Displaying 2 items of The St. Wenceslaus Podcast with the tag "catholic".
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Welcome Home, Erica
June 19th, 2026 | 25 mins 26 secs
baptism, catholic, christian, confirmation, conversion, eucharist, faith, sacrament, youth
Erica shares her story of coming home to the Catholic Church, her baptism, receiving the Easter sacraments, and the people who helped her along the way.
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When the Mass took Fr. Mike's Breath Away
June 5th, 2026 | 27 mins 26 secs
baptism, catholic, christian, eucharist, holy land, mass, priest, priesthood, vocation
In the first episode of the St. Wenceslaus Podcast, co-hosts Olivier Coutant and Emily Barker welcome pastor Fr. Mike Eckley and explain the podcast’s goal of sharing parishioners’ stories to foster connection in a large parish. Fr. Mike recounts 35 years of priestly assignments alongside teaching and coaching, and how classroom experience shaped his preaching. He shares his vocation rooted in a lifelong draw to the Eucharist, including signing up for a weekly holy hour in the middle of the night as a teenager and receiving affirmation of his vocation in seminary. He describes a moment of experiencing the physical presence of Jesus when exhausted from priestly ministry, and a powerful Mass celebrated at the tomb of Jesus in the Holy Land.