WOF 422: Being Formed by Ratzinger, De Lubac, and Balthasar w/ Fr. Joseph Fessio

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Brandon Vogt

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🗓️ 29 January 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Friends, today we’re excited to share with you the newest episode in our “Bishop Barron Presents” series. In this discussion, Bishop Barron talks with Fr. Joseph Fessio, SJ.

Fr. Fessio was formed by some of the greatest figures of twentieth-century Catholicism, including Henri de Lubac, Joseph Ratzinger, and Hans Urs von Balthasar. This fascinating conversation covers his life story, his education, his experience in Europe, the founding of Ignatius Press, and much more. Enjoy!

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show. I'm Brandon Vot, the host and the senior
0:10.6	publishing director at Word on Fire.
0:13.4	Today we are delighted to share with you
0:15.7	another episode in our Bishop Baron presents
0:19.2	series of discussions.
0:21.0	Today Bishop Baron sits down with Father Joseph Fessio, he is the founder of Ignatius Press, and he was formed by some of the greatest theological minds of the 20th century, including Henri de Lubeck, Joseph Ratzinger, the future
0:36.4	Pope Benedict, the 16th, and Hans Ours von Baldesar, all of whom he knew personally, Bishop Baron and Father Fessio discuss his life story,
0:45.6	his education, his experience in Europe,
0:48.5	the founding of Ignatius Press,
0:50.9	and a whole lot more.
0:52.0	Very, very fascinating discussion, and I think you'll enjoy it.
0:54.8	So sit back and enjoy this latest Bishop Baron presents discussion with Father Joseph Fessio.
1:01.6	Enjoy.
1:04.0	I'm glad to be here with Father Joseph Fessio.
1:10.0	As founder of Ignatious Press, I think really one of the most consequential figures in the last, you know, 50 or 60 years.
1:16.0	So Father, delighted, we have a chance to visit and talk to that.
1:19.0	Yeah, I'm glad to be here too, Bishop.
1:21.0	Oh, good.
1:22.0	Hey, listen, you're a California kid. I spent six years on in California. You were
1:26.6	educated in Jesuit institutions as a young man and joined the society when you're
1:30.8	what about 20 or so? 20 years old.
1:33.0	Tell me about that, you know, we're talking about 1960 or so in the years just before the
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