Morning Light presents "Why Catholics Do That" - The Essentials of the Catholic Faith Are Found in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Mary Wax is our guide on an exploration to grow in knowledge, wisdom, and faith. Today’s topic - “Vestments.” 

Monday mornings during the month of August, Morning Light presents our Back-to-School series - today, Tammy Emerich - Superintendent of Idaho Catholic Schools joins us to talk about a variety of topics relating to Catholic education.

Emily Naugle returns to Morning Light with pointers on pro-life conversations. Also, Emily talks about a pro-life event taking place at St. Mark’s this Thursday.

Rachel Gehring joins Morning Light today as we continue a brand new segment aimed at Catholic women - “Blessed & Beautiful.”  Rachel shares a bit about herself as a spiritual director, then discusses this month's theme - God's timeline. Learn more about Rachel’s ministry work at transformedbymercy.net

After taking the month of July off for a well-deserved summer break, Dcn. Scott Pearhill, Editor of the Idaho Catholic Register, returns to Morning Light today to walk us through a fresh new issue hot off the press!

Ralph May, Executive Director from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of SW Idaho, joins Morning Light today to discuss a variety of topics…

1. Overland Food Pantry

2. Feeding veterans and National Guard families - Monthly food delivery to Gowen Field continues to grow with 122 National Guard families served this week.  

3. Also, the next Feeding America's Heroes event is September 11 at the Boise VA Hospital.  We expect to distribute food and other supplies to over 500 vets and their families.

4. Reentry Services - SVdP has been awarded a grant from the Murdock Foundation to have two Reentry Specialists with offices inside two prisons south of Boise.

John Vitz from Angelus Music returns to Morning Light today to provide a fun, interactive "Sacred Music" segment. Based on his musical "The Cure' of Ars" the 3 of us act out the scene during John Vianney’s Exam for Ordination.  Learn more at www.angelusmusic.com 

Heart of a Child Ministries is a nationally recognized ministry which offers Celebration of Life presentations for all ages across the country. One such presentation will take place on Saturday, September 7th from 11:45am to 1:30pm at Holy Apostles Catholic Church in Meridian. Lisa Miranda stops by Morning Light with more details and to encourage people to register at: https://www.catholicidaho.org/event/celebration-of-life-presentation---heart-of-a-child-ministries 

As classes are set to begin August 19th, Alberto Jaramillo from Bronco Catholic drops by Morning Light to give us a glimpse of what students can expect this year at St. Paul's on the BSU campus.

This is part 2 of Gabe's chat with Teresa Zepeda as Morning Light continues our new segment, "Catholic Kids Questions" - because Catholic Kids want to know! Submit your kids’ questions on our website under the Contact Us tab at:  https://saltandlightradio.com/catholic-kids-questions