Glory Be: Interesting People & How They Pray

Adam Minihan is one of the hosts of "The Catholic Man Show," the vice president of Saint Michael Catholic Radio, and is the new communications director for the Diocese of Tulsa.

Adam is intentional about his faith. He shares his personal prayer life and some creative ways he prays with his young family.

Adam Minihan is one of the hosts of "The Catholic Man Show," the vice president of Saint Michael Catholic Radio, and is the new communications director for the Diocese of Tulsa.

Adam is intentional about his faith. He shares his personal prayer life and some creative ways he prays with his young family.

"Our charism is mercy. Mercy is a gift of the Holy Spirit given to our religious community. It's a facet of God that this community is particularly meant to manifest in the world."

Sister Marie Josepha Kulczny works as a nurse at Saint Francis Hospital  in Tulsa.

Ryan, Levi, and Dylan are third graders who became "priests for a day."

The boys followed Father Vince through his daily activities: saying  Mass, praying the Divine Office, eating breakfast and lunch, visiting  parish groups, meeting with faith formation staff, and enjoying a  doughnut. They boys practiced baptizing a baby doll.

"We don't have [to work] to pray. We have to let prayer happen to us.  The Holy Spirit is already alive in us. When we renounce our  afflictions, prayer starts surging up."

Sr. Mary Margaret Funk has been a Benedictine nun at Our Lady of Grace  Monastery in Beech Grove, IN, since 1961. She holds a M.A. from Catholic  University in Religion and Religious Education and a M.S. from Indiana  University.

She has served as a 4th grade teacher, as Director of Catechesis for the Catholic Archdioceses of Indianapolis and Louisville, as Prioress both  in Beech Grove and in Ireland at Kylemore Abbey, as Executive director of Monastic Interreligious dialogue, and as Director of the School of  Lectio Divina at Benedict Inn, Beech Grove. She’s the author of five books in the Matter Series that brings forward  the teachings of the Desert Spirituality. She is currently facilitating  the St. Enda retreat, a 100 day online retreat.

Show notes:

"Thoughts Matter, " and the rest of the Matters series:  https://litpress.org/Products/3572/The-Matters-Series

St. Enda 100-day retreat: Email [email protected]

Our guest is Fr. Steve Katsouros, SJ.

After graduating from the University of Maryland in College Park, he was a member of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps.  He entered the Society of Jesus in 1987 and was ordained in 1998. He is the founder and president/CEO of the Come To Believe Network, as well as the founding dean and former executive director of Arrupe College at Loyola University Chicago.

Prior to arriving in Chicago, Fr. Katsouros served as the director of the Institute for Catholic Educational Leadership and associate dean of the School of Education at the University of San Francisco. Fr. Katsouros was also president of Loyola, a Jesuit high school in New York City. He has a doctorate, from Columbia University Teachers College, in organizational leadership.

Show Notes:

Come To Believe Network: https://www.ctbnetwork.org/

Arrupe College: https://www.luc.edu/arrupe/

Father Bryan Ketterer grew up Catholic in Texas, attended the University  of Tulsa, and there discerned a vocation to the priesthood. Ordained in  2014, he has experience in parish ministry, high school ministry, and college ministry.

"[When I pray,] I'm drawn to receiving God's grace. I'm drawn to causes. I love the Rosary where we can draw together mystery, our needs, our intercessions, and Mother Mary."

Dr. Michael Tanner is a retired orthopedic surgeon, husband, father, and grandfather. He grew up in Wheat Ridge, Colorado and graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in Molecular Biology. In 1978 graduated from the St. Louis University School of Medicine. After completing an Orthopedic Surgery Residency at the Mayo Clinic he moved to Tulsa where he and his wife, Pam, raised their 3 children. After retiring he obtained his MA in Theology from the Augustine Institute.

Show Notes:

Augustine Institute: augustineinstitute.org

FORMED video platform: formed.org

"I often get called to pray with people who are dying. It's an honor. It's not just a job. It's an honor to be close to people like that."

Monsignor Dennis Dorney is the pastor emeritus of the Church of Saint Mary. He served his diocese as a vicar general, chancellor, vocations director, and member of several boards and commissions.

"I take advice from my namesake, Saint Paul who says, 'Pray unceasingly.' That means that prayer doesn't have to be a big formal exercise. During this pandemic and during the busy life I have, I must find time to pray."

Paul Stokell is the Adult Faith Formation director at St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Sunbury, Ohio.

Show Notes:

St. John Neumann Catholic Church: https://www.saintjohnsunbury.org/