Welcome back to Modern Day Disciples, the TRINITY SZN!! The first guest of the season is Ryan Gutierrez aka Big Bro aka BBG aka @Big_brother_ryan! Big Bro talks about following God’s will and vocational discernment as he delves into his story of discerning priesthood and eventually, married life. Subscribe to MDD Media on YouTube to watch the video version of this podcast - there’s beatboxing, freestyles, and even a blindfold cereal challenge!!

2020 was marked by the world being turned upside down. Everything we were familiar with, suddenly changed. Will 2021 mark the return of the Modern Day Disciples podcast? Kevin and Ana get real and vulnerable as they discuss their reason behind such a long hiatus and what the future holds for MDD.

Happy Easter!! Although this Easter looks far different than any Easter before, the hope we have in the resurrected Christ is everlasting and never changing - believe that!! We are back with a special Liturgy of the Word episode this Easter Sunday! This episode features Fr. Matt Stanley giving a homily and Leslie Legacion and Cedric Pacifico accompanying with music. We pray that this Easter season brings you the light, joy, and love that only Jesus can bring!

Happy Palm Sunday! Modern Day Disciples is back with another special Liturgy of the Word episode this Palm Sunday in Lent. This episode features Fr. Matt Stanley giving a homily and Leslie Legacion, Cedric Pacifico, and Richard Alvarez accompanying with music. Please know of our prayers for you during this time. Happy Holy Week, may your heart be transformed through the graces of Christ’s journey to the Cross!

Happy Sunday fam! Modern Day Disciples is back with another special Liturgy of the Word episode this Fifth Sunday of Lent. This episode features Fr. Matt Stanley giving a homily and Leslie Legacion accompanying with music. Please know of our continued prayers for you during this time - you all are in our hearts!

As the suspension of Mass continues within the Diocese of San Jose, MDD is back with another special Liturgy of the Word episode this Fourth Sunday of Lent, Laetare Sunday. This episode features Fr Matt Stanley giving a homily, and Jennyrose Jalique, Leslie Legacion, and Cedric Pacifico accompanying with music. We’re praying for you!

New episode dropping! This week’s episode features none other than Timmy Gale, prospective grad student, avid library enthusiast, and part-time dog walker! Timmy also volunteers at Holy Spirit Parish in San Jose, CA with youth ministry and Confirmation. Join us this week as Timmy dives into his faith journey, talking about his purpose in serving those on the margins of society and what true solidarity looks like. He talks about his time serving in Jesuit Volunteer Corps and how that has shifted his perspective on authentic community and influenced his decision to pursue grad school for social work.

In the midst of such uncertain times, MDD wants to use their avenue of a podcast to reach the faithful and hopefully nourish hearts and souls. Tune into this special Liturgy of the Word episode featuring Fr. Matt Stanley giving a homily and Jennyrose Jalique and Leslie Legacion accompanying with music. We’re praying for you!

Check this week’s episode featuring the most wonderful, dear friend of ours, Annie Bui! Annie serves as the Coordinator of Community Engagement at Holy Spirit Parish in San Jose, CA. She also previously served at the diocesan level as admin of the office of Liturgy and Youth & Young Adult Ministry. Annie dives into what it’s like keeping God at the center of your life, even when you don’t feel His presence, even when it is difficult to do so. Her journey is one of great strength and truly shows what it means to have a heart dedicated to the faith!

Join us THIS WEEK for a very special Lenten episode of MDD - Into the Desert!! Kevin and Ana discuss all things Lent, and although we don’t have an official guest this week, we call some of our former guests to hear what Lent means to them and what they’re giving up or taking on this Lenten season! Hear from over 10 former guests via phone call - they share the true meaning of this season and give some tips on how to deepen your faith life over the next 40 days. You don’t want to miss this very special episode of MDD!

Scope the latest podcast featuring one of our beloved veterans of youth ministry, Chris Mardesich, the Director of Youth Ministry at Holy Family Parish in San Jose, CA!! Chris boasts 10+ years of working in youth ministry along with 15 years total involvement in youth ministry. Tune in as Chris dives into his faith journey, speaking on what it means to truly doubt and truly question everything he ever know about the faith which led to intellectually stimulating conversations, including deep theological questions on the existence of God. we talk Aquinas, we talk faith x science, and we talk Star Wars - listen to this episode, which is truly one for the books!

This week’s podcast is ~HOOD x HOLY and features none other than Chelsea Ocampo! Chelsea attends Our Lady of Peace Church in Santa Clara, CA and is a Registered Marriage and Family therapist, and has been for the last three years. Scope this week’s episode where Chelsea dives into how she answers the greater call to seve those in need through her vocation of therapy, always by relying on the grace and strength of Christ to do so. She delves into the difference between transparency and vulnerability…

Ya’ll already know what’s upppp!! First Sunday of the month is Praise and Worship Sundayyy! Tune in this week as Jonathan Chichioco from Queen of Apostles Parish in San Jose, CA takes us back in time to that mid-2000’s worship vibes - it’s emotional, from the heart, and speaking truth. This week we learn what it truly means to surrender our hearts to Christ and how that will forever change the journey we are on.

This week’s episode features the man, the myth, none other than DSJ’s very own legend - Row David from Holy Spirit Parish in San Jose, CA!! Row comes through this week flexing his Marvel and Star Trek knowledge - but not only that, Row dives into his own hero’s journey, complete with character development and full circle moments only someone who’s been in youth ministry nearly 20 years could do. We love Row like a brother and were personally convicted and changed by this episode, particularly his radical vulnerability, so give it a listen!

Tune into this week’s episode to hear one of DSJ’s newest youth ministers and religion teachers, Katie Sullivan from St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Los Gatos in Los Gatos, CA - take the mic!! Katie talks true transformation of the heart as her inaugural year of ministry altered her life in a very real and lasting way. Through her testimony, she reminds us to never underestimate the swift and powerful impact a life changed by Christ can have upon those we encounter and the world around us.

SEASON 2 AND WE BACK!! First Sunday of our new season and that means it’s a PRAISE AND WORSHIP SUNDAYYY! Tune in as we kick off with the very talented @thereeses_pieces_00 coming to you all the way from Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.! Therese talks how her very musical (and Catholic) family influenced her faith journey as well as what it means for her to come to Christ in the raw vulnerability that is songwriting.

Started from the bottom, now we here!! It is with bittersweet feelings that we encourage you to go listed to our LAST EPISODE of Season 1 of MDD!! We get back to the basics, just Kevin and Ana, and get real real. We talk some updates on our own personal faith journeys, where we’re at today, answer some questions y’all asked us on Instagram, reveal our vision for this podcast in the future, and reveal when we’ll be back for Season 2!! Thank you for joining us on this journey - we could not do any of it without you, our listener. Until next season.. Happy Sunday! And get yo booty to church!!

Check out this week’s episode featuring the one and only Deepu Kochuparambil aka @homedeepu! You know his name, but do you know his story? Deepu has been involved in youth ministry for nearly 17 years- we call him a Catholic influencer, he calls himself a Catholic whisperer. Join us as Deepu courageously share his heart and his struggles with pursuing Christ in the midst of a world that encourages us to settle for less. He talks his vocation of being a dad, husband, and most importantly a son of the Father!

First Sunday of the month means PRAISE & WORSHIP SUNDAY!! Tune in for this special Advent edition of P&W Sundays featuring music minister, youth minister, and secretly Moana… Anna Brown aka @abanana94 from St. Maria Goretti Parish in San Jose, CA! Anna talks growing up in Samoa, diving into music ministry at a very youth age, and her close relationship with her grandparents!

Scope this week’s podcast for a very special episode featuring Jennyrose Jalique. Jenny is the Young Adult Ministry Coordinator at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in San Jose, CA. Tune in as she delves into how her faith life and family have always been intrinsically rooted together, young adult ministry and its growth in the Diocese of San Jose, and a little behind the scenes on the creation of the newest movement - Coram Deo!