Practicing Catholic Show

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Did you notice that daily Mass was cancelled at your parish this week? That’s because nearly all the priests of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis were “out of the office” for their Presbyteral Assembly. Archbishop Hebda joined us to talk about the week-long conference and why it's important.

Here, in the Archdiocese, we are privileged to have both Saint John Vianney College Seminary and the Saint Paul Seminary to help men discern and prepare for the priesthood and to help lay men and women live out lives deeply committed to serving the Lord. But all of that does not happen without the generous support of local Catholics. Tizoc Rosales, back at SPS as the Director of Advancement, knows...

Young adults here in the Archdiocese who attended the “Hearts on Fire” retreat at the University of St. Thomas this weekend were in for quite an experience. They heard from Father Joe Laramie – a Jesuit – who has worked in campus ministry, written books, and now serves as a national preacher for the Eucharistic Revival. Father Laramie has a special devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and joined...

Did you find it difficult to keep-up with all of the new laws passed by the 2023 Minnesota Legislature and signed by Governor Walz? It’s okay if you did, because we’re sitting down with Jason Adkins from the Minnesota Catholic Conference to understand what happened when it comes to abortion, so-called gender affirmation, marijuana and more. In part 1 of our conversation with Jason Adkins, Rebecca...

Did you find it difficult to keep-up with all of the new laws passed by the 2023 Minnesota Legislature and signed by Governor Walz? It’s okay if you did, because we’re sitting down with Jason Adkins from the Minnesota Catholic Conference to understand what happened when it comes to abortion, so-called gender affirmation, marijuana and more.  Gender identity and so-called gender affirming care were...

Did you find it difficult to keep up with all of the new laws passed by the 2023 Minnesota Legislature and signed by Governor Walz? It’s okay if you did, because we’re sitting down with Jason Adkins from the Minnesota Catholic Conference to understand what happened when it comes to abortion, so-called gender affirmation, marijuana and more. In part 3 of our conversation, The Catholic Spirit’s Rebe...

Smart, funny, engaging, kind, witty and committed. Those are just some of the words people use to describe Sister Carolyn Puccio, a sister of Saint Joseph Carondelet who’s stepping-down as Delegate for Religious for the Archdiocese. She's sharing her story and a few fond memories of her 63 years in religious life as she steps down from her current role.

On June 10, the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis celebrated its annual Marriage Day with Mass, renewal of vows and a reception. Couples celebrating major milestones were honored in a special way by Archbishop Hebda. In light of the event, we're talking marriage and getting some expert advice.  Joining us, Doctor Gary and Mary Williams, who live in Stillwater, attend Saint Michael and...

Wedding season is in full swing but the beautiful weddings we might be attending this year certainly take some prep work to get to the finished result! How are your organizational skills? For any married Practicing Catholic listeners, you might remember all the stress and planning that likely happened prior to your wedding day. The organizing and setup tend to be a huge point of stress for the eng...

An Activated Disciple Seminar May 20 was the latest step in a multi-year Archdiocesan Synod process. Archbishop Hebda is here to share more about this event and what's ahead for Synod implementation.

As Catholic Christians we know there’s so much more to marriage than a one-day event with a beautiful dress, a tux and “the Chicken Dance.”  As wedding season kicks into high-gear, we’re going to take a step back and talk about the vocation of marriage and why the engagement process is so important. Joining us for that, Father Michael Van Sloun – a retired priest and pastor of the Archdiocese and...

As Practicing Catholics, you may have heard the phrase, “the Eucharist is the source and summit of our faith.” And it’s true. The Eucharist is one of the most beautiful mysteries of Catholicism, and we have the honor of receiving Jesus in this way every time we attend Mass (if we’re in the right state to do so). But how do we share that mystery with others? Holy Cross Catholic Church in NE Minneap...

Joining us on Practicing Catholic's annual ordination show are Deacons Will Kratt and Kyle Etzel, to talk about their journey to priestly ordination and how we can specifically pray for them.

It's our ordination show on Practicing Catholic, where we’re meeting the men about to be ordained to the priesthood for our Archdiocese. Let’s spend some time with Deacons John Rumpza and Ryan Glaser.

It’s our annual ordination show on Practicing Catholic! We speak with Director of Vocations for our Archdiocese, Fr. David Blume, to reflect on how God has been and continues to be good to us by raising up men for the priesthood.

Many of our faithful Practicing Catholic listeners are also faithful to listening to the other great programming on Relevant Radio, whether that’s on 1330AM, on RelevantRadio.com, or on the versatile Relevant Radio app—whether that’s the Patrick Madrid Show, Father Simon Says, the Drew Mariani show, Daybreak with our own Paul Sadek, or even The Inner Life with yours truly. If that’s you, you’ll re...

You may be familiar with Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker movement. We’re exploring the Lake City Catholic Worker Farm with Sarah and Paul Freid and learning about what they produce and how it connects them with the land and our Lord.

As practicing Catholics, we see the fingerprints of God in our lives wherever we encounter the true, the good, and the beautiful. A local parish is giving you the opportunity to trip-the-light-transcendent, as well as give local artists a chance to showcase their talents and gifts! St. Clement's in NE Minneapolis is playing one of the hosts for this year's Art-a-Whirl. Joining us to tell u...

Founded in 2019, Unity High School is one of the first Catholic high schools in the south metro and began with a single class of freshman. 2023 is a special year for the school as this will be the year that those freshman graduate (as seniors, of course) in Unity’s first graduating class! You may know Matt Birk from his involvement within our local Church and state, as a father of 8 children, or p...

We’re gearing up for another transformational Synod event happening next weekend, May 20: the Activated Disciple Seminar! The seminar will leave our parish Synod Evangelization Team members, well, activated and set on fire for the mission of evangelizing. Joining us to explain more about the day and her role as keynote speaker is Dr. Mary Healy: a professor of Scripture at Sacred Heart Major Semin...

The Archdiocese is gifted with lots of beautiful land to explore this spring and summer, and Dave Hrbacek – photographer and reporter for The Catholic Spirit – and Fr. Jake Anderson of the University of Minnesota’s Newman Center are our guides.

The Tekakwitha Conference is getting closer and closer, with this national conference being held within our own Archdiocese this July. The theme of this year’s gathering is “Gathering for Healing through Living Waters” and the emphasis is on the boarding school era. Joining us this past weekend was Sharon Shuck, an Indigenous Catholic whose family has been impacted by these boarding schools. We ar...

We’re saying goodbye today to the heart and soul of Practicing Catholic – our producer and social media specialist, Cami Berthiaume. She’s headed to Ascension Press as their community engagement guru, and we thought it’d be a nice way to celebrate her time with us as producer to have one final little round table with the three of us!

Freedom to Love is a newly-formed ministry that focuses on the transformative impact of human and spiritual formation to free young men from the lure of pornography. Jeremy Rohr, founder of the program and parishioner at St. Michael in St. Michael is joining us today to share some insight into how the program was developed, why it’s been so impactful, and how you can get involved.  http://www.free...