Sharing the Faith with Dr. Tom Neal
The church's mission is to evangelize and declare the gospel of Jesus Christ. Dr. Tom Neal, the Chief of Evangelization and Mission Engagement for the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, discusses the gift of faith and what it means to evangelize through bi-weekly episodes alternating between teaching and conversations.
Sharing the Faith with Dr. Tom Neal
Latest Episodes
Episode 64 - Sharing the Faith: The Good of the Other
In this solo episode, Dr. Tom Neal reflects on the people who have most shaped his life, especially a formative middle school tutor, exploring how genuine listening, compassion, and willing “the good of the other” shaped his Catholic faith and ...
Episode 63 - Sharing the Faith: A Rich Conversation on Mystagogy
Dr. Tom Neal welcomes back Mandie DeVries to explore mystagogy and the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. They dive into how children—and adults—are gently led into the mysteries of the faith through signs: baptismal light, candles, the gestures ...
Episode 62 - Sharing the Faith: A Teaching on Divinization
Dr. Tom Neal welcomes Mandie DeVries back to the podcast to explore how the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd introduces children to the mystery of divinization—sharing in God’s own life—through wonder, liturgical signs like the preparation of th...
Episode 61 - Sharing the Faith: The Doctrine of Deification
Dr. Tom Neal talks with Orthodox theologian Dr. Paul Gavrilyuk about the Christian doctrine of deification (theosis) — our participation in God’s life by grace — and how this vision reshapes salvation beyond mere moralism, bridges Eastern and W...
Episode 60 - Sharing the Faith: Understanding the Dignity of the Human Person
Dr. Tom Neal talks with returning guest Father David Kelly about his decades of priestly and missionary service and how Catholic moral theology shapes our understanding of poverty, the common good, and the dignity of every human person. They di...