Catholic Chicago

Catholic Charities has been helping clients with HIV/AIDS since the 1980s. We now know much more about this disease that attacks a person’s auto-immune system, but it continues to be a very serious struggle for all those affected by it. Join Marie Jochum and Brigid Murphy as they welcome Pat Drott and one of our clients to discuss Catholic Charities HIV/AIDS support services and the 2020 AIDS Run & Walk Chicago.     

Lectura y reflexión del Evangelio según San Mateo 16, 21-27, del domingo, 30 de agosto de 2020. Viernes, 28 de agosto de 2020

Hosts Fr. Greg Sakowicz and Mark Teresi talk to well-known author, Sr. Helen Prejean.  Sr. Prejean discusses her latest book, River of Fire, in which she writes about how Vatican II changed life for many in religious orders.  Sr. Helen Prejean is best known for her 1993 memoir, Dead Man Walking, about her role as a spiritual adviser to a convicted killer on death row.

Hosts Fr. Greg Sakowicz and Mark Teresi talk with Fr. Medard Laz, a prolific author now living in Florida.  Fr. Laz talks about his website, Treats for the Soul, and his latest book, The Gathering:  Jesus and Abortion, A Story for Our Time. 

Sr. Stephanie Baliga talks about her treadmill marathon to raise funds for the Mission of Our Lady of the Angels in West Humboldt Park.  The disproportionate rate of Covid-19 infections in the Latinx and Black communities is discussed on the Voice of Charity.  We hear uplifting music from the St. Agatha Contemporary Gospel Choir.  And we learn about an organization called Unlocking Communities, a group that equips entrepreneurs with the education and tools to sell sustainable products that unlock economic, social and environmental transformation in their communities.

Hosts Fr. Greg Sakowicz and Mark Teresi speak with Josh Goralski, who heads up an organization called Unlocking Communities.  From that group's website:  "We equip entrepreneurs with the education and tools to sell sustainable products that unlock economic, social and environmental transformation in their communities."

Hosts Fr. Greg Sakowicz and Mark Teresi talk with guests Fr. Larry Dowling and Dennis Smith about the St. Agatha Gospel Choir and their new contemporary Gospel CD, "It's Over, It's Alright."  

In this broadcast of Focus on the Liturgy co-hosts Timothy Johnston (LTP) and Todd Williamson (ODW) return to a periodic look at a particular part of the Church’s liturgy. Here they spend the hour exploring the Liturgy of the Word. They look at the theology and spirituality of the Liturgy of Word, its role, its purpose and the image of it being a “dialogue between God and his people” (Saint John Paul II). 

In Lake County, a disproportionate number of Latinx and Black residents have been diagnosed with COVID-19. Join Marie Jochum and Guest Host Brigid Murphy as they welcome Cary Rositas-Sheftel and Cynthia Vargas to discuss how community partners in Lake County are working together on innovative projects to address this critical matter, and educate people on how they can help stop the spread of the virus. 

As Catholic schools reopen for the new school year, social and emotional learning has become a focus.  Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children and adults understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.  Hosts Fr. Greg Sakowicz and Mark Teresi talk with Yesenia Maldonado, Rana Brizgys, and Jonna Koenitzer.