Outside the Walls

Fr. Sebastian Walshe is a Norbertine Canon of the Abbey of St. Michael in the Diocese of Orange, California, where he is a professor of philosophy for the seminary program. We discuss his new book published by Catholic Answers Press, Heart of the Gospel: How the Beatitudes Show Us God's Plan for Happiness, and how understanding and practicing the beatitudes lead us to true happiness.

Santonio Hill was working in ministry in Philadelphia. As that was coming to an end he began applying and preparing for nursing school during quarantine. After the death of George Floyd, Santonio was inspired to be a boots-on-the-ground missionary making a difference, even if only in one teen’s life that has to live in the shadows of America. Santonio wanted to put an end to the idea of merely surviving, and felt called to teach teens how to thrive.
He is the assistant director of recruitment for Vagabond Missions, which has 13 missions across eight states. Vagabond Missions understands that inner-city teens confront a cycle of neglect, violence, and broken family life. Vagabond Missions introduces them to Jesus and a loving community by mobilizing missionaries. Through outreach, every inner-city teen can be known, loved, and experience hope for their lives.
Learn more at vagabondmissions.com 

Donald Wallenfang, OCDS, PhD, Emmanuel Mary of the Cross, is a Secular Discalced Carmelite, Professor of Theology and Philosophy at Sacred Heart Major Seminary, and founder of myinteriorcastle.com a website featuring online mini-courses about Catholic theology, philosophy, and spirituality that you can take from home at your own pace!
Wallenfang specializes in Catholic theology and philosophy, Carmelite spirituality, phenomenology and metaphysics. He teaches courses in philosophy, theology, lay ecclesial ministry, evangelization, and Catholic spirituality.
We talk about the importance of diverse formation in the life of a disciple; forming not only the intellect, but the spiritual life as well.

Ryan O'Hara is the host of Better Preach, a podcast for anyone who gives talks (Youth Ministers, Catechists, Priests and Deacons, Volunteers for Religious Ed, Missionaries on College Campuses) to Catholic audiences and wants to communicate more effectively. He also servers as the Marketing Strategist for Saint Paul’s Outreach an organization dedicated to building Catholic missional community, transforming a generation, on college campuses and beyond.
We talk about communication, evangelization, and best practices.
 

Timothy P. O’Malley is the Director of Education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life, where he also serves as Academic Director of the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy. He teaches and researches at Notre Dame in the areas of liturgical-sacramental theology, catechesis, and aesthetics.
He is a member of the executive planning team for the US Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Eucharistic Revival.
His new book, ‘Becoming Eucharistic People: The Hope and Promise of Parish Life’, is published by Ave Maria Press as part of the Engaging Catholicism series from the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University Notre Dame. 

Simone Rizkallah is currently the Director of Program Growth for Endow Groups. She is also an Institute of Catholic Theology Fellow, a Witherspoon/John Jay Institute Fellow and an Acton Institute Fellow. She has led local chapters of the ecclesial movement of Communion and Liberation in Virginia and Arizona and the Washington, D.C. based non-profit organization In Defense of Christians. She is also a member of Women Speak For Themselves. As the daughter of immigrants from the Armenian Diaspora in Cairo, Egypt, she has a particular interest in matters of religious freedom and culture. In her free time she enjoys teaching RCIA, speaking and writing. She has been published in ChurchPOP, Aleteia, Verily, CatholicU, and Ethika Politika and was featured as a Guest Contributor in the book Road Signs for Catholic Teens published by Our Sunday Visitor. She blogs at www.culturalgypsy.com.We talk today about the Catholic Intellectual Life, the Feminine Genius, and the importance of community.

Jordan Daniel Wood is a Catholic theologian and stay-at-home dad of four young daughters. He holds a PhD in Historical Theology from Boston College. His first book was published in 2022, The Whole Mystery of Christ: Creation as Incarnation in Maximus Confessor (University of Notre Dame Press).
He is currently translating Maximus’s Letters for Catholic University of America Press, and is co-translating F. W. J. Schelling’s Original Lectures on the Philosophy of Revelation, a project that recently received an NEH grant. He’s also at work on a book for Wipf and Stock’s Cascade imprint entitled A Shadow of Things to Come: Christian Life with St. Maximus Confessor. He has taught in university, seminary, and high school settings.

Fr. Sean Hagerty, SJ, is the vocation promoter for the UEA Province. That means that Fr. Hagerty is responsible for accompanying men who are discerning a life in the Society of Jesus. He joined the Jesuits in 2012, after having served in the U.S. army. He has ministered in prisons, campus ministries and hospitals, and conducted research into just war, moral injury and the reintegration of soldiers into the Catholic community. He was just ordained a priest in 2022.
We spoke with him about the process of discernment live from St. Louis at SEEK23 put on by FOCUS.