Guiding Grief

Guiding Grief

By Nicholas J WelzenbachSociety & Culture
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Guiding Grief episodes

  • Guiding Grief Podcast hosted by Nicholas J Welzenbach with Guest Father Gary Thomas
    Father Gary Thomas is an alumnus of St. Patrick Seminary through ordination to the priesthood on December 3, 1983 for the Diocese of San Jose. 
    Interesting background: Father was appointed exorcist of the Diocese of San Jose in May, 2005 and trained in Rome under the direction of Fr. Carmine de Filippis, OFM Cap during his sabbatical year, 2005-06. Father has mentored a number of American and foreign priest exorcists and gives conferences and has presentations on the ministry throughout the United States and Canada. 
    Father is a native of San Francisco and grew up in So. San Francisco where he and his family were parishioners at All Souls Parish. Father Gary graduated from the parish school in 1967, Serra High School in 1971, and received a B.S. in business management from the University of San Francisco in 1975. Father Gary enjoyed a career in the mortuary profession before his entrance into St. Patrick’s in 1979
    Father served as parochial vicar at St. Thomas of Canterbury, San Jose; St. Joseph of Cupertino, Cupertino; and St. Nicholas Church, Los Altos. He served as pastor of St. Nicholas Church 1993-2005 and was appointed pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, Saratoga on May 1, 2006.
    59 min
  • Guiding Grief Podcast hosted by Nicholas J Welzenbach with Guest Jack Longley
    Jack Longley is proud to be a Hoosier, born and raised in South Bend, Indiana.  He could view the gold dome of Notre Dame from his home.  
    He graduated from John Adams High School in 1955, from Bethel College in 1959 and from Southern California School of Theology in 1976.  He began youth ministry on March 1, 1959 with an organization called Youth for Christ in St. Petersburg, Florida.  And continued that ministry in Portland, Oregon in 1965.  
    In 1969 he was called to be Minister of Youth in the large Arcadia Presbyterian Church in Arcadia, California where he served for 9 years.  Ordained in the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. in May, 1976.  In 1978 became pastor of the Trinity Presbyterian Church in San Jose where he served for nearly 31 years. He celebrated 60 years of ministry on March 1st of this year.
    Since "retirement" in 2009 he has served three congregations as interim pastor--Westminster Presbyterian Church for 2 1/2 years; Onnuri (Korean) Presbyterian Church as English Pastor for 2 3/4 years; and the Taiwanese-American Presbyterian Church as English Pastor since October 2016.  This will end on March 31st of this year.
    He was married to Irma Washmuth in South Bend, Indiana on June 7, 1959 and were to be married nearly 59 years until her unexpected and sudden death last March.  They have two daughters, Christine and Robin; three grandchildren, Tara, Jacqueline, and Kristopher; and four great-grandchildren, Roman, Margot, Jayla, and Athena.  He have one sister who resides in Union, Kentucky.
    Currently resides at El Sombrero Oaks Retirement Community in Los Gatos which originally was designed for retired Presbyterian Clergy until purchased by the Episcopal Church  in 2005.
    40 min
  • Guiding Grief Podcast hosted by Nicholas J Welzenbach with his Guest Ryan Wright

    Episode One of a series of interviews and conversations are the one thing we ALL have or will experience that no one is talking about.   GRIEF

    Today I talk with Ryan Wright; 

     Ryan believes that one of the main reasons God put him on the planet is to help people in the midst of crisis.   

    He has 30 years of Pastoral experience in 3 different church communities.  And is currently on staff at Bethel Church in San Jose CA and serves as a volunteer Chaplain with the Santa Clara Police Department.  

    Ryan served as a chaplain, after 9/11, at ground zero in New York City immediately following the attacks on the World Trade Center.  

    He speaks often in our community at public events and is called regularly by community leaders to help in crisis situations.  Ryan also works with several local funeral homes and conducts 3-6 funerals a month assisting families who are going through personal crisis and loss. 

    1 hr 10 min

About Guiding Grief

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This podcast is a series of conversations around Something we all will feel and yet no one really talks about and we are never prepared for. Grief