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Heroic Stories—the series to strengthen Catholic men with raw stories of heroic grit & faith. Hosted by Dan Donaldson with Heroic Men. These are the stories that remind us… heroism isn’t born—it’s made, and it’s centered on Jesus Christ. https://stories.heroicmen.org
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Why Steve Rouhana (physicist) researched gender dysphoria, & wrote a book (opens the original)
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A rabid bat scare taught physicist Steve Rouhana why evangelization is life-saving news. Steve is a PhD physicist with 32 years in crash safety at GM and Ford, an MA in pastoral studies, and a writer on the Rosary and on gender dysphoria (per the host's intro). We start with a rabid bat and end with how he prays each day. In between: loving family who don't practice the faith, why he left GM over crash-safety ethics, boyhood dreams of the priesthood and the stars, and what he says after reading
Former Playboy Editor’s Powerful Catholic Conversion Story - Kevin Kuster (opens the original)
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Former Playboy photo editor Kevin Kuster spent decades chasing money, status, power and pornography until divorce, lawsuits and despair shattered his life. Kevin reveals how childhood shame shaped his identity, why he considered suicide, what happened during his first confession in 25 years and how an encounter with the Holy Spirit led him back to the Catholic faith. Book Kevin on CatholicSpeakers.com | Kevin Kuster's Website : | Get the Book What You’ll Learn ✅ How childhood wounds shape adult
What Fatherhood Teaches Men About Strength & Leadership - Alan Webb (opens the original)
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Fatherhood changes a man. For record-setting runner and Catholic convert Alan Webb, raising daughters forced a deeper question: What does it actually mean to be a man? Webb talks about masculine leadership, marriage, athletic discipline, conversion, miscarriage, confession, and the responsibility every father carries to show his children what faith looks like under pressure. His answer is demanding: a man needs to know who he is leading, where he is leading them, and whether his own life can sur
What Makes a Man Strong? Courage, Sacrifice and Catholic Masculinity - Brandon Powell (opens the original)
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What does strong masculinity actually look like? After 17 years as a Protestant pastor, Brandon Powell left his career, friendships, and familiar world behind to enter the Catholic Church. He and Dominic explore the men who shaped his understanding of masculinity, the courage of fathers and martyrs, why real strength includes gentleness, and how ordinary inconveniences become opportunities for a man to sacrifice for others. Brandon also shares how prayer, honest self-examination, Scripture, and
How Catholic Men Forgive Without Becoming Weak - Chuck Jansen (opens the original)
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Every man wants justice when he has been betrayed, humiliated, wounded, or cheated. But what happens when the demand for justice becomes its own prison? Chuck Jansen joins Heroic Men to explain why forgiveness is one of the hardest and most heroic choices a Catholic man can make. Drawing from years of teaching in prisons, churches, and men’s groups, Chuck reveals how unresolved pain controls men, why forgiveness is a decision rather than a feeling, and how surrender to the Holy Spirit frees a ma
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