Podcast
The Catholic Cafe
Hosted by Deacon Jeff Drzycimski · EN
The Catholic Cafe radio show is a 30 minute program designed to convey the Truth of Catholic Doctrine and Teaching in an informal, conversational format. Deacon Jeff, Tom and their guests sit around a table at the cafe and chat about the Church! Archived episodes are avalable at the thecatholiccafe.com (click listen)
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Making Your Home A Church
Mar 1200:28:00Tap to summarizeHaving a home that is a Domestic Church essentially means making your home into a Church, a mirror of the Church proper. Here are ten very easy and practical ways in which any family can make their home into a Domestic Church.
Transcribe →Domestic Church
Mar 800:28:00Tap to summarizeMany Catholics see the Church primarily in a real, physical, and hierarchical sense. They see it as a place they go on Sundays to worship. If you ask about the Domestic Church, they look a little confused and ask what that is. The Domestic Church is an important teaching of our Catholic Faith that points us to the family as the first place for faith formation.
Transcribe →Listening And Fasting
Mar 100:28:00Tap to summarizeEvery year, the Holy Father offers a message to his flock to assist them in enhancing the spiritual benefits they receive during the Lenten season. In 2026, Pope Leo offered his message for Lent and focused on the concepts of listening and fasting.
Transcribe →All In Lent
Feb 1900:28:00Tap to summarizeWhen it comes to practicing our Catholic faith, none of us should be aiming for the bottom. And yet, so many of us are most concerned with what the bare minimum the Church asks us to do. Perhaps the season of Lent is a good time to go all in on our faith, and to aim to be an all in Catholic.
Transcribe →Prepare For Lent
Feb 1500:28:00Tap to summarizeThere are only a few days until the season of Lent begins. Maybe this year, we should start sooner and actually think a bit more about what we will do for Lent this year - what we will give up, sacrifice, act upon - to help us grow closer to Christ and get more out of our Easter experiaence.
Transcribe →I Am The Light Of The World
Feb 800:28:00Tap to summarizeFor some it may be confusing when Jesus tells us that he is the light of the world, but then also says that we are the light of the world. It makes us wonder how both can be true. Both theologically, and practically, it is actually quite easy to explain when you look at it through a Catholic lens.
Transcribe →Drop Everything
Jan 2500:28:00Tap to summarizeWhenever we read the Gospel account of the gathering of the Apostles, we should be challenged. When Jesus asks these men to follow him, he does not tell them to carefully consider his request. Jesus just asks. And the future Apostles just drop everything and immediately follow him. We should ask ourselves if we would be so willing and trusting.
Transcribe →Behold The Lamb
Jan 1800:28:00Tap to summarizeBEHOLD is a word we do not use a lot in our modern use of the English language. However, if we look closely at that word, we realize it has a specific and profound meaning for us. Every Mass we attend we hear it in reference to the Eucharist just confected by the priest. Maybe we should examine how we respond to that word, and ultimately, that reality.
Transcribe →Death And Dying
Jan 1100:28:00Tap to summarizeMany may wonder to themselves whether they would prefer to die suddenly and unexpectedly, or die over a longer period of time. There may be perceived positives and negatives for each reality, but maybe that is not the proper question. Perhaps we should ask ourselves if, at this moment in our lives, we are prepared to meet our Maker.
Transcribe →Resolving To Love Scripture
Jan 400:28:00Tap to summarizeWhen we make a New Years Resolution, we usually resolve to clean out the garage, lose some weight, be kind to others, or some other good intention which seems to be in line with the spirit of season. Maybe this year should be different. Maybe this year we should resolve to spend more time with the revealed word of God, the Sacred Scriptures.
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