The Good Catholic Life

The Good Catholic Life is bringing you some of our favorite shows from the past year Monday through Wednesday. We will return on January 3 with an all-new show for the new year. Today we bring you an encore presentation of our interview with then-transitional deacon (now, Father) Eric Cadin. When Fr. Cadin discovered God […]

Summary of today’s show: The study and contemplation of Scripture among Catholics has made steady progress in recent decades, but Prof. Stephen Fahrig tells Scot Landry and Fr. Chris O’Connor, recording on location at St. John’s Seminary, that Catholics can learn to appreciate the Bible even more. They discuss the five facts every Catholic should […]

Listen to the show: All this week, The Good Catholic Life is bringing you some of our favorite shows from the past year (although on Friday, we’re bringing you one all-new show with Scripture scholar Stephen Fahrig. Don’t miss it). We will return on January 3 with an all-new show for the new year. Today […]

Listen to the show: All this week, The Good Catholic Life is bringing you some of our favorite shows from the past year (although on Friday, we’re bringing you one all-new show with Scripture scholar Stephen Fahrig. Don’t miss it). We will return on January 3 with an all-new show for the new year. Today […]

The Good Catholic Life is taking a break on Monday, December 24, and Tuesday, December 25, for special Christmas programming from WQOM and The Station of the Cross network. We’ll return on Wednesday, December 27, with a special encore presentation of one of our favorite shows from the past year. May this Christmas be a […]

Summary of today’s show: On our last show before Christmas, Scot Landry and Fr. Mark O’Connell count down the top 10 Christmas hymns, according to Scot. Some on the list are expected, others are unexpected, and some cause a little good-humored arguments over the relative ranking of particular favorites. Also we hear the world premiere […]

Summary of today’s show: Our usual thursday panel of Scot Landry, Susan Abbott, Gregory Tracy, and Fr. Roger Landry consider the news headlines of the week, including the Catholic response to the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut; the beginning of a new online faith formation course for the Year of Faith called Catholic Faith Essentials; local […]

Summary of today’s show: With less than a week to go before Christmas, Scot Landry and Fr. Matt Williams discuss with Michael Lavigne and Stephen Colella the Advent and Christmas traditions they grew up with and those they have acquired that help them and their families prepare for the beautiful celebration of the Birth of […]

Summary of today’s show: When a man is ordained a priest in the Archdiocese of Boston, he is made a promise that his medical, retirement, and other needs will be provided for now and in his elder years. The Christmas collection for the Clergy Funds is part of that promise keeping where the parishioners of […]

Summary of today’s show: The season of Advent is a time of preparation for the coming of Christ and the best way to prepare is to go to the Sacrament of Reconciliation to confess our sins and to receive the graces to live holier lives. Scot Landry and Fr. Chris O’Connor are on location at […]