Actress, writer and producer Siobhan Fallon Hogan is merging her love for Catholicism, coffee and entertainment as host of EWTN Studios’ Catholics and Cappuccinos podcast. The longtime Hollywood actress, with credits ranging from Forrest Gump and Men in Black to numerous collaborations with Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier, with dozens of appearances in comedies and dramas on both the big and small screen, welcomes fellow Catholics from the entertainment and media world onto the podcast.

“I hope to be a part of the EWTN effort to spread our Catholic faith,” Hogan told the Register.

Here are 5 things to know about the new project.

1. Host Siobhan Fallon Hogan is a committed Catholic.

“I am thrilled to be working with EWTN,” Hogan said. In a way, it is a kind of homecoming for the lifelong Catholic from upstate New York and mother of three. The podcast provides Hogan free reign to openly discuss faith in a way she could not have during her career. Hogan has admitted she has turned down roles and projects that collided with the teachings of her faith. “My faith has cost me a lot of money,” she quipped in 2013, a sentiment echoed by fellow thespians Jim Caviezel and Neal McDonough, among others.

2. The podcast highlights Catholics in entertainment.

“I am honored to talk to Catholics about their careers and vocations and how their faith affects their daily lives,” Hogan said.

Guests include Jonathan Roumie (The Chosen), Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond), Federico Castellucio (The Sopranos), and David Henrie, whose own EWTN Studios show, Seeking Beauty, has now debuted. (See related story on Page 18.)

3. Catholics have long been in entertainment.

While Hogan notes the influx in Christian and Catholic-themed films, production companies and actors more open in identifying with their faith, Catholics and Cappuccinos could have existed as a radio program from the earliest days of Hollywood, when such Catholics as Mack Sennett, Bing Crosby, Lucille Ball, Gregory Peck, Frank Capra and Loretta Young — just to name a few — contributed to Hollywood’s Golden Age.

4. There is a theological component.

Additional guests include Sister of Life Mary Gabriel and Father Donald Haggerty of the Archdiocese of New York. Father Haggerty, a moral theologian, has authored numerous books on the contemplative life. Hogan’s podcast, in turn, emphasizes the “contemplatives in action” element from Ignatian spirituality. While the name cappuccino may owe more to the Capuchins of Italy, it is the Jesuit notion of the active life informing a contemplative one that exemplifies Catholics like Hogan navigating the tricky world of entertainment. Catholics in media who have followed the cross recognize their moral duty and imperative to always be disciples of Christ “in season and out of season.” In fact, Hogan knows a thing or two about Ignatian spirituality. She is a graduate of the Jesuit school Le Moyne College. She earned her MFA from The Catholic University of America.

5. Tune in online. Find the podcast on EWTN’s YouTube channel and EWTN+, starting Feb. 5, at 7 p.m. ET. The first guest is Jonathan Roumie. Episodes will be released biweekly on Thursdays.