About4 Podcast

Monday, July 11, 2022
Service as Way of Discernment
A call to the priesthood or religious life is a call to serve others.  One of the ways we can tune ourselves to that discernment is getting out of our… Read More
Monday, July 04, 2022
Sanctifying the Mundane
Summer is here.  Time for ice cream, saints, and sanctifying the ordinary parts of life.  The time for growing in holiness is not in the past or in the future,… Read More
Monday, June 27, 2022
Fr. Chad Arnolds Vocation Story
The final installment in our hosts sharing their vocation stories.  This one includes bad hair, bad poetry, bad life decisions, and a rickshaw. God’s grace overcomes it all. This is… Read More
Monday, June 20, 2022
Bootleg Edition: Hearing Confessions
What is it like to operate as an alter Christus, another Christ, in the confessional?  This was another episode recorded early on as a practice episode, simply the priests talking… Read More
Monday, June 13, 2022
Dating and Discernment
Looking for juicy stories of the priests dating lives before seminary?  If so…you’re going to be disappointed.  This week Fr. Garett, Fr. Drew, and Fr. Chad discuss the connections between… Read More
Monday, June 06, 2022
Fr. Stu Review
The three priests watch Mark Wahlberg’s latest movie Fr. Stu and offer what they liked and disliked about the movie and specifically how it approached discernment.  Spoiler alert, there are… Read More
Monday, May 30, 2022
Spiritual Desolation
  Last week the three priests discussed the joys of spiritual consolation.  This week, they take a look at the other side of the coin, the difficulties and the importance… Read More
Monday, May 23, 2022
Spiritual Consolation
Not all prayer leads to a surging of the heart.  But what do we do when it does?  Where do we go from there?  This week the three priests discuss… Read More
Monday, May 16, 2022
The Most Important Thing
    Okay, the title is a little misleading.  A more accurate title would be ‘one of the most important things after establishing a regular sacramental life.’  But obviously, that… Read More
Monday, May 09, 2022
Silence
Most things in the natural world grow in silence.  A vocation is no different.  If we are to hear God speaking to us, we must make sure we are quieting… Read More
Monday, May 02, 2022
Loneliness
Many people think of the priesthood as a lonely life.  It is one of the more commonly expressed fears of young men discerning–that I will be lonely.  The three priests… Read More
Monday, April 25, 2022
Fr. Drew’s Vocation Story
The title is self-explanatory.  This episode is about Fr. Drew’s vocation story.  It includes meat washing, KU, Totus Tuus, and sleeping in adoration while one of your best friends has… Read More