Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
On this week's episode Father Robert Gahl, a priest of Opus Dei, discusses his own call to the priesthood, his work at the Busch School of Business at Catholic University of America where he has relaunched Church Management Programs including the Master in Ecclesiastical Administration and Management, and what it means to work for a "corporation centered on the celebration of the Holy Eucharist."
00:00 Introduction
01:40 Father's call did not come early in life
02:15 Seeing JPII in Toronto
03:00 When someone asked: Why aren't you a priest?
03:30 Amazing connection with saints
05:00 Working as a professor at Santa Croce
05:40 Doctoral dissertations of priests including Father John Burns
07:00 Long history working with Cardinal Pell
07:30 Teaching the virtues to CEOs
09:00 Schedule of a priest helped Cardinal Pell in prison
11:50 Helping priests prepare for the administrative responsibility
12:50 Thinking like an apostolic entrepreneur
13:30 A corporation centered on the celebration of the Holy Eucharist
16:00 The art of fundraising or friend-raising
18:00 Investing creates good stewards of the Church
19:30 Working closely with seminaries
21:00 When the parish is healthy, the diocese of healthy
23:00 What we learn from the Parable of the Talents
24:40 Program also open to the laity
25:45 Helping to build a foundation for the administrative tasks
26:45 Mentorship opportunity under a pastor
28:00 Getting a Masters' in church management
On this week's episode Father Robert Gahl, a priest of Opus Dei, discusses his own call to the priesthood, his work at the Busch School of Business at Catholic University of America where he has relaunched Church Management Programs including the Master in Ecclesiastical Administration and Management, and what it means to work for a "corporation centered on the celebration of the Holy Eucharist."
00:00 Introduction
01:40 Father's call did not come early in life
02:15 Seeing JPII in Toronto
03:00 When someone asked: Why aren't you a priest?
03:30 Amazing connection with saints
05:00 Working as a professor at Santa Croce
05:40 Doctoral dissertations of priests including Father John Burns
07:00 Long history working with Cardinal Pell
07:30 Teaching the virtues to CEOs
09:00 Schedule of a priest helped Cardinal Pell in prison
11:50 Helping priests prepare for the administrative responsibility
12:50 Thinking like an apostolic entrepreneur
13:30 A corporation centered on the celebration of the Holy Eucharist
16:00 The art of fundraising or friend-raising
18:00 Investing creates good stewards of the Church
19:30 Working closely with seminaries
21:00 When the parish is healthy, the diocese of healthy
23:00 What we learn from the Parable of the Talents
24:40 Program also open to the laity
25:45 Helping to build a foundation for the administrative tasks
26:45 Mentorship opportunity under a pastor
28:00 Getting a Masters' in church management
