The Good Catholic Life

Today’s topics: A Catholic Chaplain at Harvard Becomes A Chaplain to Marines in Afghanistan Summary of today’s show: For the past three years Fr. Matt Westcott has been a full-time chaplain to the Catholic student association at Harvard University, providing spiritual guidance to some of the best and brightest intellectuals from around the world. Now […]

Today’s topics: Fr. David Barnes Summary of today’s show: On location at St. John’s Seminary, Scot Landry and Fr. Chris O’Connor welcome Fr. David Barnes back to the show to talk about his first semester as Catholic chaplain at Boston University, which isn’t a Catholic university but has a very large population of Catholic students. […]

Today’s topics: Hospital Chaplaincy and the Sacrament of the Sick Summary of today’s show: The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick is a gift from the Lord not just for the end of life, but for whenever we are seriously sick. Craig Gibson joins Scot Landry and Fr. Chris O’Connor on location at St. […]

Today’s topics: An Inside Look at the Life of a US Air Force Catholic chaplain Summary of today’s show: Last year, we said goodbye to Fr. Tom Foley as he entered the US Air Force chaplaincy at the age of 50 and he’s come back to tell us what his first year was like, including […]

Summary of today’s show: Fr. Stephen Linehan served for 37 years as a chaplain in the US Navy, 23 years on active duty. When he retired in 2010, he had the opportunity for a sabbatical, and decided to walk the thousand-year-old pilgrimage route called the “Camino” from southern France to Santiago de Compestela in northwestern […]

Summary of today’s show: Father Matt Westcott is a former Marine who loves being a diocesan priest, and yet he serves at perhaps the world’s most prestigious university, Harvard, as chaplain to its Catholic undergraduates. Scot Landry and Fr. Matt Williams welcome Fr. Westcott to hear about his path to the priesthood and the four […]

Summary of today’s show: Fr. Tom Foley has embarked on a new phase of his priesthood 26 years after his ordination by becoming an Air Force chaplain. Scot Landry and Fr. Chip Hines talk to Fr. Foley about his decision to answer the “call within a call”, the process of moving from the Archdiocese of […]

Summary of today’s show: Msgr. John McLaughlin has seen a wide variety assignments as a priest of the Archdiocese: urban parish, suburban parish, a parish that includes the New England Patriots, first vocation director for the Archdiocese of the Military Services, now priest-chaplain for campus ministry at Boston University, and the first new monsignor the […]

Summary of today’s show: For the last 34 years, Fr. Joe Baggetta has served as chaplain of the Massachusetts Department of Youth Corrections, living out Fr. Edward “Boys Town” Flanagan’s dictum that there are no bad boys, just bad examples and bad environments. Scot Landry and Fr. Chris O’Connor have a conversation with Fr. Joe […]

Summary of today’s show: As we observe Memorial Day, we hear from a number of different voices, including the words of Fr. Paul Hurley, serving with the 101st Airborne Division; Beirne Lovely, archdiocesan general counsel who was a young Marine lieutenant during the Vietnam War; and Fr. Stephen Rock, pastor of St. Agnes in Reading […]