Catholic Connection – April 18, 2024 – Hr 2
Fr. Mitch Pacwa, S.J. speaks on the anti-America and anti-Israel protests taking place in America. We revisit the conversion story of Trent Vecchiarino.
Segment 1 – Intro & News
Segment 2 & 3 – Cultural Connections with Fr. Mitch
Anti-Israel and Anti-American protests in America.

Fr. Mitch Pacwa, S.J., Senior Fellow of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, is a Jesuit priest, President and Founder of Ignatius Productions, world renowned lecturer, spiritual director for over fifty Holy Land pilgrimages, and EWTN host of television and radio shows. An accomplished biblical scholar and apologist, Father Pacwa, S.J. earned his Ph.D. in the Old Testament from Vanderbilt University. He also holds a Master of Divinity and S.T.B. from the Jesuit School of Theology at Loyola University. He speaks 12 languages, including Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew, and Koine Greek.
Segment 4 – Trent Vecchiarino’s journey from atheism to the Catholic Church
“For much of his adolescent years, Trent possessed a negative impression of God, reinforced by his early family experiences. He remembers constantly moving, evicted on an almost annual basis from houses they were renting. Many of his siblings were actually half-siblings, and favoritism toward certain ones created a somewhat segregated home. In addition, a constant cycle of live-in boyfriends treated his mother terribly, leading her to question God’s goodness. Her struggles with faith spread to her children.” He is now in the Catholic Church and joins us today! Read his story here. (Originally aired April 16, 2024)

After adolescent years filled with trauma, drug abuse, suicide attempts and a federal prison sentence, Trent Vecchiarino‘s journey to the Catholic Church has been a winding road, but it’s a destination he knows God has prepared for him after discovering the power of Christ’s forgiveness.