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Fr. David Barnes is Pastor of St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish and administrator of St. Margaret Parish in Beverly in the Archdiocese of Boston. He is one of 29 priests joining Cardinal Seán O’Malley for a pilgrimage to the Holy Land between April 8 and April 15. We’ve asked him to share his […]

Fr. Dan Hennessey is Vocations Director for the Archdiocese of Boston. He is one of 29 priests joining Cardinal Seán O’Malley for a pilgrimage to the Holy Land between April 8 and April 15. We’ve asked him to share his experiences on their second full day in the Holy Land. By Father Dan Hennessey April […]

Fr. Paul Soper, Director of Pastoral Planning for the Archdiocese of Boston, is one of 29 priests joining Cardinal Seán O’Malley for a pilgrimage to the Holy Land between April 8 and April 15. We’ve asked him to share his experiences beginning with preparations for the trip. By Fr. Paul Soper On Tuesday, April 9, […]

Fr. Ed Riley is Dean of Men and Director of Pastoral Formation at St. John’s Seminary in the Archdiocese of Boston. He is one of 29 priests joining Cardinal Seán O’Malley for a pilgrimage to the Holy Land between April 8 and April 15. We’ve asked him to share his experiences on their first full […]

Fr. Paul Soper, Director of Pastoral Planning for the Archdiocese of Boston, is one of 29 priests joining Cardinal Seán O’Malley for a pilgrimage to the Holy Land between April 8 and April 15. We’ve asked him to share his experiences beginning with preparations for the trip. By Fr. Paul Soper April 6 And so, […]

Cardinal Seán and a group of priests of the Archdiocese of Boston have traveled on an Easter pilgrimage to the Holy Land this week, and they’re bringing the listeners of The Good Catholic Life along with them. Cardinal Seán and a group of 29 priests of the Archdiocese of Boston have traveled on an Easter […]

Summary of today’s show: Wrapping up two weeks in Rome covering the end of Pope Benedict’s pontificate and the beginning of Pope Francis’, Scot Landry, Fr. Roger Landry and George Martell reflect on their experiences and on the moments and images that will endure with them. They also reflected on their participation in Pope Francis’ […]

By Scot Landry George Martell and I set as our goal for these 2 weeks in Rome that if Archdiocese of Boston Catholics followed our coverage, we would provide you a sense of what it was like to be here in Rome during this papal transition. We hope we have delivered on our goal through […]

By Scot Landry Today at noon, Pope Francis delivered his first Sunday Angelus message.  Typically when the Holy Father is in Rome he has 2 regular weekly appearances: the Wednesday General Audience and then the Sunday Angelus message. If you read my Wednesday post, you remember that I thought there was only a remote chance […]

By Scot Landry The Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls is the second largest Church in Rome (St. Peter’s Basilica is the largest). It was built in the first-half of the fourth century by the emperor Constantine.  It remained practically intact until 1823 when it was almost destroyed by a terrible fire.  The rebuilding […]