Mystery Through Manners Catholic Podcast

Want a sneak peak into our inaugural Advent series?

Advent is just around the corner (only one week away!) so we decided to give our listeners a sneak peak into our vision for this platform by releasing a teaser episode featuring one of our gifted storytellers, Brittany Calavitta.  Brittany's writing can be found on her website, www.liveinthelonging.com.

Music for Today's Episode:

"In Need of a Savior (feat. Andrea Thomas)". Words and Music by Andrea Thomas and the Vigil Project.

© 2016 Papercastle Records Publishing (ASCAP), VIGIL Publishing (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission.

In our final episode of this second season, we discuss the power of the arts to help provide healing, particularly through music. Whether it's the individual, the culture, or the Church, music can enliven our spirits and help us to face big, deep emotions on the journey of faith.

Featured in today's episode:

Shaun Garrison, musician, missionary, founder of Windswept Ministries. You can learn more about Shaun at his website: https://www.shaungarrison.com.

Jimmy Mitchell, founder of Love Good Culture. For more information about how you can support Jimmy and the Love Good Mission, please visit his website here: https://lovegoodculture.com.

Gabby Banzon, podcaster, musician, and music therapist. You can visit Gabby's website for more information about her various projects here: https://www.gabbybanzon.com. In her spare time, Gabby partners with other Catholic musicians in the Novum Collective. You can learn more about their work here: https://www.instagram.com/novumcollective/

Andrea Thomas, co-founder and singer for the Vigil Project. Please visit their website for information about upcoming tour dates and music for the Advent season. https://www.thevigilproject.com

Music for Today's Episode: 

All Shall Be Well

Words and music by Shaun Garrison.

© 2017 Shaun Garrison. As recorded on All Shall be Well. All rights reserved. Used by permission. 

In today's episode, we dive into the world of beauty through the medium of theater. We talk with experts in the theater, including playwrights, directors, and actors, about how the medium can build bridges in today's fractured world, why storytelling is essential in the Christian life, and how theater can move our hearts perhaps more than any other art form.

In 2018, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York hosted its annual MET Gala, the kick-off to an exhibit under the same theme. Oh...and the theme for the night? "Heavenly Bodies, and the Catholic Imagination." I mean, was there any chance I WOULDN'T do an episode on it? :)

Featured Guests for the episode:

Dr. Anne Carpenter, associate professor of theology at St. Mary's College