Morning Joy

Is smoking really making a comeback among Gen Z Catholics? What does this mean spiritually and physically?   🎙️ Featuring Debbie Georgianni, Cy Kellett, Dave Vacheresse, Steffani Aquila, and Dr. Todd Oczkowski   📰 Referenced in this episode: https://grnonline.com/joy , https://www.ncregister.com/news/duncan-mckeown-smoking , https://www.functionalmedicinecenter.com   —   Morning Joy is Guadalupe...

One aspect of modern Catholicism that is surprisingly contentious: should the chalice of the Precious Blood of Jesus be available for the faithful at every Mass?   🎙️ Featuring Debbie Georgianni, Cy Kellett, Dave Vacheresse, Fr. Sam Medley (SOLT), Fr. Nathan Cromly, and Indira Rice Donegan   📰 Referenced in this episode: https://grnonline.com/joy , https://www.ncregister.com/news/mcdonald-communi...

Are Catholics schools and weekly Mass keeping people from leaving the church? There’s a graph about that.    🎙️ Featuring Debbie Georgianni, Cy Kellett, Dave Vacheresse, Msgr. Charles Pope, and Steve Ray   📰 Referenced in this episode: https://grnonline.com/joy , https://www.ewtnnews.com/world/us/firing-squad-execution-of-fort-hood-shooter-will-not-be-livestreamed-trump-says , https://blog.adw.or...

The execution of the Fort Hood shooter will not be livestreamed, per an announcement from President Trump. What caused the reversal? Could the outcry from Catholics be the reason?   🎙️ Featuring Debbie Georgianni, Cy Kellett, Dave Vacheresse, Julie Carrick, and Bailey Garland   📰 Referenced in this episode: https://grnonline.com/joy , https://www.ewtnnews.com/world/us/firing-squad-execution-of-fo...

According to CDC data, the number of teens who self-identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual is rapidly decreasing. Debbie and Cy question the phenomenon.    🎙️ Featuring Debbie Georgianni, Cy Kellett, Dave Vacheresse, Allan Smith, and Dr. David Anders   📰 Referenced in this episode: https://grnonline.com/joy , https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/10/08/number-teens-who-identify-themselves-gay...

Does a small city council in Iowa have to allow the Church of Satan to lead their opening prayer?    🎙️ Featuring Debbie Georgianni, Cy Kellett, Dave Vacheresse, Fr. Sam Medley (SOLT), Fr. Nathan Cromly, Luke & Joshua Mauro   📰 Referenced in this episode: https://grnonline.com/joy , https://nypost.com/2026/10/07/us-news/iowa-city-council-erupts-after-starting-with-satanic-prayer , https://www...

What are the implications of publishing a deceased pope’s private writings?   🎙️ Featuring Debbie Georgianni, Cy Kellett, Dave Vacheresse, Msgr. Charles Pope, and Steve Ray   📰 Referenced in this episode: https://grnonline.com/joy , https://www.americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2026/10/05/pope-francis-private-diary-book , https://catholicconvert.com , https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6137747...

The confluence of modern media, modern travel, and the modern papacy made a unique friendship blossom on the world stage.    🎙️ Featuring Debbie Georgianni, Cy Kellett, Dave Vacheresse, Julie Carrick, and Patrick Novecosky   📰 Referenced in this episode: https://grnonline.com/joy , https://www.christianitytoday.com/2026/09/jesus-loves-you-russell-moore-theology , https://patricknovecosky.com/ , h...

Some new information has been released about the Greta Gerwig adaptation of Narnia on Netflix. What does this tell us about how they handle the Christ figure of Aslan?   🎙️ Featuring Debbie Georgianni, Cy Kellett, Dave Vacheresse, and Allan Smith   📰 Referenced in this episode: https://grnonline.com/joy , https://www.tmatt.net/columns/2026/9/25/cs-lewis-readers-everywhere-brace-for-big-screen-arr...

Encountering a loved one after they die is a much more common experience than you realize.   🎙️ Featuring Debbie Georgianni, Cy Kellett, Dave Vacheresse, and Steffani Aquila   📰 Referenced in this episode: https://grnonline.com/joy , https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/a-different-kind-of-apparition , https://hisgirlsunday.com , https://patricknovecosky.com/ , https://shop.catholic.c...

The slippery slope proceeds apace. The first child has been legally killed under the Netherlands’ euthanasia law. Where will this lead? How did we get here?   🎙️ Featuring Debbie Georgianni, Cy Kellett, Dave Vacheresse, Fr. Sam Medley (SOLT), Fr. Nathan Cromly, and David DiCerto   📰 Referenced in this episode: https://grnonline.com/joy , https://local12.com/news/nation-world/netherlands-euthanasi...

There are many layers to this situation. Which one are you living in?     🎙️ Featuring Debbie Georgianni, Cy Kellett, Dave Vacheresse, Msgr. Charles Pope, and Steve Ray   📰 Referenced in this episode: https://grnonline.com/joy , https://ifstudies.org/report-brief/rings-to-roofs-part-i-one-million-homes-through-marriage , https://blog.adw.org , https://catholicconvert.com     —   Morning Joy is Gu...

Topics today: cohabitation, Catholics in the public square, and radical hospitality.    🎙️ Featuring Debbie Georgianni, Cy Kellett, Dave Vacheresse, Julie Carrick, and Bailey Garland   📰 Referenced in this episode: https://grnonline.com/joy , https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/08/12/most-us-adults-have-lived-with-a-romantic-partner-theyre-not-married-to-by-their-early-40s/ , https://tan...

As Gen Z rediscovers the faith of their grandparents, the secular news media is wondering what internal longing this points to.    🎙️ Featuring Debbie Georgianni, Cy Kellett, Dave Vacheresse, Allan Smith, and Sam Estrada   📰 Referenced in this episode: https://grnonline.com/joy , https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/09/27/rise-young-catholic-converts-points-spiritual-longing-us-europe/ ,    ...

And we’re here for it.   🎙️ Featuring Debbie Georgianni, Cy Kellett, Dave Vacheresse, Chuck Gaidica, and Jennifer Hubbard   📰 Referenced in this episode: https://grnonline.com/joy , https://www.ewtnnews.com/world/us/no-more-ego-lifting-how-one-catholic-gym-is-putting-god-at-the-center-of-fitness , https://www.chuckgaidica.com/post/exercise-beats-meds-for-depression , https://shopmercy.org/forgivi...

We actually have data about this.    🎙️ Featuring Debbie Georgianni, Cy Kellett, Dave Vacheresse, Fr. Nathan Cromly, and Bethany Kline   📰 Referenced in this episode: https://grnonline.com/joy , https://ifstudies.org/blog/faithful-christians-have-the-happiest-marriages-in-america , https://catholicsinglesnewsletter.com     —   Morning Joy is Guadalupe Radio Network's weekdaily show where Nick De...

It’s probably not the one you’re thinking of.    🎙️ Featuring Debbie Georgianni, Cy Kellett, Dave Vacheresse, Fr. Cedric Pisegna (CP), and Steve Ray   📰 Referenced in this episode: https://grnonline.com/joy , https://religionunplugged.com/news/new-hampshire-the-curious-case-of-americas-most-atheist-state , https://frcedric.org , https://catholicconvert.com     —   Morning Joy is Guadalupe Radio N...

A man in Germany has set up a fund to give cash to young families who baptize their infants. Understandably, the Catholic diocese is not comfortable with this.    🎙️ Featuring Debbie Georgianni, Cy Kellett, Dave Vacheresse, Julie Carrick, and Bailey Garland   📰 Referenced in this episode: https://grnonline.com/joy , https://www.ewtnnews.com/world/europe/cash-for-baptisms-german-diocese-questions-...

Today is the day we have been anticipating! Venerable Fulton Sheen becomes Blessed Fulton Sheen. We’ll get updates live from St. Louis.    🎙️ Featuring Debbie Georgianni, Cy Kellett, Dave Vacheresse, Allan Smith, and Vanessa Denha-Garmo   📰 Referenced in this episode: https://grnonline.com/joy , https://ifstudies.org/blog/fathers-are-not-mothers-they-are-unique-and-irreplaceable- , https://celebr...

Could ‘whimsy’ be the word of the year? It’s a social media trend that seems to be getting at the heart of what Gen Z is struggling with. But will it really bring that generation the peace that they long for?   🎙️ Featuring Debbie Georgianni, Cy Kellett, Dave Vacheresse, Steffani Aquila, and Matt Haas   📰 Referenced in this episode: https://grnonline.com/joy , https://www.insidehook.com/internet/...

There are Carmelites nuns in Pennsylvania who are learning stonemasonry so that they can build a convent that will still be standing 1,000 years from now. They’re using techniques and materials from the great medieval cathedrals that even the stonemasons had forgotten how to do.   🎙️ Featuring Debbie Georgianni, Cy Kellett, Dave Vacheresse, Fr. Sam Medley (SOLT), Dr. James Jordan, John Jordan, and...

When a daughter gives away all her possessions to follow her vocation and join a Carmelite convent, there are hidden costs that her parents did not anticipate.    🎙️ Featuring Debbie Georgianni, Cy Kellett, Dave Vacheresse, Msgr. Charles Pope, and Steve Ray   📰 Referenced in this episode: https://grnonline.com/joy , https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/terry-polakovic-discipleship-and-its-cost...

God doesn’t play favorites. He is always ready to receive us back. But what if the government deletes our baptismal records?   🎙️ Featuring Debbie Georgianni, Cy Kellett, Dave Vacheresse, and Julie Carrick   📰 Referenced in this episode: https://grnonline.com/joy , https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2026/09/05/european-bishops-warn-against-allowing-erasure-of-theological-reality-of-baptismal-rec...

What is the best age to get married, have a child, buy a house, retire, and become a saint?   🎙️ Featuring Debbie Georgianni, Cy Kellett, Dave Vacheresse, and Allan Smith   📰 Referenced in this episode: https://grnonline.com/joy , https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/03/19/best-age-to-get-married-have-a-child-buy-a-home-and-retire-heres-what-americans-say/ , https://celebratesheen.com    ...

Sometimes small things are more healthy and wholesome than great and vast ones. Two examples of that on today’s show.    🎙️ Featuring Debbie Georgianni, Cy Kellett, Dave Vacheresse, and Steffani Aquila   📰 Referenced in this episode: https://grnonline.com/joy , https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/small-is-beautiful , https://hisgirlsunday.com     —   Morning Joy is Guadalupe Radio Network's weekda...