The Shepherd's Voice

Archishop Naumann interviews Teresa Hamilton founder and director of Giving the Basics.  Giving the Basics is a charity that provides people in need with the necessities of life that most of us take for granted such as toothpaste, toilet paper, diapers and other personal hygiene products. Teresa shares how a fellow parishioner asking for her help turned out to be the Lord calling her to help the entire Kansas City community, with a basic human dignity need that is often overlooked.  The two discuss the importance of listening to God and 'taking your heart off the shelf".

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Archbishop Naumann interviews Bob and Kathy Dorst about their apostolate to help families and Catholic groups grow closer to Christ through devotion to His Divine mercy.  They discuss St. Faustina and the Divine Mercy devotion and how families can go about enthroning our Lord's mercy in their home.  

Archbishop Naumann interviews Abbot James Albers who was recently elected as the ninth Abbot of St. Benedict's Abbey. The two men discuss the role of an abbot and the process of being elected from Albers's personal perspective.  This show gives great insight into the heroic gospel lives the brothers lead in the simplicity of monasticism.

To find out more about St. Benedict's Abbey go to kansasmonks.org.

Archbishop Naumann dialogues with his Social Justice Consultant, Bill Scholl about the four main principles of Catholic Social Teaching.  In this dicsussion the Archbishop clarifies: the centrality of Human Dignity, the duty to the Common Good, the importance of Subsidiarity, and the calling of Solidarity.  Liberal and Conservative Catholic's alike will want to listen to this show that makes some important distinctions in illuminating Catholic Social Teaching.

Archbishop Naumann interviews Eva Reynolds a member of the Catholic Fine Arts Council.  She is a local gallery owner and helps to organize the archdiocesan art shows that feature local Catholic Artists.  They discuss the role beauty plays in the life of the Faith and the important work of promoting good Catholic art.

The Catholic Fine Arts Council

Eva Reynolds Gallery

Archbishop Naumann interviews Dan Crumb, CFO for the Kansas City Chiefs.

Dan shares how his Catholic Faith helps him strive for excellence in an NFL organizaton by focusing him on giving glory to God in everything he does.

Dan Crumb is just one of the great speakers featured at the Living My Faith in the Workplace event...

Living my Faith in the Workplace is part of the Live It events for this year's Faith Initiative and features professionals giving personal witness to how their Faith life impacts their work iife and how they apply Catholic Social Teaching in their professions.

In the Kansas City area:

May 1st at 5:00 pm at Thomas Aquinas High School in Overland Park, KS.

In the Topeka area:

May 15th at 5:00 pm at Most Pure Heart of Mary Church in Topeka, KS.

The events are free but registration is requested.  

For more information or to register go to:

LIVING MY FAITH in the WORKPLACE

Archbishop Naumann interviews Matt Karr and Brad and Betsy Schleeter about a new covenant community they are working to establish in the Kansas City area.  This community mostly made of young families and some young adults support one another in living the Faith intentionally through prayer and fellowship.

The archsihop shares the importance of community for all Catholics to grow as disciples of Christ.

This show premiered Easter of 2013 when Carroll Macke was still mc-ing the show. Archbishop Naumann fields questions submitted by youngsters pertaining to Easter and the Faith.

Archbishop Naumann dialogues with Catholic author Leon Suprenant about our new Holy Father.  

What's the Church's problem with Invitro Fertilization?  Are there medical alternatives to IVF?  Is there a better way to get pregnant or space children that doesn't involve costly intrusive medical proceedures or taking artficial hormone pills?

All these questions are addressed in a candid dialogue between the archbishop and medical professionals when they talk about the exciting new field of NapPro technology. NapPro offers a medically sound way of addressing the causes of fertility issues instead of just using taking a pill that only masks the symtoms.  Many doctors are still yet unaware of the the medical breakthroughs that the affordable, more natural NapPro treatments offer to women in a way that has none of the moral baggage accompanying IVF and Oral Contreceptive Pills.

Archbishop Naumann interviews Phyllis White, Director of the Fertility Care Center of Great KC and Dr. Rebecca, a young doctor just starting a a resident practicing gynecology.