Featured National Guest: Richard Lane, Catholic Evangelist, Qorban Ministries
Featured National Guest: Ryan Flood, Executive Director of Catholic World Mission
Featured Catholic News: Matthew Bunson, Our Sunday Visitor
Today Matthew Bunson with Our Sunday Visitor brought up the interesting point that Episcopalians in North America are moving toward making a New Anglican Church with a more conservative taciturn. He pointed out a shift in the Anglican Church from England to Africa and Asia. With this we will begin to see the slow march of the Anglicans back to the Catholic Church.
Richard Lane a Catholic Evangelist and founder of Qorban Ministries joined Bill and Rich for their first interview. Richard shared with us his conversion to Catholicism today. He was raised Lutheran and told his mother once that he found that church boring. She told him that he "better go to somebody's church..." He found the Baptist Church after that and came alive in faith. When he joined the army the voice of his mother prompted him to look into the churches he was surrounded by. He found himself at home in the Catholic Church and after 19 years of being involved with them as a lector and a member of the choir (no one asked him if he was Catholic) he enetered the Church. His comment is that he was so in love with his faith that he had to marry his DRE. He's a 6 year old Catholic now and he still has the same fire.
On Pentacost Sunday, Richard Lane was preaching at a Baptist Megachurch. He enjoyed his fellowship with them and encouraging them to discover our common ground in Christ. Through Christ we find the Way, the Truth and the Life.
He also challenged our listeners to truly discover their faith. To pick up our crosses every day and follow Christ. He also encouraged us not to get down in these economic times. "When the bank is closed, the Tabernacle is always open" We have a richness in the Sacraments and the rich prayers of the Church.
Find Richard Lane on line at: www.qorban.net
Ryan Flood, the Executive Director of Catholic World Mission shared with us some of Catholic World Mission's projects. Catholic World Mission started as an apostolate of teh Legionaries of Christ and is now it's own 5013C, or non-profit organization.
One of the programs they orchestrate is Helping Hands Missions, which has been going for 10 years. They send doctors to countries and peoples in need and they take a week to serve the people. In that week they serve the people medically, but also have teams who go door to door to evangelize as well as offer classes on Natural Family Planning. Evangelization is at the heart of everything Catholic World Mission does. When they go into other countries they always ask permission from the local Bishop and if things progress with that community and they're asked to remain they'll open up a school.
With the Schools Catholic Worl Mission has opened there are opportunities to sponsor a child. Sponsoring a child is a $65 a month commitment or a $650 a year commitment. With these funds the children are able to attend school Pre-K through 12th grade. They not only receive a proper Catholic Educatoin but also are intellectually formed as well. They have 31 schools in 9 different countries. With these children they have an 85% graduation rate and many wondeful sucess stories from these children.
For more information you can go to: www.catholicworldmission.com
Or call them Toll Free at: 1-800-961-8153
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