This week, on the summer edition of the SLHour, we revisit some of the conversations we had on this program in early 2023. We learn about the National Men’s Conference, and also about a new film about the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage. We also meet singer/songwriter Patrick Briley and the band Steadfast Worship. Email Deacon ...

The Instrumentum laboris places the theme of Co-responsibility in the mission at the centre of  discernment (B.2). It refers to the exchange between the churches regarding communion (IL  35) and mission (IL 22, 41). ...

The first thing to say about communion is that it is the reality of God’s own life, the being of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. In this sense, it is the most real thing there is: the ground of reality and source of the being of the Church.   ...

As the Holy Land is immersed in this violence and bloodshed, we remember that Jesus, the Son of God, who lived and walked there as Love Incarnate, through His teaching by word and deed, calls us as brothers and sisters to be always united by the bond of charity. ...

Deacon Pedro reflects on Laudate Deum, Laudato Si', and the call for people to do something about the climate crisis. ...

Pope Francis reflected on the witness of St. Josephine Bakhita and how she experienced inner liberation despite enduring cruelty as a slave.  ...

What can we expect from this current Synodal Process? Like in any process of authentic discernment that tries to hear God’s will, the short answer is that we don’t really know. ...

Today we begin to reflect on B.1 of the Instrumentum Laboris, ‘A Communion that radiates.’ The theme that emerged most frequently in our sessions last week was formation. So how can we all be formed for communion that overflows into mission? In John Chapter 4, we hear of the encounter of Jesus with the woman ...

This week on the SLHour, author and professor, James Kirylo tells us what it means to be a Catholic teacher. Damien O’Connor has a new Knights of Columbus video series for the family; Sr. Marie Paul Curley, FSP, has the windows to the soul to a popular film from the Summer; and we meet singer/songwriter ...