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Wilmington Catholic Radio can be heard on our three affiliate stations in the greater Wilmington area.
93.1 FM | WBPL-LP | Downtown Wilmington |
103.1 FM | WJSS-LP | Bradley Creek |
91.7 FM | WJSI-LP | Porter's Neck |
Carolina Catholic honors Pope Benedict XVI
For our first show in June, Carolina Catholic will honor the memory of our beloved Pope Benedict XVI as he is remembered by several who knew him or met him including these guests: Father Joseph Fessio, SJ, founder of Ignatius Press, who got his doctorate under the tutelage of then theologian and professor, Father Joseph Ratzinger; John Sonnen, Catholic pilgrimage guide, who met Pope Benedict eight times when John lived in Rome; St. Stan's parishioner, Ludi Lipari, who on a 2006 pilgrimage with St. Mary's with her husband, Charlie, had a special encounter with Pope Benedict; and Amanda Gandolf, St. Therese parishioner, who met him with her husband and her children. In 2023, Ignatius Press released a photo album called, Benedict XVI: Servant of Love, in honor of Pope Benedict. Photos of those who saw Pope Benedict in person will be on our webpage.
This show will air on Wilmington Catholic Radio's three stations, 91.7 FM, 93.1 FM, and 103.1 FM on Saturdays at 11 am and Sundays at 6 pm on the first and second weekends of June. You can listen on-line live by clicking on the Listen Now tab. Or, listen 24/7 by going to the Carolina Catholic tab and clicking on the show page.
Carolina Catholic chats with Catholic pilgrimage guide extraordinaire, John Sonnen
For our second show in May, Carolina Catholic will get you ready to take a Catholic pilgrimage! The world has reopened to us, and a Catholic pilgrimage is the best way to travel while deepening our faith. Our guest, John Sonnen, has been in the Catholic pilgrimage business since 2004, and he is now presenting pilgrimages for both St. Charles Pilgrimages and Regina Magazine and its pilgrimages. In 2010, Judi Paparozzi met John Sonnen who gave her group the most phenomenal and informative tour on Rome ever. The pilgrimages John is offering include the Holy Land, Italy, Poland, France, Ireland, and other destinations. A priest is on every tour, and there is daily Mass as well. If you have ever dreamed of taking a pilgrimage, now is the time!
This show will air on Wilmington Catholic Radio's three stations, 91.7 FM, 93.1 FM, and 103.1 FM on Saturdays at 11 am and Sundays at 6 pm on the third and fourth weekends of May. You can listen on-line live by clicking on the Listen Now tab. Or, listen 24/7 by going to the Carolina Catholic tab and clicking on the show page.
Carolina Catholic chats with two authors from TAN Books:
Father Basil Cole, OP and Father Sebastian Walshe, OPraem
For our first show in May, Tara Lewis and I interview two authors from TAN Books, Father Cole and Father Walshe, about their newest books. Father Basil Cole, OP, has taught moral, spiritual, and dogmatic theology at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC since 1998, and he will speak about his book, Angelic Virtues and Demonic Vices: Aquinas's Practical Principles for Reaching Heaven and Avoiding Hell. Father Sebastian Walshe is a Norbertine Canon of the Abbey of St. Michael in the Diocese of Orange, CA, where he is a professor of philosophy for the seminary program. He will speak about his book, St. Joseph: The Man Closest to Christ.
This show will air on Wilmington Catholic Radio's three stations, 91.7 FM, 93.1 FM, and 103.1 FM on Saturdays at 11 am and Sundays at 6 pm on the first and second weekends of May. You can listen on-line live by clicking on the Listen Now tab. Or, listen 24/7 by going to the Carolina Catholic tab and clicking on the show page.
May's Teaching Moment
In the Third Commandment, God told us that we must keep holy the Sabbath. The Apostles fixed the Sabbath on Sunday, the first day of the week as well as the day great mysteries of our faith took place particularly the Resurrection. God gave this commandment because of original sin; due to their sin, Adam and Eve were sentenced by God to labor for their daily bread, but after six days, God gave them a day of rest. From the beginning of the world, that day of rest was set apart to praise God and offer Him gifts. As we read in Exodus 20:11, “For in six days, the Lord made Heaven and earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them, and rested on the seventh day: therefore, the Lord blessed the seventh day and sanctified it.” We are obligated to keep these days holy. How do we do this? We must abstain on that day from all unnecessary work, we must attend Mass, and we can read the word of God and guard ourselves from all sin. In doing so, we will make ourselves pleasing to God.
Carolina Catholic chats with Charles Fraune about his newest book
For our second show in April, Tara Lewis and I chat with Charles Fraune about his second Slaying Dragons' book, Slaying Dragons II:The Rise of the Occult, What Exorcists See & What We Should Know. In this show, we will learn where the occult is present, how it is luring people, especially our youth, its dangers, and how to escape from it.
This show will air on Wilmington Catholic Radio's three stations, 91.7 FM, 93.1 FM, and 103.1 FM on Saturdays at 11 am and Sundays at 6 pm on the first and second weekends of April. You can listen on-line live by clicking on the Listen Now tab. Or, listen 24/7 by going to the Carolina Catholic tab and clicking on the show page.
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