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The Catholic Sportsman Show Podcast

The Catholic Sportsman Show Podcast

Auteur(s): Paul Michelini and Randy Laya (RIP co-founder Jeff Corrigan)
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 Where our Catholic faith and love for sports merge. We discuss contemporary sports topics from our Catholic Christian perspective. We cover professional, college, and youth sports. Listen to our unique conversation with hosts Randy Laya and Paul Michelini. We come to you from our home Diocese of Orange, CA.Copyright 2022 All rights reserved. Christianisme Pastorale et évangélisme Sciences sociales Spiritualité
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  • Fr. Matthew Hincks - Guardian Angels... Are They Real?

    Fr. Matthew Hincks - Guardian Angels... Are They Real?
    Dec 17 2025

    Fr. Matthew Hincks is a priest with the Order of Canons Regular of the Holy Cross in the diocese of Steubenville, Ohio and is our guest on this episode. One of the ministries of the Canons Regular is Opus Angelorum or Work of the Angels, which is the topic of our discussion with Fr. Matthew. In particular, Father talks about our guardian angels and sports.

    In this episode you will find answers to the following questions:

    · Was Fr. Hincks involved in sports?

    · Can participation in sports help my spiritual life?

    · Are there any commonalities between sports and my spiritual life? Is it important to have a plan for both?

    · What is Opus Angelorum and how did it start?

    · What is a stigmata and what does it mean when a person receives it?

    · Is it possible to know and have a relationship with my guardian angel?

    · What can my guardian angel do for me?

    · Can I give my guardian angel a name?

    · In 1 Corinthians 9:23-27, St. Paul compares his ministry to athletics. What games might he be referring to?

    · How can Opus Angelorum help me learn about my guardian angel?

    · Is it possible to consecrate myself to my guardian angel?

    · Why is it important to have a relationship with my guardian angel and the angels in general, now, in this life?

    Opus Sanctorum Angelorum - Work of the Holy Angels

    Order of Canons Regular of the Holy Cross

    Isthmian Games - Wikipedia

    #catholicsports, #opusangelorum, #workoftheangels, #guardianangel
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    43 min
  • Fr. Dave Pivonka - A Proud Father

    Fr. Dave Pivonka - A Proud Father
    Dec 2 2025
    Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, is the president of Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio and is our guest on this episode. Fr. Dave grew up in a devoted Catholic family and he and his siblings were very involved in various types of sports. Fr. Dave liked the competitive nature of sports, but most appreciated the relationships that are prevalent in team sports. Looking back, he realizes how the lessons he learned in his early years in sports helped shape him for his current role. As the president of a university, Fr. Dave is a very busy man who has many responsibilities. With a full day in front of him, he finds that spending 30 to 45 minutes on a treadmill each morning before going to the office is very beneficial to his day. Fr. Dave also recently attended a Notre Dame game and is a Denver Broncos fan. He can’t imagine his life without sports. Fr. Dave explains the three types of Franciscan Orders and the Third Order Regular (TOR). Although he felt called to the priesthood at a young age, Fr. Dave knew that he was not called to be a diocesan priest. He needed to be in a community, a brotherhood that supports each other. He lives with nineteen Friars and enjoys the camaraderie and the sports rivalries inherent in a group of men. Fr. Dave also explains what he likes about St. Francis who lived in the 12th to 13th century in Italy and felt called by God to “Rebuild My Church”. Fr. Dave explains some of the many assignments he had in the Order prior to his assignment as President of Franciscan University in 2019. In his current role, he talks about celebrating early morning daily Mass in a packed chapel that holds 590 people at a time when roughly 70% of “kids” stop going to church. Franciscan University also sponsors about 25 summer youth conferences across the country with approximately 60,000 young people attending. Fr. Dave discusses his collaboration with Wild Goose TV in producing a video series called My Father’s Father in which he talks about experiences and discussions he had with his father that taught Fr. Dave more about Our Heavenly Father. He also collaborated with Wild Goose TV to produce a series called “Metanoia”, a Greek word that means a transformation of the heart, a spiritual conversion, which comes about through repentance. The Metanoia series was filmed in the Holy Land. Fr. Dave also talks about two video series he is involved in called “In Focus” and “In Person”. Of all the many things that encompass Fr. Dave’s life, he just wants to do what God wants him to do. He hopes everything he’s doing comes from his personal relationship with Jesus. Fr. Dave cannot imagine doing anything else. He hopes that his 2000 students know that “Fr. Dave is proud of me!”, like Fr. Dave’s father was proud of him. Fr. Dave talks about prayer and says it’s “pretty simple” and tells listeners how to have a good prayer time. Like the old Nike adage, Fr. Dave encourages listeners to “Just Do It!” In the life of a Franciscan, the word “kenosis” is important. Kenosis means “emptying” of oneself and is best described in Philippians 2:6-8. While prayer may be simple, kenosis takes practice (like hitting a baseball). Fr Dave talks about how he experiences kenosis. Fr. Dave ends by emphatically stating that young people are good, and they are not the future of the Church as he has heard some people say, young people are part of the Church today! He invites listeners to visit Franciscan University and go to Mass at 6:30 in the morning! He likes that young people are “messy” sometimes and are still trying to figure things out. With his belief in and enthusiasm for young people, it’s not a stretch to say that God has Fr. Dave in just the right place! Links: Franciscan University of Steubenville | Live the Truth Youth Conferences - Steubenville Conferences Wild Goose TV streaming platform – My Father’s Father and Metanoia Franciscan University Faith & Reason - Nurture your soul and your mind. – contains “In Focus” and “In Person” series with Fr. Dave among other faith-oriented videos Franciscan University of Steubenville – a mission of the Third Order Regular of Saint Francis Fr. Dave’s Bio | Franciscan University of Steubenville #catholicsports, #franciscanuniversity, #faithandreason, #striveforkenosis
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    48 min
  • Rachael Popcak Isaac - I Have Nothing to Prove and Everything to Share

    Rachael Popcak Isaac - I Have Nothing to Prove and Everything to Share
    Nov 6 2025

    Rachael Popcak Isaac developed the Success and Performance Coaching Program and is our guest on this episode. Rachael grew up as a competitive figure skater and dancer, so she knows the love of competition. She has also experienced the intense pressure, anxiety, and stress inherent in sports or any high-pressure endeavor and this is the part of competition she did not like. Early in Rachael’s career, she leaned on her faith and the love God had for her, and something shifted in her spirit and this new perspective changed her life. Rachael was able to enjoy and flourish in her God-given talents.

    Rachael is the daughter of Dr. Greg Popcak, founder of CatholicCounselors.com and the Success and Performance Coaching Program is a division of her father’s company. Rachael is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and uses her skills and experience to help people who are in highly competitive, high-performance, high-pressure, high expectation, and/or high stress professions. Her clientele ranges from high school to professional athletes, dancers, doctors, lawyers, executives, anyone who has a position with high responsibility and high expectations. Common among these are people who have unbalanced competitive professions where stress and anxiety are the norm and which, if left unchecked, can lead to unhappy, anxious, and stress-filled lives apart from their field of endeavor. That is where Rachael’s new program can help.

    Like the other services offered on CatholicCounselor.com, the Success and Performance Coaching Program uses tele-services to help clients achieve their goals. Unlike sports psychologists or other secular counseling services, CatholicCounselors.com bases their services on St. John Paul II’s teaching on the Theology of the Body. Rachael explains the importance of integrating mind, body, and spirit in the life of a competitor. Disintegration in a competitor can lead to failure, stress, and frustration in their endeavor and can spread to other areas of a person’s life. Integration can lead to a sense of calm and confidence that can make success much more attainable and offers a more fulfilling life outside a person’s field of endeavor. Rachael explains what to expect in counseling and the benefit of incorporating faith in the process. An added gem, Rachael explains her favorite definition of “confidence” and why it’s important in the life of a competitor (or anybody). Rachael also talks about how most competitors experience unique pressures, expectations, experiences, and their language might be a little different than people with other counseling needs and that’s the niche the Success and Performance Coaching Program aims to fill.

    For everyone who enjoys participating in sports, or those who enjoy watching sports, Rachael suggests fostering and maintaining healthy relationships around sports is most important. Rachael ends with a heartfelt story where she experienced a time when fierce competition got in the way of enjoying her God-given gifts and those of others. It’s summed up in her adopted motto “I have nothing to prove and everything to share” and where it should lead us all… toward true confidence in relationships with others. It’s a motto that works everywhere, on or off the field.

    Links:

    Success and Performance Coaching - Catholic Counselors

    Home - Catholic Counselors

    https://catholiccounselors.com/playing-for-glory-how-theology-of-the-body-transforms-the-way-athletes-compete/

    #catholicsports, #coachingforsuccess, #successandperformancecoaching, #godandathletes, #sportstheologyofthebody
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    48 min
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