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Our wives join us to answer Q&A. We talk about prayer life, family life, and marriage. About our drink: Homemade Mead About the gear: N/A About our topic: Q&A with our wives. Drinking: Mead Gear: N/A Answering Q&A with our wives

Bishop Emeritus Edward J. Slattery joins us to talk about the sacred liturgy. About our drink: N/A  About the gear: N/A About our topic: The Sacred Liturgy A few things we discuss in the episode: Ad Orientem: Ad orientem ,   Latin  for “to the east”, is a posture in  Christian liturgy , today generally unrelated to the geographical east. Practically, it only means that the priest offers Mass ( Eucharist ) on the same side of the altar as the people, facing the same direction as the people, which, depending on the orientation of the church and the position of the altar within it, can be towards the west or any other direction rather than to the east and thus no longer has the significance it once had of facing east, the rising sun, which, according to a  traditionalist Catholic  view is symbolic of the “New Jerusalem”, with the priest leading his flock as the Good Shepherd does. The Spirit of the Liturgy by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger...

David Bates joins us in studio to continue our conversation about C.S. Lewis and his work, The Screwtape Letters Check out David Bates podcast,  Pints with Jack If you missed the first episode, you can check it out here. We recorded this episode the morning we were leaving for the 3rd annual Catholic Man Show campout . We hope you enjoy the episode. Be sure to thank David Bates for coming onto the show!

David Bates joins us in studio to discuss C.S. Lewis and his work,  The Screwtape Letters Check out David Bates podcast, Pints with Jack About our drink: Vat 69 David Bates brought this from across the pond, as you can not get it here in the States. Vat 69 was the go-to scotch for Lewis, so it was very fitting for us to be sipping on the drink while talking about the Christian author. The iconic Vat 69 bottle with its bulbous neck was introduced to the market and was not changed for about one hundred years. In 1882, William Sanderson prepared one hundred casks of blended whisky and hired a panel of experts to taste them. The batch from the cask (or “vat”) with number 69 was judged to be the best, and this provided the whisky’s brand name . The whisky was at first bottled in  port  bottles. In 1884, Sanderson bought the  Glen Garioch distillery  which was situated in the middle of a  barley  field. The distillery was meant to ensure...

Live from The Catholic Man Show Campout at Clear Creek Abbey Here’s more information about Clear Creek Abbey. About our drink: Powerfully peaty and immensely satisfying, Ardbeg’s Corryvreckan is what happens when the distillery of Islay’s Kildalton Coast aims to make a whisky with a particularly medicinal style than its usual expressions. Aptly named after a nearby whirlpool, Corryvreckan is an intense dram that we simply love. About our gear: Rain Fly -Here’s a good video on some tips on rain fly’s: YouTube “If you go camping and you don’t have a rain fly, you are a fool.” -David Niles About our topic:  The  Rule of St Benedict  by Benedict of Nursia (fl. 6th century) is a book of precepts written for monks living in  community  under the authority of an  abbot . Since about the 7th century it has been adopted with equal success by communities of women. During the 1500 years of its existence, it has becom...