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Every Knee Shall Bow (Your Catholic Evangelization Podcast)

Understanding the Youth Culture

Every Knee Shall Bow (Your Catholic Evangelization Podcast)

Ascension

Christian, Catholics, Catholic Life, Ascension Presents, Mike Gomer Gormley, Christians, Catechist, God, Catholicism, Catholic Faith, Gomer, Catechism, Catholic Ministry, Faith, Catholic Church, Mission, Religion, Dave Vanvickle, Catholic Parish, Sharing The Gospel, Roman Catholic, Christianity, Mike Gormley, Catholic Religion, Catholic Teachings, Ministry, Evangelize, Ascension Press, Catholic, Jesus, Ascension Catholic, Bible, Jesus Christ, Evangelization, Ascension, Religion & Spirituality

4.9864 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

How did our youth culture become what it is today? In this episode, Mike "Gomer" Gormley walks through the many prevalent points in history that have affected youth, culture and the family to make it what it is today.

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0:00.0

There's this global movement that is unruiting our children from ourselves.

0:07.8

This lack of roots becomes the place where both state interest and corporate interests come in to fill the void where the family departs.

0:31.1

Welcome to every knee, your weekly Catholic podcast on evangelization.

0:34.2

As you can probably tell by the microphone quality, I am not at home, and I am not, thus, with Dave.

0:40.5

I'm in the middle of doing a parish mission.

0:42.3

However, I was in Pittsburgh recently hanging out with Dave for like four hours before he had to go to Columbus to do a gig as well.

0:49.9

So me and him are on opposite sides of the country right now.

0:53.8

I'm in North Carolina, loving this wonderful church, St. Mark's, doing evangelization here.

0:59.8

Tons of every knee shall bow.

1:01.8

Fans, it has been such an amazing parish mission experience when you have this among

1:07.0

the people and the ministers and whatnot.

1:09.0

The fire is spreading.

1:10.0

The gospel is spreading.

1:11.4

It is a beautiful thing to see and to hear. What you're about to hear today for this show is actually

1:16.5

the first of four talks that I gave to the priests of the province of the Atlanta. Oh man, what do you

1:24.6

call it? It's a region of five diocese. So it's Atlanta, Savannah, Raleigh, Charleston, and Charlotte.

1:31.2

All of these dioceses, all these priests of the diocese got together with their bishop and me,

1:35.7

which is awkward.

1:36.5

And I gave a four-session presentation on Pope Francis's Christus Vivit, which is on youth ministry.

1:45.8

And just talked about youth ministry in general. So that's what this talk you're about to hear is. I had to trim a ton of funny intro

1:51.2

stuff. I was so nervous to talk to a room full of priests and bishops. But we went through and I lay

1:56.3

out for everyone the history of youth development. Now, if you're not in youth ministry, number one,

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