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Fr. Cole Powers (the Padre) and Dr. Nathan Gibbard (The Doc) talk about issues of faith, spirituality, and the Catholic Church.
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Forgiveness

Forgiveness

2025-02-1826:02

We talk about forgiveness, but are there limits to forgiveness? Is reconciliation and forgiveness the same thing? These and other questions are addressed in this episode.
Trusting God: everyone tells you that you should do it, but not always good on the how. In this episode, we offer some perspectives and tips on trusting God in the hard times.
We are not all called to be celibate, but we are all called to be chaste. Why? What does chastity really mean and entail? We will be exploring how chastity is nothing less than loving well.
Families! We wouldn't be here without them (literally), but they can also be the source of conflicting tensions, especially when parents have different ideas of what and how you should be. How do you navigate those conversations? Here are some thoughts on what does it really mean to honour your parents (and why we should)
Mary, Mother of God

Mary, Mother of God

2024-12-3122:31

With the great feast of Mary, Mother of God happening tonight, it seems like a great time to ask the question: how do you actually have a relationship with Mary?
Have a merry and blessed Christmas! A fun episode for the holidays with some Christmas trivia for your enjoyment.
Tis the season! And by that we mean Advent, not Christmas. What is special about this particular season? What is Advent about? And what are some things to enjoy about Advent? Tune in to find out!
How do you cultivate a spirit of Holy Indifference in work, study and pursuing your vocations? We explore that topic (thank you, listeners, for suggesting it) on this episode and offer some thoughts.
You're in a class and the prof or someone else says something about Catholicism or the Catholic Church that you know to be wrong. What do you do? Speak? Stay quiet? What about when it is a friend? In this podcast we will be exploring how to handle those difficult conversations.
Happiness and Hope

Happiness and Hope

2024-10-0822:59

Happiness - we all want it, but are we seeking it well or should we seek it at all? And how is happiness connected to hope?
What is Truth? How can we understand it, and how can Truth lead us to love God more?
Prayer: what is it, and how do we continue even when it is hard.
University is hard! How to you stay faithful when the world is working hard to convince you that Catholicism doesn't matter.
The summer is over, it's back to school, but how do you get back to God? How do you get back to God especially when during summer you seemed to slip a few too many times?
The first podcast of The Padre and the Doc! We'll be starting off with a simple topic: does God have favourites? What might it mean to be 'favoured' of God? Does that mean that God has favourite children? Join us for our first podcast as we tackle this issue that can come up in our life of faith
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