Catholic Connection – July 5, 2024 – Hr 1
Best of “Catholic Connection” with Dr. Matthew Bunson, Timothy O’Malley and Keith Claytor.
Segment 1 – Carlo Acutis and 14 Blesseds approved for canonization
“The College of Cardinals gathered with Pope Francis on Monday morning in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace for an Ordinary Public Consistory. The Pope led the Cardinals residing in Rome in praying Mid-Morning Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours before they proceeded to review the causes of canonization of several Blesseds. Cardinal Marcelo Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of the Saints, presented a brief report—known in Latin as the Peroratio—on the lives and miracles of the 15 people under consideration, after which the Consistory voted and approved their canonization.” Dr. Bunson joins us to discuss. (Originally aired July 3, 2024)
Dr. Matthew Bunson is vice president and editorial director of EWTN News. For the past 20 years, Dr. Bunson has been active in the area of Catholic social communications and education, including writing, editing, and teaching on a variety of topics related to Church history, the papacy, the saints and Catholic culture. He is a senior fellow of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology and the author or co-author of over 50 books.
Segment 2 – Teresa’s Two Sense
Teresa talks about the movie “Ordinary Angels” with Hilary Swank. (Originally aired June 27, 2024)
Segment 3 – Behold, Believe, Become: Meeting the Hidden Christ in Things We See, Say, and Do at Mass
“In Behold, Believe, Become, Timothy P. O’Malley, a distinguished leader in the Eucharistic Revival movement and bestselling author of Becoming Eucharistic People and Real Presence, shows you how to see differently—through newly formed habits of contemplation—fifteen ordinary, physical things that the Church uses at Mass to point us toward Christ. You will explore layers of meaning found in noble doors and stained-glass windows, sunlight and water, oil and fire, altars and church pews, and bread and wine become Body and Blood.” (Originally aired June 28, 2024)
Timothy P. O’Malley is a Catholic theologian, author, and professor. He serves in the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame as the associate director for research and academic director of the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy. He regularly teaches courses on marriage and family, sacraments, and catechesis.
Segment 4 – EWTN Brought Him Into the Catholic Church
“Catholic Connection”/EWTN listener Keith Claytor is here today to tell Teresa how EWTN and her show played a role in bringing him home to the Catholic Church. (Originally aired March 28, 2024)
