Today’s topics: Cardinal Seán and George Weigel on Pope Francis’ Interview; 12 Deacons Ordained; Group of 8 Cardinals Meeting

Summary of today’s show: Our usual Thursday panel considers the headlines of the week, including the ordination of 12 men to the diaconate at Holy Cross Cathedral; Cardinal Seán’s recommendation of George Weigel’s analysis of Pope Francis’ latest interview with Jesuit magazines; and the upcoming meeting of 8 cardinals, including Cardinal Seán, to advise Pope Francis on curia reform. Meanwhile, the WQOM Fall Fund Drive continues by asking for the support of listeners to continue Catholic radio in Boston. Please pledge a gift of any size at http://www.wqom.org.

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Today’s host(s): Scot Landry and Susan Abbott

Today’s guest(s): Gregory Tracy, managing editor of the Pilot, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Boston, and Fr. Roger Landry, pastor of St. Bernadette Parish in Fall River

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Some of the stories discussed on this show will be available on The Pilot’s and The Anchor’s websites on Friday morning. Please check those sites for the latest links.

Today’s topics: Jesus in Boston; Pope Francis on His Vision for the Church

Summary of today’s show: Scot Landry and Fr. Matt Williams discussed the exciting changes to the Jesus in North End gatherings that his Office for the New Evangelization of Youth and Young Adults put together on a monthly basis and then continued the discussion of Pope Francis’ groundbreaking interview with America magazine. Meanwhile, WQOM is holding its fall fund drive, asking for listeners’ support to keep Catholic radio in Boston. If you’d like to make a gift of any size, please visit the WQOM.org.

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Today’s host(s): Scot Landry and Fr. Matt Williams

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Today’s topics: Bioethics News: Latest on the HHS mandate; Palliative Care; Advanced Care Planning

Summary of today’s show: M.C. Sullivan returns to discuss the latest bioethics and healthcare news from a Catholic perspective, including the continuing fight to stop the HHS mandate as part of the Affordable Care Act; the efforts to strengthen palliative care at the end of life; and the need for people to think about planning for the medical care at the end of their lives or when they’re unable to speak for themselves.

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Today’s host(s): Scot Landry and Fr. Chris O’Connor

Today’s guest(s): M.C. Sullivan

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Today’s topics: The Red Mass and Catholic Lawyers Guild

Summary of today’s show: The Red Mass is an ancient tradition of gathering lawyers together annually to ask God’s help as they begin their judicial term and the Catholic Lawyers Guild of Boston has continued that tradition. Paul McNamara and Maura Doyle of the guild joined Scot Landry and Fr. Mark O’Connell to discuss the origins of the Red Mass overall and in Boston in particular; why the legal profession particularly needs such an occasion to unite their faith and professional lives; the contributions of the late Justice Nolan over many years; and what they anticipate hearing from Carl Anderson as the keynote speaker this year.

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Today’s host(s): Scot Landry and Fr. Mark O’Connell

Today’s guest(s): Paul McNamara and the Honorable Maura Doyle

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Today’s topics: The Literacy Connection for Immigrants

Summary of today’s show: The Literacy Connection is a project of the Sisters of St. Joseph Boston that helps low-income immigrants acquire the language skills they need to not only to their citizenship exams, but also to succeed in employment and get by in their everyday lives. Sr. Patricia Andrews, CSJ, joins Scot Landry and Fr. Chip Hines to talk about the ways that the connection provides these services in the Allston/Brighton area and the unique perspective that it gives them on the immigration reform debates.

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Today’s host(s): Scot Landry and Fr. Chip Hines

Today’s guest(s): Sr. Patricia Andrews, CSJ

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Today’s topics: Headlines: Pope Francis Interview; the Deacon Dozen; Presentation Hall

Summary of today’s show: Our Thursday panel of Scot Landry, Susan Abbott, and Gregory Tracy considered the news headlines of the week, including the interview with Pope Francis that garnered so much media attention, much of it out of context; the upcoming ordination of 12 permanent deacons for the Archdiocese of Boston; the opening of Our Lady of the Presentation Lecture Hall at St. John’s Seminary; a proposed law to give taxpayers choice on abortion funding.

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Today’s host(s): Scot Landry and Susan Abbott

Today’s guest(s): Gregory Tracy, managing editor of the Pilot, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Boston, and Fr. Roger Landry, pastor of St. Bernadette Parish in Fall River

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Some of the stories discussed on this show will be available on The Pilot’s and The Anchor’s websites on Friday morning. Please check those sites for the latest links.

Today’s topics: Missionary Childhood Association

Summary of today’s show: The Missionary Childhood Association is one of the four Pontifical Mission Societies, particularly tasked with involving all children in the missionary activity of the Church. Fr. Pat Byrne and Maureen Heil join Scot Landry and Fr. Matt Williams to discuss the association and its work and history, as well as the upcoming Mission Education Day in the Archdiocese of Boston that will bring children from around the archdiocese together to pray and to learn more about the missions.

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Today’s host(s): Scot Landry and Fr. Matt Williams

Today’s guest(s): Fr. Pat Byrne, SVD, and Maureen Heil of the Missionary Childhood Association

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Today’s topics: The Clergy Funds for the Health and Retirement Needs of Our Priests

Summary of today’s show: The second collection this weekend, September 21-22, will be dedicated to the Clergy Funds for the health and retirement needs of our priests in the Archdiocese of Boston. Fr. Ed Riley and his brother, John, joined Scot Landry to discuss the Clergy Funds and the ways that the Church—meaning, every Catholic—can show our esteem for and provide for the needs of our priests throughout their lives, and especially after they have provided many decades of services to the Church.

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Today’s host(s): Scot Landry

Today’s guest(s): Fr. Ed Riley and John Riley

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Today’s topics: Catholic Charismatic Renewal and Congress

Summary of today’s show: We begin today remembering Peter Williams, CYO Athletic Director for the Archdiocese, who passed away on Friday. He joined us on the show on February 29, 2012. Then Alvaro Soares and Vincent Cerasuolo of the Office of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal joined Scot and Fr. Matt to talk about the CCR and the upcoming CRS Boston Charismatic Congress this weekend. We learn what the Charismatic renewal is about, receiving the Holy Spirit in a new way in order to be witnesses for Jesus Christ, preparing us to go forward and proclaim the Gospel.

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Today’s host(s): Scot Landry and Fr. Matt Williams

Today’s guest(s): Alvaro Soares, Director, and Vincent Cerasuolo, Associate Director of the Office of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal

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Today’s topics: Virtue-based Collaboration for Parishes

Summary of today’s show: As the Archdiocese of Boston enters fully into the Disciples in Mission pastoral plan, Fr. Bob Connors of St. Patrick’s in Watertown joins Scot Landry, Fr. Mark O’Connell and Fr. Paul Soper to discuss the idea of virtue-based collaboration between parishes working together. The parishes work together to identify the virtues they need to live by such virtues as empathy, compromise, communication, cooperation, and being realistic.

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Today’s host(s): Scot Landry and Fr. Mark O’Connell

Today’s guest(s): Fr. Bob Connors, pastor of St. Patrick in Watertown, and Fr. Paul Soper, director of Pastoral Planning

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