Other podcasts on the faith produced by Catholics across the archdiocese

By Sean Gallagher

Creating podcasts that in varied ways feature the Catholic faith is a growing phenomenon among the faithful in central and southern Indiana.

Below is a list of some of these podcasts. These and others may be featured in future installments in an occasional series in The Criterion on podcasts with ties to the archdiocese.

They are posted on most online platforms where podcasts can be found.
 

—“Pizza and Side Hugs” is a podcast produced by the archdiocesan Office of Youth Ministry. It is co-hosted by Rachel Gilman, archdiocesan director of youth ministry; Paul Sifuentes, senior director of the archdiocesan Department for Parish Leadership; and Julia Eckrich and Jake Teitgen, who are both on staff at Our Lady of Grace Parish in Noblesville, Ind., in the Lafayette Diocese.

The podcast is geared toward people who work in and/or support youth ministry, which can include parish youth ministers and volunteers, pastors and parents. Its title refers to staples of youth ministry and its leaders: pizza at youth ministry meetings and giving teens “side hugs.”

Episodes vary in length from 20 minutes to an hour and are posted about every two weeks.
 

—“Living the CLOVER Life” is a podcast produced by St. Malachy Parish in Brownsburg and is co-hosted by pastor Father Sean Danda and Nathaniel Rea, the parish’s director of evangelization and catechesis.

The acronym “CLOVER” in the title is a reference to “Shamrocks” being the name of the parish’s athletic teams. It also stands for six principles of the Catholic faith: confession, life, Our Lady, vocations, Eucharist and the revealed word.

The topics for the weekly episodes, which usually range from 10 to 30 minutes in length, are often drawn from these principles.
 

—“Echoes from the Bell Tower” is a podcast produced by the Benedictine monks of Saint Meinrad Archabbey in St. Meinrad. It had 33 episodes posted semi-regularly between 2016 and 2020 before going on a hiatus.

Recently, however, the monks have revived “Echoes from the Bell Tower” and plan on posting more episodes in the future.

The podcast initially explored many facets of the life of the monks at Saint Meinrad and their ministries. New episodes will feature interviews with alumni of the monastery’s primary ministry, Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology in St. Meinrad. †

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