Catholic Chicago

Catholic Charities Tuesday Night Suppers offer guests the opportunity to come to 721 N. LaSalle Street and be served a hot meal. Many of these guests are homeless or nearly homeless. Due to our wonderful restaurant partners and some incredibly dedicated volunteers, the Tuesday Night Suppers continued every week throughout the pandemic, on a To-Go basis. Join Katie Bredemann as she welcomes Program...

On Today’s Fully Alive, Dawn and Ray welcome Brian Butler, Executive Director of Dumb Ox Ministries and Founder of Echo – Theology of the Body Retreats for Young Adults and Teens, during the first half of the show. Marcos Martinez, Ministry Leader for Iskali – A Catholic Ministry Organization that supports Latino young adults, joins them during the second half of the show to share his experience w...

Co-hosts Melissa Link and Roni Facen look at a pair of iconic Catholic institutions in Oak Park that have announced a five-year partnership to share resources and facilities for future students.  Fenwick High School and St. Catherine of Siena-St. Lucy School have announced a new five-year agreement that calls for both schools to share a vision of more diversity, equity and inclusion for futur...

Co-hosts Melissa Link and Roni Facen welcome their guests to discuss The Good Shepherd Catholic Schools building in Little Village reopening for the 2021-22 school year to house an expansion of neighboring Epiphany Catholic School's preschool and kindergarten programs.  Guests:  Scott Ernst and Andrea Guevara.

Phyllis Cavallone joins our hosts and gives an update about Archdiocese of Chicago Catholic Schools. 

Co-hosts Vince Gerasole and Mark Teresi are joined by several guests to take an in-depth look at a Theology on Tap program that's going on in Evanston.  

Co-hosts Vince Gerasole and Mark Teresi sit down to discuss vocations with Fr. Tim Monahan.

LOSS is a Catholic Charities non-denominational program that supports individuals who are grieving the loss of a loved one by suicide. For more than 40 years, LOSS has been offering a safe, non-judgmental environment where survivors can find community, direction and resources for healing. Join Katie Bredemann as she welcomes Deborah Major and Emily Tegenkamp to discuss how the LOSS program was abl...

Megan interviews Fr. Benjamin Chinnappan who is Executive Director of Dalit Solidarity, a nonprofit organization that envisions a society in India where the oppressed Dalit population has access to quality education, healthcare and economic development. Fr. Ben is originally from the southern region of India and speaks of his own personal experience seeing his home country in a crisis. He describe...

Join Deacons Richard Hudzik and Dave Brencic as they explore the good work of NPH—Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos—a child welfare charity that serves children and their communities in Central and South America and in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. In this episode of Diakonia—A Call to Service—NPH’s chief executive officer, John Deinhart, and the US Midwest Region Director, Chuck Allworth, explain th...

Today’s guests are Sr. Kathleen Branham, OSF, Vocation Director and Sr. Marlene Kochert, OSF from the Sisters of St. Francis, Oldenburg, IN. Sr. Kathleen tells her vocation story from having a miraculous healing as a child to experiencing homelessness to rising to financial heights and eventually choosing instead what is “home” as a consecrated religious. Meanwhile, in New Mexico, Sr. Marlene feel...

Catholic Charities programs operate throughout Cook and Lake counties under the direction of six regional directors. They have worked tirelessly over the past year to keep their vital services going for people in need. Join Katie Bredemann as she welcomes Adriana Kelly, Director of Catholic Charities North & Northwest Suburban Regional Office, to discuss recent developments serving clients in...

The Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton is coming to Chicago!  Co-hosts Fr. Greg Sakowicz and Mark Teresi talk about The 40th annual Chesterton Conference that will be in Lisle, IL this coming July 29-31 with guest Dale Ahlquist.  It's an in-person and a virtual event.  

Co-hosts Fr. Greg Sakowicz and Mark Teresi talk to guests Deacon John Lorbach and Jim Ansley about The Long Goodbye -- a ministry for men whose spouse is suffering with dementia.  

Hosts:  Fr. Greg Sakowicz and Mark Teresi.  Segment I:  Fr. Michael Pfleger, Pastor of St. Sabina Church, tells Vince Gerasole about church sponsored efforts to vaccinate residents in neighborhoods of color.  Segment II:  Mark Scozzafave and Dominic Trumfio share highlights of the music ministry at Old St. Patrick's church.

In this broadcast of Focus on the Liturgy, Timothy Johnston (LTP) and Todd Williamson (ODW) talk about the letter from Cardinal Robert Sarah in 2020, then prefect of the Congregation of Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments, about how we should return to public, communal worship once the Covid-19 Pandemic is over. Cardinal Sarah highlight’s 6 key points to our Sunday Liturgies, which Tim...

Catholic Charities Child Care Programs offer a safe, educational environment for children to come to, often while their parents are at work. At these centers, our primary population of low-income, working mothers find much-needed Child Care assistance, and have the opportunity to learn about Catholic Charities Case Management that can help them as they strive for greater self-sufficiency. Join Kat...

Host Bob Gilligan talks to Mary Lou Matheke and Mauro Pineda about immigration.

Host Bob Gilligan speaks with Anthony Holter, Ph. D about Tax Credit Scholarships in Illinois

Host Bob Gilligan talks to Barbara Lyons about the latest updates on Physician-assisted suicide laws across the country.

Host Bob Gilligan talks to Deacon Ernest "Ernie" Martinez about the pitfalls of legalized marijuana.

Kerry Weber, Executive Editor of America Magazine joins On the Way. Co-host Beth White discusses the magazine’s 2018 study with The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) that sought to ask Catholic women about their faith life. Up until this point, there was not one research project that only asked Catholic women questions about their faith.  In this interview, Kerry shares the...

Co-hosts, Elizabeth White and Jennifer Delvaux lead a conversation about the importance of listening in building a culture of evangelization. The first guest of the show, On the Way, is Dr. Josh Packard, Executive Director of Springtide Research Institute. Josh shares with Jenn the insights gained through their 2020 research project with young people aged 13 to 25. This generation is lonelier than...

The Voice of Charity is delighted to welcome back several Home Depot executives who have generously donated materials, and volunteer efforts this spring to completely renovate the landscaping at Catholic Charities House of Good Shepherd, our domestic violence shelter for women and children who have escaped unsafe circumstances in their homes. Join Katie Bredemann as he/she welcomes Gary Hutchinson...

Phyllis Cavallone and Candice Usauskas join Mark Teresi to bid farewell to Dr. Jim Rigg as he wraps up his time as the superintendent of Chicago Catholic schools.