The Each day Information Community presents FaithWorks hosted by “Discovering Your Frequency’s” Brian Sexton and Father Remek Blaszkowski. At the moment, they chat with Gary Chartrand.
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Welcome to the primary version of Religion Works right here on the Each day Information Community.
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I’m Brian Sexton, joined by two gents who perceive the intersection of religion and day by day life. We’ll begin with a person to my proper right here, Father Remick, promoter of justice. However the pastor of San Jose Catholic. How are you, Ram? Welcome. Thanks for having me. Hear, excited to have you ever and the gentleman to his proper. Many individuals know as Gary Chartrand, however we all know he’s a really religious Catholic and a film producer a couple of Polish priest boy, does that make this a well timed dialog?
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Does? Yeah. Hear, in 30 years of working in Jacksonville for the Jaguars, I don’t suppose I’ve ever had a dialog that hasn’t began with soccer. Proper? I imply, it simply it simply is. Yeah. However the conversations I actually prefer to have are about this are about religion. That’s the hearth. And what I’ve discovered in speaking to individuals is that if I’ll begin the dialog, then individuals can have it.
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However most individuals gained’t specific their religion as brazenly in a enterprise sort of setting as, as as I do. Proper? And I’m an enormous mouth you might be to hearken to. So let’s simply let’s focus this dialog on individuals within the enterprise world, individuals on the market dwelling their religion each day, you already know? So I do I imply, we’re very blessed.
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And I believe, Brian, I’d say there’s a resurgence of religion within the public sq.. I believe there’s something lovely taking place. I see extra individuals being open minded, speaking about religion, being much less afraid. And I see the fruit, you already know, the I believe the participation the church is rising, conversions to the Catholic Church are on the rise.
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And it’s this all sort of encompasses the brand new, I’d say, once more, resurgence of religion within the public. Do you suppose that has something to do with politics, or is that simply was this coming anyway? I’d say in all probability the final 12 months since in all probability the final election, I’d say possibly there’s possibly sort of like a, tacit permission.
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Yeah. To speak about faith. Speak about religion. It’s sort of it’s a great factor to speak about. It’s not a taboo anymore. Gary, in your entire enterprise profession, did you at all times place confidence in within the forefront? Did you lead with that at any time limit, or is that one thing that got here later in your online business profession with extra success?
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I believe I had all of it alongside, and fairly frankly, I believe lots of the success that we had within the enterprise world was due to the religion. You understand, I believe we achieved loads as an organization. And, you already know, I’m not that good. I believe I believe I believe God was searching for us.
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Was it a aware determination to guide, or was it simply the best way that that you simply dropped at the desk and the best way you have been raised, the best way that you simply have been elevating your loved ones? Yeah, I, I don’t know, I suppose from a younger age I needed to guide, you already know, captain of the soccer group, for example, in, in, in highschool and, and president of my fraternity in school.
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So I at all times had the craving to guide. After which, in fact, I went into the enterprise world and have become CEO to forged the best lead. And you already know what? The good e book, The Unreasonable Management, I’ve learn the e book. He additionally did a film with you about 5 years in the past, speaking about Public Sq. and Religion being on the entrance strains.
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That has remodeled all the pieces. Yeah. Whenever you began down this highway, go forward. So I used to be simply going to say we have been we have been in Poland collectively in 2010. Gosh, that was some time in the past, proper? 2010. And it was raining that day. We have been alleged to take a strolling tour of, of Warsaw. And so I stated, properly, let’s go say mass whereas it’s raining as a result of we are able to’t stroll.
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So we wouldn’t contact church. And really, after mass, a woman got here as much as us and stated, let me present you one thing on the within the downstairs. And it was a museum of the paper. You understand who the younger priest was murdered by the Communist Get together for talking out in opposition to communism. And that’s we walked out of there that day, and I simply thought, wow, this man had wonderful braveness.
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He was very trustworthy. He hated communism. He spoke out in opposition to it vehemently, and so they killed him, which is what they did with lots of clergymen over there. And I used to be simply actually moved. And I stated to father, we have to make a film about this priest. That is simply wonderful. So we come dwelling and, you already know, a little bit little bit of time goes by, however he calls me someday, so that you’re not going to imagine it.
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There’s a man in Jacksonville that purchased the rights to a e book referred to as The Clergymen and the policeman, which is about Father Usui, and he desires to make a film to speak about divine. After which it turned messenger of the reality. Sure. Proper. Which you’ll nonetheless discover on YouTube. And it’s a superb, wonderful story. Very properly instructed. Yeah.
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Did that how did that that complete course of, how did that strengthen your religion, which we already heard was robust anyway? Yeah. I imply, it simply bolstered it. I imply, I, I simply sort of fell in love with that priest. I imply, he was, you already know, he was simply an odd priest. However he was, you already know, he he listened to Pope John Paul, and he was adamantly in opposition to communism and spoke his thoughts, to the purpose the place, you already know, he put his life at risk.
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They usually captured and and so they beat him to demise as a result of he was talking out in opposition to the communists. At the moment, the communists from the Soviet Union had managed Poland, but in addition as as a priest. He offered the venue for individuals to return collectively. And I’d say that’s the great thing about the church, as a result of the great thing about energy is the conviction values that now we have.
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If we could be the messengers of the reality, we offer alternatives for others to return and specific their ideas. And like, you already know, speaking about Blessed Jose again in Warsaw within the 80s, proper in the course of the Communist time, martial legislation, when all the pieces is unlawful, the place you’re employed human rights, there’s no human rights. And but he stands on the balcony of the church and he preaches the reality and he invitations individuals to return.
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And that is the facility of religion, as a result of when you have religion and values for an unstoppable. So there’s a comparability. I don’t know whether or not you acknowledged it, however clearly all through the years by way of communism after which religion sort of took a backseat on this nation lately. And as you talked about earlier, there’s this resurgence of religion of all faiths, however of Christianity specifically, that’s coming again.
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It blossomed in Poland. I imply, it’s a large middle of religion in Poland. Now, do you suppose that’s doable in America that we are going to see one thing related? Oh, I believe we’re witnessing once more, as I say, started my remarks, as a pastor of the parish, I see younger households, younger individuals. They’re coming again to the church. Faculties, Catholic colleges are full, younger households attending Sunday lots.
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I imagine there’s extra dialog about God within the public discussion board, which all will bear fruit for the nice of the society and all of that if it spills over into day by day life past Sunday’s proper, past dwelling, however into the enterprise world. The down stream there, Gary, looks as if it may very well be unstoppable. And I believe so. I’d say the integrity of religion.
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Proper. So we simply don’t preserve religion. That’s one thing personal protected, you already know, will simply preserve to Sunday one hour occasion. Proper. But when the Sunday worship turns into an expression of who we’re and the way we stay for six days, can I name this integrity is the complete theme and that is the enjoyment. That is the enjoyable life. Yeah.
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And I’m imply, dwelling, dwelling the religion is actually a very powerful piece. Not going to church on Sunday, though we go as a sacrifice to go to church. But when we don’t go into our enterprise and, you already know, embrace the values of what the Catholic Church teaches us, then we’re doing a disservice. I believe that’s that’s what you’ve bought to stay it.
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Younger enterprise leaders the place you as soon as have been, in the event that they’re hesitant, what’s recommendation? What would you inform them? I’d inform them to not I’d inform them not. Don’t put on it in your sleeve. Proper. Nobody desires that. However your actions converse louder than your phrases. And so. And folks watch you once you’re in a management place. Folks watch all the pieces you do and all the pieces you say.
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And so, yeah, that will be my recommendation is, you already know, should you imagine within the within the teachings of the Catholic Church, stay it and let individuals see it. Get what you stated jogs my memory of the phrases, the custom related to Saint Francis of Assisi. Preach the gospel. Use phrases provided that mandatory. And right this moment, within the time now we have to evangelize as a society, particularly as professionals, as businessmen and girls, it’s so lovely once we can evangelize by our instance, you already know, after the assembly, after these social encounters, if individuals can say, like Brian’s completely different, it was some completely different world, Brian, you already know, and you may say, properly, I’m let’s say
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it. I put it into observe what I, what I imagine in, and that’s the message of what we’re going to do right here on Religion works is we’re going to attach with people who find themselves dwelling their religion by way of their day by day actions within the enterprise world, and seeing how that spills over. And as you each have simply talked about, it goes past simply 9 to five or on Sunday or at dwelling.
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It turns into this thread that weaves all through your total day, all through your total life. Appropriate. And I name this actually the integrity, integrity, integrity. Imagine with that brother. Proper. Thanks. Thanks a lot for the inaugural present. Thanks. All proper. Thanks. We recognize it. And we’ll be again right here regularly with Religion works the tales of integrating religion and day by day life.
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