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Fr. John-Mary Bowlin serves as Parish Priest at St. Jude Catholic Church in Gun Barrel City, Texas. He served in the U.S. Army and was ordained a priest in June of 2012.     In Today's Show: As Catholics, are we supposed to back Israel, since the Bible always talks about Israel and Zion? How frequently should a child, after First Holy Communion, go to confession? Is once a month too much in making...

Canon Benjamin Norman, ICKSP currently serves as Representative of the Institute of Christ the King at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Oakland, California. He was ordained in 2018.     In Today's Show: I have a nephew in the military who is being deployed to the Middle East. The chaplain of his unit is a non-denominational minister. Should he attend the chaplain's Sunday service? Should he tr...

Fr. Alan Maria Wharton, F.I. has assisted in Pastoral Ministry and Media Production for The Station of the Cross 88.5 FM in New Bedford, Massachusetts, formerly Radio Cor Mariae.     In Today's Show Is there any difference between a ministry, a vocation, and a calling? Do you think that there is, in fact, a priest shortage in this country and world-wide? What do you think is the best way to addres...

Fr. Anthony Amato is the Pastor of St. Peter's Parish in Clifton Springs, New York. He was ordained as a priest in June of 2017 by Bishop Salvatore Matano of the Diocese of Rochester, New York.     In Today's Show What is the best way to introduce both practicing Catholics and non-practicing Catholics to the TLM? What is the church's view of the religion known as "The Way?" Should Fulton Sheen's p...

Fr. Elias Mary Mills, F.I. served as Rector of the Shrine Church at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Lacrosse, Wisconsin from 2016 to 2021. He was ordained in May of 2000.     In Today's Show - All About Our Lady! If a brand new Catholic were interested in learning about Marian apparitions but could only study one, which Marian apparition would you recommend they start with and why? I am not...

Fr. William Rock, FSSP serves as Parochial Vicar at Regina Caeli Parish in Houston, Texas. He was ordained in October of 2019 and serves as a regular contributor to the FSSP North America Missive Blog and the TAN Direction Blog.     In Today's Show How do we approach movies that may have characters taking God's name in vain? Can I watch them in good conscience? Eating an hour before receiving Comm...

Canon Michael Stein, ICKSP serves as Rector at Old St. Patrick Oratory in Kansas City, Missouri. He was ordained in 2010.     In Today's Show Can you please talk a little bit about today's feast day, the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary? More on Catholic annulment and divorce A religious education teacher has a young student whose parents are teaching him about other angels not listed in Catho...

Fr. Daniel Alloy, FSSP has served as Parochial Vicar at Regina Caeli Parish in Houston, Texas since July of 2022. He was ordained in June of 2020.     In Today's Show My spouse and I were helping to deliver the Eucharist to the sick in the past. We don't anymore, but we have a few pyxes that are in the house. What is the proper way to return them?  We were given blessed oil in a plastic bottle. We...

Fr. Jonathan Romanoski, FSSP is Pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Providence, Rhode Island. He was ordained in 2008.     In Today's Show Does the FSSP have a standardized way to train Altar Servers at a parish? Is it something that is taught at the seminary? My daughter gave me a Rosary from an antique store, however, there are no beads before the decade ones. Also, there is a crucifix witho...

Fr. Anthony Amato is the Pastor of St. Peter's Parish in Clifton Springs, New York. He was ordained as a priest in June of 2017 by Bishop Salvatore Matano of the Diocese of Rochester, New York.     In Today's Show In the celebration of Holy Mass, what happens if a priest does not drink from the chalice after consecration? Is the Eucharist valid? Is the Mass valid? What are your thoughts on the pra...

Canon Michael Stein, ICKSP serves as Rector at Old St. Patrick Oratory, as well as Local Superior for the Apostolate of the Institute of Christ the King in Kansas City, Missouri. He was ordained in 2010.     In Today's Show What's wrong with impeding conception if there is a grave reason to have baby-free relations? What are the requirements of Catholics in order to enter heaven? If I'm currently...

Canon Francis Altiere, ICKSP serves as Rector of Sts. Cyril and Methodius Oratory in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He was ordained in 2014.     In Today's Show Would you please talk about the Catholic concept of "no salvation outside the church?" Romans 12:2 says "Do not be conformed to the world" - How do we properly determine what the patterns or habits of the world are? Is the Holy Spirit addressed...

Fr. Daniel Alloy, FSSP has served as Parochial Vicar at Regina Caeli Parish in Houston, Texas since July of 2022. He was ordained in June of 2020.     In Today's Show What is the purpose of the upcoming synod? Why does there need to be a synod, anyways? Can you please discuss the significance of both the Sanctuary and the Tabernacle and the rules or guidelines that govern those spaces? How can peo...

Bishop Joseph Strickland serves as the fourth Bishop of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas. He was ordained to the episcopacy on November 28, 2012.     In Today's Show: Which encyclicals or other papal documents would be most helpful to the average person? Which English Bible translation would you recommend for serious study? What is the best thing that the laity can do for holy canceled or laicized prie...

Fr. William Rock, FSSP serves as Parochial Vicar at Regina Caeli Parish in Houston, Texas. He was ordained in October of 2019 and serves as a regular contributor to the FSSP North America Missive Blog and the TAN Direction Blog.     In Today's Show Is it permissible to believe that in heaven, we will still be able to do leisure activities like reading books, playing sports, etc. or will being in t...

Fr. Joseph Dalimata, FSSP serves as Parochial Vicar at Immaculate Conception Church in El Paso, Texas. He was ordained in May of 2021.     In Today's Show I don't want my daughter to join the choir at her Novus Ordo school because I feel it is not reverent enough. How can I break that news to her without making her resent tradition? Most of our parishioners, as they enter the church, walk right pa...

Fr. Elias Mary Mills, F.I. served as Rector of the Shrine Church at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Lacrosse, Wisconsin from 2016 to 2021. He was ordained in May of 2000.     In Today's Show What would be Father's top 3 to 5 recommendations on books about Our Blessed Mother? If we try to pray the Rosary every day but miss a day, should we pray two the next day to make up for it? I hear a lo...

Canon Luke Zignego, ICKSP serves as Chaplain of Saint Joseph Oratory in the Diocese of Gary, Indiana. He was ordained in 2018.     In Today's Show If the Catholic definition of love is to will the good of the other, how should we love God? How can we will His good if He is already perfect and all good? Do you have any good books that are little known that you think Catholics should read, especiall...

Canon Ross Bourgeois, ICKSP serves as Parochial Vicar at Most Precious Blood of Jesus Parish in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Canon Bourgeois was ordained in 2019.     In Today's Show: When a Protestant decides to embrace Catholicism, are they considered a revert or a convert? If a first class feast in the 1962 calendar falls on a Friday, but it is not a solemnity in the most recent calendar, are we b...

Fr. John Brancich, FSSP is the pastor of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Nashua, New Hampshire. He was ordained into the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter in 2004.     In Today's Show: Is there 24 hour adoration in Manchester, New Hampshire at the Blessed Sacrament Parish there? Should Catholics see the "Nefarious" movie? What missal does your parish use? I'm trying to prepare to attend the Lat...

Canon Benjamin Norman, ICKSP currently serves as Representative of the Institute of Christ the King at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Oakland, California. He was ordained in 2018.     In Today's Show: How are priestly ordinations conducted in the extraordinary form? When and where should Extreme Unction be considered? Has modernism destroyed it? Why is Our Lord called the Sun of Justice? Whe...

Fr. Daniel Alloy, FSSP has served as Parochial Vicar at Regina Caeli Parish in Houston, Texas since July of 2022. He was ordained in June of 2020.     In Today's Show What's the best way to respond to someone who thinks that a person becomes an angel when they die? Why doesn't God simply "get rid" of Satan? When being confronted by protestant "street preachers" proclaiming that there is no salvati...

Fr. Anthony Amato is the Pastor of St. Peter's Parish in Clifton Springs, New York. He was ordained as a priest in June of 2017 by Bishop Salvatore Matano of the Diocese of Rochester, New York.     In Today's Show Reading material to get a feel for what life was like in Medieval times (see show resources) Can a Catholic be pro-life and pro-military at the same time without being hypocritical? When...

Canon Luke Zignego, ICKSP serves as Chaplain of Saint Joseph Oratory in the Diocese of Gary, Indiana. He was ordained in 2018.     In Today's Show Can you explain the tradition of calling an Institute priest "Canon" vs. "Father?" Is there a way the faithful can tell a Canon vs. Priest when in public? Do you gently correct the faithful who may call you Father instead of Canon? Does the Institute of...

Fr. Alan Maria Wharton, F.I. has assisted in Pastoral Ministry and Media Production for The Station of the Cross 88.5 FM in New Bedford, Massachusetts, formerly Radio Cor Mariae.     In Today's Show I often struggle in my faith with serious doubts about the basics of what I profess to believe. Can you help me? Missing Mass while on vacation - it it always sinful, or does it depend on the circumsta...