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Basilica of Saint Mary Podcast

Jun 30, 2022

Father Peter Clem, YA, is the Basilica of Saint Mary's new parochial vicar, effective June 30, 2022. He was ordained on June 4, 2022.  He shares about himself, including his vocation story, who some of his spiritual heroes are and what the secret is to giving an excellent homily.

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Jun 28, 2022

William Manaker, SJ, who is discerning the priesthood for the Society of Jesus and whose family are parishioners at the Basilica,  talks about what led him to the Jesuits and what the differences are between a diocesan priest and a religious order priest. He also talks about how people can incorporate one of the core...


Jun 27, 2022

Father Joseph Townsend, a Parochial Vicar at the Basilica of Saint Mary, shares a homily during the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time. It was given in the Basilica on June 26, 2022. 


Jun 24, 2022

In this episode, you will hear a reflection about Saint Padre Pio by Father Jerome Fasano, the former pastor of Saint John the Baptist Church in Front Royal, Virginia, who spoke after the 12:10 p.m. Mass in the Basilica on June 23, 2022 in honor of Saint Pio’s relics being present in the Basilica on that day. Click


Jun 23, 2022

Aaron Zanca, the assistant director of the Youth and Young Adult Apostolates at the Basilica, recently gave a Theology on Tap talk. In this episode, Aaron offers a summation of the talk, during which he traces the history and the theological definition of the devotion to the Sacred Heart, whose feast day the church...