Casting the Net: A NYPriest Podcast

On Becoming a Whole Person | Fr. Peter Heasley

Father Heasley is currently pastor of the Parish of Corpus Christi and Notre Dame [https://ccnd-nyc.org/] in New York City and Chaplain to Columbia University. A native of Detroit, he has worked as an architect in New York and Peace Corps volunteer in Mali, West Africa, before seminary and has completed a doctorate in Biblical Theology in 2019, which has been published as Prophetic Polyphony (Mohr Siebeck, 2020). In addition to pastoral care in the parish and the university, he teaches Scripture at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers, New York. On the side, he writes novels and short stories about hope within dystopian situations.

Teaching the Faith and Planting the Seeds of Priestly Vocations | Fr. Kareem Smith

Fr. Kareem Smith, Pastor of the Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Co-Op City (and Fr. Connolly's classmate!), an incredibly joyful, prayerful, and selfless priest, shares how he heard God calling him to the priesthood, especially through the gift of Catholic education.

Irrational Confidence: Becoming Most Myself as a Priest | Fr. Matthew Breslin

Fr. Matthew Breslin, Parochial Vicar of the Church of St. Joseph, Chaplain at Kennedy Catholic Preparatory School in Somers, NY, and Associate Vocations Director for the Archdiocese shares the profound impact of the early loss of his father and the example of good priests on his decision to follow God's call to the priesthood and joyfully live the life of a spiritual father.

Service, Heroism & Liturgical Beauty | Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone

Listen as Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of the Archdiocese of San Francisco shares his vocation story as well as his insights into the roles that service, excellence, and the beauty of the Church's liturgy play in the discernment of a vocation. Join Archbishop Cordileone this summer at the "Fons et Culmen Sacred Liturgy Summit." The Summit will take place at St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, CA from July 1-4. More information is available at liturgysummit.org [https://liturgysummit.org/]. Please like, share, and subscribe to "Casting the Net" on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube!

Lent, Holy Week & Easter as a Priest | Fr. George Sears

Fr. Michael Connolly and Fr. George Sears discuss the beauty and the drama of the season of Lent, the liturgies of Holy Week, and the glory of Easter from the perspective of a parish priest.