The Good Catholic Life

Today’s topics: Co-Workers in the Vineyard; Way of the Cross; Collaboratives in Holy Week; Lay Chancellor in Fall River; New Saints; Divorce and Communion Summary of today’s show: Our usual Thursday panel of Scot Landry, Susan Abbott, Gregory Tracy and Fr. Roger Landry consider the headlines of the week, including the Co-Workers in the Vineyard […]

Today’s topics: Catholic Relief Service’s Lenten Rice Bowl Summary of today’s show: Catholic Relief Services is the international face of the Catholic Church in US in charity work throughout the world, while Catholic Charities Boston has a similar mission in the Archdiocese of Boston. Every Lent, CRS coordinates the Rice Bowl program that helps individuals […]

Today’s topics: The Station Churches of Rome and Canonizations of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII Summary of today’s show: George Weigel is known as the official biographer of Pope John Paul II, but he recently completed a new project with his son, Steven, and Elizabeth Lev on the Station Churches of Rome. […]

Today’s topics: The Corporal Works of Mercy in the City Summary of today’s show: Kerry Weber, a single young Catholic woman living in New York City, wanted to go beoyond the typical Lenten sacrifices in 2012 and so she came up with a plan to develop a mindset of mercy by performing the corporal works […]

Today’s topics: Caring for Our Priests at the Easter Collection Summary of today’s show: The Clergy Health and Retirement Trust collections at Easter and Christmas are the means by which the people of the Archdiocese of Boston show love and concern for their priests who need healthcare or are retiring, providing dignity and a quality […]

Today’s topics: Firefighter Funeral; First Communicants; Bishops’ Lifestyles Summary of today’s show: Our usual Thursday panel of Scot Landry, Susan Abbott, Gregory Tracy, and Fr. Roger Landry consider the headlines of the week, including Cardinal Seán’s remarks at the end of the funeral for Firefighter Lt. Ed Walsh; Fr. Roger’s advice to parents of children […]

Today’s topics: Worcester Catholic Men’s Conference Summary of today’s show: The oldest Catholic men’s conference in the US takes place each year in Worcester and Bishop Dan Reilly and Angelo Guadagno join Scot Landry to discuss the 2014 conference coming up this weekend in the Worcester DCU Center. They discussed the speakers, who include Fr. […]

Today’s topics: Mass on the Border with Cardinal Seán in Nogales, Arizona Summary of today’s show: Cardinal Seán and 7 bishops traveled to Nogales, Arizona, on Tuesday, to the US-Mexico border to celebrate Mass for all the immigrants who have died coming to the US and to call attention to the need for immigration reform. […]