Proclaim

075: Thoughts on Accompaniment from a Franciscan Sister of the Eucharist

February 21st, 2025  |  Season 2  |  45 mins 11 secs

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Sister John Mary Sullivan, Franciscan Sister of the Eucharist (FSE), joins the podcast to discuss her experience of accompaniment in her life, her religious community, and in ministry. Eric and Sister John Mary also jump into the art of listening, as a follow up to a previous episode on listening well in accompanying others towards Jesus.

074: Archbishop Miller and a Proclaim Perspective on the Future Church in Vancouver

February 7th, 2025  |  Season 2  |  49 mins 27 secs

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Eric sits down with Archbishop Michael Miller, CSB (Archbishop of Vancouver) to discuss his thoughts on the future Church in Vancouver. In February 2024 the Archbishop offered 12 points to consider for the future Church in Vancouver. His presentation can be listened to here: https://weareproclaim.com/collections/proclaim-podcast/060

073: A New Springtime for Parish Renewal: How Humility and Accompaniment is Leading St Anthony of Padua Forward

January 24th, 2025  |  Season 2  |  49 mins 36 secs

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Fr. Justin Huang joins Eric on the podcast to discuss parish renewal. For over a decade he has been pastor of St. Anthony of Padua in Marpole, where they have experienced ""seasons"" of parish renewal animated by particular virtues. Fr Justin gets honest and shares his personal need to constantly ask the Lord for humilty. As St. Anthony of Padua moves into a new springtime for renewal, Fr. Justin and the parish is going "all in" with CCO's model of Intentional Accompaniment.

072: 5 Years of Proclaim, So Now What?

December 6th, 2024  |  Season 2  |  34 mins 58 secs

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October 2024 marked the 5 year anniversary of the Proclaim movement in Vancouver. Eric shares a few highlights of the past 5 years and offers some thoughts moving forward.

071: A Clear and Simple Way to Pray Everyday

November 16th, 2024  |  Season 2  |  43 mins 7 secs

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Eric sits down with Andre Regnier, co-founder of Catholic Christian Outreach, to discuss a clear and simple way to pray everyday. Andre shares the importance of relationship in prayer, and 5 practical keys to praying everyday.

070: Accompanying Others Through the Threshold of Conversion

November 8th, 2024  |  Season 2  |  25 mins 9 secs

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Eric talks about how to accompany others through the threshold of curiosity (Thresholds of conversion referenced in Sherry Weddell's book Forming Intentional Disciples). He contrasts the story of Nicodemus and the Samaritan Woman, and offers insights and tips on how to understand the threshold of curiosity and how to accompany others through questions, testimony, and invitations.

069: Door to Door with Sent Evangelization

October 25th, 2024  |  Season 2  |  34 mins 27 secs

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Do Catholics go door to door? Should they? Eric sits down with Austin Habash, founder of Sent Evangelization - a ministry that helps pastors and parishes reach out to those within their parish boundaries.

068: Embracing our Missionary Identity

October 11th, 2024  |  Season 2  |  21 mins 27 secs

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Eric talks about the call to discipleship and what it means to be a missionary disciple. The invitation to mission and to holiness is one invitation - to be a disciple. It starts with an encounter with Jesus that leads to a decision to follow Him - and through small steps and decisions we begin to grow and mature into missionary disciples.

067: Fr. John Riccardo - on the convictions and principles driving ACTS XXIX

June 1st, 2024  |  Season 2  |  56 mins 56 secs

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Brett Powell and Fr. John Riccardo sit down for a conversation around the principles and convictions that drive the ministry of ACTS XIXX - mobilizing for mission. Brett interviewed Fr. John for his podcast - Leadership Where it Matters Most (found wherever you listen to podcasts). Their conversation is relevant for Proclaim as it invites us to consider why and how we need to be on mission to proclaim Jesus to the world.

066: Rescue Live: So what, now what?

May 18th, 2024  |  Season 2  |  36 mins 24 secs

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Eric sits down with Fr Riccardo, Mary Guilefoyle, and Jim Musgrave - all from ACTSXXIX - to discuss how the Holy Spirit moved at the recent Rescue Live event on May 4, 2024.

Where you in the room on May 4? Did you invite someone or were you invited?