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Welcome to another episode of Orange County Catholic Radio , with your host Rick Howick. On today’s episode, we’re honored to welcome a distinguished first-time guest, Fr. Ian Gaston. Ordained just two short years ago, Fr. Ian is currently a Parochial Vicar stationed at Christ Cathedral. Listen as he shares his path from growing up as a youngster in Orange County to travelling the road to seminary...

Welcome to another episode of Orange County Catholic Radio, featuring host Rick Howick. On this week’s show, Rick is thrilled to welcome good friend Gil Alderete back to the studio. Gil is the president of Catholic Men's Fellowship (CMF) of California; and he hosts his own podcast which is called, “Men of Faith.” Our discussion today centers around an upcoming conference for men that’s coming...

On today’s special edition of OC Catholic Radio , Host Rick Howick interviews two guests who come to us from Orange County’s groundbreaking “Lestonnac Free Clinic” (whose primary location is in the city of Orange). We are happy to welcome both Ed Gerber (Executive Director) and Andrea Rodriguez (Associate Director). If you are not aware of what this free health clinic is all about, do yourself a f...

Welcome to another episode of Orange County Catholic Radio , with your host Rick Howick. Today’s special in-studio guests are Fr. Al Baca and Kathleen Conway. In November of 2024, the Diocese of Orange hosted a tour of the Missionary Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe.  The Image is a Catholic Church-authorized digital image of the original Guadalupe tilma that dates to 1531 and is displayed above the...

Welcome to another episode of Orange County Catholic Radio . On this podcast, host Rick Howick welcomes an OC-based couple who recently celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. Their names are Cindy and Deacon Angelo Giambrone. For the past 3 years, this lovely and inspired couple have hosted a podcast called Wedding Banns (as part of a Catholic online channel called Spirit Filled Radio). In thi...

Host Rick Howick interviews guests on a variety of topics. On today’s OC Catholic Radio, Rick welcomes our neighbor at the ‘Tower of Hope’ on the campus of Christ Cathedral. It’s none other than Fr. Robert Spitzer, president of the Magis Center and host on EWTN’s popular TV show, “Fr. Spitzer’s Universe.” On this episode, Father shares about his upcoming talk on “Science Medicine and Eucharistic M...

Welcome to another episode of Orange County Catholic Radio , with your host Rick Howick. Today’s special in-studio guests are Joan Patten, AO and Sr. Christina Perry, LHC.  In this interview, we will hear Sr. Christina’s fascinating vocation story, acknowledging her recent first vows, and her local ties to OC! This is a very timely interview for OC Catholic Radio, as we get ready for Vocation Awar...

Welcome to another episode of Orange County Catholic Radio . On this podcast, host Rick Howick welcomes Fr. Will Goldin to our studio on the campus of Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove. Fr. Will serves as Parochial Administrator at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in La Habra. He holds several master’s degrees from a variety of distinguished institutions both in North America and overseas; and he is qu...

Welcome to another episode of Orange County Catholic Radio . On this episode, host Rick Howick welcomes a first-time guest to the show, Noelle Mering. Noelle is a fellow at the Washington D.C. based think tank, the Ethics and Public Policy Center. She is the author of the book, Awake, Not Woke: A Christian Response to the Cult of Progressive Ideology . She writes on culture, politics, and religion...

Welcome to another episode of Orange County Catholic Radio . On this episode, we welcome two distinguished guests to the studio, Fr. Greg Walgenbach and Jeffry Rice. Fr. Greg is the Director at Life, Justice and Peace Ministry in the Diocese of Orange. And Jeffry is the Chapter President for the Orange County Knights of Columbus. Our topic is the annual Walk for Life, which takes place annually on...

Welcome to another episode of Orange County Catholic Radio . On this episode, we welcome two distinguished guests to our studio, DJ Bernal and Armando Cervantes. DJ is a leadership consultant, coach and evangelist, while Armando is the Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry and Hispanic Ministry for the Diocese of Orange. On this podcast, we’re going to talk about a new ministry to young men t...

Welcome to another episode of Orange County Catholic Radio . On this episode, host Rick Howick visits with Steven Caswell of "Road to Purity." This ministry is a beacon to those dealing with various types of sexual addictions. Their website shares the following mission statement: This is the path to freedom, trod by thousands before you, this journey is undertaken only by the brave. It d...

Welcome to another episode of OC Catholic Radio featuring your host, Rick Howick. Today, we’ll be talking about Catholic social teaching and restorative justice. Joining Rick in-studio are two distinguished guests, Peggy Normandin and Fred LaPuzza. Peggy’s name and voice may be familiar to many of our listeners as the former radio host of the popular EWTN radio show, “Call Me Catholic.” These days...

Welcome to another episode of Orange County Catholic Radio . On this episode, we are delighted to welcome Simone Rizkallah to the broadcast. Simone is part of a distinguished speakers series coming to Christ Cathedral in association with the Lumen Christi Institute. Her talk is entitled, “The Loneliness Epidemic: A Catholic Response to the Crisis.” Why is it that so many of us suffer from deep iss...

Welcome to another episode of Orange County Catholic Radio.  We have another very special episode to bring you on today’s podcast. Listen as host Rick Howick interviews some of the key people who helped make the beautiful new Marian Gardens into a reality. We also cover portions of the press conference that took place at the site in May of 2024. Come, and experience this gorgeous walk-through expe...

Welcome to another episode of Orange County Catholic Radio , featuring host Rick Howick. On this week’s show, Rick welcomes Dr. Erin Barisano back to the program. Dr. Barisano is the Superintendent of Schools for the Diocese of Orange. Our topic of discussion today will center on the state of Catholic education in Orange County. How are things looking as we approach the end of the 2023-2024 school...

Welcome to another episode of Orange County Catholic Radio , featuring host Rick Howick. On this week’s episode, we have brought in some special guests to share about upcoming events on the Chris Cathedral campus. On the first half of the podcast, Rick sits down with guests Fr. Al Baca and Fr. John Monestero to talk about the soon arrival of the St Jude relic to our diocese, and the significance a...

Welcome to another episode of Orange County Catholic Radio , featuring host Rick Howick. On this week’s show, we welcome good friend Katie Dawson back to the studio. Katie is the Director of Parish Evangelization and Faith Formation for the Diocese of Orange. In our discussion, we do a  deep dive on the topic of re-evaluating and re-tooling our methods of evangelization. In 2024, how can we best s...

Welcome to another episode of Orange County Catholic Radio , featuring host Rick Howick. On this week’s show, we welcome a couple of new friends who are making their first trek to our radio/podcast studio. These two gentlemen are not only recently ordained deacons in the Diocese of Orange (class of ’23) but also dear friends. Deacon Pete Morales has a military and business background, and Deacon J...

Welcome to another episode of Orange County Catholic Radio , featuring host Rick Howick. On this week’s show, we're honored to welcome Megan Morris back to the program. She was with us about a year ago, and today we get to catch up on all the goings-on at the Life Center of Santa Ana (where she serves as the Director and Client Advocate).  Today we’ll hear about an amazing project that came a...

Host Rick Howick interviews guests on a variety of topics. On today’s show, Rick welcomes Matt Garvey to the studio. Matt is a lay evangelist living in OC and he works with Irvine-based Spirit Filled Hearts Ministry. He collaborates with the ministry's Dunamis group, with a special focus on young adult ministry.  He also hosts a podcast called “The Journey,” which focuses on issues facing you...

Host Rick Howick interviews guests on a variety of topics. On today’s show, Rick welcomes Daniella Aquino to the studio. Daniella serves as Assistant Archivist for the Diocese of Orange, alongside Fr. Chris Heath. Among the many fascinating parts of her job, Rick and Daniella talk about a museum quality exhibit that was recently featured on the Christ Cathedral campus to honor the legacy of the la...

It’s always a special treat when Fr. Al Baca sits down with host Rick Howick in our OC Catholic Radio studios. Fr. Al is the Episcopal Vicar for Ecumenism and Inter-religion in the Diocese of Orange. Our topic of discussion for today’s podcast centers around the season of Advent here in the last days of 2023. Listen and SHARE this podcast!

Host Rick Howick interviews guests on a variety of topics. On today’s show, Rick welcomes a very special priest to the studio. Not long ago, Fr. Glenn Baaten gave up his Anglican holy orders to be received into the Catholic church along with his wife. He talks about that journey in an episode that first aired over five years ago in this space (episode #134). But for today’s discussion, Rick and Fr...

On today’s podcast, host Rick Howick welcomes a very special guest named Maureen Pratt to the show. Maureen is an award-winning author, conference speaker, and former syndicated columnist for Catholic News Service. She will be the keynote speaker at the “Caring for the Whole Person Training Conference,” being held on Saturday, December 2nd on the campus of Christ Cathedral. What are the best ways...