The State of Catholicism in Ireland (Mattie Harte) | Ep. 277

Pints With Aquinas

Matt Fradd

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2021

⏱️ 143 minutes

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This week's episode of "Pints with Aquinas" is all about Ireland and Catholicism! I talk with Mattie Harte, a husband to one and father of three, about the current state of the Catholic Church in Ireland. We also discuss: - The history of Catholicism in Ireland - How the faith plays into Irish culture - Catholicism vs. Protestantism in Ireland - The contrast between the Catholic faith in the US vs. Ireland Download my FREE ebook, "You Can Understand Aquinas," now! SPONSORS Hallow: http://hallow.app/mattfradd STRIVE: https://www.strive21.com/ Homeschool Connections: https://homeschoolconnections.com/matt/ GIVING Patreon or Directly: https://pintswithaquinas.com/support/ This show (and all the plans we have in store) wouldn't be possible without you. I can't thank those of you who support me enough. Seriously! Thanks for essentially being a co-producer co-producer of the show. LINKS Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/matt-fradd FREE 21 Day Detox From Porn Course: https://www.strive21.com/ SOCIAL Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mattfradd Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattfradd Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattfradd Gab: https://gab.com/mattfradd Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/pintswithaquinas MY BOOKS Does God Exist: https://www.amazon.com/Does-God-Exist-Socratic-Dialogue-ebook/dp/B081ZGYJW3/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&keywords=fradd&qid=1586377974&sr=8-9 Marian Consecration With Aquinas: https://www.amazon.com/Marian-Consecration-Aquinas-Growing-Closer-ebook/dp/B083XRQMTF/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=fradd&qid=1586379026&sr=8-4 The Porn Myth: https://www.ignatius.com/The-Porn-Myth-P1985.aspx CONTACT Book me to speak: https://www.mattfradd.com/speakerrequestform Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	and we are live, are we?
0:03.4	Yes, Maddie Hart, how are you? Doing good, Matt, yourself. Yeah, awesome, man. Great to have you on the show. Thanks so much. All right, now, I'm so excited about this. You've gotten to know you these last few weeks. We introduced you to sushi in my house. You'd never had sushi before. No, and I will not have it again. We introduce you to kombucha. I probably won't have that again either
0:02.0	And now for the first time before. No, and I will not have it again. We introduced you to kombucha. I probably won't have
0:22.7	that again either. And now, for the first time on live YouTube, you're going to drink your first
0:27.7	espresso. So let you know what you reckon. Yeah, yeah. You're probably going to, what do you
0:34.4	reckon, Matt? What do you reckon? Awful. reckon awful it's like tar yeah that's why i like it
0:42.3	no it's good i i don't main coffee i didn't drink coffee until i came to america yeah uh my first set
0:47.6	of midterms for the masters here coffee creamer we don't have coffee creamer in ireland yeah
0:52.2	and it's a joy it's an absolute it is you know. Now growing up in Australia, at least in my day and age, like coffee is a huge thing. Probably in the cities of Ireland and also in Australia. But yeah, growing up, we drank tea and an instant coffee. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. You too? Yeah, but even then, I was more of a hot chocolate drinker.
1:12.6	If anybody's never had white hot chocolate, it's a...
1:15.6	To die for.
1:16.6	Yeah.
1:17.6	It's pretty beautiful, yeah, yeah.
1:19.6	And then I remember, I think I did, yeah, World Youth Day in Canada, and I tried North American coffee, just like you're saying.
1:28.4	And people would have these creamers in the fridge, like pumpkin and peppermint. And it was amazing. Yeah. But they didn't have that. It's a science. Like people take it super seriously over here. And it's way better. I mean, it is. There's no point saying other ways, you know. so I'm impressed by America many ways, but their coffee is really good.
1:45.0	Yeah. Well, I'm so glad to have you on the show. Today we want to talk about the state of the Catholic Church in Ireland, obviously. I'm looking forward to hearing a bit of your story as well. Yeah. So maybe we can just begin there. You're a faithful Catholic. I try to be. Yeah. Maybe tell us, just for those watching, who are you?
1:42.5	Yeah.
1:42.9	And how, you know,
1:43.6	tell us a bit about your story.
1:44.8	Yeah.
1:45.1	So I'm, Flick. I try to be, yeah. Maybe tell us, just for those watching, who are you and how, you know, tell us a bit
2:03.6	about your story?
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