Entering Into Holy Week | Purposely Catholic | Ep. 20

About this episode

Which person in the Passion narrative will you bring to prayer on Good Friday? Fr. Declan McNicholas joins Bobby and Khalil to discuss Holy Week, applying Scripture to ourselves, and praying with the people in the story.

We ask why Palm Sunday includes the whole Passion narrative and discuss the Triduum and Christ's final words. The episode also includes Fr. Declan's confession story and a conversation about celebrating our priests.

In this episode

• Praying with the people in the Passion narrative
• Applying Scripture to ourselves
• The Passion reading on Palm Sunday
• The Triduum and Christ's final words
• Fr. Declan's confession story

Bobby Fredericksen and Khalil Hattar with Fr. Declan McNicholas

About the guest

Fr. Declan McNicholas is a priest of the Diocese of Gary, ordained in 2019. He studied philosophy at Marian University and Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary and earned a Master of Divinity at Mundelein Seminary. His parish ministry has included St. Mary, St. John the Evangelist, and St. Thomas More. He currently serves as pastor of St. Matthias in Crown Point and works in diocesan evangelization and missionary discipleship.