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EPISODE#238
OC CATHOLIC RADIO: TAKING A LOOK AT THE NEW BOOK “NEITHER CRYSTAL NOR GOLD”

Welcome to another episode of Orange County Catholic Radio, featuring host Rick Howick.

On this week’s show, Rick welcomes two very special guests to the program: Tim Busch and Robert Artigo. Tim Busch is an executive, attorney and Catholic philanthropist. He was one of the earliest advocates for the acquisi­tion of the cathedral by the diocese and was integrally involved in negotiating and fundraising for its purchase. Busch commissioned Artigo to write the book, desiring to preserve the building of the cathedral and its acquisition as part of diocesan history.

Robert Artigo is the author of “Neither Crystal Nor Gold.” It explores many facets of the his­tory of how the former Crystal Cathedral came to be built; and, its unlikely transfor­mation into the cathedral for the Diocese of Orange.

This is a fascinating conversation. Be sure to share this podcast with a friend!

 

 

 

 

 

Originally broadcast on 9/18/21

EPISODE #275
EMPOWERED BY THE SPIRIT: GUEST IS ANNABELLE MOSELEY

On this episode, Deacon Steve Greco welcomes poet/author/speaker/professor Annabelle Moseley. Based in New York, Annabelle shares about a new book she has written called “Our House of the Sacred Heart.”

This is a fascinating and faith-filled conversation. Listen in – it will be time well spent!

 

 

 

Originally broadcast on 6/6/21

EPISODE #256
EMPOWERED BY THE SPIRIT: UNDERSTANDING MARRIAGE AND FAMILY WITH GUEST FR. SEBASTIAN WALSHE

On this episode, Deacon Steve Greco is honored to have Fr. Sebastian Walshe join us in the studio for the first time. Fr. Sebastian is a priest of the Norbertine Order; and, is quite an accomplished author and speaker.

Fr. Sebastian has quite an interesting life story to share. As a young man, he accomplished a great deal in the business world. Then, at the age of 29, the Lord called him onto a different path.

Listen, and SHARE the story!

 

 

 

 

 

Originally broadcast on 8/30/20

EPISODE #234
EMPOWERED BY THE SPIRIT: THE GIFT OF EVANGELIZATION

Are you in need of a spiritual boost today? Perhaps you could use some “audio caffeine?”

You’ve come to the right place.

On this podcast, Deacon Steve Greco has truly met his match. His guest is well-known author and radio host, Terry Barber of “The Terry and Jesse Show.”

This is one of the most dynamic programs we’ve ever featured on the Empowered by the Spirit broadcast.

Please SHARE this with a friend.. you’ll be glad you did!

 

 

 

 

Originally broadcast on 3/8/2020

EVER A WRITER

ALBANY, N.Y. (CNS) — Over her 50 years in religious life, Sister Mary Ann Walsh’s job titles have varied — teacher, reporter for a diocesan newspaper, Vatican correspondent and media editor at Catholic News Service, and spokeswoman for the U.S. bishops — but through it all the Sister of Mercy has been, down to her very core, a writer.

From scribbling away after bedtime as a child — light from a gooseneck lamp under the sheets betraying her to her parents — writing has been Sister Mary Ann’s passion. As an eighth-grader, she had so many writing projects for the class that her teacher let her use a vacant nurse’s office as her workspace.

Last summer, Sister Mary Ann left her role of more than 20 years on the staff of the Office for Media Relations at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, including seven years as director, and became U.S. church correspondent for America magazine, writing for the weekly Jesuit publication as well as its online blogs.

That adds to a resume that includes editing three books, writing for a wide variety of paper and online publications, meeting or interviewing popes, presidents and movie stars, producing videos, making television appearances and even landing in The Associated Press Stylebook — in the entries for how to use the term “sister” and how to refer to nuns.

But working for America allows her, for the first time really, almost free rein in what she writes.

Her topics for America have, among others, included the rising cost of college; the role of women as teachers of the faith; who she’d like to send a Valentine to; the declining number of Catholic funerals; what Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of Boston said on “60 Minutes”; and why the church should stay in the business of civil marriage.

“It’s the ideal job, a job of opinion, after working in an institution that thought opinion was anathema,” she said in an interview with Catholic News Service. She described reporting and her work at the USCCB as “The Joe Friday approach: the facts ma’am, just the facts.”

“Now I’m entitled to have an opinion.”

After decades as a reporter and then in a role in which she wrote bishops’ statements, speeches and press releases, getting to unleash her own views doesn’t come easy.

“It’s an unusual feeling,” she said. “I don’t think of myself as having some great opinion the world is waiting for.”

Response to her work for America has been almost universally positive, said Jesuit Father Matt Malone, editor-in-chief. Sister Mary Ann is the first religious sister to serve on the editorial staff in the magazine’s 106-year history.

Just as Sister Mary Ann is exploring new topics, her own time apparently is running out. Results from a routine physical last summer led doctors to find that the breast cancer that she hoped she had beaten back has instead metastasized in four directions.

“I call it turbo cancer, it’s just charging along,” she said. She began chemotherapy, but her body didn’t respond well, so the treatment was stopped.

She’s been frank with friends and family about her illness and has dropped a few hints to readers. She built a column in September around her own experience of twice receiving the sacrament of anointing of the sick, for example.

“The prognosis is not good,” she said.

Then, early in February, the Sisters of Mercy website posted an article about how Sister Mary Ann is dealing with cancer, part of a series on sisters with serious illness.

The cancer diagnosis led her to hastily change her plan to work for America from the Washington area. Instead, she moved home to Albany, closer to her two brothers and their families as well as to a more extensive support network of Sisters of Mercy.

These days, Sister Mary Ann said she finds herself thinking of the blessings in her life, particularly having the opportunity to write.

“There are lots of people who want to write,” she said. “There are not that many who have the opportunity to make a living doing it. That’s a grace. That’s a gift.”