Catholic Connection – April 18, 2023
Joni Seith shares her incredible story in “Pain of Grace: Living and Suffering with Dignity.” Fr. Mike Schmitz promotes the 2024 Good News Cruise.
Segment 1 – Intro and News
Segment 2 & 3 – Pain of Grace: Living and Suffering with Dignity
“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.”
Joni Seith is the author and illustrator of Cloud of Witnesses I and II, and was the Founder and President of Biblically Correct, Inc from 1995 – 2010 and was a member of the Catholic Marketing Network. As a speaker on the subjects of Redemptive Suffering, prayer, the saints, miracles and her own conversion story, Joni enjoys sharing her love for the Catholic Church and Her teachings to people of all ages and faiths.
Segment 4 – Teresa’s Two Cents
Thursday would have been Mother Angelica‘s 100th birthday.
Segment 5 – Good News Cruise 2024
The next Good News Cruise is coming up in January 2024. Speakers include Teresa Tomeo, Archbishop Naumann, Fr. Mike Schmitz, Al Kresta, Dr. Ray Guarendi, Bishop Joseph Coffey, and more. Fr. Mike tells us why you should consider joining.
Fr. Mike Schmitz is a priest for the Diocese of Duluth, MN where he currently runs the Newman Center at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. He is also the Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry for the diocese and the host of the “Bible in a Year” podcast and the “Catechism in a Year” podcast.
