The Catholic Guide to Sustainable Living

What if fashion could be beautiful, ethical, and faith-driven? Veronica Marrinan, co-founder of Litany, shares how her brand disrupts fast fashion with made-to-measure garments, sustainable sourcing, and a deep focus on care—for people, the planet, and God. She explains how small-scale fashion can make a big impact, offers smart ways to consume less without sacrificing style, and reflects on the role of faith, stewardship, and personal relationships in clothing.Explore Litany: https://www.litanynyc.com/

How can Christians properly engage with climate change? Dr. Samuel Shephard talks with Lorna Gold, co-founder of the Laudato Si' Movement, about Pope Francis’ vision for caring for creation. They explore how "ecological conversion," sustainable living, and community engagement make environmental stewardship a natural expression of faith.

Jason Craig and Thoman van Horn, authors of The Liturgy of the Land, join Dr. Samuel Shephard to explore what it means to live a truly integrated, faith-filled life on the land. Drawing on years of homesteading, regenerative agriculture, and Catholic tradition, they discuss how working with creation can deepen our connection to God, family, and community. From beekeeping and seasonal farming to cultivating a productive home and embracing simplicity, Jason and Tommy share both the challenges and rewards of a lifestyle rooted in stewardship, faith, and the rhythms of the natural world.

What does it mean to truly belong to the land — and what do we lose when that connection is severed? Sebastian Morello, philosopher at St. Mary's University in London and author of Woodland Philosophy: Meditations on Hunting, Hiking and Holiness, joins Dr. Samuel Shephard to explore what it means to be a country person in an age of urban disconnection. Drawing on his Catholic faith, his grandfather's stalking knives, and years of managing the landscape, Sebastian makes the case that country people possess a kind of embodied, irreplaceable knowledge — and that Westminster's constant interference is quietly destroying the very countryside it claims to protect.Woodland Philosophy is available wherever books are sold.

Lorine Bennett, author of A Little Way of Living with Less, joins Dr. Samuel Shephard to explore what St. Thérèse of Lisieux has to teach us about our relationship with material possessions. Lorine reflects on how the "little way" of the beloved French saint offers a spiritual framework for simplifying our lives — not by discarding everything we own, but by approaching detachment with intentionality, gratitude, and faith.

Dr. Samuel Shephard talks with Dr. Joel Stroot about permaculture through a Catholic lens. Dr. Stroot explores how sustainable design principles connect to creation care, stewardship, and our relationship with the natural world.

Dr. Samuel Shephard talks with Dr. Adam Van Wart about the ethics of hunting and fishing in a modern world. Dr. Van Wart explores why these ancient practices matter for human flourishing, how they connect us to creation and our role as stewards, and what it means to take an animal's life with respect and gratitude.

Dr. Samuel Shephard talks with Brandon Sheard of Farmstead Meat Smith about raising, killing, and eating animals the right way. Brandon teaches people to slaughter and process pigs on the domestic scale—in the backyard, the old way—and argues that this work helps us develop virtue and understand what it means to be human.The conversation covers why "doing what you love" is overrated, the structural impossibility of real community in our car-dependent world, and how prioritizing Mass and the sacraments might be the key to restoring authentic Catholic villages. Brandon makes the case that we're all naturally equipped to be "meat smiths"—we just need to activate that latent potential.