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Mar 2023
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WOF 378: Bishop Barron, Fr. Mike Schmitz...

BISHOP ROBERT BARRON
About this episode

Friends, in this conversation at the 2021 Good News Conference, Bishop Robert Barron and Fr. Mike Schmitz share about their vocation stories.

This is part of a much longer conversation the two shared. You can hear the full discussion in episode 331 of the "Word on Fire Show," during which they discuss how they began their ministry on YouTube, their favorite movies, and what inspired them to approach their creative presentations to the Bible.

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