This week, on a special edition of the SLHour, we explore what saints of the future would be like and we learn about the new pro-life documentary film, The Matter of Life. We also reconnect with husband and wife duo Nick and Nikki Garza and meet singer/songwriter Fr. Maximilian Mary Dean.

This week, on a special “best of” edition of the SLHour, Camille Pauley of Healing the Culture tells us  about their new prolife TV series for kids, Philo and Sophie, and author Robert Leblanc explores the David and Goliath story; we also reconnect with singer/songwriters Cooper Ray and John Finch.

This week, on a special edition of the SLHour, we learn about a great little Catholic web-series, Catholic Central and author Fiorella De Maria tells us about her novel This Thing of Darkness. We also meet singer/songwriter Jackie Minton and reconnect with Bob Halligan Jr. of the band Ceili Rain.

This week, on a special edition of the SLHour, we revisit some of the conversations we had on this program in the Spring of 2021. We hear perspectives before and after the Indigenous delegation that went to meet with Pope Francis in March and we reconnect with singer/songwriters Mike Boucher and Marie Miller.

This week, on a special edition of the SLHour, we revisit some of the conversations we had on this program in the last year. We speak about the Canadian bishops’ apology to Indigenous peoples; We learn about a mental health ministry, and we meet singer/songwriter Will Hickl of the Novum Collective and catch up with Canadian singer/songwriter Denis Grady and learn about his ministry, Franciscan and Friends.

Pope Francis will be in Canada next week, July 24-29. This week, on a special edition of the SLHour, we bring you two conversations from the Upfront with the Archbishop podcast with Archbishop Richard Smith of Edmonton: Archbishop Smith, himself, who is the General Coordinator of the Papal Visit and Fr. Cristino Bouvette, Director of Liturgy for the Papal Visit.

This week we meet Ginni Peters, Gerald Phillips, and Vange Point – a mother and sister, a brother and uncle, and a daughter and niece from the Stó:lo Nation in British Columbia who teach us the importance of language and family.

What can the story of David and Goliath teach us about facing our fears? This week, author Robert Leblanc tell us; Gillian learns a new lesson from her kids; Danny returns with Consumers Vs Priests with tips for the laity; and singer/songwriter Chris Bray has several new singles to share.

This week on the SLHour we bring you the third episode of our mini-series Indigenous Voices in which we meet Indigenous people and learn from their stories, traditions, legends, languages, and cultures. This week we will hear from Thamer Linklater, who struggles with her Catholic faith, and Earl Dionne, a wood-burning artist from the Mohawk Nation.

This week author David Goulet helps us imagine the saints of the future. Ed Clancy of Aid to the Church in Need returns with news of Nigeria; Sr. Marie-Paul Curley, FSP, gives us the windows to the soul to a favourite super hero; and we meet with singer/songwriter Andy Carey.