March for Life

For our first February show, I was joined by Christine Vayo as we traveled to DC for the 44th annual March for Life and got the opportunity to visit with Christine's cousin, Father Christopher Murphy, and his friend, Father Paul Scalia, both of the Diocese of Arlington. Father Scalia is the son of former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia; in this show, we talk about his father's legacy and the homily Father Scalia gave at his dad's funeral. In addition, both priests talk about the challenge of sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with clarity in charity in a nation divided by so many issues. Both priests commented on how important it is to witness to the truth of Christ clearly but with a loving and kind heart. 

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Show Notes

Father Scalia's bio
Father Murphy's parish
Homily of the SCOTUS Justice Antonin Scalia by Fr. Scalia video
Homily of the SCOTUS Justice Antonin Scalia by Fr. Scalia transcript
Article about Father Scalia's homily

Salud Hondu
and its annual fundraiser, One Cup of Tea

Carolina Catholic features the work of Salud Hondu and its 2018 One Cup of Tea fundraiser which will take place Saturday, March 10th, at 2 pm.  This year’s theme is The Orient Express circa 1945. Our guests are Penny Cromer, fundraiser chair; John Cromer, MD, president of Salud Hondu; and Laura Vinson, Board member. Salud Hondu is a mission based in Wilmington that supports a medical clinic, the Clinica de Santa Maria, in Reitoca, Honduras.  

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Show Notes

Salud Hondu

Michael Accurso

Director of Liturgical Music for the Diocese of Raleigh

For our second January show, we chat with Michael Accurso, the Director of Liturgical Music for the Catholic Diocese of Raleigh and Sacred Heart Cathedral in Raleigh. A New Jersey native, Michael is a conductor, organist, composer, and vocalist, and he enjoys an active schedule in academics, concert performance, commissions, and liturgical music. He is currently completing his doctorate in choral conducting at the University of Notre Dame. This past year, Bishop Burbidge commissioned him to write a hymn for the dedication of Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral, which is to take place on July 26, 2017. The hymn is entitled, I Will Praise Your Name Forever, a congregational hymn honoring the Holy Name of Jesus, based on Psalm 145.

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Show Notes

Michael's website
NC Catholic interview
Diocesan Sacred Music website
Video: I Will Praise Your Name Forever

Vivian Dudro

Editor for the Ignatius Press and Magnificat children’s books

For our first January 2017 show, we chat with Vivian Dudro from both Ignatius Press and the Magnificat about the latest children’s books released by these Catholic publishers. Over the last 35 years, Vivian has written news articles, book reviews, and columns for various Catholic media, including the National Catholic Register, and the Catholic San Francisco. In this show, we are introduced to the following new releases:  A Missal for Toddlers, My Little Catechism, two books on St. Teresa of Calcutta, and two books on Advent and Christmas.

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Show Notes

A Missal for Toddlers 

My Little Catechism
A Gospel Advent Calendar 

Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Mother Teresa, The Smile of Calcutta 
 

Father Jeffrey Kirby, STD

Luke: The Gospel of Mercy

We chat with Father Jeffrey Kirby, S.T.D., a priest of the Diocese of Charleston, SC, about his new Bible study, Luke: The Gospel of Mercy. Father Kirby is the Administrator at Our Lady of Grace in Indian Land and St. Joseph’s in Chester. He earned his doctorate in Sacred Theology (STD) in Rome in 2016; his thesis was Facilitating a Program of Conscience Formation among Medical Personnel. He has served as the diocesan vicar of vocations, written four other books, hosted a Catholic radio show, serves as an adjunct professor at Belmont Abbey, and he received the 2016 Order of the Palmetto, South Carolina’s highest civilian award, for his work in vocations. In this show, we learn more about Fr. Kirby and Dr. Thigpen’s Bible study on the Gospel of Luke.

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Show Notes

Luke: the Gospel of Mercy
Fr. Kirby's website
Catholic Scripture Study International's announcement
Tan Books' announcement 

Broken Land

We interviewed Gail Koop, an author and a poet, who has written her autobiography called, Broken Land: God's Message in a Bottle, about her conversion from secularism to Christianity and how her conversion helped her realize the mistakes she made in life including two abortions that she had as a young woman. In this riveting interview, Gail shares how God spoke to her about her past life and led her to share her story so that other young women could avoid the same mistakes that she made.

After thirty years as a business writer, Gail's focus has been on faith-based writing. Her poetry, articles and short stories have appeared in various publications. She lives with her husband and two rescued dogs on Long Island. 

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Show Notes

Gail Koop's website
Broken Land: God's Message in a Bottle

Ignatius Press

This show features the marketing director for Ignatius Press, Anthony Ryan. Ignatius Press is a Catholic publishing house based in San Francisco. Anthony discusses two recent publications from Ignatius: the first book is an in-depth biography of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati called A Hero for our Times, and the second book, Guadalupe Mysteries: Deciphering the Code, is an almost encyclopedic investigation of the miraculous image of Our Lady of Guadalupe on St. Juan Diego's tilma, with stunning photographic, scientific, mathematical, and medical research that will astound its readers! Both books are perfect for Christmas gifts.

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati: A Hero for Our Times, author Cristina Siccardi

In this definitive biography, Cristina Siccardi situates the appealing figure of young Pier Giorgio Frassati in early 20th century Turin, Italy. In the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Italy where the memory of Savoy is still alive there are two contrasting forms of enterprise: one of older stamp, attentive to the values of patriotism and integrity; the other tending toward ever more acquisitive forms of capitalism.

In this environment Pier Giorgio, the young heir of Senator Alfredo Frassati, founder of the newspaper La Stampa, makes his own choice for the social doctrine of the Catholic Church, seeking not so much to solve general problems but to make Christ and the Church more present to those in need. That was the motivation for his assisting in many charitable works of the St. Vincent Society, his support for the Popular Party, and his development of a spirituality of engaged and diligent action. His devotion to friendship and to sports was extraordinary, with a special love for mountain hiking, which was for him both enjoyable exercise and the contemplation of creation, as well as a symbol of his striving for perfection in virtue.

Other important aspects that will passionately engage readers of this book include the story of the famous Frassati family, and the marked contrasts among its members--especially the bond of division/union between father and son. Alfredo Frassati, a man of notable accomplishments, will discover, when his widely beloved son dies, a completely new dimension of the world. There follows a spiritual deepening, year after year, which leaves its traces in several letters to Giovanni Battista Montini, the future Pope Paul VI. This book describes an extraordinary itinerary of holiness, but also a key to understanding the history of Italy in the 20th century.

Guadalupe Mysteries: Deciphering the Code

Our Lady of Guadalupe is the most beloved symbol of Mexican Catholicism, and devotion to her is widespread in the USA. While she has entranced and encouraged Mexican Catholics for several centuries, believers and even nonbelievers the world over are inspired and intrigued by her. Millions of pilgrims visit her shrine in Mexico City every year. Both Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis have traveled there to pray for her motherly intercession. And scientists from many disciplines have studied the amazing attributes of her mysterious image.

In this glorious, lavishly illustrated book, the renowned author-photographer team Grzegorz Gorny and Janusz Rosikon take the reader on an illustrated pilgrimage to Our Lady of Guadalupe. They tell the amazing story of her apparition to Juan Diego in 1531 and its dramatic impact upon the destiny of an entire people.

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Show Notes

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati: A Hero for Our Times
Guadalupe Mysteries: Deciphering the Code

Hector Molina

We talked with Ignited by Truth Speaker Series presenter, Hector Molina, a Catholic speaker and evangelist, who will present two talks on our faith at St. Mark Catholic Church on Saturday evening, October 22nd, from 6:30-9:30 pm. In this show, we learned about Hector's work and faith, and about his talks including, “Abide in Christ! Heeding the Universal Call to Holiness” and “Go and Bear Much Fruit! Heeding the Universal Call to Mission.”  This is the first ever Ignited by Truth in Wilmington. 

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Ignited By Truth
Hector Molina personal page
Casting Nets Ministries
Follow Hector on Twitter
and on Facebook

St. Paul Street Evangelization

We talked with St. Paul Street Evangelization (SPSE) founder, Steve Dawson, and St. Mark parishioner, Peter Lamporte, about the mission of SPSE and Steve's recent trip to Wilmington and St. Mark Catholic Church. The St. Paul Street Evangelization, founded in May 2012, is a grassroots, non-profit organization, dedicated to responding to the mandate of Jesus to preach the Gospel to all nations by taking the Catholic Faith to the streets. Steve is the president and national director of SPSE, and Peter sits on its national Board of Advisers.  

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Show Notes

St. Paul Street Evangelization website
Catholic Street Evangelization: Stories of Conversion and Witness

The Movies with John Lewis

We chatted with St. Mark parishioner, John Lewis, about seven popular secular films or film franchises that have been released over the past five years that reflected our Catholic values. We examine the Star Wars movies, the Kung Fu Panda trilogy, Les Miserables, the 2015 remake of Disney's Cinderella, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and The Hobbit and Captain American trilogies. John found deep spiritual meaning in all of these films that he feels speak to younger generations giving a positive Christian message to all.

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Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens

Kung Fu Panda trilogy

Les Miserables

Cinderella (2015)

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The Hobbit trilogy

Captain America trilogy

The Beauty of Adoption

We talk to Sharon Tonn, a St. Mark's parishioner, who shares her life affirming story about her crisis pregnancy at age 20, the adoption of her firstborn, Peggy, and the incredible miracle of their reunion 44 years later. In this show, Sharon describes being sent to a home for unwed mothers run by the Catholic Church, the birth and subsequent adoption of her daughter through Catholic Social Services, her lifelong longing to see her daughter again, and the wonderful reaction of her other children to the news about the reunion of Sharon and her firstborn child, Peggy.

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Show Notes

Servant of God Luisa Piccarretta
 

Dr. Grazie Pozo Christie on Ben Hur

For our first show in September, we speak again with Dr. Grazie Christie, a medical doctor, mother of five, and a policy advisor for The Catholic Association.  She writes and speaks in both Spanish and English about Catholicism, religious freedom, and the intersection of faith and science. In a recent article that she wrote entitled, "Ben Hur will make you want to be a better person," Dr. Christie describes the plot of the newest movie version of the 1880 book by General Lew Wallace, the deep and lasting impact that this retelling of the story of Judah Ben Hur had on her, and how we can all grow deeper in our faith as Christians when we learn to forgive the unforgivable.

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Show Notes

Opinion: "Ben-Hur' will make you want to be a better person
NY Post opinion piece
The Catholic Association
The Catholic Association - Who We Are
The Catholic Association on Facebook
 

Singing in Austria!

The hills and the churches are alive and singing in Austria! For our first show in August, Judi Paparozzi's son, Daniel, chats about his three trips to Austria singing in stunning Catholic churches in Vienna, Sankt Pölten, and Krems where he has performed under the baton of Erwin Ortner, conductor of the Austrian Imperial Choir and the Schoenberg Choir, a former member of the Vienna Boys Choir, and professor of music in Vienna.  As Austria is a very Catholic country, these concerts have taken place in Catholic churches, seminaries, and at Mass. We will hear parts of Verdi’s Requiem as well as some of the music performed during Mass.

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Show Notes

Laudate Dominum
ICAK’s Facebook Page
Opera Wilmington
Erwin Ortner
Wolfgang Reisinger
Ursula Langmayr

Human Trafficking Epidemic

Mario and Judi Paparozzi talk about the rising epidemic of human trafficking happening right here in the United States and even in Wilmington, NC.  Judi teaches this subject at UNC Pembroke and hosted its first annual Human Trafficking Conference this past November. In this show, she and Mario talk about the ten things every American should know about human trafficking including topics such as what grocery products are made with child labor, the use of child suicide bombers, the connection between terrorism and trafficking, and how to recognize human trafficking in our midst.

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Show Notes

Ten Things You Should Know About Human Trafficking

Dr. Grazie Pozo Christie

Dr. Grazie Pozo Christie, a medical doctor, mother of five, and a policy advisor for The Catholic Association.  She writes and speaks in both Spanish and English about Catholicism, religious freedom, and the intersection of faith and science.  As a Hispanic, she brings a special focus on social issues that affect the growing Latino population, such as the state of the family and the real needs of the poor and marginalized.  As a physician, she is able to address complex subjects relating to government health policy and its true impact on the people it purports to help. We focus in this show on her May 9, 2016 opinion piece in the New York Post entitled, “The ACLU’s deadly anti-Catholic vendetta," which challenges this report from the ACLU: Health Care Denied

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Show Notes

NY Post opinion piece
The Catholic Association
The Catholic Association - Who We Are
The Catholic Association on Facebook
C-SPAN Video from March For Life Rally, January 22, 2015

Jeff Cavins

Jeff Cavins is recognized both nationally and internationally as an exciting public speaker and bible teacher. He communicates the Catholic faith at a level that everyone can understand, taking theological truths and expressing them in a practical way.

He is the creator of the popular Great Adventure Bible Study series published by Ascension Press. The foundational study, The Bible Timeline: the Story of Salvation, has enabled students to understand the chronological flow of Scripture. Other Great Adventure Bible Studies taught and recorded by Jeff include Matthew, Acts, Revelation, Psalms and James. Over 6000 groups have used these studies in the US and other countries, and they have helped hundreds of thousands of Catholics and other Christians engage in scripture in a life changing way.

Jeff is the founding host of EWTN’s weekly program “Life on the Rock” as well as Relevant Radio’s daily show, “Morning Air.” He is author of several books including the best-selling book, My Life on the Rock: A Rebel Returns to the Catholic Faith and I’m Not Being Fed: The Food That Satisfies the Soul. Walking with God: A Journey Through the Bible is co-authored with Dr. Tim Gray and gives an insightful overview of the Bible. His latest books are Praise God and Thank Him: Biblical Keys for a Joyful Life and When You Suffer: Biblical Keys for Hope and Understanding both published through Servant Books.

Jeff received an MA in Theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville. He is on the board of the Archbishop Harry J. Flynn Catechetical Institute at the St. Paul Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he has served as director for 6 years. He is also a Fellow of the Augustine Institute in Denver, Colorado, and the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology in Steubenville, Ohio. Jeff resides with his wife, Emily, and their daughters in Minnesota.

Show Notes

Show Notes

Jeff & Emily Cavins
The Great Adventure Catholic Bible Study

Carolina Catholic goes to the Movies

For its second May show, Carolina Catholic's host, Judi Paparozzi, and fellow film buff and St. Therese parishioner, Tom Lewis, share their mutual love of the cinema and bring you their top 20 best Catholic movies. Tom's list includes such classics as On the Waterfront, Angels with Dirty Faces, The Cinderella Man, I Confess, The Cardinal, The Scarlet and the Black, Come to the Stable, and other movies that have deep Christian symbolism. Judi's list is a bit more of the traditional religious movies like The Song of Bernadette, The Robe, King of Kings, Miracle of Our Lady at Fatima, Ben Hur, and others that impacted her faith deeply. Tom and Judi explore the casts, the plots, the key scenes, and the values that each movie brings to life on the big screen, and all of these movies have proven good viewing for the whole family.

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Richard Lane

For our April show, we will spoke with Catholic lay evangelist, Richard Lane, who gave a retreat at St. Mark Catholic Church this past Lent. A convert to the faith in 2003, two years later Richard began proclaiming the Gospel as a street corner evangelist, passing out Bibles and crosses in the streets of St. Louis. Since that time, he has been featured on “Catholic Answers Live", Ave Maria Radio, Relevant Radio, Our Sunday Visitor, the National Catholic Reporter, as well as EWTN's "The Journey Home”. He is the son of the late Dick "Night Train" Lane, a National Football League Hall of Fame cornerback.

Richard devoted his talks in 2016 to the teaching about the Jubilee Year of Mercy based on the teachings of Pope Francis in his Papal Bull of Indiction  Misericordiae Vultus and the edicts of the Holy Father for all the faithful during this glorious year of mercy.

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Richard Lane on Facebook
Richard Lane Ministries
Misericordiae Vultus
Conversion Story

Redeemed in the Spirit

For our second April show, we spoke with Debbie Kotas, a member of St. Mark Catholic Church.Debbie spoke about how several deep conversion experiences in her life kept her faith alive and growing to this very day despite major challenges and adversities that would have derailed anyone's faith journey. Instead, through these trials, Debbie found great strength and comfort in her Catholic  faith.

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Saint Maximilian Kolbe

Carolina Catholic teamed again with Billy Atwell, Director of Communications for the Diocese of Raleigh, and we leared about St. Maximilian Kolbe and the upcoming relics tour with the Very Reverend James McCurry, the minister provincial of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual of Our Lady of the Angels Province in the United States. Father McCurry, an author and expert of the life of St. Maximilian Kolbe, speaks about his friendship with the man whose life was saved in Auschwitz by this saint, Franciszek Gajowniczek, the life of St. Maximilian, and the relics tour gracing our diocese over the next few weeks.

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Show Notes

St. Maximilian Kolbe Bio
Franciscan Friars Conventual, Our Lady of the Angels Province
The Very Reverend Father James McCurry, OFM Conv. Reflection
Relics Tour - UNC-CH Newman Center March 3, 2016

Respect Life Month

Carolina Catholic reports from the Love My Life Rally in Raleigh on January 16, and the March for Life in Washington DC on January 22. In this show, we chat with Bishop Michael F. Burbidge, Msgr. David Brockman, Diocesan Communications Director Billy Atwell, and others who attended the North Carolina Rally and the March for Life; the Love my Life Rally which attracted over 1,300 youth from our diocese; and the March for Life which was attended by thousands of youth from across the country who join the 100,000+ marchers who come to DC annually to stand up for life and peacefully protest the Supreme Court's decision, Roe v. Wade, which was decided on January 22, 1973. Since that fateful day, the lives of 58 million unborn children have been lost to abortion.

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Salud Hondu

Carolina Catholic visited with members of Salud Hondu, a mission based in Wilmington that supports an on-going medical clinic, Clinica de Santa Maria, in Reitoca, Honduras. In this show, we speak for the third year about its work in Reitoca, its upcoming fundraiser on March 12th (the Third Annual One Cup of Tea, an afternoon tea inspired by Downton Abbey in the historic Upper Room 1871), and a ministry called, The Shoe that Grows, which provides adjustable, quality sandals that can grow over the years.

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Show Notes

Salud Hondu
Salud Hondu's Current Fundraiser
Current Fundraiser Flyer

Theology of the Body

For its first show in 2016, Carolina Catholic had the privilege of interviewing world renowned expert in Pope Saint John Paul's Theology of the Body, Christopher West, who spoke at St. Mark Catholic Church on December 9, 2015. In this show, we learn about what led Christopher to his vocation as a Catholic author and speaker;  he also summarizes his talk, God, Sex, and the Meaning of Life, in which he explores the ancient but forgotten truth that our deepest desires are meant to lead us to the infinite, God.

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Show Notes

The COR Project
Christopher West
The Theology of the Body
Theology of the Body Institute
God, Sex, and the Meaning of Life talk at Duke University’s Catholic Center, October 2015

Carolina Catholic: Bishop Burbidge and the Year of Mercy

In this show, Bishop Burbidge prepares us for the upcoming Year of Mercy, and Billy Atwell, Director of Communications for our diocese and the host of A Catholic Life, will join Judi Paparozzi in an interview of our Bishop.  In April 2015, Pope Francis announced an extraordinary jubilee, a Holy Year of Mercy, to highlight the Catholic Church's "mission to be a witness of mercy."  The year will begin on December 8th to commemorate both the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and the 50th anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council, which called the Church to bring God’s mercy to everyone. The motto for this year is “Merciful like the Father.” Some of the many events to celebrate this year of Mercy will include the openings of Holy Doors throughout the world including the Basilica Shrine of St. Mary, pilgrimages, a jubilee indulgence, 24 hours for the Lord, Missionaries of Mercy, and the World Youth Day in Krakow, Poland.

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Year of Mercy (Vatican)
Year of Mercy (Diocese of Raleigh)

Carolina Catholic's Christmas Show

For its Christmas show, host of Carolina Catholic, Judi Paparozzi, will be joined by some of her family members who will share their Advent and Christmas traditions as well as sing some of their favorite Christmas carols. From favorite Christmas movies to the Italian vigil meal on Christmas Eve to attending Mass as a family, the Paparozzi Family will share many of their favorite memories of Christmases past and how these traditions hold great meaning for each of them.

And as music is such an important part of their family, they will perform some of those carols that mean so much to all of us as we celebrate the birth of Christ.

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Show Notes

Handbook of Christian Feasts and Customs by Francis X. Weiser, S.J.:  http://www.strobertbellarmine.net
Religious Customs in the Family by Francis X. Weiser, S.J.
Catholic Customs and Traditions by Greg Dues
The Catholic Home by Meredith Gould
The Essential Advent & Christmas Handbook AND Advent Begins at Home by Liquori Press
Christmas Traditions in the Catholic Home

Year of Mercy
with Father Donald Calloway, MIC

For our November show, Carolina Catholic speaks with Father Donald Calloway, MIC, a convert to Catholicism and a member of the Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception. Before his conversion to Catholicism, he was a high school dropout who had been kicked out of a foreign country, institutionalized twice, and thrown in jail multiple times. After his radical conversion, he earned a B.A. in Philosophy and Theology from the Franciscan University of Steubenville, OH, M.Div. and S.T.B. degrees from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC, and an S.T.L. in Mariology from the International Marian Research Institute in Dayton, Ohio. Father's incredibly honest story of conversion from a hopeless drug abuser to an inspiring priest shows the depth of the mercy of Our Lord. Father also explains the importance of the Year of Mercy, beginning this December 8th on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, and the message of mercy for all of us.

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Show Notes

Year of Mercy
Marians of the Immaculate Conception

Books by Fr. Calloway

No Turning Back
Under the Mantle: Marian Thoughts from a 21st Century Priest
Rosary Gems
The Virgin Mary and Theology of the Body
Marian Gems: Daily Wisdom of Our Lady
Purest of All Lilies
Mary of Nazareth:The Life of Our Lady in Pictures
 

Carolina Catholic talks to NC's Values Coalition

For its October show, Carolina Catholic talked with Tami Fitzgerald, the executive director for the North Carolina's Values Coalition and the former chairwoman of Vote FOR Marriage NC, the official referendum committee that successfully passed the North Carolina Marriage Amendment (DOMA). She successfully lobbied the General Assembly to get the Marriage Amendment placed on the ballot in May of 2012 and then led the Vote FOR Marriage NC Referendum Committee as its chairwoman, resulting in passing the Marriage Amendment by 61%.  In this show, Tami speaks about the Planned Parenthood videos released this past summer, the Obergefell decision, and SB 2, a new law which allows North Carolina magistrates the right to be recused from performing any marriage upon any sincerely held religious objection.

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Show Notes

NC Values Coalition

A Talk with a Convert

For our September show, Carolina Catholic had the great privilege of chatting with Dr. Elizabeth Loparits, the vocal and instrumental accompanist at UNCW’s Department of Music. An accomplished pianist from Hungary, Elizabeth shares her story of her family’s and country’s struggle under Communist rule where all forms of religious worship were suppressed. Born and baptized a Catholic, Elizabeth would sneak into churches where she felt at peace and at home. Searching for many years, she finally “came home” to the Catholic faith at St. Therese Catholic Church where she attended RCIA, and, at the Easter Vigil 2015, she received the Eucharist for the first time. Elizabeth was confirmed by Bishop Burbidge this past May. 

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Gender Identity

For our August show, Carolina Catholic addressed the issue of gender identity with Deacon Patrick Lappert, M.D., a plastic surgeon, a retired Naval captain, a USMC fighter pilot, and Chaplain for Courage for the Diocese of Birmingham. As a plastic surgeon and as a Catholic deacon, Dr. Lappert will share how his work as a plastic surgeon and a Catholic deacon is at the nexus of this issue where many seek medical and surgical options. In addition, Dr. Lappert will share his own conversion story from atheism to the Catholic faith and his ordination as a permanent deacon. 

Bio

Patrick W. Lappert, M.D. is a Permanent Deacon in the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama. He has been married to Patrice Ann Oberst for 34 years. They have 6 grown children. Deacon Lappert was raised in a Jewish home, but lived most of his adult life as an atheist. He converted and was received into the Catholic Church in 1995. Deacon Lappert was trained and Board Certified first as a general surgeon, then as a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon. He is a veteran of the Naval Service, retiring with the rank of Captain, USN, after serving for 24 years. In addition to being the Chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery for the Portsmouth Naval Hospital, he also served the Surgeon General, USN, as the Specialty Leader for Reconstructive Surgery. Dr. Lappert established the Craniofacial Reconstructive Surgery Unit, as well as the Wound Care Center for the largest medical treatment facility in the world. Additionally, Dr. Lappert served for 3 years with the United States Marine Corps, flying in the F4 Phantom wit VMFA-451.

Deacon Lappert divides his time between his private practice of plastic surgery and serving as deacon at Annunciation of the Lord Catholic Church in Decatur, AL. He is also Chaplain for Courage in the Diocese of Birmingham. 

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Show Notes

Courage
Deacon Lappert talk for Courage

From Hollywood to Holy Vows

For our July shows, Carolina Catholic had the privilege of meeting and interviewing Mother Dolores Hart from the Abbey of Regina Laudis in Bethlehem, CT, and her assistant, Judith Pinco, a singer and a convert to Catholicism who is now Mother’s assistant.

In the first show, we talked with Mother about her career in Hollywood in films like Loving You and King Creole with Elvis Presley and what led her to abandon her acting career and embrace the monastic life at the Abbey.

In our second show, we interview Judith Pinco about her career in the music industry, her days as a hippie and a Hindu, and the circuitous path she took to find her way to the Catholic faith and the Eucharist.

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Show Notes

Abbey of Regina Laudis
Monastic Art Shop at Regina Laudis
The Ear of the Heart: An Actress' Journey from Hollywood to Holy Vows
Women in Chant
God is the Bigger Elvis

Hospice Care

In the second show, Carolina Catholic welcomes back Jan Rack, a local  RN, who will speak about hospice care and our Church's teaching on what we need to include when we prepare "living wills" or "advance directives for health care," a document that the Diocese of Raleigh provides on its website.

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Show Notes

Catholic Advance Medical Directives

Theology of the Body

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Father Michael's Bio

Fr. Michael was born in Stanford, CA on May 2, 1984 to Stephen and Christina Burbeck. His family moved to North Carolina when he was five years old, and he grew up in Apex. He was baptized in Penny Road Church of the Nazarene at the age of ten and attended that church for several years before growing dissatisfied with it. Following a profound conversion experience while traveling in Europe, he was received into full communion with the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil in 2003 at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Cary.

Following some time away from school, Father attended North Carolina State University and graduated with a B.S. in Economics in 2006. While there, he was involved with the Newman Center where he became further convinced that God was calling him to the priesthood. After being accepted as a seminarian for the Diocese of Raleigh, he did a pastoral year at St. Ann’s in Clayton and then entered St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia in 2007. While at the seminary, Father developed a love for sacred music and Liturgy, first singing in and then directing one of the seminary choirs. As a seminarian, he was assigned at Saint Anthony of Padua in Southern Pines, Immaculate Conception in Clinton, and here at Saint Mark. He also spent a spirituality year in residence at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Newton Grove with Fr. Pat Keane, two months in Guatemala and Honduras for Spanish immersion and missionary work, and two summers of intensive spiritual formation at the Institute for Priestly Formation in Omaha, NE.

Father has an older brother who lives in England with his wife and two children, and his parents split their time between their homes in Carolina Beach and England. In his free time, Father Michael enjoys music and the arts, reading, the outdoors, horseback riding and the occasional game of basketball or round of golf. His interests are the spirituality of St. Ignatius of Loyola, Sacred Liturgy, Canon Law, and theology and spirituality in general.

Quick Answers:

What is “Theology of the Body?"    

• It is 129 catechesis given at Wednesday General Audiences from 1979-1984 plus 6 more that were written but not delivered in public that treat the Song of Songs and Book of Tobit.
• The cycle was interrupted on May 13^th 1981 by the assassination attempt and again in 1983 for a special holy year.
• A central part of the ordinary magisterium of Pope St. John Paul II

    Why is it called “Theology of the Body?"

• The original manuscript was published with the title “Man and Woman He Created Them”.
• Within the text, JPII gives the title: “Human Love in the Divine Plan: The Redemption of the Body and the Sacramentality of Marriage.”
• But he described the work as “reflections on the theology of the body”, which is the name that has stuck in English.

What is it about?

• The human person, especially human sexuality.
• Called theology of the body because he is fighting against a common view point that regards the human person as primarily spiritual, as if the body were incidental or merely a tool to be manipulated.
• JP II’s proposal instead is that the body is integral to the human person and that it actual helps reveal to us the mystery of the human person and human sexuality.

Other Resources:

Theology of the Body.net
Natural Family Planning
Saint Mark Catholic Church

Courage International

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Courage International

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For our second March show, Carolina Catholic chats with Fletcher Armstrong, PhD, director of the Southeast region office of the Center for Bio-ethical Reform, a pro-life ministry whose aim is to change the hearts of Americans on the horrors of abortion. Its mission is to convince millions of Americans that abortion is so evil, it should be against the law. On this show, we will hear the compelling argument, learned from the Civil Rights Movement, that if our nation learns about abortion, it will work to outlaw it.

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Pro-life Training Academy: Sunday, March 22 from 2  to 6:45 pm at the Warwick Center, Ballroom 1, 629 Hamilton Drive, UNC Wilmington campus. RSVP: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

Pro Life On Campus - Home page for the pro-life, anti-abortion on-campus activities of the Center for Bioethical Reform in Knoxville, TN. 

What We Do - AbortionNO

The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till

For our March show, Carolina Catholic is honored to present its 100th show with our shepherd, Bishop Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Raleigh. Bishop Burbidge has been a frequent guest on this show beginning in January 2008 on a show entitled, Meet Bishop Burbidge. In addition to interviews with him, we have featured him at the March for Life and standing up for the Defense of Marriage Act. In this show, we talk to him about Pope Francis' visit to Philadelphia this coming September, the highlights of 2014 including the ordination of Father Michael Burbeck, the diocesan Pastoral Plan, the groundbreaking of the Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral, Philip Johnson and his article about Brittany Maynard, the Bishop's Lenten advice, and the crisis in the Middle East.

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For our December Carolina Catholic show, Father Patrick Keane, Pastor of St. Mark Catholic Church, shared the story of a Naval Chaplain to the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War, Servant of God Vincent R. Capodanno, a Maryknoll missionary. Father Capodanno died serving the men he loved, the "grunts" of the Marine Corps. Known as the "Grunt Padre" to the men he served, this holy man gave his life while trying to protect the life of a corpsman. His heroic service and death earned him the Congressional Medal of Honor, a Purple Heart, Bronze Star, and the love and admiration of the Marine Corps. A book on his life, The Grunt Padre, is a beautiful testimony to his courage, humility, and love that those who served with him witnessed first-hand.

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Video: Father Capodanno Mass - September 4, 2014 The 2014 Mass took place on September 4 in the Crypt Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC. The Father Capodanno Mass is held annually for the repose of his soul on the anniversary of his death. Father Capodanno died giving physical and spiritual assistance to wounded and dying Marines of the 1st Marine Division during battle with the North Vietnamese Army. Archbishop Timothy Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA was the principal celebrant.

Cause for Canonization
Capodanno Guild
Homily by Archbishop Timothy Broglio

Brief Bio

• Born on Staten Island, New York on February 13, 1929; baptized April 28, 1929
• Parents were Vincent and Rachel nee Basile.
• Father was from Gaeta, Italy and Mom was from Sorrento
• Parents from Brooklyn but moved to Staten Island.
• Youngest of seven children (and one baby who died at birth)
• Grew up in an Italian American family on Staten Island (10 children)
• Five sisters: Mary, Pauline, Elinor, Dorothy and Gloria
• Three brothers: James, Philip and Albert
• One died at birth
• Devout Catholic family; St. Michael in Mariners Harbor
• Archdiocese of NY was first seat of military vicar of the armed forces (1917).
• Also home to Catholic Foreign Missionary Society in America (Maryknoll)
• Dad (53) died when Vincent was 10 (February 13, 1939 on Fr. V’s birthday)
• Public grammar school (PS 44). Voted best looking/dressed; 1943
• Favorite song: The Star Spangled Banner (hero MacArthur)
• Graduated from Curtis High School, Staten Island/ daily Mass
• Worked in insurance for a year after high school and attended Fordham University at night
• Met William Richter; daily Mass; made retreat together; felt calling
• Entered the Maryknoll Missionary Seminary in Ossining, NY in May 1949
• MM Junior Seminary Latin School in Clarks Summit PA (The Vénard)
• Maryknoll College in Glenn Ellyn, Illinois (first/third years)
• MM Junior College in Lakewood, NJ (sophomore)
• BA in Philosophy in 1953; novitiate year 1954
• Seminary at Maryknoll in Ossining
• Ordained a Roman Catholic priest in June 14, 1958 by Cardinal Spellman
• Father Capodanno's first assignment as a missionary was with aboriginal Taiwanese in the mountains of Taiwan (Formosa) where he served in a parish and later in a school.
  • 1958: Sent to Taiwan to work with Hakka-Chinese in Miaoli (Hakka means guests); Bishop Ford had lived among the Hakka. 
  • 1959: Sent to Tunglo Parish. Called “shen fu” (spiritual father).
  • 1960: Assigned to Ching An (mountain village) youth hostel for boys
  • Mom died in 1961.
  • 1961: Acting pastor of Holy Rosary Parish, No. Miaoli.
  • 1962: Pastor in Tunglo.
  • 1963: Pastor at Ch’ng An.
  • 1964: Six month furlough after six years: Holy Land
• After seven years, Father Capodanno returned to the United States for leave and then was assigned to a Maryknoll school in Hong Kong.
  • 1965: Sent to Hong Kong (Cantonese). Upset. Began series of letters to join the Navy Chaplains to serve Marines in Vietnam. Refused four times.
  • Compelled by two factors: 1. Go where he is needed; 2. Go deeper as a priest and missionary. (Note: Marine Corps relies upon Navy for chaplains and medical personnel.)
  • Trained in Hawaii.
•  Military service
  • In November 1965, Father Capodanno received his commission as a lieutenant in the Navy Chaplain Corps. Sworn in LT December ’65.
  • Went to Newport RI January 1966 for Naval Chaplains School (2 mos.).
  • He was assigned to the First Marine Division in Vietnam in April 1966.
  • Arrival in Vietnam: Holy Week 1966 at zenith of Vietnam War
  • Anti-war feeling in USA was common.
  • First stop: Da Nang, HQ for 3rd Marine Division: waited for assignment.
  • Assigned to regimental HQ for 7th Marines in Chu Lai (50 miles south)
  • Three battalions were the 1/7, 2/7, and 3/7 (batt # 1st/reg #)
  • Battalions /into companies: 1/7 A, B, C, D; 2/7 E, F, G, H; 3/7 I, K, L, M.
  • Assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Marines/ had to serve all as only priest.
  • Wanted to be one of the grunts. Grunt Marine: should only be used by enlisted infantry Marines (18 and 19 year olds), but Fr. V wanted honor to be with them as their “Grunt Padre.”
  • Spent 16 months as the Grunt Padre in Vietnam and was loved by all.
  • 12-1966: 1st Medical Battalion, Chu Lai. Stabilize wounded. Wanted out.
  • January 1967: 1st extension granted. June 1967: visited family last time.
  • June 1967: Chaplain for the 1st Battalion/5th Marines in the Que Son Valley.
  • Marines fighting NVA (not the Viet Cong or VC). Fierce battles.
  • Marines in 1/5 saw Father as one of them, a Marine. Served all 5th Marines.
  • July 1967: 2nd extension requested: denied. Two mos. Extension: denied.
  • August 1967: Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines; 3/5 doing search 7 destroy sweeps.
  • Pistol story: forced to carry; rusted; cleaned it for his men.
  • Did bunker duty with his men. Celebrated 3 Masses on Sunday, 9-3. Last Mass was at bottom of Hill 327.
  • September 4, 1967: Father stayed with unit all night/prayed into a.m.
    • 4:30 am: Operation Swift* (routine maneuver at first) in the Thang Binh District of the Que Son Valley, elements of the 1st Battalion 5th Marines encountered a large NVA unit of approximately 6,000 men near the village of Dong Son. The outnumbered and disorganized Company D was in need of reinforcements.
    • 6:55 am: Company B committed to the battle; arrived 8:20 a.m.
    • 9:14 a.m.: 26 Marines were dead; Father got word of seriousness of situation. Went to 3/5.
    • 9:25 a.m.: Companies M & K committed; Father to go with them for aid.
    • 12 noon: M & K hiked to Dong Son. Father gave absolution/Communion.
    • 2:45 p.m.: 1st Platoon, M company were attacked by NVA; 2nd Platoon arrived. Battle became a slaughter. Radio operator begged for aid.
    • Father ran up to aid radio operator; radio was heavy; ran through hail of bullets. Tear gas dropped, but Father gave mask away. Rendered aid and sacraments to wounded/dying Marines.
    • Aided Sgt. Peters, squad leader w/died. Fr. V. hit with shrapnel/R. shoulder.
    • Aided 5 more Marines. Rescued Sgt. Manfra who survived. Saved his life.
    • Fr. V wounded 2nd time: shrapnel in arms, hands, and legs.
    • 6:30 PM: desperate situation: last heroic act: Corporal Tancke’s account:
    • Wounded in the face and hand (fingers missing), he went to help a wounded corpsman (Armando Leal) only 15 meters from a VC enemy machine gun and was killed. Jumped from cover, ran 20 feet to Leal. Jumped in front of machine gun. Father and Leal were killed instantly. 27 bullet holes in spine, neck, back. Had his right hand over breast pocket/like holding Bible/smiling.
    • “3/5: Number 21 is KIA” 21 is code for chaplain.
    • Marines openly wept. Whole Corps seemed to mourn his loss.
    • Criticism: Martyr’s complex? NO, it was an act of love for his grunts/faith.
    • Father V. was 38 years old when he died on 9-4-67.

For our January show, Carolina Catholic interviewed Judy Landrieu Klein whose book, Miracle Man, chronicles the last 82 days of her husband's life. This book tells the story of her husband, Bernie Klein, and his conversion experience arising out of a near death encounter with Jesus during a six week coma brought on by a massive heart attack. It is a story of love, endurance, fear and faithfulness which culminates in an affirmation of God’s love and mercy for Bernie. Judy, a Catholic theologian and a "revert" to Catholicism, is a writer, professor, public speaker, and blogger.

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Books by Judy

Miracle Man
Living Water: Understanding the Gift of New Life through Baptism
Sez Who: Why Church Authority Established by Christ is So Important to Us Today

Blogs

Judy's Blog Holy Hope
CatholicMom.com
Catholic Writers Guild

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March for Life
Office of Human Life and Dignity | Diocese of Raleigh
Thomas More Society
New Hanover County Pro Life Council

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For our second February show, Carolina Catholic chats with Dr. John Cromer, his wife, Penny Cromer, and Millie Moore about SaludHondu, a Wilmington-based non-profit organization which provides support for ongoing medical care in central Honduras. In this area of 80 mountainous communities, SaludHondu's clinic provides 50,000 men, women and children access to the medical services, equipment, supplies, and medications that these people so direly need.   Many of the people live in extreme poverty, but they live by faith and the hope of a better life.  And the care given by SaludHondu’s Honduran medical staff is sustained, dependable, and available to all. 

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SaludHondu
SaludHondu's Current Fundraiser

For our second November show, Carolina Catholic speaks to Cindy and Andrew Geppert, local parishioners, musicians, and Cursillistas, who have been involved in the Catholic Cursillo Movement for 20 years beginning in the Diocese of Charlotte. The Cursillo Movement approaches evangelization as a natural act of being Christ-like within each of our daily activities realizing that while most people would like to live their lives in a Christ-like manner, the pressures of the world often make this difficult. The Cursillo Movement provides a method and a technique to provide us with the tools, the mentality, the strength, and the support to make this natural type of evangelization possible.

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Cursillo Booklet

The September Carolina Catholic show discusses the Penitentiary of New Mexico's Old Main Prison which was the scene of a devastating riot in February 1980. The prison is now a museum, and Mario and Judi Paparozzi took a tour of the prison in August 2014. In this show, they will talk about their years in corrections, Judi's work at this prison before the riot, and what led to and happened during the most deadly riot in American history. We will also share several miracles that happened during the riot in the prison's Catholic chapel.

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Videos

Documentary of riot
Raw footage of riot
Prison crucifix returned to diocese

Books

The Penitentiary in Crisis by Mark Colvin
The Hate Factory by Georgelle Hirliman
The Devil's Butcher Shop by Roger Morris

Photos

Aerial view of the prison
Layout of the prison

For August, Carolina Catholic went into the mountains of North Carolina to interview Father George David Byers, a priest living as a hermit in the mountains of Transylvania County in the Diocese of Charlotte. With Bishop Jugis’ permission, Father George lives in the mountains at his Holy Souls Hermitage where he prays for priests, writes, and assists rural parishes on weekends. In our first show, we will be learning about this priest, his 20 years in Rome, and his four years as a hermit. In our second show, we will be discussing his thesis and writings on Genesis 2 & 3 where he discusses his scientific and theological study of the Bible on the topic of original sin. 

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Suffering Children - Part 1
Suffering Children - Part 2
Suffering Children - Part 3
When Jesus was in Prison
Pope Francis and the Judas Crisis

For October, Carolina Catholic chats with Mary and Richard Fimbel, co-chairs of Andrew's Toy Box, a foundation they started to help sick children smile. This is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing special "care packages" filled with toys, crafts and books to children with life-threatening illnesses like their grandson, Andrew Fimbel, who died at 5 1/2 months from Spinal Muscular Atrophy, the number one genetic killer of children under two. The ministry passes on the comfort, love and support that Andrew and his family received in a special way when they needed it most. 

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Andrew's Toy Box

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For November, Carolina Catholic talks with Tim Staples, Director of Apologetics and Evangelization at Catholic Answers, a radio program which airs on Wilmington Catholic Radio. Tim spoke here in Wilmington, at Wilmington Catholic Radio's fourth radio conference, on the topic of evangelization. As director of apologetics, Tim is called to present a rational basis for the defense of one’s faith against objections. In this show, we will hear about Tim's conversion to the Catholic faith and his newest book, Behold Your Mother: A Biblical & Historical Defense of Marian Doctrines, which was just released.

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Carolina Catholic chats with Bob Kinsman, the Cape Fear Deanery coordinator for the Diocese of Raleigh’s COR Seminar on St. John Paul II's Theology of the Body.   The COR Seminar will be presented by author, Christopher West, at St. Michael the Archangel, in Cary on Saturday, July 26th from 8:30 am till 1:30 pm beginning with Mass celebrated by Bishop Burbidge. In this show, we learn about Christopher West, his book, the Theology of the Body Explained, and how Theology of the Body seeks to equip men and women to learn, live and share the beauty of the divine plan for human life, love, and sexuality in a new evangelization.

 

From the Diocesan website:

The COR Seminar Live

Join us on Saturday, July 26 for The COR Seminar Live presented by Christopher West!

It is the fruit of two decades of his searching for the best way to introduce people to the life-changing vision of John Paul II’s Theology of the Body. “Cor” is Latin for heart. Through a creative blending of live music, film clips, and Christopher’s dynamic presentation, The Cor Seminar–Live! will take participants on an exhilarating journey into the “cor” of God’s plan for human life, love, marriage, and sexuality – and, through that, into the Mystery at the “cor” of, well, everything.... See more at: http://www.christopherwest.com/the-cor-seminar-live/#sthash.zk1iJBy4.dpuf.

Or, watch this you-Tube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbvn873-e28.

Through a creative blending of live music, art, movie clips, and Christopher West’s dynamic presentation, The Cor Seminar unfolds:

• the “why” of human existence in a way you’ve never heard before
• the reason we have such deep longings and desires and what to do about it
• living hope of the satisfaction of our deepest longings and desires
• God’s plan for marriage and sexual union as a foreshadowing of the eternal bliss of heaven
• the hope of healing our deepest hurts and redeeming our deepest sorrows
• the redemption of our sexuality as the key to building a true culture of life and love

Target audience

The Cor Seminar is intended for anyone and everyone with a “hungry heart” – young, old, married, single, priests, religious, seminarians, Catholics and non-Catholics, believers and non-believers. All are welcome, including teens. However, as a benchmark, Christopher generally gears his presentation towards a young adult and older audience.

Why come?

The most common response to this seminar is: “I was raised in the Church and never heard this before, why not!!?” The tragedy is that we can go to church our whole lives and never really know who we are, whey we’re hear, what our faith holds out to us. The Theology of the Body provides the interpretive key that makes everything the Church teaches “click,” and we come to see a vision of life and love so beautiful, so grand, it takes our breath away.

What does my ticket price cover? The ticket price covers the cost of hosting and promoting the seminar as well as the materials you receive as part of the seminar. It also helps support the global mission of The COR Project in sharing John Paul II's Theology of the Body around the world.

Is there something I can do to prepare for the seminar?

Prayerfully read Fill These Hearts, Christopher West's most recent book. Watch the seminar/book trailer here: http://youtu.be/pbvn873-e28. When inviting others to the COR Seminar we encourage you to show people this trailer on your iphone or smart phone.

If you would like to register, click here. Please note that tickets are $29 or $20 if 10 or more are purchased!

If any questions, contact local Event leaders at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or (919) 589-COR4. 

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Carolina Catholic interviewed Bishop Burbidge and Deacon Michael Burbeck. Deacon Michael (right) will be ordained to the priesthood on Saturday, June 7th.  In this show, Carolina Catholic interviews the Bishop and Deacon Burbeck about the deacon’s conversion to Catholicism and his years in the seminary. 

Deacon Burbeck's ordination will be at St. Mark Catholic Church in Wilmington at 10 am on Saturday, June 7th. In addition, there will be a diocesan Holy Hour for Vocations at Saint Therese Parish on Friday, June 6th at 7 pm.

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Good Counsel Homes

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For its second June 2014 show, Carolina Catholic re-interviews atheist turned Catholic, Jennifer Fulwiler, who spoke at Ignited by Truth in March 2014. Jennifer came back on the show to talk about her autobiography. The book, Something Other Than God, is a poignant, profound, and often funny tale of one woman who set out to find the meaning of life and discovered that true happiness sometimes requires losing it all. In this show, we will delve into her incredible conversion from pro-choice atheist to a pro-life and devout Catholic.

Jennifer Fulwiler is a writer and speaker who converted to Catholicism after a life of atheism. She’s a writer for the National Catholic Register, is a regular guest on the Relevant Radio and EWTN Radio networks, and her story has been featured on EWTN television. She is the subject of the nationally televised reality show, Minor Revisions with Jennifer Fulwiler, and her memoir about her conversion will be published by Ignatius Press in 2014.

Before she was a writer, she worked as a website developer, and she graduated with honors from the University of Texas with a degree in Advertising with a focus on New Media. She lives with her husband and six young children in Austin, Texas.

Her personal blog, ConversionDiary.com, receives over 300,000 page views each month, and she has won in the categories of Best Written Blog, Most Spiritual Blog, Best Blog by a Woman, and People’s Choice Blog in the Catholic New Media Awards.

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www.ConversionDiary.com
www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler

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Ignited By Truth website
Ignited By Truth registration

Our April show features the work of SaludHondu, a Wilmington based fundraising organization that serves the healthcare needs of over 50,000 people in Honduras, the majority of whom are children with previously little or no access to healthcare. In this show, we hear about the work of local volunteers and Fr. Bob Kus who take their time and talents to Honduras to help the poor and sick. We speak with Penny Cromer and Millie Moore. Penny is the chairperson for "One Cup of Tea" to fill the cup of many in need, a fundraiser to be held in the Upper Room 1871, 412 Ann Street, in historic downtown Wilmington on Saturday, April 12th, from 2-4 PM. And Millie Moore, Spanish teacher at St. Mary Catholic School, has been to the mission church in Honduras

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SaludHondu website

The February Carolina Catholic show features an interview with Immaculée Ilibagiza, survivor of the 1994 Rwanda genocide, who is the author of six books including her first book, Left to Tell, a New York Times bestseller and winner of many awards. In this show, she shares the history of the apartheid that divided her country before the genocide, what happened to her and her family during those 100 days, and how her Catholic faith led her to forgive all Hutus including the man who had killed members of her family. Immaculée will be speaking at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Kannapolis, NC on February 22.

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Immaculée's website

Books by Immaculée Ilibagiza with links to Amazon

Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust

Led By Faith: Rising from the Ashes of the Rwandan Genocide

The Boy Who Met Jesus: Segatashya Emmanuel of Kibeho

The Rosary: The Prayer That Saved My Life

Our Lady of Kibeho: Mary Speaks to the World from the Heart of Africa

If Only We Had Listened

For our January 2014 Carolina Catholic show, and as the nation begins its 41st year of abortion-on-demand, we will shine a lamp on those people in the pro-life movement who have inspired so many others to fight to save the lives of the over 55 million unborn babies lost to abortion since 1973. These "unsung" heroes of the pro-life movement worked quietly and consistently over the 40 years since Roe v. Wade in many ways including these: helping women in crisis pregnancies; representing pro-lifers in court when arrested for standing up for life; standing and praying outside of abortion clinics; and as priests, praying without cease for an end to legalized abortion in America.

Richard Collier

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January respect Life Calendar

Annual Diocesan Respect Life Mass at Saint Joseph Catholic Church in Raleigh at 8:00 amon Saturday, January 18. Bishop Burbidge will celebrate the annual Respect Life Mass at St. Joseph Parish in Raleigh. Prior to the Mass, at 7:45 am, there will be a prayer service memorializing the unborn children of Project Rachel participants. During the Mass, he will bless the children in the womb of expectant mothers and their families.

Mass and Love My Life Youth Rally: At 10:30 am, the Bishop will celebrate a Mass for teenagers at Sacred Heart Cathedral. Mass will be followed by the 4th annual Love My Life Rally for the teens on the Cathedral grounds. Last year’s rally attracted more than 700 teens from throughout the Diocese. The teens will then join Bishop Burbidge and faithful from the Diocese at Nash Square in Raleigh for a 1:00 p.m. rally and march sponsored by North Carolina Right to Life. This event is an opportunity for Catholic teens to come together to celebrate life, to connect with others from across the Diocese and to learn more about living and promoting the pro-life culture. Prior to the Rally, the Bishop will celebrate mass at 10:30 am. Following the Rally, the youth are encouraged to participate in the March for Life at Nash Square at 1:00 pm.  The Love My Life Rally will feature dynamic speakers, music, and great free food, and will draw our youth to live out a culture of loving, protecting and celebrating all human life! As Catholics, we are all called to live life abundantly, and this event will inspire our youth to join with hundreds from our Diocese in witnessing to others God’s special gift of human life.

Mass for Life on January 22, our diocese will again participate in the annual Mass for Life. Bishop Burbidge and Bishop Peter J. Jugis of Charlotte will concelebrate the annual North Carolina Mass for Life at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception at 11:30 am.

March for Life, Wednesday, January 22: Following the Mass, the North Carolina contingent will proceed to the National Mall, where they join hundreds of thousands of pro-life advocates on a march past Congress and on to the Supreme Court. Many N.C. Catholics travel to Washington, D.C., by car, while hundreds take buses coordinated by parishes throughout both Dioceses.

Annual Wilmington Prayer Vigil to commemorate the March for Life. Date and time to be announced.  

In this December show, Carolina Catholic reached out to Catholics on Facebook to find out what traditions and carols Catholic families love and what they are doing to keep Christ in Christmas in their families. The responses have been wonderful! My guest host, Linda Perunko, and I will be recounting the wonderful traditions that many have including, putting on Christmas pageants for the children, setting up the family's crèche, lighting the Advent wreath, praying the Antiphons, and making a birthday cake for Jesus. In addition, we will chat about the meaning behind our Christmas traditions and how every symbol of Christmas had its origin in our Catholic history.

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Books used:

Handbook of Christian Feasts and Customs by Francis X. Weiser, S.J.

Religious Customs in the Family by Francis X. Weiser, S.J.

Catholic Customs and Traditions by Greg Dues

The Catholic Home by Meredith Gould

The Essential Advent & Christmas Handbook  and  Advent Begins at Home by Liquori Press.

Web:

Catholic Traditions for Advent and Christmas from Catholic Education Resource Center

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Traditions from Fish Eaters

Catholic Traditions for Advent and Christmas from Catholics United for the Faith

For our first November Carolina Catholic show, we talk with Fr. Gerardo Vallecillo-Murcia, a priest from Honduras, who spent the last five months at the Basilica Shrine of Saint Mary here in Wilmington learning English. His parish in Honduras consists of 80 churches and 50,000 parishioners. Father is a man of many talents including composing and performing music. He is ably assisted on this show with Saint Mary Catholic School Spanish teacher, Millie Moore. 

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Basilica Shrine of Saint Mary

Saint Mary Catholic School

For our second November Carolina Catholic show, we talk with the principal of Cardinal Gibbons High School, Jason Curtis, about the school,  its history, its connection to Wilmington, and its recent expansion. Mr. Curtis is proud that the students are deeply committed to their Catholic faith and show that commitment by frequent attendance at Holy Mass,  Eucharistic Adoration, and living the corporal works of mercy.

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Cardinal Gibbons High School

Building the Vision

Spiritual Life

Fine Arts

Athletics

For our October Carolina Catholic show, we talk to local pro-life Catholics as they witness to the value of human life from conception to natural death. October is called Respect Life Month in our Church, and during this month, Catholics are asked to stand up for the most vulnerable, the unborn, the sick, and the forgotten. The show features local Catholics like Bev Jolly and Mary Mayer who are actively involved in the pro-life movement. 

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New Hanover Pro-Life Council

Life Chain, Wilmington

Diocese of Raleigh Pro-Life Office

Catholic Convocation

Priests for Life

Prayer for Closing of an Abortion Mill

Father, all life is in Your care.  You have
entrusted us to one another, that we may
show our brothers and sisters the same love
You have for us. We pray, then, for the least
among us, the children in the womb.  Protect
them from the violence of abortion.  We pray
for those that are scheduled to die at Planned
Parenthood of Wilmington.  Save them from
death.  Give new hope to their parents,
that they may turn away from the desperate
act of abortion.  Grant conversion to the
abortionist and to the staff.  Show us how we
are to respond to the bloodshed in our midst
and lead us to the day when this place of
death will be transformed into a haven of life.
Guard us with Your joy and Your peace, for
In You, life is victorious. We pray in the name
of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For more information about Father Simon Says, check out the following resources:

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Basilica Shrine of Saint Mary

The Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Raleigh, speaks about his recent announcement that Saint Mary Catholic Church in Wilmington has been granted the title of the Basilica Shrine of Saint Mary. The bishop talks about the significance of the title as well as the process involved to ennoble a church as a basilica. 

Also, Bishop Burbidge reflects on the life of Bishop Gossman, and then chats with us about the eight new seminarians, our three newly ordained priests, the Cathedral Campus Campaign, World Youth Day with our newest pontiff Pope Francis, and the possible canonization of John Paul II.

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We had the privilege once again of interviewing Father Donald Calloway, MIC, a convert to the Catholic faith and a member of the Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception. Before his conversion to Catholicism, he was a high school dropout who had been kicked out of a foreign country, institutionalized twice, and thrown in jail multiple times. After his radical conversion, he earned a B.A. in Philosophy and Theology from the Franciscan University of Steubenville, M.Div. and S.T.B. degrees from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC, and an S.T.L. in Mariology from the International Marian Research Institute in Dayton, Ohio. In this book, Fr. Calloway has written what is one of the most comprehensive books ever written on the Rosary. He deftly negotiates the complexities of the story of the Rosary over many centuries, weaving the historical, theological, and devotional strands into a veritable masterpiece of scholarship and piety. This book should turn every one of its readers into a champion of the rosary.

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Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC's Web Page

Some Books by Fr. Calloway

Champions of the Rosary
No Turning Back: A Witness to Mercy
Under the Mantle: Marian Thoughts from a 21st Century Priest
Rosary Gems: Daily Wisdom on the Holy Rosary
Marian Gems: Daily Wisdom on Our Lady
Mary of Nazareth: The Life of Our Lady in Pictures
 

For our August Carolina Catholic show, we explore the world of opera from Lucca, Italy, where my son, Daniel Paparozzi, studied opera at the Lorenzo Malfatti Accademia Vocale di Lucca during the month of July. In this show, we will see what it is like to attend an opera program in the city where opera was "born" (it is the birthplace of Giacomo Puccini). The operas performed by the students of the Accademia were written by Catholics, namely, Puccini, Verdi, and Donizetti whose operas and other works reflect their faith. In this opera program, the students were taught Italian, Italian diction, voice, opera coaching, stage movement, poetry, and literature, and then they performed concerts for the public. We will learn what it was like to study these great composers and to work with accomplished musicians from the Curtis Institute of Music, Juilliard, NY's Metropolitan Opera, the Opera di Roma, the Spoleto Festival, and the stage and screen.

Here are some photos from the visit to Italy:

	Accademia students singing opera in Lucca concert
	Istituto Musicale Boccherini
	Puccini statue in front of Puccini birthplace

For our July Carolina Catholic show, we again report from Italy! In this show, we will take you to Rome and Lucca where we will tour the Vatican and other churches in Rome and then visit the home of victim soul and stigmatist, St. Gemma Galgani, whose lived in Lucca 100 years ago and whose relics are housed at the Passionist monastery there.

Here are some photos from the visit to Italy:

	The first photo is of me at the home where St. Gemma Galgani lived the last four years of her life; I am with a nun who is a Sister of St. Gemma Galgani (the name of the order). We are standing in the dining room of the Giannini house where she lived, and the crucifix behind us spoke to her many times.
	A photo of St. Gemma.
	The entrance to her house (the Giannini house) where we toured.
	The Chiesa di San Frediano in Lucca which I talk about in the show.
	The placard outside this shrine.

Show notes

http://www.stgemmagalgani.com/
http://www.italyguides.it/us/italy/tuscany/lucca/lucca.htm

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Prayers prayed on the show by Bud:

Divine Mercy Direct Me  Eternal God, Goodness itself, whose mercy is incomprehensible to every intellect, whether human or angelic, help me, your feeble child, to do Your holy will as You make it known to me. I desire nothing but to fulfill God's desires. Lord, here is my soul and my body, my mind and my will, my heart and all my love. Direct me according to Your eternal plan. Amen

Three O’clock Prayer to the Divine Mercy  You expired, O Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls and an ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world. O Fount of Life, unfathomable Divine Mercy, envelop the whole world and empty Yourself out upon us. O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fount of mercy for us, I trust in You. Amen

What is Divine Mercy Sunday?

In a vision to St. Faustina Kowalska, Jesus requested the Feast of Mercy be celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter so that He could pour out “an ocean of graces:” for all souls, especially, poor sinners. The 8th day of Easter, celebrates the fullness of Christ’s resurrection and God’s mercy, which began on Easter Sunday. It was officially established in the universal Church in April 200 by Pope John Paul II.

How do we celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday?

1.    Celebrate the Feast on the Sunday after Easter;
2.    Sincerely repent for all our sins;
3.    Place our complete trust in Jesus;
4.    Go to Confession, preferably before that Sunday;
5.    Receive Holy Communion on the day of the Feast;
6.    Venerate the Image of The Divine Mercy; and
7.    Be merciful to others, through our actions, words, and prayers on their behalf.

Links to more information:

Divine Mercy Novena  
Chaplet of Divine Mercy
The Feast of Diving Mercy
National Headquarters 
Praying the Chaplet at your computer 
Marians of the Immaculate Conception 
Prayers

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Conclave Rules from Catholic News Service 
Benedictus XVI ebook from Vatican.va

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Diocesan article on NC Mass for Life and March for Life 

Diocese of Charlotte's article on NC Mass for Life and March for Life

New Hanover Pro-Life Council

Kelly and Matt Klinger - Silent No More

Zoe Griffin - Stand True Pro-Life Outreach

Traveling Rosary Apostolate

EWTN

Crossroads Pro-Life Walks Across America

The Divine Mercy Mother of Mercy Messengers: Joan and Dave Maroney

Rosary of the Unborn (Father Mike Flynn)

St. Mark Youth Group (Caryn Walsh)

Franciscan Friars of the Renewal

Congressman Chris Smith (NJ)

The two January Carolina Catholic shows record a chat with  Bud Macfarlane Sr., a gifted speaker and acknowledged expert on Marian apparitions. Bud has been giving talks on the major apparitions of Our Lord and the Blessed Mother for the past 30 years. In part one of this show, he will speak of the apparitions from the time of St. Francis to Our Lady of Fatima in 1917. In part two, he will speak about the messages of Fatima, the Divine Mercy devotion, 20th century apparitions, and the crises facing our Church in the 21st century.

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Bud's resume

Catholicity.com, The Mary Foundation, and St. Jude Media

15 promises of the Rosary

Our Lady of Guadalupe

Battle of Lepanto

Our Lady of Good Success

12 Promises of the Sacred Heart given to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

St. Louis du Montfort

Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin by St. Louis de Montfort

St. Catherine Laboure and the Miraculous Medal

Father Alphonse Ratisbonne

Our Lady of LaSalette

Our Lady of Lourdes

Our Lady of Knock

Pope Leo XIII and the Leontine Prayer

Our Lady of Fatima

Mystics of the Church website

Mystic of the Church: Therese Neumann

Mystic of the Church: Blessed Alexandrina da Costa

Mystic of the Church: Marthe Robin

Bud Macfarlane's documents:

The Slaughter of the Innocents through Abortifacient Contraception

We Place Our Trust In You

Deo Gratias

The Four Last Things

The Simple Foolproof Spiritual Bailout Plan

Fatima

Beauraing

Banneux

St. Faustina and the Divine Mercy devotion

Garabandal

St. John Vianney

Our Lady of All Nations: Ida Peerdeman

Marian Movement of Priests: Father Gobbi

Our Lady of America: Sister Mary Ephrem

Betania: Maria Esperanza

Akita: Sr. Agnes Sasagawa

In this December show, Carolina Catholic reached out to Catholics all over the country to find out what Catholics do to keep Christ in Christmas in their families. The responses have been wonderful!

My guest host, Linda Perunko, and I recount the wonderful traditions that many have; including caroling for senior citizens, putting on Christmas pageants for the children, setting up the family's creche, lighting the Advent wreath with their families, praying the Antiphons, and having a Nativity scene on the front porch waiting until midnight for Jesus to come, a Mexican tradition.

We chat about the meaning behind our Christmas traditions and how every symbol of Christmas had its origin in our Catholic history.

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Our listeners traditions and favorites

Joann Levey: One of the things I do is to ask one of my grandchildren to put up the stable.  Audrey did it for a while, then Marky did it and this year I will ask Ryan to do it.  While they do it, we talk about what actually happened on that Christmas Eve in Bethlehem.  Favorite movie: White Christmas.  Favorite song is "O Holy Night."

Debbie Shinskie: Considering advent (rightfully) a penitential season...fasting more, almsgiving, special prayer focus, special spiritual reading; lighting the advent wreath appropriately; Midnight Mass.

Anne Alloco: keeps Christ in Christmas by not thinking about ourselves but someone else, the needy and sick. That’s what Jesus would want us to do.  Of course, we have to remember our loved ones and dear friends, but we shouldn’t go overboard.

Judy Lund:The Nativity set. It was my Mom's. I always set it up on top of the television set as a kid every year. Now it's mine and I still set it up every year. It not only keeps Christ in Christmas, but my mom too!

Vicky Howard: I cannot pass this chance to tell you about what we do in our family, in Mexico. My Mom set the Nativity in the front porch!!!  Yes everybody can see it, that is, all the neighbors, which in Mexico they are like family. The Nativity is not complete (no baby Jesus) until Dec 24 at 12:00 a.m.  The tradition is that, Christmas Eve at 12:00 a.m. we get together around the Nativity and the smallest toddler in the family take the baby Jesus from my Mom hands and put Him in the cradle. My Mom prays a beautiful prayer and blesses all the family.  Then we sing the "mananitas" the song of birthdays, as your "happy birthday", we all say "Happy Birthday Baby Jesus".  After that, we give hugs and kisses saying "Feliz Navidad", and then we go around the Christmas tree and exchange presents.  After that the children go to sleep because "Santa" will come. The adults keep singing, dancing and hugging until the sun comes. Needless to say, all the toddlers want to put the baby Jesus in the Nativity :)) the chosen one is waiting all year to do that, they feel very special. If the weather is good, we go to the street, we tie a rope from our house to the front street neighbors and hang a piñata, with candies and goodies, that time all the neighbors are invited, all this in Baby Jesus honor. I can't wait to be in Mexico for Christmas, we are leaving Dec. 7th!!!!

Jim Edens: We keep Christ in Christmas by going to our Church to guide us to the truth of God’s Word to lead us to our true joy thru Him. Thanks be to God.

Grace Dean: Saying the Advent Prayer from November 30 until Christmas. Listening to religious-themed Christmas music, and putting religious-themed ornaments on our tree. I buy as many holiday items as possible, such as Christmas cards, fruitcake, candy, cookies, and coffee, from Catholic organizations. Sending religious-themed Christmas cards, and using the religious-themed Christmas stamps sold by the Post Office. Keeping our family gift-giving as simple as possible and finishing all Christmas shopping by early December, to leave time for celebrating the holidays.  We participate in our parish’s “Christmas in a box” and “Giving Tree” programs, which allow us to buy gifts and food for people who need a little extra help around the holidays. We attend Christmas morning Mass, of course. When possible, inviting someone who lives alone to share our holiday meal. "O Come O Come Emmanuel", and "A Christmas Carol". My fave used to be the 1951 version with Alistair Sim, but I also like the Patrick Stewart version.

Mary Reilly: The Christmas midnight hour every year is so special to me. I was born again into my faith in that hour in 1984 when I felt my unborn child move inside of me for the first time. I keep Christ in Christmas by adoring Him in that hour and also in doing things like Christmas car. We go caroling in the nursing homes, attending Mass with my family, and visiting the crèche.

Favorites: Oh Holy Night and White Christmas tied with It's a Wonderful Life.

Peg Dondero: We have our mothers' nativities, and they are put up in a prominent place by the first Sunday of Advent. I've been putting it on the dining room buffet so the grand kids can see. Also we have an Advent wreath and light it with prayers. At the various dinners, we read the appropriate scriptures to the family (we have always done this, and we get to evangelize our un-baptized son in law!)

Paula Anastasio: Christmas in the Anastasio's always starts at the first Sunday in Advent! We bring out the Advent Calendar and wreath. I also send Advent calendar to Cristina at college.  In the past, my focus was the 5 pm children's Mass with the Nativity Pageant that we started many years ago to provide the children of St John's with the traditions that we grew up with going to Catholic school! I did the pageant for 14 years and passed it on to a younger mom with 2 girls. She is doing a great job for the last 2years.
The Christmas tree is now my main focus and I do have 2 trees! It is my crèche we love to assemble each year! It takes center stage in my living room on a large table. The pieces are life like and to see the excitement in Cristina still when she places the Wiseman and camels and when I place the white and pink poinsettias around the crèche I just smile. I cannot understand the many Catholics I know who do not have a nativity scene that blessed sacramental that St Francis gave us. I have even gone as far as buy the nativity set for at least 4people I know! This year I am truly taking back my  Christmas with more reflection, less stuff, and more prayer.

Heather Latham: What Child is this? "Of The Father's Love Begotten"

Patti Hartman: Favorite movie: The Nativity, Favorite carol: O Holy Night.

Bev Jolly: Traditions/Gifts:  Christmas Oplaki (Polish Wafers) for family; Carol:    Silent Night – my mother sang it to me all the time; Movie:  White Christmas

Greg Decker: The First Noel for carol and It’s a Wonderful Life for movie. Silent Night in English and German.

Caryn Walsh: The Preachers Wife with Whitney And Denzel. Great message and movie. Song-o Holy Night

Barb Habib: "Mary, Did You Know" and "It's a Wonderful Life"

Jan Rack: "It's a Wonderful Life" and "The Bishop's Wife."  Favorite carols:  "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming" and "Of the Father's Love Begotten."  Also, "Away in a Manger."

Toni Rubano: "Mary, Did You Know" and "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Little Drummer Boy" !!! x0x P.S. "Adeste Fideles" & Dominick the Donkey" too !! "Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle"

Dot Campagna: Miracle on 34^th St.

This November Carolina Catholic show is in honor of our veterans.We speak to Christopher Alexander, a former Marine, a retired NYPD officer, and a police liaison in Iraq and Afghanistan who has just returned from Afghanistan where he worked side by side with the Marines in places like Fallujah, the Arghandab River Valley just north of Khandahar, Kabul, and the Helmand Province at Camp Leatherneck where he served as task force supervisor for 20+ American Police Advisors. Among other topics, we discuss the current state of affairs in Afghanistan and what it is like to live in a country where Sharia Law strongly influences the legal system.

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Wounded Warrior Project
Step Up For Soldiers

The October Carolina Catholic show is titled The Dangers of Relativism and the Importance of Catholic Citizenship in a Democratic Society and features an interview with internationally recognized sociologist, Dr. Mario Paparozzi, who, as a Catholic, sees the inestimable value of the role that the Catholic Church plays as a social institution in modern American society.  

We will be discussing the strategic important of the Catholic Church in shaping the moral character of our society and fending off the "dictatorship of relativism" that Pope Benedict XVI warns the world about. As Catholics, we are obliged to understand and fully embrace the moral  teachings of our Church and consider them especially when exercising our citizenship privilege in any public election.

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USCCB Faithful Citizenship

Living the Gospel of Life

Building a Culture of Religious Freedom by Archbishop Charles Chaput

This October Carolina Catholic show is where we take an in-depth look at the missionary work of Fr. Myron Effing, serving in far east Russia which was called "the End of the Earth" by Pope John Paul II. Fr. Effing has slowly managed to re-establish Roman Catholicism by founding almost all the parishes within a 1000-mile radius of his residence in Vladivostok, rebuilding the cathedral of Vladivostok, founding a new order — the Canons Regular of Jesus the Lord, and among many other endeavors, social work including soup kitchens, crisis pregnancy centers, and programs to help alcoholics and orphans.

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Vladivostok Mission

An American Priest at the End of the World New Oxford Review, July-August 2003

A short documentary, in three YouTube videos, about Most Holy Mother of God Parish, Vladivostok:

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

The September Carolina Catholic show is the second talk on Marian apparitions given by Bud Macfarlane, Sr. of the Mary Foundation. The talk called Marian Apparitions Updated, was given in 1992. In this talk, he continues to speak about Our Lady's apparitions including Akita, Fatima, Garabandal, communicating Mary's message about the importance of fasting and the daily Rosary.

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15 Promises of the Rosary
http://ourladyofgoodsuccess.com/frames-3-4-2005/aaa.htm
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque and the Twelve Promises
St. Louis du Montfort's True Devotion to Mary
Alphonse Ratisbonne and the Miraculous Medal
The Sabbatine Privilege
Militia of the Immaculata and St. Maximillian Kolbe
Pope Leo and the St. Michael Prayer's origin
St. Therese Neumann
Garabandal
The Divine Mercy and St. Faustina's Diary (online)
Cure D'Ars
Our Lady of All Nations
The Four Marian Dogmas
The Fifth Marian Dogma?
Encyclical: Mystici Corporis Christi and Mystical Body
Our Lady of America
Our Lady of Betania, Venezuela
Our Lady of Akita
Marian Movement of Priests (Fr. Stefano Gobbi) and (Fr. Francis Geremia)
Bud MacFarlane's 2012 article on the bright future of the Catholic Church
Our Lady of St. Nicolas, Argentina (Gladys Quiroga de Motta)
The Seton Miracles and Father James Bruse
Rosa Mystica
List of approved, pending and unapproved apparitions
 

The September Carolina Catholic show features a discussion with Carl and Gloria Price. Carl is a third cousin to our Tar Heel Apostle, Father Price, whose cause for canonization is currently underway in the Diocese of Raleigh. Father Price, co-founder of Maryknoll, was born in Wilmington in 1860, and he was the first native North Carolinian to be ordained a priest. In this show, we will learn about Father Price, the miracle that saved his life, and his work in North Carolina and in China.

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NC Catholic January/February 2012 Article
NC Catholic January/February 2011 Article
Diocese of Raleigh - The Dream of Father Price
Diocese of Raleigh - A Personal Journey
Diocese of Raleigh - Diocesan Cause for Father Price Opens
Diocese of Raleigh - Transcript of the Cause of Father Price
Maryknoll Magazine Article - From Wilmington to the World
Diocese of Raleigh - Edict for Opening the Cause for Father Price

For our second show of August 2012, we will be chatting with an old friend of mine, Patrick White, who was away from his Catholic faith for several decades before his wife lovingly brought him back to the Church. In this show, we will be talking to Pat about his early Catholic education, his reasons for his lapse from practicing his faith, the factors that brought him home to the Catholic Church, and his extensive participation in the life of the church today including his recent attendance at the 27^th annual Eternal Life conference.

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Eternal Life

Catholic Scripture Study

Renew

Fr. Robert Barron

Archbishop Chaput's article
 

The August Carolina Catholic show is a talk given by Bud Macfarlane, Sr. of the Mary Foundation about Marian Apparitions. The talk called Marian Apparitions Explained, given in the 1990s, changed lives forever. It’s a great summary of the apparitions of Our Lady from her earliest recorded apparition to Blessed Alan de la Roche in 1475 to the current apparitions of the 21st century.

In the talk, Bud speaks of Our Lady’s message to pray the Rosary for the conversion of sins as well as to fast, repent, and to come to know her Son’s Sacred Heart through her Immaculate Heart. In this presentation, we learn more about her apparitions including Rue du Bac, Pontmain, Lourdes, Fatima, Kibeho, Betania, and the Philippines.

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Blessed Alan de la Roche

St. Dominic

Our Lady of Guadalupe

St. Catherine Laboure and Rue du Bac

Father Gobbi and the Marian Movement of Priests

Our Lady of LaSalette 

http://www.piercedhearts.org/treasures/shrines/lourdes.htm

Our Lady of Pontmain 

Our Lady of Fatima 

Third Secret of Fatima 

St. Faustina and the Feast of Mercy

Sister Josefa Menendez

Sister Margaret Mary Alacoque

Hrushiv, The Ukraine

Our Lady of Garabandal

Our Lady of Kibeho

Our Lady of Akita

About Bud MacFarlane's Mary Foundation

In this second of our two Carolina Catholic July shows, we continue reporting from Rome.  Actually from being on a tour with Christopher Wells whom we reported on in the first show of July.

Here is the list of the Ten Places Every Catholic Should See in Rome:

The Four Major Basilicas:

1. St. Peter's  (San Pietro) (Tickets for Papal Audience are available from Santa Susanna AND ticket information for the Scavi tour are available from the USCCB website)
2. St. Paul Outside the Wall (San Paolo Fuori le Mura)
3. St. John Lateran (San Giovanni Laterano)
4. St. Mary Major  (Santa Maria Maggiore)

The Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome

The Four Major Basilicas
5. Holy Cross of Jerusalem (Santa Croce di Gerusalemme)
6. St. Sebastian (San Sebastiano)
7. St. Lawrence (San Lorenzo)

Other churches/catacombs to see in Rome:

8. St. Clement (San Clemente)
9. Holy Stairs (Scala Santa)
10. St. Callixtus (San Callisto)
AND
Three Fountains (Tre Fontane)
Santa Prassede and St.  Pudentiana

Major things to see in Rome:
The Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel
The Roman Forum
The Colosseum
The Spanish Steps
The Trevi Fountain
Via Condoti and Via Veneto (shops)
The Pantheon
Piazza Navona, Piazza della Republica, Piazza del Popolo
Circus Maximus and the Bocca della Verità (close to each other)
Vittorio Emmanuel monument (wedding cake or Vittoriano)
Castel S. Angelo
Piazza Campidoglio/Capitoline Hill
Villa Borghese (the pleasure gardens of Rome)
San Pietro in Vincoli (Saint Peter in Chains) to see Michelangelo's statue of Moses

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In this first of our two Carolina Catholic July shows, we will be reporting from Rome, Italy! In our first show, we visited with Christopher Wells, a reporter/collaborator from Vatican Radio.  (Christopher is on the left in the picture; my husband, Mario, is on the right.)  Christopher is studying at the Angelicum for his licentiate after having finished his Bachelor's degree in Sacred Theology. The Angelicum is the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, a Dominican University, and one of the principal pontifical universities in Rome. Chris, a former seminarian from the Diocese of Sioux Falls, SD, has lived in Rome since 2004 when he began his studies at the Angelicum, and during the past eight years, he earned money by giving tours in Italy. In this show, we will be chatting with Chris about his education, the Angelicum, and his work at Vatican Radio. In our second July show with Chris, we will be touring Rome!

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Vatican Radio
Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas

The June Carolina Catholic show addresses the medical End of Life issues through an interview with Dr. Jacques Mistrot, a retired North Carolina cardiac surgeon, who spoke at St. Mark Catholic Church on April 28, and who, in 2006, organized a course in Catholic bioethics including Medical End of Life Issues. The course was approved by Bishop Burbidge in 2008.

The topics addressed include Catholic teaching on ordinary vs. extraordinary care, food and hydration, those in a locked in state, and what type of document protects us as Catholics as we face our own illnesses and those of our loved ones.

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Catholic Bioethics

For the three weekends before the May 8^th vote, Carolina Catholic will air a show in favor of voting for the Marriage Amendment. Our guests include State Senator Thom Goolsby for the first half hour, an interview with Bishop Burbidge and audio clips from Bishop Burbidge and Bishop Jugis of the Diocese of Charlotte for the second half hour. 

In this show, we will examine this historic vote in which the citizens of NC will be asked to decide whether or not the current law, which defines marriage as between one man and one woman, should be codified as a constitutional amendment as 30 other states have done while upholding the contractual rights of same sex couples.

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CatholicVoiceNC.org

VoteForMarriageNC.com

For our first April 2012 show, we spoke with Ann Tremblay, Administrative Assistant for Bread for Life. This ministry at St. Mark Catholic Church serves low income seniors who live at home or otherwise independently, and the program provides them with food as well as daily necessities such as detergent, toilet paper, toothpaste, etc. Bread for Life offers Bread Tables, Food Drops, The Begging Bowl, The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), the SNACS program for chronically ill seniors, as well as the Daily Dozen offering essential home care items.

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Raymond Arroyo is an internationally recognized, award-winning journalist, producer, and bestselling author, seen each week in more that 100 million homes around the globe. He has worked for the Associated Press, the political columnist team of Evans and Novak, and as a Capitol Hill Correspondent. He studied under theatre luminaries Stella, Adler, Uta Hagen, and Beatrice Straight. He acted and directed in New York and London.

As host and creator of EWTN’s international news magazine, “The World Over Live”, Arroyo has interrogated the leading figures of the day. Highlights include: A landmark interview with Pope Benedict XVI: the only English language conversation ever recorded with the pontiff and the first, exclusive, sit down interview with Mel Gibson on the set of his film, “The Passion of the Christ.”

Arroyo is the producer of the bestselling, all star, audio Bible, “The Word of Promise” (Thomas Nelson). He is also executive producer of “The Birth of Christ” (Sony Classics), the billboard topping Christmas Cantata that premiered on PBS.

Arroyo and his work have been featured on “The Today Show”, “Good Morning America”, Hannnity and Colmes”, “Access Hollywood”, “CNN Headline News”, “The Laura Ingraham Show” and other programs. His writings have been published by The National Catholic Register, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, and The Washington Times. A graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Arroyo is the author of the New York Times Bestsellers: Mother Angelica: The Remarkable Story of a Nun, Her Nerve and a Network of Miracles (Doubleday) and Mother Angelica’s Little Book of Life Lessons and Everyday spirituality (Doubleday).

Raymond Arroyo resides in Northern Virginia with his wife Rebecca and their three children. He is currently working on a mystery series and an original musical.

Website: www.raymondarroyo.com

Mario St. Francis   A model and actor, once named one of America’s Most Eligible Bachelors by Cosmopolitan magazine and one of Pittsburgh’s Most Beautiful People, Mario St. Francis led life in the fast lane of fame, money, and prestige. God sent a miracle that began a series of events that would flip Mario’s life upside down. Never to be the same, Mario left it all behind to follow Christ and is now a full-time “man on a mission.” This modern day St. Francis is on a mission to evangelize, catechize and change lives by bringing about a deeper understanding and love for the Catholic Faith. After his conversion he attended Franciscan University to pursue degrees in Catechetics, Philosophy, Theology and Communication. He is currently in San Antonio, TX at the Mexican American Catholic College finishing his Bachelors of Arts degree. His testimony is internationally featured on TV, radio, newspapers and magazines.

Website: www.mariostfrancis.com

Sr. Miriam James Heidland  was recruited to the University of Nevada- Reno on a full volleyball scholarship as Sharon Heidland. 800 miles away from church going parents, she had everything the world said she needed to be happy. She was a star athlete on a full ride, academically successful, a beautiful and popular party girl with a football player boyfriend, a late night disc jockey, and aspired to be a “fabulously wealthy” business woman and live a “glamorous life.” Yet she felt something was missing. She knew she had to do more with her life. Thus began her journey back to Christ.

Sr. Miriam is a member of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT) serving in the Pacific Northwest. Her community serves those in deepest apostolic need in many parts of the world. Smart, funny, quick-witted, outgoing, and a communications major, she co-hosts a radio program, “Sisters In Christ” and has appeared on EWTN’s “Life on the Rock.”

Website: www.soltsisters.blogspot.com

The last interviewee was an exhibitor at the conference - Dan Henson.  Dan represents Vote For Marriage NC.
Website: http://www.voteformarriagenc.com/

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Michael Barber, Ph.D., at the age of 13, after listening to a couple of lectures given by Dr. Scott Hahn on cassette tape, he told his father he wanted to get his Ph.D. in Theology and become a professor. Dr. Barber is now a Research Fellow for the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology founded by Dr. Scott Hahn, and is Professor of Theology, Scripture & Catholic Thought at John Paul the Great Catholic University. Dr. Barber is the author of a number of books, including Coming Soon: Unlocking the Book of Revelation & Applying Its Lessons Today and Genesis to Jesus: Studying Scripture from the Heart of the Church, a Bible study co-authored with Kimberly Hahn. He has recorded numerous CDs and DVDs and speaks extensively across the country on Scripture and the Catholic Faith. Known for his enthusiastic, engaging style, Dr. Barber is the host of the nationally syndicated radio show, Reasons for Faith Live and a frequent guest on EWTN. He blogs at The Sacred Page along with Dr. Brant Pitre and Dr. John Bergsma. While working on his Ph.D. at Fuller Theological Seminary, he met his best friend, Kimberly, in a Biblical Hebrew class and married her in 2007. They have two children and reside in San Diego, CA.

To learn more about his work, please visit:
www.saintjoe.com/michael_barber.asp
www.thesacredpage.com

John Garcia is a gifted and popular speaker who is well versed in a number of areas including the study of addictions, spiritual warfare, family life, demonology and obedience to the Magisterium. He is well known for his spiritual revival retreats. Mr. Garcia is the founder of Sober for Christ, a Catholic lay ministry that reaches out to those with addictions. John is certified by the Saint Paul Center for Biblical Theology to teach their Journey through Scripture Series and is continuing his Biblical Theology studies at John Paul the Great Catholic University. He has been married for 12 years to his wife Laura and they have three children; Faith, Hope and Peter and are expecting their fourth child in March.

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This year, Carolina Catholic will again be reporting from the Rally for Life in Raleigh on January 14 as well as the North Carolina Mass for Life and the March for Life in Washington DC on January 23. This year's march marked the 39th year that abortion on demand has been the law of the land in the U.S. In this show, we will speak to Effie Steele, whose daughter and unborn grandson were murdered, and she was one of two main victims who fought for the Unborn Victims of Violence Act that became law in 2011. We will also speak to Bishop Burbidge, Msgr. David Brockman, Father Dan Oschwald, Father Anthony Sortino, Caryn Walsh, St. Mark's Youth Group leader, several of her students, Joel Peters from St. Mark's Catholic School and her daughter CeCe, Caleb Strittmatter, St. Mark's Parish Administrator, Loretta McManus, the Respect Life coordinator from Immaculate Conception Church, and many others who attended the march or rally for life.

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The January Carolina Catholic show is a bit different this month.   We've polled the staff and some friends of Wilmington Catholic Radio about their favorite Catholic things within the categories of Marian apparitions, saints, daily devotions or prayers, pilgrimage sites, authors and books, movies, hymns, holy days, media personalities, ways to end abortion, etc. You categories and the top ten items in each are below in the Show Notes.

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Show Notes

Top 10 Marian apparitions (approved)

    Guadalupe
    Rue du Bac: St. Catherine Laboure
    LaSalette, France
    Lourdes, France
    Pontmain, France
    Pellevoisin, France
    Knock, Ireland
    Fatima, Portugal
    Beauraing, Belgium
    Banneux, Belgium
    Kibeho, Rwanda
    Betania, Venezuela
    Akita, Japan
    Medjugorge (Vatican Committee investigating)

Top 10 favorite saints & blesseds

    Blessed JP II
    Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
    St. John Vianney
    St. Mary Magdalene
    St. Pio (Padre Pio)
    St. Rita of Cascia
    St. Philomena
    St. Gianna Beretta Molla
    St. Gemma Galgani
    Blessed Anna Maria Tiagi
    Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
    Blessed Solanus Casey

Top 10 Catholic daily devotions/ Catholic prayers

    The Mass, the Eucharist
    Morning offering
    The Angelus at 6 a.m., 12 noon, and 6 p.m.
    The Hour of Mercy/ the Divine Mercy Chaplet
    Act of Contrition/ Examination of Conscience
    The Rosary
    Grace before and after meals
    Scripture reading
    Divine Office
    Prayer for the Poor Souls in Purgatory
    Litanies

Top 10 pilgrimage sites for Catholics

    Rome, St. Peter’s, Esquiline Hill
    Medjugorje
    Lourdes, Paris, Rue du Bac, Nevers
    Fatima
    Emmitsburg, MD
    Guadalupe
    St. Anne du Beaupre
    EWTN
    St. John Neumann
    The Holy Land

Top 10 Catholic authors/Catholic books

    Bible, Catechism of the Catholic Church
    Popes JP II and Benedict XVI
    Bishop Fulton Sheen
    Dr. Scott Hahn
    St. Louis du Montfort, True Devotion to Mary
    Dietrich von Hildebrand
    Imitation of Christ (Thomas à Kempis)
    GK Chesterton and C.S. Lewis
    Maureen and Ted Flynn, Thunder of Justice

Top 10 Catholic movies

    The Song of Bernadette
    The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
    The Robe/Demetrius and the Gladiators
    Ben-Hur
    Jesus of Nazareth
    King of Kings
    The Perfect Stranger
    Come to the Stable, The Bishop’s Wife
    The Bells of St. Mary’s
    It’s a Wonderful Life

Top 10 Catholic hymns

    Holy Ground, Total Praise (Gospel)
    Veni Jesu, Amor mi
    Gentle Woman, Quiet Light
    Panis Angelicus, Ave Maria
    My Carolina Catholic theme song: The King of Love my Shepherd is
    ‘Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus
    On Eagle’s Wings
    Be not afraid
    Sweet Sacrament, we Thee adore!
    The Old Rugged Cross

Top 10 holy days of the year

    Christmas
    The Solemnity of Mary
    Ash Wednesday
    Good Friday
    Easter Sunday
    Ascension Thursday
    The Assumption
    All Saints Day
    All Souls Day
    The Feast of the Immaculate Conception

Top 10 media personalities

    Bishop Fulton Sheen
    Pope JP II, Bishop Burbidge, Msgr. Brockman
    Mother Angelica
    Raymond Arroyo
    Father Larry Richards
    Scott Hahn
    Drew Mariani
    Sheila Liaugninas
    Staff of Catholic Answers, Tim Staples & Patrick Coffin
    EWTN
    Father Groeschel

Top 10 things Catholics can do to end abortion

    Pray
    Sidewalk counseling
    Distribute pro-life literature
    Volunteer at your local Pregnancy Resource Center or Home for Unwed Mothers
    Donate regularly to a pro-life organization
    Wear pro-life t-shirts and clothing
    Educate yourself on all aspects of the pro-life movement.  
    Organize a diaper drive for your local Pregnancy Resource Center.  
    Pro-life Social networking
    VOTE!

Top 10 reasons why we love being Catholic

    The Eucharist and the Mass
    Our priests
    The Rosary
    The Papacy
    Mother Teresa, Fulton Sheen, JP II, famous Catholics
    Its universality
    Judy’s Irish grandfather: "The Catholic faith is the hardest faith in, but it’s the grandest faith to die in."
    Mary, Our Mother
    The Sacrament of Confession
    Efficacious suffering
    Purgatory

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