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  • Fr Burke Masters

    Fr Burke Masters
    Oct 7 2026
    55 min
  • Learning Contentment: Finding Peace Right Where You Are

    Learning Contentment: Finding Peace Right Where You Are
    Sep 30 2026
    Guest: Marcus Grodi, founder and president, Coming Home Network, Intl.

    The name Marcus Grodi might be familiar to many Catholics, as he founded and led a highly successful ministry called The Coming Home Network, helping other pastors discover the fullness of the Catholic Church. Marcus focused his first 20 years on himself. Then, he experienced a life-changing conversion in college and spent his next 20 years studying Jesus, becoming a Calvinist pastor. When Marcus reconnected with former college buddy, Scott Hahn, he converted to Catholicism and his next 20 years were spent trailblazing within Catholic circles, offering non-Catholics a new vision for their future.

    When he retired and moved to his wife’s family farm, Marcus thought contentment was retirement’s natural landscape. Instead, he realized contentment is a choice he still needed to develop. His book, “Learning Contentment: Finding Peace Right Where You Are,” is the result of his journey, where he learned to stop focusing on contentment tomorrow by choosing contentment today. Discovering that gratitude is the foundation for contentment, Marcus devised nine chapters, each one dealing with an important aspect of learning contentment. For example, living with simplicity or paying down debt can be huge relief valves for pent-up stress. Learning contentment means finding peace right where you are.

    Guest biography: Marcus received his BS degree from Case Institute of Technology (CWRU) in Polymer Engineering and a Master of Divinity Degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He worked six years as an engineer and over 45 years in some form of Christian ministry. He has served as the Founder/President of The Coming Home Network International for over 30 years, and hosted The Journey Home program on EWTN for 25 years. His son, JonMarc, has taken over the reins. Marcus is the author/editor of eleven books, and his articles have appeared in many publications and online sources. Marcus has taught college and graduate courses in youth ministry, leadership, catechetics, and theology. He and his wife, Marilyn, are now empty-nesters on a portion of Marilyn’s family farm in central Ohio.

    Resources:
    Book: “Learning Contentment: Finding Peace Right Where You Are”
    About Marcus Grodi
    Blog: Just An Old Man Out Standing in his Field
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    50 min
  • The Soul of a Disciple

    The Soul of a Disciple
    Sep 23 2026
    Guest: Allan Smith, author, speaker, radio host, and editor

    Saints choose us; we don’t choose them. Allan Smith’s journey into the legacy of Archbishop Fulton Sheen was a serendipitous event caused by hearing Sheen’s words spoken out loud. He was hooked.

    Sheen’s spiritual fire made him one of the most compelling voices of the 20th century, but his words still resonate today. People are desperately searching for something technology can’t provide. Finding a pearl of such great price, Allan has spent years collecting and republishing Sheen’s works so they can once again lead people to God.

    So far Allan has compiled more than twenty of Sheen’s books into a collection of five anthologies. His latest work is “The Soul of a Disciple: Fulton Sheen's Meditations on the Cross, the Eucharist, and the Christian Life.” Inside, you will find five powerful retreats drawn from the heart of the great evangelizer’s preaching. Each day offers short, simple tools to carry back into the world. For Fulton Sheen, a daily Holy Hour was never an obligation. It was a love affair, and Allan has included a practical guide on how we can spend an hour at the Fountain of Grace, where the heart of God speaks quietly to the heart of man.

    Guest biography: Allan J. Smith is a Catholic author, speaker, radio host, and editor specializing in the life, writings, and spiritual legacy of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. A member of the Advisory Board of the Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Foundation in Peoria, Illinois, he has spent more than a decade helping preserve and promote Sheen's teachings through books, radio, conferences, podcasts, and media outreach. Smith is the compiler and editor of numerous Fulton Sheen anthologies, including bestselling titles published by Sophia Institute Press and his own Bishop Sheen Today publishing apostolate. His work has introduced thousands of readers to Sheen's timeless insights on prayer, suffering, evangelization, the Eucharist, and the spiritual life. Allan Smith is also affectionately known as the “Pipe Padre” because as a professional plumber he’s been in over 30,000 basements, helping customers with their plumbing woes. Born as one of 12 kids to a devoutly Catholic couple, Smith would attend daily Mass with his mother and sibs, after watching his dad get up early to attend the early Mass before leaving for work. Daily Mass was and still is part of Smith’s daily routine. He and his wife, Isabelle, have three adult children and eight grands. His son has taken over the plumbing business while Allan and Isabelle have retired to a sleepy village two hours north of Toronto, Canada, which sits next to property dedicated as a shrine to martyred Jesuit priests. As Smith proudly proclaims, “we live on holy ground.”

    Resources:
    "The Soul of a Disciple: Fulton Sheen’s Meditations on The Cross, The Eucharist and the Christian Life” by Allan Smith
    Website: Bishop Sheen Today
    Website: Celebrate Sheen
    Website: Holy Face Miracle
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    55 min
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