The Good Catholic Life

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: Catholic Bioethics on Brain Death, Transplantation, Nutrition & Hydration, ACLU Lawsuits Summary of today’s show: Our regular guest M.C. Sullivan returns to talk to Scot Landry and Michael Lavigne about medical and health issues in the headlines, including the Catholic response to cases of brain death; artificial nutrition and hydration; and legal pressure […]

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: Pope to name fewer monsignors; Veteran Catholic journalist joins Boston Globe; Papal trip to the Holy Land Summary of today’s show: Our Thursday panel of Scot Landry, Susan Abbott, and Gregory Tracy considered the news headlines of the week, including the decision by Pope Francis to change the rules by which the title […]

Today’s topics: The Future of Catholicism Summary of today’s show: Being Catholic has always meant being counter-cultural, but never more so than now, according to our guest Michael Coren, who joins Scot Landry and Michael Lavigne to discuss his new book “The Future of Catholicism.” Michael said we face a future of persecution, especially surrounding […]

Today’s topics: Dr. Aldona Lingertat and the Master of Arts in Ministry program at the Theological Institute for the New Evangelization Summary of today’s show: Priests and religious perform the most visible pastoral work in the Church, but today there are many “co-workers in the vineyard”, lay people being trained with graduate degrees and pastoral […]

Today’s topics: God’s Bucket List Summary of today’s show: A “bucket list” is a list of things we want to do before we die, but what if God had a bucket list for us to ensure we had a good life and prepared us to be with him in heaven. Scot Landry welcomes Teresa Tomeo, […]

Listen to the show: To end the year and begin the new one, The Good Catholic Life is bringing you some of our favorite shows from 2013. We will return on January 6 with an all-new show for the new year. Today we bring you an encore presentation of our interview with Tom Peterson. God […]

Listen to the show: To end the year and begin the new one, The Good Catholic Life is bringing you some of our favorite shows from 2013. We will return on January 6 with an all-new show for the new year. Today we bring you an encore presentation of our interview with Sean Forrest, a […]

Listen to the show: To end the year and begin the new one, The Good Catholic Life is bringing you some of our favorite shows from 2013. We will return on January 6 with an all-new show for the new year. Today we bring you an encore presentation of our interview with Matt Maher, Ike […]