The Good Catholic Life

Summary of today’s show: Chuck Hall has had a long journey through just about every Christian denomination until finally landing in the Catholic Church, where he is now preparing for ordination as a deacon. Scot Landry and Fr. Mark O’Connell listen to Chuck tell his tale, from hippy to evangelical Christian to Catholic in 2008, […]

Summary of today’s show: Fr. Darin Colarusso was an Air Force aviator serving in Korea when he heard God unexpectedly calling him to the priesthood. Now he sits down with Scot Landry and Fr. Chip Hines to talk about that call and what’s it been like to transition first to seminary life—at a time when […]

Summary of today’s show: The Daughters of Charity were founded in France in the 17th century as a different kind of religious community active in serving the poor and that charism continues to today, including in the Archdiocese of Boston. Scot Landry and Susan Abbott are joined by Sr. Denise LaRock to discuss her own […]

Summary of today’s show: How does a stint in the Marines help with the life of a parish priest? Fr. Edward Doughty sits down with Scot Landry and Fr. Chris O’Connor to talk about his childhood in Woburn, which is the hotbed of priestly vocations in the Archdiocese of Boston; serving in the US Marine […]

Summary of today’s show: With regular Tuesday co-host Fr. Chris O’Connor celebrating his 40th birthday today, it had to be time to do a priest profile of Fr. Chris. Scot Landry talks with Fr. Chris about his childhood growing up in Dorchester’s St. Margaret Parish, attending parochial schools and then Boston College High; going to […]

Listen to the show: Subscribe for free in iTunes Today’s host(s): Scot Landry Today’s guest(s): Fr. Jack Graham, parochial vicar at St. Agnes Parish in Arlington Links from today’s show: St. Agnes Parish St. Agnes Music Ministry St. Agnes School Arlington Catholic High School Fidelity House Today’s topics: Priest Profile: Fr. Jack Graham Summary of […]

Listen to the show: Subscribe for free in iTunes All this week, The Good Catholic Life is bringing you some of our favorite shows from our first 200. We will return on January 3 with an all-new show for the new year. Today we bring you an encore presentation of Scot Landry’s interview with Deacon […]

Listen to the show: Subscribe for free in iTunes All this week, The Good Catholic Life is bringing you some of our favorite shows from our first 200. We will return on January 3 with an all-new show for the new year. Today we bring you an encore presentation of an interview of Bishop Arthur […]

Note: Due to network difficulties, today’s show did not air live on WQOM in our usual time slot of 4-5 pm on Tuesday, December 20. We are publishing the show here with the audio and transcript, as well as in our podcast stream. The show will air on WQOM in its entirety as a “Best […]

Listen to the show: Subscribe for free in iTunes Today’s host(s): Scot Landry and Fr. Mark O’Connell Today’s guest(s): Fr Bryan Parrish, Assistant Vicar for Administration and Special Assistant to the Vicar General. Today’s topics: Priest Profile: Fr. Bryan Parrish Summary of today’s show: In another of our occasional series of profiles of priests of […]