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Special thanks to Arizona Cardinals punter Blake Gillikin for advice, insights and memories with WCAT's Wyatt Garfinkle . And thanks to our editor and producer Thomas Schwartz for counting an onion is a fruit in this week's draft.

In this exciting episode, we sit down with Wiley Ballard, Westminster alumnus (‘12) and prominent sports broadcaster, to dive into his journey from the Westminster campus to covering some of the biggest names in sports. Wiley shares behind-the-scenes stories from his time broadcasting for WCAT, Georgia Tech, his role with the ACC Network, and his experiences working with Bally Sports covering the Atlanta Braves.We explore Wiley's preparation process, how he handles the pressure of live broadcasting, and the challenges of calling games across multiple sports. Whether you're a diehard Braves fan, a WCAT loyalist, or an aspiring sports broadcaster, Wiley's insights on the evolving media landscape and his career journey will leave you inspired.Tune in for a mix of personal anecdotes, career advice, and an inside look at the life of a modern-day sports broadcaster!

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YanBar Podcast host Bryan Barcelo Interview with Greg Guba, musician, traveler, humorist. In this episode, Greg spoke of his move west, his upcoming live performances, his resonator guitar and how to use a slide, helping people, how music is akin to a spiritual experience, how music excites, soothes and unites people, and how even seasoned musicians can learn from someone less skilled and advanced players should be tolerant/non judgmental of less skilled players and the less skilled shouldn't worry too much about being great, instead focus on learning, getting better and having fun.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greg.guba.5Sessions at WCAT featuring Greg Guba: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7Rgj...Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gubagregoryAmazon, I Tunes CD Baby and a few songs on Bongo Boy Records Compilation (Homestead Vol 5 and Backroom Blues Volume 4 email address gaguba@yahoo.com

Welcome to the first episode of a new brand of WCAT Chats, WCAT Community Chats this show hosted by sophomores Lauren Foglesong and Caroline Anderson interview people making a impact in the community. This episode they have Meghan James on to talk about everything the Glenn Institute does and the global programs that Westminster offers.

In this episode we have our best interview yet as we talk to MLB player Will Benson about his time at Westminster, faith, failure and growth. Will tells great stories about baseball and his time coming up in the Cleveland Guardians system and now being in the MLB. He also talks about the playoffs and his Gatorade shower fail. We then cover fall sports and college cats with Alex Lee '22 and Michael Johnson '19 leading Chicago soccer to win the D3 championship. follow Will on Instagram and Twitter @willybeamin29 Also help out his charity https://futureisnear.org/ and maybe even donate to let them help kids have a great Christmas

This week we interview Quinton Ezzard about all things football as he is a senior and star running back and corner. He walks us through film and football. We then cover sports, both pro, and high school. We wrap things up with some talk about thanksgiving.

 In this episode we interview everyone signing. We also try beet juice after last weeks interview. Then we cover all the sports going on especially the playoff game at Lovett this friday. Also the Hawks and Falcons are doing well. We wrap up with Westminster trivia.

In this episode of WCAT Chats we talk all about the cross country teams and their success. We interview senior Palmer Walstad and junior Joseph Jacquot about their season and state on Saturday .  We wrap everything up with talking about Westminster football clinching playoffs, cross country state coming up. As well as winter sports seasons starting and Swimming win over Collins Hill. We wrap things up with talking about the start of the Hawks season and the Falcons being in first in the nfc south.Make sure to like  follow review and Subscribe https://www.youtube.com/c/westminsterwcat

In this episode of WCAT Chats we talk all about the cross country teams and their success. We interview senior Palmer Walstad and junior Joseph Jacquot about their season and state on Saturday .  We wrap everything up with talking about Westminster football clinching playoffs, cross country state coming up. As well as winter sports seasons starting and Swimming win over Collins Hill. We wrap things up with talking about the start of the Hawks season and the Falcons being in first in the nfc south.Make sure to like  follow review and Subscribe https://www.youtube.com/c/westminsterwcat

In this episode of WCAT Chats we talk all about Westminsters girls soccer program and their success. We Interview Alumni and former Westminster soccer player now Georgetown soccer player Henley Tippins about her experience playing for Westminster. Then we interview Coach Loughran about coaching the team.  We wrap everything up with talking about the end of fall sports and start of winter sports.Subscribe https://www.youtube.com/c/westminsterwcat

In this episode, we interview junior Cece Schrader about softball. We also discuss softball and volleyball teams heading into the playoffs and the football teams' homecoming win. We also go over all of our college cats. Then we talk about the Atlanta Hawks season starting and the Falcons leading the division. As well as MLB playoffs continuing with the Braves being eliminated. We also go over the college football game of the year with Tennessee upsetting Alabama, as well as Heisman candidates.

In this episode, we cover Westminster's last-minute victory over rival Holy innocents and Cross Country's race at Asics, which had a school record. Then we go over Atlanta sports and the MLB playoffs and wrap it up with fan favorite segment the wheel.

In this episode of WCAT Chats, we provide an update on fall sports while giving some information about Westminster alums in college sports.  Also, we continue the fan-loved segment "Spin the Wheel." Gigi Johnson '22 joins the podcast to give insight into swimming collegiately at Stanford! New episodes are out every Wednesday! You can also find the podcasts on YouTube at https://ww.youtube.com/c/westminsterwcat

In this episode of WCAT Chats we cover our fall sports as well as Westminster alumni playing at the collegiate level or in the pros. As well as a fun segment where we choose our favorite way pay restaurants and our sports Mount Rushmore.  New episodes every wednesday evening. You can also find out podcast https://www.youtube.com/c/westminsterwcat

Author, Belinda Terro Mooney, joins Dr. Mary Anne Urlakis for Episode 34 of WCAT Radio’s “Vows, Vocations, and Promises: Discerning the Call of Love,” to discuss her newest publication: My Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes Workbook. Ms. Belinda Terro Mooney, LMSW, LDCD, is a licensed social worker and chemical dependency counselor. Belinda is a member of the National Association of Addiction Counselors. She is experienced in clinical and program management and has worked both in the inpatient and outpatient chemical dependency settings. Belinda is an entrepreneur who has owned her own business dedicated to training other professionals. Belinda is currently an Adjunct Professor of Human Services at Lone Star College in Montgomery, and has written several non-fiction texts, including this most recent workbook.In this interview, Ms. Belinda Terro Mooney discusses the vital process of developing Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLCs). She shares her personal vocation story and insights from decades of work as a chemical dependency counselor and teacher. Belinda describes meaningful strategies to reduce life-stressors and develop positive, goal-oriented approaches to tackling problem behavior pitfalls. She describes her book as a “comprehensive plan for developing a calm and ordered life.” More information regarding Ms. Belinda Terro Mooney, LMSW, LDCD, and her new book entitled, My Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes Workbook, is available at the website: Home - TLC Wellness Institute. https://tlcwellnessinstitute.com/

Tony Coscia is interviewed by Joe Avalos on WCAT Radio’s “Cry Oneness.” 60-minutes (January 24, 2018)

This week on The Open Door we help launch a new book, The Glory of the Cosmos: A Catholic Approach to the Natural World (Arouca Press, 2020.) It's edited by the distributist thinker Thomas Storck, and our panelist Christopher Zehnder is a contributor. Along with another contributor, the historian Christopher Shannon, they will lead our discussion. Together they will argue that the natural environment is neither a pantheist's quasi-divinity nor simply raw material for our exploitation. The Cosmos, rather, manifests the glory of its Creator. Please let us know if you have particular questions for us to pursue! We'll post the podcast in a few days. (November 11, 2020)

In this episode of The Open Door, Jim Hanink, Mario Ramos-Reyes, and Christopher Zehnder discuss, the day after, the November 3rd election. The regular panel (to wit, Hanink and Ramos-Reyes and Zehnder), also known as “The Irregulars,” will consider the following questions. Feel free to suggest others. Remember: we're card-carrying members of the American Solidarity Party. That is, we would be if the ASP had a budget for such things!1. Anybody want to ask me who I voted for in the presidential & vice presidential race? I (name) voted for _______________________.2. Anybody want to ask me why? I (name) did so because _________________________.3. What state and local races did the panelists find especially important? How did they vote in them and why?4. Is there such a thing as “the Catholic vote”? If so, how does it vote? If not, why not?5. Have the Catholic bishops done a good job in helping form consciences in the matter of electoral politics?6. St. Thomas Aquinas writes that “As to the proper conclusions of practical reason, neither is the truth or rectitude the same for all, nor, where it is the same, is it equally known by all. Thus it is right and true for all to act according reason: and from this principle it follows as a proper conclusion, that goods entrusted to another should be returned to their owner”; but he then observes that “as we descend into further detail” and as “the number of conditions” increases “the greater the number of ways in which the principle may fail…” (ST I-II, q. 94, art. 4 Respondeo) How does this passage relate to political judgement?7. Archbishop Jose Gomez (Los Angeles) recently wrote that “This country's founding commitments to equality and human rights have no foundation apart from this belief in a Creator who endows men and women with inalienable rights. That is why the indifference toward religion in American public life and the marginalizing of religious believers is so disturbing.” How might secularists respond, and how might we answer them?8. Archbishop Gomez also writes that “Our mission as the Church and our duty as Catholics remains bigger than politics. We are here to serve God and bear witness to the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the coming of his kingdom…. Most important of all, we need to be deliberate and vigilant about passing on this story — our Catholic way of life — to the younger generation.” How deliberate and vigilant have we been? How could we do better?9. The late, and in some ways great, Joe Hill said: “Don't mourn for America, organize”! How should the American Solidarity be organizing at this time?10. Looking ahead, does the refrain that “time is money” have special significance in our organizing work? And what about the adage “your dollar is your best friend”?

In this episode of The Open Door, Jim Hanink, Mario Ramos-Reyes, and Christopher Zehnder focus on the deadly Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict with Prof. Siobhan Nash-Marshall, Professor of Philosophy at Manhattanville College. The Sins of the Fathers is her first book-length treatment of genocide and genocide negationism. After the outbreak of war in Syria, Nash-Marshall and some friends founded CINF, the Christians In Need Foundation, through which they help ancient Christian cultures of the world that are now in peril. Our questions for Prof. Nash-Marshall include the following. Feel free to suggest your own!1. Could you give us a history lesson? What led to the seemingly intractable conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan?2. Reports on the current phase of the conflict say that both sides have attacked targets in a way that endangers civilian non-combatants. Is this true? If so, how has it come about?3. What countries are supplying the weapons, including drones, in this conflict? What do you make of the report that Azerbaijan has spent billions on arms in recent years?4. Armenia is a Christian nation, indeed, the first Christian nation. Azerbaijan is largely Muslim. Is the conflict fueled by this religious difference?5. What position has the United States taken on the increasingly deadly dispute in South Caucasus?6. A number of Armenians in the diaspora have travelled to Armenia to support the war effort. Is this a mark of bravery or of bravado? Or perhaps a measure of both?7. It's said that truth is the first casualty of war. How can our listeners stay informed on developments in the conflict?8. Would you explain the origin of the Christians In Need Foundation? How is the outbreak of hostilities affecting its work?9. When did you last visit Armenia and how did you find everyday life there?10. Will you be writing on this recent and tragic chapter of Armenian history?She recommends the following links for keeping informed about the Armenian Azerbaijan conflict.Artsakh Press: [https://artsakhpress.am/eng/]Araik Harutyunyan, Artsakh President: https://www.facebook.com/ArayikHarutyunian/ and https://twitter.com/Pres_Artsakh]Artak Beglaryan, Artsakh Ombudsman: https://www.facebook.com/ArtsakhOmbuds and https://twitter.com/Artak_BeglaryanSiobhan Nash-Marshall: https://theimaginativeconservative.org/author/siobhan-nash-marshallArmenian News - http://www.PanARMENIAN.net

This week on The Open Door we discuss fresh developments in the American Solidarity Party's 2020 presidential and vice-presidential campaign. How fares the Brian Carroll/Amar Patel ticket? Our welcome and returning guest is California's Skylar Covich, a long-serving member of the ASP National Committee. Among the questions that we'll ask him are the following. As always, please don't hesitate to send us others.1. You are a senior statesman, so to speak, in a new and growing political party. When and how did you come to be a member of the American Solidarity Party?2. Could you compare the ASP's presence on the ballot in 2016 with its presence today, in 2020?3. What sort of organizational efforts has the party made in the last year or so?4. Endorsements help! Who are some public figures that have spoken on the party's behalf in recent months?5. Is a guestimate in order? Nationwide, how many votes do you suppose that the Brian Carroll/Amar Patel ticket will win?6. After November 3rd, and after the votes are counted, what projects will the ASP turn to?7. Do you see productive coalition building in the year to come? What about Political Action Committees (PACS)?8. Can we look forward to an uptick in ASP candidates for state and local offices?9. How can the ASP contribute to intelligent political discourse?10. You are both a scholar and activist. Can you tell us about the book you would like to write and a book that you would like us to read?

This coming week on The Open Door we discuss Catholic journalism and publishing. We're keen to explore, as well, the media landscape in a time of cultural confusion. Our welcome guest is Greg Erlandson. In 2016 he became Editor in Chief of Catholic News Service. CNS serves Catholic publications and dioceses throughout the United States and around the world. For 15 years Erlandson was President and Publisher of the Our Sunday Visitor Publishing Division. He had served first as Editor in Chief at OSV Publishing. In 2014 he was one of six experts appointed by the Council of Cardinals to the Vatican Media Committee to propose reforms for the Vatican's media operations. He is co-author of Pope Benedict XVI and the Sexual Abuse Crisis: Working for Reform and Renewal (2010). Among the questions we'll ask him are the following. Please feel free to suggest others! (October 16, 2020)1. Can you give us an overview of Catholic journalism today, noting some of its highs and lows? What changes have your seen over the past several years?2. How fares Catholic publishing today? What do you see happening in the next decade?3. People first! What it is like for what some call “the ink-stained wretches” in Catholic journalism and publishing?4. Please outline for us Bishop Burbidge's new pastoral letter on communications.5. What factors come into play in the ever shrinking number of newspapers of every sort?6. Can you tell us about the challenges you see in the digital transformation of much of contemporary culture?7. Is there a contest, both visible and invisible, between the word and the image? Is there a way to integrate them?8. A final question: Who are some of the saints and heroes of Catholic journalism and publishing?

This week on The Open Door James E. Hartley, Professor of Economics at Mount Holyoke College, will be our special guest. Last week we pointed him in the direction of the woodshed. This week he aims to show us the errors of our anti-capitalist ways.For more on our game and gracious guest, please visit his informative web site, https://jamesehartley.com As always, we welcome comments and questions!

Joe Del Giorno, an 87 year-old man from Astoria in Queens, shares his experience of entering into deeper union with God through the charismatic renewal, becoming a school counselor and mental health counselor, the beauty of cherishing our families as an essential dimension of living as a disciple of Jesus Christ, and the lifelong journey of learning and coming to wisdom. (October 3, 2020)

This week on The Open Door, Catholic philosophers Jim Hanink, Mario Ramos-Reyes, and Christopher Zehnder discuss James E. Hartley's provocative “Revisiting Chesterton and The Mystery of Capital.” This provocation, and we take it to be such, recently appeared in Public Discourse. Our special guest is the author and distributist Tom Storck. He'll lead us in examining Hartley's claims that “Allowing capital to move is exactly what generates wealth” and that the champions of localism are in fact “apostles of the status quo.” And where does Chesterton fit? Our hero wrote that “We learn about reformers without knowing what they had to reform, about rebels without a notion of what they rebelled against, of memorials that are not connected with any memory, and restorations of things that had apparently never existed before.” So, then, with respect to the origin of capitalism are we guilty as charged? Or are we, as they say, “being stitched up”? Please join us! (October 2, 2020)

This week The Open Door explores our current cultural convulsions. Dr. Curtis Hancock, long of Rockhurst University, is our welcome returning guest. He has close ties to Poland's Lublin School of Thomism and is currently the Coordinator of the History of Philosophy Concentration at Holy Apostles College & Seminary. And, yes, he's been known to write mystery fiction! Among the questions we'll discuss are the following. Please feel free to add to our list.1. What are some causes of social unrest in America today?2. Is America afflicted with systemic racism? 3. What is the significance of Black Lives Matter?4. Given the need for social justice, wouldn't a Christian philosopher be supportive of Black Lives Matter?5. Has Marxist ideology influenced American society? If so, in what ways?6. American society has traditionally professed to be an open, inclusive, and tolerant society. Is that a justifiable description?7. Many who worry about cultural Marxism blame the education establishment. Is that justifiable?8. As a Christian philosopher, how would you assess the significance of America's cultural revolution?9. How can Christian personalism and solidarity address America's cultural revolution?10. Are America's current cultural disturbances the result of the decline of religion?11. Do the police apply different standards of justice for white and black people in America?12. As a profession, are the police in serious need of reform?

In this episode of The Open Door, Jim Hanink, Mario Ramos-Reyes and Christopher Zehnder discuss the New Evangelization. Our special guest is Douglas Bushman, S.T.L., Professor of Theology at the Augustine Institute (Denver). He serves there as the Pope John Paul II Chair of Theology for the New Evangelization. He is the author of The Theology of Renewal for His Church: The Logic of Vatican II's Renewal In Paul VI's Encyclical Ecclesiam Suam, and Its Reception In John Paul II and Benedict XVI. Among the questions we will consider are the following. As always, please feel free to suggest your own questions!1. You teach a course on the theology of the New Evangelization. Do you work from a definition of New Evangelization?2. How is the New Evangelization related to the Second Vatican Council? 3. What is the goal—or what are the goals—of the New Evangelization? 4. What does it mean to evangelize cultures? 5. Who is called to participate in the New Evangelization? 6. What do you see as the intellectual task of the New Evangelization? Is there a role for apologetics? 7. What is parrhesia and how might it come into play in the New Evangelization? 8. Does the New Evangelization bring a distinct vision to the Church's work for social justice? 9. What sort of successes, and perhaps failures, has the New Evangelization experienced? 10. How does the Augustine Institute prepare lay Catholics for joining in the New Evangelization?

On Episode 20 of WCAT Radio’s “Vows, Vocations, and Promises: Discerning the Call of Love,” show-host Dr. Mary Anne Urlakis interviews this week’s guest, Fr. Isaac Slater, O.C.S.O. regarding his life as a Trappist Monk at the Abbey of the Genesee. Fr. Isaac Slater O.C.S.O, is a Roman Catholic Priest, and the Vocations Director for the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance at the Abbey of the Genesee in Piffard, New York. The Abbey of the Genesee was founded from the Abbey of Gethsemani, in Trappist, Kentucky in 1951, and is part of the larger Cistercian family of priests and nuns which traces its origins to the year 1098. Cistercians follow the Rule of St. Benedict, and thus are part of the larger Benedictine family of religious as well. The Constitution of the Order describes the unique contemplative charism to which their communal life is ordered: “The monks dedicate themselves to the worship of God in a hidden life within the monastery under the Rule of St. Benedict. They lead a monastic way of life, in solitude and silence, in assiduous prayer and joyful penitence. . . . (Constitution §2).” In this episode, Fr. Isaac discusses his own personal vocational call to the contemplative monastic life- a life of profound beauty, immense joy, and immeasurable love. Among the unique aspects of the vocation of a fully professed Trappist monk is the recognition of the call to love. In this interview, Fr. Isaac discusses the exceptional emphasis on the devotion to love that is intrinsic to the vocation of a Cistercian of the Strict Observance. In describing the role of a newly professed monk, the Abbey of the Genesee’s website states: “The primary responsibility of the newly professed monk is to love with all his heart. The vows presuppose this love and express it exteriorly by incorporating him into a state of life which has no other reason for existence than the love of Christ and all that implies.” In Episode 20, Fr. Isaac Slater describes the typical day of a Cistercian at the Abbey of the Genesee and details the process of formation and profession of vows. The rhythm of daily life is punctuated with prayer, contemplation, liturgy, community, and work. In addition to exercising the virtue of hospitality by running a retreat house, the Trappist Monks of the Abbey of the Genesee support themselves by baking and selling delicious Monks’ Bread, biscotti, cheese crisps, and nut-butters. A link to their on-line store can be found on the Abbey’s website: https://www.geneseeabbey.org.

This week on The Open Door we will discuss the vocation of the Christian artist. We will consider, as well, the place of the beautiful in art and life. Our special guest, joining us once again, is the renowned sculptor Timothy Schmalz. He is currently at work on a series of pieces inspired by Dante's The Divine Comedy. Among the questions we will ask are the following. As always, please feel free to add to our list!1. You have described yourself as a visual translator of the Bible. Why is such a translation especially critical today?2. At what stage are you now in the sculpting of figures and scenes from Dante's epic poem?3. What have been some of the trials and triumphs in the process so far?4. Are you pleased with Daniel Fitzpatrick's ongoing new translation of Dante's masterpiece?5. Should we share with our auditors the most recent of Fitzpatrick's efforts, Purgatorio, Canto 14?6. This Monday we in the United States celebrated Labor Day. You've sculpted a well-received tribute to the miners of Canada. How is it that Christianity honors laborers in a way that would never occur to the sculptors of classical Greek or Rome?7. One of your works is titled “The Homeless Christ.” Its immediate impact is strikingly different from that of, say, Raphael's “The Transfiguration.” And yet many Christians would judge both to be works of beauty. How do you understand beauty?8. St. Thomas Aquinas teaches that when we encounter beauty we find it pleasing. He contends, as well, that beauty exhibits integrity, proportion, and clarity. Does Thomas's account ring true to you?9. Many Christian thinkers see beauty as a transcendental, that is a dimension of all that is, of the whole of Creation as a participation in the Beauty of the Creator. If this is so, might it be a truth that gives direction to the artist and, indeed, to everyone who seeks the good?10. One of Dostoevsky's fictional characters asks whether the world will be saved by beauty. Is there a sense in which we should answer this question in the affirmative?

This week on The Open Door we'll talk about “just how bad thingsare.” We'll also discuss what to do if “they are really, really bad.”Our special guest is our friend Joe Shriner, a political activist parexcellence. Joe has joined us before, and he merits our closeattention. Among the questions we'll ask are the following. Pleasedon't hesitate to send us more!1. Could you recount for us the biblical story of Jonah andNineveh?2. What is the biblical understanding of a prophet?3. Is there a way to identify false prophets?4. In what ways is the US like Nineveh?5. In what ways are Christians like Jonah?6. Just what is “the chastisement” that some Christians are nowspeaking about?7. Can politics help our country?8. Will you be voting in November?9. If you will be voting, who will you vote for?10. Can your vote really make a difference?Check out www.NinevehMoment.com and also our YouTube channel at www.AverageJonah.com for more information.

This week on The Open Door we will discuss core ethical considerations. Our special guest, in absentia, is the late and decidedly great Mortimer Adler, who is represented by Elaine Weissman of the Center of the Great Ideas. Adler's short, and perhaps surprising, sermon on The Golden Rule is the context of our discussion. Adler delivered it in 1991 at Christ Church in Aspen, Colorado. We plan on addressing the following questions. Please don't hesitate to add your own!1. Just what is The Golden Rule?2. How does The Golden Rule compare with Immanuel Kant's Categorical Imperative?3. Mortimer Adler argues that The Golden Rule does not adequately capture what ethics involves. Why does he claim that, despite its welcome universal scope, it does not have real content?4. At the heart of ethical reasoning we find two pairs of concepts: right and wrong along with good and evil. Which pair is primary and why?5. Is there an inescapable conflict between egoism (selfishness) and altruism? How does Plato's Parable of the Ring of Gyges highlight this conflict?6. How can an understanding of the cardinal virtues (prudence, temperance, courage, and justice) help us analyze this supposed conflict?7. Is there a unity of the cardinal virtues? If so, what is its source? If not, how are we to decide which virtue is most important in a given situation?8. Are specific acts, on careful consideration, unique and so never to be repeated?9. When all is said and done, is happiness the universal end of human action?10. What are some political implications of our discussion to this point?

This week on The Open Door we'll talk about the busy and sometimes polemical intersection of the pastoral and the political. Our special guest, who will help us “stay real,” is Pastor Ken Walters of Summit Christian Fellowship in Big Bear, California. He's an alumnus of Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He also serves as a member of the California State Committee of the American Solidarity Party. We'll be asking Pastor Walters the following questions and, gentle auditor, you are welcome to add your own.1. Could you tell us a bit about your studies at Fuller Theological Seminary?2. You've just begun a new pastorate, and in a high place. What challenges do you see?3. We often hear that it's better not to discuss politics and religion. Is that good advice?4. What drew you to the American Solidarity Party?5. How can the ASP gain traction between now and November 3rd?6. What sort of growth trajectory do you see for the ASP over, say, the next four years?7. Often today's politics centers on generating noise and nastiness. Can politics be intelligent?8. If you were asked to give a speech on civics, civility, and citizenship what are some points that you would make?9. Would you consider running for public office?10. Have you read Don Quixote?

In this episode of The Open Door, panelists Jim Hanink, Mario Ramos-Reyes, and Christopher Zehnder focus on the trials and triumphs of contemporary education. Our special guest will help us “stay real.” Larry Carstens has taught English at the high school and college levels for thirty years. His observations have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, First Things, and the New Oxford Review. He works in the Los Angeles area, where he lives happily ever after with his wife and children. With them especially in mind, he recently authored Our Forebears in the American Story and World History. Our questions will include the following and, gentle auditors, you are invited to add your own.1. Were you to write an essay titled “Apologia of an Independent Teacher” (and someone suggested that you do so), what topics and events and personalities might you discuss?2. Is teaching, for you, a career or a vocation?3. How is it that you teach at public, rather than Catholic, schools?4. You are a member of an influential teachers' union. What's that been like?5. In what ways have your students changed over the past three decades?6. In what ways have your fellow teachers changed over the past three decades?7. Do you have any experience with homeschoolers or homeschooled children?8. Rumor has it that you are a devotee of Shakespeare and an appreciator of Churchill. Can you tell us why?

In this episode of The Open Door, Catholic philosophers Jim Hanink, Mario Ramos-Reyes and Christopher Zehnder interview Dr. Randall Smith of the University of St. Thomas (Houston) on the vexed topics of nationalism, statism, and sovereignty--in light of the common good. Among the questions we'll discuss, and you are free to add to the list, are the following.1. Is nationalism a virtue or a vice?2. How would you distinguish between the nation and the state?3. What is “statism”?4. We sometimes speak of “failed states.” Can such states be resuscitated?5. In what sense is a nation “sovereign”?6. A nation often turns to its traditions. Can you tell us when a tradition is living? Do any examples come to mind?7. How might Socrates and Plato and Aristotle weigh in on the distinctions we are aiming to make?8. Does the contemporary surge of immigration upend our political categories?9. Can we expect to sort out our political confusions without doing some serious political philosophy?10. Where does serious political philosophy get done today?

In this episode of The Open Door, co-hosts Jim Hanink and Mario Ramos-Reyes interview Lawrence Feingold concerning the Association of Hebrew Catholics. 1. Can you please help us understand the significance of Vatican Council II's Nostra Aetate?2. What is the Scriptural context for speaking of the irrevocable calling of the people ofIsrael?3. What is the Association of Hebrew Catholics?4. Is there a place in the Association for members who do not have a Jewish background?5. Can you tell us about the distinctive liturgical practices of some Association members?6. Do you foresee a time when there would be a personal ordinariate for HebrewCatholics?7. How does the Association differ from Messianic Jews?8. What is a Havurah?9. Does the Association directly address the phenomenon of increasing anti-Semitism?10. You are delivering a series of lectures for the Association on the sacramental economy.Why did you choose this topic?11. How might we distinguish between proselytizing and evangelizing? How might Catholicsand Jews best witness to one another?12. Could you introduce our listeners to Alphonse Ratisbonne, Edith Stein, Elias Friedman,and Jean-Marie Lustiger?

In this episode of The Open Door, Jim Hanink and Mario Ramos y Reyes interview Fr. Patrick Bergin, a missionary priest from the United States on his way to his first assignment in the Archdiocese of Tabora in Western Tanzania. 1) What was your Peace Corps experience in Tanzania like? Among the many questions we might consider are the following:2) How should Christians evaluate the various and sometimes contending forms of environmentalism, especially in light of Laudato si'? 3) How does the multifaceted dynamic of racism operate in Tanzania? 4) What differences, if any, are there with racism in the West?5) Why is there such deep political instability in Africa?6) What strains in African thought are especially important for the Universal Church to understand and draw upon?7) In what ways does Catholicism pose special challenges for the people of Tanzania and Kenya?

In this episode of The Open Door, panelists Jim Hanink, Mario Ramos-Reyes, and Christopher Zehnder discuss Vatican Council II and its legacy. Their special guest is Douglas Bushman, S.T.L., Professor of Theology at the Augustine Institute (Denver). He serves there as the Pope John Paul II Chair of Theology for the New Evangelization. He is the author of The Theology of Renewal for His Church: The Logic of Vatican II's Renewal In Paul VI's Encyclical Ecclesiam Suam, and Its Reception in John Paul II and Benedict XVI. Among the questions considered are the following. 1. What is a Council in the Church and, above all, what is an Ecumenical Council?2. The word "aggiornamento" is very often associated with Vatican II. Could you tell us a bit about what it means?3. Some suggest that the Church did not need Vatican II. Indeed, they point out the rapid decline in the number of religious vocations, attendance at Mass, and the loss of Catholic schools that took place after the Council. What do you think about this line of thought?4. One often hears that because Vatican II was a pastoral council, its teachings do not have binding authority. Could you address the issue of the magisterial authority of Vatican II?5. How can we discern the various levels of authority to be found in the conciliar documents?6. Many people speak of the “spirit” of the Council as a reality different from the “letter” of the Council? Do these two realities exist?7. Just recently, Archbishop Viganò claimed that at the Second Vatican Council — an ecumenical council of the Church — “hostile forces” promoted “the abdication of the Catholic Church” through a “sensational deception.” He added that “The errors of the post-conciliar period were contained in nuce in the Conciliar Acts,” What is your reaction to these comments?8. St. John XXIII's watchwards for the Council were "awareness, renewal, and dialogue." How could such optimism be reconciled with the widespread relativism denounced by Benedict XVI?9. How does Vatican II help us to realize the universal call to holiness?10. What is parresia and why is it crucial in the work of evangelization?

This week on The Open Door we will discuss a pair of studies that compare participants in the Novus Ordo Mass with participants in the Traditional Latin Mass. Rev. Donald Kloster, the author of these studies, will be our special guest. He is a priest of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Our questions will include the following. Please feel free to suggest others!Fr. Kloster, could you please tell us a bit about your educational background?Do you have any reflections for us on Rome's questionnaire on the reception of the Extraordinary Form liturgy?Could you please summarize the results of your Kloster Study (2018)? Did they surprise you?Given that your Kloster Study (2018) is a pilot project, do you have any methodological hesitations about it?What results might you expect if questions about the approval of capital punishment and nuclear stockpiling were added to your study?You refer to the “Sunday privilege” of the Divine Liturgy. Yet quite often the celebrant thanks the congregation for their attendance. In light of the obligation to attend the Sunday liturgy, “privilege” and “thanks” seem puzzling. How are these terms being used?Your second study, Traditional Latin Mass National Adult 18-39 Survey (2019), begins with some alarming statistics based on Sherry Weddell's research. Could you please state and comment on those statistics?Can you tell us about your current and ongoing research?How will this research be funded?Do you expect that CARA and the Pew Foundation will broaden their own research in light of your work? (July 10, 2020)

Welcome to The Open Door! This week we'll discuss matters theological. Our special guest is Prof. Lawrence Feingold. He teaches at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis. A prolific author, his most recent book is The Eucharist: Mystery of Presence, Sacrifice, and Communion. Prof. Feingold is also an active member of the Association of Hebrew Catholics. Among the questions we'll ask him are the following. As always, feel free to suggest others.What are some of the challenges and rewards of teaching theology in a Roman Catholic seminary?How might we best address the vocation crisis?Your focus is on systematic theology. Just what is it?What are some key points of convergence between philosophy and theology? Who are some of your favorite theologians?You are a member of the American Maritain Association. Does the work of Jacques Maritain fit into the creative relation between philosophy and theology?Could you explain the work of the Association of Hebrew Catholics? I understand you were an artist before studying theology. What role does beauty play in the way you do theology? Should the theology of art and beauty have a place in seminary formation?Does theology have a voice in the Public Square? If not, why not?Much discussion in the Public Square now centers on race and gender. How might a theologian contribute to that discussion? How might a theologian constructively criticize it?

Available in the public domain on archives.org, and also on YouTube (see below for links), Father Kubicki leads you through an examination of your day. Using the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius as a guide, Father Kubicki helps you see how God was present throughout the day, and what you did or didn't do. This method of Consciousness Examen is an oral presentation by Fr. James Kubicki, SJ, that supports Chapter 18 "Consciousness Examen" by Fr. George Aschenbrenner, SJ, in a book co-edited by Bishop Cozzens and Bishop Estévez entitled Spiritual Husbands-Spiritual Fathers: Priestly Formation for the 21st Century.https://archive.org/details/Fr.JamesKubicki_S.J.EveningReviewhttps://youtu.be/dyfEc2JasfwStatement from OurMedia host of this resource: The Ourmedia project was started by members of the creative and technology communities in the summer of 2004 as a way of advancing the spread of personal media. Our partners are the Internet Archive, Creative Commons, Broadband Mechanics, and Bryght. We're a free, nonprofit, open-source effort. https://archive.org/details/ourmedia?tab=about

In this episode of The Open Door, Catholic philosophers Jim Hanink, Mario Ramos-Reyes, and Christopher Zehnder interview educator Lee Shulman concerning his work and philosophy of life. (June 26, 2020)

In this episode of The Open Door, Jim Hanink, Mario Ramos-Reyes, and Christopher Zehnder focus on the Armenian Genocide and its on-going consequences. Our guest is Siobhan Nash-Marshall, Professor of Philosophy at Manhattanville College and prolific author. The *Sins of the Fathers* is her first book-length treatment of genocide and genocide negationism. After the breakout of the war in Syria, Nash-Marshall and some friends founded CINF, the Christians In Need Foundation, through which they help ancient Christian cultures of the world that are now in peril. Our questions for Prof. Nash-Marshall include the following. Feel free to suggest your own!1. You are both an academic and an activist. How did this “interesting” predicament come about?2. Can you tell us a bit about your students?3. Is there a future for authentically Catholic higher education in this country?4. Your Godmother, Antonia Arslan, has written powerfully evocative novels about Armenia, the latest of which is Silent Angel. What influence has she had on you?5. Just what counts as a genocide? Is the term sometimes misused, even deliberately?6. A recent and widely used ethics text suggests that the Old Testament account of the Hebrew occupation of the Holy Land points to genocide. How would you evaluate that suggestion?7. Would you explain the origin of the Christians In Need Foundation? What are its current projects?8. How difficult is it for you to travel to Armenia? For Armenians to travel to the United States?9. Can you explain the significance of Glendale, California for Armenians in the diaspora?10. What do you see yourself doing five years from now?

In this episode of "Word of Mouth," Catholic evangelist Michael Horn interviews Barbara Powers-Harris, a mother of five and a lifelong teacher, innovator, and artist. Sharing her story of suffering and loss, she helps us to understand the power of God and the essential nature of having a relationship with the Blessed Mother Mary. Her recent projects include the construction of a 15 ft rosary and a video that she produced with her son Neal and her daughter, Clara (Blessed Mother Mary - A New Glorious Morn is the title of the video). Explaining the meaning of vocation and evangelization, she wisely teaches us the constant need to be open to the calling of God in the here and now as well as the command to love others and grow in unity with one another. There is plenty of catechesis within her story, and thus, no formal catechetical section, in this episode. Enjoy! I certainly enjoyed interviewing a woman so in touch with the spiritual realm. (June 8, 2020)This is an invitation for everyone to share the video with their children, their students, their congregations - post it on parish and school websites so it is accessible as a devotional. Other families, schools and churches found this to be an easy springboard for talking about Our Blessed Mother Mary and passing on the blessings through her great faith and love.https://vimeo.com/user92394216/bphhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVm17yVmGokhttps://wcatradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/The-Faith-Journey-of-Barbara-Powers-Harris.pdf

In this episode of The Open Door, Jim Hanink, Mario Ramos-Reyes, Christopher Zehnder and Skylar Covich interview Annabelle Moseley on her new book Sacred Braille: The Rosary as Masterpiece through Art, Poetry, and Reflections. https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/sacredbraille/ (June 5, 2020)

In this episode of The Open Door, Jim Hanink, Mario Ramos-Reyes, and Christopher Zehnder discuss with Dr. Randall B. Smith of the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas, the limits of distance education. It has been a necessity, at all levels, during the pandemic lock down. We will also contrast it with what many see as the ideal educational setting. We pose the following questions to him. 1. Education involves communicating information, and distance learning can be an effective way of doing so. On your view, though, education calls for much more. Can you tell us what else?2. What is your experience in using online educational tools?3. Is it true that most teachers and most students strongly dislike distance learning?4. Should a good teacher aim to share, along with knowledge, a way of life?5. Do most teachers see their work as a career or as a vocation?6. Do most teachers love and enjoy their students?7. Just what is Bloom's Taxonomy? How does it show the limits of distance learning?8. What do distance learning and introductory classes with 300 students have in common, from the viewpoints of teachers, students, and administrators?9. You write: “All you really need for a first-rate education is first-rate teachers with some interested students and a pile of first-rate books and some basic laboratory equipment. Everything else is increasingly expensive icing on an increasingly less nutritious and insubstantial bit of sponge cake.” Who shares this position? Who disputes it?10. What sort of financial support is needed to support the sort of school you have in mind? How likely are Catholics to provide that support?

In this episode of "Word of Mouth," Catholic evangelist Michael Horn interviews Rocio Ortiz, a rising artist, who describes her calling to become an artist and her mission to bring hope and joy to the world.  She sheds light on the many ways God communicates with us through the world and in prayer and the need to bring beauty to others. THE CATECHESIS focuses on authentic beauty, its essential characteristics, and its power in guiding us to contemplation of the supreme light, God Himself. (May 27, 2020)

Welcome to The Open Door. This week we will be speaking about service and scholarship. We will discuss persistence and prayer. Ray Dennehy is Professor of Philosophy (Emeritus) at the University of San Francisco. He is also a raconteur extraordinaire, and he will be our welcome and special guest. Our questions will include the following. As always, feel free to add you own!1. Ray, what went wrong–or right? How did you come to be a philosopher?2. Tell us about your years of teaching at the University of San Francisco. What events stand out for you?3. Good teaching depends on good scholarship. Can you tell us a bit about your research interests and what they have led to?4. Philosophy involves dialectic, and dialectic can lead to public debate. You have an amazing track record of debate at the University of California at Berkeley. What did you debate, and with whom?5. Is there such a thing as Catholic philosophy?6. You are a past president of the American Maritain Society, a group that has been confused with both American Martians and martini drinkers. Can you set our listeners straight? Please identify Jacques and Raïssa Maritain and tell us why they were and are important.7. You have just completed a manuscript on prayer. How did you come to write it? What questions do you explore in it?8. There are rumors that the world is going to hell in a handbasket. Could they turn out to be more than rumors?9. Rumors or not, what can we do this very day to prevent the world from going to hell in a handbasket?10. What is your next project, and who or what inspires it?

We discuss how the Way of Beauty offers a route to holiness and formation for seminarians and lay people.

In this episode of "I Thought You'd Like to Know," Pat Flynn interviews Phil Kallberg concerning his article, "An Ontological Argument against Agnosticism." For a copy of the article, download from http://wcatradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/An-Ontological-Argument-Against-Agnosticism-for-MPS-2018.pdf (October 29, 2018)