Let's Talk Catholic! with Fr. Scott Lawler

 This week we go back into the archives for an episode Fr. Scott recorded a few years ago about how to visit the cemetery, especially during the month of November. He also shares more reflections on the holy souls and on our own preparation for death.

https://archive.org/download/LetsTalkCatholic/LTC-077RR-Cemetery_Visits.mp3

What is Marian devotion? Do Catholics pray to Mary? As we near the end of the month of the Holy Rosary, we are re-airing an episode on devotion to the Blessed Mother.

https://archive.org/download/LetsTalkCatholic/LTC-042RR-Devotion%20to%20Mary.mp3

This week Fr. Scott tells us all about angels. They're more than just babies with wings.

https://archive.org/download/LetsTalkCatholic/LTC-191RR-Angelology.mp3

 This weekend, the Church celebrates St. Francis of Assisi, and this past week, Fr. Scott's parish  (which happens to be named after that great saint) celebrated its 80th Anniversary. This week, to celebrate the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, we are proud to present a talk by Franciscan Friar, Fr. Joe Hund, given at Fr. Scott's parish, St. Francis of Assisi in Lewiston, Michigan. Then, Bishop Walsh of the Diocese of Gaylord will offer a homily about the life of St. Francis to celebrate the 80th Anniversary of St. Francis of Assisi parish. Finally, we return to Fr. Hund as he meditates on the end of St. Francis' earthly life.

https://archive.org/download/LetsTalkCatholic/LTC-190RR-St-Francis.mp3

We conclude our look at the traditional September devotion to the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Mother. 

https://archive.org/download/LetsTalkCatholic/LTC-040RR-Seven%20Sorrows%20Pt2-2026-Rerun.mp3

  The month of September is traditionally dedicated to meditating upon the Seven Sorrows (or Dolors) of the Blessed Virgin Mary, so we decided to encore episodes about this beautiful devotion.

https://archive.org/download/LetsTalkCatholic/LTC-073RR-SevenSorrowsPt1.mp3

 We revisit the Diary of Ven. Bishop Frederick Baraga this week for the month of September.

This week we are actually beginning a new feature for Let's Talk Catholic! featuring your humble producer, Dcn. Nick Modelski. 

Back in the fall of 2023, I began recording a series of interviews about Eastern Catholicism for God With Us, the official catechetical apostolate of the Eastern Catholic bishops in the United States. These interviews cover topics ranging from history, music, and liturgy, to raising kids in the faith and evangelizing the world around us.

This month's episode features an interview with Pauline Meert about a Byzantine Montessori in Colorado, and Fr. Michael Shami, a Maronite priest.

https://archive.org/download/LetsTalkCatholic/LTC-189RR-GWUL-Mont-Maronite-tagless.mp3

 We bring you the conclusion of Fr. Scott's interview about stewardship.

https://archive.org/download/LetsTalkCatholic/LTC-188RR-Stewardship-2.mp3

 This week we bring you the end of one recording and the beginning of another. In the first part of this week's show, we finish up the Adoration 101 recording from last week. After that, we launch into an important, but often misunderstood aspect of Catholic life-stewardship.

https://archive.org/download/LetsTalkCatholic/LTC-187RR-AdorationandStewardship.mp3