The Good Catholic Life

Summary of today’s show: As a young Catholic emerging from his 20-years-of-Catholic-school bubble for the first time, Matt Weber realized at Harvard that wanted to wear his faith on his sleeve with authenticity, rather than hiding it because it’s not cool. The Church has been through a rough period and Matt believes it’s time to […]

Summary of today’s show: Our usual Thursday panel of Scot Landry, Susan Abbott, and Fr. Roger Landry return after the Thanksgiving hiatus to consider the news headlines of the week, including Fr. Roger’s column in the Anchor this week on the Four Last Things: heaven, hell, death, and judgment; Pope Benedict’s newest book on Jesus […]

Due to technical difficulties, we were unable to air this show in our planned timeslot on Monday, November 19, 2012. We now present the show in its entirety. We thank our listeners and the parishioners of Mary Immaculate of Lourdes Parish for their patience and understanding. Summary of today’s show: Mary Immaculate of Lourdes Parish […]

Summary of today’s show: There’s more for a Catholic in Boston to see than Holy Cross Cathedral and St. John Seminary. Dr. Phil Crotty takes Scot Landry and Fr. Chris O’Connor on a virtual tour of Boston, the same one he gives to the new seminarians, taking them to sights with both obvious and not […]

Summary of today’s show: Liturgical Publications has been serving Catholic parishes’ communications needs for 40 years and Scot Landry talks with Joe Luedtke and Tim Potrikus about how they are preparing parishes to communicate online through websites and social media and online stewardship while helping their bulletins evolve to continue its role as the most […]

Listen to the show: Subscribe for free in iTunes For this Thanksgiving Friday, we bring you another of our favorite episodes. This time we revisit Cor Unum Meal Center at St. Patrick Parish in Lawrence and their pastor, Fr. Paul O’Brien. Fr. O’Brien shares his story of St. Patrick’s, a parish of both longtime residents […]

Listen to the show: Subscribe for free in iTunes Happy Thanksgiving! Today we bring you an encore presentation of Scot Landry’s interview with Jim and Terry Orcutt, founders of My Brother’s Keeper, and Jack Shaughnessy Sr. of Shaughnessy and Ahern Hauling and Rigging, about My Brother’s Keeper, a volunteer ministry providing assistance in southeastern Massachusetts. […]

Summary of today’s show: Each year, Cardinal Seán O’Malley recognizes the contributions of dozens of laypeople, religious, and deacons in the Archdiocese of Boston with the awarding of the Cheverus medals. These individuals and couples are recommended by their pastors (or in the case of religious and deacons, their regional bishop) for their decades of […]

Summary of today’s show: Everyone has favorite church hymns and a reason why they moves us, whether from a cherished childhood memory or how they move the spirit to contemplate God, and so on today’s show Scot Landry, Fr. Chris O’Connor, and Rick Heil share with listeners their lists of their top three favorite hymns […]

From our producer, Rick Heil: I am sorry to report that technical glitches kept us from airing our planned show today – a profile of Mary Immaculate of Lourdes parish in Newton. I know our entire team, as well as Fr Charles Higgins and his parishioners in Newton, were excited to hear our show today. […]