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Wilmington Catholic Radio can be heard on WBPL-LP operating on 93.1FM in the greater Wilmington area. We also can be heard world-wide streaming through Alexa devices and other streaming services including right here on our Listen Now tab.

Each month, we will feature the needs of the month at the Sister Isaac Center in downtown Wilmington. Donations can be dropped off Monday-Thursday from 9:00-11:00am at the Tileston Building's entrance facing the corner of 5th & Ann Streets. Someone will be there to assist. To donate items outside of those hours, please call the Center at 910-782-4021.

November's Teaching Moment

November is dedicated to the Holy Souls in Purgatory, and it’s a great time to pray for them or to earn an indulgence for them. Two special opportunities for gaining an indulgence for a holy soul happen in November. From November 1^st to 8^th, a plenary indulgence may be gained if you devoutly visit a cemetery and pray for the dead. On All Souls Day, the plenary indulgence can be gained if we visit a church and pray the Our Father and the Creed. The usual conditions of Confession, Holy Communion, prayers for the Pope’s intentions, and freedom from attachment to sin apply.

Your prayers can also help Holy Souls reach Heaven sooner. St. Gertrude the Great was given this prayer by Jesus Himself with the promise that each time it is prayed with devotion, countless souls are released from Purgatory. Please say it often and with great devotion.

Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal church, those in my own home and within my family. Amen.

https://americancatholic.com/blog/how-to-pray-for-the-dead-november  
https://www.goodcatholic.com/prayer-for-the-holy-souls-in-purgatory-by-st-gertrude-the-great/  
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https://www.prayerprompt.org/st-gertrude-prayer/  
https://thedivinemercy.org/articles/november-month-mercy-and-holy-souls

Carolina Catholic honors the Year of St. Francis of Assisi

For our first November show, we honor the 800th anniversary of Italy's patron saint, St. Francis of Assisi, during the Year of St. Francis with guest, Teresa Tomeo. Teresa's newest book in honor of St. Francis is called, Volume II of Italy's Shrines and Wonders: Discovering Sacred Spaces and Fascinating Places in the Life of St. Francis of Assisi. A bestselling Italy travel expert, consultant, and author, Teresa walks with us in the footsteps of St. Francis of Assisi, one of the most beloved saints in history. In her book, we travel with her through the Italian countryside in towns where St. Francis lived and encountered Jesus, and Teresa also uncovers St. Francis’ life as a mystic, miracle worker, and the first recorded stigmatist.

This show will air on Wilmington Catholic Radio's station, 93.1 FM, on Saturdays at 11 am and Sundays at 6 pm on the first two weekends of November. 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 learns about a Rule of Life for laity

For our second October show, we will talk to the niece of a great Catholic scholar, Fr. Robert Ignatius Bradley, S.J., who died in 2013 after 58 years as a priest, and left behind treasures from his many retreats and writings. His niece, Dr. Betty B. Bosarge, edited his work into this book, The Pathway to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: A Rule of Life, sharing with us a personal rule of life for our journey into the Sacred Heart of Jesus. In this book, Father Bradley, in realizing that it is the Holy Eucharist that is the pathway to living within His Sacred Heart, he developed a Rule of Life for the Laity with seven pillars including the Mass, Confession, Prayer, the Bible, Adoration, and works of mercy. 

This show will air on Wilmington Catholic Radio's station, 93.1 FM, on Saturdays at 11 am and Sundays at 6 pm on the last two weekends of October. 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 learns about Padre Pio's American spiritual daughter, Mary Pyle

For our first October show, we will talk to Catholic author and expert on St. Padre Pio, Susan De Bartoli, about her newest book from Sophia Institute Press about Padre Pio and his spiritual daughter from America, Mary Pyle. Mary was born an heiress to a soap empire based in NYC, but after many years, Mary converted to the Catholic faith while acting as an interpreter for Maria Montessori, as Mary was fluent in five languages. In visiting his parish in 1923, Mary decided to follow the request of Padre Pio to remain in San Giovanni Rotondo for the rest of her life, spanning 45 years.There she founded a house of charity that fed the bodies and souls of many who visited San Giovanni Rotondo including many American servicemen during WWII, and she helped build a monastery and seminary in Pietrelcina and Padre Pio's hospital, the Home for the Relief of Suffering, in San Giovanni Rotondo.  

This show will air on Wilmington Catholic Radio's station, 93.1 FM, on Saturdays at 11 am and Sundays at 6 pm on the first two weekends of October. 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.