Things Visible and Invisible with Bishop Donald J. Hying
Hosted by Bishop Donald J. Hying of Madison, Wisconsin, "Things Visible and Invisible" discusses life, faith, current events, culture, history, and more, all in relation to Jesus Christ and his Church.
Episodes
19 episodes
Respect Life Month
October is Respect Life Month, and Bishop Donald J. Hying reflects on the dignity of every human life, from conception to natural death. He speaks about the grave evil of abortion and the church's work to support mothers and families, the growi...
St. Thérèse of Lisieux | The Little Way
St. Thérèse of Lisieux died at the age of 24, a cloistered nun who by her own account had done nothing remarkable – and yet she became one of the most beloved saints in the history of the Church. In this episode, Bishop Donald Hying reflects on...
Jason Evert on Chastity and Gender
Bishop Donald Hying sits down with renowned Catholic speaker and author Jason Evert for a conversation about love, the human person, and the Theology of the Body. Evert makes the case that the Church's message is good news, not a list of...
Consecrated Virginity | Called and Chosen
In the second of a two-part conversation, Bishop Donald Hying continues his conversation with Karen Paschke, a consecrated virgin living in the world in the Diocese of Madison, as she shares her conversion and discernment story. Raised Lutheran...
Consecrated Virginity | A Life Set Apart
What does it mean to give your life entirely to God while living an ordinary life in the world? In the first of a two-part conversation, Bishop Donald Hying speaks with Karen Paschke, a consecrated virgin living in the world and a high school m...
Four Holy Habits | Friday Penance
In the fourth and final episode of his series on the Four Holy Habits, Bishop Donald Hying reflects on Friday penance, offering some small act of sacrifice or mortification on the day the Church remembers the Lord's passion and death. Drawing o...
Four Holy Habits | Confession
Continuing his series on the Four Holy Habits, Bishop Donald Hying turns to the third habit: monthly confession. Drawing on the account in John's Gospel of the risen Christ appearing to the apostles on Easter night – breathing the Holy Spirit o...
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Four Holy Habits | Daily Prayer
Continuing his series on the Four Holy Habits, Bishop Donald Hying turns to the second habit: daily prayer. At its heart, prayer is communion with God. Bishop Hying looks to the prayer life of Jesus himself, who spent whole nights absorbed in p...
Four Holy Habits | Reclaiming Sunday
Bishop Donald Hying opens a four-part series on the Four Holy Habits – the simple spiritual practices he has invited every Catholic in the Diocese of Madison to embrace since launching the Go Make Disciples initiative. He begins with the first ...
Faith on Campus | A School of Prayer
In the second of a two-part conversation, Bishop Donald Hying and Fr. David Carrano turn from why young people are searching to what happens when they find the Church. Fr. Carrano, pastor of the St. Paul University Catholic Center at UW-Madison...
Faith on Campus | The Crisis of Meaning
In the first of a two-part conversation, Bishop Donald Hying is joined by Fr. David Carrano, pastor of the St. Paul University Catholic Center at UW-Madison, to discuss a striking development: the growing number of college students turning towa...
Conversion and Healing | A Protestant Pastor's Journey to the Catholic Faith
In the third and final part of this series, Bishop Donald Hying and Tristan Borland arrive at the heart of the story: Tristan's conversion and reception into the Catholic Church. A former Protestant Evangelical pastor now serving in the Diocese...
Through the Valley | A Protestant Pastor's Journey to the Catholic Faith
In the second part of this three-part series, Bishop Donald Hying continues his conversation with Tristan Borland, a former Protestant pastor and now the Diocese of Madison's Associate Director of Marriage and Family Ministry, as his journey to...
The Long Road | A Protestant Pastor's Journey to the Catholic Faith
In the first part of a three-part series, Bishop Donald Hying sits down with Tristan Borland – the Diocese of Madison's Associate Director of Marriage and Family Ministry, and a former Protestant pastor – to begin the story of his conversion to...
St. Francis of Assisi: Themes for Today
Continuing his reflection on St. Francis of Assisi, Bishop Donald Hying moves from the facts of the saint's life to the major themes that still speak to us today. Chief among them is Francis's radicality — his desire to live the Gospel in all i...
The Wondrous Life of St. Francis of Assisi
Bishop Donald J. Hying explores the wondrous life of St. Francis of Assisi during the Special Year of St. Francis, marking the 800th anniversary of the saint's death. Arguably the most popular saint in the world, Francis is acknowledged by natu...
Enthroning the Sacred Heart in the Home
In this episode, Bishop Donald Hying is joined by Matt Regner, a parishioner and lay leader in the Diocese of Madison, for a conversation on the family enthronement of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Together, they discuss what the enthronement is, ...
St. Margaret Mary and the Promises of the Sacred Heart
In this episode of Things Visible and Invisible, Bishop Donald Hying continues the series on the Sacred Heart of Jesus by exploring the visions given to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque. While other saints knew and loved the Sacred Heart, it...
The Heart of Christ, the Heart of a Nation
Welcome to Things Visible and Invisible, a new podcast with Bishop Donald Hying of the Diocese of Madison exploring life, faith, current events, culture, and history, all in relation to Jesus Christ and his Church. In this opening episode, Bish...
