RED-C Roundup

On Wednesday, November 21, 2018, host Pam Marvin spoke over the phone with Fr. Greg Gerhart, the current associate pastor at St. Mary's Catholic Center in College Station, Texas. What is temperance and from where does it come? St. Thomas Aquinas wrote, “The entire structure of good works is built on four virtues…[and] the passions need a curb, which we call Temperance.” Fr. Greg had a lot to expla...

On Wednesday, November 7, 2018, host Dcn. Mike Beauvais spoke over the phone with the current chaplain at the Diocese of Austin's Cedarbrake Retreat Center about his life as a Franciscan friar, the uniqueness of Franciscan spirituality and its charism of poverty. He also talked about his many years in China preaching and supporting the underground Catholics there. Finally, he gave some general spi...

On Wednesday, October 24, 2018, host Judy Comeaux spoke with her good friend Terrie Lipscomb about their shared devotion to praying for the Holy Souls in Purgatory. Enjoy the show, like RED-C Catholic Radio on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter at @REDCRadio. And remember, when choosing between the values of heaven and the values of earth, always round up!

On Wednesday, October 31, 2018, host Pam Marvin spoke with Jim Olson, professor at the George Bush School of Government at Texas A&M University. A former CIA field officer and later staff member in the George H. W. Bush White House, Professor Olson joined Pam to talk about real-life examples of the virtue and how to cultivate more of it in your own life. Enjoy the show, like RED-C Catholic Radio o...

On Wednesday, October 10, 2018, host Gene Wilhelm spoke over the phone with John Smith, the Director of Development for St. Peter's Catholic Student Center in Waco, Texas which serves the campus of Baylor University. John not only introduced himself and talked about his background, but also described the vibrant Catholic life on offer to Catholic students at the university. The spiritual fruits fr...

On Wednesday, September 12, 2018, host Judy Comeaux invited Jennifer Stavinoha, youth minister at @AblazeYouth, to talk about the foundations of discipleship, especially the possibilities for real encounter of the Lord and a blossoming of spiritual closeness with Him through small groups that are places of both discernment and accountability. Enjoy the show, like RED-C Catholic Radio on Facebook,...

On Wednesday, September 19, 2018, host Pam Marvin invited her friend and fellow health enthusiasist, Donna Hanus, to sit down and talk about the intersection of personal abnegation and whole-body health. Donna is a registered nurse and a licensed herbalist who has over 15 years of experience in homeopathic remedies. She is particularly interested, at the moment, in the physical benefits gained fro...

On Wednesday, September 12, 2018, host Gene Wilhelm invited the president of the Central Texas Fellowship of Catholic Men, Dennis Daniel, into the studio for a conversation about the whys and hows of encouraging Catholic men to take up the cross of leadership and self-sacrifice in their families, neighborhoods, and parishes in order to transmit the faith to the next generation. Enjoy the show, lik...

On Wednesday, August 29, 2018, Pam Marvin spoke with Christopher Lafitte, counselor at St. Mary's Catholic Center in College Station, Texas. Christopher is part of a team of local Catholic clergy and laity who are bringing Bart and Bob Schuchts of the John Paul II Healing Center in Austin to College Station on November 2 and 3 for a Two-Day Equipping intended to help Catholics draw more powerfully...

On Wednesday, August 22, 2018, guest host Megan Silas invited Keith Comeaux, who is in the diaconate formation program for the Diocese of Austin, and his wife, Judy, to talk about the joys and struggles of discerning a call to the diaconate, accepting the discipline of the process, and growing closer to one another in their marriage through the call to holiness and prayer demanded of candidates. E...

On Wednesday, September 5, 2018, Dcn. Mike Beauvais had a lively interview with Paul Gondreau, professor of theology at Providence College and author of an essay in the new collection from Catholic Answers, Inseperable: Five Perspectives on Sex, Life, and Love in Defense of Humanae Vitae. Part of RED-C's effort to mark and observe the fiftieth anniversary of Humanae Vitae, Prof. Gondreau joined th...

On Wednesday, August 15, 2018, Dcn. Mike Beauvais and Pam Marvin concluded their two-part analysis of the New Age movement based on the publication "Jesus, Water Bearer of Life" from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Especially useful in this regard are the questions the document provides that are useful in a self-assessment of beliefs and to use apologetically in conversation with a...

On Wednesday, August 8, 2018, Gene Wilhelm welcomed Dcn. Dave Mayes from St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in College Station who is recently returned from making a pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago in Spain. Dcn. Dave gave a description of the experience, some insights into his spiritual state before and after the pilgrimage, and reflected on how he encountered God during his journey.  Enj...

On Wednesday, August 1, 2018, Dcn. Mike Beauvais and Pam Marvin began a two-part analysis of the New Age movement based on the publication "Jesus, Water Bearer of Life" from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. You will get acquainted with some of the major philosophies and anthropologies that fall under the umbrella of New Age spirituality. These will be contrasted with what the Cathol...

On Wednesday, July 25, 2018, host Pam Marvin invited back Dr. Miranda Walichowski for further conversations about the concept of root sin. Dr. Walichowski pointed people to Matt 4:3–11 and the three temptations that Jesus endured in the desert. Together they constitute the root sins of sensuality, vanity, and pride. They explained that conquering root sin depends significantly on what Pam would ca...

On Wednesday, July 18, 2018, host Judy Comeaux spoke with Brandon Peice, a former member of her youth ministry at St. Anthony's in Bryan, Texas. Brandon is now a student at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. He came on to talk about how youth ministry brought him to desire a relationship with Jesus Christ and how RCIA fed his hunger for truth and deepened that relationship with Christ th...

On Wednesday, July 11, 2018, host Gene Wilhelm spoke with his friend Fr. Antony Tinker who is one of the founders of a Franciscan community of priests and brothers in Arizona. They begin their days with praise and the Divine Office and this powers their charitable service. They work on Native American reservations, in mission churches, university campus, and on the highways and byways. In every se...

On Wednesday, July 4, 2018, host Dcn. Mike Beauvais recapped his recent trip to the Holy Land and considered the teaching, reception, and legacy of Pope Paul VI's encyclical Humanae Vitae at the beginning of the month of its 50th Anniversary (July 29, 1968). Enjoy the show, like RED-C Catholic Radio on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter at @REDCRadio. And remember, when choosing between the values...

On Wednesday, June 20, 2018, host Pam Marvin interviewed Kristin Stravinsky, in the second half of the show about the devotional practice of home enthronement of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (the feast day was June 8). The materials and rites for an enthronement are provided and distributed by Our Lady's Blue Army. This venerable international Catholic organization arose, in response to the apparitio...

On Wednesday, June 13, 2018, host Gene Wilhelm interviewed College Station listener Trey Ramirez about his personal devotion to St. Padre Pio. St. Pio of Pietrelcina (1887–1968) was canonized in 2002 after a young Italian boy's miraculous cure in 2000 was established as due to to the saint's heavenly intercession. Padre Pio received the stigmata in 1918 and for the next 50 years lived in great suf...

On Wednesday, June 6, 2018, host Dcn Mike Beauvais interviewed three members of The Arms of St Francis community, Sr Rita Jane Radecki, Gail Peterson, and Janie Rios. The Arms of St Francis is a Third Order community that strives to live according to the teachings of St Francis of Assisi, especially hospitality. They meet regularly at St Anthony Catholic Church in Bryan, TX. For more information v...

On May 30, 2018, a rare fifth Wednesday of the month, RED-C Radio general manager Dr Thaddeus Romansky hosted fellow radio host Gene Wilhelm. Gene, an avid and experienced gardener, brought to the show a unique perspective on the parable of the sower and the seeds from Matthew 13:3-9. Gene explained the historical context of the parable, shared how the parable spoke to him in a profound way, and t...

On May 23, 2018, host Judy Comeaux interviewed local Catholic musician Kyle Sinkule. Kyle is originally from West, TX and is currently located in Waco, where he is an avid listener of RED-C Catholic Radio, KYAR 98.3 FM. During the show, he talked about how he began writing music in high school and how he later led worship teams at his home parish in West. His songwriting and performing drew him in...

On May 16, 2018, host Pam Marvin spoke again with a member of the Apostles of the Interior Life, Sr. Raffaella Cavallin, who is in residence at St. Mary's Catholic Center in College Station. Pam and Sr. Raffaella considered the role of the virtue of justice in improving our prayer lives. The cardinal virtues--justice, temperance, fortitude, and prudence--are human virtues that can be developed by...

On May 9, 2018, Gene Wilhelm hosted a roundtable discussion about the state of ministry, to men and by men, in the Diocese of Austin. Joining him in the studio was David Jordan, who is coordinating activities for men in Bryan-College Station in collaboration with the Central Texas Fellowship of Catholic Men (CTFCM). On the phone were the current CTFCM director, Mike Kelly, and the new incoming dir...