Bishop Thomas Daly
Host of Walking in Faith with Bishop Daly
Thomas Daly, Bishop of Spokane, was born April 30, 1960, in San Francisco. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of San Francisco in 1982; a master of divinity from St. Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park, California, in 1987; and a master of education degree from Boston College in 1996. He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1987.
Pope Benedict XVI named him auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of San Jose on March 16, 2011. He was ordained a bishop May 25, 2011.
Pope Francis named him the seventh Bishop of Spokane on March 12, 2015. Bishop Daly was installed on May 20, 2015 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes in Spokane.
Bishop Thomas Daly has hosted 89 Episodes.
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Episode 203: Ash Wednesday, Lent and Valentine's Day
February 9th, 2018 | Season 0 | 27 mins 2 secs
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Its a contest of Hallmark vs the Church this Ash Wednesday, as Valentine's Day falls on Ash Wednesday. As the Bishop and the Vicars note Ash Wednesday is in many ways a celebration of love and forgiveness. We can turn towards one another and offer both c...
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Episode 202: Catholic Schools Week 2018
January 31st, 2018 | Season 0 | 29 mins 14 secs
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In the midst of Catholic Schools Week Bishop Daly and the Vicars reminisce on their school days and share the meaning and value of Catholic Schools in today's church.
Join Bishop Thomas Daly, Fr. Darrin Connall (Vicar General), Fr. Brian Mee (Vicar for F... -
Episode 201: Fatherhood
January 5th, 2018 | Season 0 | 27 mins 32 secs
bishop, catholic, christian, fatherhood, jesus, spokane
Welcome back for Season 2!
After some technical difficulties with the Christmas episodes, the Bishop and Vicars are back. To begin the new year the topic of fatherhood was chosen. What makes a good father? How do fathers (both spiritual and biological) e... -
Episode 122: Advent - Part 2
December 13th, 2017 | Season 0 | 26 mins 50 secs
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Bishop Daly and the Vicars discus Advent, as the Church begins to prepare for Christmas and the coming of Christ.
Join Bishop Thomas Daly, Fr. Darrin Connall (Vicar General), Fr. Brian Mee (Vicar for Finance), and Fr. Pat Kerst (Vicar for Priests) as th... -
Episode 121: Advent
November 30th, 2017 | Season 0 | 27 mins 12 secs
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Bishop Daly and the Vicars discus Advent, as the Church begins to prepare for Christmas and the coming of Christ.
Join Bishop Thomas Daly, Fr. Darrin Connall (Vicar General), Fr. Brian Mee (Vicar for Finance), and Fr. Pat Kerst (Vicar for Priests) as th... -
Episode 120: The Faithful Departed
November 17th, 2017 | Season 0 | 29 mins 19 secs
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Bishop Daly and the Vicars discuss the faithful departed, purgatory and our remembrance of the dead in the month of November.
Join Bishop Thomas Daly, Fr. Darrin Connall (Vicar General), Fr. Brian Mee (Vicar for Finance), and Fr. Pat Kerst (Vicar for Pr... -
Episode 119: Long Shall you Live - Interview with local author Marja Henderson
November 10th, 2017 | Season 0 | 29 mins 44 secs
bishop, catholic, christian, jesus, spokane
This episode Bishop Daly welcomes to the show local author Marja Henderson. Marja has recently published a book entitled Long Shall You Live.
"Long Shall You Live is a memoir following the lives of a young couple, Mienus and Suze, during the Nazi occu... -
Episode 118: All Saints
November 1st, 2017 | Season 0 | 29 mins 49 secs
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Join Bishop Daly and the Vicars as they discuss the Saints. On the Feast of All Saints, the Church commemorates those who have gone before us in the life of faith and who now intercede for us in Heaven.
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Episode 117: Faith and Reason
October 13th, 2017 | Season 0 | 29 mins 24 secs
bishop, catholic, christian, faith, jesus, reason, spokane
Join Bishop Daly and the Vicars as they discuss the relationship between faith and reason. Our Catholic Faith is not grounded both in faith and reason which reinforce one another as we live out our faith. St. John Paul II wrote an encyclical letter in 19...
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Episode 116: Tragedy and Healing - Freeman Shooting
September 15th, 2017 | Season 0 | 27 mins 43 secs
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In light of the recent tragedy in our own community with the school shooting in Freeman, Bishop Daly and two of the Vicars discuss how tragedy impacts us, how we should respond as Catholics, how they have dealt with tragedies as pastors and finally how w...
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Episode 115: Christian Hope
September 14th, 2017 | Season 0 | 25 mins 15 secs
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Bishop Daly and the Vicars discuss the concept of Christian hope. Focusing on the idea that hope differs from an unrealistic optimism, and how we as Christians can understand and live out the theological virtue of hope.
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Episode 114: Evangelization, How To?
August 25th, 2017 | Season 0 | 29 mins 59 secs
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Bishop Daly and the Vicars continue their discussion on Evangelization. How can Catholics practically begin to evangelize, how do we put ourselves out there? Also under discussion the Convocation of Catholic Leaders that happened in Orlando, Mormon Missi...
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Episode 113: Evangelization
August 15th, 2017 | Season 0 | 27 mins 28 secs
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Evangelization can often be a bit of a dirty word for Catholics. We so often hear the supposed quote of St. Francis of Assisi: "Preach the Gospel always, and when necessary use words." But Catholics are called by our baptism to go and make disciples of t...
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Episode 112: Exorcism, what does the Church teach? An interview with Fr. Gary Thomas (Part 2)
July 23rd, 2017 | Season 0 | 29 mins 52 secs
Summer vacation is here! At least for the Vicars, while they are away Bishop Daly welcomes to the show a friend from the Diocese of San Jose, Father Gary Thomas.
Fr. Thomas is the official exorcist of the Diocese of San Jose, he has served in that role ... -
Episode 111: Exorcism, what does the Church teach? An interview with Fr. Gary Thomas (Part 1)
July 17th, 2017 | Season 0 | 28 mins 46 secs
bishop, catholic, christian, exorcism, jesus, spokane
Summer vacation is here - at least it is for the vicars! While they are away, Bishop Daly welcomes to the show Father Gary Thomas, a friend from the Diocese of San Jose.
Fr. Thomas is the official exorcist of the Diocese of San Jose, he has served in that role ... -
Episode 110: The Problem of Evil
July 12th, 2017 | Season 0 | 27 mins 27 secs
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A question often asked of Christians is if there is an all-powerful loving God, then how can there also be evil? How can we understand sin, evil and suffering in the light of our faith?
Join Bishop Thomas Daly, Fr. Darrin Connall (Vicar General), Fr. Bri...