Allan Smith is sharing a short talk at Jesus-Centered Life!
Mary and the Popes have called us to center our lives on Jesus! He is our only Savior, and the joy of all hearts. Together, let’s explore simple, exciting ways to live the beautiful and deeply happy life of Jesus – today!
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ABOUT DUSTIN QUICK
Born with mild Cerebral Palsy, Dustin Quick was baptized Catholic as an infant. He was raised in a loving, non-denominational Christian home. He converted to Islam while studying for an undergraduate degree in Canada. He also earned a Master’s in History, focusing on the Nation of Islam. Dustin’s conversion to Christ led him to a Presbyterian church, where he met his wife, Tanya. They married in 2014, and were received into the Catholic Church at Easter Vigil 2015.
Today, Dustin hosts the podcast, ‘Holy Smokes: Cigars, Catholicism, and Conversation.’ Dustin is on a mission to let the world know that the Catholic Church is the restoration and fulfillment of the First Temple in Jerusalem. With a stunning lineup of theologians and historians, he does it all while enjoying fine cigars!
WEBSITE: https://smartcatholics.com/dustinquick
NEW COURSE: The Hebrew Origins of Catholicism
The Catholic Church as the Restored Kingdom of David & Fulfilled First Temple
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00:00 Dustin is back!
01:30 Born in a Catholic home
03:40 Meeting the Black Hebrews in College
04:44 9/11 and Entering Islam
9:40 Returning to Christ in Protestantism
17:10 Please God, anything but Catholicism…
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You’ve heard of Scott Hahn, and Jeff Cavins, and their work in studying Scripture in the Catholic tradition. Now, get ready for Dustin Quick, and his work that pushes deeper and higher than you imagined. A brand new video course for Catholics everywhere.
Have you ever wondered why everything “made sense” to the Catholic Church and her members “so soon”? Things like the Incarnation, the Communion of Saints, the Eucharist, the veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the office of the Papacy?
Join Dustin Quick, host of the “Holy Smokes” YouTube show, a convert through Calvinisim and Islam to Catholicism. He interviews academics, experts, and commentators, such as Margaret Barker, Dr John Bergsma, and The Jewish Catholic.
As you embark upon this riveting journey, you will discover that the Catholic Church – established by the God-Man Jesus Christ, the True Davidic King and Melchizedek High Priest – is the restoration and fulfillment of Solomon’s Temple and the Eternal Covenant of Peace.
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ABOUT DUSTIN QUICK
Watch his Conversion Story: https://youtu.be/m8xpzbYkkFk
Born with mild Cerebral Palsy, Dustin Quick was baptized Catholic as an infant. He was raised in a loving, non-denominational Christian home. He converted to Islam while studying for an undergraduate degree in Canada. He also earned a Master’s in History, focusing on the Nation of Islam. Dustin’s conversion to Christ led him to a Presbyterian church, where he met his wife, Tanya. They married in 2014, and were received into the Catholic Church at Easter Vigil 2015.
Today, Dustin hosts the podcast, ‘Holy Smokes: Cigars, Catholicism, and Conversation.’ Dustin is on a mission to let the world know that the Catholic Church is the restoration and fulfillment of the First Temple in Jerusalem. With a stunning lineup of theologians and historians, he does it all while enjoying fine cigars!
WEBSITE: https://smartcatholics.com/dustinquick
00:00 Why this course
04:40 Understanding our Christian origins
10:15 Jesus, the Davidic Kingdom, and Mosaic Law
15:00 The detour of Rabbinic Judaism
17:41 Who are the guests and experts interviewed?
19:49 Catholics talking about Temple Theology
24:30 Learning the story of Catholicism for the first time
ABOUT THE SMARTCATHOLICS SHOW
The show for regular, devout Catholics tired of toxicity, and looking to live their faith in the modern world. Hosted by Dominic de Souza, the founder of SmartCatholics. Together, we meet ministries, podcasts, courses, and resources that help us understand and put Pope Francis’ ideas into practice. Let’s be better Catholics, grow as a human person, and get smarter.
GET THE PODCAST: smartcatholics.com/show
ABOUT SMARTCATHOLICS
We’re the online community for Catholic millennials, creators, and learners who want faithful conversations that are unafraid of doubts and questions. Together, let’s get smarter.
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Paul and Dominic walk through what the Catechism says about homosexuality in order explain what the Church teaches, what the church does not teach, and how Catholics need to live up to what our own faith calls us to.
“The centrality of the kerygma calls for stressing those elements which are most needed today: it has to express God’s saving love which precedes any moral and religious obligation on our part; it should not impose the truth but appeal to freedom; it should be marked by joy, encouragement, liveliness and a harmonious balance which will not reduce preaching to a few doctrines which are at times more philosophical than evangelical. All this demands on the part of the evangelizer certain attitudes which foster openness to the message: approachability, readiness for dialogue, patience, a warmth and welcome which is non-judgmental.” (Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium)
LINKS
Untangling Sex from Same-Sex Love: https://wherepeteris.com/untangling-sex-from-same-sex-love/
Rethinking Chastity: https://www.popefrancisgeneration.com/p/rethinking-chastity
END OF SEASON 1
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ABOUT POPE FRANCIS GENERATION – Season 1: Episode 11
Pope Francis Generation is the show for Catholics struggling with the Church’s teaching, who feel like they might not belong in the Church anymore, and who still hunger for a God of love and goodness. Hosted by Paul Fahey, a professional catechist, and Dominic de Souza, someone who needs catechesis. Together, we’re taking our own look at the Catholic Church– her teachings and practices- from 3 views that changed our world: the Kerygma, the forgotten doctrine of theosis, and the teachings of Pope Francis. Together, with you, we’re the Pope Francis Generation.
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Got a question you’d like us to respond to in the next episode? Have some feedback? Visit us at popefrancisgeneration.com to send a message. Paid subscribers get to watch each episode before everyone else, join private Q&As, and pitch ideas for the topic of our final show this season!
ABOUT PAUL FAHEY
Paul lives in Michigan with my wife, Kristina, and four kids. A catechist, retreat leader, counseling student, as well as a contributor and co-founder of Where Peter Is. Paul writes and speaks about what I love: the Kerygma, the Sacraments, Catholic Social Teaching, and Pope Francis. https://pfahey.com/
ABOUT DOMINIC DE SOUZA
SmartCatholics founder, Dominic de Souza, is a convert from radical traditionalism – inspired by WherePeterIs, Bishop Robert Barron, and Pope Francis. He is passionate about helping ordinary Catholics break the ‘bystander effect’, and be firstresponders. “We don’t have to be geniuses. We just have to show up with witness and kindness. Christ does the rest.” Today he hosts the SmartCatholics community. https://smartcatholics.com
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Malcolm Schluenderfritz is the host of ‘Happy Are You Poor’, a blog and podcast about radical Christian community as a means of evangelization.
A former traditionalist who rejoined the mainstream Church. Malcolm realized that traditionalism is deeply flawed and is not the right answer to the crisis in the US Catholic Church. During this transition, he had to rethink everything he thought he knew about the Faith, and question all his past assumptions. Along the way, he learned that unity is the organizing principle of the Faith, and that this unity should be lived out in community. He also realized that Christian community and voluntary poverty are two sides of the same coin, and that the absence of both is seriously damaging US Catholicism.
WEBSITE: https://happyareyoupoor.com/
NEW COURSE
Happy Are You Poor: Does the Gospel call Christians to embrace voluntary poverty?
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ABOUT THE SMARTCATHOLICS SHOW
The show for regular, devout Catholics tired of toxicity, and looking to live their faith in the modern world. Hosted by Dominic de Souza, the founder of SmartCatholics. Together, we meet ministries, podcasts, courses, and resources that help us understand and put Pope Francis’ ideas into practice. Let’s be better Catholics, grow as a human person, and get smarter.
GET THE PODCAST: smartcatholics.com/show
00:00 An unexpected learning curve
02:10 Who is Malcolm?
05:08 New Course: Happy are you Poor
08:34 What is voluntary poverty?
12:58 How to create community that lasts
20:16 Where to find Malcolm online
20:45 Malcolms 1 minute message to Catholics
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This week, Dominic and Paul take a look at the Church’s teaching about hell. They navigate questions like: Are all people saved? Should we hope that everyone is saved? Can someone really commit an action worthy of an eternal punishment? How can we reconcile eternal torment with a loving God?
“With death, our life-choice becomes definitive—our life stands before the judge. Our choice, which in the course of an entire life takes on a certain shape, can have a variety of forms. There can be people who have totally destroyed their desire for truth and readiness to love, people for whom everything has become a lie, people who have lived for hatred and have suppressed all love within themselves. This is a terrifying thought, but alarming profiles of this type can be seen in certain figures of our own history. In such people all would be beyond remedy and the destruction of good would be irrevocable: this is what we mean by the word Hell” (Pope Benedict, Spe Salvi 45).
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ABOUT POPE FRANCIS GENERATION – Season 1: Episode 11
Pope Francis Generation is the show for Catholics struggling with the Church’s teaching, who feel like they might not belong in the Church anymore, and who still hunger for a God of love and goodness. Hosted by Paul Fahey, a professional catechist, and Dominic de Souza, someone who needs catechesis. Together, we’re taking our own look at the Catholic Church– her teachings and practices- from 3 views that changed our world: the Kerygma, the forgotten doctrine of theosis, and the teachings of Pope Francis. Together, with you, we’re the Pope Francis Generation.
SUPPORT THIS SHOW: PFG MEMBERS
Got a question you’d like us to respond to in the next episode? Have some feedback? Visit us at popefrancisgeneration.com to send a message. Paid subscribers get to watch each episode before everyone else, join private Q&As, and pitch ideas for the topic of our final show this season!
ABOUT PAUL FAHEY
Paul lives in Michigan with my wife, Kristina, and four kids. A catechist, retreat leader, counseling student, as well as a contributor and co-founder of Where Peter Is. Paul writes and speaks about what I love: the Kerygma, the Sacraments, Catholic Social Teaching, and Pope Francis. https://pfahey.com/
ABOUT DOMINIC DE SOUZA
SmartCatholics founder, Dominic de Souza, is a convert from radical traditionalism – inspired by WherePeterIs, Bishop Robert Barron, and Pope Francis. He is passionate about helping ordinary Catholics break the ‘bystander effect’, and be firstresponders. “We don’t have to be geniuses. We just have to show up with witness and kindness. Christ does the rest.” Today he hosts the SmartCatholics community. https://smartcatholics.com
SPONSOR: SELECT INTERNATIONAL TOURS
More Catholic Leaders choose Select International Tours than any other pilgrimage company. With 35 years of award-winning travel planning, they have a track record of excellence and faithfulness. And they are a small company with a big heart, because every one of their pilgrimage trips helps to support and fund their 501 (c)(3) charity work, helping Christian families thrive in the Holy Land. If you’re ready to travel, or if you’re looking to lead a group of your own, take the next step on your pilgrimage by visiting: https://selectinternationaltours.com
SUPPORTERS: WherePeterIs
https://wherepeteris.com/
ABOUT SMARTCATHOLICS
If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your one friend you think would really like to see it. Come and regroup with us in the free, Catholic community on smartcatholics.com
We’re free of trolls and ads and toxicity, faithful to the Holy Father Pope Francis and the Church, and committed to a culture of kindness and learning.
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Michael started studying Protestant mystics of the last 400 years, and that led him to research Russian mystics and submerged traditions within Christianity. His findings have been published as books, and he hosts a podcast and an annual magazine to re-ignite creativity. Central to his mission is the re-discovery of our connection in Creation, and the presence in Sacred Scripture of an ignored angelic being known as Wisdom/Sophia.
Michael Martin, Ph.D. is a philosopher, poet, musician, songwriter, editor, and biodynamic farmer. He spent sixteen years as a Waldorf teacher and Master Teacher, and taught at the university and college level for over seventeen years. He began biodynamic farming in 1990 and currently raises dairy goats, bees, and other animals while managing a market garden with his wife and some of his nine children. His poetry and scholarship have appeared in many journals and he is the editor of ‘Jesus the Imagination: A Journal of Spiritual Revolution’.
WEBSITE:
https://www.thecenterforsophiologicalstudies.com/
Season 2: Episode 20 of SmartCatholics Mastermind
Meet the minds and hearts of Catholic creators and speakers. They devote their time and talent to mastering their vocation, so that we ordinary Catholics can live a fuller life faster! And maybe get a little smarter.
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Get smarter, be a better Catholic, and grow as a human person. SmartCatholics brings you weekly podcasts, free courses, & live workshops from passionate ministries. Discuss ideas, keep learning, make friends. Let’s get smarter together.
We’re a pro-Pope Francis community, free of trolls and ads and toxicity, committed to a culture of kindness and learning.
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00:00 A surprise this year
01:45 Michael’s origin story
05:30 Why the Center for Sophiological Studies
10:27 Responses to ‘Gnosticism’
18:57 A submerged reality of mysticism
23:28 Jesus the Imagination
25:53 Transfiguration and changing our culture
28:51 How to contact Michael online
30:12 Michael’s 1 minute message to Catholics
