Proclaim
The Proclaim podcast features all things around sharing Jesus with others.
Episodes
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027: Our Unique Call to Relationship and to Mission
April 7th, 2021 | Season 2 | 38 mins 22 secs
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Eric interviews Rachel Wong live on Facebook. Rachel shares her story of encountering Jesus in Adoration and how God invited her into a unique mission, resulting in the launch of the Feminine Genius Podcast. Rachel shares some insights on how to get the most out of live streaming mass at home, how the Upper Room conference inspired her, and how we can all be encouraged to be lights in the world.
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026: Living out the missionary life as a family
March 24th, 2021 | Season 2 | 54 mins 12 secs
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Megan and Nathan share how they encountered faith and community through others accompanying them, and how they are now in turn accompanying other young couples in their journey of faith. They discuss the impact of faith studies, relationships, and how conversations over brunch can be important missionary moments. Megan shares some exciting opportunities with Marriage and Family ministries - through mentorship and The Marriage Course.
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025: Starting a parish coffeehouse for community
March 10th, 2021 | Season 2 | 34 mins 49 secs
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Eric and Julia talk about opening "Holy Grounds" Coffeehouse at St. Patrick's Parish in Maple Ridge, and how the community began to grow. The coffeehouse wasn't just a novel idea but part of an overall parish strategy to call and form missionary disciples. Holy Grounds is the name of the space but the approach to community is seeing one another as holy ground, as Pope Francis stated in para. 169 of Evangelii Gaudium.
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024: Having a Discipleship Pathway
February 24th, 2021 | Season 2 | 49 mins 15 secs
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Eric talks with Julia Hanley from St Patrick's Parish in Maple Ridge and Tim Glemkowski, Director of Strategy for the Archdiocese of Denver in Colorado. They discuss St Patrick's discipleship pathway and parish culture. Having a discipleship pathway is one of the main principles outlined in Tim's book Made for Mission: Renewing Your Parish Culture. They discuss how the Holy Spirit moved Julia and St Patrick's disciples to formulate their pathway from principles, and the opportunities and challenges in parish life when it comes to evangelization.
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023: How Being Part of Small Groups Can Strengthen Discipleship
January 27th, 2021 | Season 2 | 30 mins 39 secs
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In this episode, Eric sits down with Brian Joel, a parishioner at St Matthew's in Surrey. Brian shares with enthusiasm his journey towards discipleship through men's retreats, CCO faith studies, and encouraging mentors. Brian has been involved in leading many ministries at St. Matthews, including Alpha and the CCO Faith studies. He shares how he sees missionary discipleship as allowing God to work through him to help others.
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022: Taking Small Steps Towards a Culture of Hospitality
January 13th, 2021 | Season 2 | 18 mins 13 secs
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Brett and Eric discuss the importance of hospitality in our communities. Some simple actions like paying attention to the details, focusing on the person, and extending authentic curiosity, can help our communities in being hospitable to our proximate periphery. Hospitality isn't just a strategy, it's the privilege and responsibility of each of us as members of our parish communities.
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021: Making Our Homes and Communities "Missionary Outposts"
December 16th, 2020 | Season 2 | 28 mins
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In this episode, Brett and Eric discuss the missionary dimension of the home. There are many opportunities in our everyday living that allow us to witness to our faith. This episode was recorded earlier in the year, but it has impact and relevance for us today. Proclaim is about inviting disciples to proclaim Jesus in their homes and communities and we can take small steps towards growing the missionary dimension of the home.
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020: Relational Trust in the Role of Evangelization
December 2nd, 2020 | Season 2 | 32 mins 35 secs
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In this episode, Eric and Brett discuss the role of relational trust in evangelization - why it is important, how suspicion plays against trust, and some tips to building trust in our proximate periphery.
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019: Listening well and intentionally accompanying
November 18th, 2020 | Season 2 | 39 mins 29 secs
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In this episode of the Proclaim Podcast Eric Chow continues the conversation with Deacons Raffaele Salvino and Richard Conlin. They discuss their experience with CCO's intentional accompaniment masterclass, prophetic listening, and the need to become great listeners in order to live out our missionary discipleship.
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018: The Impact of Intentional Relationships
November 3rd, 2020 | Season 2 | 36 mins 29 secs
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In this episode of the Proclaim Podcast Eric Chow has a conversation with Deacons Rafaelle Salvino and Richard Conlin about the impact of relationships in their journey to discipleship and vocation. They discuss why relationships matter and the missionary skill of 'matchmaking': taking God's grace and matching it with people's needs.
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017: The Steps to Becoming an Evangelizing Parish with Fr. John & Mary
May 29th, 2020 | Season 1 | 45 mins 30 secs
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In the second part of their conversation with Fr. John Riccardo and Mary Guilfoile, Eric and Brett talk with them about the renewal of Our Lady of Good Counsel and the founding of Acts XXIX.
They also discuss the immense power of Eucharistic adoration, and the usefulness of taking everyone through Alpha.
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016: Seeing and Supporting Each Other in Ministry with Fr. John & Mary
May 23rd, 2020 | Season 1 | 48 mins 31 secs
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In this first part of their conversation with Fr. John Riccardo and Mary Guilfoile, Eric and Brett talk with them about their spiritual journeys.
They also discuss how crucial it is for any evangelist to spend time with God in prayer, because “time is the currency of friendship.”
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015: Where Evangelization Begins and Ends with Bishop Scott McCaig
May 20th, 2020 | Season 1 | 1 hr 8 mins
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In part two of their conversation with Bishop Scott McCaig, CC, Brett and Heather discuss this current place we are in, post-Christendom, and what we need to do to carry out our mission effectively.
They also speak about how we can equip ourselves for the task at hand by going to the heart of God daily.
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014: From Unbelief, to Faith, to the Priesthood with Bishop Scott McCaig
May 18th, 2020 | Season 1 | 15 mins 7 secs
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In this conversation with Bishop Scott McCaig, CC, Brett and Heather discuss his personal journey of faith, from unbelief to ordination as a bishop.
They also discuss how a seeking for truth with the intellect can lead one to faith in God, yet an encounter with Jesus can truly transform the heart.
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013: Recognizing the Spirit's Promptings in Conversation with Sherry Weddell
May 8th, 2020 | Season 1 | 30 mins 16 secs
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In part three of their conversation with Sherry Weddell, Eric and Amber talk about how we can recognize the Holy Spirit’s promptings in our encounters with others.
They also discuss how charisms aid us uniquely in our evangelization.
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012: Why the Bridge of Trust is So Important with Sherry Weddell
May 6th, 2020 | Season 1 | 24 mins 4 secs
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In part two of their conversation with Sherry Weddell, Eric and Amber discuss the power of the bridge of trust in helping someone come to consider the claims of Christianity.
They also speak about the “prayer of openness,” and how the Holy Spirit is already working in people’s hearts.