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Radio Interview: Seminarians delve into charismatic prayer


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Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Vocations, Worship & Sacraments

Benjamin Oursler and Jack Morris, two seminarians studying to become priests for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, are involved in the Charismatic movement and have received training charismatic prayer through a two-year program called the Encounter School of Ministry. They share their experiences with charismatic prayer with Catholic Review Managing Editor George Matysek.

Radio Interview: The Jubilee Year of Hope


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Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, Local News, News, Radio Interview

Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty sat down with Marilyn Santos, associate director of Evangelization and Catechesis for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, who will be coordinating resources for dioceses and parishes to use to help celebrate the jubilee. Gunty also talks with Religious Sister of Mercy Maria Juan Anderson, who is coordinator of the U.S. Bishops’ Office for Visitors to the Vatican in Rome.

Radio Interview: Christmas Movies


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Catholic Review Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, Local News, Movie & Television Reviews, News, Radio Interview

Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talks with Jason Cherubini, an executive-in-residence at Loyola University Maryland about the business behind holiday movies and why there are so many of them. It’s good business, he says, because people are searching for connection and comfort at this time of year. But the ones that become classics are those that resonate with people year after year.

Radio Interview: St. Thomas Aquinas and the search for truth


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Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Saints

Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talks with Dominican Father Ambrose Little about a new online program offered by the Thomistic Institute called “Aquinas 101,” which helps viewers go through short videos about various concepts, aimed at the search for truth. Father Little notes that truth is not subjective, but enduring.

Radio Interview: The World Synod of Bishops


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Catholic Review Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Synodality

Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talked with Archbishop William E. Lori while he was in Rome. The archbishop explains how the synod process works and how the delegates – which include priests, religious and lay people as voting members in addition to bishops for the first time – will vote on proposals to pass along to Pope Francis.

Radio Interview: Catholics and the election


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Catholic Review Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, Local News, Maryland Catholic Conference, News, Radio Interview, Respect Life

Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talks with Jenny Kraska, executive director of the Maryland Catholic Conference, about how Catholics are “homeless” in today’s political landscape. She also talks about the constitutional referendum, Maryland Question 1 – the Right to Reproductive Freedom Act and why Marylanders should vote against the ballot measure.

Radio Interview: Exploring ‘Story of a Soul’


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Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Saints, Vocations

Beginning Oct. 1, Ascension Press offers a 28-day podcast designed to guide listeners through a reading of “Story of a Soul,” the much-loved spiritual autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux. George Matysek talks about the project with one of the hosts of the new podcast, Carmelite Father Michael-Joseph Paris of St. Thérèse.