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Wilmington Catholic Radio can be heard on our three affiliate stations in the greater Wilmington area. 

Quinquagesima Sunday

Traditional Latin Mass, Sunday, February 27

The Lower Cape Fear Deanery sponsors a Traditional Latin Mass on the fourth Sunday of each month at the Basilica Shrine of Saint Mary at the corner of 5th and Ann Streets in downtown Wilmington. Mass is offered at 5pm. 

Confessions will be held prior to Mass from 4:30 until 4:50.

Click here for the Mass propers.  Bring your 1962 Missal and bring a friend!

Wilmington March for Life

Wilmington will host a March for Life on Saturday, February 5th from 10 am to noon. The March for Life is an inspiring, peaceful, vibrant, and joy-filled rally of women, men, young people, and children from all across New Hanover and neighboring counties. Together, we gather to celebrate life! We will meet in Long Leaf Park in front of the Winter Park Optimist building and the baseball diamonds (center of the park). Some seating is available, folding chairs are welcome. The March will begin with speakers including North Carolina’s Right To Life president, Bill Pincus. After the speeches, we will march for life within the park. Event will be held rain or shine!

Carolina Catholic chats again with Catholic author, Charles Fraune

For our first February show, my guest again is an old friend to many in Wilmington, Charles Fraune. Charles is married with three children (and one on the way), and he is a Catholic author with several books to his credit. We will talk about his current book, Slaying Dragons: Prepare for Battle: Applying the Wisdom of Exorcists to your Spiritual Warfare, which is a workbook that accompanies his 2019 book, Slaying Dragons. This workbook teaches the reader how to apply the wisdom of exorcists to our own spiritual battles by learning how to live a holy life, the efficacy of grace and the sacraments, how to avoid the occult, and how to access the great treasury of prayers and devotions offered by our Catholic Church. 

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 two weekends of February.  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 interviews Deacon Wally Calabrese, on his book, The Apostles and Me, and his booklet, Confirmed and Ready

For the last two weekends of January, our guest is Deacon Wally Calabrese who is assigned to Annunciation Parish in Havelock (Father Upah's former parish). Deacon Calabrese is a retired Gunnery Sergeant of the U.S. Marine Corps, and he holds a Master's degree in Pastoral Theology. We will chat about his two works, a book on the apostles (not 12 by his count, but 15 ordinary men and one extraordinary lady, Our Blessed Mother), The Apostles and Me, and their impact on our lives today, and his booklet, Confirmed and Ready, which answers the question,"What does it mean to be confirmed in the Catholic Church?"

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 last two weekends of January.

Carolina Catholic interviews author Julia Meloni, on her book, The St. Gallen Mafia: Exposing the Secret Reformist Group Within the Church

For the second and third weekends of January, our guest is Julia Meloni, author and Catholic reporter, about her book, The St. Gallen Mafia: Exposing the Secret Reformist Group Within the Church. This book sheds light on this group of high-ranking churchmen, who gathered for many years in St. Gallen, Switzerland, and who sought to "reform" the Catholic Church on certain of her teachings. This book focuses on the work and writings of Cardinals Silvestrini, Martini, Daneels, and Kasper.

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 second and third weekends of January.

January's Teaching Moment

Msgr. Mannion, a doctor of sacramental theology, instructs us about silence at Mass. According to the 2002 General Instruction of the Roman Missal (or GIRM), there should be silence before the liturgy: “Even before the celebration itself, it is commendable that silence be observed in the church, in the sacristy, in the vesting room, and in adjacent areas, so that all may dispose themselves to carry out the sacred action in a devout and fitting manner.”  “Sacred silence also, as part of the celebration, is to be observed at the designated times, depending on the time it occurs in each part of the celebration. At the conclusion of a reading or a homily, we should all meditate briefly on what we have heard, and after Communion, we should pray to God silently in our hearts.”

At the end of Mass, some churches erupt in noise destroying the atmosphere of prayer that so many seek after Mass. So it’s important even then to maintain our silence inside the church after Mass.