Practicing Catholic

Taylor Kemp, Scott Hefelfinger

Booking Overview

A weekly Catholic spirituality show focused on practical holiness, prayer, family life, work, and Catholic culture, combining host-led episodes with occasional external conversations featuring clergy and Catholic scholars. Credible pitches include Catholic theologians, priests, spiritual writers, authors, and experienced ministry leaders with practical expertise; booking difficulty is likely medium because guests need clear subject-matter authority but need not be major public celebrities.

Metrics

Episodes: 55

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 181.0k subscribers

Instagram: 31.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

technology@augustineinstitute.org

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Host

Taylor Kemp - Catholic speaker and educator affiliated with the Augustine Institute.

Scott Hefelfinger - Catholic theologian and educator affiliated with the Augustine Institute.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Catholic theologians, priests, scholars of Church history or spirituality, spiritual writers, authors, and experienced Catholic ministry leaders with practical expertise.

Required Achievements:

Published books or substantial teaching work, Academic expertise in Catholic theology, Scripture, Church history, or spirituality, Leadership or long-term service in Catholic ministry

Recent Guest Discussions

Elizabeth Klein - The Life And Writings Of St. Augustine, Catholic Theology, Scripture, Lectio Divina, And Practical Christian Holiness.

Recent Topics

Christianity, Catholicism, Prayer, Holiness, Saints

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Practicing Catholic

The Catholic Guide to Hospice, Legacy, and Story

September 28, 2026

Taylor Kemp and Dr. Scott Hefelfinger talk with guest Eileen Spinner, a hospice counselor and author, about the guided Catholic journals she co-created with Sister Gianna Casino.Eileen shares family stories that came out of the journal (a mix-up over her mother's confirmation name, her father's answer to "how do you want to be remembered"), previews an Archdiocesan grandparents' workshop this October on passing on the faith, and unpacks her idea of "actual death" — the day people stop talking...

Why We Love Archbishop Fulton Sheen

September 21, 2026

This week on Practicing Catholic, Taylor Kemp and Dr. Scott Hefelfinger celebrate Archbishop Fulton Sheen just days before his beatification in St. Louis. Emily joins the conversation as the guys trace Sheen's remarkable life story and reflect on why his witness has meant so much to them personally.Taylor and Scott walk through Sheen's biography — born in 1895, ordained in 1919, and shaped for life by a daily Holy Hour he kept without fail. They cover his advanced studies at Louvain, the Sorb...

How to Cultivate Silence for a Better Prayer Life

September 14, 2026

On this episode of Practicing Catholic, hosts Taylor Kemp and Dr. Scott Hefelfinger tackle a challenge almost every praying Catholic knows well: sitting down for prayer only to find that silence is anything but quiet inside. Drawing on a year of listener response to their episodes on prayer, Taylor and Scott turn to the question underneath it — why cultivating real silence is so difficult, and why it's essential to the spiritual life anyway.Scott opens with a passage from St. Teresa of Avila'...

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