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On March 22, 23 & 24 the Diocese of Camden will be broadcasting a three night Lenten virtual retreat at 7 PM on our Facebook and YouTube channels. The retreat leaders join our host Mike Walsh and guest host Donna Ottaviano-Britt today to discuss the upcoming three nights filled with hope, humor and practical tips for turning from sin and building virtue, faithfully living the Gospel and the importance of the Mass. Our retreat leaders are Father Chris Walsh, pastor of St. Raymond of Penafort Parish in Northwest Philadelphia, along with his pastoral associate, Richara Krajewski.  

Father Chris Walsh, who’s story of encouraging lay leadership was detailed in Christ Lowney’s book “Everyone Leads,” has spent his entire life in the Philadelphia area, including his years at Temple University and Saint Charles Seminary. Before entering the seminary, he also worked in mental health and spent 7 years of his priesthood serving in high school ministry. He loves sharing his hope for the Church as a source of renewal and healing in our world. 

Richara Krajewski, a native New Jerseyan, is a graduate of Rutgers University and the University of Pennsylvania. A convert to the Catholic Faith, Richara has great passion in sharing our faith with young people and others who are seeking meaning and purpose in their life. Prior to her assuming the role of Pastoral Associate at Saint Raymond, she worked in mental health and at a crisis pregnancy center. 

 

Watch each night of the retreat on Facebook.com/CamdenDiocese and YouTube.com/CamdenDiocese.

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Women, mothers, martyrs - the lives and heroic witness of Saints Perpetua & Felicity are chronicled in the former’s diary, one of the earliest writings of a Christian woman. Their persecution and deaths in 3rd century North Africa shine a light on the courage of Jesus’ disciples, and Talking Saints hosts Laurie Power and Pete Sanchez find inspiration in recounting the deeds of these remarkable saints. The hosts also took to heart the words of Perpetua to her father, on her beliefs—“Do you see this vessel—waterpot or whatever it may be? Can it be called by any other name than what it is?...So also I cannot call myself by any other name than what I am—a Christian.”

Our hosts, as well, in this Year of Saint Joseph, continue the recitation of “The Litany of Saint Joseph,” which can be found here: https://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/prayers-and-devotions/litanies/litany-of-saint-joseph

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It’s a great hour this week as we welcome back Jeff Shields, Youth Minister at Saint Rose of Lima Parish, Haddon Heights and leader of Forgotten Truth, a band and ministry. Not only do Kari Janisse and Mike Walsh get to chat with Jeff about his ministry and his influences, but he also performs three of his songs for us!

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In the Diocese of Camden, it is fundraising season again as the House of Chairty - Bishop’s Annual Appeal begins anew this winter. The annual campaign that serves many ministries of the diocese, including various social services, Catholic schools, ministries and vocations in South Jersey, is managed by our good friend of the podcast and Associate Director of Development for the Diocese of Camden, Katie Comerford-Rivera. Joining her on the podcast is one of our favorite fundraising pastors in the diocese, Fr. John Picnic of Christ our Light Parish in Cherry Hill. The two school today’s host, Mike Walsh, on some of the best practices they’ve learned for fundraising over their many years of financial development campaigns. Today’s chat is a great tutorial not just on how to fundraise by also how it marries so perfectly with one of the main tenants of our Catholic faith: charity.

To learn more about the House of Charity - Bishop’s Annual Appeal, go to:

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Our guest this week is a South Jersey pediatrician with a stunning conversion story. Dr. Daniel Costa grew up in Brazil going to a church that demonized Catholicism, the pope and the venerating of the Blessed Mother. However, as he hit his early 20’s he had an epic change of heart that he credits fully to the work of the Holy Spirit. His story leaves our hosts Kari Janisse and Mike Walsh simultaneously dumbfounded and overjoyed!

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This week our hosts Kari Janisse and Mike Walsh bring back listener favorite Fr. Josh Nevitt, pastoral associate from Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish and director of Catholic identity at Holy Spirit High School, to discuss Lent and how we can better prepare for it. The trio talk about the ways people can focus on their faith during Lent, wether they’re hardcore Catholics or Catholics who haven’t touched a rosary in years. They also have a thorough conversation on the new rubrics for distributing ashes this year for Ash Wednesday.

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This week our hosts Kari Janisse and Mike Walsh sit down with Fr. Chris Bakey, parochial vicar at Our Lady of Peace Parish in Williamstown, N.J., who recently came through a harrowing COVID ordeal. We talk about the nurse in his parish who likely saved his life, the ordeal of weeks in the hospital when it very much looked like he would not survive, and how his connection to Mary helped buoy him in very dark times. It’s an amazing first-hand conversation about what it’s like to survive a truly terrible COVID experience.

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“Be good, love the Lord, pray for those who do not know Him.  What a great grace it is to know God!” - Saint Josephine Bakhita

 

As Black History month continues, Talking Saints focuses on today’s Feast of Saint Josephine Bakhita, a 19th century Sudanese woman whose faith and generosity of spirit continue to inspire others.

 

Our hosts Laurie and Pete unpack the journey of Saint Josephine Bakhita- from slave, to converted Catholic, to Cannosian religious sister- which shows that out of suffering, a grace-filled transformation is possible.

 

Patron of Sudan, invoked to end human trafficking, pray for us!

 

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Our hosts, as well, in this Year of Saint Joseph, continue the recitation of “The Litany of Saint Joseph,” which can be found here: https://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/prayers-and-devotions/litanies/litany-of-saint-joseph

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On this week’s episode Marianela Nunez and Mike Walsh welcome two distinguished guests to talk Catholic Schools and schools choice, Superintendent of the Office of Catholic Schools for the Diocese of Camden, Dr. Bill Watson, and John Schoenig the Senior Director of Teacher Formation and Education Policy for the University of Notre Dame's Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE). In this role, he leads the ACE Teaching Fellows Program - the largest provider of Catholic school teaching talent in the United States - and its Program for Educational Access (PEA), an advocacy and leadership formation enterprise that helps develop and implement policy that expands financial access to faith-based schools. In addition, he serves as a faculty member and Fellow of Notre Dame's Institute for Educational Initiatives (IEI).

As Catholic Schools Week begins across the nation, the quartet discuss the uniqueness of this ministry and why school choice programs are vital for many families and why states should be encouraged to provide more resources so students have more options beyond their local public school.

To learn more about John and the University of Notre Dame's Alliance for Catholic Education go to https://iei.nd.edu/initiatives/alliance-for-catholic-education/people/john-schoenig.

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A new year of Talking Saints kicks off with the patron of “Gospel Magic,” Saint John Bosco.

This 19th century Italian priest was known for his “creative evangelization” in reaching out to young boys on the margins of society. In establishing the Society of Saint Francis de Sales, he provided a home, fellowship, and the gift of the faith to hundreds of these disaffected youth.

Hosts Laurie Power and Pete Sanchez share the life and witness of this Patron Saint of schoolchildren and magicians, and how we can all employ “creative evangelization” today, to spread the Gospel in society.

As well, with Pope Francis recently declaring the “Year of Saint Joseph” until December 8, our hosts explain what this means, and begin a new Talking Saints tradition with the recitation of the “Litany of Saint Joseph,” which can be found here: https://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/prayers-and-devotions/litanies/litany-of-saint-joseph

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