Spirit Filled Radio & Podcast

Welcome to “The Beauty of Our Catholic Heritage.”  Our host is Fr. Jacob Hsieh (a Norbertine Father of St. Michael’s Abbey in Orange County).  On this episode, Father continues to talk about the overview and depth of Lent in our Church’s heritage  Learn about the traditions of Holy Mother Church from Ash Wednesday.  We will listen to the beauty of our church musical chants and how they communicate...

Listen to Gil Alderete of Catholic Men's Fellowship (CMF) speak with Andrew Acosta about being a man of God. Listen live to Gil's show Men of Faith at https://www.spiritfilledevents.com/radio-podcast Monday -Friday at and 12:30pm Pacific Time. Podcast is available https://www.spiritfilledevents.com/men-of-faith and other podcast outlets. APPLE LINK FOR APP GOOGLE PLAY LINK FOR APP Suppor...

Deacon Steve Greco is a permanent deacon of the Diocese of Orange in California. He is also founder and president of Spirit Filled Heart Ministries, which engages in evangelization and support of the foreign missions. He and MaryAnne have been married for nearly 50 years and have three adult children.  In this episode, they talk about the upcoming Sunday's readings during the Holy Season of L...

Evangelization Challenge Take your family/friends to Eucharistic Adoration Every   Scriptures that focus on Eucharistic Adoration & Thanksgiving One of the many channels that can be utilized to augment our faith, devotion, and love for the most Holy Eucharist is by reading and meditating upon key Biblical passages, both in the Old Testament as well as in the New Testament. The Old Testament pr...

Peter Herbeck is the Vice President and Director of Missions for Renewal Ministries. Peter oversees the work of lay mission teams throughout the world who work to equip Catholic lay people, bishops, priests, and religious to respond to Blessed Pope John Paul II’s call for a new evangelization. He has traveled extensively in the U.S., Canada, Africa, and Eastern Europe for the past thirty years, as...

Beyond Damascus is the show where encounter meets mission. Your hosts Dan DeMatte, Aaron Richards and Brad Pierron will give you practical tips on how to live out your faith every day. We'll get into actionable steps of what it means to have an abundant Christian life and share things that we've learned through our personal journey's about overcoming obstacles, pursuing joy, and liv...

Deacon Victor Valenzuela is assigned to St. Joseph Church in Placentia.  He is married, with two adult children.  He is a licensed social worker who is retired from 31 years of employment at Kaiser Permanente.  He is a former seminarian who has worked in a variety of ministries.  His wife is Diane.  In this episode, he speaks with Amanda Hawley of St. Joseph Catholic School in Placentia. Support t...

Listen to Gil Alderete of Catholic Men's Fellowship (CMF) continue his conversation with Rick Howick about his faith, Catholic Men's Fellowship and the Super Saturday Catholic Men's Fellowship Conference. Listen live to Gil's show Men of Faith at https://www.spiritfilledevents.com/radio-podcast Monday -Friday at and 12:30pm Pacific Time. Podcast is available https://www.spiritf...

Evangelization Challenge Take your Rosary public keep in your pocket and when walking from one place to another take out your rosary and pray it.  Make a habit and let this challenge stick with you on a daily basis.  The Rosary is a powerful tool and you can evangelize just by wearing it.   Sacramentals are a deeply-rooted presence in the lives of Catholics – rosaries , holy water, scapulars , med...

Peter Herbeck is the Vice President and Director of Missions for Renewal Ministries. Peter oversees the work of lay mission teams throughout the world who work to equip Catholic lay people, bishops, priests, and religious to respond to Blessed Pope John Paul II’s call for a new evangelization. He has traveled extensively in the U.S., Canada, Africa, and Eastern Europe for the past thirty years, as...

On this episode of Empowered by the Spirit, co-hosts Deacon Steve Greco and Katie Hughes welcome a total of six unique guests to the podcast. Three of them hail from Rosary Academy, and the other three from Servite High School. The topic of discussion is a recent event called “I Thirst - Go Forth.” that recently took place at Christ Cathedral. It’s always exciting and encouraging to see  high scho...

Deacon Steve Greco is a permanent deacon of the Diocese of Orange. He is founder of Spirit Filled Hearts Ministry, director of evangelization and formation for the Diocese of Orange and host of Empowered by the Spirit.  Deacon Steve's wife Mary Anne Greco and Katie Hughes of Spirit Filled Hearts Ministry serve as his co-hosts in this April 2016 encore episode.  They talk about the charismatic...

Deacon Angelo Giambrone was ordained a permanent deacon for the Diocese of Orange in 2015.  He is assigned to St. Vincent de Paul Church in Huntington Beach.  He and wife Cindy have supported several ministries in the parish, including bringing communion to the sick and homebound and as chairs of the annual September-fest. They also run the Alpha Marriage course at the parish and are involved with...

Listen to Gil Alderete of Catholic Men's Fellowship (CMF) speak with Rick Howick about Catholic Men's Fellowship and the Super Saturday Catholic Men's Fellowship Conference. Listen live to Gil's show Men of Faith at https://www.spiritfilledevents.com/radio-podcast Monday -Friday at and 12:30pm Pacific Time. Podcast is available https://www.spiritfilledevents.com/men-of-faith an...

Peter Herbeck is the Vice President and Director of Missions for Renewal Ministries. Peter oversees the work of lay mission teams throughout the world who work to equip Catholic lay people, bishops, priests, and religious to respond to Blessed Pope John Paul II’s call for a new evangelization. He has traveled extensively in the U.S., Canada, Africa, and Eastern Europe for the past thirty years, as...

Deacon Steve Greco is a permanent deacon of the Diocese of Orange. He is founder of Spirit Filled Hearts Ministry, director of evangelization and formation for the Diocese of Orange and host of Empowered by the Spirit.  Deacon Steve's wife Mary Anne Greco, Michael Aimola and Katie Hughes of Spirit Filled Hearts Ministry serve as his co-hosts in this March 2016 encore episode.  They talk about...

Fr. Patrick Gonyeau and John Stockwell discuss the Eucharist.  Fr. Gonyeau is administrator at Corpus Christi Catholic Community in Detroit, Michigan and associate instructor of Encounter Ministries; John Stockwell is a former WJR anchor and reporter.  They team up to be an inspiring conduit for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit to renew our minds and hearts.  In this episode, they talk about Lent....

Fr. Jacob Hsieh is a Norbertine priest of St. Michael’s Abbey teaching religion  at Ss. Peter and Paul Church in Wilmington. He is a graduate of Thomas Aquinas College and was ordained a priest in 2015.  His topic today is Septuagesima Sunday. Listen live weekdays at 6am and 11am Pacific Time at spiritfilledradio.org or get the App for Spirit Filled Radio for your smart phone or tablet devices. Co...

This Evangelization Challenge can be put into play when you know a friend or family member is going in for major surgery, or is very sick.  When someone tells you someone is close to the end of their life make sure to share with them the importance to get the Sacrament of Anointing of the sick before they are unconscious.  Otherwise the person may not be able to have confession and receive the apo...

Deacon Steve and Mary Anne Greco explore how we can discern God's will for our lives with the aid of Scripture.  Deacon Steve is director of evangelization and faith formation for the Diocese of Orange and founder of Spirit Filled Hearts Ministry.  He and wife Mary Anne have been married over 50 years and had 3 children together.  In this episode, the couple review the readings from the upcom...

Fr. Jacob Hsieh is a graduate of St. Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula who teaches Latin and religion to students of Mary Star of the Sea High School in San Pedro.  In this episode, at the time of Valentine's day, Father discusses the nature of true love. Listen live weekdays at 6am and 11am Pacific Time at spiritfilledradio.org or get the App for Spirit Filled Radio for your smart phone...

Listen to Gil Alderete of Catholic Men's Fellowship (CMF) continue his conversation with Catholic presenter Kevin Matthews. Listen live to Gil's show Men of Faith at https://www.spiritfilledevents.com/radio-podcast Monday -Friday at and 12:30pm Pacific Time. Podcast is available https://www.spiritfilledevents.com/men-of-faith and other podcast outlets. APPLE LINK FOR APP GOOGLE PLAY LINK...

Peter Herbeck is the Vice President and Director of Missions for Renewal Ministries. Peter oversees the work of lay mission teams throughout the world who work to equip Catholic lay people, bishops, priests, and religious to respond to Blessed Pope John Paul II’s call for a new evangelization. He has traveled extensively in the U.S., Canada, Africa, and Eastern Europe for the past thirty years, as...

Deacon Steve Greco is a permanent deacon of the Diocese of Orange. He is founder of Spirit Filled Hearts Ministry, director of evangelization and formation for the Diocese of Orange and host of Empowered by the Spirit. Katie Hughes of Spirit Filled Hearts Ministry serves as his co-host.  Their guest is Fr. Augustine Puchner, a Norbertine priest and head of a community in Springfield, Illinois. Emp...

Deacon Angelo Giambrone was ordained a permanent deacon for the Diocese of Orange in 2015.  He is assigned to St. Vincent de Paul Church in Huntington Beach.  He and wife Cindy have supported several ministries in the parish, including bringing communion to the sick and homebound and as chairs of the annual September-fest. They also run the Alpha Marriage course at the parish and are involved with...