Welcome to Catholic Stuff You Should Know, a J10 initiative.

Hey, welcome to the podcast. Father John here at St. Joseph's Parish House,

with a very special edition tonight of Catholic Stuff You Should Know.

I'm welcoming two of my guys from the lovely sprawling metropolis of Phoenix,

Father Kevin Pankowski, and well, proto-deacon, soon to be deacon,

Androlson Cheers, boys. Welcome. Glory to God. It's just to be here.

Father Kevin, when I first showed up back from Rome, so this is over two years ago,

he was my first deacon, so he had to break me in, and he is back for a visit.

And I've been off the wagon last six weeks on the podcast,

and there's been some things going on here at the seminary, and I've been some travel.

And I am just happy. I was like, hey, let's just podcast tonight.

When you called me, you threw me for an absolute loop.

I did this call. I'm in Phoenix. I'm in my PJs, just in the middle of prayer.

I did call from Father John. I'm like, hey, he's probably just calling to make sure,

like, rides are said, everything's good. And then he says, yeah, by the way,

do you want a podcast player today? I mean, this is a, excuse me doing my fan thing here,

but this is a fan's dream. There you go. Yeah.

On top of that, it's just good to kind of talk to, talk to a brother about the beauty of the Lord

and talk to those who are receiving this podcast from the depths of our heart.

That's right. On a topic that you do not yet know. Yeah, no, I'm still a little salty about that.

Andrew, who's on his right, who we're going to kind of bop in and out here,

has survived. He's now in his second year of the purgative way,

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