Basilica of Saint Mary Podcast

Father Jason Burchell, a Parochial Vicar at the Basilica, shares a homily during The Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. It was given in the Basilica on July 5, 2026

This episode's guest is Amy McInerny, the director of the Respect Life Office of Marriage, Family and Respect Life for the Diocese of Arlington. She shares about the "Catholics Vote No" advocacy campaign that urges voters to reject two proposed Constitutional amendments that threaten the human right to life and the truth of marriage on Virginia's fall ballot. Click here to pledge to vote "no" and to find out more.

Part 2 of our Saints Peter and Paul Conference features "Catholic Wisdom for an AI Age: A Discussion of Pope Leo XIV's Magnifica Humanitas Encyclical." Recorded in our Lyceum Auditorium on June 27th, 2026, the panel discussion included the moderator, Catherine Hadro, the host of EWTN News in Depth; Lucia Silecchia, a professor of law at the Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America; and Eric J. Jenislawski, an associate professor of theology at Christendom College.

Part 1 of our Saints Peter and Paul Conference features "Catholic Wisdom for an AI Age: A Discussion of Pope Leo XIV's Magnifica Humanitas Encyclical." Recorded in our Lyceum Auditorium on June 27th, 2026, the panel discussion included the moderator, Catherine Hadro, the host of EWTN News in Depth; Lucia Silecchia, a professor of law at the Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America; and Eric J. Jenislawski, an associate professor of theology at Christendom College.

The monthly series called "What Are the Sisters Reading?" continues with Sister Catherine Lucia Phoebe, FSP, who shares about two books: "God for All Days," by Christian de Chergé, which is about a prior of the Trappist community of Our Lady of Atlas in Algeria who was assassinated with six of his fellow monks in 1996. Drawn from the last two years of his life, it offers deep insights into the monastic search for God in community during tumultuous times.  
The second book – "Born from the Gaze of God" by Christophe Lebreto – is about the youngest of seven Trappist monks assassinated in Algeria by terrorists in 1996. In the journal that he wrote, he shares moving examples of the light and darkness inherent in the human condition.
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