Soul Food Priest
This is the podcast where culinary and Christianity collide. Each week Fr. Ben Bradshaw will serve up homilies, whip up Teaching Tapas, answer your burning questions, and pass along recipes.
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Episodes
Thursday Jun 29, 2023
Thursday Jun 29, 2023
Here's the follow-up to the last teaching tapas on the bread (especially the baguette) and the Eucharist. Enjoy this small serving on the greatest food we can eat!
Monday Jun 26, 2023
Monday Jun 26, 2023
Fr. Ben explains how loving others and self is not just about what we say but also in our attitude. What is your attitude towards others? What is your attitude towards self? What is your attitude towards God? All of this can affect one's spiritual life in good or bad ways.
Thursday Jun 22, 2023
Thursday Jun 22, 2023
How can we grow in holiness? Is this possible in our daily lives? These are questions Fr. Ben frequently receives and his answer is the Little Way. Listen to find out what that means.
Here's the easiest pasta recipe Fr. Ben gives in this episode:
2 Eggs
1 1/2 Cup Flour
Splash of Olive Oil
Put the flour in a food processor. Turn it on.
Add the eggs and oil one at a time.
Stop when it forms a ball of dough. Wait for an hour and roll it out.
Monday Jun 19, 2023
Monday Jun 19, 2023
Happy Father's Day!
On this special weekend, Fr. Ben reflects on the great calling of fatherhood, and the ultimate goal for each dad. Learn what that is in this inspiring homily.
Thursday Jun 15, 2023
Thursday Jun 15, 2023
Two main staples in most cultural dishes are potatoes & bread. The greatest staple in the Catholic Church is the Eucharist, the Bread of Life. Enjoy this small serving on the greatest meal in the world!
The Catholic Church is now celebrating a Eucharistic Revival. To begin it, Fr. Ben is serving a few helpings of teachings on the Eucharist this year. Stay tuned for more!
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Catholics celebrated Corpus Christi (the Body of Christ) this past Sunday. Listen to this homily Fr. Ben served up at mass on the importance of the Eucharist, especially in daily living.
Thursday Jun 08, 2023
Thursday Jun 08, 2023
How did a chai tea latte cause Fr. Ben to think about the topic of dating?? What is the purpose of dating? When should one date and not date? Silvia and Khira also provide their stories of dating their husbands.
Monday Jun 05, 2023
Monday Jun 05, 2023
How can self-knowledge help us in life and our spiritual life? Fr. Ben explains this as well as identify some psychological disorders that can impede us from self-knowledge. Humility is key!
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Wisdom Part 2
Gewürztraminer is Fr. Ben's favorite type of wine. What can that grape teach us about our spiritual lives? Listen as Fr. Ben plates up this small lesson filled with wisdom!
Tuesday May 30, 2023
Tuesday May 30, 2023
On this past Pentecost Sunday, Fr. Ben speaks about various people in history who either impacted the world in good ways or bad ways. Each of these people were baptized Christians. The big question is: Will you allow the Holy Spirit to work through you to be on the right side of history?
Every other week Fr. Ben will be answering your burning questions regarding food and faith. He is joined by two of his friends and staff members, Silvia Vega and Khira Rotty, who will be the moderators for the upcoming Q & A episodes.
If you have a question for Fr. Ben regarding food or faith email us at soulfoodpriestmemphis@gmail.org or the Soul Food Priest FB page at https://www.facebook.com/soulfoodpriest/.
Fr. Ben Bradshaw S.T.L.
Originally baptized Lutheran, Fr. Ben became Catholic at a young age and attended Catholic schools in Memphis growing up.
He always loved to cook and always considered being a professional chef or a Catholic priest, and so he became both.
At age 17, he began working for a French chef in Memphis and worked in kitchens until age 20. He then entered Johnson & Wales University culinary arts program in Charleston, SC. There he earned an Associate’s degree in Culinary Arts.
Fr. Ben then decided to travel to Russia where he lived and worked as a missionary with a religious community. It was there, in a small village, where he began to consider a calling to be a missionary priest. (Since then he has spent time visiting and working in Guatemala, Mexico, Africa, and Eastern and Western Europe.)
He returned home to Memphis and worked as a pastry chef for 5 years. This led him study in Paris, France at the L’Ecôle Lenôtre school of Pastry Arts, where he studied chocolate and pulled sugar artistry. He continued to consider more frequently the call to be a missionary priest.
After returning to the United States he attended The New England Culinary Institute in Vermont, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Food and Beverage Management. After graduating from NECI, Fr. Ben began considering an option he had not yet considered: Diocesan Priesthood. After much prayerful discernment, he entered the seminary at the age of 27 and was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Memphis in June of 2006.
Fr. Ben earned a Masters of Arts and a Masters of Divinity in Sacred Theology. He wrote his Master's thesis on Pope Saint John Paul II's understanding of femininity and womanhood as it relates to writings of St. Edith Stein. He also holds a Licentiate degree in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in Washington, D.C. The focus on his dissertation was on the response of the Catholic Church to the issue of Same-Sex attraction. Since 2005, his continuing education studies have been at the Theology of the Body Institute in Philadelphia, P.A.
Fr. Ben is currently the pastor of St. Michael's parish in Memphis, TN.