Catholic in a Small Town
In this weekly podcast, Mac and Katherine, who are Catholic converts, talk about raising kids, Catholic issues, scouting, movies, books, games, podcasts and anything else that comes up. Mac and Katherine have been podcasting since 2006.
Episodes
It's a new year! The Barrons round out Christmas with a trip to Mac's mom's house, and all our HVAC systems are apparently functioning as intended fo r the first time ever. Task is one of the best shows we've seen in a long time, and we sort of look back over the year in our spiritual lives.
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...All about the Barron family Christmas, Song Sung Blue is a non-nihilistic story about love, marriage, and the healing power of Neil Diamond. In Catholic Stuff, we talk about one of our faith's many paradoxes: the attainment of everything through sacrifice.
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Jude is back home, Colby stops by, Love at First Sight offers non-cynical feels, and we unpack the good and the bad in Wake Up Dead Man.
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Baritus Catholic Illustrations
Pacem in Terris Retreat Center
Restoration of Christian Culture from Our...
Mac heads out of town as Kat babysits, Materialists is NOT a romantic comedy, Worst Christmas Pageant Ever is a new holiday classic, and we wonder at the remarkable nature of the ripples we make throughout others' lives.
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Books:
Read along with Mac - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
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Between Mac's cold, the miserable weather, and trying to get tradesmen to finish their work, Mac & Kat are wallowing a little in self-pity. Pluribus is mysteriously compelling, and we parce out all the problematic pieces of a debate on designer babies.
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Books:
Read along with Mac - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
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Jude is back in town for a huge Thanksgiving, the basement never ends, Wicked 2 is not great, and we talk about the spiritual ramifications of The Biggest Loser.
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Books:
Read along with Mac - Current book is Moby Dick by Herman Melville
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Baritus Catholic Illustrations
Pacem in Terris Retreat C...
We stumble on the best little English pub while Mac is at the GaETC, Sam & Mena are moved downstairs, Pluribus is worth looking into, and we let you guys see our struggles with our different levels of concern about the state of the Church today.
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Books:
Greg's Book: https://sophiainstitute.com/?product=god-doesnt-hate...
You won't believe which part of our freezer died, we had a great weekend camping down at GLS. Rogue Heroes delivers rogue heroics, and serves up our Catholic Stuff topic.
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Greg's Book: https://sophiainstitute.com/?product=god-doesnt-hate-me-after-all
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The extended warranty on our fridge runs out one month before it stops working, Mac has a cold and doesn't think House of Dynamite is all that…dynamite and Katherine reminds every good Catholic why they should be fasting on Friday.
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Movies/Books: The Order House of Dynamite Nobody Wants This (non-recommendation) Childh...
Mac & Katherine become grandparents! Tron Ares is terrible. The Haunting of Hill House is worth your time. And we reflect on the difference in our being since baby Alex arrived.
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Baritus Catholic Illustrations
Pacem in Terris Retreat Center
Sam and Mena moved in while we were at The Pig Dance; Big, Bold, Beautiful Journey charms, Mac is inflicting the sound of a concertina on the neighborhood, and Katherine is appalled by what she sees in Swiped.
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Mac & Kat lead our boring lives…unlike Charlie Sheen or the characters in Netflix's Untamed. Then we talk about the remarkable life of Charlie Kirk and how we want our children remembered.
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Restoration of Christian Culture from Ou...
Mac goes down to South GA, we get to be part of a family friend's wedding celebration, we talk way too much about Alien Earth, and we marvel at the ripples of espousing the good, true, and beautiful.
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Books:
Read along with Mac - Exogenesis by Peco Gaskovki
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Mac makes a substantial investment in his woodshop, Kat delivers Jude to Gregs and stumbles onto a pilgrimage, and Kat recommends Persuasion as an introduction to Jane Austin.
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Books:
Read along with Mac - Exogenesis by Peco Gaskovski
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Baritus Catholic Illustrations
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Jude learns to ski, Katherine has a ton of fun on a water slide, Klarkson's Farm is like comfort food, and Mac has strong feelings about men wearing toenail polish.
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Books:
The Harrows of Spring by James Kunstler
Exogenisis by Peco Gaskovski
Read along with Mac - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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All the women in the Barron family get a boat outing for their birthday, Fantastic Four is a great summer time flic to help you beat the heat, and Cardinal Sarah conspires with St. Anne to make Katherine ask some big questions.
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Pacem in Terris Retreat Center
Jude is off ant camps and retreats, Kat & Jennifer have a girls' camping trip, and Mac has been watching too much. Greg duped me into seeing a horrible move…well not really. Also, spoiler: cell phones are the worst!
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Basement chaos is starting to get to Mac, Katherine loses a beloved cousin, and why you should always have a pocket knife on you. Superman is some pretty wonky fun, and 28 Years Later is some pretty disturbing madness. We piggyback on last week's Catholic Stuff segment by noting how God once again nudges us toward grace-filled encounters.
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Mac & Kat play host to the whole family in an Airbnb in historic Brunswick, GA. F1: The Movie does not disappoint, and we discuss supernatural moments of grace in the context of a "chance" encounter.
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Books:
Read along with Mac - Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
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Mac & Katherine are a little stressed out over lining up all the stars for the basement refinish, Kari-Lin brings (half of) her crew for a fun visit, Deep Cover on Prime is a fun take on the British crime story, and Mac is reminded (yet again) just how far away from sainthood he is by the simplest of things.
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