Salt and Light Hour - Catholic Podcast

This week, on our New Years Special, we revisit new music released by Catholic artists in 2022 and featured on the SLHour. Tune in for some of the best new contemporary Catholic songs of 2022, featuring, Flynn, Will Hickl, The Hillbilly Thomists, Andy Carey, John Finch, Ryan Tremblay, Bob Halligan, Jr., Chris Bray, Sarah Hart and Matt Maher.

On our Christmas Special, we are joined by our contributors: Gillian is OK with all the hustle and bustle; Billy asks how early Christians celebrated Christmas; Sr. Marie-Paul looks at faith in Christmas movies; Mark tries to make sense of all the chaos, and we reconnect with the Dutch Christian band, Trinity, who has a new Christmas album.

This week, author and professor Abigail Favale speaks with us about the genesis of gender and gender identity. Jermaine has some good suggestions for reading; Damien O’Connor returns to tell us about a new initiative for Knights of Columbus councils and we learn about the Marian Sounds of Advent, with the Monks of Clear Creek.

This week, Deacon Ed Shoener tells us how to cope when a loved one dies by suicide. Ed Clancy of Aid to the Church in Need shares their report on Christian persecution worldwide. Also, Mark Matthews has thoughts on the final judgment and we meet singer/songwriter Joe Lundin.

This week, Deacon Dennis Lambert tells us about his new book, For Real: Christ's Presence in the Eucharist, and explains how we know it and how to explain it to others; Gillian learns a new lesson from her kids about taking risks; Danny has a lesson for rearing rebels about normalization; and we reconnect with singer/songwriter Ryan Tremblay who has several new singles to share.

This week on the SLHour we bring you the sixth episode of our mini-series, Indigenous Voices where we learn from the stories, traditions, legends and culture of our Indigenous brothers and sisters.  This week we meet Shaun Vincent, a Métis, graphic designer from Winnipeg, Manitoba and Michele Sam of the  Ktunaxa people in British Columbia.

This week, author Eleanor Bourg Nicholson tells us about her novel Brother Wolf about Franciscans and Werewolves; Jermaine has some good suggestions for reading; Billy has a question about the God of the Old Testament and we meet singer/songwriters and married couple, Megan and Blake Flynn.

This week, Harry and Jennifer McAvoy tell us what it’s like to sustain hope through memory loss and the storms of life. We introduce a new segment with the Knights of Columbus, Into the Breach; Sr. Marie-Paul Curley, fsp gives us the windows to the soul to new sci-fi  film; and we meet singer/songwriter Kate Curran.

It’s been 25 years since the death of Mother Teresa. This week, director, David Naglieri tell us about the new film that celebrates her legacy; Gillian learns a new lesson from her kids; Danny Torchia returns with lessons for communications and media professionals; and singer/songwriter Will Hickl has several new singles to share.

This week, we reconnect with Magnus McFarlane Barrow, founder of Mary’s Meals, an organization that feeds over 2 million children around the world every day. Marie-Claude Lalonde of Aid to the Church in Need-Canada tells us about the One Million Children Praying the Rosary initiative; Mark Matthews tells us about something good that’s happening with artificial intelligence and we catch up with Mat...

This week on the SLHour we bring you the fifth episode of our mini-series, Indigenous Voices where we meet Indigenous people and learn from their stories, traditions, legends and culture. This week we travel to Alberta and Deborah Lloyd of the Saddle Lake Cree Nation and Gary Gagnon a Métis from St. Albert, teach us about the true meaning of healing, Indigenous style and what walking together real...

How do we support the family? This week we get learn all about a new online community designed to support Catholic households in their mission; Jermaine has some good suggestions for reading; Billy has a question about war and we meet the Hillbilly Thomists.

This week, on a special edition of the SLHour, we learn about all about natural family planning from Katie Zulanas of the Couple to Couple League, and explore the lives of famous Catholic donors; We then meet singer/songwriter Andy Carey and reconnect with Chris Bray and listen to his music.

This week, on a special “best of” edition of the SLHour, Camille Pauley of Healing the Culture tells us  about their new prolife TV series for kids, Philo and Sophie, and author Robert Leblanc explores the David and Goliath story; we also reconnect with singer/songwriters Cooper Ray and John Finch.

This week, on a special edition of the SLHour, we explore what saints of the future would be like and we learn about the new pro-life documentary film, The Matter of Life. We also reconnect with husband and wife duo Nick and Nikki Garza and meet singer/songwriter Fr. Maximilian Mary Dean.

This week, on a special edition of the SLHour, we learn about a great little Catholic web-series, Catholic Central and author Fiorella De Maria tells us about her novel This Thing of Darkness. We also meet singer/songwriter Jackie Minton and reconnect with Bob Halligan Jr. of the band Ceili Rain.

This week, on a special edition of the SLHour, we revisit some of the conversations we had on this program in the Spring of 2021. We hear perspectives before and after the Indigenous delegation that went to meet with Pope Francis in March and we reconnect with singer/songwriters Mike Boucher and Marie Miller.

This week, on a special edition of the SLHour, we revisit some of the conversations we had on this program in the last year. We speak about the Canadian bishops’ apology to Indigenous peoples; We learn about a mental health ministry, and we meet singer/songwriter Will Hickl of the Novum Collective and catch up with Canadian singer/songwriter Denis Grady and learn about his ministry, Franciscan and...

Pope Francis will be in Canada next week, July 24-29. This week, on a special edition of the SLHour, we bring you two conversations from the Upfront with the Archbishop podcast with Archbishop Richard Smith of Edmonton: Archbishop Smith, himself, who is the General Coordinator of the Papal Visit and Fr. Cristino Bouvette, Director of Liturgy for the Papal Visit.

This week we meet Ginni Peters, Gerald Phillips, and Vange Point – a mother and sister, a brother and uncle, and a daughter and niece from the Stó:lo Nation in British Columbia who teach us the importance of language and family.

What can the story of David and Goliath teach us about facing our fears? This week, author Robert Leblanc tell us; Gillian learns a new lesson from her kids; Danny returns with Consumers Vs Priests with tips for the laity; and singer/songwriter Chris Bray has several new singles to share.

This week on the SLHour we bring you the third episode of our mini-series Indigenous Voices in which we meet Indigenous people and learn from their stories, traditions, legends, languages, and cultures. This week we will hear from Thamer Linklater, who struggles with her Catholic faith, and Earl Dionne, a wood-burning artist from the Mohawk Nation.

This week author David Goulet helps us imagine the saints of the future. Ed Clancy of Aid to the Church in Need returns with news of Nigeria; Sr. Marie-Paul Curley, FSP, gives us the windows to the soul to a favourite super hero; and we meet with singer/songwriter Andy Carey.

This week, producer and director Tracy Robinson tells us about the new film The Matter of Life. Billy has a new question about priests; Mark Matthews tells us about something good that happens regularly in Hollywood; and we catch up with singer/songwriter John Finch.

This week Camille Pauley of Healing the Culture tells us about Philo and Sophie, a new series  dedicated to teach life principles to children; Jermaine has a couple good book suggestions; Gillian learns a new lesson from her kids; and we meet singer/songwriter Jackie Minton.