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 68 - Sharing the Faith: Gift of the Priesthood
Dr. Tom Neal reflects on the gift of the priesthood by honoring several priests who have profoundly shaped his life through their prayer, simplicity, love for the poor, and sacrificial service. Through stories of figures like Fr. Anthony J. Man...
Episode 67 - Sharing the Faith: Becoming Christ’s Presence in the World
Dr. Tom Neal talks with theologian Dr. Jordan Wood about St. Maximus the Confessor and how his vision of Christ and creation can reshape how ordinary Catholics see their daily lives. They discuss how work, family, and life in the world—lived wi...
Episode 66 - Sharing the Faith: Faith in the Family
Dr. Tom Neal reflects on the spirituality of marriage and family, drawing especially from Pope Francis’s "Amoris Laetitia" to show how ordinary family life—its joys, wounds, and daily demands—becomes a path of sanctification and mystical growth...
Episode 65 - Sharing the Faith: Ordinary Man, Extraordinary Love
Dr. Tom Neal speaks with Chris Vander Woude about the life and heroic death of his father, Tom Vander Woude, Sr., a humble husband, father, farmer, and pilot whose daily faith prepared him for the ultimate sacrifice of giving his life to save h...
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 ...