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Catholic evangelization with parish-level traction.
Every Knee Shall Bow treats Catholic evangelization as something lived in families, schools, parishes, and awkward conversations. Its episodes move quickly from jokes and travel updates into concrete guidance on OCIA, mercy, discipleship, and sharing the faith without waiting for perfect conditions.
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Every Knee Shall Bow is a Catholic evangelization show with a practical, lived-in pulse. It talks about mission as something that happens in classrooms, parish halls, youth programs, and tense conversations with people who are not yet sure what they believe. The tone is warm and quick. Jokes arrive early, sometimes sideways, and the serious point usually comes through a story rather than a thesis. Recent episodes circle around OCIA, conversion, catechesis, Catholic school mission, mercy, spiritual opposition, and missionary discipleship. The show treats those subjects as urgent without making them feel remote. It asks what Catholics should actually do when someone is entering the Church, when a school claims a Catholic mission, when inner-city youth ministry needs more than good intentions, or when fear makes evangelization feel impossible. Mike Gomer Gormley and Dave VanVickle bring a familiar co-host rhythm, full of teasing nicknames, interruptions, and quick pivots. Family life is not edited out. Travel, parish missions, a child’s serious injury, Lent programs, and prayer routines all become part of the same conversation about discipleship. That looseness is part of the appeal. The show can mention St. Augustine, OCIA, works of mercy, or the Catechism without turning stiff. It is comfortable with Catholic vocabulary, but it keeps translating the vocabulary back into ordinary decisions. Guest conversations, including work connected to Vagabond Missions, broaden the frame from parish advice to active missionary models. The show’s recurring concern is not simply how to explain Catholic teaching, but how to become the kind of person who can carry it credibly. It is pastoral, sometimes comic, and often direct. It suits Catholics who already care about the Church’s mission but need examples, courage, and a less polished way to think out loud about it. Its best moments make evangelization feel less like a program and more like a habit of attention, prayer, mercy, and boldness.
Made for: For Catholics who care about evangelization, OCIA, parish renewal, Catholic education, and missionary discipleship. It especially fits catechists, parish leaders, ministry volunteers, Catholic parents, and listeners who want practical encouragement without a formal lecture tone.
What sets it apart: The show’s strength is its mix of loose Catholic banter and concrete missionary application. It lets family strain, parish travel, school mission, youth ministry, and doctrinal reflection sit in the same room.
Lay Catholic evangelists Michael Gormley and Dave VanVickle bring you a podcast series that teaches you how to confidently share your Catholic faith with your family members, friends, co-workers, and the strangers you meet on airplanes. Every episode, Mike and Dave give you five steps you can take each week to become an instrument God uses to spread the Gospel, heal hearts, and renew his Church. Be inspired by stories of miraculous conversions and be reminded that God still powerfully intervenes to transform people's lives.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Catholic evangelization becomes concrete here, translated into prayer habits, parish participation, family life, and attentive relationships.
Michael Gormley and Dave VanVickle keep Catholic evangelization close to ordinary conduct. Their conversations move from discipleship and conversion to parish life, marriage, prayer, and church leadership, usually asking what a teaching demands of Catholics in practice.
Bible study meets family life, then Dave Van Vickle's deadlift keeps you from getting too solemn.
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A lively OCIA conversation that turns parish work into a personal call to conversion.
This episode treats OCIA as a Church concern, not just parish paperwork. It moves from family chaos and jokes into a steady, plainspoken case for praying for catechumens, reconsidering personal conversion, and taking discipleship seriously in ordinary life.
A plainspoken Catholic case for evangelization as patient formation, not pressure.
Every Knee Shall Bow starts with winter chatter, then settles on a clear Catholic point: evangelization asks for real self-gift, and that offer is not always welcomed.
A plainspoken case for marriage, shared prayer, and the slow work of unity in family life.
This episode treats marriage as part of God's design from the start and makes a plain case for shared prayer as something practical, not sentimental. The strongest detail is the awkwardness of the first attempts at praying out loud before bed.
Deadlift jokes and hard Gospel talk settle into a plain question about what real holiness asks for.
It opens in the weight room and then settles into a sober Gospel argument, which suits a show that keeps returning to theology in everyday life.
Bishops are framed as fathers, not managers, in a hopeful and plainspoken Church conversation.
This episode treats bishops through Catholic fatherhood and uses the Jubilee year of hope to ask what that role looks like in practice. It starts loose and a little funny, then settles on a simple point: bishops can stay busy and still miss the fruit of the work if they forget…
Two Bible translators unpack Scripture's hardest passages, from Revelation's 666 to the Witch of Endor.
Live sermons with Easter-shaped urgency.
Mike Gomer Gormy and Dave Working Them Delts Van Vickle conclude their healthcare series by arguing that medical care should serve whole persons rather than reduce patients to diseases, symptoms, or insurance claims.
Mike and Dave start with their usual loose back-and-forth, then move quickly to OCIA and why it matters beyond the parish.
This episode introduces a new season focusing on the OCIA process for Catholic evangelization, highlighting record numbers of young adults joining the church.
This episode discusses how Christians can confront evil in the world, focusing on evangelization, discipleship, and the upcoming season about the OCIA process in the Catholic Church.
This episode introduces the concept of missionary discipleship, emphasizing practical actions like prayer and mercy, while sharing personal updates and upcoming events.
This Catholic podcast episode explores how mercy serves as the foundation for evangelization and mission work, discussing personal experiences and organizational efforts during Lent.
This episode features an interview with leaders from Vagabond Missions discussing their work bringing Catholic youth ministry and the gospel to inner city communities.
Dave VanVickle hosts solo, discussing missionary discipleship and upcoming events while updating listeners on co-host Mike's son's recovery.
A Catholic evangelization podcast discussing missionary discipleship and sharing faith, with prayer requests and upcoming events.
A Catholic evangelization podcast discussing Lent as a time of intensity and renewed focus, with hosts sharing personal anecdotes and preparing to teach listeners how to share their faith.
Two Catholic evangelists discuss their parish mission in Sarasota and share tips for spreading the faith.
A Catholic evangelist discusses preparing for Lent and the importance of a living relationship with God.
Mike and Dave open with winter weather and a bit of teasing before moving into evangelization.
This Catholic podcast episode discusses evangelization and discipleship, featuring a conversation about the Tay-Dam exorcism training conference and its diverse attendees.
Mike Gormley opens without Dave VanVickle, who is away at urgent care with his child.
Gomer and Dave open with deadlift chatter, gym-record talk, and a breakfast promise that makes the whole thing feel half-serious and fully competitive.
Catholic evangelists Mike and Dave discuss sharing the faith, with humorous banter about personal struggles and God's grace.
A Catholic evangelization podcast where hosts discuss sharing faith and personal spiritual struggles.
A Catholic evangelization podcast teaching listeners how to share their faith through practical steps and conversion stories.
A Catholic evangelization podcast teaching listeners how to share their faith, featuring personal stories and practical steps.
This Catholic podcast episode features host Marie Mazzanti discussing how to handle critics and engage in online apologetics with humor and faith-based insights.
This episode discusses strategies for evangelizing family members during holiday gatherings, emphasizing discernment and timing guided by the Holy Spirit.
Catholic evangelists discuss a parable of Jesus and share experiences from men's ministry events.
Catholic evangelists discuss the relationship between charity and justice in evangelization, share personal anecdotes, and mention a guest retreat.
Two Catholic evangelists discuss the joy of sharing faith and the freedom of dedicating time to God's work.
A Catholic evangelization podcast discussing how to share faith and overcome vanity to serve others.
Mike Gormley discusses the parable of the dishonest steward and its application to Catholic evangelization.
Dave VanVickle discusses the importance of deepening faith through prayer and virtue, shares about a movie on St.
A Catholic evangelization podcast teaching listeners how to share their faith through practical steps and conversion stories.
Catholic evangelists discuss sharing faith, catechesis, and the gospel in everyday life.
A Catholic evangelization podcast episode discussing Pope Leo's reflections on hope for the Jubilee Year, with a focus on applying parables to daily life.
A Catholic evangelization podcast where hosts discuss sharing faith and personal anecdotes.
A Catholic evangelization podcast teaching listeners how to share their faith through practical steps and conversion stories.
Mike Gormley and Dave the Mountain Van Vickle open with their familiar summer banter about pools, shirts, sweaters, nicknames, and the kind of general nonsense that comes naturally.
This Catholic podcast episode explores how to strengthen one's relationship with the Holy Spirit, particularly in the context of Pentecost and personal faith journeys.