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 […]
April 10, 2012
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The Curt Jester: The Good Catholic Life is “a quality show”
Jeff Miller, known throughout the Catholic blogosphere as “The Curt Jester”, recently wrote of his appreciation for The Good Catholic Life as representative of the kind of new media content, specifically podcasts, that Catholic dioceses should be producing: The Archdiocese of Boston produces The Good Catholic Life, an hour long show scheduled Monday through Fridays. […]
April 9, 2012
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Program #0274 for Monday, April 9, 2012: Eric Genuis
Summary of today’s show: Music transcends words and beauty moves the soul. Catholic world-class musician and composer Eric Genuis has dedicated his life to bringing beautiful music to schools, churches, concert halls, and prisons and Scot Landry talks with Eric about his mission, which brings hope to the hopeless and beauty to those starving for […]
April 5, 2012
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Program #0273 for Thursday, April 5, 2012: Visiting Cuba; retiring pastors; diocesan archives; the Triduum
Summary of today’s show: On a special Thursday news edition of the show, Scot Landry, Susan Abbott, Fr. Roger Landry, and Gregory Tracy discuss the week’s headlines, including the Pilot special report on a Boston pilgrimage to Cuba; the retirement of three long-serving pastors; the sale of St. James in Wellesley; National Catholic Education Association […]
April 4, 2012
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Program #0272 for Wednesday, April 4, 2012: The Easter Vigil Liturgy
Summary of today’s show: The Easter Vigil is the Super Bowl of liturgies in the Catholic Church calendar, with our most beautiful prayers and symbols and imagery, encapsulating all of Salvation History. For the first time this Easter, we will hear the prayers using the new translation of the Roman Missal, which restores the beautiful […]
April 3, 2012
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Program #0271 for Tuesday, April 3, 2012: Cardinal Seán’s homily at the Chrism Mass
Summary of today’s show: On Tuesday of Holy Week in the Archdiocese of Boston, Cardinal Seán celebrates the Chrism Mass with the priests of the archdiocese, blessing the holy oils used in sacraments for the next year and renewing their priestly vows. In a special broadcast from the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, […]
April 2, 2012
Program #0270 for Monday, April 2, 2012: Divine Mercy
Summary of today’s show: Seven years ago today, Bl. John Paul II died on the eve of the Feast of Divine Mercy, the devotion that he did so much to promote. Scot Landry and Fr. Matt Williams are joined by Fr. Kazimierz Chwalek and Mary Kay Volpone of the Association of Marian Helpers to discuss […]
March 30, 2012
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Program #0269 for Friday, March 30, 2012: The Way of the Cross for Life
Summary of today’s show: For the past 25 years, Colbe Mazzarella has organized hundreds of people for a Good Friday Way of the Cross for Life through Boston, stopping at churches and in front of abortion clinics to pray for the end of the awful practice and offer reparations for their sins and those of […]
March 29, 2012
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Program #0268 for Thursday, March 29, 2012: Catechetical congress; day of fasting for liberty; Pope in Cuba, Mexico; exit interviews for Catholics
Summary of today’s show: On our weekly headline show, Scot Landry and Susan Abbott discuss the news with Fr. Roger Landry and Antonio Enrique, including last weekend’s Catechetical Congress; appointment of a pastor for the Archdiocese’s largest parish; religious freedom rally in Boston and a day of prayer and fasting; the Pope’s trip to Cuba […]
March 28, 2012
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Program #0267 for Wednesday, March 28, 2012: Hunger for Justice retreat 2012
Summary of today’s show: For 17 years, teens from the North Shore have been spending their Triduum in a 30-hour fast and serving the poor and needy in Boston on the Hunger for Justice retreat. Scot Landry and Fr. Matt Williams interview organizers Chris Carmody and Andrea Alberti to see how 400 teens are challenged […]
April 10, 2012
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