The Good Catholic Life

Today’s topics: Knights of Malta pilgrimage to Lourdes for the Sick Summary of today’s show: Each year, the Knights of Malta make a pilgrimage to Lourdes, France, the site of an apparition of the Blessed Mother to St. Bernadette, bringing a group of malades–people afflicted with various ailments–and their caregivers for an experience of spiritual […]

Today’s topics: The Pilgrim Lifestyle Summary of today’s show: The Vatican has an official organization, Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi, for the support of pilgrims, not just to Rome but around the world, and Kairos Pilgrimages is the official distributor for OPR in the US and Canada. Patrizia Brown of Kairos and Fr. Leo LeBlanc of Immaculate […]

Today’s topics: Franciscan Pilgrimage by Land to World Youth Day Rio and Back Summary of today’s show: The Franciscans of the Primitive Observance are a Boston-based religious order that abides strictly by St. Francis’ idea of embracing poverty as a spiritual exercise. So when Br. James Wartman and Fr. Michael Sheehan decided to go World […]

Today’s topics: World Youth Day in Rio Summary of today’s show: Millions of youth from around the world will be gathering in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, next week for World Youth Day, including more than 160 who will be traveling from the Archdiocese of Boston. Scot Landry and Fr. Matt Williams are joined by Chuck […]

Summary of today’s show: On a day with so much tension in the City of Boston and environs, Scot Landry and Fr. Mark O’Connell briefly discussed the state of emergency surrounding the Marathon bombing suspects on the loose, but then decided to offer listeners a respite from the news by returning to the Holy Land […]

Summary of today’s show: Cardinal Seán went on pilgrimage to the Holy Land with 29 priests from Boston, including Fr. Paul Soper, who talked with Scot Landry and Fr. Matt Williams about the places he visited that most moved him, places that we know with great reliability are the places mentioned in the Gospels, and […]

Fr. Stephen Rock is Pastor of St. Agnes Parish in Reading in the Archdiocese of Boston. He is one of 29 priests joining Cardinal Seán O’Malley for a pilgrimage to the Holy Land between April 8 and April 15. We’ve asked him to share his experiences on their fifth full day in the Holy Land. […]

By Fr. Israel Rodriguez April 13 Fr. Israel Rodriguez is Parochial Vicar at St. Patrick Parish in Lawrence in the Archdiocese of Boston. He is one of 29 priests joining Cardinal Seán O’Malley for a pilgrimage to the Holy Land between April 8 and April 15. We’ve asked him to share his experiences on their […]

Fr. Gregory Vozzo is Parochial Vicar at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Braintree in the Archdiocese of Boston. He is one of 29 priests joining Cardinal Seán O’Malley for a pilgrimage to the Holy Land between April 8 and April 15. We’ve asked him to share his experiences on their fourth full day in […]

Fr. Daniel Moloney is Parochial Vicar at St. Columbkille Parish in Brighton in the Archdiocese of Boston. He is one of 29 priests joining Cardinal Seán O’Malley for a pilgrimage to the Holy Land between April 8 and April 15. We’ve asked him to share his experiences on their fourth full day in the Holy […]