Salt and Light Hour - Catholic Podcast
754 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 days ago - ★★★★ - 4 ratingsEvery week, our host, Deacon Pedro brings you the best of Salt + Light Media: Inspiring messages, insightful interviews, interesting commentary and music; plus great segments from our contributors. Stay current with the Catholic Church in Canada and the world, and nourish your faith with the SLHour.
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SLShort: The End Times
January 22, 2021 00:00 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBIn this special SLHour reflection Deacon Pedro wonders what Jesus meant by "this is the time of fulfillment" and clarifies what the Church teaches about being in the end times and how we will know.
Best of Edition: Remembering Fratelli Tutti and other Great Conversations
January 16, 2021 00:01 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBThis week, on a special edition of the SLHour, we revisit some of the conversations we had on this program in the Fall of 2020. We learn about the new film on the life of Fr. Patrick Peyton, and we revisit the pope’s Encyclical Fratelli Tutti. We also meet singer/songwriter Kay Clarity and we listen to music by Chris Bray.
Best of Edition: Remembering Fratelli Tutti and other great conversations
January 16, 2021 00:01 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBThis week, on a special edition of the SLHour, we revisit some of the conversations we had on this program in the Fall of 2020. We learn about the new film on the life of Fr. Patrick Peyton, and we revisit the pope’s Encyclical Fratelli Tutti. We also meet singer/songwriter Kay Clarity and we listen to music by Chris Bray.
SLHour: New Songs of 2020 End-of-Year Special
January 02, 2021 00:01 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBBefore we let go of the year, let’s revisit some new albums released by Catholic artists in 2020 and featured on the SLHour – tune in for some of the best new contemporary Catholic songs of 2020, featuring , Marie Miller, Lee Roessler, Aly Aleigha, Hannah Schaefer, Greg Walton, Chris Bray, Matt Maher and Sarah Kroger.
SLHour: SLHour Christmas Special featuring the Vigil Project
December 26, 2020 00:01 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBJoin us for a special Christmas edition of the SLHOUR with all our contributors: Billy has a Christmas question; Danny has a tip for rearing rebels at Christmas; Gillian learns a Christmas lesson from her kids; Mark has an unusual Hollywood Christmas story and Sr. Marie-Paul Curley give us some Christmas films to watch, plus we meet Greg and Lizzy of the Vigil Project and listen to some of their Christmas music!
SLHour: Christmas Special featuring the Vigil Project
December 26, 2020 00:01 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBJoin us for a special Christmas edition of the SLHOUR with all our contributors: Billy has a Christmas question; Danny has a tip for rearing rebels at Christmas; Gillian learns a Christmas lesson from her kids; Mark has an unusual Hollywood Christmas story and Sr. Marie-Paul Curley give us some Christmas films to watch, plus we meet Greg and Lizzy of the Vigil Project and listen to some of their Christmas music!
SLHour: The Pope's New Book: Let Us Dream
December 19, 2020 00:01 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBIn his new book, Let Us Dream, Pope Francis invites us to dream together for a post-covid world. This week, book collaborator, Austen Ivereigh gives us all the details. Billy has a question about Christmas, Mark Matthews tells us what’s good about computer graphics and we meet singer/songwriter and teen-ager, Miley Azbill.
SLHour: A Podcast About Suffering
December 12, 2020 00:00 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MBThis week, Erin, Nicole and Rachael, hosts of In the Thicket tell us all about the podcast that deals with suffering. Gillian learns something new from her kids; Billy has a question about Advent ; and we meet singer/songwriter, Hannah Schaefer.
SLShort: Advent is a Time of Hope
December 06, 2020 00:00 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBIn this special SLHour reflection Deacon Pedro offers a antidote to doubt, despair and fear and suggests that hope is the mission of every Christian, not just during Advent, but all the time.
SLShort: Are We in the End Times?
December 06, 2020 00:00 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBIn this special SLHour reflection Deacon Pedro wonders what Jesus meant by "this is the time of fulfillment" and clarifies what the Church teaches about being in the end times and how we will know.
SLHour: Exploring Christus Vivit
December 05, 2020 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBHow do we make room for the young Church? This week Gerald Gallagher of Dublin explores Christus Vivit with us and shares some Advent reflections. Danny Torchia tells us about shock advertising, Billy has a question about Advent and we meet singer/songwriter Thomas Muglia.
SLHour: Family is Family
November 28, 2020 00:00 - 57 minutes - 50.4 MBFamily is family – that’s what author Brendan Hodge wants to explore in his new novel If You Can Get It. This week, we speak with him about the novel and about what it means to be a Catholic novelist. Also, Sr. Marie-Paul Curley, fsp gives us the windows to the soul to three Thanksgiving films; Billy has another question about religious life and we meet singer/songwriter Francesca Larosa.
SLHour: Connecting, Engaging and Creating Disciples
November 14, 2020 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBHow do we help parishes and dioceses engage and connect with parishioners and create disciples? This week, we learn about the Tilma Platform, a solution that can transform the Church. Billy has another question about nuns, Mark Matthews tells us what’s good in Hollywood and we meet Brother Isaiah and listen to his music.
SLHour: Pro-Life Declaration Launched at United Nations!
November 07, 2020 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBThis week, Austin Ruse of the Center for Family and Human Rights tells us all about a new UN prolife declaration. We learn about the Catholic Moms Summit Billy has a question about nuns; Gillian learns something new from her kids and we meet singer/songwriter, Mike Boucher.
SLShort: Are You A Saint?
November 01, 2020 00:00 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBIn this special SLHour reflection for the Solemnity of All Saints, Deacon Pedro asks if you think that you will be a saint. What do you think? How would you answer that question? Who gets to be a saint?
SLHour: McGivney's Miracle - A featured Chat with the Schachle Family!
October 31, 2020 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBWe meet Dan and Michelle Schachle, the parents of the child that received the miracle that led to Fr. McGivney's beatification. Danny Torchia returns with communication and marketing tips in Media Ministry Minutes, Billy has another question about deacons and we meet a musical family, Rhythm and Grace.
SLHour: Feeding Children Around the World
October 24, 2020 00:00 - 57 minutes - 53 MBMillions of children around the world go hungry every day. How much would it cost to feed them? This week, Magnus McFarlane-Barrow, founder of Mary’s Meals tells us. Also, Sr. Marie-Paul Curley, fsp gives us the windows to the soul to a new film about a Catholic saint; Billy has another question about the diaconate and Sarah Kroger’s new album Light is out, so it’s time for a featured chat!
SLHour: Conversations on Fratelli Tutti
October 17, 2020 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBJoin us this week for a special SLHour looking at the many themes from the encyclical. Deacon Pedro speaks with many guests about fraternity and social friendship, the Good Samaritan, dialogue, Catholic social teaching, world religions, St. Francis, Laudato Si' and so much more.
SLHour: A New Encyclical on Fraternity
October 10, 2020 00:00 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBThis week, the pope's biographer, Austen Ivereigh tell us all about the new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti. Billy has a question about deacons, on Church for Dummies; Gillian learns something new from her kids and singer/songwriter, Chris Bray tells us about his web series and we listen to his new singles, Closer and Closer and More Like You.
SLHour: The Story of Fr. Patrick Peyton Comes to Theatres
October 03, 2020 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBThe Family that prays together stays together. The life of the man who popularized that phrase is now on film. This week, Fr. David Guffey of Family Theater Productions tells us about the new film PRAY: The Story of Patrick Peyton. We learn about the pope’s new encyclical; Billy has a question about canon law in Church for Dummies, Mark Matthews tells us why everyone is leaving Hollywood and we meet singer/songwriter Kay Clarity and learn about Cassia and Myrrh.
SLShort: The Church Will Prevail
August 26, 2020 00:00 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBIn this special SLHour reflection for the 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A, Deacon Pedro wonders why Jesus took the disciples to Caesarea Philippi on that particular day and what it means that Peter is the rock on which He builds His Church.
SLHour Special: Faith in a Time of Crisis: Refugees, Laudato Si' and Lebanon
August 22, 2020 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBWe speak with Dominique Godbout of Development and Peace-Caritas, Canada about how COVID affected the Rohingya Refugees of Myanmar; Sr. Damien Marie Savino, fse teaches us environmental lessons we learned from COVID and Carl Hétu of Catholic Near East Welfare Association-Canada gives us details of the crisis in Lebanon.
SLHour Special: Faith in a Time of Crisis: Financial, Racial and Moving Forward
August 15, 2020 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBWe speak with Archbishop Richard Smith about the financial fallout of the crisis and Bishop Shelton Fabre and Bishop Emeritus, Terry Steib, SVB help us understand how the Church must respond to racial tensions. We end the program with Cardinal Gerald Lacroix, ISPX of Quebec,who tells us what the Church has to learn from these times.
SLHour Special: Faith in a Time of Crisis from East to West to North
August 08, 2020 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBThis week, on a special “faith in a time of crisis” edition of the SLHour, we return to several conversations we had with bishops during the time of COVID-19. We speak to bishops from the west coast, the east coast and the north of Canada. We speak with Archbishop Murray Chatlain of Keewatin-Le Pas; Archbishop Anthony Mancini of Halifax-Yarmouth and Archbishop Michael Miller of Vancouver, as well as a featured chat with Bishop Robert Reed, auxiliary bishop of Boston. These interviews first a...
SLShort: Come!
August 05, 2020 00:00 - 10 minutes - 9.83 MBIn this special SLHour reflection for the 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A, Deacon Pedro comments on the recurring message that is found throughout all of Scripture: God calling his people to come to him.
Best of SLHour: McGivney's Beatification and other Great Conversations
August 01, 2020 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBThis week, on a special edition of the SLHour, we revisit some of the conversations we’ve had on this program in the Spring of 2020. We learn about the upcoming beatification of Fr. Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus; we find out about a new detective-priest book series, the Fr. Gabriel Mysteries with author Fiorella De Maria, and we meet singer/songwriter Anna Nuzzo and also reconnect with Greg Walton who has a new album.
SLHour: Fr. Michael McGivney's Cause Moves Forward
July 04, 2020 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBA miracle has been approved and attributed to Fr. Michael McGivney. This week we learn all about the cause for beatification of the founder of the Knights of Columbus. Emilie Callan tells us about something she found in the diocese of Calgay; Billy has one last question about indulgences and we meet singer/songwriter Anna Nuzzo.
SLShort: COVID Special: Keeping Paramedics Safe
July 01, 2020 00:00 - 7 minutes - 8.17 MBIn this special SLHour interview Deacon Pedro speaks with Greg Bruce, an infection control professional for the Paramedic Services of Simcoe Region in Ontario about the challenges this pandemic has brought to his job.
SLHour: Father Gabriel Mysteries
June 27, 2020 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBWhat’s the best Catholic murder mystery you’ve read? Today we speak with author Fiorella De Maria about her priest detective, Fr. Gabriel. Also, Sr. Marie-Paul Curley, fsp gives us the windows to the soul of a film that deals with racism; Billy has another question about indulgences in Church for Dummies, and we reconnect with singer/songwriter Greg Walton, who has a new album, Eyes on the Cross.
SLShort: COVID Special: Taking Care of Seniors
June 24, 2020 00:00 - 7 minutes - 7.28 MBIn this special SLHour interview Deacon Pedro speaks with Karie Papillon, an adult programs coordinator in Aurora, Ontario, about how they have adapted in order to continue to work with the seniors that they serve in the community and what we can do to help care for our seniors during this time.
SLHour: Re-opening Churches
June 20, 2020 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBChurches are beginning to re-open and Masses are resuming. This week, Vancouver’s Archbishop, Michael Miller, CSB, tells us how they did it; Glenn Byer of Oregon Catholic Press gives us some pointers for live-streaming Mass; Billy has another question about indulgences; Gillian learns something new from her kids and we meet singer/songwriter, Dan Ferrari.
SLShort: Delivering Babies During Covid19
June 17, 2020 00:00 - 9 minutes - 8.61 MBIn this special SLHour interview Deacon Pedro speaks with Christine Mesich, a midwife in Austin, Texas about how her job has changed in the last three months.
SLHour: New Prayer and Meditation App
June 13, 2020 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBThis week, on the SLHour we learn about the new Catholic app Hallow; Mark Matthews tells us what's true in Hollywood; Billy Chan has a question about indulgences and we reconnect with Sarah Kroger who has a new album dropping in August, Light.
SLShort: Sick with the Coronavirus
June 10, 2020 00:00 - 8 minutes - 8.17 MBIn this special SLHour interview Deacon Pedro speaks with Fr. Ian Duffy, Rector of the Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate in Guelph, Ontario, about what it was like to be sick with COVID19.
SLShort: SLHour Featured Artist of the Week: Aly Aleigha
June 06, 2020 00:00 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBOn this special "SLHour Short" we reconnect with singer/songwriter Aly Aleigha, who tells us all about her new single, Gallicantu.
SLShort: A Reflection for Trinity Sunday
June 03, 2020 00:00 - 7 minutes - 7.16 MBIn this special SLHour reflection Deacon Pedro explains the mystery of the Trinity and why it's not important that we fully understand it.
Best of SLHour: Conversations from the Time of the Covid Spring
May 30, 2020 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBThis week, on a special edition of the SLHour, we revisit some of the conversations we’ve had from the time of the COVID Spring. We speak with a paramedic, a midwife, a rabbi, an adult programs coordinator, a priest who was sick with the virus and a Carmelite Sister who has a thing or two to say about self-isolation.
SLShort: SLHour COVID Special: Ministering at the Synagogue
May 27, 2020 00:00 - 7 minutes - 7.3 MBIn this special SLHour reflection Deacon Pedro speaks with Rabbi Aaron Flanzraich, Senior Rabbi at the Beth Sholom Synagogue in Toronto, about how he is ministering to his congregation during the COVID Spring.
Best of SLHour: Museum of Family Prayer and other Covid19 Conversations
May 23, 2020 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBThis week, on a special edition of the SLHour: Conversations during the Pandemic: We speak with Fr. Jim Phalan, CSC about the new museum of family prayer and Fr. Peter Skudra of Radio Maria Latvia gives us a Covid19 update from his country. We also reconnect with singer/songwriters Lee Roessler and Tori Harris.
SLShort: SLHour COVID Special: Lessons on Self-Isolation from a Carmelite Sister
May 20, 2020 00:00 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBIn this special SLHour interview Deacon Pedro speaks with Mother Celeste, prioress of the Carmel of St. Joseph in St. Agatha, Ontario about lessons learned during the COVID Spring.
Best of SLHour: Fatima Film and other Great Conversations
May 16, 2020 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBThis week, on a special “best of” edition of the SLHour, we listen to conversations from the beginning of 2020. We have a featured conversation with author and artist Michael O’Brien; we learn about the new feature film based on the Fatima story, and we listen to music by John Trabbic and Marie Miller.
SLShort: SLHour COVID Special: Do Not Let Your Hearts Be Troubled
May 12, 2020 00:00 - 13 minutes - 11.9 MBIn this special SLHour reflection for the fifth Week of Easter (and for Mother's Day), Deacon Pedro reflects on the words of Jesus from the 14th Chapter of John and why this should strengthen our Faith.
Best of SLHour: The Golden Knight and other Conversations
May 09, 2020 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBThis week, on a special edition of the SLHour, we revisit some of the conversations we’ve had on this program in the Winter of 2019-2020. Author Steven Clark tells us about the Golden Knight book series; we talk about dementia with author Rhonda Hoffman and we listen to music by Michael Corsini and Connor Flanagan.
Best of SLHour: Best of SLHour: The Golden Knight and other Conversations
May 09, 2020 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBThis week, on a special edition of the SLHour, we revisit some of the conversations we’ve had on this program in the Winter of 2019-2020. Author Steven Clark tells us about the Golden Knight book series; we talk about dementia with author Rhonda Hoffman and we listen to music by Michael Corsini and Connor Flanagan.
Best of SLHour: As I Have Done and other great conversations
May 02, 2020 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBThis week, on a special edition of the SLHour, we revisit some of the best conversations we’ve from the winter of 2019-2020. We learn about As I Have Done, the documentary series that highlights the work of Sisters in Africa; we learn about Parish Action, a political engagement initiative of the Archdiocese of Toronto, and we listen to music by Luke Spehar and the band Sonar Worship.
SLShort: SLHour COVID Special: Touch His Wounds
April 29, 2020 00:00 - 10 minutes - 9.63 MBIn this special SLHour reflection for the Second Week of Easter, Deacon Pedro reflects on why Jesus shows his wounds to the disciples when He first appears to them.
Best of SLHour: Overcoming the Shame Game and other Great Conversations
April 25, 2020 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBThis week, on a special edition of the SLHour, we speak with children’s author Kristin Maher about her book, The Awfulizer and how to overcome the shame game and we meet husband/wife singer/songwriters Andrew and Katie Hall. Also a theology conversation about Transubstantiation with theologian, Brett Salkeld and we meet the Dutch Christian band Trinity.
SLShort: Matt Maher learns from the Covid19 Pandemic
April 22, 2020 00:00 - 5 minutes - 4.61 MBIn this special SLHour interview, Deacon Pedro speaks with Catholic singer/songwriter Matt Maher what the current pandemic is teaching him and his family.
SLShort COVID Special: Touch his Wounds
April 22, 2020 00:00 - 5 minutes - 4.61 MBIn this special SLHour interview, Deacon Pedro speaks with Catholic singer/songwriter Matt Maher what the current pandemic is teaching him and his family.
SLHour: Update from Latvia and other Covid-19 conversations
April 18, 2020 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBHow is this pandemic affecting people around the world? This week on the SLHour Fr Peter Skudra of Radio Maria Latvia, gives us an update from his country. Emilie speaks with Ben and Megan Turland and learns how to live Easter intentionally; Billy has a question about the Creed in Church for Dummies and singer/songwriter Tori Harris has a new album, Speak.