Fr. Will Rooney was baptized at St. Anthony’s Parish in Bryan, TX where his parents had been married. He has two younger brothers, David and Travis. Will received his First Communion at St. Anthony’s and around that time began to think about becoming a priest. Will was confirmed at St. Thomas Aquinas in May 2006. During high school, he actively participated in the parish youth group and was involved in robotics competitions. He and his brothers also raised poultry for 4-H and FFA projects. Upon graduation from A&M Consolidated High School in 2009, Will studied Biological and Agricultural Engineering at Texas A&M University. While at A&M, he worked as a Middle School youth minister and felt a growing desire toward priesthood. In his senior year at A&M, he decided to apply for seminary, was accepted, and began attending Holy Trinity Seminary for pre-theology after he graduated. Two years later, Will was sent to St. Mary’s Seminary in Houston for theological studies. He served his pastoral year at St. Louis, King of France, Catholic Church and School in Austin (2017-2018). He was ordained to the Diaconate May 18, 2019 and currently ministers at Our Lady of the Visitation in Lockhart, TX. He was be ordained to the priesthood June 27, 2020 and currently ministers at St. Mary Cathedral in Austin, TX
Fr. Will Rooney has hosted 134 Episodes.
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Repent and Believe: Metanoia not Fear
January 26th, 2021 | Season 2 | 20 mins 51 secs
catholic, faith, fear, love, mass, original sin, sin, trust
Trust not fear.
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Who do you say I am?
January 22nd, 2021 | Season 2 | 5 mins 32 secs
Homily for Altar Server Training on 1/16/2021
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Prudence (Cardinal Virtues Series)
January 21st, 2021 | Season 2 | 1 hr 28 secs
cardinal, catholic, faith, prudence, virtue
What is Virtue? What is Prudence and Why Does it Matter?
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Called By Name
January 20th, 2021 | Season 2 | 18 mins 7 secs
of, vocations
You are called by name, and God calls you to call others by name.
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Seek, Find, Worship, Show
January 13th, 2021 | Season 2 | 13 mins 11 secs
adore, catholic, epiphany, faith, find, mass, seek, show, worship
Homily for the Epiphany of the Lord - Seeking you will find, finding you worship, worship transforms you to show others who are seeking.
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Spoken to us (Christmas Day Homily)
January 12th, 2021 | Season 2 | 13 mins 28 secs
catholic, christmas, faith, mass, revelation, word
Learning is a new language is a tremendously difficult undertaking. A. Through his Word and out of his great goodness, all things came into being. This means that all creation speaks, so to speak, of the Creator. The invisible and visible creation all points to the goodness of the creator. God is speaking to us; creation, the prophets, the law and in a sense all things are the voice he uses to reveal himself. This is what the letter to the Hebrews speaks of today: “In times past, God spoke in partial and various ways to our ancestors through the prophets” When the Word becomes flesh, when he Robes himself with human nature, there can be no greater self-revelation.
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Vocational Discernment with Seminarian Mike Keathley
January 11th, 2021 | Season 2 | 1 hr 33 mins
discernment, prudence, vocations
Cathedral and Diocese of Austin Seminarian Mike Keathley shares from a Thomistic perspective what discernment of vocation means. Desire, prudence, and the philosophy of the human person are discussed.
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Generations - Who, What, and Why?
January 10th, 2021 | Season 2 | 12 mins 56 secs
christmas, christmas eve
The genealogy and the that we just heard tells us something about the one whose birth we celebrate in splendor tonight. The one whom we celebrate today is long awaited. The genealogy also includes a wide mixture of great saints and great sinners and people in between. B. The radical claim of Christianity is that the Word who spoke creation into being became a Baby who could not speak a word. God becomes incarnate. He takes on flesh and blood. He takes on a human mind and a human will. He assumes humanity to himself. He became like us in all things but sin.