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A Closer Look™ with Sheila Liaugminas features notable experts, newsmakers, elected officials, scholars and clergy on a variety of current event topics including social and moral issues, politics, and... more
FAQs about A Closer Look:How many episodes does A Closer Look have?The podcast currently has 832 episodes available.
March 25, 2020Faith at Home: Sacraments, Devotions, Prayers, Curriculum, & Moral Leadership 3.24.20Bishop Thomas Paprocki: Lenten prayer and fasting for the conversion of pro-abortion members of Congress, other political officeholders; practicing the faith during the pandemic with churches closed, no public services, no access to sacraments; obligation shifts to what we can do as faithful Catholics. Dr. Tim Gray: Faith at Home; Providing Catholics abundant resources to […]...more48minPlay
March 23, 2020Catholics & Faith in Politics & Coronavirus; Pandemic Impact on the Economy, Jobs, Finances 3.23.20Bishop Thomas Paprocki: Lenten prayer and fasting for the conversion of pro-abortion members of Congress, other political officeholders; practicing the faith during the pandemic with churches closed, no public services, no access to sacraments; obligation shifts to what we can do as faithful Catholics. White House press conference: coronavirus task force update. Dr. Michael Welker: […]...more55minPlay
March 20, 2020Life in Rome and Home During Coronavirus: What & How We Can Learn 3.20.20Mountain Butorac: ‘The Catholic Traveler’ stays put with Italy on lockdown; grocery shopping, church closures and staying sane in Rome during Italy’s shutdown; how nearly two weeks of being shut in without Masses, sacraments, social gathering has affected Catholic Rome. Kari Beckman: Regina Caeli Academy teachers and students learning new lessons from quarantine, help others […]...more49minPlay
March 19, 2020Christians in the Time of Coronavirus: Be Like the Early Church; Solidarity, Works of Mercy, Witness Faith 3.19.20John Meyer: Napa Institute starting Novena to St. Joseph to be our protector in this time of pandemic, trials, suffering; Christians must show solidarity & witness to the Gospel; serve others as they need and we are able, as Catholics have throughout history; pray for our Church, priests and people. Mary Graham: Heroic priests and […]...more49minPlay
March 18, 2020How We Are Living, What Matters Most; Where Is God In Suffering?; Mass & Communion 3.18.20Fr. Robert Spitzer: How corona-virus crisis provides new opportunities to go deeper in our faith, help us see more clearly what matters most and what, ultimately, doesn’t; mortality rate of this virus puts topic of death out there, people have to confront mortality & adjust to new way of living; Mass & Communion. Caller, Joann: […]...more51minPlay
March 17, 2020Shelter in Place: Spiritual, Physical, Financial Health During a Crisis 3.17.20Fr. James Moore: SF Bay area priest on being a missionary evangelist, serving the people during a ‘shelter in place’ order; opportunities to grow deeper in faith during times of crisis; importance of spiritual health along with physical. Brian Battle: Financial markets and economic stimulus plans, best practices all around for nation’s health; ensuring Americans […]...more49minPlay
March 16, 2020Pandemics, Prayer and Best Practices: Stay Safe, Calm, Take & Give Care 3.16.20Dr. Paul Kengor: The Spanish flu, personal family accounts related to Ronald Reagan’s family, Prof. Kengor’s family; what we learn from that epidemic about the importance of social distancing; Reagan telling Johnnie Carson ‘it’s time for a common sense prescription’ in this ‘time for choosing’; Biden’s Catholicism. Fr. Rocky Hoffman: We all need information and […]...more49minPlay
March 13, 2020Coronavirus Updates, Info, Alerts, News; Go Deeper Into Prayer 3.13.20Roundtable with guests, Jason Jones describes his recent experience with attempting to be tested for covid-19; and Mary Graham who provides a news sweep; updates on latest news from many angles both nationally and globally; the pandemic and how we cover it. Fr. Donald Haggerty: Emergency civic mandates on social gatherings and church needs to […]...more49minPlay
March 12, 2020St. Patrick: Conversion, Evangelization, Invincible Faith; Coronavirus Update; Keep Praying 3.12.20John Rhys-Davies: Renowned actor (Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings, etc.) assumes role of elder St. Patrick writing his ‘Confessions’ in ‘I Am Patrick’; what that role was like to portray; the modern day global impact of St. Patrick’s conversion and ministry. Dr. Philip Chan: on promising medical treatments designed for compromised immune systems & […]...more49minPlay
March 11, 2020Coronavirus Impact on Work, Studies, Family Life; Healing Marriages, From Anger to Forgiveness 3.11.30Dr. Richard Fitzgibbons: Coronavirus response: focus on trust to counter fear, and on the goodness of God; it’s time to follow the Italian public health policy, quarantine at home except for necessary work and food shopping; impact on families of sending professional work, students’ college studies to home. Caller, James: Advice for parents who have […]...more49minPlay
FAQs about A Closer Look:How many episodes does A Closer Look have?The podcast currently has 832 episodes available.