Thoughts of a Catholic Bishop

Thoughts of a Catholic Bishop


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The Thought of Teilhard, Part 1
September 01, 2011

Bishop Christopher Coyne (Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of Indianapolis) begins a 4-part podcast on the thought of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, SJ with Father Mark Hunt (Holy Family University, Philadelphia). Father Mark has studied Teilhard for over 30 y

One Pastor – Multicultural Parish, part 3
August 27, 2011

Bishop Christopher Coyne (Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of Indianapolis) concludes a three-part podcast with Father Robert Murray (Pastor, Saint James and Saint John the Baptist Parishes in Haverhill Massachusetts and a Boston diocesan priest for more th

One Pastor – Multicultural Parishes, Part 2
August 21, 2011

Bishop Christopher Coyne (Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of Indianapolis) continues a three-part podcast with Father Robert Murray (Pastor, Saint James and Saint John the Baptist Parishes in Haverhill Massachusetts and a Boston diocesan priest for more th

One Pastor – Multicultural Parishes, Part 1
August 11, 2011

Bishop Christopher Coyne (Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of Indianapolis) begins a three-part podcast with Father Robert Murray (Pastor, Saint James and Saint John the Baptist Parishes in Haverhill Massachusetts) discussing what it means to pastor multi-cu

One Pastor – Multiple Parishes, Part 2
July 07, 2011

Bishop Christopher Coyne and Father Jonathan Meyer conclude their conversation about the challenges facing the Church, priests and parishioners when it comes to having a pastor responsible for multiple parishes. Father Meyer currently is pastor of 3 paris

One Pastor – Multiple Parishes, Part 1
June 29, 2011

Bishop Coyne and Fr. Jonathan Meyer begin a two-part conversation about the challenges and necessary adaptations that arise when one is the pastor of multiple parishes.  Fr. Meyer is the pastor of three rural parishes in Jennings County, IN.

The New Roman Missal, Part 5
June 06, 2011

Fr. Pat Beidelman returns for a further conversation with me concerning the new Roman Missal. Our conversation is a follow-up to some of the things that we didn’t cover in the first four podcasts as well as a response to some of the further issues and

Catholic Charities – Indianapolis
May 28, 2011

In this week’s podcast, I engage Mr. David Siler, the Director of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, in a conversation about the work and scope of Catholic Charities. Among some of the topics we discuss are how to get involved in ch

The New Roman Missal, Part 4
May 19, 2011

Father Beidelman and I continue our conversation about the forthcoming third edition of the Roman Missal and the revised translation of the Mass texts. This podcast begins with an overview of the “Mystery of Faith” (formerly known as the “Memorial A

The New Roman Missal, Part 3
May 10, 2011

In this podcast, Father Beidelman and I examine specific changes in the revised translation of the third edition of the Roman Missal. Father Beidelman presents not only the reasons for the translation changes but also the underlying biblical and theologic