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Across the nation, mental health experts have seen a significant increase in the number of people seeking relief from COVID-related concerns such as anxiety, depression, and grief. The Encompassing Center is Chicago is making a positive impact in many people’s lives, offering mental health, substance use programs, and assistance with basic needs to residents of Chicago’s Near West Wise. Join Marie...

Co-hosts Fr. Greg Sakowicz and Mark Teresi talk with Joyce Gallagher about Aging, Cargiving and the Third Act

Co-hosts Fr. Greg Sakowicz and Mark Teresi talk to Eric Davis, Frank Brim and Rich Shulz about how The BASE Chicago re-imagines pathways to success for urban youth by combining sports and academic opportunities with a distinctive methodology rooted in excellence belief and love.  

New York Times best-selling author Mark Shriver talks about his new book, 10 Hidden Heroes on Catholic Chicago The Catholic Conference Hour explores the link between parental notice of abortion and raising a red flag about trafficking victims. And we hear about the Medical Missionary of Mary sisters on Mission Matters.

Lectura y reflexión del Evangelio según San Juan 12, 20-33, del domingo, 21 de marzo de 2021. Viernes, 19 de marzo de 2021

Megan talks with Sr. Joanne Bierl, a Medical Missionary of Mary sister and Area Leader for the Americas. In this hour-long interview, Sr Bierl introduces her international congregation of women religious that seeks to share Christ’s healing love by bringing health services to people of different cultures around the world. Megan asks how the Medical Missionaries understand holistic healing, what th...

On the Way focuses on the Archdiocesan renewal movement, Renew My Church (RMC). Beth White and Jenn Delvaux, co-hosts, are joined by Rick Moreno and Valerie Jennings, two Parish Vitality Coordinators. Valerie, who serves vicariate six, shares the steps or phases parishes enter for the purpose of bringing about renewal. She also shares how parish communities work towards unification – new name, min...

Students and teachers from St. Ferdinand talk about their participation in Operation Rice Bowl activities on Catholic Schools Today. New leadership and expanded programming in Lake County is highlighted on the Voice of Charity. And teen dating violence is discussed on Lifelong Journey.

Catholic Charities was recently awarded a grant from the City of Chicago’s Department of Family and Support Services to be one of eight service providers implementing the new Service Coordination and Navigation (SCaN) program to reduce violence in Chicago. Catholic Charities work will be in the Austin community where our Tolton Peace Center opened in 2018. Join Marie Jochum and Brigid Murphy as th...

Host Bob Gilligan welcomes Tony Cube of the USCCB's Justice for Immigrants initiative.  They talk about the actions President Joe Biden has taken in favor of immigrants since assuming office in Late January, including the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021. 

Host Bob Gilligan welcomes Rabbi Shlomo Soroka of Aguduth-Israel.  They discuss the importance of the Tax Credit Scholarship program to Jewish schools as the scholarship program for nonpublic schools faces a cut proposed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. 

Host Bob Gilligan speaks to Bill Woolf, a human trafficking expert who has done trainings for the USCCB, about the link between parental notice of abortion and raising a red flag about trafficking victims.

Megan interviews Fr. Mark Weber, a Divine Word Missionary priest who is currently Rector of the Divine Word Theologate in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. Fr. Weber shares some wonderful stories and memories of the Society of the Divine Word as they are celebrating 125 years of mission in North America. He describes ways that SVDs have ministered right here in the Archdiocese of Chicago and...

Lectura y reflexión del Evangelio según San Juan 3, 14-21, del domingo, 14 de marzo de 2021. Viernes, 12 de marzo de 2021

Lectura y reflexión del Evangelio según San Juan 2, 13-25, del domingo, 7 de marzo de 2021. Viernes, 5 de marzo de 2021

The Board of Trustees at Saint Patrick High School, Chicago’s oldest all-boys Catholic high school, announced the appointment of Daniel A.  Santucci ’02 as the school’s next president. Santucci, a former National Football League (NFL)  player and experienced development director at the University of Notre Dame, becomes the  third president in Saint Patrick’s 160-year history after t...

Co-hosts Fr. Greg Sakowicz and Mark Teresi spend time talking to New York Times best-selling author Mark K. Shriver about his new book, 10 Hidden Heroes , an exciting seek-and-find book with a message. Featuring everyday heroes at home and in our neighborhoods, this vibrantly illustrated book helps children develop counting skills and learn how they too can be heroes in day-to-day life.

Host Clarissa Aljentara speaks with Fr. Charles Dahm about teen dating violence. The Archdiocese of Chicago Domestic Violence Outreach is facilitating a teen dating violence program at various parishes in the Archdiocese. 

Juniors at Resurrection College Prep High School to mix virtually with their counterparts in San Marino on Catholic Chicago. A a proposed repeal of the Parental Notification of Abortion for Minors law in Illinois is discussed on Fully Alive. And Chicago area sisters talk about a call to transformative love in religious life on Dare to Love.

In recent weeks, Catholic Charities of Lake County has welcomed two new leaders to its executive team, and the new Schreiber Center for Human Services has increased its programming. Join Marie Jochum and Brigid Murphy as they welcome Thomas Powers, new Chairman of the Lake County Board of Advisors, and Kristen Flanagan, Lake County Regional Project Manager to discuss how Catholic Charities in Lake...

The fourth-grade students from Academy of St. Benedict the African researched and learned about historic African American people in honor of Black History Month. Students summarized their research and created a costume to present their historic person via a video. These videos were compiled to create a unique wax museum. Students chose historic figures like Duke Ellington and Nina Simone.  Gu...

In solidarity with hungry children around the world, St. Ferdinand School students had a Rice Bowl lunch last week. Through having a bowl of rice for lunch, students were able to empathize with people around the world that may only have a small bowl of rice as a meal. Students are collecting money for Catholic Relief Services during Lent through the Operation Rice Bowl Project. Students prayed for...

Superintendent Dr. Jim Rigg gives an update about Chicago Catholic Schools for the month of March, 2021

In today’s show, co-hosts Deacon Richard Hudzik and Deacon Dave Brencic interview Archdiocese of Chicago Deacon Keith Strohm. An important part of Deacon Strohm’s ministry is work in parishes across the United States to encourage people’s conversion into becoming missionary disciples. That is, through parish missions, retreats, workshops, parish staff development sessions, Deacon Strohm encourages...

Sr. Anita Baird, DHM ( Religious Congregation of the Society of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary ) and Sr. Maria Cimperman, RSCJ ( Religious Society of the Sacred Heart ) return as guests  to promote their upcoming event, “A Call to Transformative Love in Religious Life: Stories of Race, Place and Grace – Series 2”. This is a 3-part series, jointly sponsored by the Center for the Study of C...