Epiphany – September 15, 2023
Segment 1
Adora Ibrahim talks about spiritual warfare.Â
Adora Kassab Ibrahim is a first-generation Chaldean American entrepreneur with more than 20 years of leadership expertise in the real estate industry, nonprofit sector, and business sector. Adora’s unique understanding of organizational development, nonprofit structures, and corporate culture along with her intense connection to God’s heart give her the ability to respond to the movement of the Holy Spirit and bring creative solutions to the table. Her knack and ability to look at an organization from the 10-thousand-foot view and bring wise counsel to the table is invaluable. She has consulted for international, national, and local non-profits alike. Adora has a servant’s heart and believes the most important resource of any organization are its people.
Segment 2
Fr. Dave Tomaszycki  talks about his new book on the writings on Venerable Fulton Sheen.
Priest Secretary to Archbishop
Segment 3
Bishop Robert Gruss talks before being assigned bishop and supporting Catholic radio.
Bishop Robert Gruss was born June 25, 1955, in Texarkana, Arkansas. He attended Madison Area Technical College, in Madison, Wisconsin, and Spartan School of Aeronautics in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and was a corporate pilot and flight instructor from 1980-1989 before entering seminary. He pursued seminary studies at St. Ambrose University, in Davenport 1989-1990; at North American College, Rome, 1990-1994; and the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, also known as the Angelicum, in Rome. He additionally earned a Master of Arts degree in Spiritual Theology at the University of St. Thomas Aquinas in 1994. In 1999, he completed studies at the Institute of Priestly Formation (IPF) with an emphasis on Spiritual Direction training.
Bishop Gruss was ordained to the priesthood on July 2, 1994 by Bishop William E. Franklin, seventh Bishop of Davenport. In 2007, Pope Benedict named him a Chaplain of his Holiness, giving him the title of monsignor. He was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as Bishop of Rapid City in 2011 and consecrated as a bishop on July 28, 2011.
