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 busy time of year for the Barron’s but we still manage to squeeze in a sunset cruise and of course, Katherine has to read a 1000 page book.
Movies, TV, & Podcasts:
Office Space
Books:
A Father’s Tale by Michael O’Brian
Other great stuff we like:
The Pilgrim Priest - Fr. Joel’s podcast
Heartridge Retreat and Cultural Center
The end of the school year is stressing Mac out, Jude and Lilly are naturals on stage, we offer up a sacred cow (The GodFather) and briefly dislike Outer Range. Finally, we encourage families to get into it at the dinner table.
Movies, TV, & Podcasts:
Outer Range (Prime)
The GodFather (Paramount+)
Good Will Hunting (VOD)
Other great stuff we like:
The Pilgrim Priest - Fr. Joel’s podcast
Mac & Kat get away for the weekend and ruin a drone pilot’s day, we’re loving The Offer, Katherine is strangely fascinated with true crime dramas, and we may be sending Jude to boarding school.
Movies, TV, & Podcasts:
The Offer (Paramount+)
Under the Banner of Heaven (Hulu)
Other great stuff we like:
The Pilgrim Priest - Fr. Joel’s podcast
Mac & Kat head to Swainsboro to clear out Mr. Wilder’s house, we go to a Colin Hay concert. The Batman is not good, true, or beautiful, and a listener's email leads to us reminding ourselves that speaking judgment without loving first is useless.
Movies, TV, & Podcasts:
The Batman (HBO Max)
The Dropout (Hulu)
Wrath of Man (Prime)
Other great stuff we like:
The Pilgrim Priest - Fr. Joel’s podcast
Sam & Jude go on retreats, Kat spends Easter with her dad in the hospital, and Chesterton is now a cloud. Father Stu is a legit and profane portrayal of a man of faith and the doc, Jesus Music, shows us that Christians are way ahead of the curve on cancel culture.
Movies, TV, & Podcasts:
Father Stu
Oceans 11
The Sting
Risen
The Robe
Jesus Music
Other great stuff we like:
The Pilgrim Priest - Fr. Joel’s podcast
Movies, TV, & Podcasts:
The Lost City
Books:
Farther Up & Further In by Joseph Pierce
Plague Journal by Michael O’Brien
The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien
The Shadow of His Wings: The True Story of Fr. Gereon Goldman...
The Barron’s head south to visit Mac’s mom, septic tank issues, power outages, and game shows galore. Clash of the Titans and Gods of Egypt make quite the pairing, plus we give you the freedom to be insulted when someone calls you “nice.”
Movies, TV, & Podcasts:
Clash of the Titans (2010)
Gods of Egypt
America Says
Books:
The Noonday Devil by Jean-Charles Nault, O.S.B.
Other great stuff we like:
The Pilgrim Priest - Fr. ...
Movies, TV, & Podcasts:
Parallels (Disney+)
Old (VOD)
Fisherman’s Friends (Prime)
The Friendship Onion
Other great stuff we like:
The Pilgrim Priest - Fr. Joel’s podcast
Long walks in the woods, 3:10 to Yuma, lots of email, and Katherine holds Mac’s feet to the fire on the issue of a real Adam & Eve.
Movies, TV, & Podcasts:
3:10 to Yuma (HBO Max)
Ghosts (HBO Max)
Lucy & Desi (Prime)
Books:
Eat, Fast, Feast by Jay Richards
The Noonday Devil, Acedia, the Unnamed Evil of Our Times, by Jean-Charles Nault, O.S.B.
Other great stuff we like:
The Pilgrim Priest - Fr. Joel’s podcast
Movies, TV, & Podcasts:
The Adam Project (Netflix)
The Way (VOD - Amazon)
Our Flag Means Death (HBO Max)
The Righteous Gemstones (Netflix)
Cautionary Tales (podcast)
Other great stuff we like:
Movies, TV, & Podcasts:
Inventing Ana (Netflix)
After Party (Apple TV+)
Long Story Short (Netflix)
Other great stuff we like:
Movies, TV, & Podcasts:
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window (Netflix)
Light of My Life (Prime)
Clone Wars (Season 7, last four episodes)
Books:
The Priests We Need to Save the World by Kevin Wells
The I...
A long weekend holds lots of domestic adventures for Mac & Kat, Free guy has some surprisingly Christian themes, and spiritual direction is in our future.
Movies, TV, & Podcasts:
Free Guy (Disney+)
I Want You Back (Prime)
Critical Drinker (YouTube Channel)
Blogs
Other great stuff we like:
...On this special episode of CST, Mac, and Katherine talk all about their wonderful weekend at a catholic marriage retreat. Spoiler alert... They have a lot to say.
Other great stuff we like:
Heartridge Retreat and Cultural Center
Examination of Conscience based on the seven deadly sins
Book Nook Publishing at Amazon
Mac & Kat both watch food docs, we get to go on a double date, Moonfall is awful, Ghostbusters Afterlife is pretty good, and Fulton takes Kat to town about sloth.
Movies, TV, & Podcasts:
Moonfall (In theaters)
Ghostbusters Afterlife (VOD)
Tinder Swindler (Netflix)
How Not to Die (Prime)
That Sugar Movie (Prime)
Books:
Victory over Vice by Fulton Sheen
Other great stuff we like:
Movies, TV, & Podcasts:
Ghosts (HBO Max)
The Afterparty (AppleTV+)
As We See It (Prime)
Other great stuff we like:
Heartridge Retreat and Cultural Center
...Childhood memories of trying sports, Sam’s intake appointment, Chesterton decides he likes the taste of puzzles, we decide we like the movie nobody, and we have to confess being angry at other people in line for confession...
Movies, TV, & Podcasts:
Nobody (HBO Max)
Reminiscence (HBO Max)
True Story (peacock)
Other great stuff we like:
We get the rare chance to romp in the snow, we talk for too long about Being the Ricardos and The Eyes of Tammy Faye, one listener makes our bathroom bearable, and Katherine her road to being a spiritual director with The Seven Deadly Sins.
Movies, TV, & Podcasts:
Being the Ricardos (Prime)
The Tender Bar (Prime)
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Netflix)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (VOD)
Books:
The Seven Deadly Sins by Kevin Vost
Oth...
Katherine gets COVID, Mac makes some jigs, Together is both fresh and dated.
Movies, TV, & Podcasts:
Together (Netflix)
Don’t Look Up (Netflix)
Cardinal (Hulu)
Other great stuff we like:
Heartridge Retreat and Cultural Center
Examination of Conscience based on the seven deadly sins
Book Nook Publishing at Amazon
The Barron house feels like a revolving door, our favorite gifts, SpiderMan was way better than Mac thought it would be, Encanto was gorgeous, and Katherine reminds us of the meaning of life.
Movies, TV, & Podcasts:
Spider-Man No Way Home
Encanto
Station Eleven
The Matrix Resurrection
Other great stuff we like:
Heartridge Retreat and Cultural Center
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