The Josias Podcast

Our hosts, Amanda and Fr. Jon Tveit, discuss Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical on Freemasonry, Humanum genus (1884), as well as its historical context and relevance for today. Bibliography: Leo XIII, Humanum genus (1884) Header Image: Constantino Brumidi, The Apotheosis of Washington (1865). If you have questions or comments, please send them to editors(at)thejosias.com. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Many thanks to our generous supporters on Patreon, who enable us to pay for podcast hosting. If you have not yet joined them, please do so. You can set up a one-time or recurring donation in any amount. Even $1 a month would be splendid.

Our series on Leo XIII’s social encyclicals continues with Libertas praestantissimum. After some updates, our editor discusses Leo’s distinction between natural and moral liberty, and how this is manifested in his approach to the so-called ‘modern liberties.’ Bibliography Pope Leo XIII, Libertas praestantissimum (1888). Edmund Waldstein, O.Cist., “Contrasting Concepts of Freedom,” The Josias (2016). Edmund Waldstein, O.Cist., Divisio Textus of Leo XIII’s Libertas praestantissimum, The Josias (2024). The Josias Podcast, Episode XXIII: Liberty: the Highest of Natural Endowments (2020) If you have questions or comments, please send them to editors(at)thejosias.com. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Many thanks to our generous supporters on Patreon, who enable us to pay for podcast hosting. If you have not yet joined them, please do so. You can set up a one-time or recurring donation in any amount. Even $1 a month would be splendid.

Our hosts, Fr. Jon Tveit and Amanda, are joined by Dr. Daniel Lendman, Assistant Professor of Catholic Theology at Ave Maria University, for a conversation about Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical on the restoration of Christian philosophy, Aeterni Patris (1879). Bibliography: Leo XIII, Aeterni Patris (1879) Header Image: Andrea da Firenze, The Triumph of St Thomas Aquinas (fresco detail) (c. 1366). If you have questions or comments, please send them to editors(at)thejosias.com. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Many thanks to our generous supporters on Patreon, who enable us to pay for podcast hosting. If you have not yet joined them, please do so. You can set up a one-time or recurring donation in any amount. Even $1 a month would be splendid.

Our hosts, Fr. Jon Tveit and Amanda, are joined by Gideon Lazar for a conversation about Pope Leo XIII, his pontificate, writings, and whether there will be a Leonine revival under our newly elected pontiff, Leo XIV. Bibliography: Longinqua Oceani (1895) The Josias Podcast, Episode VI: Ralliement Felix de St. Vincent, “Four Catholic Political Postures: Lessons from Leo XIII and Ralliement” (The Josias) The Josias Podcast, Episode XXIII: Liberty: the Highest of Natural Endowments Gideon Lazar, “Why I am Whitepilled by Pope Leo XIV“ Pater Edmund, “Divisio Textus of Leo XIII’s Libertas Praestantissimum” (The Josias) Header Image: Biagio Barzotti, Pope Leo XIII with Cardinals: Rampolla, Parochi, Bonaparte and Sacconi (c. 1890). If you have questions or comments, please send them to editors(at)thejosias.com. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Many thanks to our generous supporters on Patreon, who enable us to pay for podcast hosting. If you have not yet joined them, please do so. You can set up a one-time or recurring donation in any amount. Even $1 a month would be splendid.

This week, we at The Josias were saddened by the death of Alasdair MacIntyre, whose contributions to moral and political philosophy cannot be overstated. He was profoundly influential in the intellectual lives of many of us here at The Josias. In his memory, we are re-releasing our September 2018 Podcast episode on his book, After Virtue (1981). Requiescat in pace. To view the reading list for this episode, please visit the original podcast episode’s post, here.

Our hosts, Fr. Jon Tveit and Amanda, are joined by Pater Edmund and Fr. Joseph Hudson, OSB for a conversation about the role of the ordo amoris in Catholic intellectual tradition. Fr. Joseph Hudson, a Benedictine priest of Clear Creek Abbey, studied philosophy before entering the cloister in 2008. In 2019 he went to Rome to earn a Licentiate in Sacred Theology at the Angelicum, later teaching at Clear Creek. In 2023, he returned to Rome to pursue a doctorate. Bibliography: Fr. Joseph Hudson, “Ordo amoris: Love Has an Order, Not All Are Loved Equally“ Pater Edmund Waldstein, “Needy Immigrant, Nationalism, Globalism, and the Universal Destination of Goods“ St. Bernard, Commentary on the Song of Songs, Sermon XLIX–L (PL 183, 1016–1025) St. Augustine, On Christian Doctrine, I c.27 St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, II-II q.26 Header Image: Dirk Jacobsz Vellert, The Vision of St. Bernard (1524) If you have questions or comments, please send them to editors(at)thejosias.com. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Many thanks to our generous supporters on Patreon, who enable us to pay for podcast hosting. If you have not yet joined them, please do so. You can set up a one-time or recurring donation in any amount. Even $1 a month would be splendid.

Our hosts, Fr. Jon Tveit and Amanda, are joined by Fr. Justin Cinnante, O.Carm., for a conversation about relics, their power and significance, and the full story of how Fr. Justin came to bless and present President Donald Trump with a relic of the True Cross. Fr. Justin is a Carmelite priest and serves as the Chaplain at Iona Preparatory High School. Header Image: Titian, The Vendramin Family Venerating a Relic of the True Cross (1540s) If you have questions or comments, please send them to editors(at)thejosias.com. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Many thanks to our generous supporters on Patreon, who enable us to pay for podcast hosting. If you have not yet joined them, please do so. You can set up a one-time or recurring donation in any amount. Even $1 a month would be splendid.

In this month of November, dedicated to the holy souls in Purgatory, our hosts, Amanda and Fr. Jon Tveit, are joined by Fr. Michael Barone, for a conversation about death, the importance of the funeral rite, cremation, and how today’s culture seeks to keep distant our own mortality. Fr. Barone serves as a Cemetery Chaplain in the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey. Bibliography: Ad resurgendum cum Christo (2016) Piam et constantem (1963) Header Image: Henryk Pillati, Funeral of the Five Victims of the Manifestation of 1861 in Warsaw (1865) If you have questions or comments, please send them to editors(at)thejosias.com. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Many thanks to our generous supporters on Patreon, who enable us to pay for podcast hosting. If you have not yet joined them, please do so. You can set up a one-time or recurring donation in any amount. Even $1 a month would be splendid.

Our Editor, Fr. Jon Tveit, is joined on the podcast by Michael Thomas—the motivating force behind the new Catholic Land Movement—for a conversation about the Catholic Land Movement’s inspiration, purpose, and how puts that into practice. You may follow Michael Thomas on (the website formerly known as) Twitter, @MichaelTG09. Bibliography Fr. Vincent McNabb, O.P., The Church and the Land (1926) To learn more about the Catholic Land Movement, visit: https://catholiclandmovement.info/ Header Image: Eastman Johnson, Husking Bee, Island of Nantucket (1876) If you have questions or comments, please send them to editors(at)thejosias.com. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Many thanks to our generous supporters on Patreon, who enable us to pay for podcast hosting. If you have not yet joined them, please do so. You can set up a one-time or recurring donation in any amount. Even $1 a month would be splendid.

For the feast of Sts. Thomas More and John Fisher, Fr. Jon Tveit and Amanda are joined on the podcast by James Monti, author and historian, for a conversation on the life and example of St. Thomas More. Bibliography James Monti, The King’s Good Servant but God’s First : The Life and Writings of Saint Thomas More (Ignatius Press, 1998) St. Thomas More, The Sadness of Christ [De tristitia Christi] (1997) St. Thomas More, Four Last Things / A Supplication of Souls / A Dialogue on Conscience (2002) St. Thomas More, A Response to Luther [Reponsio ad Lutheram] – Book 1 and Book 2 St. Thomas More, The Confutation of Tyndale’s Answer – Books 1-4 and Books 5-9 Header Image: A follower of Hans Holbein the Younger, Sir Thomas More (1600s) If you have questions or comments, please send them to editors(at)thejosias.com. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Many thanks to our generous supporters on Patreon, who enable us to pay for podcast hosting. If you have not yet joined them, please do so. You can set up a one-time or recurring donation in any amount. Even $1 a month would be splendid.

As May—the month of Our Lady—comes to a close, Matthew Walther, editor of The Lamp Magazine, joins Amanda and Fr. Jon Tveit for a conversation on St. John Henry Newman and Our Blessed Mother. Bibliography St. John Henry Newman, Mary: The Virgin Mary in the life and writings of John Henry Newman (ed. Philip Boyce) Header Image: Sir John Everett Millais, John Henry Newman (1881) If you have questions or comments, please send them to editors(at)thejosias.com. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Many thanks to our generous supporters on Patreon, who enable us to pay for podcast hosting. If you have not yet joined them, please do so. You can set up a one-time or recurring donation in any amount. Even $1 a month would be splendid.

Urban Hannon returns to the podcast to join Fr. Jon Tveit and Amanda for a conversation about the virtue of religion—what it is theologically, and what it demands practically of us and our society. Bibliography St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, II-II Q.80-81 Fr. Franck Quoex, Liturgical Theology in Thomas Aquinas (transl. Zachary Thomas) R. Jared Staudt, The Primacy of God: The Virtue of Religion in Catholic Theology The Josias Podcast Episode XIX: Justice Header Image: Jules Breton, The Blessing of the wheat in Artois (1857) If you have questions or comments, please send them to editors(at)thejosias.com. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Many thanks to our generous supporters on Patreon, who enable us to pay for podcast hosting. If you have not yet joined them, please do so. You can set up a one-time or recurring donation in any amount. Even $1 a month would be splendid.

Fr. Jon Tveit and Amanda are joined by Deacon Harrison Garlick and Chris Ruckdeschel for a discussion on education, avoiding the pitfalls of the “Great Books,” and recovering the classical liberal arts. Bibliography Alcuin Institute for Catholic Culture Septem Artes Liberales Ascend – The Great Books Podcast Christopher Ruckdeschel, On the Nature of the Classical Liberal Arts Dcn. Harrison Garlick, “Avoiding the Unreal: How to Read the Great Books Well” Jeffrey Bond, “On the Modes of Teaching” (Part I; Part II; Part III) (The Josias) Header Image: Francesco Pesellino, Seven Liberal Arts (c. 1450) If you have questions or comments, please send them to editors(at)thejosias.com. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Many thanks to our generous supporters on Patreon, who enable us to pay for podcast hosting. If you have not yet joined them, please do so. You can set up a one-time or recurring donation in any amount. Even $1 a month would be splendid.

Fr. Jon Tveit and Amanda are joined by Gideon Lazar for a conversation on Pope Francis’ Laudate Deum and a Catholic approach to environmentalism. You may follow Gideon on (the website formerly known as) Twitter, @ByzCat. Bibliography Pope Francis, Laudate Deum Pope Francis, Laudato si’ USCCB, “Global Climate Change” (January 2016) Gideon Lazar, “Ecology and the Theology of Creation” (The Josias) Br. Anthony Maria Akerman, O.P., “Reading Laudate Deum in Context” (The Josias) Pater Edmund Waldstein, “A Magnificent, a Wonderful Encyclical” Header Image: George Inness, The Old Mill (1849) If you have questions or comments, please send them to editors(at)thejosias.com. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Many thanks to our generous supporters on Patreon, who enable us to pay for podcast hosting. If you have not yet joined them, please do so. You can set up a one-time or recurring donation in any amount. Even $1 a month would be splendid.

In his final episode (pre-recorded prior to entering seminary), Urban Hannon is joined by Nathaniel Gotcher and special guest Prof. Philip Bess, for a discussion about the theological and philosophical foundations of urbanism—and how we should think about urban form. Prof. Philip Bess is a Professor at the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture. You may read Prof. Bess’s full academic profile here. Bibliography Philip Bess, Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architecture, Urbanism, and the Sacred (2006) Professor Bess’s “Notre Dame Plan of Chicago”: https://afterburnham.com/ Daniel Burnham’s Plan of Chicago Supplemental information about the Burnham Plan Nolli Map of Rome Nathaniel Gotcher, “Urbanism and the Common Good” (The Josias) Header Image: Gentile Bellini, Procession in Piazza San Marco (1496) If you have questions or comments, please send them to editors(at)thejosias.com. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Many thanks to our generous supporters on Patreon, who enable us to pay for podcast hosting. If you have not yet joined them, please do so. You can set up a one-time or recurring donation in any amount. Even $1 a month would be splendid.

Urban Hannon is joined by Lauren Onak for a conversation about the American Solidarity Party, third-party politics, and harmonizing political with spiritual. Lauren is the American Solidarity Party’s Vice Presidential candidate in the 2024 election. Bibliography Lauren Onak’s Acceptance Speech for ASP VP Nominee, 2023 ASP National Convention. Header Image: A Pelican Feeding her Young, Ms. Ludwig XV 3 (83.MR.173), fol. 72 (c. 1270). If you have questions or comments, please send them to editors(at)thejosias.com. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Many thanks to our generous supporters on Patreon, who enable us to pay for podcast hosting. If you have not yet joined them, please do so. You can set up a one-time or recurring donation in any amount. Even $1 a month would be splendid.

Urban Hannon is joined by Zac Mabry and Amanda for a conversation about the most memed and screened double feature of the year. Bibliography Helen Andrews, “Barbie: A Millennial Mom Movie” (The American Conservative). Nina Power, “Socialism or Barbie-ism” (Compact). If you have questions or comments, please send them to editors(at)thejosias.com. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Many thanks to our generous supporters on Patreon, who enable us to pay for podcast hosting. If you have not yet joined them, please do so. You can set up a one-time or recurring donation in any amount. Even $1 a month would be splendid.

Archduke Eduard of Austria, of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, Hungarian Ambassador to the Holy See and the Sovereign Order of Malta, joins Urban Hannon for a conversation on Bl. Karl of Austria, his family, and his most recent book: The Habsburg Way. Eduard Habsburg’s book, The Habsburg Way: 7 Rules for Turbulent Times, is available for purchase here.  Bibliography Charles A. Coulombe, Blessed Charles of Austria: A Holy Emperor and His Legacy. Death of an Emperor  Click here to listen to a video interview with Empress Zita.  Talk by Eduard Habsburg, “When Blessed Karl returned to Hungary.“ Header Image: Karl and Zita’s wedding, 21 October 1911.  If you have questions or comments, please send them to editors(at)thejosias.com. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Many thanks to our generous supporters on Patreon, who enable us to pay for podcast hosting. If you have not yet joined them, please do so. You can set up a one-time or recurring donation in any amount. Even $1 a month would be splendid.

Thomistic theology is rarely associated with liturgical prayer. So, in this episode, Urban Hannon turns the conversation toward St Thomas Aquinas’ mystagogy of the Mass—that is, his theological teaching on the meaning and purpose of its various rites. The handout mentioned in the episode may be found here. Bibliography St Thomas Aquinas, In IV Sent., d. 8, ex. In IV Sent., d. 12, ex. ST IIIa, Q. 83, a. 4. ST IIIa, Q. 83, a. 5. Header Image: Detail from ‘Mass of the 5 wounds of Our Lord,’ in the Da Costa Hours, Morgan Library MS M.399 (fol. 36v), c. 1515. Image courtesy of Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz/Austria. If you have questions or comments, please send them to editors(at)thejosias.com. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Many thanks to our generous supporters on Patreon, who enable us to pay for podcast hosting. If you have not yet joined them, please do so. You can set up a one-time or recurring donation in any amount. Even $1 a month would be splendid.

Urban Hannon is joined by Ed and Pat Smith for a conversation about Charles De Koninck’s unpublished course notes on the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche.  Bibliography Charles De Koninck’s Course Notes on Nietzsche, which we have made available here. Header Image: Frans Francken the Younger, Mankind’s Eternal Dilemma – The Choice Between Virtue and Vice (1633). If you have questions or comments, please send them to editors(at)thejosias.com. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Many thanks to our generous supporters on Patreon, who enable us to pay for podcast hosting. If you have not yet joined them, please do so. You can set up a one-time or recurring donation in any amount. Even $1 a month would be splendid.