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Heart's Desire & Social Change

Fr. Daniel Groody, C.S.C.

27 episodes

7 months ago

We are hard at work on season 2! While you await new episodes, we thought that you would enjoy another conversation that Fr. Dan had with Richard Rohr, the renowned Franciscan priest, author, and spiritual teacher. Fr. Richard came to visit us at the University of Notre Dame campus and spoke before a live audience at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. You can listen to the first half of the conversation in the previous episode, and the full video on YouTube. Thank you for listening! We w...

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We are hard at work on season 2! While you await new episodes, we thought that you would enjoy another conversation that Fr. Dan had with Richard Rohr, the renowned Franciscan priest, author, and spiritual teacher. Fr. Richard came to visit us at the University of Notre Dame campus and spoke before a live audience at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. You can listen to the first half of the conversation in the previous episode, and the full video on YouTube. Thank you for listening! We w...

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Religion & Spirituality

Episodes (20/27)

Heart's Desire & Social Change

Part 2: Richard Rohr and "Christianity and the Re-Emergence of the Non-Dual Mind"

We are hard at work on season 2! While you await new episodes, we thought that you would enjoy another conversation that Fr. Dan had with Richard Rohr, the renowned Franciscan priest, author, and spiritual teacher. Fr. Richard came to visit us at the University of Notre Dame campus and spoke before a live audience at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. You can listen to the first half of the conversation in the previous episode, and the full video on YouTube. Thank you for listening! We w...

3 years ago

27 minutes

Heart's Desire & Social Change

Part 1: Richard Rohr on "Christianity and the Re-Emergence of the Non-Dual Mind"

We are hard at work on season 2! While you await new episodes, we thought that you would enjoy another conversation that Fr. Dan had with Richard Rohr, the renowned Franciscan priest, author, and spiritual teacher. Fr. Richard came to visit us at the University of Notre Dame campus and spoke before a live audience at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. We will release the second half of the conversation, in which Richard answers questions from the audience, next week. Thank you for listen...

3 years ago

54 minutes

Heart's Desire & Social Change

Listener Questions & Season 1 Conclusion

Fr. Dan is joined by Lauren Fox and Richard Leider to answer listener questions. Thank you all for the support throughout our first season! We will taking a brief hiatus as we prepare future episodes. Resources: The McGrath Institute for Church Life's Prayer Enrichment Guidebook that includes a practical explanation of lectio divinaFr. Mike Schmitz's Bible in a Year podcastThe Catholic Lectionary and daily readingsThe Inspired Leadership InitiativeClearness Committee Integration

4 years ago

45 minutes

Heart's Desire & Social Change

Bonus: Silence & Solitude

Why are we always busy? What are we missing in our 24/7, always “on” world? In this re-released episode, Fr. Dan Groody and Richard Leider discuss the themes of silence and solitude, their importance to a good life, and practical ways to implement solitude practice into your own life. Ask us questions for next week's episode! Resources: The full Paradox of Our Times poemTime & Phone Use Log IntegrationSolitude Practice IntegrationPray as you go app

4 years ago

38 minutes

Heart's Desire & Social Change

Meaning & Mission

Fr. Dan and Richard Leider discuss the importance, difficulties, and practices of finding a meaningful calling. Resources: Writing A Personal Creed IntegrationAdam Grant on identity foreclosureAsk us questions for a mailbag episode!

4 years ago

40 minutes

Heart's Desire & Social Change

Death & Redemption

Fr. Dan and Richard Leider discuss the importance of a realistic and nuanced perspective on death and mortality. As Fr. John Dunne put it, "If it is that we are to die, how are we called to live?" We are collecting questions for a bonus listener mailbag episode! Please submit any questions you want to ask Fr. Dan and/or Richard through this form. Resources: Writing Your Own Eulogy IntegrationObserver Editorial: Don’t make us write obituaries.David Brooks on résumé and eulogy virtues (v...

4 years ago

41 minutes

Heart's Desire & Social Change

Bonus: Full Richard Rohr Interview

Fr. Dan interviews Richard Rohr, the renowned Franciscan priest, author, and spiritual teacher. Together, they explore Richard's perspective on the true self, forgiveness, the meaning of the cross, and the links between contemplation and action. We recorded this on location at the Center for Action and Contemplation. Resources: The New Yorker profile on RichardRichard's Daily Meditations emailThe full video version of the interviewRichard's perspective on the cross as a message o...

4 years ago

1 hour 3 minutes

Heart's Desire & Social Change

Bonus: Parker Palmer & Listening for Vocation

Fr. Dan talks with Parker Palmer, a writer, speaker, activist, and founder and Senior Partner Emeritus of the Center for Courage & Renewal. They explore how to follow the true calling of one’s heart, the struggles often encountered on the journey to the heart’s desire, and continued discernment through retirement. Resources: Parker Palmer's biographyLet Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation by Parker PalmerOn the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old&nb...

4 years ago

57 minutes

Heart's Desire & Social Change

Bonus: Lou Nanni & Being on the Margins

We are hard at work on the final few episodes of the first season, which will be released in August. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy revisiting the live events and interviews that helped launch this series. In this conversation, Fr. Dan talks with Lou Nanni, Vice President for University Relations, about his life and work. Before coming to work at Notre Dame, Lou spent two and half years serving the vulnerable in Chile and served as the Director of the Center for the Homeless in South Ben...

4 years ago

55 minutes

Heart's Desire & Social Change

Bonus: Sara Martinez Tucker & Educational Access

We are hard at work on the final few episodes of the first season, which will be released in August. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy revisiting the live events and interviews that helped launch this series. In this conversation, Fr. Dan talks with Sara Martinez Tucker, Notre Dame Fellow and Trustee, about her Heart's Desire journey, spiritual practices, and work for educational access. Resources: Sara Martinez Tucker's biographyThe Inspired Leadership InitiativeThe full video of the conv...

4 years ago

57 minutes

Heart's Desire & Social Change

Kinship & Accompaniment

Fr. Dan and Richard Leider discuss the importance of kinship and accompaniment. As Fr. Greg Boyle describes it, “Kinship—not serving the other, but being one with the other. Jesus was not ‘a man for others’; he was one with them. There is a world of difference in that…” We hope that you can take the opportunity to reflect on a time when you were accompanied well, and on how you can accompany others in the future. Resources: Accompaniment IntegrationLifeLine ExerciseBryan Stevenson on the im...

4 years ago

38 minutes

Heart's Desire & Social Change

Cry of the Poor & Justice

Fr. Dan and Richard Leider discuss the importance of justice and servant leadership in the search for the Heart's Desire. Resources: Acts of Service or Kindness IntegrationA primer on the Biblical meaning of justiceFr. Dan's book on Globalization, Spirituality & JusticeThe South Bend Center for the Homeless

4 years ago

49 minutes

Heart's Desire & Social Change

Loneliness & Community

Fr. Dan and Richard Leider discuss the difficulties of loneliness and the importance of genuine connection and community. Resources: Social Connection IntegrationOur adapted 12 Questions to Build Relationships exerciseThe Harvard Study of Adult DevelopmentThe viral TED Talk about the studyGerald May's Will and Spirit: A Contemplative Psychology

4 years ago

36 minutes

Heart's Desire & Social Change

Fr. Dan and Richard Leider discuss the difficulties and importance of facing fear and anxiety. Resources: Agere Contra IntegrationFailure RésuméFlow RésuméBioSpirituality and focusing primer

4 years ago

42 minutes

Heart's Desire & Social Change

Biography & Autobiography

Fr. Dan and Richard Leider discuss the importance of biography and storytelling. At the end of the day, are we living out someone else's story, or our own? Resources: StoryCorps Interview IntegrationStoryCorps TED TalkFr. Dan's short documentary: Return to Rwanda Fr. Dan's book: Love Prevails: One Couple's Story of Faith and Survival in the Rwandan GenocideSpiritual biographies list that we give the students

4 years ago

39 minutes

Heart's Desire & Social Change

Discernment & Decision Making

Fr. Dan and Richard discuss discernment, decision making, and how we can make wise decisions. Resources: Life Path Conversations IntegrationLife Paths ExerciseDavid Brooks on résumé and eulogy virtues (video version)Richard's book on purposeful agingA primer on Bernard LonerganA viral video explaining the core human psychological needs of autonomy, master, and purpose

4 years ago

42 minutes

Heart's Desire & Social Change

Freedom & Conversion

Fr. Dan and Richard Leider discuss the importance of freedom, conversion, and Groundhog Day. Resources: Examen & Gratitude Journaling IntegrationRoger Ebert's review of Groundhog DaySome seminal excerpts from Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for MeaningGerald May's Addiction and Grace

4 years ago

41 minutes

Heart's Desire & Social Change

Bonus: Fr. Richard Rohr (Part 2)

Fr. Dan and Richard Rohr continue their conversation in the second half of our bonus interview. They explore substitutionary atonement theory, the links between contemplation and action, and the dangers of a gospel of perfection. Resources: The full video version of the interviewRichard's perspective on the cross as a message of love, not atonementArchbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams' address to the Synod of Bishops in Rome

4 years ago

25 minutes

Heart's Desire & Social Change

Gratitude & Grace

Fr. Dan and Richard discuss the importance and practice of gratitude and grace. Resources: Gratitude Letter IntegrationExamen & Gratitude Journal IntegrationJean Valjean and the Bishop in Les MisérablesHarvard Study of Adult Development TED TalkA primer on post-traumatic growthExamples of the gratitude letter exerciseBrother Steindl-Rast's TED Talk on gratitude

4 years ago

44 minutes

Heart's Desire & Social Change

Bonus: Fr. Richard Rohr (Part 1)

Fr. Dan interviews Richard Rohr, the renowned Franciscan priest, author, and spiritual teacher. In this first half of the interview, they discuss Richard's perspective on the true self, the shadow, and forgiveness. We recorded this on location at the Center for Action and Contemplation. Resources: The New Yorker profile on RichardRichard's Daily Meditations emailRichard's book on the true self: Immortal Diamond

4 years ago

39 minutes