Ever wonder what a holiday like Thanksgiving would be like if you were living in poverty? Poverty impacts many throughout our Diocese. Listen to Elana Campbell and Joe DiGeloromo of Catholic Charities share personal stories and learn more about how Catholic Charities helps those in need during the holidays and beyond.

Bishop Michael Burbidge speaks with Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Fr. Jonathan Morris about seminarian Philip Johnson’s battle with cancer, Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral, and more. This is an excerpt from "Conversation with Cardinal Dolan" on The Catholic Channel on Sirius XM.

Jackie Bonk, Director of Human Life and Dignity for the Diocese of Raleigh, shares a personal story about the final years of her mother’s battle with Alzheimer’s Disease and how her family coped with the reality of such an illness. She also speaks about Diocese of Raleigh Seminarian Philip Johnson whose story as a young man living with a terminal brain cancer has gone viral. Jackie also shares valuable information about an Advanced Directive produced by the Diocese of Raleigh for those in need of a document to help ensure that their final hours are lived in accord with their Catholic Faith, should they become incapacitated.

Bishop Michael Burbidge speaks about the importance both diocesan priests and religious vocations play in the Catholic Church, as well as here in the Diocese of Raleigh. He shares personal stories about how he came to know he was meant to be a priest, the importance a family can play in discernment of priestly or religious life, and practical ideas for how the faithful can encourage vocations during the 2014 National Vocation Awareness Week.

Gerald and Deirdre Schuetz, parents of Raleigh seminarian Michael Schuetz, discuss their son’s vocational call to the priesthood, how parents can help foster vocations, and how to respond when your child goes through a period of doubt about what God wants from them. This video is important for any parent who wants to know better how to talk to their children about priestly and religious vocations.

In this edition of “A Catholic Life”, popular speaker, preacher, and author Fr. Larry Richards speaks with Billy Atwell (Director of Communications, Diocese of Raleigh) about his life as a priest and how he manages being an inner city parish Pastor with the hectic schedule of traveling around the nation speaking to thousands of people. He also discusses the most common question he’s asked in his ministry, as well as what it takes to grow vocations in today’s world. If you’ve never heard Fr. Larry speak, then you don’t want to miss this!

We compiled a few of the some key questions about the Extraordinary Synod on the Family from our Facebook page and Bishop Burbidge sat down with Billy Atwell to discuss the answers to some of those questions.

We speak with Patrick O'Brien, CEO and President of Faith Catholic Publishing. He talks about the publishing industry and the company he founded. He also talks about the role of Catholic media in today's world.

Deacon Vince Parente gives a meditation during the 2014 National Day of Remembrance service on September 13th at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Newton Grove, NC.

On Saturday, thousands of people gathered at 132 locations throughout the United States for the second annual National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children. Among these sites were 41 graves where the remains of aborted children are buried. Over 28,000 aborted babies have been given a proper burial at these sites, but they represent only a fraction of the more than 56 million children aborted since the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton Supreme Court decisions in 1973.

In the Diocese of Raleigh, services were held at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Newton Grove, where 157 babies were buried in 1988. The babies were later moved to a site under the Marian Shrine of the Unborn. This is the only known cemetery in North Carolina that has aborted babies buried in it.

Listen: Two Seminarians(MP3)

Billy Atwell speaks to 2 seminarians, Timothy Ahn and Michael Schuetz, before they returned to Rome to continue their seminary formation.  They spoke about their experiences in Rome, as well as their summer assignment studying Spanish in Guatemala.