Every Knee Shall Bow (Your Catholic Evangelization Podcast)

A Healthy Way to Understand the Papacy

September 3rd, 2025  |  Season 0  |  34 mins 46 secs

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Mike Gormley and Dave VanVickle conclude their series on Pope Leo XIV, exploring themes of idolatry, key Biblical lessons, and how his papacy compares with those of earlier popes. They also give a sneak peek into their upcoming season on the parables!

Unpacking Pope Leo XIV’s Speeches, Blessings and Writings

July 9th, 2025  |  Season 0  |  39 mins 27 secs

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Mike Gormley and Dave VanVickle breakdown Pope Leo XIV’s blessings, speeches, and writings thus far. They analyze the popes and saints the pope has quoted, the poetic nature of Pope Leo XIV and approach his words and actions with excitement and curiosity.

When Leadership Fails, What Can the Faithful Do?

May 28th, 2025  |  Season 0  |  39 mins 5 secs

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How can the Church be renewed from within? How do we faithfully follow our conscience while acting with prudence? Mike Gormley and Dave VanVickle explore how saints, popes, and everyday men and women—including themselves—have embraced the real work of the Kingdom, responding to the failures of Church leadership not with bitterness, but with holiness and give tips on how you can too!

The Importance of Canon Law

April 30th, 2025  |  Season 0  |  48 mins 21 secs

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Mike Gormley and Dave VanVickle are joined by cannon lawyer, Fr. Brian Austin. Together they discuss the origins of canon law, the difference between church and secular legal law, papal primacy, and discuss the role of the Catholic Church through the chaos of history.

Why Your Youth Group Isn’t Growing (According to Pope Francis)

September 1st, 2021  |  Season 0  |  32 mins 36 secs

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Today we break down the ​​apostolic exhortation from Pope Francis, Christus Vivit, or “Christ is Alive”. This 9-part document addresses the Pope’s response to the 2018 synod on the topic of youth and young adults. We each share our number one practical takeaway from the document, and discuss the need for youth ministers to be mentors, brothers, and teachers—not friends.

Bringing the New Evangelization to Your Parish

March 27th, 2019  |  30 mins 55 secs

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The New Evangelization invites baptized Catholics to renew their relationship with Jesus Christ and his Church (according to the USCCB). Started by Popes Paul VI, John Paul II, and Benedict XVI, it’s a call for the Church (aka, you and me) to reach out to fallen away Catholics and bring them back to the sacraments.

We want to talk about how to bring this movement to your parish and community. Starting with Carole Brown’s Gems for the New Evangelization: Shamelessly Pilfered from Various Treasuries of Church Teaching, we then add some additional points that we’ve discovered along the way.

There are a lot of different things you can do, but the important thing is to start.