It’s a good feeling when our smart watch alerts us that we’ve reached our step goal for the day. It’s satisfying to know we’ve walked enough for the day. Wouldn’t this feature be great if we could get an alert when we’ve said enough prayers? Or how about when we’ve volunteered enough? Gone to church enough? Donated enough? Or even when we’ve sacrificed enough? Instead, we’re usually left feeling very unsure, not knowing exactly when enough is enough to please God. So today, Father Paul Novak rea...
Feb 23, 2021•14 min•Ep. 114
The Old St. Pat's Music Series Is Brought To You By the Old St. Pat's Choir Today's episode features a Bach Medley performed on Violin by Heather Boehm.
Feb 21, 2021•8 min•Ep. 113
Old St. Pat's Podcast Series - Currents: Awakening To the Flow of Spirit In Our Lives Why do we need lent right now? Haven't we sacrificed enough already over this past year. Today, Courtney Malawy, Director of Youth Ministry, explains how we can use these next 40 days to become closer to God and reflects on why lent might actually be exactly what we need right now.
Feb 19, 2021•10 min•Ep. 112
How many times in our lives have we been left out or not invited to something that we would really have liked to have gone to? The feelings of isolation, separation and exclusion creep up in those moments. Instead, God wants us to feel united and know that we are all invited to his table! Today, Father Hurley takes a look at how there is holiness and healing in welcoming and helps us find ways that we can make everyone feel included! *For the full speech by Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III that Father Hur...
Feb 16, 2021•12 min•Ep. 111
Old St. Pat's Podcast Series - Currents: Awakening To the Flow of Spirit In Our Lives On today's episode we welcome Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III as part of our "Living Into the Vision" series. Rev. Dr. Moss III built his ministry on community advancement and social justice activism. As Senior Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Illinois, Dr. Moss spent the last two decades practicing and preaching a Black theology that unapologetically calls attention to the problems of mass incarcer...
Feb 11, 2021•53 min•Ep. 110
This past year has been very difficult and there has been so much heart break. Many of us, especially healthcare workers, have carried a burden and much sorrow. In the middle of all of it or during those sleepless nights, we might have asked, “Do you hear our cries, God?” Today, Father Pat McGrath explains how God has answered this question and encourages us to shake off the things that hold us back from being who we are created to be.
Feb 09, 2021•18 min•Ep. 109
The Old St. Pat's Music Series Is Brought To You By The Old St. Pat's Choir The featured songs today are: Healer of Our Every Ill Who Is the Alien? If Today You Hear the Voice of God
Feb 07, 2021•13 min•Ep. 108
Old St. Pat's Podcast Series - Currents: Awakening To the Flow Of Spirit In Our Lives On today's episode we welcome Kate Williams as part of our "Living Into the Vision" series. Ms. Kate Williams is the Senior Managing Editor of sacred music at GIA Publications, a leading source for sacred and choral music and educational resource materials. Along with her love of shaping sung prayer with GIA’s finest composers, she serves as a music minister in the Archdiocese of Chicago, following her passion ...
Feb 04, 2021•23 min•Ep. 107
Yes, there is a lot to be anxious about these days and even though we know it’s not good for us, we still get stressed. So it goes to show that sometimes our “fight or flight” reactions can be out of whack. And maybe our fretting could even come from placing value in false gods. Today, Father Ed Foley gives us tools to help ease our anxieties, find wisdom, and feel and spread the peace of God.
Feb 02, 2021•19 min•Ep. 106
The Old St. Pat's Music Series Is Brought To You By The Old St. Pat's Choir The featured songs today are: There Is a Ship by Peter, Paul & Mary To You, O Lord, I Lift My Soul from Psalm 25 American Anthem by Norah Jones
Jan 31, 2021•11 min•Ep. 105
Old St. Pat's Podcast Series - Currents: Awakening to the flow of spirit in our lives. On today's episode, we welcome Rabbi Chava Bahle as part of the a three part "Living Into The Vision" series. Rabbi Chava Bahle was the founding rabbi (now retired) of Congregation Ahavat Shalom in Traverse City, Michigan. She currently travels to serve as Rabbi of Makom Shalom in Chicago and is the rabbinic leader of the Jewish Catholic Family School of Chicago (located at Old St. Patrick’s). She also serves ...
Jan 29, 2021•34 min•Ep. 104
We might look for love in the number of Instagram followers we have, or search for power in our job title, or seek our security in the size of our house or how much money we have. Underneath each of these things, there is something more that we’re longing for. As the movie with Jimmy Stewart says, “You Can’t Take It with You”. There is more to life than our possessions, our political parties, our status or power. Today, Father Pat McGrath points us in the direction on how to find what we are tru...
Jan 26, 2021•18 min•Ep. 103
The Old St. Pat's Podcast Music Series Is Brought To You By The Old St. Pat's Choir The featured songs today are: Be Still & Know That I Am God Open My Eyes If You Believe & I Believe
Jan 24, 2021•9 min•Ep. 102
Sometimes when we are stressed or afraid, we lose sight of what could be and forget to dream of a better tomorrow. Today, Father John Cusick reminds us we are called to travel on a path of graciousness and kindness, and help bring peace into the world one step at a time.
Jan 19, 2021•19 min•Ep. 101
The Old St. Pat's Podcast Music Series Is Brought To You By The Old St. Pat's Choir The featured songs today are: Beautiful City (Schwartz) Go Light Your World (Rice) I Send You Out (Angotti)
Jan 17, 2021•12 min•Ep. 100
After our nation’s capital was overrun by an unruly mob and the 117th U.S. Congress was criminally interrupted on January 6th, Fr. Bryan Massingale, the Old St. Pat's Crossroads Lecture Series Speaker last August, wrote the following: St. Pope John Paul II declared, “Truth is the mother, basis, and foundation of justice.” What we saw today is the consequence when truth is ignored, trampled and dismissed, and when lies are repeated, winked at or cynically embraced. We cannot have justice when cha...
Jan 12, 2021•22 min•Ep. 99
The Old St. Pat's Podcast Music Series Is Brought To You by The Old St. Pat's Choir The featured songs today are: "May The Peace of God" with music by Mark Scozzafave and text by William Wallace Sky Among Us by de Silva Bethlehem Sky by Lawton arr. Silva May The Peace of God be with you blessing song lyrics: May the peace of God be in our minds. The love of God in our hearts. The tender strength of God in our hands. Both now and all the days of our life....
Jan 10, 2021•12 min•Ep. 98
You never know how your small act of kindness might have made a big difference in someone's life. It’s when we put our faith into action, we become a light to the world. And so on the feast of the Epiphany, Father Pat McGrath reminds us of the reality that our faith requires a little elbow grease.
Jan 05, 2021•15 min•Ep. 97
The Old St. Pat's Podcast Music Series Brought To You By The Old St. Pat's Choir Happy New Year! The featured songs today are Nativity Carol, A Weary Couple (Alonso), and Angels We Have Heard On High (arr. Cotter/Alonso).
Jan 03, 2021•13 min•Ep. 96
Change can be difficult. It can make us feel uneasy or scared. But if we remember that the only thing constant is change and that change can be the catalyst for growth, improvements, and new beginnings it might make changing a little easier. On the Feast of the Holy Family, Father Ed Foley examines the holiness in stepping aside and letting go.
Dec 29, 2020•18 min•Ep. 95
A Special Christmas Old St. Pat's Podcast Music Series Episode 12.25.20 The featured songs today are Do You Hear What I Hear, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, and Joy To The World.
Dec 25, 2020•6 min•Ep. 94
Old St. Pat's Podcast Series - Radical Kinship: Changes in Immigration and Refugee Rights and Work with Catholic Relief Services and the Global Child Thrive Act By engaging in dialogue with community members, the Radical Kinship series spotlights the social justice and kinship initiatives of Old St. Pat's so we can take meaningful action together. In this episode, Kevin Kelley sits down with Maureen Hellwig, Fiona McEntee, Kozel Jules, Laura Bodien, and Meghan Meehan about immigration and Cathol...
Dec 23, 2020•52 min•Ep. 93
What’s on your Christmas list this year? An end to the pandemic? Social Justice? Health? To be understood? To be appreciated? To be comforted? With such an unprecedented year, our Christmas wishes may have shifted and changed from last year but in this 4th week of Advent, Father Ed Shea asks us to give the gift of compassion and reminds us that there is much hope ahead!
Dec 22, 2020•14 min•Ep. 92
Old St. Pat's Podcast Music Series Brought To You By The Old St. Pat's Choir The featured songs today are O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, Hail Mary / Ave Maria and Soon & Very Soon by Andrae Crouch.
Dec 20, 2020•8 min•Ep. 91
This pandemic has brought a lot of suffering, uncertainty and fear. And we have a choice, to use it to fuel more of the same or we can use our faith to look for the joy amidst the darkness. In today’s episode, Father Hurley helps us see what might give us some hope during these difficult times.
Dec 15, 2020•13 min•Ep. 90
Old St. Pat's Podcast Music Series Brought To You By The Old St. Pat's Choir The featured songs today are You'll Never Walk Alone by Richard Rogers & Oscar Hammerstein performed by Michael Boschert, Bring Me To Light from Jeanine Tesori's 1997 "Violet", and On That Holy Mountain by Joe Mattingly.
Dec 13, 2020•12 min•Ep. 89
As we celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception today, we look at what the season of Advent truly means. Today, Father Ed Foley reviews how “preparing the way” is not only clearing a path, but actually means we are “becoming the way” that peace and justice enter the world.
Dec 08, 2020•16 min•Ep. 88
Old St. Pat's Podcast Music Series Brought To You By The Old St. Pat's Choir The featured songs today are You'll Be In My Heart by Phil Collins performed by Michael St. Peter, Old Irish Blessing performed by the Old St. Pat's choir, and Smile performed by Nick Cosgrove. The Old Irish Blessing Features: Matt Pollack, Guitar Honor Conway-Ferretti, harp Mark Scozzafave, Piano Dominic Trumfio, Clarinet Kathleen Keane, Whistle & Fiddle John Williams, Concertina Jocelyn Shoulders, Cello Fr. Tom Hu...
Dec 06, 2020•9 min•Ep. 87
Have you started to notice all the Christmas lights going up? Despite everything happening in the world, those twinkling lights are sending a message saying we are going to face the darkness and we will defy it together. Today, Father Tom Hurley give us the courage to hope as we start Advent 2020.
Dec 01, 2020•14 min•Ep. 86
Old St. Pat's Podcast Music Series Brought To You By The Old St. Pat's Choir The featured songs today are Ave Maria (Franz Schubert arr Stephen DeCesare, The King of Love My Shepherd Is (Irish/Forrest), and What You Have Done (Alonso). On Saturday, November 28th, the church celebrated the feast day of St. Catherine Laboure, the Daughter of Charity, to whom Mary appeared and requested the Miraculous Medal be stamped. So, we begin today's episode with Ave Maria in honor of St. Catherine Laboure an...
Nov 29, 2020•12 min•Ep. 85
