The Eagle and Child, Episode 43, After Hours with Joe Heschmire.

Hello and welcome to the Eagle and Child, the hallowed pub of the Inklings.

Normally I'd be here with my co-house point, but today is another after-hours episode.

As you recall in these episodes, I interview CS-Lewis authors and enthusiasts.

You might recall a few months ago, I interviewed the author Justin Wiggins, following the release of his new book, Surprised by Agape.

Today, I'm joined by Joseph Hesmire.

Welcome to the Eagle and Child. Thank you. I'm

pleased to be here. Joe and I have known each other for quite some time. I think we first met in

person sometime in 2008, but I'd been reading his blog for quite some time before that, the

provocatively titled, Shameless Popery. But for those listeners out there who haven't

had the privilege of knowing you for as long as I have, could you please tell us a little bit

about yourself? Hi. Well, yeah, as you said, my name is Joe Heschmire. I work for a group called

Holy Family School of Faith Institute, better known just as school of faith. And we provide evangelization to help people

grow in friendship with Jesus Christ, and hopefully through that, lead them into deeper

friendship with one another, and through that, leading one another into relationship with Christ.

But yeah, before that, I was a seminarian, and before that, I was a lawyer in D.C., which is when I met you.

Could you share with us a little bit about your faith journey?

So we grew up in a Catholic household. We went to Mass every Sunday, and occasionally we would dabble in such things as the Rosary.

We also would pray together as a family.

But this wasn't a golden age of catechases and formation in the church.

And I managed to make it to adulthood with having very little idea of why Catholics did the things they did.

I had been a debater in high school, and my mom would tell you long before that.

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