Hey Everybody! It's Fr. Edward

Inspiring Conversations about Faith, Film, and Life

About the show

Fr. Edward Looney is a Catholic priest who loves having conversations with guests. They talk about new book releases, various topics related to faith and life, and occasionally he speaks with producers, directors, and actors from the film industry. He has podcasted since 2019, formerly as “How They Love Mary” and “Cup of St. Joe,” conducting over 300 interviews to date. The interview style podcasts from Fr. Edward continues now, as he begins each conversation greeting his audience with “Hey Everybody!” Tune in for inspiring conversations about faith, film, and life.

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Episodes

  • Episode 255: Donna Marie Cooper O'Boyle Invites Our Lady to Accompany Her to Mass and Adoration

    February 16th, 2024  |  35 mins 17 secs
    book interview

    Donna Marie Cooper O'Boyle loves Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and loves Our Lady too! Mary and the Eucharist are connected, and Donna Marie helps us to pray before the Blessed Sacrament with Our Lady. Learn more about her new book about the topic: 30 Marian Eucharistic Visits from EWTN Publishing.

  • Episode 254: Erin Dooley Has Created a Different Type of Catholic Podcast--Confessions of a Catholic Single

    February 10th, 2024  |  20 mins 35 secs
    catholic creatives

    In 2023, Erin Dooley wrote and released a Catholic comedy audio drama as an episodic podcast series called Confessions of a Catholic Single. Now in 2024, season 2 releases on Valentine's Day. Get the scoop on how the show came to be and other behind the scene questions. Most of all, go over and subscribe on whatever platform you listen on so you can begin enjoying this Catholic podcast.

  • Episode 253: The Experience of a Now Retired NFL Football Team Chaplain with Fr. Douglas Hunter

    February 6th, 2024  |  22 mins 43 secs
    football, sports

    Recently on Twitter, Fr. Douglas Hunter announced to his followers that he was retiring, resigning, or stepping down from his role as the Catholic Chaplain of the Indianapolis Colts. When Fr. Edward saw the Tweet, he immediately messaged Fr. Hunter to set up an interview! In this conversation Fr. Hunter shares how he became the Colt's chaplain, what his duties were, how he managed doing so while serving in a parish, how he would have handled the Damar Hamlin situation, and his thoughts on Indianapolis becoming a center for Catholic America events like NCYC and the Eucharistic Revival.

  • Episode 252: A Television Show Sparking Conversations about Hospice, Death/Dying with Dan Merchant

    February 2nd, 2024  |  34 mins 59 secs
    tv show interview

    Dan Merchant is a screenwriter, director, and producer of many shows. One in particular, "Going Home," is an inspiring medical show, not focusing on healing and restoring to health, but walking with patients at Sunset House as they are "Going Home," not to their families but to the Lord. Learn about the show, how to watch it, and other shows that Dan has written and directed, including Fr. Edward's new favorite "Live + Local."

  • Episode 251: Fr. Edward Announces He is Re-Branding How They Love Mary with a New Name

    January 31st, 2024  |  19 mins 58 secs
    podcasting

    Fr. Edward shares about the future of the podcast How They Love Mary and the rebrand that will be taking place in February. Be assured, nothing really is changing except the name and the website url. Fr. Edward will continue to bring you the same interviews as he has done since 2019.

  • Episode 250: The Role Faith Plays in Counseling and the Movements of our Heart with Dr. Gerry Crete

    January 29th, 2024  |  34 mins 54 secs
    book interview

    Dr. Gerry Crete is the author of the book "Litanies of the Heart: Relieving Post-Traumatic Stress and Calming Anxiety Through Healing Our Parts." In this conversation with Fr. Edward Looney, Dr. Gerry explains the different movements of the heart and how one can with, through, and about different experiences we have underwent. An enlightening conversation about psychology and faith.

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    Episode 249: Are there faith-based TV shows & series? Meet Peggy Schott an Actress in the Show Vindication

    January 25th, 2024  |  28 mins 14 secs
    tv show interview

    I learned about Peggy Schott and the television show Vindication because she was promoting it on a few different Facebook groups I belonged too. I love talking to producers and actors and actresses so I reached out . I learned more about the show. Watched season one and then ended up watching seasons two and three too when I was snowed in during a blizzard. There are faith based movies out there and now I'm excited to be learning about faith based television shows. Seasons two and three definitely were different than season one, and I loved them all. I'm happy to share this conversation with Peggy and hope you might consider watching Vindication. I'm going to bet you will get hooked just like I did!

  • Episode 248: A Discussion about Vocation (in General) and Array of Hope's Documentary with Mario Costabile

    January 22nd, 2024  |  33 mins 3 secs
    documentary

    Every few years, a new vocation documentary releases meant to inspire another generation of men to consider the priesthood. Array of Hope is a digital production company producing great Catholic content. Mario joins Fr. Edward Looney to talk about the mission of Array of Hope and they discuss many topics related to vocation, including discouragement and discernment.

  • Episode 247: A New Pro-Life Resource for the Next Generation—A Comic Book with Patricia Wiedemer

    January 15th, 2024  |  40 mins 46 secs
    pro-life

    Patricia Wiedemer serves as the Executive Director for PEI Life Association and Life Canada and joins Fr. Edward Looney to discuss a new resource they have available to communicate the Pro-Life message to teenagers. She explains the story of the comic book "The Gift" in addition to sharing about the Pro-Life movement in Canada.

  • Episode 246: Lets Talk All Things Sacramentals with Shaun McAfee

    January 10th, 2024  |  47 mins 16 secs
    book interview

    Shaun McAfee undertook a study of the Church's sacramentals to write his latest book with TAN Books, it's actually a Compendium of Sacramentals. In this episode, Shaun and Father Looney discuss many different sacramentals in the Church including ones we wear, look at, and make use of like holy water. Fall in love or rediscover the value of the Catholic Church's sacramentals.

  • Episode 245: Remembering Emily DeArdo and Remembering Our Own Death

    January 3rd, 2024  |  37 mins 18 secs
    book interview

    Emily DeArdo was a bright and happy light on social media. I interviewed back on Episode 76 of How They Love Mary. She fought Cystic Fibrosis throughout her life and had a lung transplant as a young woman. Her book with Ave Maria Press was confronting death and meditating on the Stations of the Cross. In her memory, I am pulling from the archives this week, to bring her episode to the forefront once again. Join me in praying for her eternal rest.

  • Episode 244: The Nativity of Jesus Christ According to Venerable Maria of Agreda

    December 21st, 2023  |  48 mins 18 secs
    mystics

    Fr. Edward read The Mystical City of God as a podcast in 2022 with a replay in 2023. On How They Love Mary, he is please to share episodes 151, 152, and 153 which detail the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem. We know the Nativity story based on what Matthew and Luke recount, now hear from a mystic of the Catholic tradition.

  • Episode 243: Al McCauley Serves Fish on Fridays Throughout the Year on YouTube

    December 15th, 2023  |  44 mins 47 secs
    conversation

    Fr. Edward features fellow Wisconsin content creator Al McCauley, who hosts Fish on Fridays on today's podcast of How They Love Mary. In this episode, Al and Fr. Looney talk about their style of content creation, where they have seen success, and what they have learned along the way. Be sure to check out the Fish on Fridays Channel, subscribe, watch, like and comment.

  • Episode 242: Do Catholic Priests Watch Christmas Movies? with Fr. Randy Mattox

    December 5th, 2023  |  29 mins 51 secs

    Fr. Edward makes a confession in this episode, he enjoys Christmas movies. Not just the classics but the sappy ones too. In this episode, Fr. Edward speaks to another Christmas movie loving priest, Fr. Randy Mattox, and they look at these movies from a perspective of faith. They discuss how priests find time to watch movies in the balance of their ministerial life and if it is even appropriate for Catholic priests to watch Christmas movies.

  • Episode 241: The Story Behind Angel Studios New Film "The Shift" and Hints to Understand the Movie

    December 1st, 2023  |  22 mins 1 sec
    movie interview

    Brock Heasley, Director of the Shift, talks with Fr. Edward Looney about the new moving releasing in studios December 1, 2023 from Angel Studios. Brock shares how the film moved from concept to reality, the characteristics of dystopian Christian sci-fi, how The Shift was inspired by the Screwtape Letters and the Book of Job, and why the empty tomb necklace is important to the story.

  • Episode 240: How Thomas Merton Introduced Marc Aronoff to the Mystical Writings of St. Catherine of Genoa

    November 27th, 2023  |  42 mins 28 secs
    book interview, saints

    Marc Aronoff found himself at the Abbey of Gethsemani to conduct research about Thomas Merton. As he read Merton's journals, he discovered one sentence about St. Catherine of Genoa and that led Marc Aronoff on a life changing discovery of St. Catherine of Genoa. In this interview, Marc introduces listeners to the life and writings of St. Catherine of Genoa and Thomas Merton.