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What if the most important spiritual formation in your child’s life isn’t happening at church—but at your dinner table? Today, John Heinen and Devin Schadt discuss how family dinner has quietly lost its soul—and how fathers must bring it back, not just as a routine, but as a call and obligation. The culture has shaped the dinner table into what we commonly see today on TV. It is failing at its core mission to be a cornerstone of a thriving family.
This isn’t about perfect meals or unnatural conversation. It’s about forming identity, memory, and virtue in the chaos of real life. John and Devin share how their own families bring structure and meaning to mealtime—from the nightly “Good Thing, Difficult Thing, Random Thing” ritual to coaching kids through cleanup as a form of love and responsibility.
CORRECTION: The Harvard Study came out in 2020.
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What if the most important spiritual formation in your child’s life isn’t happening at church—but at your dinner table? Today, John Heinen and Devin Schadt discuss how family dinner has quietly lost its soul—and how fathers must bring it back, not just as a routine, but as a call and obligation. The culture has shaped the dinner table into what we commonly see today on TV. It is failing at its core mission to be a cornerstone of a thriving family.
This isn’t about perfect meals or unnatural conversation. It’s about forming identity, memory, and virtue in the chaos of real life. John and Devin share how their own families bring structure and meaning to mealtime—from the nightly “Good Thing, Difficult Thing, Random Thing” ritual to coaching kids through cleanup as a form of love and responsibility.
CORRECTION: The Harvard Study came out in 2020.
Books for the Journey: LEAD – shop.stewardshipmission.com/products/lead-daily-devontions-for-every-man
QUESTION FOR US: We love to answer your questions on the show so send them our way to podcast@catholicgentleman.com
🔴 CATHOLIC GENTLEMAN PLUS – 27 SESSIONS AVAILABLE Enjoy 27 unique sessions for men, access exclusive weekly content, ebooks, guest series, and our live Q and A at Catholic Gentleman Plus: catholicgentlemanplus.com
Video Producer - Kyle O'Connor
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