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Upon This Rock
Father Don Farnan and guests explore spirituality and faith in all aspects of life and how they inspire, support, and strengthen your relationship with God and your union with others. Learn more at farnanspiritualitycenter.com. Read Father Don's Blog at fatherdonfarnan.com. #farnanspiritualitycenter
Episodes
40 episodes
#40 - Fundraiser Revisited: Rejoicing The Opportunity To Help The Church’s Social Mission
Father Don and his sister, Barbie, review the September 28 Angel Fund celebration at Southside Bar & Grille with co-sponsor Dominic Welsh. Raising over $150,000 to assist children, families, and people in need, at the “When September Ends” ...
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Episode 40
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20:24
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#39 - Welsh Revisited: A Portrait of Family Dynamics & Beliefs
This podcast is a follow-up to Episode #22, in which Mary Ann (Rolf) Welsh and her older son, Eddie, speak about family life. In this follow-up feature, her husband, Danny, and younger son, Stephen, further develop the portrait of family dynami...
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Season 2
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Episode 39
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36:46
#38: Peter Clune: His Blessings & More About The Angel Fund Fundraiser
Peter Clune sits down with Father Don as a follow-up to an earlier podcast with his buddies, Vince Hodes and Donnie Welsh. This time, Peter fills in some blanks about an upcoming celebration and fundraiser, When September Ends, for their group ...
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30:15
#37 - Football & Scripture: Student Mentoring & Bible Study To Help Younger Co-Eds
Malik Ashford is a graduate student at Avila University and two-time captain of the Eagles football team, where he is known as “preacher.” Growing up in Detroit, he gained a good work ethic and learned perseverance from his parents. Moving to t...
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Episode 37
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30:18
#36 - The Angel Fund: Helping Families In Need
Donnie Welsh & Vince Hodes are part of a men’s group that challenges members in ways of faith and acts together to help people in need. Years ago, they established an “angel fund” to support families in difficult situations that are trying ...
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Season 2
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Episode 36
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23:06
#35: Sisters of Saint Joseph: Passing Along The Gift of Faith
Sister Marie Joan Harris, CSJ, has served the Catholic Church in a broad capacity—much of her adult life in Kansas City. She shares stories about how her faith was shaped by her Lutheran mother and Catholic father, as well as educators wh...
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Episode 35
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38:38
#34 – Church Couple: A Life Filled With Adventure and International Intrigue
Denis and Jenny Greene are an unlikely couple to be thought of through a stereotypic church lens. His life has been filled with adventure and international intrigue. Hers was altered when, as a young girl, she fell from a ladder and was caught ...
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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39:46
#33 - Literature: Discovering Messaging and Spiritual Levels of God’s Presence
Keith (Bullhead) Allen, a longtime local high school literature professor, facilitates a book discussion group for men at the Farnan Spirituality Center. We read classical novels as well as modern and local authors.Through discussion, w...
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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24:48
#32 - Miracle of Innocence: Helping To Free The Innocent
Darryl Burton was unjustly accused of murder in 1984 and served twenty-four years in prison, suffering torture and solitary confinement before he was exonerated for the crime he didn’t commit. Susie Roling, the long-time staff member of Journey...
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Episode 32
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51:01
#31 - Mystical Experiences: Embracing This Intangible Grace
At a very early age, Marilyn Gibson realized that she had a different sense of faith and reality than most people. As an empath, she possessed a keen sense of others’ feelings and spiritual matters. Both a curse and blessing, she embraces the i...
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Episode 31
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34:36
#30 - Kansas City Irish Fest: Celebrating A Strong Relationship With The Emerald Isle
Pat O’Neill, whose father was co-founder of the Kansas City Saint Patrick’s Day Parade in the early 1970s, along with his daughter, Keli Wenzel, is the founder of the annual Labor Day Irish Fest at Crown Center.Father and daughter speak...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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31:59
#29 – St. Francis Xavier Parish: Transitioning From Jesuit To Diocesan Presbyteral Leadership
Since 2014, Ann Sheridan has served as the Director of Work at Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church (SFX), located at 52nd and Troost, between the college campuses of Rockhurst and UMKC universities. “Director of Work” is a Jesuit phrase referr...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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26:15
#28 - Mixing Fun With Faith: Teaching Athletes About Life Through Sports
Shawn Summe grew up in South Bend, Indiana, in the happy atmosphere of the Catholic faith, with a good education and Notre Dame football. An athlete deeply rooted in religious history, he played college baseball and was greatly influenced by co...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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38:47
Episode #27 - Shannon Connell Fisher: Yoked In Faith
Shannon Connell Fisher grew up in south Kansas City, where the Catholic faith deeply shaped her family. As a kula yogi instructor, she reminds people of ways in which the physical and spiritual overlap and interconnect as Jesus taught us ...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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36:35
Episode #26 - Mary Mooney Burns & Pasquale Trozollo: Communication & Communion
Pasquale Trozollo and Mary Mooney Burns follow up on the Ignatian Conversation and how it applies to real life. In an Upon This Rock episode two months earlier, Mary explained how the spiritual style of conversation that impacts Rockhurst Unive...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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41:06
Episode #25 - Connie Fahey: From Life To Life Beyond
Connie Connell Fahey grew up with three brothers to whom she credits her touch of toughness. She has always faced challenges head-on. Drawn to nursing from a young age, she now, as a wife, mother, and grandmother, continues to serve in the heal...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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38:10
Episode #24 - The Grimaldi’s: Using Life Foundations To Help Their Children Make A Positive Impact
Gerard & Julie Grimaldi are rooted in academics, architecture, law, politics, family values, and faith. Once parents of four children under four years old, their kids are now adults, each discovering their unique way in a complex world of c...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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24:02
Episode #23 - Neighborhood Justice Center: Legal Assistance For Inner-City Families
Tom Bradshaw has served over half a century in the legal profession in Kansas City. Educated at Saint Louis U High, Rockhurst College, and UMKC Law School, he heads an urban ministry called The Neighborhood Justice Center that assists residents...
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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22:51
Episode #22 - Being Catholic: Reflections, Hopes & Fears From A Mother And Son
Mary Ann Welsh and her son, Eddie, sit down with Father Don to reflect upon being Catholic in Kansas City, how their lives have been shaped by local religious culture, and how they would like to pass along a solid faith to their descendants. Ma...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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28:46
Episode #21 - Catholic Church Rebound: Recovery From Legal and Moral Crises
Kansas City lawyers Theresa Crayon and Patrick McInerney deliberate over how the Catholic Church is rebounding from decades of embarrassing, disheartening, and destructive behavior. The sexual abuse crisis that came to light over the past quart...
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Episode 21
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38:50
Episode #20 - Psychology & Faith: Touching The Soul & Impacting Our Psyche
Dr. Gina Staves, a professor of psychology at Avila University, sits down with Fr. Don to discuss how religion touches the soul of humanity and impacts our psyche. A native of Kansas City, Gina grew up in an Italian Catholic family. Gina gives ...
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Episode 20
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28:30
#19 - Motherhood: It’s Blessings, Joys & Sorrows
Linda Neenan and her daughter, Louisa Weinrich, reflect on motherhood's incredible blessings and deep sorrows. Linda grew up in central Missouri and was enriched by her Baptist community of faith and her family of origin, especially her u...
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48:24
#18 – First Year of College: Independence, Opportunities & Challenges
Sophia Giorgio and Hadley Price reflect on their first year at Avila University in Kansas City, Missouri. Student-athletes from South Dakota and Southeast Kansas came to Kansas City knowing no one while embracing a new world of responsibility a...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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26:16
Episode #17 - Mary Mooney Burns: A Conversation About Conversations
Mary Mooney Burns joins Father Don to talk about Ignatian Conversation and how it can guide healthy discussions, debates, dialogue, disagreements, and discernment. Saint Ignatius of Loyola, in the 16th Century, was called upon by the pope to he...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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37:48
#16: The Reardon Family: Passing Along Faith Through Generations
Jerry and Joann (Hilbolt) Reardon and their daughter, Megan, talk about the blessings they received from their parents and other ancestors and traditions within their Catholic roots. They recount how their faith journey led them to seek more sc...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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31:29