The Catholic Brothers

06/06/2026

NEW EPISODE!!

Our first podcast in front of a live audience! Explore the Catacombs of Rome and discover what they teach us about early Christian beliefs, rituals, and burial practices. In this video, we examine the Christian invention of the communal cemetery, the reasons for the shift towards underground burial, and what catacomb art, inscriptions, artifacts, and architecture reveal to us about the character and legacy of Christian devotion, memory, and hope in the early third century.

Topics covered:

* Early Christian funerary rituals
* The origins of the Christian cemetery
* Why Christians buried their dead underground
* Catacomb art and symbolism
* Mensae tables and commemorative practices
* Archaeological evidence for early Christian devotion

Our first podcast in front of a live audience! Explore the Catacomb...

03/06/2026

Come visit our new parish cafe after Masses on Sunday!

05/05/2026

You’ve seen us on YouTube— come see us LIVE!

May 29th at St Mary of Perpetual Help in Chicago, Daniel and I will record our next episode of the First 500 Years series in front of a live audience after Mass and dinner in the parish’s brand new ‘Catacomb Cafe’ !

Use the QR code to purchase your dinner ticket today!

09/04/2026

See our latest blog post on why Catholics should reject Universalism.

Christ insisted that the blessed would eventually “be like the angels” (Mark 12:25). The Church has always taught that the angels who have attained blessedness cannot fall and start the whole cycle…

03/04/2026

Check out our latest blog post on the topic of the “Good Thief” and how he was saved.

Have a blessed Good Friday!

The title bears the argument made by most evangelical Protestants; namely, that the sacraments, not to mention the corporal and spiritual works of mercy, are unnecessary unto salvation. The thief, …

19/03/2026

It was an absolute pleasure to join my friend Stephen Boyce on his FACTS podcast to assist the Protestant mind in understanding (what must seem to be VERY bizarre) Catholic piety and praxis. Bowing, kissing, lighting candles, offering incense, using pious hyperbole when extolling the holiness of the saints, etc. And ultimately, why are we doing these things to sacred objects? Why are there sacred objects at all?

These questions, and many others, are tackled here and I sincerely hope that it begins to slowly pull the veil off of a Protestant’s eyes when they approach both history and the very pages of Scripture, so that they can find a new appreciation for these ancient, ubiquitous customs in the bosom of the Catholic Church.

Enjoy!

Joined by Steven Alspach from The Catholic Brothers, we break down the historical context behind iconography and examine where Gavin Ortlund from@TruthUnites...

04/01/2026

NEW EPISODE!

Did the earliest Christians believe that Christ would establish a temporary, earthly kingdom on earth for a millennium prior to the general judgement? Did the 4th century Church suddenly abandon that belief due to the influence of Christian Platonism?
In this episode, we explore chiliasm—the belief in a literal thousand-year reign of Christ on earth—as it appears in the writings of the Church Fathers of the second century.

Drawing from second century sources and recent scholarship, we nuance this oft-told tale about the history of eschatological hope and reflection.

Did the earliest Christians believe that Christ would establish a temporary, earthly kingdom on earth for a millennium prior to the general judgement? Did th...