are often overlooked. So today, Dr. Hughes talks about the personal side of Fulton Sheen—his childhood, education, and daily life. She details how he got his name, his life as a farmer, what he ate, his time as an altar server, and much more. In many ways, he is an example of an ordinary man that God worked through to do extraordinary things for Christ, His Church, and even America at large.

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Fr. Fessio was born just months before the bombing of Pearl Harbor and today he reflects on the last third of America’s history.

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As America celebrates its 250th anniversary, Thomas Jacobi sits down with Fr. Fessio to talk about his memories of WWII and the history of the country over the last 80 years. Fr. Fessio expresses his love for his country and the importance of patriotism. But he also points out some of the typical American flaws and excesses. Ultimately, he hopes that America will become more prayerful, virtuous, and Godly in the next 100 years.

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There has been a lot of commentary about Chrispher Nolan’s The Odyssey, but few of these commentators have thought as much about Odysseus as today’s guest—Fr. Augustine Wetta.

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Fr. Wetta believes that The Odyssey is an “brilliant masterpiece.” And in today’s episode, he defends this conclusion by discussing the critical scenes as well as overarching themes in the movie like Zeus’s Law and the gods themselves. He also unpacks the character of Odysseus and points out the notable flaws of Odysseus’s character. Fr. Wetta has also adapted the character of Odysseus in his own book “The Eighth Arrow” which took fourteen years to complete and has even been regarded as better than Tennyson by the head of the Library of Congress. Fr. Wetta hopes that his novel is worthy of his students who are often left to consume subpar fantasy that he believes does little to educate or edify. We hope you enjoy this episode and purchase Fr. Wetta’s book to continue enjoying great works of fiction.

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