Practicing Catholic Show

Did you know that National Religious Vocations Week is happening Nov. 6-12? We’ve all experienced the fruits of our Archdiocesan men responding to the call to priesthood and now’s our turn to pray for them and an increase in future vocations.   Joining us today is the mother of a well-known priest (and now-Bishop), Mrs. Judy Cozzens. Judy is the former president of the U.S. Council of Serra I...

How have you been preparing for voting season? We tend to hear about “faithful citizenship” and “forming our consciences” ahead of election day, but it can maybe seem a bit vague or unclear on what exactly that means.   If it’s been a while since you’ve brushed up on the basics of voting, Jason Adkins of the Minnesota Catholic Conference will be joining us today to provide a run-down on regis...

This weekend we chatted about discerning our spiritual gifts! For those who are unfamiliar, in addition to Patrick’s role as your devoted show host, he serves as Called & Gifted coordinator within the Archdiocese.   We’ll jump into what Called & Gifted is, and how you can get involved as we’re joined today by Christina Krutza, fellow Called & Gifted presenter for the Siena Institu...

First up, our Director of Communications for the Archdiocese, Tom Halden, sat down with our chief shepherd, Archbishop Hebda for his October interview, centered around...you guessed it! Synod implementation. But this time, with a pilgrimage report thrown in for good measure! Let’s listen. 

Maybe your family has a plan for if, God-forbid, you were to experience a devastating natural disaster – where are the family photos? What articles and heirlooms are worth extra precautionary care?   With October being National Archives month, Allison Spies has agreed to chat with us about the behind-the-scenes efforts that happen in the event of natural disasters – particularly in relation t...

You’ve likely been hearing the buzz about the Archbishop’s upcoming pastoral letter being released on the Feast of Christ the King: it’ll be the culmination of three years of the Synod process and thorough input from the faithful around the archdiocese. But believe it or not, the Synod doesn’t stop there – it'll now be time to put the pastoral letter into action.   Helping our parishes do tha...

It’s getting to be parent-teacher conference time – but not at the Practicing Catholic School! It’s time for another Mass Class with Fr. Tom: where the curriculum is divine and class is eternal! This week’s subject is the Communion Rite!  Listen to past Mass Classes here: 

Have you turned-off the TV because of all of the political ads? Tis the season, but don’t tune-out of the election. Our friend, Ryan Hamilton, from the Minnesota Catholic Conference focus us in on what it means to be faithful Catholics as we head towards election day on November 8th. 

Raise your hand if you love the change of seasons! Ours are up. Today we’re going to learn about living all the seasons – liturgically – all year-round with Kendra Tierney, founder of Catholic All Year and expert in liturgical living. 

Fresh off the Candlelight Rosary Procession from the State Capital to the Cathedral, we’ve got “more Mary”! Barb Ernster from the World Apostolate of Fatima will tell us about a special 7-day tour of the Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Fatima. archspm.org/events

World Mission Sunday is just about here. Deacon Mickey Friesen from the Center for Mission here in the Archdiocese will be here to explain this year’s focus and how we’re all called to be missionaries.

“Visiting the imprisoned” may be one of the most difficult of the Corporal Works of Mercy, right? Today, we’ll speak with Fay Connors – the co-founder of Twin Cities Prison Ministry – and hear about the great work being done with our incarcerated sisters and brothers.

With fall in the air and the changing of colors happening all around us, it’s also about time for a new season of local Catholic theater! Our friends at Open Window Theatre have an exciting feature this fall: The Originalist is running now through October 30, so here to fill us in on season 9 of Open Window Theatre is Jeremy Stanbary, Executive Artistic Director.

Now here on Practicing Catholic, we’ve touched a bit on Catholic social teaching and how it applies to practically living out our faith. The seven central themes of Catholic social teaching provide us insight into our duties as Catholics: caring for and upholding the right to life; honoring the call to family, community, and participation; creating safe environments and upholding just rights for w...

We are truly blessed in our Archdiocese to witness the fruits of many men responding to the call to the priesthood.  Maybe you or another Catholic you know is starting to really consider the call. What do you do next? Providentially, our Archdiocesan Office of Vocations has some tantalizing events coming up that are just the ticket! Fr. David Blume, Director of the Office of Vocations, is joi...

With the fight for life so prevalent in our society today, the support of moms from moms is of the utmost importance. In our home state of Minnesota, abortion is still protected at a federal level with regulation laws including a 24-hour waiting period for minors being struck down earlier this summer.  Teresa Collett, a professor of law at UST, lends counsel to “Mothers Offering Maternal Supp...

How many times have you held on to anger or resentment toward a friend or spouse out of stubbornness or maybe just a wounded ego? It can be hard to let go of feelings of resentment when we feel we’ve been wronged, but it’s what we’re called to do by Jesus himself: Forgive them not 7 times, but 77 times.  Here to help us navigate those feelings of hurt and begin to move into forgiveness is Mic...

Hey, are you a big football fan? I gotta admit, there’s nothing like Sunday afternoon football after a long week at work or taking care of the household. We tend to fill our weekends with all the things we weren’t able to get to during the week: sometimes it’s deep-cleaning, sometimes it's an extra hour or two of work, sometimes it’s staring at the TV for hours on end while binge-watching the late...

Do you remember those early years of marriage? Or, maybe you’ve just recently been married and are still settling into your new role as husband or wife. There’s so much learning to be done: learning to live with another person, learning to die to one’s self, and learning how to love as Christ loves his bride, the Church. This time of growth for newlywed couples can be difficult due to a number of...

The latter half of the year seems to be filled with devotion to Our Lady and I’m not complaining: August as the month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, September as the month of Our Lady of Sorrows, and now coming up in October: the month of the Rosary! You can never have too much devotion to Our Lady (in my opinion) being that she draws us ever closer to her Son. Chatting with us this weekend abou...

What’s your favorite piece or style of sacred art? Is it an interpretation of a famous Biblical scene like the David? Do you prefer more modern pieces, or what about digital art? Regardless of your preferred style, there’s something to be said about the emotions that can be evoked upon gazing at a beautiful piece of art. Our guest today, Maria Widstrom, has spent two years studying sculptural art...

Discerning a vocation to the priesthood is a wonderful and complex process. We thought it might be good to hear what a guy could expect as he begins his time in the Seminary, especially in the new Propaedeutic Year, as called for by Pope Francis. Fr. John Floeder tells us what the heck a “Propaedeutic Year” is and describes the life of a seminarian in 2022. https://semssp.org/sps/priestly-formatio...

Roe v. Wade may have been overturned, but the abortion discussions, debates, and arguments are raging on all the more! How, as practicing Catholics, do we defend life with truth and love? Emily Albrecht helps us navigate our post-Roe culture.   https://equalrightsinstitute.com/ https://www.archspm.org/equipped-for-life-a-fresh-approach-to-conversations-about-abortion/

With parishes and schools back into religious education, RCIA, Bible studies, and other programs, what’s going on with our Archdiocesan Synod and its implementation? Archbishop Hebda himself joins us to get us up-to-date as he prepares to issue his first Pastoral Letter. 

The bell has rung, and we are back in class—Mass Class, that is! This month’s installment with Fr. Tom Margevicius will cover the preparation of the gifts and the Eucharistic prayer. Leave Fr. Tom a voicemail with your question about the Mass at (651)291-7737 to be featured on the air!