Carolina Catholic interviews author Julia Meloni, on her book, The St. Gallen Mafia: Exposing the Secret Reformist Group Within the ChurchOur guest is Julia Meloni, author and Catholic reporter, about her book, The St. Gallen Mafia: Exposing the Secret Reformist Group Within the Church. This book sheds light on this group of high-ranking churchmen, who gathered for many years in St. Gallen, Switzerland, and who sought to "reform" the Catholic Church on certain of her teachings. This book focuses on the work and writings of Cardinals Silvestrini, Martini, Daneels, and Kasper. |
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The St. Gallen Mafia: Exposing the Secret Reformist Group Within the Church
Carolina Catholic chats with a former Freemason, John Salza, about his two books on Masonry
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Our guest is John Salza, a former Freemason. He is an apologist for the Catholic faith, a lawyer, and an author who has written several books including two books on Freemasonry: Masonry Unmasked: An Insider Reveals the Secrets of the Lodge and Why Catholics Cannot Be Masons. He authored Masonry Unmasked for general readership, and he wrote Why Catholics cannot be Masons specifically for Catholics showing why the Church has always condemned Freemasonry and continues to condemn Freemasonry today (despite mistaken claims to the contrary.) In this show, he explains Masonic doctrines, history, rituals, oaths and curses, showing that Masonry is totally incompatible with Christianity and the Catholic Faith. |
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Why Catholics Cannot Be Masons
Masonry Unmasked: An Insider Reveals the Secrets of the Lodge
True of False Pope?
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Carolina Catholic and the impact of social media on the rise of human trafficking and why trafficking is a respect life issue
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Our host, Judi Paparozzi, who teaches and trains extensively on human trafficking, gives a virtual talk for Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Southport, in honor of Respect Life Month, on how our kids could be vulnerable to trafficking if allowed unsupervised and unfettered access to all online social media formats. In addition, she gives tips on what parents and grandparents can do to partner with teens to protect them online. Finally, she discusses why trafficking in all its forms is a respect life issue for Catholics. |
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Human Trafficking and the Right to Life: Why human trafficking is a pro-life issue (HT1.ppt)
Human Trafficking and the Impact of Social Media (HT2.ppt)
A chat with Fr. Jeffrey Kirby, STD, about Suffering
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Our guest is again Father Jeffrey Kirby, pastor of Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church, Indian Land, SC, whose newest book, Manual for Suffering, released November 5th, presents the biblical and theological explanation for suffering. It also offers spiritual aids to those who suffer, in the form of biblical texts, writings of the saints, as well as traditional Catholic prayers and devotionals, and the book provides a timely answer to the cause of evil and suffering in our world today. It is an invaluable resource for those who are looking for answers as to why we suffer, why there are natural and moral evils in our world, and how the evils of our day can be endured and turned into greater goods. |
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Carolina Catholic and Surviving Covid-19
Show 1My friend, Elsa Sutkevich, and I chat about how we both caught Covid 19 recently, got medical care early on, and how we both survived Covid at home. Both Elsa and I were given the Frontline Doctors' protocol. We will detail what the Frontline Doctors' protocol involved, what we did to care for ourselves at home, and what symptoms were toughest for us and others. We will also speak about the power of prayer and how it helped both of us so much while recovering at home. |
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Show 2My guest again is Dr. Tony Maglione, a local cardiologist, who goes into great detail about how we can prevent getting Covid-19 and how we should treat Covid if we do get sick. Dr. Tony explains in this show how deep faith, a good immune system, and trust in God is the best medicine of all. He delves into the impact fear and a lack of trust in God can have on our immune system, and how we can best prepare to fight Covid if we become infected. |
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NJ Catholic youth minister, Mary Reilly
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I chat with my sister, Mary Reilly, a longtime youth minister at St. Mark's Catholic Church in Sea Girt, NJ, and a longtime pro-life prayer warrior. Mary has worked for decades in youth ministry while doing pro-life work for Mary’s Child Pro-Life Ministry, which raises prayers, concerns, and funds in support of life and supports organizations that consistently live and value the Gospel of Life. In this show, we continue our conversation about the impact that priests like Father Altman have had on many people, and how we must continue to support and pray for all priests and seminarians. |
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John McCullouch, former Marine and convert to Catholicism
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We chat with John McCullouch, a 24 year veteran who served in both the Marines and the National Guard in a Guard unit that was deployed to Iraq as recounted in the book, Gravity, written by Beth Underwood. John was an atheist for 43 years and has been a devout Catholic now for almost two years. He came into the Catholic faith in 2013, but it wasn't until he saw and heard Father James Altman preach and share the faith that he truly came to know Jesus Christ and the Real Presence in the Eucharist. In addition, last year, he states that his son was healed by Christ from an aggressive malignant cancer. |
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John McCullouch, a former Marine and a convert to Catholicism
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For our first show in August, we chat with John McCullouch, a 24 year veteran who served in both the Marines and the National Guard in a Guard unit that was deployed to Iraq as recounted in the book, Gravity, written by Beth Underwood. John was an atheist for 43 years and has been a devout Catholic now for almost two years. He came into the Catholic faith in 2013, but it wasn't until he saw and heard Father James Altman preach and share the faith that he truly came to know Jesus Christ and the Real Presence in the Eucharist. In addition, last year, he states that his son was healed by Christ from an aggressive malignant cancer. |
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Father Altman's YouTube Channel: Veritas in Caritate
St. James the Less, LaCrosse, WI
Father James Altman raises $640,000 to fight his bishop’s demand to resign
Father James Altman
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We talk again to Father James Altman, pastor of St. James the Less Catholic Church in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Father Altman practiced law for many years before hearing the call to the consecrated life and becoming a priest in 2008, and he has been the pastor of St. James since 2010. In this show, we talk about his deep love for our Catholic faith, challenges he's facing about his own priesthood, how other priests are facing persecution, and how we can all support our holy priests during these turbulent times. |
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Father Altman's YouTube Channel: Veritas in Caritate
St. James the Less, LaCrosse, WI
Father James Altman raises $640,000 to fight his bishop’s demand to resign
Charlie Hearn talks about his biography, I Have Angels All Around Me
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Our guest is Charlie Hearn, a young man who has faced incredible adversity from the moment he was born, but who persevered in his faith and his love of Christ through times in his life that would defeat many. Charlie was born with a rare genetic disorder called Ellis-Van Creveld Syndrome which causes a malformation of the heart, cirrhosis of the liver, and other challenging medical issues that he's endured for over three decades. But through faith and with the help of his heroic mom, Bessie, Charlie has fought the good fight and will soon celebrate his 35th birthday. Charlie also evangelizes to the brokenhearted here in Wilmington at a prayer meeting held every Friday night. |
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Or you can buy his book at S&L Deli on 17th Street in Wilmington or from Charlie Hearn at Charlie Hearn, 305 McClure Circle, Castle Hayne, NC 28429
Way of the Cross for Loved Ones Who Have Left the Faith with Fr. Jeffrey Kirby, STD
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Our guest is Father Jeffrey Kirby, S.T.D., pastor of Our Lady of Grace Parish, Indian Land, South Carolina and a prolific Catholic author. His newest book called Way of the Cross for Loved Ones Who Have Left the Faith is a devotional aid to those of us who have loved ones who have left the Catholic faith. In this book, Father Kirby shows us how to pray for this intention by joining our sufferings with those of Jesus in the Stations of the Cross. While contemplating our Savior's sacrificial love, we can intercede for friends and family as they spiritually carry the cross with Jesus asking him to lead our loved ones back to God and His Church.
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Way of the Cross for Loved Ones Who Have Left the Faith
Carolina Catholic chats with Catholic writer, Kevin Wells, about his book on the Venerable Father Aloysius Schwartz
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Judi interviewed Kevin Wells, a Catholic author, whose newest book from Ignatius Press is called, "Priest and Beggar: The Heroic Life of Venerable Aloysius Schwartz." Father Al heard the call of the Virgin of the Poor to serve the poor of the world, and in his work in South Korea, the Philippines, and Central America, Father Al built 17 Boystowns and Girlstowns that service, to this day, the poor; giving children a home, an education, and a deep and abiding love of the Catholic faith. |
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Pro-life Witness, Patricia Sandoval
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Judi Paparozzi interviewed Patricia Sandoval, co-host of EWTN's Español channel's weekly television program, “Informe Pro Vida” or "Pro-life report," and one of Ignited by Truth's 2021 speakers. Patricia’s story is a testament to the saving love and mercy of Jesus Christ and His desire to bring this world's hidden dangers into the light for healing. Patricia shares her testimony in speaking engagements around the world especially in Latin America, where her pro-life, pro-chastity work is having a great impact. We will learn her story as it is recounted in her book, "Transfigured: Patricia Sandoval’s Escape from Drugs, Homelessness, and the Back Doors of Planned Parenthood." |
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Human trafficking, the effect of COVID 19 on this crime, and why human trafficking is a pro-life issue
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Carolina Catholic talked with human trafficking expert, Bill Woolf, the Director of Human Trafficking Programs for the Department of Justice, about the impact COVID 19 has had on the prevalence of human trafficking and why Catholics should view human trafficking as a pro-life issue. Bill Woolf is a former detective and human trafficking task force lead investigator with the Fairfax County VA Sheriff's Office who has prosecuted many cases on this crime and rescued many victims from human trafficking. |
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Father Stephen Imbarrato, the "Protest Priest"
| Carolina Catholic interviewed Father Stephen Imbarrato,The Protest Priest, a priest associate of Priests for Life, and a priest in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, NM. In this show, we talk to Father Stephen about his ministry, On the Road for Life 2021, and his pro-life activism. Father is no stranger to the pain of those who have been involved in abortion; he lost twin children, Thomas and Mary, when he encouraged his former girlfriend to have an abortion in the 1970s, and he was the first man to speak for the Silent No More campaign on the steps of the United States Supreme Court in 2004. Father was in Wilmington on Friday, March 12th where he celebrated Mass and prayed the Rosary just steps from the local Planned Parenthood abortion clinic with Catholic parishioners from both Wilmington and Southport. |  |
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Protest Child Killing website
Defending Life website
Father Brian Lynch, a priest in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
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We chat with Father Brian Lynch, an associate pastor at Transfiguration Church in Oakdale, MN whose homily on the "anniversary" of Roe v. Wade on January 22, 2021 has become viral on the Internet. In this show, Father Lynch details his journey from being a scientist with 3M to the priesthood and what led him to give such an impassioned homily in defense of the faith and the unborn on the 48th "anniversary" of legalized abortion in America. |
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Rachel Smith, a local parishioner studying at Franciscan University of Steubenville
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We chat with Rachel Smith, daughter of Anthony and Tracy Smith, St. Mark parishioners, granddaughter of Frank Bua, a parishioner at the Basilica Shrine of St. Mary. Rachel is a junior at Franciscan University of Steubenville, and with the blessing of its presidents, Father Dave Pivonka, Rachel shared her life at FUS, how it's referred to by students as the Catholic Disneyland, and how attending FUS has deepened her faith through Mass, Eucharistic Adoration, and a great love of the Church she has experienced at FUS. |
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Dr. Stacy Trasancos, executive director of Children of God for Life
| We chat with Dr. Stacy Trasancos who is now heading the pro-life ministry, Children of God for Life, whose goal is to end the use of aborted children in scientific research and manufacturing including vaccines. Dr. Trasancos has her doctorate in chemistry and Master's in dogmatic theology, and she is the mother of seven children and an adjunct professor at both Seton Hall University and Holy Apostles College and Seminary. She is an author and educator on faith and science and the executive director of St. Philip Institute of Catechesis and Evangelization under Bishop Strickland. |  |
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Children of God for Life website
Children of God for Life on Facebook
Tony Vivaldi and Save A Vet Now
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We talk with Tom and Tara Lewis, who have helped bring the Traditional Latin Mass to the Basilica Shrine of St. Mary's over the past decade. Tom and Tara have a great love for the Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, and they will share what it's like to attend Mass celebrated in Latin, the differences between the Novus Ordo Mass (that we attend weekly) and the Latin Mass, and how having this Mass in Wilmington has been a blessing to so many who love or have come to love the Latin Mass. The Traditional Latin Mass is held monthly on the fourth Sunday of the month (except in December when it is on the third Sunday) at 5 pm. Check the Wilmington Catholic Radio website for any Mass announcement as well as obtaining the Mass Propers. |
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Dr. Robert Moynihan, author of Finding Viganò
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We meet the author of Finding Viganò, Dr. Robert Moynihan, who is the founder and editor of the magazine, Inside the Vatican. Dr. Moynihan was sent by TAN Publishers on a mission to find Archbishop Viganò after he released his Testimony in August of 2018. In the December show, we learn about Archbishop Viganò, his Testimony, and how it impacted the investigation of former American Cardinal Theodore McCarrick. In the January show, we learn more about Archbishop Viganò and his Testimony and why Archbishop Viganò decided to release this Testimony to the world. |
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Tony Vivaldi and Save A Vet Now
| We meet Tony Vivaldi, a Vietnam vet, a retired banker, and a watercolor artist who, in 2019, inaugurated Save A Vet Now, an award winning nonprofit organization that is dedicated to veteran suicide awareness and prevention. Working with Wilmington’s Coastal Horizons, Save A Vet Now created the Veterans Outreach Program which provides Cape Fear veterans suffering with suicide ideation an opportunity to receive professional and discrete treatment without financial barriers. Tony talks to us about his military service, how he came to found Save A Vet Now, how his artwork sold at Blue Moon Gift Shops provides funds for this organization, and why this work is so important to veterans. |  |
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Father James Altman and the McCarrick Report
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We talk again to Father James Altman, pastor of St. James the Less Catholic Church in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Father Altman practiced law for many years before hearing the call to the consecrated life and becoming a priest in 2008, and he has been the pastor of St. James since 2010. He discusses the findings of the McCarrick Report, that was released on November 10, 2020, and he answers questions from Catholics around the country on this and many other issues. |
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McCarrick Report
Father Altman's YouTube Channel: Veritas in Caritate
St. James the Less, LaCrosse, WI
Bill Pincus, North Carolina's Right to Life president
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We speak with Bill Pincus, president of the NC Right to Life. He will share with us the goals of the right-to-life movement, advances that have been made over the past few years, and where we go from here. |
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Dr. Tony Maglione
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We chat with Dr. Tony Maglione, a cardiologist whose practice has spanned 40 years, about his newest book, Rules for Conservative Patriots, which lays out the beautiful Christian foundation upon which our country was built and why America needs to put God at its center, protect the unborn, and safeguard our religious liberties. |
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Father Peter Devereux, Legionaries of Christ
| Amanda Gandolf and I chat with Father Peter Devereux, LC, who was installed on August 30th as the new pastor of St. Joseph in Raleigh by Bishop Zarama. Father Peter is a Legionaries of Christ priest, and at the invitation of Bishop Zarama, the Legionaries of Christ have accepted the responsibility to assume priestly pastoral ministry at Saint Joseph Parish in Raleigh. Father Peter, an old friend of Amanda’s, will talk about the Legionaries, the formation of a Legionaries of Christ priest, and his work over the past decades as a Legionaries of Christ priest. |  |
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Deacon John Walsh and the Basilica Shrine of Saint Mary
We chat with Deacon John Walsh about the history, art, and architecture of the Basilica Shrine of St. Mary here in Wilmington. Through the efforts of many priests, this beautiful church was not only built in 1912, but these priests also helped build a school and a rectory, they bought the Tileston Center where so many wonderful ministries serve the people to this day, and they worked to make this magnificent church elevated to both a shrine and a minor basilica. In this show, we learn about the pastors who did so much to make our beautiful basilica shrine a place of pilgrimage and worship for all Catholics. |  |
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Parish History
The Pastors
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Basilica Designation
The Altar Cross
Father James Altman
We meet one of the three priests hosting Let Freedom Ring, 40 Days to Freedom from the devil, a 40 day novena which began July 7th and ends August 15th when a new novena will commence. We will meet Father James Altman, who along with Fr. Bill Peckman and Fr. Rick Heilman, has led this novena by providing thoughtful reflections, prayers of reparation and exorcism, and litanies to the faithful in order to inspire us all to call out to God to bless and heal our land. The next novena, the 54 day Novena for Our Nation, begins August 15th and runs to October 7th. The second show also features Father Altman who is pastor of St. James the Less in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and one of the priests leading the faithful in the 54 day Novena for our Nation. In this show, Father talks about his Marian priesthood and Mary's leading him to the priesthood, and how as Catholics, we must live the truth of our faith to its fullest both in our families and as citizens in the public square. |  |
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George Floyd
For our first July show, we will first hear from former police officer, Adam Davis, about his book, Behind the Badge: 365 Daily Devotions for Law Enforcement. Adam left a career in law enforcement in 2015 to begin a new career as an author and motivational speaker especially to assist those in law enforcement with their faith given the high rate of officers killed each year on the job and the rate of suicide among police officers. Adam addresses the tragedy of the George Floyd case and what we as a nation must do to ensure safety for everyone. In addition, my husband, Dr. Mario Paparozzi, a criminologist, will talk about the impact of this case and the reforms that are needed. |  |
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Behind the Badge: 365 Daily Devotions for Law Enforcement
Adam Davis's website
The four new Deacons of the Cape Fear Deanery
We meet the four men of the Cape Fear Deanery who were ordained as permanent deacons on June 27, 2020 by Bishop Luis Rafael Zarama. The four deacons and their assignments are Deacon John Walsh, the Basilica Shrine of St. Mary in Wilmington; Deacon Rick Autry, Sacred Heart in Southport; Deacon George Keenan, St. Therese in Wrightsville Beach; and Deacon John Mullins, St. Brendan the Navigator in Shallotte. |
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Diocese of Raleigh Office of Vocations Diaconate Program
Praying with the Saints with Dawn Beutner
Our guest is Dawn Beutner, author of Saints: Becoming an Image of Christ Every Day of the Year, who is a Catholic wife and mother as well as a former atheist who worked as an astronautical engineer. When she came into the Catholic Church, she read many saints' biographies falling in love with the saints, and she set out to do a book of daily biographies of the saints to help us with our prayer lives, as studying the saints helped her deepen her prayer life. In this show, we learn about many saints and how they impacted Dawn's faith. |  |
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Saints: Becoming an Image of Christ Every Day of the Year
Dawn Beutner's website
The Lord's Prayer with Fr. Jeffrey Kirby, STD
Our guest is Father Jeffrey Kirby, S.T.D. whose newest book, Thy Kingdom Come: Living the Lord’s Prayer in Everyday Life, gives the reader an in-depth understanding of the “perfect prayer” given to us by Our Lord Himself. In this show, we look at the seven tenets of the Our Father from the first three that honor God, Thy Name, Thy Kingdom, Thy Will, to the four tenets that petition God: Give us, forgive us, lead us, and deliver us. This book provides a spiritual matrix in its School of Discipleship in which Father provides a platform to show the parallelism of the Our Father with the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, the Beatitudes, the Christian virtues, and the capital sins. | |
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Thy Kingdom Come: Living the Lord’s Prayer in Everyday Life
Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC
and the Consecration to Saint Joseph
For our second April show, our guest is Father Donald Calloway whose latest book is called Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father. This book has everything we need to take our love and devotion to St. Joseph to a whole different level: a thorough program of consecration to St. Joseph; information on the 10 wonders of St. Joseph; and prayers and devotions to St. Joseph. Accessible and motivating, this book will kick off a great movement of consecration to our spiritual father and change the world.
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Father Calloway's website
Consecration to Saint Joseph website
Consecration to Saint Joseph Facebook page
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Carolina Catholic chats with Catholic evangelist, Kevin Wells
Our guest is Kevin Wells. Kevin is an active freelance writer, a Catholic evangelist, and president of the Monsignor Thomas Wells Society for Vocations. The Society honors his celebrated uncle, who before he was murdered in his Maryland rectory in 2000, impacted the lives of many thousands of people throughout the Archdiocese of Washington (D.C.). We will learn about his newest book, The Priests We Need to Save the Church, a book filled with profoundly moving examples of ordinary priests, like St. John Vianney, who did extraordinary things by virtue of a genuine love for the priesthood.
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The Priests We Need website
The Priests We Need to Save the Church book
Monsignor Thomas Wells Society for Vocations Facebook page
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Travel the Catholic world with John and Natalie Sonnen!
We meet John and Natalie Sonnen, managing directors of Orbis Catholic Travel (OC-Travel). Since 2004, they have been providing Catholic pilgrimages to the Holy Land, Italy/Rome, Poland, France, and the Shrines of Europe. John and Natalie travel the world with Catholics giving all the opportunity to have easy access to pilgrimage sites across the globe. In addition, Natalie is the Executive Director of LifeCanada, established in 2000, a national association of Canadian educational pro-life groups; these groups promote the value of human life and advocate for the most vulnerable members of society.
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Ignited By Truth Speakers
| For both our shows in March, Carolina Catholic will chat with this year's speakers for the upcoming Ignited by Truth Conference including filmmaker and convert Matthew Leonard, Catholic evangelist Jesse Romero, professor of theology, Dr. John Bergsma, pro-life activist Stephanie Gray, legal scholar Helen Alvare, as well as the Director at Our Lady of Good Help in Green Bay, an approved Marian apparition site. |
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From the Depths of our Hearts
We learn about the first book Pope Emeritus Benedict has co-written since stepping down in 2013; written along with Robert Cardinal Sarah. From the Depths of Our Hearts: Priesthood, Celibacy, and the Crisis in the Catholic Church will be released on February 20 in English by Ignatius Press. In this show, we speak with the founder of Ignatius Press, Father Joseph Fessio, SJ, a personal friend of Pope Emeritus Benedict, Mark Brumley who is the book's publisher, and Edward Pentin, the Rome correspondent for the National Catholic Register. We learn about how these two theologians address the spiritual challenges faced by priests today including struggles of celibacy. They point to deeper conversion to Jesus Christ as the key to faithful and fruitful priestly ministry and church reform. Show Notes |  |
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The 2020 March for Life
I report from the 47th annual March for Life in Washington, DC, which was a historic event for the March since it was the first time that a sitting president actually came to the March. We will hear President Trump’s remarks, as well as speeches and interviews with Congressman Chris Smith, Larry Cirignano from Choose Life License Plates, Darlene Pawlik, a pro-life survivor of human trafficking, and others who attended the March. The 2020 March for Life Theme was “Life Empowers: Pro-Life is Pro-Woman.”
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Dr. Matthew Bunson
Executive Editor of EWTN News
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Carolina Catholic interviews Dr. Matthew Bunson, the executive editor for EWTN news about the 2019 EWTN and Real Clear Opinion Research poll regarding the diversity of the ‘Catholic Vote’ and what this could mean in the 2020 elections. In this show, we learn about the in-depth poll of Catholics, where they stand on issues, how the depth of their faith life affects their vote, and what issues we are facing as Catholics in the United States. Show Notes |
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Father Dave Pivonka, TOR
President of Franciscan University of Steubenville
My guest is Father Dave Pivonka, president of Franciscan University of Steubenville (FUS), who spoke to me about a pending United States Supreme Court case, R.G. and G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc. v. EEOC, that FUS has joined other religious institutions in filing an amicus curiae brief (friend of the court), so that the Court does not redefine the word, sex, to include gender identity. Fr. Dave speaks to us about the theological implications in this case, and FUS bioethics chair, Dr. Patrick Lee, speaks about the practical and bioethical implications of this case. Show Notes |  |
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Father Fidelis Moscinski, CFR
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This is a talk given by Father Moscinski at a recent fundraiser for the Legal Center for Defense of Life (LCDL) in NJ, which represents many Catholics and others being arrested for protesting against abortion. In this show, trustee of the LCDL, Adele Gilhooly, will introduce listeners to the ministry of the LCDL which offers free legal representation to Father Moscinski and others who are arrested for going inside of abortion clinics, speaking to abortion minded women about their unborn children, and handing each woman a red rose. This is called the Red Rose Rescue (RRR). Father Moscinski is a faithful, loyal priest, a committed member of the RRR, and someone who has been described as “standing for life, while on his knees.”
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Franciscan Friars of the Renewal
The Loce case
Charles Fraune
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My guest again is an old friend to many in Wilmington, Charles Fraune. Charles is married with three children, teaches Catholic high school theology, and is a Catholic author with three books to his credit. We will chat about his current book, Slaying Dragons: What Exorcists See & What We Should Know. This book teaches the reader the truth about spiritual warfare and is a must read for every Catholic. Show Notes
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Local Catholic Author, Tom Olsinski
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We talked with Tom Olsinski, author, pharmacist, and St. Mark parishioner, whose fourth book, Attack of the Lambs, is an exciting suspense thriller with a faith-based Catholic theme. In this book of fiction, Tom weaves current events in our world with plot themes like morality, ethics, good vs. evil, and personal salvation. Set in Wilmington with the story of a crime as its central plot, it is also a credible story of what could happen in the world today. |
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Dr. Paul Thigpen’s latest book on Saints Who Saw Hell
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We spoke to Dr. Paul Thigpen, whose latest book is about saints who saw visions of hell. Since the Early Church, Catholic saints and other visionaries have reported horrific scenes of eternal punishment. Dozens of saints throughout history have described the terrors of hell and relayed horror of being separated from God for eternity, so that we may see for ourselves and repent. A convert to Catholicism, Paul has served the Church as an author, an award-winning journalist, historian, apologist, catechist, and member of the National Advisory Council of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. |
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Saints Who Saw Hell: And Other Catholic Witnesses to the Fate of the Damned
Wilmington's Pro-Life Vigil
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For our second October show and in honor of the Catholic Church’s Respect Life Month, we speak to several men and women who stand and pray every week at the pro-life vigil held at the corner of 17th Street and Hospital Plaza Drive which is less than a block from Wilmington’s only abortion clinic, a Planned Parenthood facility called Wilmington Health Center of Wilmington, NC. According to its website, the clinic offers surgical abortions up to 13 weeks/6 days and medical abortions up to 10 weeks. In this show, we speak to several of those who pray there weekly for both an end to abortion and for those women who are abortion minded. They share their witness to the sanctity of all human life and how supportive so many people are of their efforts to save the lives of the innocent unborn. |
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Catholic Author Sally Read
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Our guest is Sally Read, Catholic author and poet, who, in 2010, converted from atheism to Catholicism as told in her book, "Night's Bright Darkness," the subject of our March 2017 show. In her newest book, “Annunciation: a Call to Faith in a Broken World,” Sally writes a letter to her daughter about the urgency of faith based around a meditation on the Annunciation. Sally currently lives with her husband and daughter near Rome, Italy. |
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Catholic evangelst Jesse Romero
| Our guest is Jesse Romero, a long-time Catholic evangelist and a retired veteran of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. He has his undergraduate degree from Mount St. Mary’s College in LA and a graduate degree in Catholic Theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville. He speaks frequently around the country and is the popular host of two radio shows. Jesse will talk about his newest book, The Devil in the City of Angels: My Encounters with the Diabolical. |
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End of Life Issues with Fr. Jeffrey Kirby, STD
| My guest is Father Jeffrey Kirby STD, a pastor of Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Indian Land, SC, who has written many books including his newest book, We are the Lord's: A Catholic Guide to Difficult End-of-Life Questions. This book is a succinct, quick-reference guide that addresses the difficult questions when someone is ill and/or dying and serves as a guide to the Church's teaching in this area framed by divine wisdom and biblical principles. In this show, we talk to Father Kirby about the dignity of each person as God's child, redemptive suffering, discerning the dying process, nutrition/hydration, and proxy and advanced directives. | |
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We are the Lord's: A Catholic Guide to Difficult End-of-Life Questions
Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church
Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church on Facebook
Dr. Monica Miller
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My guest is Dr. Monica Migliorino Miller, a nationally-known pro-life leader and founder and director of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society; she has been very active in the pro-life movement since 1976. She is a professor of Theology at Madonna University in Livonia, MI and the author of several published books and articles including, "Sexuality and Authority in the Catholic Church" and "Abandoned--The Untold Story of the Abortion Wars." In this show, we will talk about her book, Abandoned, and her current pro-life work. |
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Citizens for a Pro-Life Society
Sexuality and Authority in the Catholic Church
Abandoned--The Untold Story of the Abortion Wars
Red Rose Rescue
Images of Abortion
Charles Fraune
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My guest is an old friend to many in Wilmington, Charles Fraune. After discerning that God was not calling him to the priesthood, Charles met and married Theresa, started an ever-growing family, and began a career as a Catholic high school theology teacher and as a Catholic author. We will chat about his current book, Swords and Shadows. Show Notes |
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Trafficking Victim's Mother Speaks
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Our guest is Susan Young, Senior Technical Adviser for a VA organization fighting human trafficking called Just Ask Prevention. Susan is the mother of four children, and her daughter was the victim of human trafficking, but all four were victimized by members of MS-13, an organized crime gang that runs trafficking rings around the country. Susan will share the horror that her family lived through, she will talk about how any family can be targeted by traffickers, and she will speak about how her faith in God and His divine purpose for her and her family is the key to surviving their victimization. Show Notesjustaskprevention.org |
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15 Years of Wilmington Catholic Radio
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We celebrate the 15th anniversary of Wilmington Catholic Radio which went on the air in July 2004. We chat with Board members Bill Hamilton, Jim Edens, and Greg Decker. Bill will recount his idea for founding the radio station after he heard the Apparitions of Our Lady tape by Bud McFarland, Sr. Bill felt called to learn more about his faith, and the idea for a Catholic radio station in Wilmington was born. Bill invited Jim Edens to join the Board and enlisted Greg Decker's help whose expertise in computers was the perfect fit when the Board had a vacancy. Over the years, these men have worked tirelessly to expand the coverage of Catholic radio including Southport. |
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An Education in Music
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My guest is Ekin Ustunel, an accomplished pianist, accompanist, and co-worker of my son, Daniel Paparozzi, who left her native home of Turkey to purse her dream of studying piano in the United States. Though she was an accomplished pianist and studied piano at a conservatory for 12 years, Ekin had never heard or played an organ. While a graduate student at UNC Greensboro, she fell in love with the church organ and Christian liturgical music. She is currently the pianist/organist at a church in Mt. Hope UCC in Whitsett, and she is getting a second Master's degree studying Injury Preventive Keyboard Techniques. During the show, we will hear snippets of her piano and organ performances including pieces from Rachmaninoff, Schubert, and others. Show NotesHer WebsiteSnippets: Rachmaninoff Chopin Schubert
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Author Rose Sweet
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Our guest is Rose Sweet, a popular speaker and author of numerous books on relationship healing and strengthening. In her work, she draws on the timeless beauty of the Catholic faith to inspire singles, married, divorced, remarried, stepparents, and anyone looking for authentic love and lasting happiness. Rose's new book is entitled, "A Catholic Woman's Guide to Happiness." In this charming book of heartwarming stories, Rose guides the reader into an adventure into the interior life to discover happiness that never fades. Show NotesA Catholic Woman's Guide to HappinessRose Sweet's website |
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International Food Festival
Celebrating the Fifth Year!
Our guests are St. Mark parishioners Laura Sterner, chair of the 2019 International Food Festival at St. Mark, and Kellie Vaughn, the marketing coordinator for the festival. The festival will take place on Saturday, April 27th, from 10 a.m to 4 p.m. on the campus of St. Mark Catholic Church, 1013 Eastwood Road, Wilmington. In this show, we will learn about the history of the festival, what foods will be served this year, what games the kids will be offered, the music, and the many volunteers and sponsors that support the festival every year.
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Ignited By Truth
For our first show in March, our guests are those who will be speaking at this year’s Ignited by Truth Conference which will be held in Raleigh at the NC State University’s Reynold’s Coliseum on Saturday, April 6th, with Mass celebrated by Bishop Luis Rafael Zarama beginning at 8 a.m. This year’s speakers are Father Larry Richards, Father Dwight Longenecker, Women of Grace’s Sue Brinkman, Religious Peritus Adam Blai, Dr. Peter Kreeft of Boston College, and Dr. Tim Gray, President of the Augustine Institute.
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Dr Tim Gray
President of the Augustine Institute
Dr Peter Kreeft
Professor of philosophy at Boston College
Susan Brinkmann
Director of New Age Research at Women of Grace
Fr. Larry Richards
Founder of “The Reason for Our Hope Foundation”
Adam Blai
Peritus of Religious Demonology
Fr. Dwight Longenecker
Former Anglican Priest, noted author, and blogger
Infertility to Parenthood
My guest is Cynthia Wallace, formerly from Wilmington, who is a nurse and mother of two. For 12 years, Cynthia and her husband, John, found themselves infertile; their journey took them to the Pope Paul VI Institute for its Catholic based medical intervention, and four months later, their first child was conceived. We learn about their journey and about the Pope Paul VI Institute.
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Salud Hondu
and its annual fundraiser, One Cup of Tea
For our second show in February, Carolina Catholic will get an update about the work of Salud Hondu, the Wilmington based non-profit organization that provides the health care needs of an impoverished area of central Honduras. Its sixth annual fundraiser, One Cup of Tea, will take place on Saturday, March 30th, at 2 pm; this year’s theme is The Secret Garden, the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Our show’s guests are Penny Cromer, fundraiser chair, John Cromer, MD, president of Salud Hondu, and Laura Vinson, the Executive President of Salud Hondu.
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March for Life
Carolina Catholic hears from Catholics and others speaking and/or attending the 45th annual March for Life in DC including our president and vice president, members of the U.S. Senate and House, and a doctor who did abortions as an OB/GYN and has changed her mind about abortion. This was one of the largest in the history of the March for Life with an estimated 650,000 people in attendance, and most of those at the March were our youth.
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St. André Bessette, the Miracle Man of Montreal
| Carolina Catholic learned about St. André Bessette, known as the “Miracle Man of Montreal,” who, in life, was known and loved as Brother André from the Congregation of Holy Cross in Canada. This saint spent most of his life, like Blessed Solanus Casey, as the doorman for the seminary, but Brother André sat with people, heard their many sufferings, and prayed with them. Many were healed of their ailments, either physical or spiritual. According to some estimates, over 10,000 people were cured through the intercession of St. André. We learned also about a personal devotion of the Grace family to this saint.
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Catholic World News' Phil Lawler
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We spoke with Philip Lawler, editor and founder of Catholic World News, whose latest book from Tan Publishers is entitled, The Smoke of Satan: How Corrupt and Cowardly Bishops Betrayed Christ, His Church, and the Faithful . . . and What Can Be Done about It. In his book, Philip talks about what has happened in the Catholic Church in 2018 and how we, as faithful Catholics, can support our holy priests and our beloved Church during this time of crisis.
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Dr. Allen Hunt of Dynamic Catholic
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Christmastime with Dr. Bill Bennett
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Molly Lewis
We talked with Molly Lewis, daughter of Tom and Tara Lewis, who is working in New York City as a filmmaker with both the Frassati Fellowship and the Community of the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal. In her work, on October 6, 2018, Molly filmed the tenth anniversary of Witness for Life, a silent, prayerful pro-life witness led by members of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, Sisters of Life, and members of the Frassati Fellowship, in front of Planned Parenthood's Margaret Sanger Center in New York City. In this show, we learn about the Sisters and their work with the poor and the Frassati Fellowship, which is a Catholic community of young adults helping one another grow in faith. We also learn about how Molly and fellow filmmaker, Jake Hart, came to make this powerful video.
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Coming Home
We talked with St. Mark parishioner, Amanda Gandolf, who came home to the Catholic Church over 15 years ago, and since then, she has dedicated her life to helping others in many ways including her work in the pro-life movement, in her prison ministry as a dog trainer, and as a member of the Divine Mercy Prayer Team and the Board of the Sacred Heart Radio Association.
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A Slice of Smith Life
We talked with Tracy Bua Smith, a parishioner of St. Mark and a native of Wilmington, who is a homeschooling mom, a Catholic blogger, and a devout Catholic. Tracy talks about her years homeschooling her children in their Sacred Heart Homeschool, her eight years on her blog, A Slice of Smith Life, her marriage and five children (called her Cupcakes), and being a faithful Catholic woman and pro-life witness to the sanctity of all human life.
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Kathi Ambrose
We chat with Kathi Ambrose, a parishioner of Immaculate Conception, who is a long time pro-lifer originally from New York where she began her work in the pro-life movement when the New York decided to pass laws to allow abortions to be performed in NY. Overnight, Kathi went from being a housewife to a leader in the fight against abortion. After abortion was legalized, first in NY and then in the USA, Kathi worked tirelessly and courageously to protect the rights of the unborn and help women facing crisis pregnancies.
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Miracles of New Mexico
Mario and Judi Paparozzi visit two sites of miraculous occurrences in New Mexico, the Loretto Chapel where it is alleged that St. Joseph built a miraculous staircase for the Sisters of Loretto, and the Sanctuario de Chimayo, called the Lourdes of America, where many miraculous healings have happened over the past century. In addition, we also learn about a church in NM, Our Lady of Guadalupe in Hobbs, where a large statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe has been shedding tears which have the fragrance of roses; this is currently under investigation by the Diocese of Las Cruces.
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Marjorie Dannenfelser and the Susan B. Anthony List
Carolina Catholic chats with Marjorie Dannenfelser, the president of the Susan B. Anthony List, whose mission is to end abortion by electing national leaders and advocating for laws that save lives, with a special calling to promote pro-life women leaders. Marjorie, a native of Greenville, NC, is a convert both to Catholicism and the pro-life movement, and she founded the Susan B. Anthony List in 1992 in order to ensure that pro-life Americans know where their lawmakers stand on protecting the rights of our unborn brothers and sisters.
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Catholic Author and Architect W. Michael Campbell
For our second show in July, Carolina Catholic interviews W. Michael Campbell, AIA, author of the book, Modern Times: A Blueprint for Healing Our Culture of Denial, Dependence, Debt, and Decadence. Michael is a NJ architect whose firm specializes in designing and restoring religious buildings. In his book, Michael provides the reader with simple solutions for returning to the timeless truths that make our nation a place of peace and prosperity for many. In addition, Michael shares his own spiritual journey and those principles that can restore an individual, as well as a nation, to spiritual well-being. He volunteers in a diocesan pro-life ministry, Mary’s Child Pro-Life Ministry, where he serves as the incoming president.
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Modern Times: A Blueprint for Healing Our Culture of Denial, Dependence, Debt, and Decadence
Civic Participation and Careering
Carolina Catholic did two interviews about two books for Catholics, Reclaiming the Republic, by former VA State Assemblyman and Congressional Aide Bob Marshall, and Careering, A Practical and Spiritual Guide: How to Find and Maintain Work in Today’s Economy by Paul Dean and Dana Gower, parishioners at St. Andrew the Apostle in Apex and Knights of Columbus Local 6650. In the first interview, Bob Marshall shares his work in the Virginia House of Delegates and working for Congress where he helped craft laws protecting religious liberty, the unborn, and traditional marriage, and in his book, he shares what he learned while working in politics and how we are all called to be civic activists. In the second interview, former Fortune 500 company employees, Paul Dean and Dana Gower, share their tips about surviving in our careers if we’re fired or downsized by our companies.
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Careering, A Practical and Spiritual Guide: How to Find and Maintain Work in Today’s Economy
Priests for Life priest, Fr. Stephen Imbarrato
Carolina Catholic interviewed Father Stephen Imbarrato, a priest associate of Priests for Life and a priest in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, NM about his years as a priest and a pro-life activist. Father Imbarrato is no stranger to the pain of those who have been involved in abortion; he lost twin children, Thomas and Mary, when he encouraged his former girlfriend to have an abortion in the 1970s, and he was the first man to speak for the Silent No More campaign on the steps of the United States Supreme Court in 2004. Father spoke at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Southport the weekend of June 2-3 at all the Masses and in the Parish Hall.
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Carolina Catholic goes on Safari
Carolina Catholic talks to Chris Batley, a parishioner at St. Therese Catholic Church in Wrightsville Beach, about her pilgrimage/safari to several countries in Africa the past April which included a visit to Kibeho, Rwanda, the site of an apparition of Our Lady of Kibeho. In 2001, the local bishop of the Catholic Church officially recognized the visions of three schoolchildren as authentic.
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Baby's Breath
Carolina Catholic chats with Bonnie McGonegle, who writes under the pseudonym, B.D. McDuff, who wrote a book of Catholic fiction called Baby’s Breath. Baby’s Breath is the story of two women who have been friends since childhood, and how the choices they make as they face the challenges of life can lead them to Heaven or not.
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Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko
Carolina Catholic talked with Father Fessio, president and founder of Ignatius Press, about one of its newest releases, Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko: Truth versus Totalitarianism. Father Jerzy was the Catholic chaplain for Solidarity who bravely preached on the truth of the Catholic faith, so that Poles could be free to worship God again, and who was brutally murdered in 1984 by three agents of the Security Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to silence his voice. We also talked with Daniel Rabourdin who produced and directed The Hidden Rebellion, a docu-film about one of the world’s first genocides, the slaughter of the noble Catholics of the Vendee region of France during the French Revolution. This docu-film gives an eye-opening picture of this first progressive genocide done in the name of "social justice."
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Luis Rafael Zarama, Bishop fo Raleigh
Carolina Catholic had the great privilege of interviewing Bishop Luis Rafael Zarama, the sixth Bishop of Raleigh, who is the former Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Bishop Zarama was appointed by Pope Francis to be the head of the Diocese of Raleigh on July 5, 2017, and he was installed on August 29, 2017 at Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral in Raleigh. In this show, we learn more about Bishop Luis Rafael, his call to the priesthood, his education including his Canon Law degree, his years as a priest and auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, and his appointment and installation as the Bishop of Raleigh in 2017.
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Troy Guy
I will chated with Troy Guy, a recent convert to Catholicism, who is a nuclear engineer working in the aerospace industry with degrees in physics and electrical and nuclear engineering. He wrote a book giving a historical and Biblical defense to Catholicism detailing his conversion called Evangelical Catholic: A journey through the Biblical and historical evidence that led yet another evangelical Protestant to the Apostolic Church!
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Father Carlos Miguel Viego
Carolina Catholic talked with Father Carlos Miguel Viego, a Wilmington native and an alumnus of St. Mary Catholic Grammar School which he attended in the 1970s. He is a priest in the Diocese of Newark, NJ.
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March for Life
Jeanne Mancini, President, March for Life bio
Love My Life Youth Rally
Mary Beth Phillips, Respect Life Ministry Coordinator, Diocese of Raleigh contact info:
Phone: 919-719-8267
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Carolina Catholic observes the 45th year of legal abortion in the USA
We will talked to national, state, and local pro-lifers about the upcoming 45th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade on January 22, 1973 which legalized abortion in America and the great strides our Church and pro-life leaders have made in combating abortion over these four and a half decades.
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March for Life
Jeanne Mancini, President, March for Life bio
Love My Life Youth Rally
Mary Beth Phillips, Respect Life Ministry Coordinator, Diocese of Raleigh contact info:
Phone: 919-719-8267
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New Mexico Christmas
Carolina Catholic reports from beautiful Santa Fe, New Mexico about the different Christmas traditions observed in this state where host, Judi Paparozzi, attended the College of Santa Fe, a Christian Brothers’ college. From luminarias or farolitos to foods like tamales, biscochitos, and posole, New Mexico observes traditions created from the various cultures that live in this beautiful state like those of the Spanish, Native American, Mexican, and Anglo-American. Combined, these cultures celebrate the birth of our Savior in a unique yet reverent manner that truly reflects the joy of Christ’s birth.
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Stories of Conversion and Carthusians
For our first December show, Carolina Catholic chats with two authors from Ignatius Press: Matthew Arnold who wrote “Confessions of a Traditional Catholic” and “a priest” who wrote “Report from Calabria: A Season with the Carthusian Monks.” The author of this book, an American priest, chose to honor the customs of the Carthusians to remain anonymous. In Matthew’s book, he shares his conversion story and the roads that led him to the Extraordinary Form of the Mass. In the priest’s book, he documents the four months he lived with the Carthusians, the history of their order, and the daily regimen of these monks.
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Report from Calabria: A Season with the Carthusian Monks Monks by A Priest |
Carolina Catholic Reports From Rome
For our first November show, Carolina Catholic reports from Rome where we tour the four Papal Basilicas which include St. Peter’s, St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls, and Saint Mary Major, the first Marian Church in the world. In addition, we share how to tour Catholic Rome, Ancient Rome, and Romantic Rome! Finally, we report from Rome’s observation of the 100th Anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun in Fatima as we processed with Catholics from around Italy into the Vatican with the statue of Our Lady of Fatima that was blessed by Pope Francis on May 13, 2017 with his prayer that the faith be preserved in Italy.
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Carolina Catholic Addresses Life Topics
For our shows in October, Carolina Catholic will explore some difficult topics that face or have faced our Church. In our first show, we chat with Father Lawrence Carney, the Walking Priest, who takes the message of the Gospel to the streets of St. Joseph, Missouri, and then we also chat with Father Joseph D. Fessio, S.J., Founder of Ignatius Press, and we will be learning about one of its newest publications, The Priest Barracks: Dachau 1938 to 1945.
In our second show, we will learn about Room At The Inn, a Catholic crisis pregnancy center located in Greensboro, NC. Room At The Inn is a unique, comprehensive program helping homeless single pregnant women with or without previous children. Room At The Inn helps not only during pregnancies but also after the birth of their babies and is part of Catholic Charities USA.
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The Epidemic of Human Trafficking
Carolina Catholic explores human trafficking, the second largest crime in the world. In the first show, Dr. Mario Paparozzi, chair of the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at UNCP, and your host, Judi Paparozzi, who teaches law and criminal justice classes including Human Trafficking, gives an overview on what it is and how this crime touches all of us. On the show, Judi chats with human trafficking expert, Detective Bill Woolf, who cracked one of the largest trafficking rings in the United States and has produced a documentary warning our youth about the dangers of trafficking.
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Marian Pilgrimages
Carolina Catholic talked to Chris Batley who just returned from a pilgrimage in July celebrating the 100th anniversary of Fatima which also included visits to Lourdes, Garabandal, Santarem, Nazaré, and Santiago di Compostela. Her hosts were well-known Catholic authors, Ted and Maureen Flynn. In this show, we learn about the Marian apparitions in Fatima, Lourdes, and Garabandal, the story of Our Lady of Nazaré statue, and the Eucharistic Miracle in Santarem. We also talk about why pilgrimages are a great source of spiritual enrichment.
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Learning about Opera
Carolina Catholic chats with Professor Nancy King, Artistic Director of Opera Wilmington and Associate Professor of Vocal Studies at the UNCW, about Opera Wilmington’s Summer 2017 production of Bizet's Carmen. So many opera composers like Mozart, Puccini, and Rossini wrote many sacred pieces including Masses for the Catholic Church which are performed around the world. For example, Giacomo Puccini wrote Messa di Gloria or Mass of Glory. In this show, we will learn about opera, the mission of Opera Wilmington, and this summer's opera, Carmen. Daniel Paparozzi will join in the fun!
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St. Mary Gospel Choir
Carolina Catholic talked to Jacque Chandler and Warren Murphy of the St. Mary Gospel Choir; Jacque is the president of the choir, and Warren is the music director. This year, the Gospel Choir celebrates its 30th anniversary. In this show, we learn about the history of the choir, its founding members, its 30th anniversary celebration on September 10th, and hear excerpts from its 30th anniversary CD.
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Entering the Contemplative Life
Carolina Catholic talks to Elena Ainley who will enter the St. Scholastica Priory, a community of Catholic Benedictine contemplative nuns, on June 30, 2017. Elena shares how God called her from her career and marriage and toward the contemplative life with the Benedictines. We learn about her community and the hospitality of the Priory, as well as what her daily life will be living in a cloistered community.
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2017's Pro-Life Victories
For our first July show, Carolina Catholic talks to Maureen Ferguson of The Catholic Association and Jeanne Mancini, President of the March for Life, about the pro-life victories that have occurred since the beginning of 2017 that have effects not only in the United States but also around the world with the defunding of UNFPA, the reinstatement of the Mexico City Policy, and other pro-life victories.
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March for Life
The Catholic Association
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Conversion and Courage
Carolina Catholic talks to Jim and Gini Mulligan, members of the Basilica Shrine of St. Mary, about their remarkable lives and Gini's conversion to the Catholic faith. Gini and Jim married when she was a Methodist, and Gini details how she was led slowly and beautifully into the Catholic faith and raised their large family as Catholics. Joined by two heroes and former POWs from the Vietnam War, their fathers, Retired Colonel Sam Johnson, USAF, and Captain James Mulligan, USN, Gini and Jim are the only children of POWs from the Vietnam era who married. Their fathers were two of eleven members of the USAF and USN who endured over six years as POWs singled out for the harshest of torture earning the nickname, the Alcatraz Gang, while in the "Hanoi Hilton." Each night, the brave men sent code to one another via tap, tapping out GBU, God bless you.
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Fatima
In honor of the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady in Fatima, Portugal which began on May 13, 1917, our first May 2017 show features an interview with the Marketing Director for Ignatius Press, Anthony Ryan, about the newest book on Fatima, the Fatima Mysteries, Mary's Message to the Modern Age, and we will also learn about the book, Trust, In Saint Faustina's Footsteps, about the powerful Divine Mercy message and the saint of Divine Mercy, Sister Faustina Kowalska.
Fatima Mysteries, Mary's Message to the Modern Age
The apparitions in 1917 of the Blessed Virgin Mary to three peasant children in Fatima, Portugal, are perhaps the most important private revelations in the history of the Church. At the height of World War I and on the eve of the Russian Revolution, Our Lady appeared in Fatima to warn us of another even greater world war, the spread of Communism, and a terrible persecution of the Church unless people returned to God. She asked for us to offer daily prayer and sacrifice for conversion of the world and salvation of souls.
Because of the prophetic nature of Our Lady's messages and their potential significance for the entire world, they have been the subject of much study and controversy, and they have influenced the decisions not only of many individuals, but also of Popes, Bishops, and heads of state.
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of these important apparitions and messages for the modern world, renowned author-photographer team Grzegorz Górny and Janusz Rosikon traveled throughout Europe to tell the story of Fatima and its impact on the destiny of both individuals and nations. With stunningly beautiful four-color photographs on every page, and in-depth detail and insights on all aspects of the story and message of Fatima, they probe the mysteries of Fatima and their continued relevance for our modern age.
Trust, In Saint Faustina's Footsteps
This is a story about Saint Faustina - the greatest Christian mystic of the twentieth century - and her devotion to the Divine Mercy, which has become the fastest spreading religious devotion in the world.
This lavishly illustrated book is essentially a love story about God’s immense love for his people and the reciprocation of this love by the humble Polish nun declared a saint by Pope John Paul II.
In fulfilling the mission entrusted to her, Sister Faustina met with many obstacles, but she came through all her trials victoriously. The power of her message about God’s infinite mercy, forged in the fire of adversity, has accomplished seemingly impossible things. Although coming from the spiritual visions of just one person, devotion to the Divine Mercy has spread throughout the world like lightning, bringing to mind the parable of the mustard seed: from one small seed grew a great tree with many branches.
This book is also a story about Jesus Christ, who is not remote and abstract, but who enters human history, who enters the events of our lives and forges relationships with us. The work of Jesus Christ is very real and so, too, is this book marked by reality.
To follow in the footsteps of Saint Faustina, the author and photographer moved from place to place real places in eastern Europe such as Warsaw, Krakow, Plock and Vilnius. They encountered real people, such as Blessed Michal Sopocko and Blessed John Paul II. They recorded their observations and impressions in beautiful prose and gorgeous photographs in order to bring the realness of these places and people to as wide an audience as possible.
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Divine Mercy Academy
Divine Mercy Academy of Wilmington is a classical Christian high school opening in August of 2017. For more information about the school, new student registration, or getting involved through giving, check the links at the end of this page.
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Divine Mercy Academy website
Divine Mercy Academy on Facebook
Ignited By Truth 2017
For our April shows, Carolina Catholic chats with some of the presenters at the 2017 Ignited by Truth Conference in Raleigh including these speakers: Abby Johnson, Ken Hensley, Father Philip Bochanski, Greg & Julie Alexander, Dana Catherine, Leah Darrow, and Marcellino & Anthony D'Ambrosio.
Abby Johnson is a convert to the pro-life movement and Catholicism who spent many years as a manager of a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic. Author and speaker Ken Hensley, a former Baptist minister, details his conversion to the Catholic faith. Father Philip Bochanski is the Executive Director of Courage International. The Alexanders run a multi-faceted ministry created to strengthen Catholic marriages. Catholic singer/songwriter Dana Catherine, a graduate of UNC-CH, is a youth minister and performs her music around the country. Former model Leah Darrow runs a ministry encouraging chastity and modesty in young women. And the D'Ambrosio twins are Catholic speakers/musicians who provide powerful, music-filled retreats for youth around the country.
Four different shows featuring the IBT speakers will air beginning on the weekend of April 8th, Saturdays at 11 a.m. and Sundays at 6 p.m. Each weekend, we will present a new IBT show featuring two of the speakers.
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Ken Hensley
Ken Hensley, noted Catholic author, speaker, and apologist, was a Baptist minister for eleven years before resigning his pastorate in 1996 to enter the Catholic Church along with his wife, Tina. Ken currently works with the Coming Home Network International, serving the needs of converts and those curious about the Catholic faith. He also teaches Old and New Testament courses at St. John’s Seminary for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, and blogs from Callingallconverts.com. With Patrick Madrid, Ken co-authored The Godless Delusion: A Catholic Challenge to Modern Atheism.
With an MA in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, Ken has a deep knowledge of theology, Sacred Scripture, apologetics, and Reformation history, with the unique ability to make complex theological issues accessible to the average person.
Like many Protestants, Ken admired Martin Luther as a humble pastor whom God used to reform the Church and spent his early life learning about him. To mark the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation in Sept of 2017, Ken will be leading a pilgrimage to Germany with Steve Ray to explore the life and teaching of Martin Luther.
Ken and Tina have been married for 34 years. They have two children and seven grandchildren and live in Fillmore, California.
Abby Johnson
Abby Johnson has always had a fierce determination to help women in need. It was this desire that both led Abby to a career with Planned Parenthood, our nation’s largest abortion provider, and caused her to flee the organization and become an outspoken advocate for the pro-life movement.
During her eight years with Planned Parenthood, Abby quickly rose in the organization’s ranks and became a clinic director. She was increasingly disturbed by what she witnessed. Abortion was a product Planned Parenthood was selling, not an unfortunate necessity that they fought to decrease.
All of that changed on September 26, 2009 when Abby was asked to assist with an ultrasound-guided abortion. She watched in horror as a 13-week baby fought, and ultimately lost, its life at the hand of the abortionist. At that moment, the full realization of what abortion was and what she had dedicated her life to washed over Abby and a dramatic transformation took place.
Desperate and confused, Abby sought help from a local pro-life group. She swore that she would begin to advocate for life in the womb and expose abortion for what it truly is.
She is a frequently requested guest on Fox News and a variety of other shows and the author of the nationally best-selling book, Unplanned, which chronicles both her experiences within Planned Parenthood and her dramatic exit.
Today, Abby travels across the globe sharing her story, educating the public on pro-life issues, advocating for the unborn, and reaching out to abortion clinic staff who still work in the industry. She is the founder of And Then There Were None, a ministry designed to assist abortion clinic workers out of the industry. To date, this ministry has helped over 300 workers leave the abortion industry.
Abby lives in Texas with her husband and five precious children.
Links
abortionworker.com
And Then There Were None
Show 2
Abby Johnson
Abby Johnson's interview continues from Show 1.
Father Philip Bochanski
Father Philip Bochanski is the Executive Director of Courage International, Inc., an apostolate of the Catholic Church, that provides pastoral care and spiritual support for men and women who experience same-sex attractions and who desire to live chastely. Founded in New York in 1980, Courage has become a mainstream Catholic apostolate helping thousands of men and women find peace through fellowship, prayer, and the sacraments.
Prior to being named as executive director in 2016, Fr. Bochanski helped implement the apostolate’s “Courage Study Days” to form priests about Catholic teaching on homosexuality, how to be clear and compassionate in presenting Catholic teaching, and how to provide authentic pastoral care to men and women with same-sex attractions. He also oversees existing and new chapters of EnCourage, a ministry to parents, friends, and family members of loved ones with same-sex attractions.
A native of Philadelphia, Fr. Bochanski received his MA in theology from Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary and was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in May 1999. He presently lives in the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut, where the headquarters of Courage International, Inc., is located. He is an award-winning author and has published several books, articles and audio lectures on such topics as Church history, spirituality, evangelization and pastoral care.
Links
couragerc.org/
everlastinghills.org/movie/
Show 3
Marcellino and Anthony D’Ambrosio
Marcellino and Anthony D’Ambrosio are dynamic Catholic Youth Speakers and Musicians who provide powerful retreats, talks, and worship experiences through their ministry program, Crossroads Pursuit, created in 2010. They are the twin sons of well-known Catholic Theologian and Speaker, Dr. Marcellino D’Ambrosio and Crossroads Pursuit is the youth apostolate of their father’s Crossroads Initiative ministry.
The D’Ambrosio’s unique talks incorporate music and comedy, and their remarkable witnesses give teens the inspiration to be counter-cultural. Marcellino and Anthony know personally the particular challenges confronting youth today and are unafraid to challenge cliques, social structure, and the idolization of appearance. They promote sexual abstinence, the value of family, true masculinity and femininity, and above all a radical love in the person of Jesus Christ.
Marcellino began doing youth ministry in college at Ave Maria University. He was a high school Youth Director at a parish for three years before moving to campus ministry. Marcellino now serves as the Director of Music for the Catholic Center at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX.
Anthony D’Ambrosio began youth ministry as a Totus Tuus teacher in Wichita, Kansas. He currently works in Youth Ministry at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Frisco, Texas. Since he began there in 2010, the youth group has grown by 400%.
Dana Catherine
Dana Catherine is a 23-year-old Catholic Christian singer/songwriter who finds abundant joy in allowing the Lord to use her and her music for His greater glory. She independently released her debut album, Glorious Horizons, in September 2015. After signing with a new Christian record label, Rekindle Records, Dana recently released her first single, “My Savior in Me,” which she penned after leading Praise and Worship Adoration one night.
Dana has been featured as a guest on Sirius XM and her music can be heard on radio stations across the U.S., including Catholic Playlist Show and Immaculate Heart Radio. She travels throughout the U.S. to encourage and inspire others with her songs and witness, performing and speaking at retreats and youth rallies. She also travels extensively within the Raleigh Diocese for youth events. When she’s not traveling, she serves as a Youth Minister at Saint Catherine of Siena Parish in Wake Forest.
Growing up in a Catholic family, Dana always had a strong faith, but it wasn’t until she went to college at UNC Chapel Hill that her relationship with God truly deepened and she began to understand that true and lasting happiness, peace, and purpose is found in Christ alone.
Only then did she realize that God was calling her to step out and share His truth and love with others using the musical gifts she was given.
For as long as she can remember, Dana loved to sing and began to write songs around the time she was in middle school. Dana describes her songs as prayers from her to God and through her “prayer songs” she hopes to inspire listeners to place all their trust in God and completely surrender their hearts and lives to Him.
Show 4
Greg and Julie Alexander
Greg and Julie are authors, speakers, and marriage disciples. After years of living their marriage as prescribed by the world, they found themselves on the brink of divorce. Providentially they encountered a wonderful priest who encouraged them to discover God’s plan for marriage. Indebted to God, they now dedicate their lives to helping others receive the tools to live a joy-filled marriage.
To this end, the Alexanders have created a multi-faceted ministry, including The Alexander House, whose mission is to provide practical tools for couples to live marriage and relationship successfully, through healing education and enrichment, based on God’s plan and the teachings of the church. They have developed a parish-based program and, along with their teams of Marriage Disciples, reach out to thousands of couples in crisis.
Greg and Julie have presented numerous workshops, seminars and talks to thousands of participants across the country. They have appeared on various productions aired on EWTN, including as guests on “Life on the Rock” and as co-hosts of their own show, “Marriage Works in Christ.” They have written two books, Marriage 911 and Growing in Love Through Prayer.
Greg and Julie are happily married and have seven children and three grandchildren.
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Leah Darrow
As a star on America’s Next Top Model and subsequent years as a professional model in New York City, Leah had it all: fame, beauty and money. But deep inside she knew she was missing the one thing that could satisfy her: The Father’s love.
Leah is the author of Reclaiming Beauty: A 5 Step Guide To A More Beautiful You.
As a full-time apologist and speaker for Catholic Answers from 2010-2013, Leah brought her experience of both reality TV and the fashion world to the masses. Now she travels the world to help young people find real happiness and explore authentic relationships by reclaiming their worth, to know real Truth, Beauty, and Love, in light of Saint Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body.
Leah has a BA in psychology from the University of Missouri-St. Louis and is currently working toward her MA in theology at the Augustine Institute in Denver, Colorado. She and her husband, Ricky, live in St. Louis, MO with three beautiful children ages, 3, 1, and 7 months.
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Show 1: Ken Hemsley and Abby Johnson
Show 2 Abby Johnson and Fr. Philip Bochanski
Show 3 Marcellino & Anthony D’Ambrosio and Dana Catherine
Show 4 Greg & Julie Alexander and Leah Darrow
Sally Read: A Modern Conversion Story
Sally Read, an award winning poet, psychiatric nurse, and a former anti-Catholic atheist converted to Catholicism in nine months; she details her conversion to Catholicism in her book, Night’s Bright Darkness: A Modern Conversion Story.
While writing a book about women, she spoke with a Catholic priest, and this encounter led her on a spiritual journey in which she discovered Christ, and finally, His Church on earth. Within nine months, she was received into the Catholic Church at St. Peter’s in Rome. In her journey to the Catholic Church, she experienced a life-changing encounter with Christ which embedded deeply in her a great desire for the Eucharistic Christ.
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Night's Bright Darkness: A Modern Conversion Story
Conversion Story
Salud Hondu
and its annual fundraiser, One Cup of Tea
Carolina Catholic chats with members of Salud Hondu, a mission based in Wilmington that supports a medical clinic, the Clinica de Santa Maria, in Reitoca, Honduras. Our guests are Laura Vinson, Dr. John and Penny Cromer, and Millie Moore.
In this show, we speak to the wonderful volunteers of Salud Hondu for the fourth year about their work in Reitoca at the Clinica Santa Maria and the fundraiser for the clinic called One Cup of Tea, which will be held on Saturday, March 25th from 2 to 4 p.m., in the Upper Room 1871 located at 412 Ann Street in downtown Wilmington. This year’s One Cup of Tea is inspired by the works of author, Jane Austen. All proceeds from this event go directly to support the work of the doctor and medical staff of Clinica Santa Maria which serves the medical needs of a poor and rural area of central Honduras.You can read more about Salud Hondu and its work at www.saludhondu.org.
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Paul Abbe's Conversion Story
For our first March show, Carolina Catholic chats with Paul Abbe, Director of Adult Religious Education at St. Mark Catholic Church and a former Lutheran pastor who converted to Catholicism.
In this show, we learn about Paul’s upbringing in a devout Lutheran family in Iowa, his years in the United States Air Force, his work as a Lutheran pastor here in NC, and how his deep yearning for the truth of Christ led him to begin his journey home to the Catholic faith. In this fascinating interview, we learn about the reasons Paul began to challenge the pillars of the Reformation and how his deep study of Catholicism led him to the Catholic Church.
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