Reminder: Lenten podcast series wraps up with powerful Holy Week reflections

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As we enter the final days of Lent, the archdiocese encourages the faithful to revisit “Seeing Through the Heart of Jesus,” the six-episode Lenten series on Archindy Vox, the archdiocesan podcast, which is available on Spotify. Introduced on Ash Wednesday, the series helps listeners reflect on Catholic social teaching as a lived spirituality shaping daily relationships, prayer and discipleship.

This week’s concluding episode, “Seeing the Paschal Mystery Through the Heart of Jesus,” focuses on Holy Week. Discover more about the liturgy of this most sacred time in the Church and how worship shapes the way we live and love.

For those who haven’t yet tuned in—or may have missed a week or two—now is the perfect time to catch up. 

Episode refresher 

Episode 1: Seeing All in the Image and Likeness of God 

Guests include Theresa Chamblee, director of social concerns for Catholic Charities, and Deacon Kerry Blandford, parish life coordinator of St. Andrew the Apostle Parish in Indianapolis and archdiocesan director of deacon formation, who focus on the dignity of the human person and invite listeners into a renewed Lenten posture of interior conversion.
 

Episode 2: Seeing Mercy Through the Heart of Jesus 

Guests are Father Joseph Moriarty, pastor of St. Luke the Evangelist Parish in Indianapolis, and Yadira Villatoro, administrator of religious education at St. Anthony Parish in Indianapolis, who reflect on reconciliation as healing and restoration rooted in Christ’s mercy.
 

Episode 3: Seeing Relationship Through the Heart of Jesus 

Guests Ken Ogorek, executive director of the archdiocesan Secretariat for Evangelizing Catechesis, and Kristina Seipel, director of discipleship and catechesis at Holy Family Parish in New Albany, explore prayer as a simple, daily relationship with Jesus that forms us to love others well.
 

Episode 4: Seeing Stillness Through the Heart of Jesus 

Guests include Sandi Patel, director of the archdiocesan Office of Retreat and Renewal Ministry and Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House in Indianapolis, and Tim Rathz, assistant director of operations at Fatima, who highlight the importance of quiet retreat and rest as spaces for listening to God. 
 

Episode 5: Seeing Generosity Through the Heart of Jesus 

Guests include Roarke LaCoursiere, associate director of the Indiana Catholic Conference in Indianapolis, and Jennifer Tames, assistant agency director for Catholic Charities Terre Haute, who invite listeners to see almsgiving and stewardship as expressions of trust and compassion.
 

Episode 6: Seeing the Paschal Mystery Through the Heart of Jesus 

Guests Andrew Motyka, director of archdiocesan and cathedral liturgical music, and Rita Lwin, coordinator of Burmese ministry for St. Pius X Parish in Indianapolis, invite listeners to walk with Jesus through the cross and into new life. Learn more about this most sacred time in the Catholic Church that commemorates the final week of Jesus’ life, culminating in his passion, death and resurrection—the sacred triduum—and how to bring the Resurrection into one’s everyday life.
 

All six episodes of “Seeing Through the Heart of Jesus” can be streamed on the archdiocese’s Spotify channel at archindy.org/archindyvox.

As Holy Week approaches, consider listening to the final episode—and letting this series accompany the end of your Lenten journey into Easter joy. †