Today we pick back up considerations of Catholic Social Teaching, but with a liturgically appropriate twist: in this month of November dedicated to praying for the dead, what can the dead teach us about civic life and Catholic Social Teaching? Ruminating on a wide array of commentators, we explore how the ultimate poverty of death should make us treat the living better and understand how Christ's Death and Resurrection shows His preferential option for us even in the grave. Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:

- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus

- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada

- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson

- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen

- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus

- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner

- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith

- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr

- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle

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The Church and Data, An Interview with Dave Plisky

Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:

- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus

- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada

- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson

- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen

- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus

- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner

- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith

- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr

- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle

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We take a break from our Reconsidered Good run of shows to honor the "spooky season" of Halloween, All Saints, and All Souls to talk about the Demonic from one of America's most beloved Catholic Voices, Bishop Fulton Sheen. Fr. Dave Tomaszycki, the editor of the new book on Bishop Sheen's writings on the subject, joins us for an interview! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:

- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus

- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada

- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson

- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen

- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus

- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner

- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith

- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr

- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle

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We keep trucking along with our series reconsidering the fundamental pillars and principles of Catholic Social Teaching, the same first run of shows we started with when we began the UnCommon Good on Iowa Catholic Radio 8 years ago. Today we deal with the Dignity of Persons, and how that plays into things like the Imago Dei, Human Rights, and how the primacy of the human person alters how we consider any other social question. Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:

- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus

- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada

- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson

- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen

- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus

- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner

- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith

- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr

- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle

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We are keeping it going with the reconsideration of our first run of shows on Catholic Social Principles we started out the show with 8 years ago. Today we talk about Marriage and Family life not simply as "lifestyle" choices, but as Social Goods with obligations for the society as a whole toward them. Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:

- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus

- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada

- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson

- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen

- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus

- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner

- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith

- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr

- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle

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We keep rolling along with our Reconsideration of the first series of shows we started with 8 years ago when the UnCommon Good began! Today we explore the Preferential Option for the Poor, hopefully dispel the flat or of base understandings of the concept, and try to shine a light on the brilliance of this distinct principle in the consideration of Catholic Social Principles. Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:

- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus

- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada

- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson

- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen

- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus

- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner

- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith

- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr

- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle

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Keepin' on keepin' on with our 8 year anniversary rewind, review, and renewal episodes about foundational Catholic Social Teaching Principles, we consider the twin giants of Solidarity and Subsidiarity on this episode. 8 years ago we focused on what we saw as shallow interpretations of these ideas, but this time we really focus in on how they are too often seen as opposites or at least something to hold in tension, rather than intimately related, and indeed best seen as subsidiarity being the "Catholic way to do Solidarity." You won't want to miss it! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:

- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus

- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada

- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson

- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen

- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus

- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner

- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith

- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr

- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle

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We move right along with our reconsideration of the foundations of Catholic Social Teaching we started of the show with 8 years ago, this time diving into the concept of Justice, and what it means to give each person what they are owed. We talk about the three types of Justice, Justice and Mercy, and how this principle provides the bedrock to many other considerations. Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:

- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus

- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada

- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson

- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen

- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus

- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner

- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith

- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr

- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle

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It has been 8 wonderful years, and we are going back to review the themes of our first shows to reconsider the principles of Catholic Social Teaching. We start off with Peace, the Tranquility of Order, and how this first principle makes a world of difference! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:

- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus

- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada

- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson

- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen

- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus

- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner

- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith

- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr

- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle

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Next week marks our 8th year anniversary of the show, so this week we are "wrapping up" 7 years and 51 weeks, talking about the origins of the show, its goal when we began, and setting up what makes the Common Good such a fantastic topic to reproach year after year! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:

- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus

- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada

- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson

- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen

- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus

- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner

- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith

- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr

- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle

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