
Sons of Ars
Hosted by Michael Sparks · St. John Vianney Theological Seminary
4.8from 58 ratings
- 111
- Episodes
- 8
- Transcribed
- 58
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
About Sons of Ars
This is a lighthearted podcast where two seminarians sit down to discuss their life in seminary, topics and issues Christians face in the modern world, and the spiritual life. We hope to invite others into this journey that we are on and that countless other men are on across the world. We hope you enjoy! God bless! Find out more about us at www.sjvdenver.edu and follow us on the Saint John Vianney Theological Seminary facebook page.
- Publisher
- St. John Vianney Theological Seminary
- Category
- religion & spirituality · religion & spirituality
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 14 Feb 2019
- Latest episode
- 1 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
8 of 111 episodes have a transcript.

1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Finis - In Memoriam

4 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Freedom of Dependence

30 May 2026TRANSCRIPT
That's God, Bro.
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Finis - In Memoriam
Published 1 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Yeah. And the idea right now is it's called the vocational synthesis. And the United States bishops actually want deacons to be ordained after seminary. That's ideal. And then what they do is they go out into the parish for a minimum of six months and to then get experience. And so it's a, we're actually the guinea pig class. We're the first class, at least from St. John Vianney to do this kind of, um, graduate early and then go, go home, go back to our diocese. And so it's, it's exciting. It definitely is. Um, you know, there's a newness, there's some trial and error. We're trying to figure things out and regarding like, well, what do we, what do we do? […]
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- 4.8 / 5
- 52 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 6 ratings
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- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
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Who hosts Sons of Ars?
Michael Sparks host the show. Published by St. John Vianney Theological Seminary.
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