Join alumni, faculty, and seminarians from St. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park, CA, for conversation aimed at ongoing priestly formation. Bringing the experience of ministry into contact with faculty expertise, the podcast offers support and community to all priests as they continue on the way of Christ. Follow along and find help in becoming a better man, growing intellectually and spiritually, and faithfully serving God’s people.
In Via Christi: A Podcast for Ongoing Priestly Formation
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Join alumni, faculty, and seminarians from St. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park, CA, for conversation aimed at ongoing priestly formation. Bringing the experience of ministry into contact with faculty expertise, the podcast offers support and community to all priests as they continue on the way of Christ. Follow along and find help in becoming a better man, growing intellectually and spiritually, and faithfully serving God’s people.
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July 10, 2025
How Can the Priest Be a Principle of Unity in a Fractured Church?
<p>Recorded September 11, 2024 </p><p><br></p><p>Fr. Mark Doherty, president-rector of St. Patrick’s Seminary, and Fr. Michael Liliedahl, chaplain of Catholic campus ministry at San Francisco State University and former pastor of St. Stephen Parish in San Francisco, speak with seminarians Patrick Germann and Joshua Lesan. How can the priest, as a spiritual father, be a principle of unity in a fractured Church? He must have a mission—that of Christ himself—so as to lead the Church under this shared purpose. He must also discover his own interior unity and peace grounded in knowledge of the Father’s goodness. Resting in his own identity as son and priest, he can become a source of unity for his parish and beyond.</p><p> </p><p>Resources </p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/247155/full-text-cardinal-cantalamessas-homily-at-the-vaticans-good-friday-liturgy" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Cantalamessa, Raniero. “The Firstborn among Many Brothers,” Homily at the Vatican’s Good Friday Liturgy. April 2, 2021.</a> </p><p><br></p>
June 27, 2025
Authority and Sacrifice in Priestly Fatherhood
<p>Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone and seminarian Patrick Germann discuss what constitutes the genuine authority of a spiritual father. Such authority is not the use of power for selfish reasons. Instead, to govern is to shepherd, and this is done by protecting, providing for, leading, and serving those entrusted to one’s care. Authority is thus intrinsically linked to sacrifice. The father must sacrifice his own convenience and time in order to be present to his people in personal encounter. He must also make the sacrifices necessary to pastor his own soul, committing himself to daily prayer and ongoing study so that he can continue to give of himself to his people. True authority ultimately comes down to integrity: the spiritual father must practice what he preaches, giving himself sacrificially with the fruitful love of Christ the Bridegroom for his Church.</p><p><br></p><p>Resources</p><p><a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/audiences/2010/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20100526.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Benedict XVI. “Munus Regendi.” General audience of May 26, 2010. At The Holy See.</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/XYLxWmQN7as" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Cordileone, Salvatore. Commencement address, St. Patrick’s Seminary, Menlo Park, CA, May 12, 2023.</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://ignatius.com/the-priest-is-not-his-own-pnhop/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=14184083164">Sheen, Fulton. The Priest Is Not His Own. San Francisco: Ignatius, 2004 (originally 1963).</a></p>
June 16, 2025
Paternal Love and the Cross: Is God Still the Father If the Son Is Atonement?
<p>Dr. Margaret Turek, professor of dogmatics at St. Patrick’s Seminary, and Msgr. John Talesfore, pastor of St. Matthew’s Catholic Church in San Mateo, CA, discuss the unity of God the Father’s love and the incarnate Son’s atonement for sin through the cross event. The Father goes first in love, and his offer of forgiveness engenders repentance. The filial act of atonement is thus relational, because it is a response to the Father’s forgiving love and a mirroring of that love in the mode of bearing sin away. Imaging the divine Father, a good spiritual father keeps his heart open in order to suffer through a wrong done, and he does so without any diminishment of love. The Father's love bears all things without failing. When one sees this, such that his vision of the Father is healed, he goes out to help others heal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Resources</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Atonement-Soundings-Biblical-Trinitarian-Spiritual/dp/1621645045/ref=sr_1_1?crid=HH5P3NXTYFYK&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.WDVYU94N3I3jTdSfondv_rCV0GjbfHw89tXlG9oMrzPGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.c6fuI3CMbDYN_Tfa49HhZFBdU6LZdQ_MKQ6CqolyOlA&dib_tag=se&keywords=atonement+turek&qid=1750051776&sprefix=atonement+turek%2Caps%2C177&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Turek, Margaret. Atonement: Soundings in Biblical, Trinitarian, and Spiritual Theology. San Francisco: Ignatius, 2022. </a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/diagnosing-the-modern-aversion-to-a-theology-of-atonement/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Turek, Margaret. “Diagnosing the Modern Aversion to a Biblical Theology of Atonement.” Church Life Journal. July 15, 2022.</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://sfarch.org/atonement-the-transforming-power-of-suffering-love/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Turek, Margaret. “Atonement: The Transforming Power of Suffering Love.” Catholic San Francisco. February 13, 2024. </a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>
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