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Catholic Connection – Jan 3, 2022 – Hour 2

Best of “Catholic Connection” with Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers and Fr. Robert Spitzer.


Segment 1 – Our Life of Service: The Handbook for Catholic Deacons
“In Our Life of Service, international speaker and bestselling author Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers will inspire and uplift you as he and his brother deacons—including Greg Kandra, Larry Oney, Dominic Cerrato, and Thomas J. Fox—share their testimonies and insights about how to serve God with determination, faith, and vision. Burke-Sivers explains the gift of the diaconate as a living image of Christ the Servant in the world, a source of comfort and hope at a time when both are in short supply.” (Originally aired December 2, 2021)

Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers is a Catholic speaker and evangelist and the founder and director of dynamicdeacon.com. He's the author of Behold the Man: A Catholic Vision of Male Spirituality and The Mass in Sacred Scripture. Visit him at deaconharold.com and learn about the cruise at Goodnewscruise.com

Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers is a Catholic author, international speaker, and deacon at Immaculate Heart Catholic Church in Portland, Oregon. The founder of DynamicDeacon.com, he also is the author or coauthor of several books, including Behold the Man and Father Augustus Tolton. Burke-Sivers cohosts Living Stones on Mater Dei Radio and the Sons of Thunder podcast for World Ablaze. He created A Daily Dose of Deacon Harold, a thirty-minute weekday time of prayer and reflection, and Walk by Faith Wednesday Webinars, a weekly hour of Catholic catechesis and teaching.

The book: Our Life of Service: The Handbook for Catholic Deacons



Segment 2 & 3 – Escape From Evil’s Darkness: The Light of Christ in the Church, Spiritual Conversion, and Moral Conversion
“In this second volume of the Called Out of Darkness trilogy, Father Robert Spitzer, S.J., draws together some of the best advice given by Catholic spiritual masters across the ages and brings it into harmony with modern scientific research, offering practical ways to live out the gospel in our busy days. It is a roadmap to a deeper relationship with the Lord and to authentic transformation through the imitation of Christ.” … (Originally aired May 25, 2021)


Robert J. Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D. is the former president of Gonzaga University and the founder of the Magis Center, which educates the public about the intersection of science, reason, and faith. He is the chief education officer of the Ethics and Performance Institute, which delivers web-based ethics education to corporations and individuals, and President of the Spitzer Center for Ethical Leadership, which delivers similar curricula to non-profit organizations.

Click to buy: Escape From Evil’s Darkness: The Light of Christ in the Church, Spiritual Conversion, and Moral Conversion



Segment 4 – Teresa’s Two Cents
Originally aired December 30, 2021


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