Katherine is getting a little better, we get an unexpected update on Jude, Dune Part 2 is worth the trip to the theater and we talk about the importance of thinking about the next step.   Movies & TV: Dune Part 2 Mr. Holmes The Awful Truth   Ben’s short film: Something’s Out There   Other great stuff we like: Sam’s Instagram Pacem in Terris Retreat Center  Picnic Blanket  Restoration of Christian Culture from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey  Restoration of Christian Culture PDF Spiritual Direction.com Sam’s podcast: To Interview Them https://www.fatimafarm.com/  liturgical calendar from Sofia Institute Press Wyoming Catholic Gregory the Great’s St. Nicholas Guild  Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary Mac’s Woodworking Shop   Mac’s Online Woodcraft Store Mac’s book!  Clueless in Galilee   Please support us through Patreon Find us on our website Our libsyn page where you can find all our old episodes   Theme song by Mary Bragg.   Our other show: Spoiled! with Mac and Katherine   We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon.  

CST 711: I Don’t Know How Babies are Made on that Planet, but I Bet it Ain’t Good

The Barrons travel to Scranton to visit Jude, Kat is sick, and SAM GETS ENGAGED! We talk about True Grit, Miss Potter, and an abundance of English regency-era entertainment. For Catholic Stuff we talk about True Grit and Merchant of Venice as a double feature on looking at Justice and Mercy.   Movies & TV: True Grit Emma (movie with Gweneth Paltrow) Emma (BBC series) Miss Potter Merchant of Venice (2004)   Ben’s short film: Something’s Out There   Other great stuff we like: Sam’s Instagram Pacem in Terris retreat center  Picnic Blanket  Restoration of Christian Culture from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey  Restoration of Christian Culture PDF Spiritual Direction.com Sam’s podcast: To Interview Them https://www.fatimafarm.com/  liturgical calendar from Sofia institute Press Wyoming Catholic Gregory the Great’s St. Nicholas Guild  Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary Mac’s Woodworking Shop   Mac’s Online Woodcraft Store Mac’s book!  Clueless in Galilee   Please support us through Patreon Find us on our website Our libsyn page where you can find all our old episodes   Theme song by Mary Bragg.   Our other show: Spoiled! with Mac and Katherine   We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon.  

CST 710: Quality of Mercy is Not Strained

Mac suffers the grind and the tickle (not a euphemism), Sam is back in town, Argyl is not worth your time, but Self-Reliance and The Guard are, and we wax nostalgic over how great (and peppered with faith) the show ER was.   Movies & TV: Argyl Self-Reliance The Guard ER   Ben’s short film: Something’s Out There   Other great stuff we like: Sam’s Instagram Pacem in Terris retreat center  Picnic Blanket  Restoration of Christian Culture from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey  Restoration of Christian Culture PDF Spiritual Direction.com Sam’s podcast: To Interview Them https://www.fatimafarm.com/  liturgical calendar from Sofia institute Press Wyoming Catholic Gregory the Great’s St. Nicholas Guild  Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary Mac’s Woodworking Shop   Mac’s Online Woodcraft Store Mac’s book!  Clueless in Galilee   Please support us through Patreon Find us on our website Our libsyn page where you can find all our old episodes   Theme song by Mary Bragg.   Our other show: Spoiled! with Mac and Katherine   We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon.  

CST 709: The Tickle

Kat takes Jude back to Scranton. We live the empty-nester’s life with the food subscription service to prove it. We show Jude what everyone compares his school to (Dead Poets Society), and we lament how modern society frowns upon early marriage…also we complain a lot about Monarch.   Movies & TV: Dead Poets Society Monarch Season 1 Role Play Regarding Henry The Big Sleep Northern Exposure   Ben’s short film: Something’s Out There   Other great stuff we like: Sam’s Instagram Pacem in Terris retreat center  Picnic Blanket  Restoration of Christian Culture from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey  Restoration of Christian Culture PDF Spiritual Direction.com Sam’s podcast: To Interview Them https://www.fatimafarm.com/  liturgical calendar from Sofia institute Press Wyoming Catholic Gregory the Great’s St. Nicholas Guild  Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary Mac’s Woodworking Shop   Mac’s Online Woodcraft Store Mac’s book!  Clueless in Galilee   Please support us through Patreon Find us on our website Our libsyn page where you can find all our old episodes   Theme song by Mary Bragg.   Our other show: Spoiled! with Mac and Katherine   We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon.  

CST 708: Nice AND Sketchy

Sam becomes a working man, Mac & Kat take off to the mountains, Maggie Moore(s) is pretty dark, and we catch up on lots of emails from you, good people of CSTonia.   Movies & TV: Maggie Moore(s) The Italian Job (2003)   Ben’s short film: Something’s Out There   Other great stuff we like: Sam’s Instagram Pacem in Terris retreat center  Picnic Blanket  Restoration of Christian Culture from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey  Restoration of Christian Culture PDF Spiritual Direction.com Sam’s podcast: To Interview Them https://www.fatimafarm.com/  liturgical calendar from Sofia institute Press Wyoming Catholic Gregory the Great’s St. Nicholas Guild  Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary Mac’s Woodworking Shop   Mac’s Online Woodcraft Store Mac’s book!  Clueless in Galilee   Please support us through Patreon Find us on our website Our libsyn page where you can find all our old episodes   Theme song by Mary Bragg.   Our other show: Spoiled! with Mac and Katherine   We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon.

CST 707: Ridiculously Magical

Our week is bookended by parties, Die Hard+Towering Inferno = Skyscraper and Kat has thoughts…lots of thoughts… on Barbie.   Movies & TV: Skyscraper Godzilla (2014) Barbie Macbeth Twelfth Night   Ben’s short film: Something’s Out There   Other great stuff we like: Sam’s Instagram Pacem in Terris retreat center  Picnic Blanket  Restoration of Christian Culture from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey  Restoration of Christian Culture PDF Spiritual Direction.com Sam’s podcast: To Interview Them https://www.fatimafarm.com/  liturgical calendar from Sofia institute Press Wyoming Catholic Gregory the Great’s St. Nicholas Guild  Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary Mac’s Woodworking Shop   Mac’s Online Woodcraft Store Mac’s book!  Clueless in Galilee   Please support us through Patreon Find us on our website Our libsyn page where you can find all our old episodes   Theme song by Mary Bragg.   Our other show: Spoiled! with Mac and Katherine   We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon.  

CST 706: An Apocalypse & An Epiphany

Barron Christmas recap, Last Night in Soho is disappointing, Shakespeare in Love is more problematic that we remember, but just as entertaining as ever, and we look back over the past year and hope (with a little help from St. Teresa) for the new one.   Movies & TV: Last Night in Soho Shakespeare in Love Airplane Klaus Gremlins   RosaryArmy.com/donate Regina Doman’s Substack   Ben’s short film: Something’s Out There   Other great stuff we like: Sam’s Instagram Pacem in Terris retreat center  Picnic Blanket  Restoration of Christian Culture from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey  Restoration of Christian Culture PDF Spiritual Direction.com Sam’s podcast: To Interview Them https://www.fatimafarm.com/  liturgical calendar from Sofia institute Press Wyoming Catholic Gregory the Great’s St. Nicholas Guild  Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary Mac’s Woodworking Shop   Mac’s Online Woodcraft Store Mac’s book!  Clueless in Galilee   Please support us through Patreon Find us on our website Our libsyn page where you can find all our old episodes   Theme song by Mary Bragg.   Our other show: Spoiled! with Mac and Katherine   We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon.  

CST 705: Bar Stool Wisdom from St. Teresa

We get Jude home, despite his best efforts, Tristan & Cheyenne’s party was a delight, Fred Claus was not, Leaving the World Behind gets top marks for style and tension, but not for a satisfying resolution, and Regina Doman reminds us how to incrementally take our advents to a more traditional level.   Movies & TV: Fred Claus Love Actually Leaving the World Behind   RosaryArmy.com/donate Regina Doman’s Substack   Ben’s short film: Something’s Out There   Other great stuff we like: Sam’s Instagram Pacem in Terris retreat center  Picnic Blanket  Restoration of Christian Culture from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey  Restoration of Christian Culture PDF Spiritual Direction.com Sam’s podcast: To Interview Them https://www.fatimafarm.com/  liturgical calendar from Sofia institute Press Wyoming Catholic Gregory the Great’s St. Nicholas Guild  Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary Mac’s Woodworking Shop   Mac’s Online Woodcraft Store Mac’s book!  Clueless in Galilee   Please support us through Patreon Find us on our website Our libsyn page where you can find all our old episodes   Theme song by Mary Bragg.   Our other show: Spoiled! with Mac and Katherine   We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon.  

CST 704: Kat’s Emotional Lead-Up to Christmas

Kat is disappointed with a rug purchase but is super-proud of our clean blinds, Mac revisits Die Hard 35 years after his first viewing, Four Christmases is pretty good, Kat recommends two older movies and we try to untangle a knot of issues revolving around feminism in the modern world.   Movies & TV: Die Hard Four Christmases The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream Home   RosaryArmy.com/donate  Hilary White’s Substack post mentioned   Ben’s short film: Something’s Out There   Other great stuff we like: Sam’s Instagram Pacem in Terris retreat center  Picnic Blanket  Restoration of Christian Culture from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey  Restoration of Christian Culture PDF Spiritual Direction.com Sam’s podcast: To Interview Them https://www.fatimafarm.com/  liturgical calendar from Sofia institute Press Wyoming Catholic Gregory the Great’s St. Nicholas Guild  Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary Mac’s Woodworking Shop   Mac’s Online Woodcraft Store Mac’s book!  Clueless in Galilee   Please support us through Patreon Find us on our website Our libsyn page where you can find all our old episodes   Theme song by Mary Bragg.   Our other show: Spoiled! with Mac and Katherine   We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon.  

CST 703: The Rug Situation

Kat is going to a chiropractor, we are treated to breakfast with some great listeners, Ben is almost all moved out, Lady Ballers is a throw-back silly comedy, and Katherine ties her reading and watching together for a knot of insanity. Also, Rosary Army needs your support.   Movies & TV: Lady Ballers The Women Love Has Won   RosaryArmy.com/donate   Ben’s short film: Something’s Out There   Other great stuff we like: Sam’s Instagram Pacem in Terris retreat center  Picnic Blanket  Restoration of Christian Culture from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey  Restoration of Christian Culture PDF Spiritual Direction.com Sam’s podcast: To Interview Them https://www.fatimafarm.com/  liturgical calendar from Sofia institute Press Wyoming Catholic Gregory the Great’s St. Nicholas Guild  Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary Mac’s Woodworking Shop   Mac’s Online Woodcraft Store Mac’s book!  Clueless in Galilee   Please support us through Patreon Find us on our website Our libsyn page where you can find all our old episodes   Theme song by Mary Bragg.   Our other show: Spoiled! with Mac and Katherine   We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon.  

CST 702: The World is Crazy, Ya’ll!

The Barrons head to Swainsboro for a huge Thanksgiving. Jude is back in PA, Sam is driving a little red truck, Ben is moving out, and Mac is sporting new rims! Kat liked Penny Serenade, Philadelphia Story is a mixed bag, and Escape from New York is such an 80s time capsule. No mail, but we go on and on about a eucharistic procession and preparing for advent.   Movies & TV: Penny Serenade The Philadelphia Story Escape from New York Monarch Ep 3.   Hillary White’s X post mentioned: https://twitter.com/hilarityjane/status/1728528148407435736   Ben’s short film: Something’s Out There   Other great stuff we like: Sam’s Instagram Pacem in Terris retreat center  Picnic Blanket  Restoration of Christian Culture from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey  Restoration of Christian Culture PDF Spiritual Direction.com Sam’s podcast: To Interview Them https://www.fatimafarm.com/  liturgical calendar from Sofia institute Press Wyoming Catholic Gregory the Great’s St. Nicholas Guild  Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary Mac’s Woodworking Shop   Mac’s Online Woodcraft Store Mac’s book!  Clueless in Galilee   Please support us through Patreon Find us on our website Our libsyn page where you can find all our old episodes   Theme song by Mary Bragg.   Our other show: Spoiled! with Mac and Katherine   We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon.  

CST 701: You Think You Had a Big Thanksgiving?

Kat takes the camper to pick up Jude from St. Greg’s, Ben signs a lease, Mac installs dust collection in the shop, Monarch is disappointing, and Robin Hood is lots of fun. Finally, we talk about the connection between formality and proper worship.    Movies & TV: Monarch: Legacy of Monsters   Books: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle   Ben’s short film: Something’s Out There   Other great stuff we like: Sam’s Instagram Pacem in Terris retreat center  Picnic Blanket  Restoration of Christian Culture from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey  Restoration of Christian Culture PDF Spiritual Direction.com Sam’s podcast: To Interview Them https://www.fatimafarm.com/  liturgical calendar from Sofia institute Press Wyoming Catholic Gregory the Great’s St. Nicholas Guild  Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary Mac’s Woodworking Shop   Mac’s Online Woodcraft Store Mac’s book!  Clueless in Galilee   Please support us through Patreon Find us on our website Our libsyn page where you can find all our old episodes   Theme song by Mary Bragg.   Our other show: Spoiled! with Mac and Katherine   We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon.  

CST 700: Forsooth, Thou Art a Lusty Youman!

Kat keeps busy with work and executor duties and still finds time for camper-backing questions. Dreamin’ Wild is disappointing, and we talk about despair versus hope with current events in our church.   Movies & TV: Dreamin’ Wild Penny Serenade Runaway Bride   Blog mentioned: Article by Kevin Wells: https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/bishop-strickland-becomes-a-victim-for-the-church-he-loves   Other great stuff we like: Sam’s Instagram Pacem in Terris retreat center  Picnic Blanket  Restoration of Christian Culture from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey  Restoration of Christian Culture PDF Spiritual Direction.com Sam’s podcast: To Interview Them https://www.fatimafarm.com/  liturgical calendar from Sofia institute Press Wyoming Catholic Gregory the Great’s St. Nicholas Guild  Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary Mac’s Woodworking Shop   Mac’s Online Woodcraft Store Mac’s book!  Clueless in Galilee   Please support us through Patreon Find us on our website Our libsyn page where you can find all our old episodes   Theme song by Mary Bragg.   Our other show: Spoiled! with Mac and Katherine   We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon.  

CST 699: Everything is Awful

We wrap up the annual GLS State Park camping trip where we got to show off our new teardrop. We watch the classic Aliens with the boys, make a case for The Conjuring as the perfect horror movie, and discuss catholic themes in Bram Stoker’s proto-vampire classic, Dracula.   Movies & TV: Aliens The Conjuring   Books: Dracula   Other great stuff we like: Sam’s Instagram Pacem in Terris retreat center  Picnic Blanket  Restoration of Christian Culture from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey  Restoration of Christian Culture PDF Spiritual Direction.com Sam’s podcast: To Interview Them https://www.fatimafarm.com/  liturgical calendar from Sofia institute Press Wyoming Catholic Gregory the Great’s St. Nicholas Guild  Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary Mac’s Woodworking Shop   Mac’s Online Woodcraft Store Mac’s book!  Clueless in Galilee   Please support us through Patreon Find us on our website Our libsyn page where you can find all our old episodes   Theme song by Mary Bragg.   Our other show: Spoiled! with Mac and Katherine   We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon.  

CST 698: Put Your Chairs Up First

Kat & Sam go visit Jude, Mac is knee deep in paper-writing, Spooky Buddies gets a little theological, and we talk through our anxieties about Jude at boarding school.   Movies & TV: Spooky Buddies Hocus Pocus Terminator Salvation   Books: True Grit   Other great stuff we like: Sam’s Instagram Pacem in Terris retreat center  Picnic Blanket  Restoration of Christian Culture from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey  Restoration of Christian Culture PDF Spiritual Direction.com Sam’s podcast: To Interview Them https://www.fatimafarm.com/  liturgical calendar from Sofia institute Press Wyoming Catholic Gregory the Great’s St. Nicholas Guild  Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary Mac’s Woodworking Shop   Mac’s Online Woodcraft Store Mac’s book!  Clueless in Galilee   Please support us through Patreon Find us on our website Our libsyn page where you can find all our old episodes   Theme song by Mary Bragg.   Our other show: Spoiled! with Mac and Katherine   We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon.  

CST 697: Don’t Lose Your Laundry Basket!

Alliteration rules the day with a Walter Willits Wedding, Mac and Kat try to get back in the swing of regular life and pick up pickleball. The only movie we watch new to us is an 80s “classic” and we talk through Mac’s big mistake and the good that can come from it.   Movies & TV: Midnight Run Hobbs and Shaw Passengers Limitless Snatch   Other great stuff we like: Sam’s Instagram Pacem in Terris retreat center  Picnic Blanket  Restoration of Christian Culture from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey  Restoration of Christian Culture PDF Spiritual Direction.com Sam’s podcast: To Interview Them https://www.fatimafarm.com/  liturgical calendar from Sofia institute Press Wyoming Catholic Gregory the Great’s St. Nicholas Guild  Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary Mac’s Woodworking Shop   Mac’s Online Woodcraft Store Mac’s book!  Clueless in Galilee   Please support us through Patreon Find us on our website Our libsyn page where you can find all our old episodes   Theme song by Mary Bragg.   Our other show: Spoiled! with Mac and Katherine   We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon.  

CST 696: WWW

As Katherine's father passes away, we contemplate his life.

CST 695: Remembering Wilder Smith

Jude starts classes, Mac visits mom, Kat visits Dad, Sam visits Indiana, the Barrons struggle to find something to watch, and we talk about viewing the gospel through the eyes of a medieval… and the traditional Act of Contrition.   Movies & TV: The Greatest Beer Run Ever Greyhound Afterparty Season 2   Podcast mentioned:  The Symbolic World episode on reading literature like a medieval.   Other great stuff we like: Sam’s Instagram Pacem in Terris retreat center  Picnic Blanket  Restoration of Christian Culture from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey  Restoration of Christian Culture PDF Spiritual Direction.com Sam’s podcast: To Interview Them https://www.fatimafarm.com/  liturgical calendar from Sofia institute Press Wyoming Catholic Gregory the Great’s St. Nicholas Guild  Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary Mac’s Woodworking Shop   Mac’s Online Woodcraft Store Mac’s book!  Clueless in Galilee   Please support us through Patreon Find us on our website Our libsyn page where you can find all our old episodes   Theme song by Mary Bragg.   Our other show: Spoiled! with Mac and Katherine   We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon.  

CST 694: Nothing to watch

Updates on Jude & Mr. Wilder, Mac’s terrible grad class, two giant shark movies, and the connection between Kat’s book addiction and the transfiguration.   Movies & TV: Meg 2: The Trench Black Demon Nacho Libre   Other great stuff we like: Sam’s Instagram Pacem in Terris retreat center  Picnic Blanket  Restoration of Christian Culture from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey  Restoration of Christian Culture PDF Spiritual Direction.com Sam’s podcast: To Interview Them https://www.fatimafarm.com/  liturgical calendar from Sofia institute Press Wyoming Catholic Gregory the Great’s St. Nicholas Guild  Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary Mac’s Woodworking Shop   Mac’s Online Woodcraft Store Mac’s book!  Clueless in Galilee   Please support us through Patreon Find us on our website Our libsyn page where you can find all our old episodes   Theme song by Mary Bragg.   Our other show: Spoiled! with Mac and Katherine   We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon.  

CST 693: 2 Meg 2 Megorous

All about sending our youngest boy off to boarding school…the days before, the construction crew outside our hotel, two irish pubs, rotund passengers, and tearful phone calls.   Movies & TV:   Books:   Other great stuff we like: Sam’s Instagram Pacem in Terris retreat center  Picnic Blanket  Restoration of Christian Culture from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey  Restoration of Christian Culture PDF Spiritual Direction.com Sam’s podcast: To Interview Them https://www.fatimafarm.com/  liturgical calendar from Sofia institute Press Wyoming Catholic Gregory the Great’s St. Nicholas Guild  Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary Mac’s Woodworking Shop   Mac’s Online Woodcraft Store Mac’s book!  Clueless in Galilee   Please support us through Patreon Find us on our website Our libsyn page where you can find all our old episodes   Theme song by Mary Bragg.   Our other show: Spoiled! with Mac and Katherine   We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon.  

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