224 Msgr. James Shea: Forming Apostolic Hearts

AMDG. Monsignor James Shea, president of the University of Mary, spoke to Kolbe supporters and friends at the Leaders in Catholic Education event the night before 2024 commencement. Listen in to Msgr. Shea’s speech in this episode, where he describes the apostolic work on the forefront of Catholic secondary education as we live in the first post-Christian society, the scheme of self-initiated salvation, and the way we can be converted even more deeply. 

Relevant Kolbecast episodes: 

• 123 A Change of the Ages with Msgr. Shea 

• 213 This Is a Beginning, speeches from Commencement 2024 

Monsignor Shea’s books: 

• From Christendom to Apostolic Mission: Pastoral Strategies for an Apostolic Age 

• The Religion of the Day 

• Other books and works published by U Mary Press 

Related links: 

• Support Kolbe Academy and our families  

• The Synthetic Impulse in Catholic Life by Most Rev. Daniel E. Flores 

• Tolkien quotes:  

• https://aleteia.org/2018/03/25/j-r-r-tolkien-turned-to-this-during-his-darkest-hour  

• https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/jrr-tolkien-three-amazing-quotes  

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