Father Brian Mee
Host of Walking in Faith with Bishop Daly
Father Brian Mee, Vicar for Finance, is a native of Spokane having grown up with his four siblings in Spokane’s Perry District. The Mee family was active in Sacred Heart Parish, where the children attended Sacred Heart School, which has since consolidated with St. Augustine to become Cataldo Catholic School.
After grade school, Fr. Mee left home to attend Mater Cleri Seminary in Colbert. Upon graduation from Mater Cleri, he continued his studies at Gonzaga University while living at Bishop White Seminary. He graduated from Gonzaga in 1974 having earned a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy. Fr. Mee was sent to Rome for his theological studies. He studied at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (where he earned an STB – Bachelor in Sacred Theology) and then Pontifical Gregorian University. Later Fr. Mee would return to Rome and receive both a Licentiate in Theology and a Doctorate of Sacred Theology from the College of Sant’Anselmo.
Father Mee was ordained in 1978 at Sacred Heart Church. In his priestly ministry, he has been a teacher at DeSales High School in Walla Walla, the spiritual director at Bishop White Seminary, and has served with the Spokane Diocese mission in Guatemala for six years. Most recently, he has served for eight years as pastor at St. Peter Parish in Spokane. He also spent twenty years as a member of the Benedictine monastic community at Mount Angel Abbey in Oregon, where he was a professor of Sacramental Theology.
Fr. Mee is currently the pastor of St. Augustine Parish, Spokane and Vicar for Finance for the Catholic Diocese of Spokane. On a personal note, Fr. Mee enjoys biking, birdwatching, and golf.
Father Brian Mee has hosted 52 Episodes.
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7: Monsignor Brian Mee and Dante's Inferno
March 10th, 2021 | Season 0 | 28 mins 35 secs
bishop, catholic, christian, jesus, spokane
Bishop Daly welcomes Msgr Brian Mee to discuss a Lenten Study program on Dante's Inferno. Msgr Mee is hosting this series virtually online at [staugustinespokane.org](staugustinespokane.org) and leading nearly 200 people in exploring the spiritual and literary meanings of Dante's Inferno. Join Bishop and Msgr. Mee as they discuss why we should read Dante and some of the highlights (or lowlights as it were) in Dante's Inferno.
This episode does involve some graphic descriptions of Hell. Listener discretion is advised.
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405: Ad Limina: Bishop Daly Returns from Rome
March 13th, 2020 | Season 0 | 26 mins 11 secs
bishop, catholic, christian, jesus, spokane
Bishop Daly shares his experience of meeting Pope Francis and talks about his time in Rome. Bishop Daly and the vicars also talk about the North American Seminary in Rome, and their own seminary experiences, letting some seminary rivalries show.
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402: Replay: Teaching Transcendentally
January 24th, 2020 | Season 0 | 26 mins 35 secs
bishop, catholic, christian, jesus, schools, spokane
Bishop Daly sits down with the vicars to discuss Catholic education, one of the largest ministries of the Church. But what is Catholic education about and how does it fit into our spirituality? As pastors of parish schools, the vicars share experiences from their youth and from today of how the search for truth, goodness, and beauty permeate teaching and learning in our Catholic schools.
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401: Ad Limina: Bishop Daly prepares to go to Rome
January 10th, 2020 | Season 0 | 27 mins 9 secs
bishop, catholic, christian, jesus, spokane
Bishop Daly and two of the vicars discuss the upcoming ad limina visit. The ad limina visit traditionally occurred every five years. Bishops would travel to Rome to share with the Pope the work of their dioceses. As the number of dioceses has grown the visits have transitioned to an eight-year rotation. Bishop Daly speaks with his vicars about his upcoming trip, churches to visit, questions he hopes to ask the pope and much more.
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323: Christmas Traditions
December 20th, 2019 | Season 0 | 26 mins 48 secs
bishop, catholic, christian, christmas, jesus, spokane
This week’s episode of Bishop and Vicars is all about Christmas. The vicars share some of their favorite Christmas memories, both as children and as pastors. Bishop and the vicars also explore the connection between the incarnation and the paschal mystery; the wood of the manger leads to the wood of the cross.
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322: Evangelization
December 13th, 2019 | Season 0 | 27 mins 25 secs
bishop, catholic, christian, jesus, spokane
This week on the podcast Bishop Daly and Vicars talk about the need for evangelization. With an increasing number of Catholic young people becoming nones the issue of sharing the faith is a pressing concern. Our hosts speak about the missionary nature of the church, beauty as a means to evangelize, the need for parishes to be welcoming, and the laity's call to mission.
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320: Saints and their Spirituality
November 1st, 2019 | Season 0 | 27 mins 20 secs
bishop, catholic, christian, jesus, spokane
The Saints show us that death does not have the final word in our lives; that Christ's saving work on the Cross is applied again and again in the lives of the Faithful. The Saints show us the way to follow Christ and become Christ-like in many different cultural settings and times. This week, the Bishop and Vicars share their favorite Saints and spiritualities that they find encouraging and helpful.
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317: Stewardship and Gratitude
September 20th, 2019 | Season 0 | 26 mins 54 secs
bishop, catholic, christian, jesus, spokane
Bishop Daly and the vicars of the diocese discuss St. Vincent de Paul and ‘stewardship’ - and how there is much more to the term than material things. Stewardship is an attitude and a way of life - and trusting in God.
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316: What is the Purpose of Education?
September 6th, 2019 | Season 0 | 27 mins 11 secs
bishop, catholic, christian, education, jesus, spokane
As students begin another academic year, Bishop Daly and the vicars sit down and discuss the true purpose of an education and how it's a moral and intellectual privilege to come to know our world - and all the color and beauty within.
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312: Bishop & The Vicars Top Ten Summer Reading Picks
July 12th, 2019 | Season 0 | 26 mins 55 secs
bishop, books, catholic, christian, jesus, spokane
In this episode of the Bishop and the Vicars, summer reading is on the table. Throughout the summer many take up a few books to read on the beach, or in the backyard as the summer days stretch late into the evening. Bishop Daly and our three vicars share some of their favorite books.
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311: Heretics, Heresies, Villains, and the Church's Response to Them
June 28th, 2019 | Season 0 | 27 mins 13 secs
bishop, catholic, christian, heresy, jesus, spokane
Heresy has profoundly affected the Church throughout the ages, leading many far from the true faith in Christ. Heresies served to help the Church to develop and refine her teachings. Join the Bishop and the Vicars as they dive into the topic of heresy, and explore many of the historical heresies that have shaped the history of the church and her theology.
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310: Gloria in excelsis Deo
June 14th, 2019 | Season 0 | 26 mins 55 secs
bishop, catholic, christian, jesus, spokane
Join Bishop Daly and the vicars as they continue their series on the Mass. The Introductory rites gather the clergy and people together for worship, in this episode Bishop and Vicars continue the conversation begun in episode 309 on the introductory rites and discuss the Gloria and the Collect prayer. The hosts speak about how this part of the liturgy developed and the role it plays in the spirituality of the Mass.
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Introíbo ad altáre Dei: The Introductory Rites of the Mass
May 24th, 2019 | Season 0 | 24 mins 9 secs
bishop, catholic, christian, jesus, spokane
Join Bishop Daly and the vicars as they continue their series on the Mass. The Introductory rites gather the clergy and people together for worship. The hosts speak about how this part of the liturgy developed and the role it plays in the spirituality of the Mass.
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Hope in the Midst of Persecution and Tragedy
May 10th, 2019 | Season 0 | 28 mins 6 secs
bishop, catholic, christian, hope, jesus, persecution, spokane, suffering, tragedy
Join Bishop Daly and the vicars as they discuss tragedy and persecution. From the recent tragic fire at Notre Dame to the terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka, Christians experience suffering and persecution. With the visual images we see on the news, loss can seem all around us even if we are secure in our own communities. We as Christians are called to have hope knowing that, "the people [of God] will not be defeated because Christ is not defeated." In Christ, we know the victory is won, and in His cross, we can have hope.
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Happiness
April 17th, 2019 | Season 0 | 27 mins 23 secs
bishop, catholic, christian, happiness, jesus, spokane
Join Bishop Daly and the vicars as they discuss happiness. Where does happiness come from? Does the Christian life lead to happiness? Bishop and the vicars dive into the topic of happiness and find Christian joy possible in the midst of good times and suffering.
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Living a Life of Virtue
March 22nd, 2019 | Season 0 | 27 mins 18 secs
bishop, catholic, christian, eucharistic prayers, jesus, virtue
Join Bishop Daly and the vicars as they discuss the virtues. The Christian life requires we grow not only in prayer, a life of virtue is needed too. What are the virtues and why do they matter for us as Christians?