Go Rebuild My Church

GO REBUILD MY CHURCH -An Excellent Goal for the New Year Part II

This week, Peter and Leslie continue to share a goal to consider for the New Year. As Catholic disciples, they challenge us to discover, develop, and deploy our spiritual gifts! Through our Baptism and Confirmation, each of us has received spiritual gifts called charisms so that we may build up the Body of Christ. These gifts are not earned but are to be sought after and received. The charisms are classified in the Catechism as ordinary and extraordinary! By taking a gift inventory and seeking wise counsel, we can understand what we have been called to by Jesus Christ and how we can begin to bear fruit for eternal life. Do not be afraid!

GO REBUILD MY CHURCH -An Excellent Goal for the New Year

This week, Peter and Leslie share a goal to consider for the New Year. As Catholic disciples, they challenge us to discover, develop, and deploy our spiritual gifts! Through our Baptism and Confirmation, each of us has received spiritual gifts called charisms so that we may build up the Body of Christ. According to Sacred Scripture, we have a part to play in that Kingdom task. The Doanes believe this truth is one of the most neglected aspects of our Catholic catechesis and should, therefore, be rebuilt into the People of God. In fact, paragraph 798 in the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that the Holy Spirit renews and builds up the Church through the charisms. This broadcast brings hope and excitement to our walk with the Lord

The Advent and Christmas Seasons-Part V

 This week, Peter and Leslie share their fifth and final show highlighting the seasons of Advent and Christmas. Living our Catholic life according to the liturgical calendar helps us be the people Jesus talked about-  to be in the world, but not of it! The Doanes discuss the Octave of Christmas and how the Church has given us special feasts to experience the Lord and His graces within that period. Specifically, the feast of the Holy Family teaches us truths concerning the family that are desperately needed in the day we live. The family is under attack from all three of our enemies: the world, the flesh, and the devil. To defeat these enemies, we must look to this home in Nazareth for inspiration and guidance. This week, we share five key lessons the Holy Family teaches all Christian families so they can survive and thrive! 

Special guest Carly Brousek of Varsity Catholic

 Periodically, the Doanes interview others who are doing the work of rebuilding the Church. This week, their special guest is Carly Brousek. Carly is on the national team for Varsity Catholic, a ministry outreach of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS). She has worked on the national team for three years. This ministry reaches out to athletes on campus with the Good News of Jesus Christ while seeking to come alongside them with the unique needs of the college athlete. Carly is a gifted missionary, as you will hear during the interview. Her passion for reaching athletes on campus will inspire you and give us hope. There is a young generation of emerging Catholic missionaries that Carly Brousek certainly represents so well. Listen and be encouraged!

The Advent and Christmas Seasons-Part IV

 This week, Peter and Leslie compete in a short series on the Advent and Christmas Seasons. The Doanes give a historical and theological background for our celebration of Christmas and the Christmas Season. Over time, the seed of secularism has seeped into our celebration of Christmas not only in the culture at large but also in the Catholic Church. Today, we discuss how Catholic disciples can indeed put Christ back into Christmas. This broadcast will bless the entire family and set a precedent for Christmas in the future!

The Advent and Christmas Seasons-Part III

This week, Peter and Leslie continue a short series on the Advent and Christmas Seasons. The Doanes give a historical and theological background for our celebration of Christmas and the Christmas Season. Many have bought into the narrative that Christmas is celebrated on December 25 to replace a pagan holiday. To the surprise of many, this may not be historically accurate! Early Church writings indicate something different. Along with its history, Christmas celebrates one of the great dogmas of the Catholic Faith- the Incarnation. This week, we discuss exactly why the Faithful bow before the Lord at every Mass on Sunday when we confess, "For us men and our salvation He came down from heaven, and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man." May we all keep the Feast with great vigor and understanding!

The Advent and Christmas Seasons-Part II

This week, Peter and Leslie continue a short series on the Advent and Christmas Seasons. Advent is that time in the liturgical calendar when we, the faithful, prepare our hearts to celebrate the coming of the Lord! His coming, both as the babe in Bethlehem and the conquering King at the end of time, gives us hope amid an unstable world. The Doanes discuss an often neglected truth in Catholic belief: The Second Coming of our Lord Jesus! Both in the New Testament and the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the call to be alert and watchful for the Lord's return is without question. How are we to prepare for the Second Coming? What will the Church have to endure before the Lord returns? These questions and others are addressed in the critical broadcast. Listen, and then be on the alert!

The Advent and Christmas Seasons

This week, Peter and Leslie, begin a short series on the Advent and Christmas Season. Advent is that time in the liturgical calendar when we, the faithful, prepare our hearts to celebrate the coming of the Lord! His coming, both as the babe in Bethlehem and the conquering King at the end of time, gives us hope in the midst of an unstable world. To celebrate Advent, it is necessary to understand its history as well as its theology. Advent is key to a correct approach to the holiday season and allows us to make Jesus first in a secular culture!

Rebuilding a Missional Church- Part XII

This week, Peter and Leslie completed their Rebuilding a Missional Church series. Throughout this series, the Doanes have drawn upon Sacred Scripture, the Catholic Church's Catechism, the Saints' lives, and the Church's teachings to demonstrate the "time is now" for every Catholic believer to move from "maintenance to mission.! The Lord is calling each of us out of our comfort zone to begin to imitate, in our callings, the mindset that St. Paul modeled as he went forward to extend the Kingdom of God. The American Church needs volunteers to bring this pioneering approach. Will you and I answer this call? This series can become a life-changer for individuals, families, and local parishes!

Rebuilding a Missional Church- Following in St. Paul's Footsteps- Part X

This week, Peter and Leslie complete their series of four broadcasts, recounting their pilgrimage "Following in the Footsteps of St. Paul."  In the middle of this series, Rebuilding a Missional Church, The Lord gave Peter and Leslie a providential divine appointment! They have just returned from a two-week pilgrimage to Greece and Turkey. They visited the places where St. Paul and his team carried the Gospel on their second and third missionary journeys. In this fourth and final episode, the Doanes discuss their visit to Ephesus. There, they encountered the Holy Spirit as they visited the Cave of St. John on the Isle of Patmos and the burial site of the disciple who leaned on Jesus's breast! They also visited the house of the Blessed Mother, which was discovered due to a mystic's revelation. Their experiences continued to build on the foundation that the early church was missional to the core! This series can catalyze listeners to "volunteer" and become missionary disciples and "Follow in the Footsteps of St. Paul!"