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Deep Dives with Fr Sean: the Super Catholic Catechesis Podcast

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I want to have easy access to good stuff for good people, and so I bring you some simple yet deep insights here for people on the fly. I'm always open to requests for topics, so give me a holler!

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I want to have easy access to good stuff for good people, and so I bring you some simple yet deep insights here for people on the fly. I'm always open to requests for topics, so give me a holler!

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English


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Pre-Evangelization #2 Proposing Goodness: Scandal, Evil, Bad Experiences

2/18/2026
Send a text Here are some exterior encounters with the topic off goodness

Duration:00:38:24

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Pre-Evangelization #1 Intro: God has the Initiative, and He Uses Us!

2/11/2026
Send a text Before someone is inquiry, they might be indifferent or be filled with anger or maybe they just don't know much of anything. This series is about bringing people from there into an inquiry into the faith. It is about overcoming intellectual or emotional obstacles that they might not even know they have. God has the initiative in this. And He calls us to have authentic relationship and real kindness to be a bridge.

Duration:00:39:29

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St John Henry Newman: How do we come to faith? An Essay on the Grammar of Assent

2/4/2026
Send us a text How does someone assent to a proposition? By a jump of intuition based on many converging pieces of evidence.

Duration:00:34:23

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St John Henry Newman: Idea of a University

1/21/2026
Send us a text This is done in four parts: 1) What does he mean by a university? 2) How is theology to be incorporated? 3) How should the Church be incorporated? 4) Miscellaneous points on pedagogy and the professor

Duration:00:45:25

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St John Henry Newman: Development of Christian Doctrine

12/31/2025
Send us a text This stuff blew my mind, especially as he argued for the most reasonable expectation that there would be an infallible authority in the revealed religion of Jesus Christ. I have three parts: 1) The basic concept of the development of an idea, specifically Christian doctrine 2) The reasonable expectation for an infallible authority 3) The criteria for authentic development.

Duration:00:50:13

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St John Henry Newan: Apologia Pro Vita Sua Part 2

12/17/2025
Send us a text Here are the theological and relational steps for his entrance into the Catholic Church.

Duration:00:37:31

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St John Henry Newan: Apologia Pro Vita Sua Part 1

12/10/2025
Send us a text Check it out. Here's him starting up the Oxford Movement, aka tractarianism. It's my favorite time of his life!

Duration:00:37:34

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New Series on the NEWEST DOCTOR of the Church: St John Henry Newman

11/12/2025
Send us a text Check out his biography: https://youtu.be/aRqE0clLw_w?si=JTdD84GC1lL21LcI

Duration:00:33:26

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Intro to Liturgy #10: Liturgical Music...Controversial???

11/5/2025
Send us a text Check it out. I think we should all at least find unity in the Second Vatican Council. You might also be intrigued by my experience as a rural pastor. Who knows?

Duration:00:39:18

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Intro to Liturgy #9: Ars Celebrandi, Art of Celebrating the Mass (You have a part to make it beautiful!)

10/1/2025
Send us a text Sorry for the audio! This is a big deal, super practical, and can make your parish's liturgy more beautiful, glorious, and a setting more facilitating of worship.

Duration:00:48:28

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Intro to Liturgy #8: Finally Getting Practical! Your Participation in the Liturgy--You have a Part to Play!

9/24/2025
Send us a text You have been baptized into Christ, who is High Priest. Therefore, you are a part of His priesthood! Play your part! Just as He offered is life as a total gift of love to the Father, so you do the same! This is your altar call! Offer your life outside of the Mass but especially in the Mass as a total gift of love to the Father through, with and in Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Duration:00:36:41

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Intro to Liturgy #7: Mystagogy Example: Baptism

9/17/2025
Send us a text Check this out, and get enthused about Baptism!

Duration:00:25:09

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Intro to Liturgy #6: Scott Hahn's Genius of Setting Hearts on Fire = "Mystagogy"

9/10/2025
Send us a text This is a big one, a game changer. If you're involved in with setting your heart on fire or others as a catechist, small group leader, OCIA person, CHECK IT OUT!

Duration:00:34:40

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Intro to Liturgy #5: Layers of what makes up the liturgy--divine reality and signs/symbols

9/3/2025
Send us a text Check this out. I'm back after several months of hiatus. This will be good because it preps us to understand where the liturgy comes from and how it came to be in an organic way. With this understanding, also, we're prepped to dive into the next episode.

Duration:00:37:22

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Intro to Liturgy #4: In Defense of Ritual (PS you're hard-wired for it)

6/5/2025
Send us a text Check it out. You're made for it.

Duration:00:40:31

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Intro to Liturgy #3: Theology Insights from the Catechism

5/28/2025
Send us a text The liturgy is the participation of the People of God in the Work of God. We got into the work of God, specifically as seen from the Trinity as a whole and distinctly in their Persons.

Duration:00:41:56

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Intro to Liturgy #2: Vatican II Top 10 Takeaways on the Liturgy

5/21/2025
Send us a text 1. The liturgy glorifies God and sanctifies humanity 2. Liturgy is the work of Jesus Christ 3. The liturgy drives the economy 4. The liturgy uses mixed media 5. It demands our active participation 6. The liturgy manifests the Church 7. The liturgy expresses and causes unity 8. Liturgy is a foretaste of heaven 9. Liturgy should be beautiful 10. The liturgy sings the word.

Duration:00:33:08

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Intro to Liturgy #1: An Opening Review of Recent History of the Liturgical Movement (pre-Vatican II)

5/14/2025
Send us a text As we are trying to absorb a hermeneutic (perspective) of continuity, we dove into a few key figures in the contemporary liturgical history who gave form to what is called "The Liturgical Movement." --Dom Proseper Gueranger --St Piux X --Romano Guardini --Odo Casel --Dom Virgil Michel --Piux XII

Duration:00:30:57

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Bioethics #14 Prepare to Die, Memento Mori (a practical episode)

3/19/2025
Send us a text We get into some good stuff: 1) You will die 2) Go to heaven 3) Life your life to make your heaven self proud 4) Don't plan on living forever 5) The practical preparation: Spiritual, financial, legal

Duration:00:48:32

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Bioethics #13: Walking with Others in the Process of Dying

3/12/2025
Send us a text Here we talk about pastoral principles, that is, caring for the person in all the different ways. Also, we talked about the basics of morality: 1) You must do what is reasonable to keep them alive. 2) You don't have to do everything

Duration:00:27:58