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Meet the Monastics

Deer Park Monastery

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Conversations with monks and nuns about their journey to monastic life and what inspires them today, hosted by Brother Minh An, a Buddhist monk in the Plum Village tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.
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The New Monastics

Charis Foundation for New Monasticism & Interspirituality

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We dialogue with some of today's leading spiritual teachers and thinkers on all aspects of the contemplative life, with a special focus on interspirituality and new monasticism. Amid continuing changes to our spiritual and religious landscape, we explore the tenets of living a life dedicated to spiritual development and truth.
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Every object has a story to tell. But how can one mystery item lead us on a journey through history, people and places? In the English Heritage podcast, comedian and writer Amy Matthews brings you entertaining tales from unexpected places. Each week, we begin with a mystery item and with the help of English Heritage experts and special guests, Amy explores what our past can tell us about our present and perhaps our future. Follow us wherever you get your podcasts.
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Catholic Culture Audiobooks

CatholicCulture.org

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Voice actor James T. Majewski brings to life classic Catholic works, with a special focus on St. John Henry Newman and the Fathers of the Church. Over 100 recordings, including sermons, encyclicals, letters, poems, and full books like St. Augustine's De Doctrina Christiana, and St. Athanasius's Life of St. Anthony. A production of CatholicCulture.org.
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Clear Mountain Monastery Project

Clear Mountain Monastery

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Dharma talks from monastics at Clear Mountain, an aspiring Buddhist Forest monastery in the greater Seattle area. The Forest Tradition represents a return to the simple way of life taught by the Buddha. Monastics aspire to live as the early disciples did: dwelling in the forest, studying the teachings, and devoting themselves to meditation. To learn more, visit https://www.clearmountainmonastery.org.
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Confessing Concord

TranscendentTruth

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Confessing Concord is a podcast that provides a holistic study through the Lutheran Confessions found in the Book of Concord aimed to promote Confessional Lutheranism in the broader Christian community and graduate listeners from students to teachers of the Christian faith. Brought to you by Transcendent Truth Media. https://transcendenttruthmedia.wordpress.com
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Traversing Emmaus

Ashwin Emmanuel Acharya

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A low-key collection of homilies, and the occasional catechetical mini-series. Please enjoy, and if I could encourage you to pray for Bishop Michael McCarthy's intentions and for the Diocese of Rockhampton, in Qld, Australia. Thank you kindly 😁.
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The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford

The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford

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The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford podcast features faculty, graduate students, visiting speakers, and alumni in conversation with Communications Manager Miles Osgood on the history, philosophy, and practice of Buddhism. Interviews are intended to be both academic and accessible: topics range from scholarly publications and insights to personal journeys and reflections. Interview videos are posted on YouTube, @thehocenterforbuddhiststudies. For more information about our events, ...
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All Good in the Brotherhood

Nate, Tom, & Francisco Whittaker

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Three brothers, Francisco (a Catholic, Benedictine monk), Nate (a Gen-Zer), and Tom (a married father of three) discuss the deepest realities of life: Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. Oh, and they roast each other a lot. Instagram: @the_benedict_project Facebook: @thebenedictproject Email: [email protected]
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Eucharist

Eucharist Church SF

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A podcast of Eucharist Church in San Francisco that explores what it looks like for a community of disciples to live all of life in reference to Christ.
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The Living Church Podcast

The Living Church

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The Living Church Podcast explores ecumenical topics in theology, the arts, ethics, pastoral care, and spiritual growth — all to equip and encourage leaders in the Episcopal Church, Anglican Communion, and beyond. A ministry of the Living Church Institute.
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The Morningside Institute

The Morningside Institute

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The Morningside Institute is an independent scholarly endeavor dedicated to examining human life through the liberal arts. Morningside helps scholars and students contribute to academic disciplines and understand them in light of the rich traditions that lie at their origin. The Institute also helps students integrate the beauty of culture in New York City with their search for truth in the intellectual life.
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Cults I'd Join

Jesse and Ameran

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Ever see that oddly identical group of people all cramming into a sketchy van or disappearing into rural land, and think to yourself, "I'd like to see what goes on in there..."? Whether you'd put on the matching outfit and dive on in, or just opt to be a fly on the wall, Cults I'd Join takes you to the inside as hosts Ameran and Jesse discuss the pros and cons of each group, what makes them tick, and whether or not they'd join. Join a new cult with us for an hour or so at a time. It's all th ...
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This Week in Church History

Bishop Andy C. Lewter, D. Min.

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A weekly review of major moments in the 2000 plus history of the Christian Church, hosted by Bishop Andy C. Lewter, D. Min., who holds an undergraduate degree from Oberlin College, a graduate degree (Masters of Divinity) from Harvard Divinity School and a terminal degree (Doctor of Ministry) from United Theological Seminary. Bishop Lewter is the Church Historian for the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship and is an adjunct professor at Beulah Heights Bible University in Atlanta, GA. He als ...
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Seek Things Above

Mount Angel Institute

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The mission of the Mount Angel Institute is to share the rich ways of Mount Angel Abbey’s Benedictine monastic life with Church and World. In this podcast, we share talks from monks, faculty, and guest speakers at Mount Angel that generally focus on the rich ways of prayer, community life, deep reading or lectio divina, life centered on the Eucharist, Benedictine hospitality, arts and culture, and caring for the land and environment. Mount Angel Abbey (Saint Benedict, Oregon) is a community ...
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Pillar Paths Podcast

rachelletayagramirez

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Pillar Paths Podcast uncovers the profound influence of Catholic women saints on urban design of European cities and beyond. PPP delves into how the Catholic Church, through the legacies of these remarkable women shaped city layouts, public spaces, and architecture from antiquity to early modern era.
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Welcome to Beauty Ever New, a podcast about Catholic Art and Architecture. Our name is inspired by a celebrated phrase from St. Augustine where he laments his late arrival into the splendor of God’s truth. We invite you to join us as we have conversations with artists, architects, musicians, fundraisers, scholars and more, about how to bring beauty into our churches and communities. If you are a seminarian, a priest or bishop, a committee member in your parish, or a parishioner who wonders S ...
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What does a stone slab at Yorkshire’s Fountains Abbey have in common with the modern-day university? This time on the English Heritage podcast, Michael Carter takes Amy on his journey of discovery, from an abbot’s strangely positioned headdress to the monastic origins of doctorates. Dr Tessa Whitehouse joins the conversation as we explore how the m…
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Send us a text Have you ever wondered what it might look like for a church to live as a neo-monastic community—rooted in ancient practices yet fully present in the streets and neighborhoods of our city? In this episode of the Village Church’s sermon podcast, Pastor Eric opens a new series exploring just that. He lays the foundation for what this ki…
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Fr. John sits down with the Rev. Dr. Greg Peters—priest in the Reformed Episcopal Church, Research Associate at the Von Hügel Institute (University of Cambridge), Research Professor of Monastic Studies and Ascetical Theology at Nashotah House, and Professor of Medieval and Spiritual Theology at Biola University. Together they explore how modern Chr…
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Send us a text Welcome back to the Cloister after our Summer break. Our fortnightly podcast returns this Autumn with a series from Fr Cedd from Ampleforth Abbey entitled 'the cloud of witnesses'. Today's reflection consider St Aelred of Rievaulx. May these reflections be a blessing to you Support the show www.monasticretreats.co.uk…
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Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on the occasion of the Simple Profession of Monastic Vows of Brother Jonah (Townsen) Poissant, OSB, on September 8, 2025. Please pray for Brother Jonah as he continues his monastic formation as a junior monk under the guidance of the Junior Master, Father Israel Sanchez, OSB. For more talks and homil…
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William Crawley examines the place of prayer in the aftermath of the school shooting that left two children dead and many injured. It comes as the Mayor of Minneapolis spoke out about the need for action rather than 'thoughts and prayers'. He hears about the threat to the future of theology courses at undergraduate level and asks if you put a theol…
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Homily for Thursday in the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time, Optional Memorial for Saint Columbanus, Abbot and Missionary, delivered in Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Gladstone, Qld. "The commissioners of King Antiochus who were enforcing the apostasy came to the town of Modein to make them sacrifice... [They] addressed Mattathias as follows, ‘…
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Solidarity is a much-used, not to say over-used, slogan these days, both in Catholic Social Teaching and in popular activism. Does it have a clear meaning or is it just an emotive term? In this lecture, Rowan Williams argues that in the context of Christian theology, as St. Augustine's City of God suggests, it does indeed have a strong and distinct…
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As the United Nations celebrates its 80th anniversary, William Crawley talks to Adrian Gallagher, Professor in Global Security about whether the UN has lived up to its founding principles. Britain's Chief Rabbi, Sir Ephraim Mirvis, has condemned the UK decision to formally recognise Palestinian statehood this week as "an historic error of foreign p…
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We talked about the Pope and His first 100ish days--its an exciting time to be alive and be Catholic! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopu…
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In this interview, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho interview Tan Ajahn Asoko, a senior monastic at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in the UK and the primary attendant to Luang Por Sumedho. The focus of the interview was the ins-and-outs of serving as an attendant and caregiver. Biography of Tan Ajahn Asoko: Ajahn Asoko grew up in a village near Geneva …
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Learn more about his work at https://www.discernment.institute/ Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows: Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen Man Up! with Joe Stopulus The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo B…
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In this interview, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho interview Tara Brach about her advice for practitioners dealing with fear and anger over the current state of the world, her relationship with faith and the Triple Gem, the R.A.I.N. approach to metabolizing difficult emotions, taking a "u-turn" in navigation of relationship, halos, unitarians, and m…
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Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on the occasion of the Solemn Profession of Monastic Vows of Father Michael Shrum, OSB, on September 12, 2025. We give thanks to God for Father Michael's monastic vocation, now as a permanent member of our monastic community. Please pray for him. For more talks and homilies by Abbot Jeremy, visit htt…
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This is the third part of three of my episodes on “Learning the Self,” one of my Ten Fields of Zen. In the first episode I discussed why we “study the self” in Zen, and what “self” we’re talking about if – according to the teachings – the self is empty of any inherent nature! In the second episode I talked about what is meant by “studying” or “lear…
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The assassination of Charlie Kirk is being seen as a dangerous moment between left and right in US politics. Sunday explores the Christian nationalist background to the story with Professor Gordon Lynch of Edinburgh University Edward speaks to Bishop Mariann Budde, the woman who memorably asked President Trump to have mercy on marginalised groups i…
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A document describing how to honor the dead may be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13H0UzWa73aLS1y6vVSANftAxZRjho76aozhZ5Tcjp2E/edit?usp=sharing. In this talk, Ajahn Nisabho speaks about maraṇasati, or recollection of death, as a path towards gratitude and heedfulness. He then describes how we can honor those who have passed, in ritu…
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On this episode of Making it Personal with Bishop Joensen, Jeanne Thill welcomes Fr. Joe Pins, Pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in West Des Moines. Together, they reflect on the life and legacy of Fr. John Acrea, who recently passed away. Fr. Pins shares how Fr. Acrea’s witness deeply impacted his own priesthood and the broader vocation story…
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We talk about the upcoming feast of the Exultation of the Holy Cross and its profound shape on Church history, the history of every Christian life, and the reality of those implications for the here and now and the hereafter! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada- Cat…
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"When attention to the theological meaning of femininity is not accompanied by reflection on masculinity, men are left without a sense of the existential and sacramental significance of their own sex." A reading of a fascinating essay originally published in the journal Logos, about the work of Walter Ong, SJ. In the wake of an emphasis on the “fem…
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"The Church History Podcast" explores the pivotal moments, influential figures, and theological developments that have shaped Christianity throughout history. Hosted by Rachel Chen, each episode features Church Historian, Bishop Andy C. Lewter, who brings scholarly insight and engaging storytelling to illuminate how the church has navigated challen…
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Today we're talking tea. Why? Well, we’re an Anglican podcast. Need we say more? Knowing how to share and make a good cup of tea translates around the globe. Whether it’s hospitality or work-life balance, tea has played a significant role in leadership, conversation, and parish life. Today we meet an amazing Christian woman who knows all about tea,…
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It’s easy to take the food on our plates for granted, but the 20th century has been a time of enormous change for the production and supply of what we eat. Not to mention the sort of dish you’d be looking forward to on a Friday evening. Herring and pickled beetroot, anyone? But did you know about a highly specialised, world-renowned government inst…
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In this session, Ajahn Nisabho interviews Steven Hayes, clinical psychologist and co-developer of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and process-based therapy (PBT). They speak about the panic attack that catalyzed Dr. Haye's path of healing, Relational Frame Theory, Acceptance Commitment Therapy, modern culture's lack of a transcendent articu…
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Homily for the Thirty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, delivered in Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Gladstone, Qld. "The Lord says this: I am going to look after my flock myself and keep all of it in view. As a shepherd keeps all his flock in view when he stands up in the middle of his scattered sheep, so shall I keep my sheep in view. I shall resc…
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Homily for Friday in the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time, (Feast of Saint Andrew Dũng-Lạc and his Companions), delivered in Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Gladstone, Qld. "Judas and his brothers said, ‘Now that our enemies have been defeated, let us go up to purify the sanctuary and dedicate it.’ So they marshalled the whole army, and went up …
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Homily for Thursday in the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time, delivered in Star of the Sea Parish Office Chapel, Gladstone, Qld. "The Lord came down in the Cloud. He spoke with Moses, but took some of the spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. When the spirit came on them they prophesied, but not again. Two men had stayed back in…
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Pope Leo will preside over a service of canonisation for the first time today. The ceremony also stands out because of the age of one of those being made a saint; Carlo Acutis, who was British born, was just 15 when he died of leukaemia. We discuss the significance of soon-to-be Saint Carlo Acutis with BBC’s Religion Editor Aleem Maqbool. Musa al-S…
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In celebration of Labor Day, in this session, Ajahn Kovilo speaks about Buddhist work ethics, addressing such questions as "What do Buddhist do anyways?" and "How well am I spending my time?" Suttas Addressed: (AN 1.324-327) - “Bhikkhus, whoever arouses energy in a badly expounded Dhamma and discipline dwells in suffering. For what reason? Because …
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