The Good Catholic Life

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 Rio Reflections Summary of today’s show: A month after World Youth Day in Rio gathered 3 million young people — including 170 from the Archdiocese of Boston — with Pope Francis, Scot Landry is joined by the team that organized the Boston pilgrimage — Fr. Matt Williams, Stephen Colella, Kathy […]

Today’s topics: Pope Francis on Looking to the Present and Future through the Emmaus Story Summary of today’s show: When Pope Francis visited Rio de Janeiro during World youth Day, he gave many addresses and had so many appearances, that some of the most important could easily have been overlooked. Scot Landry and Fr. Chris […]

Today’s topics: News Headlines of the Week ending 8/8/13 Summary of today’s show: Our usual Thursday panel examined the headlines of the week, including a recap of highlights from World Youth Day; Cardinal Seán’s address to the Knights of Columbus annual convention that garnered so much attention; national honors for two local women for their […]

Today’s topics: Pope Francis’ First Press Conference Summary of today’s show: On his flight back to Rome from Rio de Janeiro after World Youth Day, Pope Francis gave his first press conference to the media traveling with him on topics ranging from his carry-on luggage to the recent allegations of a “gay lobby” in the […]

Today’s topics: News Headlines of the Week Ending July 19, 2013 Summary of today’s show: Our panel of Scot Landry, Susan Abbott, and Fr. Roger Landry — calling in from Rome — discussed the news headlines of the week, including Evangelization Day at St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Attleboro; the ecumenical meeting between Cardinal […]

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 […]

Today’s topics: Ugandan Catholics in Boston and Uganda Summary of today’s show: The community of native Ugandans living in the Boston area is said to be the third largest after Uganda and London and most of them are living in and around Waltham. Scot Landry and Fr. Mark O’Connell welcome Fr. Michael Nolan, Pastor of […]

Today’s topics: News headlines for Week of June 24 Summary of today’s show: Our Thursday panel of Scot Landry, Gregory Tracy, and Susan Abbott, minus Fr. Roger Landry who is leading a retreat for the Missionaries of Charity, considered the news headlines of the week, including the biggest news concerning the Supreme Court’s rulings on […]

Summary of today’s show: The Office for the New Evangelization of Youth and Young Adults is entering a busy time in the Archdiocese of Boston and Fr. Mat Williams and Scot Landry discuss their big initiatives, including this past weekend’s Eucharistic Congress that came at a particularly appropriate time after last week’s Marathon bombings; the […]