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In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know, Jonathon Fessenden of Missio Dei interviews Fr. Patrick Resen and Dcn. Mike Plese on their upcoming Tour to Ireland and Scotland (June 13, 2024)Trip Store (proximotravel.com)

In this episode of "I Thought You'd Like to Know," Deacon Benedict LoCasto, LCSW, interviews Cynthia Toolin-Wilson on her book Survivor: A Memoir of Forgiveness (November 1, 2023)

In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know, Roy Schoeman of Ave Maria Radio interviews Ronda Chervin on her book Charles Rich, Give Me Your Heart: Preparing for Eternal Life (October 14, 2023)How about a book for the elderly by a sage who was still making disciples in his nineties?Who was this Charles Rich, anyhow? One of the most fascinating Hebrew-Catholics of all times was Charles Rich (1899-1998). Born in Hungary in a Jewish village similar to the one in Fiddler on the Roof, Charles was noticed by the rabbis as an extraordinarily religious boy. He loved to stay in the forests to pray alone. His father joined one of the many waves of Jews who went to America to seek better opportunities. After establishing himself in New York City, he sent for the family.This was the beginning of a very dark time for Charles. He found it impossible to be close to God in the teeming city and among the strict legalistic rabbis he had to study with. Eventually, he lost his faith. He worked as a waiter by night and spent 8 hours a day at the 42nd St. public library searching world literature, philosophy, and religious writings searching for the God he had lost.Eventually, Charles fell into despair and tried to commit suicide. Three times he tried; three times he failed, being rescued the last minute. Feeling even more of a failure, one day he went into a Catholic Church. Jesus spoke to him directly from a painting telling him that He was God and to trust in him.Instructed by the Jesuits, Charles became a Catholic and then a lay contemplative, spending hours and hours of the day rapt in prayer. Catholics seeking a deeper prayer life were attracted to him, especially Jewish converts such as myself. Quite a number of books of his thoughts and meditations have been published.Charles Rich: Give Me Your Heart–Preparing for Eternal Life by Charles Rich | En Route Books and Media

In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know, Ben Bongers interviews Mary Kloska on Angels, Demons, and Ghosts (October 3, 2023)

In this episode of Frontline by Joe and Joe, Dr. Gerard Verschuuren talks about his book Faith That Makes You Think. (July 4, 2023)Doesn't faith contradict thinking? Actually, no. The Catholic Church teaches that there is a strong relationship between faith and reason. In fact, it's a characteristic of us rational creatures to practice a faith that seeks understanding. This book is specifically written for Catholics—fallen-away Catholics, lukewarm Catholics, struggling Catholics, would-be Catholics—for all those in search of the truth, as it gives life-saving answers to life-size questions.Faith That Makes You Think by Dr. Gerard Verschuuren | En Route Books and Media

In this webinar delivered on Saturday, June 3, 2023, Jeannie Ewing engages a live audience on her book Waiting With Purpose: Persevering When God Says ‘Not Yet' (En Route Books and Media, 2017).All of life involves waiting. We wait at stoplights. We are caught in traffic jams. We agonize over medical test results. We hang on to a much-anticipated getaway. Sometimes, we wait to finish a project, welcome a new relationship, or open our hearts to the work God has begun in us. Regardless of how often we wait or upon what, Jeannie Ewing explains with clarity and encouragement how we can use the moments of waiting in our lives to grow spiritually. Waiting with Purpose will show you why God asks you to wait and how He is speaking to you in the times when nothing seems to be happening.https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/waitingwithpurpose/

In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know, Francis Etheredge moderates a conversation on the Nature of the Human Person with Fr. Kevin FitzGerald, SJ, and Dr. Ted Furton (May 31, 2023)

In this episode of "I Thought You'd Like to Know," Teresa Tomeo interviews Joni Seith on her book Pain of Grace: Living and Suffering with Dignity (En Route Books & Media, 2023)For the original broadcast, see Catholic Connection - April 18, 2023 - Ave Maria RadioWalking her readers through her conversion from a culturally Jewish background to Catholicism, Joni J. Seith relates her struggle to live with a chronic, painful, and progressive debilitating genetic condition called Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. Written with candor, in an upbeat and uplifting humorous style, Pain of Grace: Living and Suffering with Dignity escorts the reader on an amazing journey of faith as shown in Joni's dizzying, remarkable life. Her story gives unforgettable testimony of God's love in suffering to a world in great need of this truth, providing hope to many who question life's purpose. This heartfelt and honest memoir is for all those struggling with depression, despair, and chronic pain–and for all who need to be reminded of life's true meaning.Pain of Grace: Living and Suffering with Dignity | En Route Books and Media

In this segment of Catholic Connection, Teresa Tomeo interviews Fr. Chris Seith on his book Rekindling Wonder: Touching Heaven in a Screen Saturated World.For the full program on Ave Maria Radio, see Catholic Connection - May 10, 2023 - Hr 2 - Ave Maria RadioOur screens are not morally neutral. The devices that we are so attached to affect our perception of the world. Unless we use them in a way contrary to the way in which they are intended to be used, we will find ourselves imprisoned in our own minds and living in a boring and lifeless world. In this book, Fr. Chris Seith exposes the spiritual apathy consuming our lives and, more importantly, God's response to our imprisonment. In Jesus Christ, God has set us free from our spiritual malaise and rekindles in us a sense of wonder at the beauty of reality.Rekindling Wonder: Touching Heaven in a Screen Saturated World | En Route Books and Media

Dave Palmer of Guadalupe Radio Network interviews Marge Giangiulio on her Life and Ministry. Marge Giangiulio provides an honest and compelling account of her life of those touched by an outpouring of God's goodness and mercy.Marge Giangiulio is a former New Yorker who found herself relocated to Texas while working as a Corporate Executive at American Airlines. She describes herself as a fallen away Catholic who experienced a deep conversion after going on a pilgrimage to Medjugorje. This experience awakened her desire to more fully live out her Catholic faith. As a daily Adorer of Eucharistic Adoration, she received many promptings from the Holy Spirit that came to fruition throughout the Diocese of Dallas and cascading to eventually touch the lives of hundreds, if not thousands of people around the world. Her many involvements include implementing Eucharistic Adoration programs, Sidewalk Counseling at Abortion Clinics, instigating a worldwide program for praying for our priests, volunteering with Eucharistic Centered Youth retreats, Guadalupe Radio Network, St Vincent de Paul and the Catholic ProLife Committee. She wrote Non Nobis Domine at the request of her Spiritual Director whose hope is to provide one more opportunity to direct souls to God.Non Nobis Domine: Not Unto Us, O Lord | En Route Books and Media

In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Luiza Tojiboeva of Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Weight Loss, the Community She Formed, and Domestic Violence (April 19, 2023)

Fr. Chris interviews Joni J. Seith about my book Pain of Grace: Living and Suffering with Dignity. Joni presents a much needed truth in today's confused, and troubled world. The focus of the book is about the beauty of Redemptive Suffering as seen in a lived experience.Walking her readers through her conversion from a culturally Jewish background to Catholicism, Joni J. Seith relates her struggle to live with a chronic, painful, and progressive debilitating genetic condition called Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. Written with candor, in an upbeat and uplifting humorous style, Pain of Grace: Living and Suffering with Dignity escorts the reader on an amazing journey of faith as shown in Joni's dizzying, remarkable life. Her story gives unforgettable testimony of God's love in suffering to a world in great need of this truth, providing hope to many who question life's purpose. This heartfelt and honest memoir is for all those struggling with depression, despair, and chronic pain–and for all who need to be reminded of life's true meaning.Pain of Grace: Living and Suffering with Dignity | En Route Books and Media

In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know, Dr. Lawrence Hopperton participates in a Poetry Reading at Tyndale University - Table for Three and Such Common Stories (February 13, 2023)Table for Three: New and Selected Poems, 1982-2021These poems, written over forty years, illustrate a spiritual landscape evolved from both secular and profane perspectives, from church windows to a handful of dirt, love and grief to redemption at the edges of our world. They invite readers into an engagement with the world – an engagement both thoroughly spiritual and sensuous. Personal experiences and associations become anchorage on this journey with the spirit of God (Spiritus Dei) and the spirit of creation (Spiritus Mundi).Table for Three by Larry Hopperton | En Route Books and MediaSuch Common StoriesThere is one story only. It's woven out of personal experiences and memories, the worlds that we have actually known and loved. The poems in Such Common Stories connect to our individual stories, so that the experiences they present become our own and we become the storytellers of our own multifaceted lives.Such Common Stories by Lawrence Hopperton | En Route Books and Media

Conversion through the word of God: A Catechesis on Edith Stein in Poland and a Family Pilgrimage to the World Meeting of Families in Milan. (February 11, 2023)An interview of Francis Etheredge by Maria Colfer on her programme, 'Simply Divine', which is a part of the work of an Irish, ecumenical radio station, drawing on contributions from the Church of Ireland, Methodist, Presbyterian Congregations and that of the Catholic Church.

Les deux principales sources de la prière de Marie de l'Incarnation par Fr. Michel Legault, MSA Le 28 octobre 1999, l'Église catholique a célébré le 400e anniversaire de la naissance de Marie Guyard, connue aujourd'hui sous le nom de Sainte Marie de l'Incarnation, canonisée le 3 avril 2014 au Palais apostolique par le pape François, «La Thérèse du Nouveau Monde.» Je souhaite que cette simple recherche sur la prière de Marie de l'Incarnation, réalisée en 1999, soit considérée comme un acte d'admiration et de reconnaissance envers Dieu le Père qui a fait de cette humble femme un témoin lumineux de son amour dans le début de l'Église en Amérique du Nord. À l'heure actuelle, le New Age est à la recherche de nouvelles voies de connaissance pour atteindre le Divin. Pourquoi cherche-t-on aussi dans l'ésotérisme le contact avec les pouvoirs de l'Au-delà? Notre monde a faim de spiritualité. Marie Guyard, dès l'âge de sept ans, éprouvait la faim de Dieu. Grâce à l'Esprit Saint qui l'habitait depuis son baptême, elle connut très tôt le chemin vers Dieu le Père: ce chemin pour elle fut Jésus qu'elle rencontrait dans l'Église, qui lui parlait dans l'Écriture, qui l'unissait à lui-même dans la l'Eucharistie, et qui lui enseignait les mystères divins par l'action de l'Esprit Saint. Quelles ont été les lignes de force de la prière de Marie Guyard? Comment l'a-t-elle nourrie alors qu'elle travaillait pour son beau-frère sur les quais de Tours ainsi qu'elle enseignait aux jeunes filles algonquines et françaises pendant ses premières années de la fondation de Québec durant la première moitié du dix-septième siècle? Quels sont les piliers de sa vie contemplative et apostolique? C'est pour répondre à ces questions que j'ai choisi de réfléchir sur les fondements de la prière de Marie de l'Incarnation. Avec quelle nourriture spirituelle a-t-elle nourri sa prière et son union intime avec Dieu? Après avoir lu quelques-unes de ses Lettres et quelques commentaires sur sa spiritualité, je crois pouvoir retenir deux sources principales: tout d'abord, la Parole de Dieu, qui lui parlait dans l'Écriture Sainte. Puis, j'ajoute les sacrements, en particulier, l'Eucharistie, que Jésus a confiés à son Église pour donner à ses fidèles la vie de la grâce et qui sont célébrés dans la liturgie sacrée, la prière de l'Église. A partir de ces deux sources, l'Écriture Sainte et la Liturgie. Je montrerai brièvement comment ces sources ont influencé la vie spirituelle de Marie de l'Incarnation, tout comme elles doivent d'être les sources de la vie de prière de tout chrétien.Les deux principales sources de la prière de Marie de l'Incarnation | En Route Books and Media

In this episode of "I Thought You'd Like to Know," Dr. Ronda Chervin interviews Fr. Michel Legualt, MSA, on his The Two Main Sources of Marie de l'Incarnation's Prayer (January 6, 2022)On October 28, 1999, the Catholic Church celebrated the 400th anniversary of the birth of Marie Guyard, known now as Saint Marie de l'Incarnation (canonized 3 April 2014 at the Apostolic Palace by Pope Francis), “The Teresa of the New World.” I wish this simple research on Marie de l'Incarnation's prayer (conducted in 1999) to be considered as an act of admiration and gratitude to God the Father who made this humble woman a luminous witness of His love in the beginning of the Church in North America.At the present time, the New Age is searching for new ways of knowledge to reach God. Why does one search in esoterism for the path to God? Marie Guyard, even when she was seven years old, already knew the path to God the Father: this path for her was Jesus whom she met in the Church, who spoke to her in the Scripture, who united her to himself in the Eucharist, and who taught her the divine mysteries through the action of the Holy Spirit.What were the lines of force of Marie Guyard's prayer? How did she nourish it while working for her brother-in law on the docks of Tours as well as teaching Algonquin and French girls in the early years of Quebec City? What are the pillars of her contemplative and apostolic life? It is to answer those questions that I chose to reflect on the foundations of Marie de l'Incarnation's prayer. With what spiritual food did she feed her prayer and her intimate union with God?After having read her letters and some commentaries on her spirituality, Fr. Legault underlines two important sources: first, the Word of God, speaking in Holy Scripture. Second, the sacraments, especially the Eucharist, that Jesus entrusted to his Church to give the life of grace and which are celebrated in the sacred Liturgy, the prayer of the Church. From these two sources – Holy Scripture and Liturgy – he shows how they influenced Marie de l'Incarnation's spiritual life and are the sources of each Christian's life of prayer.https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/mainsourcesofprayer/

In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know, Dr. Robert Nicastro of Villanova University interviews Fr. Joe Bracken on his book Reciprocal Causality in an Event-Filled World (Dec 14, 2022)Given the current sense of helplessness in dealing with environmental change and other urgent issues, a new world view is needed that emphasizes the unique contribution that individual citizens can make to the common good as opposed to their individual needs and desires. In a recent encyclical on the environment, Pope Francis set forth reasons from Scripture and Church teaching for this shift in perspective, but he did not provide a philosophically based foundation for this change of heart. To fill that gap, Joseph Bracken examines key writings of process-oriented philosophers like Henri Bergson and Alfred North Whitehead along with systems-oriented thinkers like Ludwig von Bertalanffy and Ervin Laszlo to create a systems-oriented understanding of the God-world relation.https://www.amazon.com/Reciprocal-Causality-Event-Filled-Joseph-Bracken/dp/1978709781About the InterviewerRobert Nicastro's research interests straddle many disciplines, namely, evolutionary theology, quantum physics, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and the philosophical trends of post- and trans-humanism. Given the new science of relational holism, his work specifically explores the notion of divine emergence through the progressive integration of consciousness. Robert taught for two years as an adjunct lecturer at Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania. He presently lectures at the Center for Christogenesis, run by Ilia Delio, O.S.F., Ph.D., which is an online organization that seeks to deepen Teilhard de Chardin's unique integration of science and spirituality to realize new possibilities of religion and evolving life for the twenty-first century.

In this episode of WCAT Radio's I Thought You'd Like to Know, Bishop Joseph Coffey of the Military Archdiocese interviews Chris Bell, President and Executive Director of Good Counsel Homes on the book "Target Heaven: What You Didn't Know About Father Benedict Groeschel" (En Route Books & Media, 2022)For more about Good Counsel Homes, see https://www.goodcounselhomes.org/Concerning the book, Mother Agnes Mary Donovan, SV, opens it by proclaiming Fr. Benedict Groeschel a prophet. “Father Benedict has,” she explains, “forcefully proclaimed the Word to the world through his books, his preaching, and through EWTN. He has proclaimed the Word in a thousand ways to all of us who needed hope. He has guarded the Church and the treasures of its grace. We really can't imagine the millions who have listened to him and who have been blessed.” And with that, this book carries the reader through half a dozen interviews on the life of Fr. Groeschel, including his own testimony, concluding with a statement from his successor, Fr. Fidelis Moscinski, CFR, as Chairman of Good Counsel Homes. A work of grace, by grace-filled people.https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/targetheaven/

In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know, Bishop Joseph Coffey of the Military Archdiocese interviews Teresa Shick, Founder of The Pillar Foundation (November 21, 2022)At The Pillar Foundation we understand the challenges the backbone of the family faces, silently and supportively holding the family together one transition at a time. Our retreat participants are NSW spouses of veterans. Leaving the military can often mean moving the family away from a support network that has meant both family and a true understanding for the life that can only be embraced by the women who have lived it. Our mission is to provide a support network, to share resources, to mentor and guide newly transitioned military wives into the civilian world by holding retreats and garnering a database of sisterhood to reconnect state to state.https://www.thepillarfoundation.com/

In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know, Catholic author Dr. MaryRuth Hackett talks about her book Daughter by Design: Discovering Your Identity as God's Beloved Daughter. (November 17, 2022)https://maryruthhackett.com/shop/What is my purpose in life? Who am I, really?These are questions that every woman will find herself asking in a culture swirling with increasing confusion around meaning and identity.Struggle, failure real or perceived, loss, grief, suffering–these are the things that tend to bring us face-to-face with ourselves, stripping us of the illusion that our identity and calling has anything to do with what we do or accomplish in life–or what we want to become or think we must be, for that matter. A woman's deepest identity, however, is founded on something far more lasting and real. Her discovery of God's original design for her life, to be in a relationship of love as His daughter forever, is a truth that will set her radically free to live the fullest life possible, a life of integrity, authenticity, fulfillment, hope, trust, and joy.In Daughter by Design, MaryRuth Hackett offers every woman:The key to growth and good discernment: becoming aware of our God-given strengths and natural weaknesses.The means to prioritize our spiritual life and develop a healthy habit of daily prayer–the foundation of our Father/daughter relationship.The opportunity to identify and claim her own version of the feminine genius.The invitation to surrender as the only true cure for perfectionism.And much more.Daughter by Design is a must-read for every woman seeking to stake her life on the eternal truth of her existence: that she is a daughter forever. Available in paperback orAfter earning her PhD in Educational Psychology, Dr. MaryRuth Hackett left the halls of academia to be a stay-at-home mom. With her podcast Parenting Smarts and her blog, available through her website at MaryRuthhackett.com, MaryRuth offers resources for families everywhere. Her conversion from Protestantism to the Catholic Faith in 2006 allowed her to further embrace the Church's timeless wisdom around authentic femininity. As the key to both personal wholeness and effective parenting, she has come to appreciate the need to strengthen a woman's identity as daughter of God before anything else. She lives in Arizona with her husband and four children.

In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know, Penny Abbruzzese, Peter Breen, Barbara Lorenzo, Forrest Yanke and Mary Kloska share their experiences at Medjugorje (October 3, 2022)Penny Abbruzzese has a strong devotion to Our Blessed Mother and is a religious pilgrims' coordinator, who made her first pilgrimage to Medjugorje in Bosnia-Herzegovina in March 1984. Since then, Penny has been to Medjugorje more than 100 times with groups from near and far. For more, see Medjugorje: My Lifelong Journey with Our Lady, Queen of Peace | En Route Books and Media https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/medjugorje/Peter Breen is an Australian writer who returns to letter writing in a book of correspondence to Pope Francis about the Church in the modern world and private Marian revelation. For more see Prodigal Pilgrim: Letters to Pope Francis from Lourdes, Fatima, Garabandal and Medjugorje | En Route Books and Media https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/prodigalpilgrim/Upon graduating from Notre Dame in 1999, Mary Kloska spent almost 20 years in the missions serving the poor (including orphanages) as well as praying as a consecrated hermit all over the world –Siberia, Nigeria, Tanzania, South Africa, Philippines, Mexico, the Holy Land and all over Europe as well. For more, see Mornings with Mary (A Rosary Prayer Book) | En Route Books and Media https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/morningswithmary/Barbara Lorenzo is a wife, mother, sister, teacher, storyteller and a seeker of faith. A recent graduate of The Cenacle of Our Lady of Divine Providence School of Spiritual Direction, she loves to share her story of transformation and conversion through her witness of extraordinary faith. For more, see Miracle Mission to Medjugorje: A Journey of Faith | En Route Books and Media https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/miraclemission/Forrest Hemphill Yanke is a licensed clinical social worker and a licensed marriage and family therapist who has integrated her Catholic faith and knowledge of Christian healing into her therapy and teaching practices. For more, see The Call to Prayer: Intimate Moments with God | En Route Books and Media https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/thecalltoprayer/

In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know, Catholic Author and Opera Singer Catholic Author and Opera Singer Ben Bongers interviews 5 Students from Chesterton Academy Our Lady of Victory Denver (September 30, 2022)https://www.ourladyofvictorydenver.com/Please consider making a tax-deductible donation at https://www.ourladyofvictorydenver.com/2022-giving-dayFrom Julian Solak, Prefect of House Augustine:This is Julian Solak. I am now a junior and I am beginning my second year at Our Lady of Victory. This year I am also serving as prefect for House Augustine. Chesterton Academies prepare students to triumph over the challenges of our modern world and to accept our Lord's offer to have life and have it abundantly. My experience at Our Lady of Victory has been so full of richness. It has developed my spiritual life through frequent reception of the Sacraments and through the development of my understanding of the Faith and through better knowledge of Sacred Scripture. It has taught me how to truly think in light of the great philosophers, and how to look at the world. Further, it has helped me to grow my writing and mathematics and has given me a more full understanding of the history and culture of the West.Our Lady of Victory is committed to making tuition affordable for even the largest of Catholic families. To that end, our school is holding a Giving Day on October 7. To cover the costs of my education, beyond my tuition, I need to raise $5,000 this year, which pays for teacher salaries, building costs, and formation events. This means I will need at least 10 people who will assist me with a monthly gift of $40 to $200 by October 7. However, any contribution you can give toward this cause is greatly appreciated.To give:1. Please go to this link: https://www.ourladyofvictorydenver.com/2022-giving-day.2. Select or enter your donation amount and choose Monthly or One-Time Gift3. Type in my name and house: Augustine (we are in a competition with the other houses!)4. Enter your billing and payment information and submit your gift!Or mail a check payable to Our Lady of Victory at:Our Lady of VictoryP.O. Box 2062 Centennial, CO 80161

In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know, Dr. Kristina Olsen interviews Dr. Frank Ambrosio on his contributions to Dante scholarship (September 24, 2022)

Wake Up Faith interviews Dr. Gerard Verschuuren (September 22, 2022)Doesn't faith contradict thinking? Actually, no. The Catholic Church teaches that there is a strong relationship between faith and reason. In fact, it's a characteristic of us rational creatures to practice a faith that seeks understanding. This book is specifically written for Catholics—fallen-away Catholics, lukewarm Catholics, struggling Catholics, would-be Catholics—for all those in search of the truth, as it gives life-saving answers to life-size questions.https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/faith/

In this webinar entitled "A Post-Roe World," Dr. Pat Castle and Kiki Latimer offer their insights into the science of the human person and the morality of abortion. Moderated by Francis Etheredge.With the overturn of Roe, let us double down in our ministry to eliminate abortion from every community. There is no acceptable amount of abortion. Every life is a gift from God. We eliminate abortion by reaching students before abortion lies reach them and by serving abortion-vulnerable mothers. Mothers from Pro-Life states can still travel to pro-abortion states. The longer the travel time the better, allowing more time for mothers to encounter a life-encouraging person or message. 78% of post-abortion mothers said if they had encountered ONE supportive person or encouraging message, they would have chosen life. More at liferunners.org/stats.https://faithscience.org/post-roe/

Fr. Jacob Dankasa talking on Guadalupe Radio Network about his Spiritual Plan for Families

Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Jennifer Olson on ALS (July 8, 2022)To donate to ALS, please visit https://raceroster.com/events/2022/58563/kimmswick-5k/pledge/participant/14269417

In an age of communicative media, free speech appears to be ubiquitous. Anyone can say anything in any of a hundred social media apps that can go viral worldwide in an instant throughout all of them. And this opens the thoughts of anyone to the commentary of anyone else. But are there limits on free speech in a global world? How is our freedom of speech bound by legal, ethical, and content restrictions? In what way is our freedom really free? Presenters from the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Australia join with a Canadian moderator to walk us through some considerations on what it means to speak freely in the modern world.Lawrence Hopperton (ret.) was the founding director of distributed learning at Tyndale University in Toronto, Canada. He has published extensively on the theory and practice of online learning and won an international award for instructional design and disability compliance. He has also published four textbooks on writing skills, two chapbooks of poetry, and a full collection, Table for Three, through En Route Books and Media, which also published three of his chapters concerning disability compliance in a book entitled Teaching and Learning in the Age of Covid-19. His next book of poetry, Such Common Stories, will be released by En Route later this year. Rachel Fischer is a researcher and information ethicist who collaborates with academic institutions, civil society organisations and intergovernmental entities. She is the Co-Chair of the International Centre for Information Ethics, Deputy Editor for the International Review of Information Ethics and member of UNESCO IFAP's Working Group on Information Accessibility. Rachel was an editor and one of the authors for the Nelson Mandela Reader on Information Ethics which was released in 2021. Learn more about this reader at https://www.i-c-i-e.org/publications.Francis Etheredge is a Catholic married layman, with eleven children, three of whom he hopes are in heaven and the rest of whom are alive and well and stepping through life's stages of school, university, and career. In the last seven years, he has returned to being a self-employed writer, adding twelve books to one already published. Find his books on bioethics at En Route Books and Media. The Human Person: A Bioethical Word, Conception: An Icon of the Beginning, Mary and Bioethics: An Exploration, The ABCQ of Conceiving Conception, and Reaching for the Resurrection: A Pastoral Bioethics. Forthcoming later in 2022 is his new book, Human Nature: Moral Norm.Peter Breen is a defamation and media lawyer and former member of state parliament in Australia. He is the author of several books including his latest book, Prodigal Pilgrim Letters to Pope Francis from Lourdes, Fatima, Garabandal and Medjugorje. Coming in July 2022, his book Dear Mr. Putin will be published by En Route Books and Media. In this book, Peter expresses outrage at the unprovoked attack on the Ukrainian people, at the same time placing the war in a religious context, with the prospect that its outcome may be the historical events prophesied at Fatima in 1917.https://faithscience.org/free-speech/

The only standard we have for judging all of our social economic, and political institutions and arrangements as just or unjust, as good or bad, as better or worse, derives from our conception of the good life for man on earth, and from our conviction that, given certain external conditions, it is possible for men to make good lives for themselves by their own efforts.There must be sufficient truth in moral philosophy to provide a rational basis for the efforts at social reform and improvement in which all men can join, regardless of their religious beliefs or disbeliefs. Such common action for a better society presupposes that the measure of a good society consists in the degree to which it promotes the general welfare and serves the happiness of its people—this happiness being their earthly and temporal happiness, for there is no other ultimate end that the secular state can serve.The Mission of the Center for the Study of The Great Ideas”Philosophy is Everybody's Business”To help awaken citizens from their moral and intellectual slumbers, and to help them understand why philosophy is everybody's business. The possibility of finding sound and practical answers to questions about the good life and good society. Philosophy's ability to answer the most basic normative questions. What ought we seek in life? And how ought we seek it?To promulgate the insights and ideals embedded in Dr. Adler's lifelong intellectual work in the fields of Philosophy, Liberal Education, Ethics and Politics.To continue functioning as THE resource for, access to, and the on-going interpretation of his work.Presented by ELAINE WEISMANNhttps://faithscience.org/thegreatideas/

The Deacon and the Doctor: A Prescription for Navigating Child Loss provides a spiritual, medical, psychological guide to help families A.C.Q.U.I.R.E peace after child loss. As one in four women experience miscarriage, it is essential to provide resources, bring awareness, and teach the community how to engage appropriately so these families are supported properly. Our hope is this book will help families and the community navigate the many obstacles encountered after child loss.https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/deaconanddoctor/

ITEST has the challenge to engage the young and the old by showing how science and faith are compatible. Many have left our Church. Many more will leave if they do not hear something different and compelling. In this webinar we will discuss what the Philosophy of Conscious Energy is and how it can help ITEST with this challenge.We will be discussing a new paradigm, or way of looking at reality. This new paradigm provides a way to express and explore items of faith using terms from modern science like evolution, energy and change of state. We will provide at least three examples.https://faithscience.org/conscious-energy/For information concerning the 1962 Vatican monitum on the Writings of Fr. Teilhard de Chardin, SJ, please see https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/monitum-on-the-writings-of-fr-teilhard-de-chardin-sj-2144

In this round of debates, four of the candidates, Jim Hanink, Robert Newman, Reinette Senum, and Leo Zacky, for the 2022 California gubernatorial elections speak on the issues important to our society. WCAT Radio is a 501(c)(3) and endorses no political candidate. The 2022 California Gubernatorial Debates are part of the mission of WCAT Radio to share a forum for discussion of social issues of importance to everyone as they deal in the human act of our loving our neighbors as we love ourselves. Each candidate's position is a question of "how" to do that, of how to engage in concrete human acts that improve the quality of everyone's life, of how to rightly order our society.

Dr. Ronda Chervin Interviews Dr. Stephen Schwarz and Kiki Latimer on their book Philosophy Begins in Wonder (February 25, 2022)This book is the compilation of over fifty years of teaching Ethics, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophy of the Person, and Virtue Ethics in the classroom setting. Philosophy Begins in Wonder offers the classroom dynamic on the written page. Here you will find philosophical questions raised, many possible answers provided, guidance in discerning how to evaluate the answers, and encouragement for even greater considerations beyond the scope of this book. Philosophy that begins in wonder is open to proceeding further in a lifetime journey of wonder, avoiding the unnecessary pitfalls of cynicism, pessimism, and despair. This spirit of wonder offers to one a life of amazement, joy, gratitude and, therein, often the unexpected moments of knowledge, understanding, insights, and occasionally wisdom. https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/philosophybeginsinwonder/

The Gender Link to the Human Soul establishes gender as an element of the soul retained in this life and for all eternity. This is demonstrated in the brilliant philosophical insights of Thomas Aquinas and John Paul II combined with illumination gleaned from Christ's Resurrection and Mary's Assumption. (February 10, 2022)https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/genderlink/

This month during Brothers in Christ, Tony Coscia will be interviewed about having a conversation with God. Tony will challenge us to see God as a person who we can speak to “Face to Face or Friend to Friend”. (January 13, 2022)

In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know, Dr. Stacy Trasancos presents for the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology on Assessing Contemporary Science in the Light of Faith. (January 15, 2022)Today we hear, “Follow the science!” People use that idiom as if to say that science is the path to all truth and that if we follow where science leads, we will never be led astray. But science doesn't work like that. The Catholic Church has a long history, codified in Genesis and professed still in our Creed, that science is the study of the handiwork of God. Science is a search for truth, but it must be guided by the light of faith. Dr. Trasancos tells about her efforts to reunite contemporary science back with theology and philosophy in a more mature way than the Middle Ages when science was first born of Christianity. To authentically follow science in the light of faith will be the way to true progress in technology that benefits humanity, both in this world and the one to come.https://faithscience.org/theology-of-science/

The Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology presents Dr. Chiara Simeone-DiFrancesco in Counterfeit: The Psychology of Pornography -- The Science, the Effect on your Marriage or Vocation, and the Gospel Take on It (October 23, 2021)This presentation will look at understanding why persons of both sexes engage in pornography, and how it affects their relationships. The particular emphasis here is on matrimony and the wounds pornography inflicts, even when one spouse is unaware of the use of pornography. What is the draw? How does pornography connect with other mental health disorders? What is its psychological function and how does it affect marital intimacy? What about when pornography is engaged in together by a couple? Why and how is this still harmful to their relationship? What are the underlying areas that need developing and healing for a person to overcome it? What happens when these are not specifically addressed and the person just stops cold turkey? Are there still risks? If so, what are they? Why do partners often feel betrayed when they discover their spouse has been using pornography? What are the necessary ingredients for the traumatized spouse to be healed? What is the porn-engaging partner's responsibility and task in the healing process? What controls over the situation can be attained?

In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know, Dr. Mary Anne Urlakis interviews the Founding Students of Our Lady of Victory Chesterton Academy on the Life of their School (October 5, 2021)If you want to learn more about the school you can visit: https://www.ourladyofvictorydenver.com/Thank you so much for your time and considering donating! Here is the donations link: https://www.ourladyofvictorydenver.com/2021-giving-day/#donatePlease donate under house Augustine!

In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know, Debra Johnston interviews Ronda Chervin on her book Voyage to Insight (September 29, 2021)https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/voyage-to-insight/

In this episode of "I Thought You'd Like to Know," Catholic author David Keys presents on his book Discovering the Fullness of Reality. This presentation is copyrighted by Dr. David Keys. All rights reserved. (September 18, 2021)https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/fullnessofreality/

In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know, Catholic missionary and evangelist Romuald Simeone presents on Christ's Dialogue Method of Witnessing, Part 2: Becoming Witnesses of Jesus (September 5, 2021)

In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know, Catholic missionary and evangelist Romuald Simeone presents on The Dialogue Method that Jesus Used to Gospel Witness. (September 4, 2021)