Salt and Light Hour - Catholic Podcast

This week, on a special edition of the SLHour, we learn about In the Thicket, the new podcast about suffering and we meet singer/songwriter Thomas Muglia. We also learn all about the pope’s new book, Let Us Dream and we meet singer/songwriter Hannah Schaefer.

This week, on a special “best of” edition of the SLHour, we speak with author Brendan Hodge about his novel, If You Can Get It and we meet singer/songwriter and teen-ager, Miley Azbill. We also have a featured conversation with Magnus Macfarlane-Farrow about Mary’s Meals and we meet singer/songwriter Brother Isaiah.

This week, on a special edition of the SLHour, we learn all about the Center for Family and Human Rights at the United Nations and Jason Jensen of Glass Canvas tell us about a new tool that will revolutionize the parish. We also meet the musical family Rhythm and Grace and reconnect with Singer/Songwriter Sarah Kroger.

This week, on a special edition of the SLHour, we revisit some of the conversations we had on this program in the Fall of 2020. We look at the miracle that led to the beatification of Fr. Michael McGivney and remember the pope’s exhortation Christus Vivit. We also meet singer/songwriters Mike Boucher and Francesca Larosa and listen to their music.

In this special SLHour reflection Deacon Pedro wonders what Jesus meant by "this is the time of fulfillment" and clarifies what the Church teaches about being in the end times and how we will know.

This week, on a special edition of the SLHour, we revisit some of the conversations we had on this program in the Fall of 2020. We learn about the new film on the life of Fr. Patrick Peyton, and we revisit the pope’s Encyclical Fratelli Tutti. We also meet singer/songwriter Kay Clarity and we listen to music by Chris Bray.

Before we let go of the year, let’s revisit some new albums released by Catholic artists in 2020 and featured on the SLHour – tune in for some of the best new contemporary Catholic songs of 2020, featuring , Marie Miller, Lee Roessler, Aly Aleigha, Hannah Schaefer, Greg Walton, Chris Bray, Matt Maher and Sarah Kroger.

Join us for a special Christmas edition of the SLHOUR with all our contributors: Billy has a Christmas question; Danny has a tip for rearing rebels at Christmas; Gillian learns a Christmas lesson from her kids; Mark has an unusual Hollywood Christmas story and Sr. Marie-Paul Curley give us some Christmas films to watch, plus we meet Greg and Lizzy of the Vigil Project and listen to some of their C...

In his new book, Let Us Dream, Pope Francis invites us to dream together for a post-covid world. This week, book collaborator, Austen Ivereigh gives us all the details. Billy has a question about Christmas, Mark Matthews tells us what’s good about computer graphics and we meet singer/songwriter and teen-ager, Miley Azbill.

This week, Erin, Nicole and Rachael, hosts of In the Thicket tell us all about the podcast that deals with suffering. Gillian learns something new from her kids; Billy has a question about Advent ; and we meet singer/songwriter, Hannah Schaefer.

In this special SLHour reflection Deacon Pedro offers a antidote to doubt, despair and fear and suggests that hope is the mission of every Christian, not just during Advent, but all the time.

How do we make room for the young Church? This week Gerald Gallagher of Dublin explores Christus Vivit with us and shares some Advent reflections. Danny Torchia tells us about shock advertising, Billy has a question about Advent and we meet singer/songwriter Thomas Muglia.

Family is family – that’s what author Brendan Hodge wants to explore in his new novel If You Can Get It. This week, we speak with him about the novel and about what it means to be a Catholic novelist. Also, Sr. Marie-Paul Curley, fsp gives us the windows to the soul to three Thanksgiving films; Billy has another question about religious life and we meet singer/songwriter Francesca Larosa.

How do we help parishes and dioceses engage and connect with parishioners and create disciples? This week, we learn about the Tilma Platform, a solution that can transform the Church. Billy has another question about nuns, Mark Matthews tells us what’s good in Hollywood and we meet Brother Isaiah and listen to his music.

This week, Austin Ruse of the Center for Family and Human Rights tells us all about a new UN prolife declaration. We learn about the Catholic Moms Summit Billy has a question about nuns; Gillian learns something new from her kids and we meet singer/songwriter, Mike Boucher.

In this special SLHour reflection for the Solemnity of All Saints, Deacon Pedro asks if you think that you will be a saint. What do you think? How would you answer that question? Who gets to be a saint?

We meet Dan and Michelle Schachle, the parents of the child that received the miracle that led to Fr. McGivney's beatification. Danny Torchia returns with communication and marketing tips in Media Ministry Minutes, Billy has another question about deacons and we meet a musical family, Rhythm and Grace.

Millions of children around the world go hungry every day. How much would it cost to feed them? This week, Magnus McFarlane-Barrow, founder of Mary’s Meals tells us. Also, Sr. Marie-Paul Curley, fsp gives us the windows to the soul to a new film about a Catholic saint; Billy has another question about the diaconate and Sarah Kroger’s new album Light is out, so it’s time for a featured chat!

Join us this week for a special SLHour looking at the many themes from the encyclical. Deacon Pedro speaks with many guests about fraternity and social friendship, the Good Samaritan, dialogue, Catholic social teaching, world religions, St. Francis, Laudato Si' and so much more.

This week, the pope's biographer, Austen Ivereigh tell us all about the new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti. Billy has a question about deacons, on Church for Dummies; Gillian learns something new from her kids and singer/songwriter, Chris Bray tells us about his web series and we listen to his new singles, Closer and Closer and More Like You.

The Family that prays together stays together. The life of the man who popularized that phrase is now on film. This week, Fr. David Guffey of Family Theater Productions tells us about the new film PRAY: The Story of Patrick Peyton. We learn about the pope’s new encyclical; Billy has a question about canon law in Church for Dummies, Mark Matthews tells us why everyone is leaving Hollywood and we me...

In this special SLHour reflection for the 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A, Deacon Pedro wonders why Jesus took the disciples to Caesarea Philippi on that particular day and what it means that Peter is the rock on which He builds His Church.

We speak with Dominique Godbout of Development and Peace-Caritas, Canada about how COVID affected the Rohingya Refugees of Myanmar; Sr. Damien Marie Savino, fse teaches us environmental lessons we learned from COVID and Carl Hétu of Catholic Near East Welfare Association-Canada gives us details of the crisis in Lebanon.

We speak with Archbishop Richard Smith about the financial fallout of the crisis and Bishop Shelton Fabre and Bishop Emeritus, Terry Steib, SVB help us understand how the Church must respond to racial tensions. We end the program with Cardinal Gerald Lacroix, ISPX of Quebec,who tells us what the Church has to learn from these times.

This week, on a special “faith in a time of crisis” edition of the SLHour, we return to several conversations we had with bishops during the time of COVID-19. We speak to bishops from the west coast, the east coast and the north of Canada. We speak with Archbishop Murray Chatlain of Keewatin-Le Pas; Archbishop Anthony Mancini of Halifax-Yarmouth and Archbishop Michael Miller of Vancouver, as well...