Hey Everybody! It's Fr. Edward

Inspiring Conversations about Faith, Film, and Life

About the show

Fr. Edward Looney is a Catholic priest who loves having conversations with guests. They talk about new book releases, various topics related to faith and life, and occasionally he speaks with producers, directors, and actors from the film industry. He has podcasted since 2019, formerly as “How They Love Mary” and “Cup of St. Joe,” conducting over 300 interviews to date. The interview style podcasts from Fr. Edward continues now, as he begins each conversation greeting his audience with “Hey Everybody!” Tune in for inspiring conversations about faith, film, and life.

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Episodes

  • Bonus Episode 15- My Mary Statue Fell Over

    October 16th, 2020  |  17 mins 15 secs

    People captioned Fr. Edward's tipped over statue of Mary. He comments on the captions.

  • Episode 49: The Rosary is Our Ladder to Heaven with Sr. Andrew Marie, FSP

    October 15th, 2020  |  37 mins 55 secs
    blessedvirgin, daughtersofstpaul, mary, medianuns, religiouslife, rosary

    Sr. Andrew Marie, FSP, used social media to remind people to pray the rosary. When she posted pictures of her rosary, people began asking where they could get one. This led her to create an Etsy store to sell corded ladder rosaries . Sr. Andrews shares about her vocation, life as a Daughter of St. Paul, and rosary making in this episode.

  • Episode 48: Stop Saying the Fatima Prayer and Begin Praying It with Dr. Luke Arredondo

    October 13th, 2020  |  55 mins 18 secs
    apparitions, avemaria, blessed virgin, catholic, devotion, fatima, marian, mary, miracles, omyjesus, pilgrimage

    To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Fatima apparitions in 2017, Dr. Luke Arredondo co-authored a book about a prayer we say after every decade of the rosary. Let's move from saying the prayer to really praying it. Learn about the Fatima prayer in this episode.

  • Episode 47: Learn the Story of the Family Prayer Priest through Film or a Comic Book

    October 8th, 2020  |  41 mins 44 secs
    blessedvirgin, catholic, devotion, mary, patrickpeyton, pray

    This episode brings you two different interviews. The first with Megan Harrington, the producer of Pray: The Story of Fr. Patrick Peyton. The second is a conversation with Philip Kosloski of Voyage Comics. The story of the saintly Fr. Patrick Peyton can be learned by audiences in two different mediums.

  • Episode 46: The Broken Pray the Rosary with Kevin Matthews

    October 7th, 2020  |  37 mins 38 secs
    apparitions, brokenmary, fatima, kevinmatthews, lourdes, mary, rosary, statue

    Chicago Radio Personality Kevin Matthews was tapped by the Blessed Mother to bring the statue of Broken Mary to people who are broken. Since finding the statue, Kevin's life has been transformed by the power of prayer with Mary.

  • Bonus Episode 14- Trending Marian Tweets and Topics

    October 3rd, 2020  |  11 mins 43 secs
    apparitions, avemaria, blessed virgin, catholic, devotion, marian, mary, miracles, pilgrimage, salveregina

    Fr. Edward Looney surveys the past two weeks of Marian tweets and topics.

  • Episode 45: Photographing Mary and the Rosary Shrine with Fr. Lawrence Lew, OP

    October 1st, 2020  |  38 mins 34 secs
    blessed mother, cana, catholic, devotion, dominican, faith, pilgrimage, rosary, shrine

    Fr. Lawrence Lew, OP is the Promoter General of the Rosary for the Dominican Order and is the rector of the Rosary Shrine in England. On Twitter he is known for his beautiful photography of holy images and stained glass windows.

  • Episode 44: Let the Holy Spirit Help You Let Go of Anger and Stress with Gary Zimak

    September 24th, 2020  |  35 mins 18 secs
    anger, apparitions, aveamariapress, blessed virgin, catholic, devotion, marian, mary, spiritual help, stress, zimak

    Fr. Edward Looney talks with Catholic author and radio personality Gary Zimak about his latest book available from Ave Maria Press: Let Go of Anger and Stress: Be Transformed by the Fruits of the Holy Spirit.

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    Bonus Episode 13- Trending Marian Tweets for the Holy Name of Mary and Our Lady of Sorrows with Rachel Bulman

    September 19th, 2020  |  37 mins 18 secs
    apparitions, barron, birthday, devotion, holynameofmary, mary, nativity, sorrows, wordonfire

    Fr. Edward Looney and Rachel Bulman discuss tweets about the Holy Name of Mary and Our Lady of Sorrows, and then discuss Rachel Bulman's article that appeared on Word on Fire about the devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows.

  • Episode 43: How to Tweet, Share, and Pin About the Blessed Mother with Tommy Tighe

    September 15th, 2020  |  48 mins 5 secs
    blessed mother, catholic, devotion, faith, littleoffice, marian, parenting, rosary, sevensorrows, socialmedia

    Fr. Edward Looney talks with Catholic social media guru Tommy Tighe about how we as Catholics can share the Blessed Mother with our friends and followers on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and all the other platforms.

  • Bonus Episode 12- Trending Marian Tweets and Topics

    September 12th, 2020  |  11 mins 53 secs
    birthday, blessed mother, catholic, devotion, faith, marian, motherhood, parenting, rosary, sorrows

    Fr. Edward Looney shares and comments on the Trending Marian Tweets and Topics he came across, including September being the month of Our Lady of Sorrows and September 8th's feast of Mary's Nativity.

  • Episode 42: Let's Go on a Spiritual Rosary Pilgrimage with Charbel Raish

    September 10th, 2020  |  54 mins 30 secs
    blessedvirgin, catholic, islam, lourdes, mary, parousia, pilgrimage, prayer, rosary, statues

    Charbel Raish shares about the Virtual Spiritual Rosary Pilgrimage which began on the feast of Our Lady's Nativity and concludes on the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary.

  • Episode 41: Two Wisconsin Priests Talk About Priestly Life- Fr. John LoCoco

    September 3rd, 2020  |  29 mins 21 secs
    archdiocese, blessedmother, catholic, church, diocese, greenbay, jesus, mary, milwaukee, parishes, pilgrimage, priest, shrines, wisconsin

    Fr. John LocCoco is a priest in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and today he joins Fr. Edward Looney, a priest of the Diocese of Green Bay, to have a casual conversation about priestly life and ministry.

  • Bonus Episode 11: Trending Marian Tweets and Topics

    August 29th, 2020  |  6 mins 29 secs

    Fr. Edward Looney presents the latest Marian news from twitter and the web.

  • Episode 40: Jesus and Mary Called the Holy Land Home with Shibly Kando

    August 28th, 2020  |  40 mins 21 secs
    apparitions, avemaria, bethlehem, blessed virgin, catholic, devotion, holyland, icons, marian, mary, miracles, pilgrimage, rosary

    Fr. Edward Looney talks with Shibly Kando, gift store owner in Bethlehem about the current state of pilgrimages during Covid-19 and what it is like to live near the place where Jesus was born.

  • Bonus Episode 10: Trending Marian Tweets and Topics

    August 22nd, 2020  |  7 mins 47 secs
    catholic, marianconsecration, mary, motherofhope, popefrancis, rosary, saints, stbernard

    Fr. Edward Looney recounts the highlights of social media for the past week, beginning with the feast of the Assumption.