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Father Anthony seeks to bring the true Catholic faith into hearts through his words and experiences. The Show points to the negative trends of today’s culture in our world and takes notice.
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Dec 17, 2025
Dec 17, 2025
59 min
Welcome to a Brain Wrinkling Wednesday with Fr. Tom Koys. Today Father Koys focuses on Advent and Christmas themes. As we lit the rose candle on the advent ring this past Sunday, Father turns to joy, hope and optimism. He grapples with these themes and focuses on the theological virtue of hope versus just optimism. He discusses various themes and Christmas Specials to reflect on how hope is carried throughout this season.
Dec 16, 2025
Dec 16, 2025
56 min
Fr. Anthony, Tony, and Cristina talk about the goings on, people in the Parish, and prayer, as they discuss the Marian Days around Advent and St. Augustine and his description of our relationship with God as the Greatest Romance.
Dec 16, 2025
Dec 16, 2025
59 min
Lauretta hosts the show today. She welcomes Mary FioRito (former WOC host and co-host) back to the show today to tackle life issues. They catch up and talk about current events, the third week of Advent and Hanukkah. They go on to discuss the Assisted Suicide Law that was signed into law on December 12, 2025. Then they tackle the Supreme Court Pending decision, First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin.
Dec 12, 2025
Dec 12, 2025
58 min
TGIF! Father Anthony with Tony, and Cristina gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish. Father Anthony talks about the beauty of the morning mass to Our Lady of Guadalupe, feeling inspired by the moving music of the Choir. They discuss the story of the miraculous Apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe to Juan Diego on the hill of Tepeyac and how it led to conversions and the end of human sacrifice. They discuss the history behind the event and the key characters and marvel at the beauty of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Dec 11, 2025
Dec 11, 2025
58 min
Father Anthony with Tony, and Cristina gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish. Father Anthony and the group chat to open the show then Father leads us in prayer. Afterward he welcomes Alice Babij (pronounced Bobby) of the St Nicholas Ukrainian Cathedral. She joins Father to discuss two books on meditations for the season; The Night of Expectation: Daily Meditations for Advent and Star over Bethlehem: Daily Meditations for the Christmas Season, both by Rev. Scott Haynes. These books can be found at priestlypress.com
Dec 10, 2025
Dec 10, 2025
1hr 33 sec
Welcome to a Brain Wrinkling Wednesday with Fr. Tom Koys. Today Father Koys focuses on what he sees as an Advent challenge. The quandary being: listening to the positive and optimistic outlook of the prophet Isaiah with the current state of our world and all the bad news. Father Koys addresses the virtue of Hope in comparison to Optimism. Father talks about coming into the third week of advent with the lighting of the pink candle leading to rejoicing but does caution us to recall that Advent is a season of penance and laments his believe that too many Catholic forget this aspect of Advent.
Dec 9, 2025
Dec 9, 2025
1hr 49 sec
Father Anthony with Tony, and Cristina gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish. Today they discuss St. Juan Diego on his feast day and after prayer they focus on the gospel readings for the 2nd week of Advent. Father closes the show by reading a letter from Washington that recognizes Our Blessed Mother Mary and her importance to those of the Catholic faith. Father comments on the beauty of the writing as this is the first time a writing such as this has come from Washington.
Dec 8, 2025
Dec 8, 2025
59 min
Lauretta hosts the program today. She welcomes everyone with a recap of her traveling congestion this morning-there was an accident, offering prayers for all involved. Lauretta informs us that today’s focus will be on the Blessed Mother as she discusses the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, which is celebrated today December 8th. She discusses the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe which is celebrated on Friday December 12th. Lauretta revels in what a blessing the Virgin Mother truly is for us and encourages us to pray the rosary and seek her intercession. She also chats about St. Nick which was celebrated on Saturday the 6th. She informs us about Jimmy Lai, a courageous catholic activist for Democracy that is held captive by China. Go to supportJimmyLai.com, #freeJimmyLai.
Dec 5, 2025
Dec 5, 2025
58 min
TGIF! Father Anthony with Tony, and Cristina gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish. Father Anthony reminds us that today we start the Devotion to the Sacred Heart that will run for nine weeks. He discusses the need for this devotion in particular and the importance of praying not just for reparations for ourselves but for others as well. Through their discussion Father also talks about the Children’s Mass this morning where they celebrated the Feast of St. Nick which leads him to recall and shares fond memories/past stories of his interactions with the school children.
Dec 5, 2025
Dec 5, 2025
59 min
Father Anthony with Tony, and Cristina gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish. Today they chat about the cold Chicago weather and veer of tangents on age, singing and past events. After prayer, Father speaks about St. Francis Xavier's life and works. Then the group just chats around the table about societal expectations, tolerances, intolerances and their ironies. They end talking about how life was in the past versus today.