The Good Catholic Life

Today’s topics: One Year of Disciples in Mission and Upcoming Ordinations Summary of today’s show: Scot Landry and Fr. Chris O’Connor discuss the upcoming priestly ordination of nine men this Saturday at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. They then welcome Fr. Paul Soper, director of pastoral planning, and Fr. John Sheridan, pastor of the […]

Today’s topics: New Evangelization and Becoming a Disciple with a Testimony Summary of today’s show: A key aspect of the Disciples in Mission pastoral plan is training parish staff and parishioners in how to evangelize, especially in light of St. John Paul II’s call for a new evangelization, which is new in ardor, new in […]

Today’s topics: Disciples in Mission, Phase 2 Update Summary of today’s show: The Disciples in Mission pastoral plan continues for the Archdiocese of Boston and this weekend 44 parishes that will become 21 collaboratives in June will find out who their new pastors will be. Fr. Paul Soper and Sr. Pat Boyle of the pastoral […]

Today’s topics: Evangelii Gaudium on Parish-based Evangelization Summary of today’s show: Pope Francis has outlined a comprehensive vision for evangelization in his apostolic exhortation Evangelii Gaudium. Scot Landry and Fr. Mark O’Connell are joined by Fr. Paul Soper and Dan Cellucci to discuss one portion of that vision that deals with evangelization within the context […]

Today’s topics: Parish Director of Evangelization Summary of today’s show: Patrick Krisak may be the only parish evangelization director in the Archdiocese of Boston and he joins Scot Landry and Fr. Chip Hines to discuss his ministry in the collaborative parishes in Beverly; his background growing up in New Jersey and previous ministry in parishes […]

Today’s topics: Two of Boston Newest Priests: Fr. Chris Wallace and Fr. Eric Bennett Summary of today’s show: Fr. Chris Wallace, ordained this past May, and Fr. Eric Bennett, ordained last year but only just back from Rome, are both serving in the new pastoral collaboratives as part of the Disciples in Mission pastoral plan. […]

Today’s topics: Parish-Based Evangelization Summary of today’s show: Parish-based evangelization works and we can train for it, but we need strong parishes in order to do so, says Fr. Paul Soper, director of Pastoral Planning for the Archdiocese of Boston. He sits down with Scot Landry and Fr. Chip Hines to discuss the latest news […]

Today’s topics: Virtue-based Collaboration for Parishes Summary of today’s show: As the Archdiocese of Boston enters fully into the Disciples in Mission pastoral plan, Fr. Bob Connors of St. Patrick’s in Watertown joins Scot Landry, Fr. Mark O’Connell and Fr. Paul Soper to discuss the idea of virtue-based collaboration between parishes working together. The parishes […]

Today’s topics: Evangelization Trainers Summary of today’s show: As part of the Archdiocese of Boston’s ambitious pastoral plan called “Disciples in Mission”, parishes will receive special training to become centers of the new evangelization. As our guests Michael Lavigne and the archdiocese’s new evangelization trainers, Donald Smith and Amber Loosbrock, explain, this is an unprecedented […]

Today’s topics: An Inside Look at Parish Life across the US Summary of today’s show: What does parish life look like in the Catholic Church across the United States? The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate has done a series of studies to look at parishes, parish leadership, and the views of parishioners about […]