Catholic-Link Podcast

The podcast formerly known as Catholic Bytes. A podcast for busy Catholics. A mix of short, informative episodes, long form interviews, and interesting historical episodes. Wherever you are in your faith, we have content for you!

Liturgy and Reverence with Greg Schlueter

Liturgy and Reverence with Greg Schlueter

Liturgy is God's gift of his presence to humanity and reverence is part of our receptivity of that gift. We pray the Mass, we don't just say the Mass. God calls us to encounter him on a deep level that goes beyond the simple recitation of the prayers. In this...

Liturgy and Reverence with Greg Schlueter

Our Lady of Mount Carmel and the Brown Scapular: A Throwback

Our Lady of Mount Carmel is celebrated on July 16th. In this episode of the Catholic Link podcast. Fr. Rob discusses the devotion of the Brown Scapular. Our Lady appeared to St. Simon Stock and gave him the brown scapular. She promised that no one who wore it would...

Liturgy and Reverence with Greg Schlueter

Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati with Fr. Rob a Throwback

In this episode of the Catholic Link podcast. Fr. Rob, Fr. George, and Fr. Michael Niemczak discusses Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati. They emphasize how Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati lived a seemingly ordinary life, but did everything God put in his life and made it holy....

Liturgy and Reverence with Greg Schlueter

Non-Exclusive Dating for Catholics with Rachel Canto

Non-exclusive dating is the first stage each Catholic should start relationships in. This stage does not suggest having multiple committed romantic relationships at the same time. Rather, non-exclusive dating is simply getting to know others. And discerning if that...

Liturgy and Reverence with Greg Schlueter

Artificial Intelligence and Leo XIV with Dr. Matthew Bunson

Artificial Intelligence (AI) poses possible infringes on the dignity of the human person and Pope Leo understands this. Dr. Matthew Bunson, author of EWTN's book Leo XIV: Portrait of the First American Pope, joins the podcast to discuss in what ways AI proposes...

Liturgy and Reverence with Greg Schlueter

History of Pentecost with Fr. Rob, a Throwback

Pentecost is the only Jewish celebration found Leviticus that Christians still observe in the Catholic Liturgical Calendar. This festival originally celebrated the harvest fifty days after the Passover. Fr. Rob dives into the story of the Tower of Babel in Genesis....

Liturgy and Reverence with Greg Schlueter

How to Grow in Chastity with Fr. Thomas G. Morrow

Chastity is an essential virtue in the Christian life through which we see and treat other people as the children of God that they are. For one to commit sins against the virtue of chastity is to not respect the dignity they have. Fr. Thomas G. Morrow, author of...

Liturgy and Reverence with Greg Schlueter

Anger and Emotional Holiness with Abbot Austin Murphy, OSB

Anger is an emotion, but without proper understanding and clarity it can become a sin. To have an emotion is alright, but to allow those emotions to take control of our decisions and actions, that is where we enter problematic territory. Join Abbot Austin Murphy, OSB,...

Liturgy and Reverence with Greg Schlueter

Sports and Virtue with Kevin Wells

Sports and athletics mirror the Christian life closely. For someone to grow in a sport, they must acquire discipline, fortitude, courage, among other virtues. Similar traits characterize the Christian life to exhibit and become saints. Kevin Wells, award-winning...

Liturgy and Reverence with Greg Schlueter

Anxiety From a Catholic Perspective with Catherine DiNuzzo

Anxiety can be a way that the devil attacks our identity as beloved children of God. People experience anxiety in a variety of forms, but at its root, we begin to doubt that we are loved in and of ourselves: that we don't need to prove our worth through success or our...

Liturgy and Reverence with Greg Schlueter

To Love is to Evangelize with Chris Bartlett

To love is to evangelize and is the call of every baptized Christian. We are to go into our workplaces, our families, our communities with abundant love. Then the message of Christ will penetrate the relationships and draw everyone closer to himself. Chris Bartlett of...

Liturgy and Reverence with Greg Schlueter

Papal Election with John and Ashley Noronha

Papal elections is the process where the cardinals of the Church gather to select the new pope. With the recent death of Pope Francis, the cardinals gather on May 7, 2025 to prayerfully discern the next pope. John and Ashley Noronha of the Truth and Beauty Project...

Liturgy and Reverence with Greg Schlueter

Conclaves and Cardinals History with Fr. Conrad Murphy

Conclaves are the process by which the Catholic cardinals prayerfully discern and elect the next Roman Pontiff, the Pope. Modern papal elections have standard practices and traditions. But that was not always the case in the Church's history. Fr. Conrad Murphy, author...

Liturgy and Reverence with Greg Schlueter

Virtuous Fatherhood with Chris Vander Woude

Virtuous fatherhood is the goal all fathers should strive for. It is a life of self sacrifice and devotion for one's family and larger community. Chris Vander Woude joins Fr. George to discuss his father's virtuous life. Chris' father, Thom Vander Woude, lived a...

Liturgy and Reverence with Greg Schlueter

Holy Week Liturgies with Karen May

Holy Week is the most sacred time in the Church's calendar. We commemorate the final days of Jesus' life leading up to his passion, death, and resurrection. During Holy Week, Jesus instituted the Eucharist and established the priesthood. Karen May, a Catholic speaker,...

Liturgy and Reverence with Greg Schlueter

What is Virtue with Dave DiNuzzo

Virtue is often defined as the median between two extremes. An overly academic definition, though, can make virtue feel remote and unachievable. Dave DiNuzzo, author of The Steep Upward Climb, joins Fr. George in this podcast to describe how virtue is both attainable...

Liturgy and Reverence with Greg Schlueter

Carlo Acutis: The Saint from Milan with Emily Mentock

Carlo Acutis, the Millennial Saint, lived an ordinary life and loved the people around him in an extraordinary way. He shows the modern world that holiness is for everyone, we are all called to be saints. An upcoming documentary, The Boy from Milan, shows the personal...

Liturgy and Reverence with Greg Schlueter

Fitness and Nutrition From the Catholic Perspective

Fitness and Nutrition are the tools for the modern ascetic. As humans, made of body and soul, we must take care of our bodies and that can be a means of self discipline. The goal is to become a total self gift to others. Exercise and eating well are means to help us...

Liturgy and Reverence with Greg Schlueter

Jubilee in the Old Testament and Today with Dr. John Bergsma

Jubilee is an ancient tradition with roots in the Old Testament beginning with Moses and the Exodus. Dr. John Bergsma and Fr. George Elliot compare the ancient themes and practices to how we can live the Jubilee year well in the Catholic Church today. Pilgrimage is a...

Liturgy and Reverence with Greg Schlueter

Liturgy of the Hours w/ Fr. George and Fr. Brice

In this episode of the Catholic Link podcast, Fr. Brice Higginbotham of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux joins Fr. George to discuss the Liturgy of the Hours. Also known as the Divine Office, it is the official prayer of the Church outside of the Mass. Priests and...

Liturgy and Reverence with Greg Schlueter

How to Lent w/ Fr. George and Dr. Hefelfinger

In this episode of the Catholic Link podcast, Dr. Scott Hefelfinger, PhD of the Augustine Institute joins Fr. George. They discuss ways one should not observe Lent and ways one should observe Lent. Everyone experienced Lents with a lot of passion and other Lents with...

Liturgy and Reverence with Greg Schlueter

Going into the Desert This Lent with Fr. Rob: A Throwback

In this throwback episode of the Catholic Link podcast, Fr. Rob discusses our journey through a spiritual desert during Lent. Lent is about how to live in paradise...now. It's a great rescue story, the story of us being pulled out of slavery and into the Promised Land...

Liturgy and Reverence with Greg Schlueter

Lent as Preparation for Heaven with Fr. Rob: A Throwback

In this throwback episode of the Catholic Link podcast, Fr. Rob and Fr. George Elliot discussed a brief history of Lent. So, how we should not only think of Lent as a time for penance. But also think of Lent as a preparation in the Heavenly mysteries. Originally the...

Liturgy and Reverence with Greg Schlueter

Charity and Human Connection with Fr. Rob

In this episode of the Catholic Link podcast. Fr. Rob and Fr. George discuss how showing interest in conversations with other people is an act of charity. Charity is simply willing the good of the other for the other's sake. It is often synonymous with community...

Liturgy and Reverence with Greg Schlueter

Confessing the Same Sins in Confession w/ Fr. Rob

In this episode of the Catholic Link podcast. Fr. Rob and Fr. George discuss how one properly responds to confessing the same sins in Confession. When we frequent the Sacrament of Confession / Reconciliation and we find we confess the same sins, we must not give into...

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