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Sept. 30, 2026
Ep 220 - The Miraculous Medal: with Shaun McAfee
Alphonse Ratisbonne hated the Catholic Church. He put on a Miraculous Medal as a joke, just to win a bet with a Catholic friend. Days later he walked into a church in Rome, saw Our Lady standing exactly as she's pictured on that little medal, and walked out a changed man. He became a priest. That conversion, and the hidden nun behind the medal that caused it, is the whole episode today. Shaun McAfee joins James for his fifth appearance on The Manly Catholic (he's officially in the Five-Timers C
Sept. 25, 2026
Father Dom's Homs: Set the World on Fire
With the school year kicking off, Fr. Dom ties together three straight Sundays of readings around one line from St. Catherine of Siena, which is also this year's parish (OLC) theme: "Be who God meant you to be, and you will set the world on fire." And that only happens when the three virtues we're given at baptism, faith, hope, and charity, actually get put to work. He starts by walking back through the last two weeks. Elijah, hiding in a cave from a queen who wants him dead, finally hears God
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Sept. 23, 2026
Ep 219 - Real Martyrdom of St. Peter & St. Paul with Fr. Robert Nixon
"Quo vadis, Domine?" Lord, where are You going? That's the question Christ asked Peter on the road out of Rome, and it's the last thing Peter heard before he chose to die on a cross turned upside down. Fr. Robert Nixon is back on the show with a brand-new translation almost nobody has read: the Life and Martyrdom of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, written by a man who was practically an eyewitness. Simon Magus, a demonic flying "miracle," a Roman emperor demanding Peter read his mind, and two apost
Sept. 18, 2026
Father Dom's Homs: Finding Faith in the Midst of the Storm
In this powerful homily featured on The Manly Catholic, Father Dom breaks down the Sunday scripture readings to explore how God uses life’s greatest storms to unlock the virtue of faith. Walking through the experiences of Elijah at Mount Horeb, Saint Paul’s conversion, and Peter stepping out onto the water, Father Dom reminds us that faith is an infused gift from baptism that requires submission, courage, and trust. Tune in for an inspiring reflection on learning to hear God's "small whispering
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Sept. 16, 2026
Ep 218 - The Miracles That Prove Christ Is Really There with Shaun McAfee (back again)
A host that leaps out of the ciborium and hits the ceiling. A stolen host that boils over with blood the moment it hits a pan. A doubting priest who watches the Body of Christ turn to bleeding human tissue in his own hands. These aren't legends but documented, forensically studied Eucharistic miracles, and Shaun McAfee just spent a year and a half compiling the most thorough collection of them ever written. Shaun is back on the show for round four, and this one will change how you walk up for C
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Sept. 9, 2026
Ep 217: Real History Isn't Safe, But It's True with Philip Campbell
Every civilization that stops telling its sons the truth eventually raises sons who can't handle it. Tonight's guest has spent seventeen years making sure that doesn't happen to ours. Phillip Campbell wrote TAN Books' four-volume Story of Civilization series, now the most widely used Catholic history curriculum in English, adopted by homeschool families, Catholic schools, and entire dioceses. If you've wondered whether it's okay to tell your kids history's hard parts, this episode settles it.
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