Meet Father Rivers

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Episode 41: A Historic Moment in Black Catholic History

Eric and Emily reconvene the podcast after a break and share some life updates: for Eric, joining the Society of St. Joseph and beginning life as a seminarian; for Emily,

Episode 40: Effective Worship with Nick Wagner and Diana Macalintal

Liturgeeks, unite! Eric and Emily are joined by Nick Wagner and Diana Macalintal, new friends from the November 2024 Symposium at University of Dayton, to geek out about

Episode 39: An Eternal Offering with Daryl Grigsby

Eric and Emily interview author and speaker Daryl Grigsby, who with Dr. Cynthia Bailey Manns, presented at last November's Seeking for a City Symposium at the University

Episode 38: The Rivers Collection at CUA

Emily and Eric interview Bianca C. Farmer, an archivist-in-training at the Catholic University of America. As part of her coursework for her Master's in Library and Infor

Episode 37: Christmas with Father Rivers... Again

Enjoy a unique and innovative Christmas Eve service created by Fr. Rivers--and Emily and Eric's commentary on the historic recording--in this replay episode of Meet Fathe

Episode 36: We Are Seeking for a City

It's a live episode of Meet Father Rivers! Eric and Emily have spent the last year or more helping Deacon Royce Winters (Office of African American Pastoral Ministries, A

Episode 35: Meet the Doctors St. Romain

Emily and Eric introduce you to some new friends and collaborators: Dr. Darnell Allen St. Romain and Dr. Darrell Anthony St. Romain, twin brothers, recent doctoral degree

Episode 34: New Season, New Opportunities

In this first episode of Season 3 of Meet Father Rivers, Emily and Eric discuss a recent scholarly publication about Father Rivers, an upcoming Symposium on Black Catholi

Episode 33: The DeFrancesco Interviews, Part 2

In this episode, we discuss the second of Michael DeFrancesco's interviews with Fr. Rivers in the last few years of Rivers' life, recently posted to YouTube. Emily and Er

Episode 32: The DeFrancesco Interviews, Part 1

In this episode, we discuss the first of the interviews Michael DeFrancesco conducted with Fr. Rivers in the last few years of Rivers' life, recently posted to YouTube. E

Episode 31: Found Family, Found Footage

In this episode, we interview Michael and Martha DeFrancesco, a Cincinnati couple who enjoyed a life-long friendship with Fr. Rivers that can only be described as "found

Episode 30: Having Church all Week with Scott Patterson

We're still talking about that phenomenal recording of Fr. Rivers and the Hawkins Family in a new episode of MFR! And we talk about so much more as well. Bonus content fr

Episode 29: Freeing the Spirit with Fr. Rivers and the Hawkins Family

Eric and Emily and special guest Scott Patterson discuss a concert Fr. Rivers hosted on August 19, 1971, recorded live at the Detroit Institute of Arts auditorium and pro

Episode 28: Christmas with Fr. Rivers

Eric and Emily discuss an archival recording of a Christmas liturgy Fr. Rivers designed and presided over from 1972, then later published in his 1974 book Soulfull Worshi

Episode 27: The Making of a Black Catholic Hymnal with Marjorie Gabriel-Burrow

Eric and Emily explore a great accomplishment for Black Catholics in the US many years in the making: the Lead Me Guide Me hymnal, published by GIA Publications in 1987.

Episode 26: The "Soul" of Rivers with William Foster McDaniel

Eric and Emily interview a key musical collaborator of Fr. Clarence Rivers: pianist, composer and arranger William Foster McDaniel. Billy recalls meeting Fr. Rivers in Pa

Episode 25: Meet Season Two of MFR

Hosts Emily and Eric catch up after a break from podcasting, sharing the projects and events that kept them busy this summer, including travel to present on Fr. Rivers at

Episode 24: The Anaphora, Captured

Eric and Emily receive a unique and precious gift: a wedding video recording from 1994 in which Fr. Rivers leads his original Eucharistic Prayer, the Anaphora of the Lion

Episode 23: Fr. Rivers and the Black Catholic Studies Reader

Emily and Eric examine a new book that contains two essays by Fr. Clarence Rivers: the Black Catholic Studies Reader: History and Theology, recently published by Catholic