The Catholic Experience - Restoration vs. Renewal (or Ruin-ovation!)

Restoration vs. Renewal (or Ruin-ovation!)

12/11/24 • 49 min

Five years after being devastated by fire, Notre Dame was recently reopened after a massive renovation project. But can we call this a "restoration" of what once was? And how does this symbolize what we see all over the Church, and even in our own lives as Catholics?
Ultimately in this episode I emphasize the point that God is actively renewing the Church that was ravaged by the "fire" of modernistic and secularistic culture and ideas.

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The Trouble with Tradition:
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The Importance of Tradition:
https://catholicadventurer.com/podcast/the-importance-of-tradition/

01:16 Notre Dame's Reopening: A Prophetic Sign
07:18 Modernism in the Church: A Critical Analysis
23:47 The End of the Loosey Goosey Era
26:49 The Importance of Catholic Culture
37:57 Renewal and Restoration in the Church

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