The Catholic Servant Podcast

In this inspiring episode, Chris Carmona, shared his amazing faith journey, insights on Servant Leadership, and how it’s possible to be of service to God while building a successful business.

Chris Carmona, is a CPA, and a founding partner of Schriver, Carmona & Company and has over nineteen years of public accounting experience. Chris’ experience includes leading the financial statement audits of nonprofit entities, governmental entities, employee benefit plans, and commercial entities. In addition to his audit experience, Chris provides nonprofit and small business advisory services.  

He earned his BBA in Accounting from the University of Texas at San and is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the Texas Society of CPAs.  He currently serves as chair of the San Antonio regional board of KIPP Texas, on the board and The Big Give advisory committee of The Nonprofit Council, on the board of Eva’s Heros, and on the founding board of governors for The Centre Club (formerly The Plaza Club).  Chris has chaired the finance council and served on the school council of his parish, St. Matthew Catholic Church. In addition, he also chaired the Annual Archbishop’s Appeal for three years and represented St. Matthew as the parish’s chair for the Archdiocesan Capital Campaign.

Chris has been married to Ana for more than 18 years and they are proud parents of three amazing children: Sophia, Daniel, and Michael.

In this powerful episode, Mark John Crews shares his personal story, the power of foot washing, finding the Lord's peace and healing through forgiveness and gratitude.

Mark is a gifted speaker with the rare ability to blend faith and business, humility and enthusiasm, sincerity, and passion.

He speaks openly and honestly from the heart about his life’s challenges and overcoming them.

Mark can deliver 1-2 hour engaging presentations and is comfortable with Master of Ceremony, Keynotes, multi-evening engagements, and leading retreats.

In this powerful and insightful interview, author Everett Fritz shared about the art of forming young disciples and his ministry, St. Andrew Missionaries.

Everett Fritz is the Founder and Executive Director of St. Andrew Missionaries and the author of two books – Freedom and The Art of Forming Young Disciples. He is the co-author of the Augustine Institute’s popular YDisciple youth ministry resource and has been working in parish youth ministry for over a decade.

Everett holds an MA in Theology from the Augustine Institute and a BA in Theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville. Everett married Katrina, his high-school sweetheart and they reside in Denver with their three children.

In this inspiring episode, Christina Semmens shares amazing insights on how to live as a Christian disciple and say YES to holiness. 

Christina is an author, speaker, coach, and spiritual mentor. Through the Say Yes to Holiness Apostolate, Christina offers Individual and Small Group Coaching for people who desire to be inspired, encouraged, and accompanied as they strive to integrate their faith into their daily life.

In this exciting episode, Justin Aquila explains the relationship between evangelization and catechesis. 

Justin currently serves as a theology teacher at Bishop Luers High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana and as an adjunct instructor of Theology at the University of Saint Francis.  After working in politics in Washington D.C, Justin has spent the last 10 years working in ministry. He has a particular calling to serve in underprivileged communities. Justin has a passion for evangelization, catechesis, and discipleship. He is a graduate of the University of Saint Francis where he studied Theology. He also has a Masters degree in Theology from the University of Saint Thomas in Houston, Texas. Justin is a husband and father and enjoys working in ministry with his wife. 

In this inspiring episode, Carlos Briceño shared his faith journey filled with tragedy, supernatural joy, and the Lord's peace. He accomplished this with what he refers to as the "Sacrament of the Present Moment." 

Carlos is a Catholic journalist whose wife and daughter have terminal illnesses, a rare disease called Huntington's. As a result of the suffering, they will be going through because of their illness, Carlos has surrendered to God. He seeks his Divine Providence and Will in the Sacrament of the Present Moment. Because the Lord has blessed him with the gifts of deep empathy, communication, and evangelizing, Carlos is open to whatever God wants him to do to go and make disciples.

In this touching episode, Cassandra Taylor shares her personal faith journey and insights that offer hope and healing to Catholics who struggle with infertility. 

Cassandra Taylor is a cradle Catholic who grew up in Central NJ. She married her husband Michael in 2016 after meeting him on CatholicMatch.com. Two years later Cassandra was diagnosed with ovarian and uterine cancer, a diagnosis that took them completely by surprise and which necessitated the removal of her uterus and ovaries. Since then, the Taylors have been walking the path of infertility and trying to discern God's will for their lives. When she's not working, Cassandra can be found volunteering with Springs in the Desert, a Catholic community for those struggling with infertility and loss. She also loves to knit, spin flags, and spend time with her niece and nephew.

In this fascinating episode, Adamo Manfra passionately speaks about the Catholic view on the importance of FAMILY. 

Adamo Manfra is the Director of Stewardship and Engagement at Catholic Leadership Institute. He is responsible for supporting their various leadership and advisory boards and volunteer leadership as well as thanking and stewarding their generous community of supporters. 

 After earning a B.S. in psychology with a minor in mathematics from the University of Texas, Adamo spent 6 ½ years as an active-duty U.S. Marine Corps officer, which included a deployment to Afghanistan in 2012. It was in Afghanistan that he discerned the call to leave active service to pursue full-time graduate theological studies, which took him to Washington, D.C. 

 With a background in military leadership, a vigorous education in Catholic theology, and a love for Christ and the Church, Adamo has a passion for serving the Church and a particular interest in Christ-like leadership, the importance of the family, and the value of a proper understanding of and appreciation for the common good both in the Church and society.

 His vocation, and great blessing, is being a husband and father. He and his wife, Mary, live in southeast PA with their young daughter.

In this beautiful episode, Greg Aitchison shares his amazing conversion story plus how the Holy Spirit has driven him to help Catholic religion teachers through CatholicReligionTeacher.com with original and engaging resources. 

Greg is a husband, father, and teacher of the Catholic faith. After experiencing a strong reversion to Catholicism and spending time discerning the priesthood, he followed God's will to the classroom where he taught middle school religion for 14 years. Frustrated with so many of the boring, irrelevant, and dumb-downed resources available to him, Greg began creating his own religion curriculum from scratch. Following his students' encouragement to share these lessons with other religion teachers, Greg built CatholicReligionTeacher.com which would eventually lead to over a million views and emails of thanks from teachers all over the world.

 With this ministry (and his family) growing, Greg took a step back from the classroom to help raise his children and launch Catholic Religion Teacher to new heights. Striving to serve and support fellow teachers of the Catholic faith, Greg has continued to create lessons for the classroom as well as inspiring faith-themed posters and opportunities for teachers to come together for prayer and fellowship.

Greg believes the Holy Spirit is just getting started with Catholic Religion Teacher, and is excited to continue the mission of helping teachers and students be the saints they are called to be!

In this thought-provoking episode, Eric Sammons touches on the historical and theological journey that explains the indifference that plagues our Church. This discussion is based on his book Deadly Indifference: How the Church Lost Its Mission and How We Can Reclaim It, published by Sophia Institute Press.

Eric Sammons is a husband, father (of seven), author and the Editor of Crisis Magazine. He believes in life, liberty, and the pursuit of holiness. Eric has written several books, including a book on Catholic evangelization and a book on the digital currency Bitcoin. He has contributed over 150 articles to numerous websites, including OnePeterFive, Catholic Answers, Crisis Magazine, The Federalist, CatholicVote, and Bitcoin.com.

In this inspiring episode, Dr. Paul Chaloux shares his personal testimony and his amazing book Why People Suffer: How a Loving God Uses Suffering to Perfect Us.

Paul earned a PhD in moral theology and currently teaches theology as an adjunct professor at the Catholic University of America and serves as a catechist at St. Agnes Parish in Arlington, Virginia. He has been married for over thirty years to his wife Sue and they have 4 adult children and 2 granddaughters.

In this episode, EWTN's Dr. Ray details the fundamentals of Christian psychology in his incomparable down-to-earth style, directing us first to the root of all healthy counseling: the words of the Redeemer.

Dr. Ray Guarendi is a Catholic father of ten adopted children, a clinical psychologist, author, professional speaker, and national radio and television host. His radio show, “The Dr. Is In” can be heard on over 440 stations and his TV show, “Living Right With Dr. Ray” can be seen on EWTN.

In this episode, Lynne Lang discusses the transformational nature of virtue in homes, Catholic schools, and parish life. You'll also learn about Lynne's journey founding her amazing organization, Restoration Matters.

Lynne Lang has her M.S. in both Health Management and in Restorative Practices and has worked in the field of health education, safety and violence prevention curriculum development since 1994. Her training in Intercultural Competence, Dispute Resolution and Mediation strengthen her skills as a certified trainer with International Institute for Restorative Practices (IIRP).  She is an experienced facilitator in circle processes, and informal and formal restorative conferences. She developed Virtue-Based Restorative Discipline, an initiative that integrates restorative practices and time-honored habits for human excellence – the virtues.

In this episode, Dr. Martin and Theresa Owen share about Women’s Health and Restorative, Integrative, and Functional approaches to Fertility, and their work developing Vitae CME.

Dr. Martin Owen is the founder of VitaeCME.com. He is a family physician, who is passionate about Restorative Reproductive Medicine. Along with his wife Theresa, they are forging ahead into the CME world to empower physicians with the tools they need to cure, treat and heal women.

In this episode, Dr. Dan Meola shares how spiritual healing of adult children of divorce or separation is possible and is closely tied to growth in virtue.

Dr. Dan is the co-founder (with his wife Bethany) of Life-Giving Wounds, a Catholic non-profit apostolate dedicated to the spiritual healing of adult children of divorce or separation. Dan received his PhD in theology from the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in Washington DC, where he met Bethany. He has worked at the Saint John Paul II National Shrine since 2016 and has run retreats and given presentations to a wide variety of groups.

His and Bethany's passion is raising awareness of the wounds caused by parental divorce and family brokenness, and helping all men and women with divorced or separated parents to receive God's abundant healing and move forward with greater faith, hope, and joy. Dan and Bethany are the proud parents of two little girls and make their family home in Bowie, Maryland, where they love exploring local parks and the Chesapeake Bay as a family.

In this episode, Noelle Mering brilliantly tackles the issues of the Catholic faithful in regards to the cult of progressive ideology. 

Noelle Mering is a Fellow at the Washington D.C. based think tank, the Ethics and Public Policy Center. She is the author of the book, Awake, Not Woke: A Christian Response to the Cult of Progressive Ideology (TAN Books). She is an editor for the website Theology of Home and a coauthor of the books Theology of Home and Theology of Home II. She writes on culture, politics, and religion and has published in National Review, The Federalist, The American Mind, Catholic World Report, and National Catholic Register. Her writing has been featured on Instapundit, EWTN, New Advent, Big Pulpit, Catholic Herald, Albert Mohler’s The Briefing, Fox News Radio, and Relevant Radio. Noelle is a wife and mother of six children in Southern California.

In this episode, Dr. Kathleen Berchelmann discusses the importance of authentic Catholic healthcare and her journey to co-found MyCatholicDoctor.com.

Dr. Berchelmann is a pediatrician, wife, mother of seven, and co-founder of MyCatholicDoctor. She is commonly consulted by families desiring a faith-based approach to depression, anxiety, ADHD, ADD, and autistic spectrum disorder. She speaks nationally on vaccines derived from aborted fetal tissue, also known as human diploid cell line vaccines. In 2018 Kathleen and her husband Greg decided to make MyCatholicDoctor a reality, using telemedicine, a network of faithful physicians, and innovative healthcare reimbursement models to make Catholic healthcare available to all people. Her work has been featured in/on: Time Magazine, NPR, FoxNews, Parents Magazine, Good Housekeeping Magazine, KSDK News Channel 5 St. Louis, Fox2 St. Louis, KMOV News Channel 4 St. Louis, the St. Louis Post Dispatch, multiple radio shows, and hundreds of other print and online publications.

During her years in health-media, Dr. Berchelmann became increasingly involved in Catholic Media, including a regular weekly slot on the SonRise Morning Show with Sacred Heart Radio. Questions flooded in from families desperately seeking Catholic health care providers they could trust. Eventually, Greg and Kathleen started a website called CatholicPediatrics and hosted a nationwide list of pediatricians who incorporate their Catholic faith into their practice of medicine. But people wanted more– they wanted Catholic psychiatrists, women’s health specialists, end-of-life care, and more. This led Kathleen and Greg to found MyCatholicDoctor.

In this episode, Molly Roman and I discuss her book “How to Be Good at Life: Creating a Brilliant Life through Faith, Hope, and Love” and how to help your fallen-away adult child come back to the Faith.

Molly Roman, hailing Fort Wayne, Indiana, is a Life Coach, Author and Mom of 3. After graduating college, she quickly experienced that life isn’t as straight-forward as it appeared. After several conversations with God and a commitment to personal growth, Molly created joy, meaning, fulfillment and love in an otherwise vacant life (and discovered the tools necessary to do so!). Today, Molly enjoys helping others discover and live their true potential by teaching how Faith, Hope and Love works with us to create meaningful results in our own lives and the lives of those we touch. 

Heidi Witte makes it easy to inspire your kids to learn about and love the Holy Mass with her kid's liturgy shows.

Heidi Witte is an alumnus of the University of Notre Dame and also holds an M.Ed. in Elementary Education from Notre Dame's Alliance for Catholic Education program. She is a former Catholic school teacher, cantor, and volunteer Children’s Liturgy catechist. For the past 15 months, Heidi and her husband Mark have been producing free, 30 minute Children's Liturgy of the Word episodes, which air 4 times a week on The Catholic TV Network and on the free Kids' Liturgy YouTube Channel.  Heidi, Mark, and their 2 young children live in South Bend, Indiana.

If you love listening to Christ-centered and inspiring music, then this episode is a real treat! Faithful and talented musician, Harley Packer, will sing "live" and share his conversion story. You don't want to miss this!

Harley is a Catholic speaker, singer, and songwriter who grew up in Estevan Saskatchewan Canada. Over the past twenty five years he has been involved in various volunteer and paid ministries and has spoken at many parishes and high schools in Canada and the USA. His goal as a Catholic speaker is to help people overcome fear, anxiety and hopelessness with FAITH, HOPE and LOVE.

Most importantly, Harley is a happy, healthy, grateful man who lives with his wife and enjoys spending time with family, especially his four grandchildren.