Lauretta hosts the program today. She welcomes everyone with a recap of her Thanksgiving blessings and hope that we were all truly blessed with a wonderful Thanksgiving with the Lord.  Lauretta provides updates on her many ongoing topics: the assisted suicide bill, the ambush of two National Guard in DC, the persecution of Nigerian Christians, reminding our prayer warriors to keep on praying. Then she moves into Advent and shares details about this season of waiting.

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Dave Carollo joins us live in the studio here in Chicago, on this wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. A time to be grateful and thankful for all in our life, we really need to be a more grateful people. He is joined by Barb Ernster, the National Coordinator for the World Apostolate of Fatima.  Dave leads us in praying and after, together with Barb they talk about the significance of the message of Our Lady of Fatima. They discuss the need and importance of the First Saturdays and the praying of the Rosary.   They inform us regarding their goal of guiding people back to God and how to accomplish that along with the many works and efforts by the World Apostolate of Fatima-the Blue Army. Visit the website at www.bluearmy.com

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Lauretta hosts the program today. She welcomes the smells of turkey roasting looking forward to discussing all things grateful and all things Thanksgiving.  Before that she does provides an update regarding the ongoing persecution of Christians in Nigeria reiterating how grateful she is to be able to practice her faith freely.  She focuses the remainder of the show on remaining thankful, being grateful as she talks the Thanksgiving Holiday and its historical significance in the roots of Thanksgiving to God.

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Welcome to a Brain Wrinkling Wednesday with Fr. Tom Koys.  Today Father Koys focuses on being thankful as we celebrate Thanksgiving tomorrow.  He refers to a G.K Chesterton quote on Thankfulness and Wonder. He also refers to the story of Squanto and encourages us to look into the story during this Thanksgiving.  Father closes with a discussion regarding the Nicene Creed and the key phrase of “and the son” as he references the split between the East and Western Church.  Wishing you a most blessed Thanksgiving. Thank you for listening!

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Father Anthony with Tony, and Cristina gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish. Today Father and the group discuss the beauty of the Blue Mass that took place this past Sunday, shedding light on the humility that they witnessed in the first responders present.  There is the need to remember the work these people do and to recall that outside of their jobs they are you and me, just people with families and the challenges of life.  After prayer father shares the Liturgy of the word opening up with the battle waged against Israel, leading to a discussion on current day battles we face and the reminder for the need for fidelity to God.

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Lauretta hosts the program today. She welcomes the smells of turkey roasting looking forward to discussing all things grateful and all things Thanksgiving.  Before that she does provides an update regarding the ongoing persecution of Christians in Nigeria reiterating how grateful she is to be able to practice her faith freely.  She focuses the remainder of the show on remaining thankful, being grateful as she talks the Thanksgiving Holiday and its historical significance in the roots of Thanksgiving to God.

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TGIF! Father Anthony with Tony, and Cristina gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish.  Father opens with prayer and then leads a “foodie” chat quizzing the group on food favorites by state.  Father Anthony reminds us that we are at the end of the Liturgical year and points out how the readings are foreboding.  He closes the show addressing the readings that are upcoming for the Feast of Christ the King.

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Father Anthony with Tony, and Cristina gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish. Father Anthony leads us in prayer to open the show.  Today he welcomes back Alice Babij (pronounced Bobby) of the St Nicholas Ukrainian Cathedral.  She joins Father to enlighten us about St Pier Giorgio Frassati, recently canonized in September 2025. She reads from the book “365 Meditations on the Life of St. Pier Giorgio Frassati”, encouraging us to get the book as it shows how one can live a saintly life in daily living.  The book is available at www.priestlypress.com

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Welcome to a Brain Wrinkling Wednesday with Fr. Tom Koys.  Today Father Koys welcomes his guest Martin Doorhy, Attorney, Professor and Colonel in the United States Airforce (Reserves).  Martin is well versed in Constitutional Law, History and World Wars. Together, they delve into the history and role of the Catholic church around several key wars, especially World War I and World War II.  They chat about the relationships between the church and the state across various wars. They also touch on the Catholic church and the role and actions of Pope Pius XII during World War II.

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Father Anthony with Tony and Cristina gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish. Father makes the shift to the podcast after just celebrating a funeral this morning.  Talking about funerals, as they were in the past, leads them to step back in time and chat about how things were in the past while acknowledging that even then God was demanding.  Father Anthony points out that the greatest threat to us, the church, and the future of our humanity is our unwillingness to embrace the discipline of our faith.  He calls us to be humble and accept our cross and carry it as we honor the Commandments.

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