Hey Everybody! It's Fr. Edward
Inspiring Conversations about Faith, Film, and Life
Displaying Episode 1 - 10 of 24 in total of Hey Everybody! It's Fr. Edward with the tag “saints”.
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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 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 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 223: How Claire Aalerud Developed a Devotion to Sor Maria and the Mystical City of God
July 31st, 2023 | 37 mins 31 secs
saints
Claire Aalerud was introduced to Sor Maria and the Mystical City of God and was so moved that she wanted to film a video about her. This led her to travel to San Angelo, Texas and Agreda, Spain. Claire shares why Sor Maria is important today and how we can become more aware about her life.
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Episode 218: How a Cloistered Nun Traveled Around the World and Into Your Home with Mary Beth Bracy
June 7th, 2023 | 26 mins 18 secs
book interview, saints
St. Therese, known by many as the Little Flower, wanted to travel the world. In a new republished book by Bishop Guy Gaucher about the life and mission of St. Therese communicates this to the reader with it's catchy title, "I Would Like to Travel the World." In this episode you will learn how St. Therese has traveled the world and the importance of her message for the world today.
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Episode 213: What the Mystics Saw and Wrote about St. Joseph with Paul Thigpen
May 1st, 2023 | 38 mins 31 secs
book interview, saints
Many years ago TAN Books released a book "The Life of Mary as Seen by the Mystics." Now, they have the brother book, "The Life of Joseph as Seen by the Mystics." Paul Thigpen has combed the writings of five mystics and their writings and brought them together into a narrative account, telling the life and story of St. Joseph. Learn new insights, appreciate St. Joseph, and grow in your devotion to him through this interview.
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Episode 209: Let Stephen Binz Be Your Tour Guide throughout the Holy Land and Poland
April 10th, 2023 | 43 mins 55 secs
book interview, pilgrimage, saints
Stephen Binz is a noted Catholic biblical scholar and leader of Catholic pilgrimages. He has a vast knowledge of the Holy Land and Poland and in today's interview, he gives insider tips to visiting where Jesus lived and ministered and the land where devotion abounds.
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Episode 208: How Blessed Conchita Can Help Us Meditate on the Passion, the Priesthood, and the Eucharist with Kathleen Beckman
April 3rd, 2023 | 41 mins 6 secs
book interview, saints
The spiritual life is vast and the holy men and women of our Catholic faith can inspire our devotion and deepen our love for Christ and the Church. Blessed Conchita is one of those holy women. A wife, mother, widow, and mystic, she delved deep into the spiritual life, receiving messages and revelations she has shared in her volumes of writings. Kathleen Beckman with her new biography about Blessed Conchita is introducing our contemporary age to the richness of her thought about the passion, the priesthood, and the Eucharist, in addition to her Marian spirituality.
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Episode 198: The Inspiring Stories and Heroism of Our Someday Saints with Laurie Schmitt
January 16th, 2023 | 44 mins 31 secs
book interview, saints
Blessed Solanus Casey, Venerable Frederic Baraga, and Venerable Samuel Mazuchelli all have something in common. They are someday saint and also featured in a book by Laurie Schmitt. In this conversation with Fr. Edward Looney, Laurie shares about her writing projects, devotion to the someday saints, and how they impress her.
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Episode 176: Why Fr. Edward is Writing his STL Thesis on St. Bernard of Clairvaux
September 13th, 2022 | 16 mins 31 secs
book, lessons, saints
Fr. Edward Looney goes solo in this episode as he continues to goes deeper into each person featured in his latest book How They Love Mary available from Sophia Institute Press. In this episode Fr. Edward shares about some of the Marian writings of St. Bernard and how he began his research career with St. Bernard.