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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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Thursday Jun 05, 2025
Thursday Jun 05, 2025
Fr. Anthony with Tony, and Cristina gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish. We are in the month of June. Summer us here! Father reminds us that there are still open slots at the Kostka Academy Summer Program. The trio chats and reminisce about summertime in their youth, drawing attention to how things have changed and most kids are not just enjoying the outdoors on their own. Father Anthony Speaks regarding St. Boniface informing us about his life, his works and his words. He notices that those words apply today but may not be welcome by many and frowned upon by others. He askes what are we doing wrong in terms of evangelization, why do we struggle to bring people to conversion.
Wednesday Jun 04, 2025
Wednesday Jun 04, 2025
Welcome to a Brain Wrinkling Wednesday with Fr. Tom Koys. Today he reminds us that while Lent is a season of foregoing, giving something up…to do so in the right attitude is to give up something beautiful of the world so you can go back to enjoying it after Easter. Foregoing in the proper spirit should be a way to prepare yourself for something better: namely Jesus.
Tuesday Jun 03, 2025
Tuesday Jun 03, 2025
Fr. Anthony, Tony, and Cristina return live today to talk about the goings on, people in the Parish, and of course to offer up prayers. They discuss current events that are occurring, signaling our need to return to God, leading Father Anthony to renew his call for supporters and donations to donate to the Kostka Kids fund a prominent way for us to evangelize. This fund is available to ensure that families interested in Catholic education for their children are able to acquire it here at St. Stanislaus Kostka Academy, despite their financial means. He also asks us for prayer to ensure that we are able to raise the necessary funds to save our children by being able to fund their catholic education if needed.
Monday Jun 02, 2025
Monday Jun 02, 2025
Lauretta hosts the program and has her guest Father Tom McCarthy join her to chat about Our New Pope, Pope Leo the XIV. Father McCarthy is a personal friend of Pope Leo. Lauretta guides their chat to highlight things everyday people may want to know about the Pope. Father McCarthy emphasizes that Pope Leo is a great guy and sees that many want to know if he is one of us….Father McCarthy says, He is! He encourages us to “watch what he does” so we can get to know him better. Lauretta promotes the Chicago Celebration of Pope Leo that will take place on June 14th at Guaranteed Rate Field (better known as Comiskey Park). She also reminds us about Worldwide/Nationwide Pentecost Vigil on Saturday June 7th at St. Luke Church in River Forest, Illinois.
Friday May 30, 2025
Friday May 30, 2025
Fr. Anthony with Tony, and Cristina gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish. Today is the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord. Father Anthony focuses on the reading of the feast day of the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord yesterday. The group got into a discussion about the symbolism and the mysticism of the Eucharist and picked up on that discussion today. They go on to discuss changes that are occurring since Vatican II as they share thoughts on changes that move away from tradition, feeling a sense of loss of the beauty that is our Church,
Thursday May 29, 2025
Thursday May 29, 2025
Fr. Anthony with Tony, and Cristina gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish. Today is the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord. Father Anthony focuses on the reading of the feast day today. Father Anthony stressing that the mass is a perpetuation of the sacrifice of the cross in the sense that it offers [Jesus] anew to God, and thus commemorates the sacrifice of the cross reenacting it symbolically and mystically, and applies the fruits of Christ’s death upon the cross to individual human souls.
Wednesday May 28, 2025
Wednesday May 28, 2025
Welcome to a Brain Wrinkling Wednesday with Fr. Tom Koys. Today Father Koys intends to offer the listeners “tools” that we Catholics can utilize to convince our Christians friends who are considering Catholicism to go ahead and convert. He approaches this discussion by looking at and addressing the obstacles that the author C.S. Lewis raised as his reasons for not converting to Catholicism. He also speaks regarding the Christian World and the divisions/differences that are identified via the various labels we call denominations.
Tuesday May 27, 2025
Tuesday May 27, 2025
Fr. Anthony, Tony, and Cristina return live today to talk about the goings on, people in the Parish, and of course to offer up prayers. They discuss current events that are occurring, signaling our need to return to God, leading Father Anthony to renew his call for supporters and donations to donate to the Kostka Kids fund a prominent way for us to evangelize. This fund is available to ensure that families interested in Catholic education for their children are able to acquire it here at St. Stanislaus Kostka Academy, despite their financial means. He also asks us for prayer to ensure that we are able to raise the necessary funds to save our children by being able to fund their catholic education if needed.
Monday May 26, 2025
Monday May 26, 2025
Lauretta hosts the program and honors the brave men and women that gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country and our freedoms. Lauretta encourages us to keep them and their families in our prayers today and to focus on honoring them throughout the day. She reminds us that there are other days to celebrate our country but today our focus is solely on honoring those men and women who lost their lives in service to our great nation. Lauretta invites everyone to celebrate Pentecost in two weeks. She invites you to join her at her local parish at St. Lukes in River Forest on June 7th, 12am (doors open at 11:30pm). For more information go to CCRC1sbcglobal.net or call 708-209-1199.
Friday May 23, 2025
Friday May 23, 2025
TGIF with Fr. Anthony, Tony, and Cristina. Father reminds us of the importance of daily prayer, then leads us with opening prayer. Today Father Anthony continues his discourse on the 5 Dispositions of Prayer with a focus on “Sacrifice”. Then along with Christina and Tony, they chat about Heaven and what that may be like.