Practicing Catholic Show

It’s getting to be parent-teacher conference time – but not at the Practicing Catholic School! It’s time for another Mass Class with Fr. Tom: where the curriculum is divine and class is eternal! This week’s subject is the Communion Rite! 

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Have you turned-off the TV because of all of the political ads? Tis the season, but don’t tune-out of the election. Our friend, Ryan Hamilton, from the Minnesota Catholic Conference focus us in on what it means to be faithful Catholics as we head towards election day on November 8th. 

Raise your hand if you love the change of seasons! Ours are up. Today we’re going to learn about living all the seasons – liturgically – all year-round with Kendra Tierney, founder of Catholic All Year and expert in liturgical living. 

Fresh off the Candlelight Rosary Procession from the State Capital to the Cathedral, we’ve got “more Mary”! Barb Ernster from the World Apostolate of Fatima will tell us about a special 7-day tour of the Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Fatima.

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World Mission Sunday is just about here. Deacon Mickey Friesen from the Center for Mission here in the Archdiocese will be here to explain this year’s focus and how we’re all called to be missionaries.

“Visiting the imprisoned” may be one of the most difficult of the Corporal Works of Mercy, right? Today, we’ll speak with Fay Connors – the co-founder of Twin Cities Prison Ministry – and hear about the great work being done with our incarcerated sisters and brothers.

With fall in the air and the changing of colors happening all around us, it’s also about time for a new season of local Catholic theater! Our friends at Open Window Theatre have an exciting feature this fall: The Originalist is running now through October 30, so here to fill us in on season 9 of Open Window Theatre is Jeremy Stanbary, Executive Artistic Director.

Now here on Practicing Catholic, we’ve touched a bit on Catholic social teaching and how it applies to practically living out our faith. The seven central themes of Catholic social teaching provide us insight into our duties as Catholics: caring for and upholding the right to life; honoring the call to family, community, and participation; creating safe environments and upholding just rights for workers; the list goes on.

If you’re looking to bolster your knowledge on the themes of Catholic social teaching, you’re in luck: Fr. Tony O’Neill of St. John Neumann in Eagan and Dr. Robert Kennedy of the University of St. Thomas are here today to shed some light on an opportunity coming your way.

We are truly blessed in our Archdiocese to witness the fruits of many men responding to the call to the priesthood.  Maybe you or another Catholic you know is starting to really consider the call. What do you do next?

Providentially, our Archdiocesan Office of Vocations has some tantalizing events coming up that are just the ticket! Fr. David Blume, Director of the Office of Vocations, is joining us today to fill us in on what’s been happening this fall, and how you can get involved moving forward.

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With the fight for life so prevalent in our society today, the support of moms from moms is of the utmost importance. In our home state of Minnesota, abortion is still protected at a federal level with regulation laws including a 24-hour waiting period for minors being struck down earlier this summer. 

Teresa Collett, a professor of law at UST, lends counsel to “Mothers Offering Maternal Support”, or MOMS: a group of about 50 mothers and one minor fighting to protect life at the state level. Professor Collett is joining us to explain more about the situation, and how you can get involved. 

If you would like to get involved with MOMS, email [email protected].