EPISODE #189EMPOWERED BY THE SPIRIT: TALK RADIO FOR CATHOLIC LIFE
On today’s program, Deacon Steve is thrilled to welcome new friend, Steve Wise. Steve is Relevant Radio’s Senior Regional Director for the west coast. Relevant Radio has a huge reach from coast to...
View ArticleIT’S IN THE CARDS FOR WOMAN RELIGIOUS WHO THREW PERFECT PITCH
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The perfect pitch Dominican Sister Mary Jo Sobieck threw prior to a Chicago White Sox game last summer not only went viral but is still out of the park. First, there was a bobblehead...
View ArticleA virtual Sistine Chapel Experience
Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition, an immersive showcase of museum-quality, near-life-size reproductions of the iconic master’s frescos that adorn the Sistine Chapel in Rome, arrives in...
View ArticleEASTER CELEBRATIONS
Following a rainy winter, this spring is going to be spectacular. Celebrating Easter Sunday is the perfect time for us to renew our appreciation for this season of rebirth. Families celebrate Jesus’...
View ArticleST. JOSEPH RADIO NAMES DON HUNSBERGER CATHOLIC MAN OF THE YEAR
Don Hunsberger has a 40-year history of service to the Church and the community: Cursillo, First Friday Friars and as a Sacramental teacher. He is also a Board member of Orange Catholic Foundation,...
View ArticlePOPE URGES STUDENTS TO SEE HUMAN ACTIONS BEHIND SUFFERING, WAR
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — God does not play favorites, but human beings do in little ways at school and in big ways with the global economy, Pope Francis told students from Milan’s Istituto San Carlo, a...
View ArticleDIOCESE OF ORANGE STUDENTS TAKE HONORS IN HOLOCAUST ART AND WRITING CONTEST
Diocese of Orange elementary school students were represented and recognized at Chapman University’s 20th annual Holocaust Art and Writing Contest awards ceremony last month. The theme this year was...
View ArticleVATICAN COOKBOOK OFFERS RARE COLLECTION OF RECIPES, HISTORY, PHOTOS
During an era in which coffee-table books collect dust while handheld social media consumes idle time, there seems little need for another large hardback to join the lot on bookstore discount shelves....
View ArticleSAINT PROFILE: BLESSED PETER GONZALEZ
His uncle, the bishop of Astorga in Castile, Spain, appointed Blessed Peter as a cathedral canon, even though he was under age. Swollen with pride, Peter rode jauntily through the city until his horse...
View ArticleEMBRACE THE CROSS, TRUST GOD WILL TRIUMPH, POPE SAYS ON PALM SUNDAY
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Acclaimed by the crowds and knowing he was the Messiah they sought, Jesus still chose the path of humility and self-emptying, focused only on doing God’s will, Pope Francis said on...
View ArticleWALKING THROUGH THE VALLEY OF DEATH
Every year on the last Monday in May our nation pauses to remember the great sacrifices made by our military in defense of our freedoms. Remembering the sacrifice is how we honor their legacy and shine...
View ArticleBLAZE ERUPTS AT PARIS’ ICONIC NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL; CAUSE UNKNOWN
Statement from Bishop Kevin Vann: With the tragic announcement this morning that Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris is burning, we stand in prayer and solidarity with the people of Paris and all of France....
View ArticleEAGLES WIN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
The Santa Margarita Eagles (part of the Anaheim Ducks High School Hockey League) won their second consecutive High School National Championship, defeating Edina, Minnesota 4-1, in the championship...
View ArticleHOPE FROM THE ASHES: PRESIDENT, ARCHBISHOP VOW TO REBUILD NOTRE DAME
ROME (CNS) — The president of France and the archbishop of Paris have vowed to rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral after a devastating fire, continuing what a professor of architecture described as the...
View ArticleHILLTOP RETREAT
On rugged hillside in Silverado Canyon – where hawks circle overhead and the wind whistles through the branches of California live oak trees – workers are constructing a massive stone abbey....
View ArticleTRINITY LEAGUE ATHLETE PROFILE: NOAH BRUNE
Noah Brune was about eight years old when he, like many Orange County kids, spent time in a summer swim league. After about two years in that setting, it was recommended he try club swimming, and it...
View ArticleCATHOLIC LEADERS NATIONWIDE REACT TO NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL FIRE
WASHINGTON (CNS) — As U.S. Catholic leaders grappled with the enormity of the April 15 fire that ruined the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, the word “iconic” came to mind for many of them. “Our...
View ArticleBISHOP BARRON FINDS NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL CATASTROPHE ‘HEARTRENDING’
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — It was in the car somewhere between Santa Barbara and downtown Los Angeles that Auxiliary Bishop Robert E. Barron got the news that the legendary Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris had...
View ArticleSPRING BREAK-OUT
Honnie Vandeweghe-O’Shea won’t ever forget Spring Break of 2019. The sophomore at Santa Margarita Catholic High School stashed away her books and binders and headed to Perth, Australia with the U.S....
View ArticleTHOUSANDS OF NEW CATHOLICS EXPECTED TO JOIN CHURCH AT EASTER VIGIL
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Tens of thousands of new Catholics are expected to join the Catholic Church at Easter Vigil liturgies in parishes throughout the United States the night of April 20. While a precise...
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