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”What if this stuff is all true? What should we do then?” Join Tom Hoopes, writer in residence at Benedictine College, author at Aleteia.org, and former editor of the National Catholic Register, as he explores all aspects of Catholic life.
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May 23, 2022
May 23, 2022
37 sec
Tom Hoopes and Ex Corde have launched a new podcast about the life of Jesus Christ. Thank you again to our Catholic Living listeners.
Apple Podcasts
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Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/show/5rRADHMlVnl7HWc8573OKz?si=a6fbac0e8d3648f4
ExCorde.org
https://excorde.org/2022/the-extraordinary-story-s1ep1-out-of-the-maze
May 15, 2022
May 15, 2022
1 min
In the next few weeks, Tom Hoopes and Ex Corde are starting a brand new podcast. And so this will be the final episode of Catholic Living. Thank you to all of our listeners. We hope you will join us on this new journey! God bless.
May 8, 2022
May 8, 2022
26 min
Tom Hoopes says thank you to priests. He shares powerful stories about several priests who have made a great impact on his life.
May 1, 2022
May 1, 2022
30 min
Tom Hoopes offers his ultimate advice for a happy marriage.
"It is astounding how much marriage improves your life, and so to work at it is extremely important, not just for your spouse, but for you as well.”
Apr 24, 2022
Apr 24, 2022
24 min
On this Divine Mercy Sunday, Tom Hoopes outlines several mistakes we make about mercy. He begins by recounting two confessions where he made his own mercy mistakes.
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Apr 17, 2022
Apr 17, 2022
21 min
At Easter we don’t celebrate a myth or a great psychological symbol. We celebrate the historical event that is the foundation of all of our hope and joy and happiness.
He is truly risen. Our faith is not in vain.
Apr 10, 2022
Apr 10, 2022
27 min
Nones are the non-religious, and their growing numbers have haunted the Church for years. Why have so many people abandoned their faith? This week on Catholic Living, Tom Hoopes asks if we ever gave them a choice.
Apr 3, 2022
Apr 3, 2022
28 min
Tom Hoopes reflects on how Catholic nostalgia for Lenten Friday has shaped his life, and the lives of every Catholic generation.
"What nostalgia does," he explains, "is it strips away all the dross from memories and it leaves just the shiny core of the memory." Nostalgia points to Jesus Christ, "...because Jesus Christ is eternal truth, and when you strip any memory of its dross what you're left with is the truth, which is ultimately Him."
Mar 27, 2022
Mar 27, 2022
37 min
In part one of The Mistakes Movies Make, Tom Hoopes outlined what movies get wrong about the human person. Today he shows us what movies get wrong about God, belief, and believers.
Tom begins with an urban legend about the original stage production of Peter Pan, and remembers the titanic effect of seeing Star Wars in 1977, when he was only eight years old.
Mar 20, 2022
Mar 20, 2022
26 min
"Who am I?" School psychologists say Gen Z is asking this question now more than ever. Their answers are making headlines as they “self-identify” as members of one group or another — political, cultural, or sexual.
If you’re inclined to dismiss this phenomenon as a joke, think again: Our culture has made it very difficult for this generation to know who they are, and they desperately want to know.