Episode 32: Ep. 32 - Leading hope-filled lives: God and my vocation - with Fr. Gino de la Rama, and Fr. Patrick Seo

December 1st, 2023  |  48 mins 58 secs

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Jen has her first conversation with two guests, Fr. Gino de la Rama Vocations Director for the Archdiocese of Newark, and Fr. Patrick Seo, Associate Vocations Director, about how to keep the door open for the young people in your life to consider their calling whether it be to marriage, clergy or religious life.

Episode 31: Ep 31 - Prepare your thankful heart

November 21st, 2023  |  20 mins 45 secs

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Fr. John recently attended a prayer meeting with a reflection led by Fred Bunsa. In the midst of all of your holiday preparation this week, we offer a 20 minute practical guide to give the gift of hope to the people whom you spend time with at Thanksgiving.

Episode 30: Hope for the Holidays: Finding Light at the Darkest time of the year - with author Paul Jarzembowski

November 8th, 2023  |  48 mins 18 secs

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Jen interviews Paul Jarzembowski, author and Associate Director for the Laity, oversees USCCB engagement with lay ministry, ecclesial movements, youth, and young adults. Paul's book 'Hope for the Holidays' (Paulist Press 2023) offers practical advice for welcoming our holiday visitors back to church, using the secular narratives of the season to draw connections with the unchurched, and a personal and pastoral plan to work to accompany visitors to finding renewed hope in our Catholic church.

Episode 29: Ep 29: A monologue about dialogue - Relationship, trust and spreading the Gospel

October 10th, 2023  |  24 mins 41 secs

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Jen shares some thoughts about a year of conversations on the Heart of the Ark podcast, and the role of conversation and dialogue in Evangelization.

Episode 28: Ep 28: The Artists way and the Synodal Way with Eric Hunter

October 10th, 2023  |  35 mins 22 secs

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Jen speaks with Eric Hunter, pianist, teacher and composer, about the ways in which an artist's outlook and a disciple's outlook overlap. Eric is the composer of our theme, which has been expanded to a full work and has marked a big change in his compositional voice.

Episode 27: Ep 27: Music as Evangelizer, Liturgy as Catechist - with Richard J. Clark

September 1st, 2023  |  54 mins 52 secs

Jen is joined by Richard J. Clark, eclectic musician — composer, conductor, organist, pianist, and songwriter. He is the Director of Music of the Archdiocese of Boston and the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. He previously served for twenty-eight years at St. Cecilia Parish, Boston. At the age of twenty-three, he was appointed Director of Music in 1992 after serving as Organist since 1989. He has also served as Chapel Organist (Saint Mary’s Chapel) at Boston College from 2004-2020.

Episode 26: Ep: 26 Demystifying Discernment with Milissa Else

August 28th, 2023  |  44 mins 46 secs

Jen is joined by Milissa Else, Assistant Coordinator for Parish Strategies, in discussing the importance of discernment when facing personal and interpersonal faith decisions. Milissa has been an invited speaker throughout the Archdiocese of Newark and the Diocese of Metuchen, leading parish communities, and small groups into a deepening of communal prayer and conversations regarding mission and ministry.

Episode 25: Ep 25: Lord, Teach us to pray!

August 15th, 2023  |  35 mins 24 secs

Fr. John and Jen discuss the upcoming School of Prayer classes beginning September 20 and continuing for seven sessions through May 2024 to offer fresh insight, experience and opportunities for growing in the spiritual life.

Episode 24: The Heart of a Priest - with Very Rev. Charles Pinyan, Vicar for Clergy Personnel

June 30th, 2023  |  33 mins 44 secs

catholic, community, conversation, evangelization, jesus christ, kerygma, priesthood, sacred heart, vocation

Jen speaks with Very Rev. Charles Pinyan, Vicar for Clergy Personnel and Adjunct Professor of Homiletics at Immaculate Conception Seminary about the ways a priest is called to shape his heart to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ, and in so doing open his heart to the people he is called to serve as shepherd and spiritual father.

Episode 22: "We absorb His Love, and can't help but radiate it out" - Love as a Vocation with Sr. Marie Paul of the Holy Spirit

June 16th, 2023  |  36 mins 23 secs

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Jen travels to the only cloistered monastery in the Archdiocese of Newark, the Dominican Monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in Summit, to speak about 'Love as a Vocation for Life' with novice extern Sr. Marie Paul of the Holy Spirit.

Episode 23: "His Heart beats for every single one of us" - Fr. John and Jen on the Devotion to the Sacred Heart

June 15th, 2023  |  43 mins 29 secs

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Fr. John Gordon and Jen share insight into the great gift of God's Love in the Eucharist and its representation in the devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. They close with the Litany of the Sacred Heart and the Prayer of Reparation to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Episode 21: De-mystifying the Devotion to the Sacred Heart with Emily Jaminet

May 31st, 2023  |  43 mins 25 secs

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Jen speaks with author Emily Jaminet about her two recent books "Secrets of the Sacred Heart" and Holy Habits of the Sacred Heart, and what it means for us that Jesus loves us so much as to give us His heart.