Hey Everybody! It's Fr. Edward
Inspiring Conversations about Faith, Film, and Life
Displaying Episode 11 - 20 of 53 in total of Hey Everybody! It's Fr. Edward with the tag “book interview”.
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Episode 258: Blessed Michael McGivney Obtained the Grace of Healing from Alcoholism for One of His Relatives
February 26th, 2024 | 49 mins 12 secs
book interview, saints
The intercession of holy men and women on the road to sainthood is powerful. Today's episode features one of those stories. Fr. Edward speaks with Joe and Nicole McGivney about Joe's healing from alcoholism through Blessed Michael McGivney's intercession. Joe is a distant relative of Blessed Michael and I'm sure that gave him all the more reason to intercede before the throne of God for Joe's healing.
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Episode 255: Donna Marie Cooper O'Boyle Invites Our Lady to Accompany Her to Mass and Adoration
February 16th, 2024 | 35 mins 17 secs
book interview
Donna Marie Cooper O'Boyle loves Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and loves Our Lady too! Mary and the Eucharist are connected, and Donna Marie helps us to pray before the Blessed Sacrament with Our Lady. Learn more about her new book about the topic: 30 Marian Eucharistic Visits from EWTN Publishing.
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Episode 250: The Role Faith Plays in Counseling and the Movements of our Heart with Dr. Gerry Crete
January 29th, 2024 | 34 mins 54 secs
book interview
Dr. Gerry Crete is the author of the book "Litanies of the Heart: Relieving Post-Traumatic Stress and Calming Anxiety Through Healing Our Parts." In this conversation with Fr. Edward Looney, Dr. Gerry explains the different movements of the heart and how one can with, through, and about different experiences we have underwent. An enlightening conversation about psychology and faith.
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Episode 246: Lets Talk All Things Sacramentals with Shaun McAfee
January 10th, 2024 | 47 mins 16 secs
book interview
Shaun McAfee undertook a study of the Church's sacramentals to write his latest book with TAN Books, it's actually a Compendium of Sacramentals. In this episode, Shaun and Father Looney discuss many different sacramentals in the Church including ones we wear, look at, and make use of like holy water. Fall in love or rediscover the value of the Catholic Church's sacramentals.
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Episode 245: Remembering Emily DeArdo and Remembering Our Own Death
January 3rd, 2024 | 37 mins 18 secs
book interview
Emily DeArdo was a bright and happy light on social media. I interviewed back on Episode 76 of How They Love Mary. She fought Cystic Fibrosis throughout her life and had a lung transplant as a young woman. Her book with Ave Maria Press was confronting death and meditating on the Stations of the Cross. In her memory, I am pulling from the archives this week, to bring her episode to the forefront once again. Join me in praying for her eternal rest.
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Episode 240: How Thomas Merton Introduced Marc Aronoff to the Mystical Writings of St. Catherine of Genoa
November 27th, 2023 | 42 mins 28 secs
book interview, saints
Marc Aronoff found himself at the Abbey of Gethsemani to conduct research about Thomas Merton. As he read Merton's journals, he discovered one sentence about St. Catherine of Genoa and that led Marc Aronoff on a life changing discovery of St. Catherine of Genoa. In this interview, Marc introduces listeners to the life and writings of St. Catherine of Genoa and Thomas Merton.
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Episode 238: What We Can Learn from the Popes Over the Course of a Year with Fr. Jeffrey Kirby, STD
November 13th, 2023 | 33 mins 40 secs
book interview
There have been 266 popes throughout the history of the Catholic Church, beginning with St. Peter and up through today with Pope Francis. Fr. Kirby has authored a 365 day devotional on the papacy and the writings of the Holy Fathers. There is a lot the popes can teach us. Read, reflect, pray, and learn from the wisdom of the pontiffs with the help of Fr. Jeffrey Kirby. In this conversation with Fr. Edward Looney, you will learn from Fr. Kirby about the Avignon Papacy, what the popes have taught us about Mary, who he believes is an overlooked pope, and so much more.
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Episode 237: Acknowledging and Healing the Father Wound Within Us with Bob Kroll
November 6th, 2023 | 41 mins 48 secs
book interview
Bob Kroll has written a new book that will help set many people on a journey of healing. Many people have a father wound because of absent fathers, neglectful fathers, abusive fathers, vice-ridden fathers, and the list goes on. Through our own prayer and spirituality we are able to identify how we are wounded and in response then seek healing from God. Bob Kroll joins. Fr. Edward Looney in a discussion about healing our father wounds especially through Eucharistic adoration and Bob's 13 steps.
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Episode 236: Saints Who Were Devoted to Saints with Kimberly Begg
November 1st, 2023 | 36 mins
book interview, saints
I've marveled over saints and their devotion to Mary. But saints and their devotion to other saints has been inspiring to me too. I'm grateful for Kimberly Begg's new book Unbreakable: Saints Who Inspired Saints to Moral Courage. In a conversation fitting for All Saints Day, allow the witness of the saints and their devotion to inspire you.
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Episode 234: A Book on Purgatory for Children (Susan Tassone) and the Theology Behind It (Fr. Mark Latcovich)
October 16th, 2023 | 56 mins 27 secs
book interview, children's books
In this two-part interview, Fr. Edward Looney first speaks with best-selling author Susan Tassone about her new children's book about Purgatory titled New Friends: Now and Forever. In the second part, Fr. Mark Latcovich helps us understand the theology that lies underneath Tassone's story. A timely interview as we prepare for the month of the Holy Souls beginning in November.