Show Notes
Can you have a social life and keep your faith intact? In this episode, Fr Patrick Cahill draws on his seminary years — late nights on Saint Stephen's Day, conversations that only made sense before 10:30pm — to explore a question he hears often from young Catholics: how do we socialise without compromising? He makes the case that the answer isn't to stay home and knit, but to reclaim social life on better terms: environments that build friendship rather than temptation, and a vision of feasting and dancing that has more in common with Cana than the club.
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