Talking Catholic

Ahead of the 3rd Sunday of Advent, Mike and Pete welcome back two joyful guests: Sheila McGirl and Michael Jordan Laskey. The four share Christmas memories and family traditions, and, at the 47:00 mark, have good advice for Catholics who are always asked for an off-the-cuff prayer at any holiday meal. Also, check out an upcoming event that Mr. Laskey will be hosting: A Life and Justice Ministries...

It’s another live recording as we sat in on Theology on Tap, presented by the Diocese of Camden’s Youth, Young Adult and Campus Ministry. Before a packed house of millennial Catholics, our dear friends of the podcast Sister Agnes and Sister Joseph of The Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal in Atlantic City explored the importance of prayer and communicating with God. They offer fantastic tips on how...

Catholic Charities works tirelessly through their many programs to support individuals and families facing these winter hardships. During this Christmas season, consider supporting Catholic Charities and the good work they do: http://catholiccharitiescamden.org/.

The voice of the Talking Catholic, and might-as-well-be-a-host he's guested so often, Father Robert Sinatra joins us for another seasonal conversation as we chat about Advent and Christmas. He gives Mike & Pete some great tips on how to more fully use the Advent season to properly prepare for Christmas. Perhaps his best tip, less is more, at least for the first two weeks of Advent.

This week's show is stuffed with guests ready to talk about their incredible experience at the National Catholic Youth Conference last week! Co-host Pete Sanchez; Greg Coogan, Director of Youth, Young Adult & Campus Ministries; Jose Rodriguez, Coordinator of Youth Ministry; and Kimberly Pesotski, Youth Minister at Saint Mary of Mount Carmel, Hammonton share with co-host Mike Walsh the highlights a...

During Thanksgiving, Bishop Dennis Sullivan encouraged us to remember the elderly and those with disabilities who are supported by VITALity Catholic Healthcare Services. If you or your loved ones in South Jersey need help in finding the specialized care they need, call the VITALity Help-line at 1-888-26-VITALity or go to http://vitality.camdendiocese.org/.

We welcome Catholic Charities, Diocese of Camden, staff members Aruna Malc and Brian Wagner to the program this week to chat disaster response deployments. Both returned home recently after deployments to Texas and Florida, to help those affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, Malc and Wagner share their experiences on the front lines of Catholic Charities' mission; why they feel called to this wo...

Catholic Potpourri, #2! Our hosts Mike and Pete are joined this week by friends of the show, Father Robert Sinatra, Rod Herrera, and Jose Rodriguez. In this spirited hour, the five discuss Pope Francis’ comments about smartphones at Mass, the upcoming National Catholic Youth Conference, Philly sports, and Apple products.

Bishop Dennis Sullivan welcomes all to join him and singer Debby Boone on December 2nd for her Music and Memories concert at Investors Bank Performing Arts Center in Washington Township, NJ. The concert benefits the South Jersey Scholarship Fund for Catholic Schools. http://www.camdendiocese.org/?event=music-and-memories-with-debby-boone&event_date=2017-12-02

Talking Catholic celebrates it's third consecutive week of "firsts," as we welcome a guest from outside New Jersey, Frank Mercadante, Executive Director of Cultivation Ministries and author of "Engaging A New Generation: A New Vision for Reaching Catholic Teens." Mike and Pete chat with Frank about his life's work in youth ministry; how connecting with millennials is different than Baby Boomers an...

We have another SPECIAL podcast this week, we are offering it in two languages! For our English listeners, Mike and Pete sit down with Andres Arango, Bishop's Delegate for Hispanic Ministry. For Spanish listeners, Marianela Nunez, Catholic Schools Office field consultant for the Latino enrollment program, takes the co-host chair and joins Pete and Andres for the interview. Both podcasts discuss th...

¡Tenemos otro podcast ESPECIAL esta semana, lo estamos ofreciendo en dos idiomas! Para nuestros oyentes en inglés, Mike y Pete se sientan con Andrés Arango, Delegado del Obispo para el Ministerio Hispano. Para los oyentes en español, Marianela Núñez, Directora del programa de inscripción de latinos en la oficina de Escuelas Católicas, conduce el programa y se une a Pete y Andrés para la entrevista...

It’s our first recording before a live audience! Domestic Church Media founder and local Catholic radio pioneer Jim Manfredonia and DCM’s Director of Community Relations & co-host Gabriella Furmato presented “Miracles in the Media: From Fake News to Catholic Media” to a great crowd at the October 17th Theology on Tap event at Tir Na Nog in Cherry Hill. They explained the nature of DCM’s apostolate...

October is Domestic Violence Awareness month and our guests this week are Jeffrey DeCristofaro and Lisa Incollingo, two of the hardworking and dedicated attorneys of the Camden Center for Law and Social Justice. Experts on domestic violence, as well as immigration, they spend the hour explaining the assistance abuse victims have at their disposal and how domestic violence is far more pervasive tha...

Alison Filion, Director of Catholic Campus Ministry at Stockton University, is this week's guest on Talking Catholic. The South Jersey native has a good time with Mike and Pete, discussing her return home, her first months on the job at Stockton, and how her faith and family life have prepared her to assist young college students. The hour also includes a shared love of all things French-Canadian,...

Talking Catholic makes its way to Hammonton, NJ, this week, to visit Kimberly Pesotski, Youth Director at Saint Mary of Mount Carmel Parish. The engaging and enlightening discussion between Kim, Mike and Pete centered on her role in sharing the faith with the young church; the importance of discernment in the spiritual life; modeling good spirituality for young people, and their favorite things ab...

Deputy Chief David J. Harkins of the Gloucester Township Police Department is Mike and Pete's guest this week on Talking Catholic. Chief Harkins discusses the upcoming Blue Mass for Law Enforcement and First Responders on September 29, speaks about his own faith journey to becoming a permanent deacon, and how police are responding to the heroin crisis locally and nationally.

It's Catholic potpourri this week on Talking Catholic as we discuss a wide range of topics including the opening week of Catholic Schools, Catholic Social teaching, hurricanes, vanity vs. humiity, great spiritual movies and nuns with chainsaws. Joining Mike and Pete are guests Maria D'Antonio, Communications Coordinator & Web Content Manager (and fan of the podcast!); Rod Herrera, Director of Chil...

Recently, we’ve been getting a lot of questions about the newest residents of the Diocese of Camden, the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal who have opened a convent in Atlantic City adjacent to Saint Michael’s Church. So instead of answering these questions ourselves, the sisters joined us on the podcast from their convent! We talked about their individual vocation stories, the mission of their co...

In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, Mary McCusker, Marketing & Communications Coordinator for Catholic Charities, Diocese of Camden, sits down with Mike and Pete to discuss Catholic Charities' efforts to help those affected in Texas. If you would like to assist in the relief effort, visit www.catholiccharitiescamden.org/hurricane-harvey-relief, text CCUSADISASTER to 71777, or call 1-800-919-9338...

Jose Rodriguez, Jr., recently-named Coordinator of Hispanic, Youth and Young Adult Ministries for the Diocese of Camden, joins Mike and Pete in the vault this week to discuss his duties in bringing the faith to South Jersey's youth. This packed podcast also includes the three reflecting on prayer, silence, and last week's Summer in the City youth initiative.

Mr. Kevin Hickey, executive director of the Catholic Charities, Diocese of Camden, and a trustee of Catholic Charities USA, joins Mike and Pete this week to discuss the upcoming Justice for All Dinner and the work of Catholic Charities in South Jersey. Last year, Catholic Charities served more than 33,000 people through its myriad of programs. We hope you can join Kevin and this year's JFA honoree...

This week we have two of the finest journalists in South Jersey join us as we welcome Carl Peters, Managing Editor of the Catholic Star Herald, and Jim McBride, the paper’s beloved photographer and living diocesan Wikipedia page. We talk with the both of them about how they got their start in journalism, how the diocese and the newspaper industry have changed over the years, and how much a good st...

We talk pilgrimages this week with Father Robert Hughes, Vicar General of the Diocese of Camden, and arguably one of the most traveled Catholics in South Jersey. Since his days as a wee lad in high school, he has been taking part in or leading dozens of pilgrimages, both in the U.S. and internationally. On the podcast this week, he schools Mike and Pete about the spiritual nature of pilgrimages, a...

Fr. David Rivera joins us this week to discuss what it’s like to minister in one of the most diverse and widespread parishes in Southern New Jersey, the Parish of the Holy Cross, which includes the city of Bridgeton and most of the surrounding county. We also touch on his background in moral theology and how a kid from urban Camden, New Jersey adjusted to life in the very rural area he now calls h...