The Family Room

Anna is a clinical social worker in practice since 2006 in the Atlanta area. She has worked in several different settings including residential mental health, private practice, and substance abuse work. In particular, her clinical experience as a cognitive behavioral therapist with convicted sexual offenders propelled her to pen her debut book, Duck Duck Groom: Understanding How a Child Becomes a...

Fr. John Bartunek, LC, S.Th. D Fr. John Bartunek received his BA in History from Stanford University in 1990. He comes from an evangelical Christian background and became a member of the Catholic Church in 1991. After college he worked as a high school history teacher, drama director, and baseball coach. He then spent a year as a professional actor in Chicago before entering the religious Congrega...

Join John, Craig and Mari as they get personal while reflecting on Advent and Christmas!

Kathy Powell, a passionate nonprofit and faith-based communications professional Join us as we speak with Kathy Powell on how to walk through grief with Jesus. Kathy shares her personal story of miscarriage and the healing ways to address grief. Kathy, a big-picture thinker, lives in Roswell, Georgia, with her husband Kent and three children. When not brainstorming up new ways to push Becky out of...

Lisa Wheeler, president of Carmel Communications Lisa Wheeler talks about living out the Gospel message through foster parenting and adoption. Resources Springs of Love : Our mission is to encourage, educate, and equip Catholics to discern and live out the call to foster and adopt.

Lisa Wheeler talks about living out the Gospel message through foster parenting and adoption.

Dr. Kevin Vost, PSY. D. - Catholic author, speaker, professor, radio host, and television guest Dr. Kevin Vost shares about his approach to attaining optimal health and true harmony of mind, body, and spirit within the context of a well-rounded devotional life - which he outlines in his book, You Are That Temple: A Catholic Guide to Health and Holiness . Dr. Vost reflects upon teachings from Scrip...

Laraine Bennett, author and speaker Laraine Bennett has a B.A. in philosophy from Santa Clara University and an M.A. in philosophy from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She created the brand-new game, Know Thyself! The Game of Temperaments (Sophia Institute Press, 2022) and has written two solo books, The Little Way of Living with Less: Learning to Let Go with the Little Flower (Sophia...

Guests: directors from four Atlanta Catholic pre-schools Catholic Pre-school Directors Barb Gordon from St. Peter Chanel, Beth Cunningham from Holy Trinity, Theresa Martin from St. Brigid, and Kate Viets from Holy Family discuss the importance of Catholic pre-school as a foundation of learning for our children.

Fr. Robert J. Altier, author and priest of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis in Minnesota In the amazing book, God’s Plan for Your Marriage: An Exploration of Holy Matrimony from Genesis to the Wedding Feast of the Lamb , inspired by the Holy Spirit and recommended by faithful leaders including Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke and Dr. Bob Schuchts, Fr. Robert Altier gives us a powerful weapon...

Bob and Karen Botte, parishioners of St. Oliver Plunkett Catholic Church in Snellville, Georgia Bob and Karen Botte are blessed with four children, six grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. As cradle Catholics raised in loving homes, their own marriage seemed destined for “a lovely magic carpet ride” as Bob describes. Join us as the Bottes share their candid marriage journey and how the practic...

Mary Ann McNeil and Liz Youngs of PATH, Post Abortion Treatment and Healing Mary Ann McNeil founded PATH, Post Abortion Treatment and Healing, almost 30 years ago in response to the sorrow and suffering she witnessed in friends who had abortions. She and many volunteers, including Program Director Liz Youngs, have ministered to hundreds of people through retreats and Bible studies specifically des...

Marc Greenberg, Jewish convert to Catholicism Marc Greenberg shares his beautiful story of conversion that begins as the beloved great-grandson of a Russian Orthodox Jewish immigrant and is completed upon meeting his Catholic American wife and surrendering to the love of Jesus. Marc shares the ways that God continues to weave his Jewish heritage into his ministries as a Catholic husband and parish...

Cathy Schneider, Right to Life Coordinator at St. Brigid Catholic Church in Johns Creek, Georgia Cathy Schneider, wife, mother, nurse, and Right to Life Coordinator at St. Brigid, offers insight and inspiration drawn from years of meeting expecting moms and couples at abortion clinics and providing them hope and encouragement as they walk into parenthood. Her compassion and love are contagious, an...

Susan Milani, Parishioner of St. Catherine of Siena in Kennesaw, Georgia Raised in a very Jewish home in Charleston, South Carolina, Susan is the only child of immigrant parents, a Polish Jewish survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp, and a German Jewish escapee from East Germany. Through beautiful experiences and people Susan encountered from a young age, God wooed her into the Catholic Chu...

Dr. Greg Popcak, co-founder of CatholicHÔM and Catholic Counselors and co-host of More2Life Dr. Greg Popcak shares meaningful and practical ways for family members to draw closer to one another by living out their faith in their everyday home lives, starting with forming a deep, personal relationship with Christ. As a real, personal encounter with Jesus, The Eucharist should change everything, Gre...

Fr. Larry Richards, pastor of St. Joseph Church/Bread of Life Community in Erie, PA A gifted and captivating preacher, retreat master, and author, Father Larry Richards discusses the importance of knowing Jesus Christ by having a heart-felt relationship with Him and sharing that love of Christ with the world. Essential elements of an intimate relationship with Our Lord are daily committed prayer t...

Jordan Burke, Content Coordinator with Avila Institute Jordan Burke shares his powerful and personal story of overcoming a pornography addiction to bring truth and healing to others. Jordan shares how all kinds of addictions can result from using things to seek consolation and comfort instead of turning to God. He explains how an addiction is a type of self-medicating to overcome pain and inebriat...

It is too easy in our times to get stuck in the many divisive and destructive social, cultural, and political realities. In this banter episode, our co-hosts ponder and discuss the Lord’s inheritance of blessings across the generations in our families. Each of us is uniquely gifted by God to fulfill a deeply happy and productive life. How have your parents, grandparents, and significant mentors he...

Brenda Sharman encourages us to think about the meaning of true beauty and modest fashion. As a young adult, she was crowned Miss Georgia USA and, having worked as a successful model, she knows the fashion and modeling industry as an insider. She has served the Catholic Church as a leader in the globally-acclaimed apostolate, the Pure Fashion Show. Brenda gives us a more profound, joyful, and fait...

Husband, father, and grandfather, Tom McCabe shares the challenges and freedom inherent in the Christian vision of forgiveness. Tom is the founder of Emmiwell, a research-driven, collaborative, and education initiative that helps people cultivate freer, more meaningful lives at the service of Christ and others. For the past 30 years, Tom has been a teacher, writer, and entrepreneur serving in Chur...

Our co-hosts are joined by Dave Savage, production manager for 1160 AM The Quest, to reflect upon the rich spiritual nourishment given to us by the guests on The Family Room. We revisit themes of healing in marriages and in families, of the Light of Christ in prayer, and the life-giving truth that woundedness and suffering do not have to be the final word. Pull up a chair and taste and see the goo...

Clinical director of Holy Family Counseling Center, Peter Attridge, joins our co-hosts in an encouraging discussion about communicating, openly and fruitfully, in our families. As the father of three growing girls, Peter shares creative strategies for parenting that are informed, both by his clinical practice, and by personal challenges that we all face which are unique to our times. Peter is a li...