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The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture

WOF 302: How to Keep Our Kids Catholic

The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture

Brandon Vogt

God, Vogt, Catholicism, Catholic, Faith, Christianity, Barron, Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Church

4.95.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Christian Smith has written a new book titled Handing Down the Faith: How Parents Pass Their Religion on to the Next Generation. It's based on new research about how parents successfully raise children to become religiously-practicing adults.

In this episode, Bishop Barron and Brandon Vogt walk through his findings and discuss what actually helps our kids to retain their faith into young adulthood.

A listener asks, how do we know which religion is right, Catholicism or Protestantism?

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0:00.0

To see my father, unself-consciously, kneeling in the pew, obviously deep and prayer.

0:08.7

Well, I'm into this day, it's vividly in my mind.

0:11.8

And when you're seven years old and you see that, you say, yeah, well, he's taking this with utter seriousness.

0:19.5

He's the most important person in my life.

0:21.5

And so, of course, I'll take it with utter seriousness.

0:31.9

Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show.

0:33.7

I'm Brandon Vott, the host and the Senior Publishing Director.

0:37.3

We got a great topic today that I know a lot of people are interested in.

0:40.6

Namely, how do we keep our kids Catholic?

0:43.6

We've had some discussions in the past about how to draw them back to the church after they've left,

0:48.1

but I know a lot of parents, teachers, church people, educators are wondering,

0:52.4

well, how do we prevent them from leaving in the first place?

0:55.1

And that's what we'll be discussing here today with Bishop Robert Barron.

0:59.2

Bishop, good to see you.

1:00.9

Hey, Brandon, always good to be with you.

1:03.2

Let me ask you something that I haven't asked in a while.

1:05.7

Namely, what books are you reading?

1:07.5

I know you're always in the middle of several, so tell us about them.

1:10.3

Oh, yeah.

1:10.9

Okay.

1:11.4

I met this wonderful guy, Andrew Ferguson, who's a former speech writer for George H.W. Bush.

1:17.5

He's been a political commentator for a long time.

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