The Real + True Podcast
The Catechism is not a textbook, a collection of ideas, or a set of rules. It is the faithful echo of a God who wishes to reveal himself to us and desires us to respond. Our mission is to pass down and pass along the gift of our faith by creating beautiful, captivating, and relevant content inspired by the Catechism of the Catholic Church. And we are making this content in multiple languages and accessible for free to people all over the world. The Real+True Podcast is part of Real+True, a global initiative of Our Sunday Visitor (OSV) under the patronage of the Holy See. Visit realtrue.org for more information, including videos and other materials to learn more about the Catechism on your own or with your parish.
Episodes
41 episodes
From Creation to Christ: The Story of Prayer in the Bible
Summary: In this episode of The Real+True Podcast, co-hosts Edmund Mitchell and Emily Mentock explore part four of the Catechism, focusing on Christian prayer and its roots in the Old Testament. They discuss prayer and Scripture and how the gra...
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What the Catechism says about building a prayer life
Episode Description: In this first episode of Season 4 of The Real + True Podcast, co-hosts Edmund Mitchell and Emily Mentock dive into the fourth pillar of the Catechism: Christian Prayer. They explore how prayer is the heart of the C...
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Truth, Witness, and the Eighth Commandment with Ryan O’Hara
In this episode, Edmund welcomes special guest Ryan O’Hara to dive into the Eighth Commandment. With over 25 years of ministry experience, Ryan shares his insights on the deeper implications of “bearing false witness” and how it extends beyond ...
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God’s Gifts and Our Responsibility: Living the Seventh and Tenth Commandments
In this episode Edmund Mitchell welcomes special guest Nick Sawicki, the Associate Director of Development for the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston and a member of CAPP USA, the American branch of a Vatican foundation that promotes Catholic soc...
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Addressing adultery, healing, and sexual sin in a ministry context with Dr. Bob Schuchts
In this episode, Edmund is joined by Dr. Bob Schuchts, founder of the John Paul II Healing Center and the author of the best-selling book Be Healed: Encountering the Powerful Love of Jesus in Your Life. They delve into topics around sexual sin ...
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What Catholics believe about the Death Penalty
In this conversation, Edmund interviews Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy, the executive director of the Catholic Mobilizing Network (CMN), about the fifth commandment and the work of CMN in promoting the value of life over death. They discuss the...
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S3 E8 Family, Trauma, and Honoring Your Father and Mother with Brya Hanan
In this conversation, guest Brya Hanan joins to discuss the Fifth Commandment, trauma, healing, and the challenges of parent-child relationships. Brya shares her journey into the field of Catholic marriage and family therapy and explores the co...
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S3 E7 Understanding and Living the First Three Commandments with Father Joe Krupp
In this episode of the Real+True podcast, host Edmund Mitchell talks with Father Joseph J. Krupp about the practical application of the first three commandments in catechesis and evangelization, emphasizing love of God. Father Joe shares insigh...
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S3 E6 How Jesus’ Teaching on the Beatitudes Changes Evangelization and Catechesis
In this episode, Edmund and Emily discuss the Beatitudes, which the catechism reminds us is central to Jesus’ preaching. They discuss how the Beatitudes are often easy to overlook in ministry, causing us to miss the key to the third pillar of t...
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S3E5 What Young People Ask to Hear about the 10 Commandments
Summary: In this episode, expert evangelist Julianne Stanz joins to talk about the challenges and importance of discussing the Ten Commandments in the context of evangelization. We also discuss insights from Julianne’s new book, The Cath...
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S2 E16 Grace, Heresies, and Avoiding Extremes with Fr. Stephen Pullis
Summary: In this podcast episode, host Edmund Mitchell engages with Fr. Stephen Pullis, Director of Pastoral Formation, and a professor at Sacred Heart Major Seminary, to explore the nuances of grace in catechesis. They discuss the challenges o...
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S2 E15 A Framework for Evangelization and Catechesis Using the Theological Virtues and Dr. Scott Sollom
In this podcast, we’re joined by Dr. Scott Sollom to discuss better catechesis through the lens of the theological virtues. We focus on Dr. Sollom’s publication in the book “Speaking the Truth in Love”, in which he wrote a chapter titled: T...
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S2 E14 Psychology, Morality, and Better Catechesis with Dr. Joseph White
(00:00) In this podcast episode, co-host Edmund Mitchell interviews Dr. Joseph White, a licensed family and child psychologist with a focus on the intersection of psychology and catechesis. Dr. White, an associate publisher for Our Sunday Visit...
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S2 E13 What Teaching Morality Looks Like as Evangelizing Catechesis
Summary: In this podcast, Emily and Edmund discuss how to effectively use the third pillar of the Catechism. We dive into the challenges and strategies for presenting the Church's teachings on morality effectively to a modern audience. We also ...
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S2 E12 Evangelization and Community for Young Catholic Professionals with Jennifer Baugh
In this podcast, we’re joined by Jennifer Baugh, the founder of Young Catholic Professionals (YCP). Parish ministries often overlook one crucial age range – people who have recently graduated college but haven’t yet fully established themselves...
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S2 E11 Liturgy and the Sacraments as Moments of Evangelization with Dr. Timothy O’Malley
Summary: In this podcast, we’re joined by Dr. Timothy O’Malley, Notre Dame Professor of Theology and Director of Education at the McGrath Institute. This episode tackles the relationship between catechesis and evangelization and what parish lea...
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S2 E10 Bioethics, morality, and seeking truth with Dr. Lesley Rice
Summary: “We are entrusted to each other.” In this podcast, we’re joined by Dr. Lesley M. Rice, Assistant Professor of Bioethics at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family at The Catholic University o...
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S2 E9 Praying with the Bible and the Catechism
Summary: This episode is a concise and practical explanation of a way to use a unique feature of the catechism to unlock scripture. Using the index of citations, found in the back of the catechism, we can look up specific passages of scri...
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S2 E8 Helping Others with Tough Church Topics with Mari Pablo
S2E8 Podcast Show Notes: Mari Pablo Mari Pablo, a seasoned religious educator and youth minister, joins Edmund on this episode of the Real+True Podcast. Their discussion starts with dissecting Maris’ pedagogy in pre...
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S2 E7 The First Steps in Evangelization and Catechesis with Dcn. Bob Rice
“I'm convinced most of our problems in catechesis is we spend more time talking about what God wants of us than who God is.” Deacon Bob Rice, professor of Catechetics at Franciscian University of Steubenville, joins us to dive into the heart of...
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S2 E6 - Evangelizing Catechesis in Catholic Schools
Emily and Edmund welcome John Galvan, Vice President of Assessments at the National Catholic Education Association. John has served in Catholic ministry for many years and brings to the podcast a wealth of wisdom and fever for sharing the Catho...
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S2 E5 - Missionary Discipleship and the Catechism with Julianne Stanz
Summary: “I think to look at the catechism as a just book would be a mistake.” Edmund welcomes Julianne Stanz, author, speaker, USCCB consultant and Director of Parish Life and Discipleship for the Diocese of Green Bay. Julianne shares h...
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S2 E4 - Evangelizing Young Adults and the Role of the Catechism with Pete Burak
Summary: Edmund and Emily invite Pete Burak to this episode of the Real+True Podcast. Pete is the Director of i.d. Young Adult Ministry, and Vice President of Renewal Ministries in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He’s a graduate of Franciscian Univ...
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S2 E3 - The Universe, Astronomy, and the Catechism w/ Br. Guy Consolmagno
“The dogmas of the faith are points that we can start at to begin the lifelong adventure of trying to understand them.” Edmund welcomes the Director of the Vatican Observatory, Br. Guy Consolmagno. Together they dive into the mystery of t...
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S2 E2 - The Mission of the Catechism with Dr. Petroc Willey
Emily and Edmund welcome to the Real+True podcast Dr. Petroc Willey, Ph.D, who has dedicated his life to studying and sharing the gift of the Catechism with our Church. This episode tackles the questions, “what’s the difference between cateches...
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