Thursday, March 28, 2024

Fr. Josh Johnson

Catholic multimedia network Ascension is bringing Fr. Josh Johnson, one of its most beloved podcast personalities, to Ascension Presents, the company’s YouTube platform which boasts 590,000 subscribers.

With 18,000 views in 24 hours, the inaugural “Halloween” episode of the new show Ask Fr. Josh (The Catholic Question and Answer Show on Ascension Presents) is already a hit, as seen in the comments:

• Fr. Josh, your devotion to God is unquestionable and you have been blessed with a fabulous way to communicate your faith and your wisdom to us! Thank you so much and God bless you! I love your singing! – Deborah M.

• This was so funny and great! Can’t wait to see more of these! – Dora

• I am not Catholic but I loooooove these videos. I learn so much and it helps with my own relationship with The LORD. Thanks for your ministry! – Bold Follower

 

Fr. Josh Johnson

The show encourages viewers to #AskFrJosh their questions in the comment section using a hashtag, as well as to share a #GloryStory–a story of God’s blessing in their daily lives. Fr. Josh will share select viewer comments in future episodes.

While he has made cameo appearances previously on the Ascension Presents YouTube channel, this new show will be Fr. Josh’s first regular engagement on the platform.
Fr. Josh, the Director of Vocations for the Diocese of Baton Rouge as well as a Campus Minister at Christ the King Catholic Student Center (Louisiana State University), has worked with Ascension on nearly a dozen projects including books, teen formation programs, and prayer programs.

“The purpose of this new show is for me to listen to people’s questions, to pray with them, study about the topics, and to hopefully respond in such a way that will help my viewers grow their relationships with God, with the Church, and with the wider community,”

explains the priest. “As Catholics, we have questions and sometimes we don’t know where to go to get a good, healthy response. This question-and-answer show is here to serve that need.”

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Fr. Josh’s Ascension podcast, Ask Father Josh, is also an eponymous show with a similar question-and-answer format, but the content of the two offerings is different. While the podcast features Fr. Josh answering multiple questions per week, the YouTube program will allow him to dive more deeply into a single query, such as “How Should Catholics Celebrate Halloween?”

While waiting for the next episode to drop on November 3, fans can enjoy the archives of Fr. Josh’s podcast at www.Media.AscensionPress.com.

Although Fr. Josh Johnson was raised Catholic, he didn’t like the Church very much while growing up. One day, during Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, he fell in love with Jesus and received the call to become a priest. Now, Fr. Josh is the Director of Vocations for the Diocese of Baton Rouge, Campus Minister at Louisiana State University, and Chaplain at Cristo Rey Franciscan High School.

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