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Akwaaba! Welcome!


This week we speak with Catholic composer Ken Canedo about the new Spirit and Song collection, Akwaaba! Also, Emilie Callan gives us the weekly news, Billy Chan questions original sin on Church for Dummies, Mark Matthews tells us what’s good about masculinity in Hollywood and, is pornography just a guy thing? We talk women and pornography with Jessica Harris of BeggarsDaughter.com

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Listen to other Church for Dummies segments or watch some of our intros on Youtube.

Watch the Akwaaba! video:

Producing Catholic Events


How important is artistic and technical production when we evangelize? This week we speak with Mike Danielson and Charles Eide of EideCom – experts in Catholic events. Mark Matthews tells us about a bible study at a film studio; Billy Chan has tips on making the Mass less boring and Marie Miller has a new album, Letterbox.

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Listen to Marie Miller’s last interview on the March 1, 2014 edition of the SLHour.

From Emilie:

See and learn more about the LOGO for WYD Panama 2019
 
 
 

Here’s Marie Miller’s video This Side of Paradise from her new album Letterbox:

SLHour 2017 Easter Special!


Join us for a special Easter edition of the SLHour with all our contributors giving their segments a bit of an Easter-twist: Emilie gives us the news of the week; Billy Chan wants to know about a number in ‘Church for Dummies’; Gillian Kantor has a special surprise guest; Mark Matthews tells us what he’s learned from Hollywood during the 40 days of Lent; Sr. Marie Paul Curley has an Easter Window to the Soul film we should all watch; and of course, we listen to music by Chris Bray, Lupe Rios and PJ Anderson.

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Night’s Bright Darkness

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Do you know of any St. Paul-type conversion stories? This week on the SLHour, author Sally Read tells us about her night’s bright darkness. Mark Matthews tells us why everyone in Hollywood is weird; Sebastian Gomes speaks with Vatican astronomer, Br. Guy Consolmagno on Connect5 and Mags has a new album, Maybe Our Love.

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Watch Sebastian Gomes’ conversation with Br. Guy Consolmagno on Connect5.
Listen to Mags’ last interview on the SLHour.
Listen to Mags’ interview about her Christmas Album in 2010.
Read some of Mark Matthews’ Hollywood Undercover Missionary blog posts.

The Way of the Cross Comic Book

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Religious comic books? This week on the SLHour, we speak with David Goulet, writer of the new Way of the Cross comic book. Mark Matthews tells us what’s good in Hollywood; Sebastian Gomes speaks with the vicar of the Hebrew-speaking Catholics in Israel on Connect5 and John Michael Talbot has a new album, The Inner Room.

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The Way of the Cross Comic Book Trailer

More interviews with John Michael Talbot:
November 12, 2011
May 28, 2011
Dec 12, 2009
a Special Concert
and the Christmas Special for 2010.
And something I wrote about JMT in 2008.

Watch Sebastian’s interview with Fr. David Neuhaus, SJ on Connect5.

More on Manga: http://www.mangahero.com/

Also Kingstone Publishing, a major Christian publisher in the US, just released a graphic novel collection of the entire Bible.

Authentic Male Spirituality

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What is male spirituality? This week, Dynamic Deacon, Harold Burke-Sivers tells us about his new book, Behold the Man; Mark Matthews gives us the theological explanation for the tormented artist in Hollywood, Sebastian Gomes speaks with Catholic Guy, Lino Rulli on Connect5 and we meet singer/songwriter, Shaun Garrison.

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Watch Sebastian Gomes’ conversation with Lino Rulli on Connect5.

From Emilie:
Coverage of Pope’s trip to Armenia.
BLessing of the Pallia on the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul.

From Shaun Garrison:
Learn more about FOCUS: The Fellowship of Catholic University Students

and if you’re intrigued by the FOCUS beauty initiative, Origin, watch this video:

Blessed are the stressed

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Blessed are the stressed? This week on the SLHour, Sr. Mary Lea Hill, fsp shares secrets to a happy heart from a crabby mystic. Mark Matthews has a Hollywood prayer request; Sebastian Gomes speaks with Jim Triggs about the St. John’s Bible on Connect5 and we reconnect with Fr. Robert Galea.

[See below to read all the wonderful Haiku Prayers we received and don’t forget to send us your HAIKU prayer. Send it via email, Facebook, Twitter or record it here via direct voice mail message by clicking on the tab on the right side of this webpage —>.]

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Watch Sebastian’s interview with Jim Triggs on Connect5.

Watch the official video of Fr. Robert Galea’s new EDM Single: Breakthrough:

And here are two more #HaikuPrayers we received:

From Stephanie B. ‏@FuryanHound via Twitter:
My Lord is my Strength,
He has healed my depression!
I proclaim Him King!

From Nicholas Modelski via Facebook:
O, Lord Jesus Christ,
Fountain of boundless mercy,
Teach us to love all.

All Things New

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How to teach your kids about Confession? Author Carissa Douglas has figured out how. Mark Matthews tells us about artistic purgatory in Hollywood; Sebastian Gomes speaks with Fr. Hugh Cleary, CSC about prayer and the Rosary on Connect5 and we meet singer/songwriter ValLimar Jansen.
[and don’t forget to send us your HAIKU prayer. Send it via emailFacebook, Twitter or record it here via direct voice mail message by clicking on the tab on the right side of this webpage —>.]

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Watch Sebastian Gomes’ conversation with Fr. Hugh Cleary, CSC on Connect5.

SLHour Christmas edition with Bob Halligan

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Join us for a special Christmas edition of the SLHOUR with all our contributors giving their segments a little Christmas twist: Gillian learns a Christmas lesson from her kids; Danny learns something from Mary’s “yes”; Hollywood teaches Mark something about the Incarnation and Sr. Marie-Paul Curley finds the Window to the soul to five gems, plus we meet singer/songwriter Bob Halligan Jr. and listen to music from his new album, Christmas.

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Listen to and read Danny Torchia’s Media Ministry Minutes columns.

Listen to and read Sr. Marie-Paul Curley’s Windows to the Soul columns.

Listen to or watch our 2014 SLHour Christmas Special.

Pope Francis visits three Eastern African Countries

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Pope Francis is in Eastern Africa this week and so we are joined by Kenyan Father Zachary King’aru to tell us about his country and this historic visit. Mark Matthews tells us about a time he met a pornography producer in Hollywood; Sebastian Gomes speaks with Stephen Colbert on Connect5 and we meet singer/songwriter Michael Marian.

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Watch our coverage of Pope Francis’ visit to Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic.

Watch Sebastian Gomes’ conversation with Stephen Colbert on Connect5.

Read some of Mark Matthew’s Blog posts.