The Good Catholic Life

Today’s topics: Local Pilgrimages near Boston Listen to the show: Today we bring you an encore presentation of Scot Landry and Fr. Chip Hines discussion with Kevin Nelson of CatholicTV, about local pilgrimages within a day’s drive of Boston. Jim and Terry share with Scot the story of how they started My Brother’s Keeper, a […]

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. […]

Today’s topics: Alvaro Vega, the Hip Hop Seminarian Summary of today’s show: Alvaro Vega is a second-year seminarian in the Archdiocese of Miami, but he’s also an aspiring hip-hop musician who believes that God is calling him both to the priesthood and use music in his ministry. Alvaro joins Scot Landry and Fr. Matt Williams […]

Today’s topics: NewAdvent.org, one of the oldest Catholic websites Summary of today’s show: There are many great Catholic apostolates coming out of the Denver as a fruit of World Youth Day in 1993, and one of the oldest is the website NewAdvent.org. The site’s founder, Kevin Knight, joins Scot Landry and Fr. Chris O’Connor to […]

Today’s topics: Fr. John Wykes, the Oblates of the Virgin Mary, and St. Francis Chapel Summary of today’s show: Nestled within one of Boston’s office and retail meccas downtown, visitors can find St. Francis Chapel, which is currently served by the Oblates of the Virgin Mary. The Chapel, which has been in place since the […]

Today’s topics: Collection for Retired Religious Sister and Advent Fasting Retreat Summary of today’s show: In the first part of our show, Scot Landry and Fr. Mark O’Connell welcome Sr. Marian Batho and Sr. Pat Boyle to discuss this weekend’s second collection for retired religious sisters. They point out that in the past religious sisters […]

Summary of today’s show: Our Thursday panel of Scot Landry, Susan Abbott, Gregory Tracy, and Domenico Bettinelli looked at the headlines of the week, including three interviews of Cardinal Seán on challenges facing the Church; Pope Francis’ upcoming first apostolic exhortation; and the end of the Year of Faith and year of two popes. Listen […]

Today’s topics: St. Kateri Tekakwitha Summary of today’s show: St. Kateri is one of the newest saints in the Church, canonized in 2012, and she was the first native North American saint. Scot Landry and Fr. Matt Williams welcome Maureen Heil of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Boston and a parishioner of St. Kateri Parish […]

Today’s topics: Bl. John Henry Newman on Modernism Summary of today’s show: In 2000, Deacon Jack Sullivan of Marshfield received a miraculous healing through the intercession of Bl. John Henry Cardinal Newman, a miracle that would lead to the beatification of Newman by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010. Deacon Jack joins Scot Landry to share […]

Today’s topics: Healthcare Proxies, Advance Care Directives, and End-of-Life Care Summary of today’s show: Healthcare and bioethics remains at the top of the news so M.C. Sullivan joins Scot Landry again to discuss the application Catholic moral teaching to health and medical issues, including the latest news on the Affordable Care Act; healthcare proxies and […]