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Episode 181 debuts on June 5, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is The Rosary and the Quadriga, Part II. Our guest is Sister Mary Joseph, M.I.C.M. Episode 180: The Rosary and the Quadriga, Part I — some of the links in the first part will be relevant to this part The […]

Episode 180 debuts on May 29, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is The Rosary and the Quadriga, Part I. The Four Meanings in Holy Scripture — by Br. Francis Maluf, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org The Four Senses of Scripture — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org Episode 12. The Four Senses of Holy Scripture. Guest: […]

Episode 161 debuts on January 9, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is Adam and Eve before the Fall. My guest is Father Thomas Crean, OP. The Perfection of our First Parents, According to St Thomas Aquinas — by Father Thomas Crean, OP, at kolbecenter.org “Reconquest” is a militant, engaging, and informative Catholic radio program featuring interviews with interesting guests […]

Episode 179 debuts on May 15, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is Catholicity is Integral, Error is Corrosive. Separating What God Has Joined — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org Quietism — Catholic Encyclopedia article at newadvent.org The Interior Life Simplified and Reduced to Its Fundamental Principle — book cited, […]

Episode 178 debuts on May 8, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is The Mariology of Cardinal Newman. My guest is Ryan Grant. The Mariology of Cardinal Newman — book by Rev. Francis J Friedel, S.M., M.A. S.T.D., at Mediatrixpress.com The Second Eve — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org “Reconquest” […]

Episode 177 debuts on May 1, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is ‘Tolkien’s Catholic Mythology.’ My guest is Scott Smith. Catholic Symbolism in J. R. R. Tolkien — by Scott Smith at thescottsmithblog.com Holy Water Books — where you can buy Scott Smith’s books, including Lord of the Rings and the Eucharist […]

Episode 175 debuts on April 17, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is The Hierarchy of the Family. Defending the Domestic Church  — (with passages quoted on air from Pope Leo XIII's Arcanum) The Great Sacrament: Holy Matrimony The Three Marks of Manhood  “Reconquest” is a militant, engaging, and informative Catholic radio […]

Episode 174 debuts on April 10, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is Looking at the Beatitudes: Part II. The Beatitudes — at catholicism.org Cornelius a Lapide's Commentary on the Four Gospels — at store.catholicism.org Heaven: a Holy Beatitude, Not a Carnal Fantasy — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org The […]

Episode 172 debuts on March 27, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is Church and Empire. My guest is Mr. Charles Coulombe. Guelphs and Gibellines Revisited — by Charles Coulombe, at rorate-caeli.blogspot.com Sacrum Imperium — by Charles Coulombe, at catholicism.org The Old World and the New — by Charles Coulombe, at catholicism.org […]

Episode 171 debuts on March 20, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is The Psalms, an Appreciation. Salvation in the Psalms — by Br. Francis Maluf, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org The Davidic Psalter — at fisheaters.com Catholic Encyclopedia on the Psalms — at newadvent.org Letter of St. Athanasius Concerning the Psalms — at […]

Episode 169 debuts on March 6, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is Why Have You Done This to Us? The Four Meanings in Holy Scripture — by Br. Francis Maluf, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org The Four Senses of Scripture — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org “Reconquest” is a militant, engaging, […]

Episode 168 debuts on February 27, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is Virgin Most Silent. Matins Hymn During Lent: "More sparing therefore let us make the words we speak, the food we take" — by St. Gregory the Great, at preces-latinae.org The Silent Woman — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at […]

Episode 167 debuts on February 20, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is Introducing the Eastern Rites. The Holy Unia Blog — holyunia.blogspot.com Saint Josaphat, Apostle of Eastern Catholic Unity — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org Metropolitan Sheptytsky, Apostle of Church Unity — by the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart […]

Episode 166 debuts on February 13, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is The 'Terrible Reality' of Hell. Imagine There's No Hell — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org There Is a Hell, and It Makes Perfect Sense — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org Hans Urs von Balthasar's New […]

Episode 165 debuts on February 6, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is The Vision of God and the Fellowship of the Blessed. Saint Augustine on Friendship — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org Heaven: A Holy Beatitude, not a Carnal Fantasy — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org Catholic […]

Episode 164 debuts on January 30, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is St. Augustine, Genesis, and Theistic Evolution. My guest is Joseph Gedney. St. Augustine Rediscovered: A Defense of the Literal Interpretation of St. Augustine’s Writings on the Sacred History of Genesis — by Joseph Gedney at kolbecenter.org Theistic Evolution: A […]

Episode 162 debuts on January 16, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is Mary’s Perpetual Virginity.   Our Lady Ever-Virgin: Isaias 7:14 and the Hebrew Word Alma — by Brian Kelly at catholicism.org Mary Ever Virgin — Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org Mary's Perpetual Virginity — by Mark Alessio at catholicism.org […]

Episode 160 debuts on January 2, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is Catholic versus Protestant Views of Justification. Irreconcilable Doctrines on Justification — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org We Need Grace! — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org Faith and Good Works — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org “Reconquest” is a militant, engaging, and […]

Episode 156 debuts on December 5, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is Worship 'Ad Orientem.' My guest is Dr. Peter Kwasniewski. How Contrary Orientations Signify Contradictory Theologies — by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski at newliturgicalmovement.org Does facing east at Mass rely on a picture of God as someone ‘out there and up there’? — by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski […]

Episode 155 debuts on November 28, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). My topic is Veils and Veiling. My guest is Lily Wilson, of Veils by Lily. Why Women Should Wear Chapel Veils in Church — by Brian Kelly at catholicism.org Headcoverings in Church — Una Voce Federation Position Paper, N. 22, at unavoce.ru (excellent resource!)  1 Corinthians 11 and Ephesians 5:22-24 — […]

Episode 154 debuts on November 21, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). My topic is Has Divine Revelation Ceased? Has Divine Revelation Ceased? — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org The Pope, the Church, and the Paraclete — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org Continuous revelation — the Wikipedia article on what religions believe in it Lamentabili Sane […]

Episode 153 debuts on November 14, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). My topic is What is a Catholic Church? The Latin Mass and the Orthodox — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org (mentioning important notions of sacred space and its liturgical utility) Tired Old Arguments against Tradition — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org (ditto) THE DEDICATION […]

Episode 152 debuts on November 7, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). My topic is Is Jesus 'My Personal Lord and Savior'?" Is Jesus Really Our Friend? — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org Quas Primas (on the Kingship of Christ) — by Pope Pius XI, at vatican.va Christ the Conqueror — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org Christology […]

Episode 151 debuts on October 31, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). My topic is Unexpected Apologetics: "Are You Saved, Brother?" The Devil’s Doctrine — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org (most of the show's material will be found here) A Tiptoe through TULIP — by James Akin at ewtn.com Once Saved NOT Always Saved! — patristic passages collected […]

Episode 150 debuts on October 24, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). My topic is Canonizations: Infallible or Not? My guest is Mr. Ryan Grant. "An inquiry into how far the Church has committed herself on this matter (on infallibility of canonizations)" excerpt from the larger work, An Essay on Beatification, Canonization and the Processes of the Congregation of Rites […]

Episode 149 debuts on October 17, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). My topic is What Is Divine Providence? Divine Providence: A Doctrinal Overview — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org Providence, Divine — Catholic Encyclopedia article at newadvent.org Doomed to Repeat It — (with some reference to Providence and history) by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org Providence — from the […]

Episode 148 debuts on October 3, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). My topic is The Role of Music in the Good Life. My guest is Dr. Andrew Childs. The Soul's Own Speech: Music & Its Effects On Men — free conferences by Dr. Childs available at Saint Thomas Aquinas Seminary Audio Bach & Beethoven — free conferences by […]

Episode 147 debuts on September 26, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). My topic is The Alternative to the Failed Mental Health System: Psychomoralitics. My guest is Dr. G.C. Dilsaver. The Institute of Psychomoralitics — at psychomoralitics.org (for those seeking treatment or training) Imago Dei Center — at imagodeiway.com The Three Integral Parts of a Moral Act (and a bit […]

Episode 146 debuts on September 19, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). Our topic is Vocational Discernment. My guest is Rev. Fr. Shannon Collins, MSJB, cofounder of the Missionaries of Saint John the Baptist, and pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Personal Parish. States in Life Set — spiritual conferences by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at store.catholicism.org States in […]

Episode 144 debuts on September 5, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). My topic is Diagnosing the Failed Mental Health System. My guest is Dr. G.C. Dilsaver. Selected Essays and Videos of Dr. G.C. Dilsaver — at dilsaver.org Books by G.C. Dilsaver — at Jet.com The Institute of Psychomoralitics — at psychomoralitics.org Mental Health Intra-Professional Condemnations — at sickofpsychiatry.com Iatrogenic Dangers — at […]

Episode 143 debuts on August 29, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). My topic is The Misunderstood Virtue of Justice. A Brief Primer on the Virtue of Justice — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org The Cardinal Virtues: Justice — by Sam Guzman at catholicgentleman.net St Thomas Aquinas and the Idea of the Common Good — by Aaron Karl Taylor at catholicsocialteaching.yolasite.com […]

Episode 142 debuts on August 22, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). My topic is The Fruits of the Holy Ghost and the Beatitudes. My guest is Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M., director of the Saint Augustine Institute of Wisdom. Heaven: A Holy Beatitude, not a Carnal Fantasy — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org Galatians 5:16-25 — (listing the […]

Don't Have A Membership But Still Want To Listen? You Can Download This Episode for $1.99 HERE Episode 141 debuts on August 15, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). My topic is A Conference for the 'Next Generation.' My Guest is Mr. Brendan Young. I’ll Be Speaking at the Fatima Youth Conference in September — by Brother André […]

Mandeville, La Episode 140 debuts on August 8, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). My topic is Killing Catechesis (a Matter of Capital Importance). The Paramagisterium — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org Cardinal Dulles' Dubia — by Michael Pakaluk, at firstthings.com Can the Church Ban Capital Punishment? — by Christopher Ferrara, at crisismagazine.com What Catholics Are Missing in the […]

Episode 139 debuts on August 1, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). My topic is What Is Modernism? What did St. Pius X mean when he called Modernism “the synthesis of all heresies”? — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org Modernism as a Thought Crime (pending) — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org The Relationship of Americanism to […]

Episode 138 debuts on July 25, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). My topic is On the Need for Recollection. The Challenge of Faith — book by Brother Francis, M.I.C.M., at store.catholicism.org from which many of the reflections for this show were taken Recollection — the short Catholic Encyclopedia article on the subject Silence: A Means to Recollection […]

[My apologies for a late posting for this show.] Episode 135 debuted on Thursday, July 5, at 8:00 PM Eastern (due to July 4 all-day broadcast on VRN). Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). My topic is The Restoration of Christian Order, Practical Examples. My guest is Mr. John Horvat II. Listen now! (link will go live Wednesday night) Lighting the Way […]

Episode 133 debuts on June 20, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). My topic is What Exactly is Liberalism, and Why Is It Condemned?. Liberalism: An Evil Defined — by Brother André Marie at catholicism.org (has links to papal encyclicals, etc.) Liberalism — Catholic Encyclopedia entry at newadvent.org The Irish Abortion Referendum: But How? — (was referenced in program) by Brother […]

Episode 132 debuts on June 13, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). My topic is God's Rights Come First. The Troubles in the Church Began with _____. — (list of "-isms") by Brother André Marie at catholicism.org Liberalism: An Evil Defined — by Brother André Marie at catholicism.org Brother Francis and Cardinal Medeiros — (on tradition as something "passed down") by Brother […]

Episode 131 debuts on June 6, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). My topic is Ireland's 'Bloody Friday.' My guest is Joe Doyle, the Executive Director of the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts. Ireland: a Chronology of De-Christianization — by Joe Doyle at catholicism.org Irish Referendum: In Odium Fidei! — by Joe Doyle at catholicism.org Ireland Chooses Death — by Joe Doyle at […]

Episode 130 debuts on May 30, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). My topic is Act and Potency, Key Concepts to Clarify Your Thinking. Act and Potency in the Christian Life — by Brother André Marie at catholicism.org The Problem of Change: A Mystery of The Natural Order — by Brother Francis at catholicism.org Act and Potency — […]

Episode 128 debuts on May 16, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). My topic is Saint Vincent of Lérins and the Development of Doctrine. Jonathan Arrington is my guest. The Commonitory (Commonitorium) — by Saint Vincent of Lerins (English translation) at newadvent.org What is Development of Doctrine? — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org St. Vincent of Lerins: Quod […]

Episode 127 debuts on May 9, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). My topic is The Image and Likeness of God. To God’s Image and Likeness — by Brother André Marie at catholicism.org (will be posted sometime on Wednesday) Question 93 of Part I of the Summa Theologiae — by Saint Thomas Aquinas at newadvent.org Man as the Image […]

Mandeville, LA - Episode 126 debuts on May 2, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). My topic is The Gifts of the Holy Ghost. My guest is Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M., director of the Saint Augustine Institute of Wisdom. A CRUSADE SERVICE UPGRADE IS NOW AVAILABLE! This Preview and Entire Show is now playing on the all-new, CRUSADE Channel […]

Mandeville, LA - Episode 123 debuts on April 18, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). My topic is "Seek the Things That are Above." [purchase_link id="50950" style="button" color="green" text="Non-Member Download" direct="true"] Suffering With Christ — book by Dom Marmion at store.catholicism.org Marmion, Spirituality of — by  Maria Amélia W. Volz at udayton.edu Forty quotations from Dom Marmion — at […]

Mandeville, LA - [purchase_link id="50504" style="button" color="green" text="Non Member Download" direct="true"] PREMIUM SUBSCRIBER CONTENT-ALL Membership Levels Episode 122 debuts on April 4, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). My topic is Not Beyond Good and Evil. God is Good — by Brother André Marie at catholicism.org Beyond Good and Evil — on Nietzsche's book at Wikipedia.org Manichaeism — detailed definition at […]