Saturday, May 30, 2009
The Liberty Belle B17 Bomber
Rich recently took a trip up in the Liberty Belle, a flying fortress. Scott Maher of the Liberty Foundation joined us on the air to tell us about this wonderful airplane.
Go to: www.libertyfoundation.org
Friday, May 29, 2009
May 29, 2009
Featured Saint of the Day: St. Madeleine Sophie Barat
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: John Dillon
Featured Local Guest: Scott Maher, with the Liberty Belle B17 Bomber
Featured Local Guest: Fr. Eugene Koch, of Assumption Parish in Granger
Featured Local Guest: Jon Leonetti and Jesse Weiler, Souly Walking Project
Featured Catholic News: Karen Williams with Catholic Edition
Scott Maher with the Liberty Foundation's tour of the Liberty Belle B17 Bomber joined Bill and Rich this morning. The Liberty Belle is in Des Moines and will be open to the public through an event on May 31 from 10am-5pm at Signature Field.
This restored B17 Bomber is truly a living museum where people will discover history hands on. To be able to touch the past as you fly through ageless skies is a beautiful gift that the Liberty Belle affords its passengers.
During the flight, you're only seated for 10 minutes for take off and landing. The rest of the time, you spend discovering the nuances of this piece of history. The charge for the flight is only half of what it costs to take the Liberty Belle up. The Liberty Belle is one of 12,731 planes manufactured for the war. In the war, they lost 5,000. Today only 14 are flyable and of those only 8 fly. There are only 4 that are open to the public. This particular plane never saw combat, but was restored so that people can experience the past coming to life.
Fr. Eugene Koch is celebrating his 50th Anniversary as a priest. His celebration will be Sunday, May 31 at 4pm at Assumption Parish in Granger. The event begins with evening prayer sung by a choir formed specifically for the occasion and is followed by a reception where participants can greet and congratulate Fr. Koch.
Jon Leonetti and Jesse Weiler joined Bill and Rich live in the studio this morning. Jon and Jesse are co-walkers in the Souly Walking Project. Together they are walking across America to raise awareness to young people of the importance of living a life of prayer. Along the way they've stopped and spoken with many churches, youth groups and high schools.
For the next couple of days they will be in Des Moines, Jon's home town, where they will be "Souly Sleeping" for a few days. In these days, after being on Bill and Rich's show, Jon Leonetti is going to be broadcasting his show "Martyrs of the Third Millennium" live on Saturday, May 30. "Martyrs of the Third Millennium" airs at 2:30pm on 1150AM.
They will also be giving a talk for the public on Sunday, May 31 at 7:30pm. The talk will take place in the main church area of St. Pius X in Urbandale. At the end of the talk, they will be showing a 3 minute preview of the "Souly Walking Documentary."
For more information go to: www.soulywalking.com
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: John Dillon
Featured Local Guest: Scott Maher, with the Liberty Belle B17 Bomber
Featured Local Guest: Fr. Eugene Koch, of Assumption Parish in Granger
Featured Local Guest: Jon Leonetti and Jesse Weiler, Souly Walking Project
Featured Catholic News: Karen Williams with Catholic Edition
Scott Maher with the Liberty Foundation's tour of the Liberty Belle B17 Bomber joined Bill and Rich this morning. The Liberty Belle is in Des Moines and will be open to the public through an event on May 31 from 10am-5pm at Signature Field.
This restored B17 Bomber is truly a living museum where people will discover history hands on. To be able to touch the past as you fly through ageless skies is a beautiful gift that the Liberty Belle affords its passengers.
During the flight, you're only seated for 10 minutes for take off and landing. The rest of the time, you spend discovering the nuances of this piece of history. The charge for the flight is only half of what it costs to take the Liberty Belle up. The Liberty Belle is one of 12,731 planes manufactured for the war. In the war, they lost 5,000. Today only 14 are flyable and of those only 8 fly. There are only 4 that are open to the public. This particular plane never saw combat, but was restored so that people can experience the past coming to life.
Fr. Eugene Koch is celebrating his 50th Anniversary as a priest. His celebration will be Sunday, May 31 at 4pm at Assumption Parish in Granger. The event begins with evening prayer sung by a choir formed specifically for the occasion and is followed by a reception where participants can greet and congratulate Fr. Koch.
Jon Leonetti and Jesse Weiler joined Bill and Rich live in the studio this morning. Jon and Jesse are co-walkers in the Souly Walking Project. Together they are walking across America to raise awareness to young people of the importance of living a life of prayer. Along the way they've stopped and spoken with many churches, youth groups and high schools.
For the next couple of days they will be in Des Moines, Jon's home town, where they will be "Souly Sleeping" for a few days. In these days, after being on Bill and Rich's show, Jon Leonetti is going to be broadcasting his show "Martyrs of the Third Millennium" live on Saturday, May 30. "Martyrs of the Third Millennium" airs at 2:30pm on 1150AM.
They will also be giving a talk for the public on Sunday, May 31 at 7:30pm. The talk will take place in the main church area of St. Pius X in Urbandale. At the end of the talk, they will be showing a 3 minute preview of the "Souly Walking Documentary."
For more information go to: www.soulywalking.com
Thursday, May 28, 2009
May 28, 2009
Featured Saint of the Day: St. Mary Ann of Jesus of Paredes
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Pam Murphy
Featured Local Guest: Fr. Chris Fontanini, Vocations Director for the Diocese of Des Moines
Featured National Guest: Mark Shea, author of the electronic resource "Answering Angels and Demons"
Father Chris Fontanini, the Vocations Director of the Diocese of Des Moines was speaking with Bill and Rich about GPS for the soul, an analogy that Bill created for KWKY. He added to this by saying that not only will KWKY keep you on track, but when you're off course it will help "recalculate" your path and keep you close to the Faith.
When asked how young people can be encouraged to listen for a call to a vocation, Father Chris encouraged prayer. There are so many distractions in our society and sometimes it is good to unplug and get away for a time of silence. Embracing silence helps us to regain our focus on the goal of being close to God. He also suggested Spiritual Direction as an avenue to pursue if you haven't already. A good way for families to foster vocations is to invite priests to supper with the family, so that the kids can see that they're real people who are doing great work and loving their job.
Don't forget to check out information on the Fareway Fathers Golf Outing, June 15 by going to: www.vocationsonline.com
Vs. 
Mark Shea, the author of the electronic book "Answering Angels and Demons," joined Bill and Rich as well. This resource is about both the book and the movie. Mark explained to us that Dan Brown's tendency in these books is to palm fictitional history off as the result of study and research. In fact he is known to tell readers that although he is telling a story, the facts about the Church and history are all true. He heralds it as gaining an education in Western History through his fictitional stories.
The anti-Catholic sentiments that run throughout his books pose a problem. Although "Angels and Demons" according to Mark Shea is "...not as toxic and stupid as the 'Da Vinci Code'..." Brown still tries to pass his fictitional history off as reality. In "Angels and Demons," Brown focuses on the Catholic Church's "centuries old battle with science." Within this story, not only does Brown misrepresent the Church, but also a group of Swiss scientists. In the story the bad guy is using anti-matter that he stole from these Swiss scientists to use as the future for a "clean renewable energy source." These Swiss scientists had to put up a website disclaiming Brown's information. In fact, the amount of anti-matter it would take to power a single lightbulb would take billions of years to accumulate.
As far as the Catholic Church is concerned and this claim that we are at war with the Sciences, Brown uses Capernicus as an example, saying that he was murdered by the Church when he began to theorize that the planets move around the sun. In reality, Capernicus was not murdered, he died of old age and in addition to that, was a Priest. The Catholic Church even used his research when they were refiguring the calendar.
Brown also uses the situation with Galileo as proof of this "centuries old war" between the Church and science. The question be why, when trying to prove this "centuries old war" exists, can he only come up with Galileo as an example? Mark explained the Galileo situation as having more to do with personalities, he compared Galileo to the TV show character, House. The incident with Galileo was isolated and remains unrepeated.
In reality, the Church has a long history of patronizing the sciences. The Christian culture of Europe actually fostered scientific study and discovery. Teh scientific revolution could not have began anywhere else because study of science was not fostered or cultivated anywhere else.
For more information on Mark Shea or to obtain "Answering Angels and Demons" go to:
www.markshea.blogspot.com
www.answeringangeslanddemons.com
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Pam Murphy
Featured Local Guest: Fr. Chris Fontanini, Vocations Director for the Diocese of Des Moines
Featured National Guest: Mark Shea, author of the electronic resource "Answering Angels and Demons"
Father Chris Fontanini, the Vocations Director of the Diocese of Des Moines was speaking with Bill and Rich about GPS for the soul, an analogy that Bill created for KWKY. He added to this by saying that not only will KWKY keep you on track, but when you're off course it will help "recalculate" your path and keep you close to the Faith.
When asked how young people can be encouraged to listen for a call to a vocation, Father Chris encouraged prayer. There are so many distractions in our society and sometimes it is good to unplug and get away for a time of silence. Embracing silence helps us to regain our focus on the goal of being close to God. He also suggested Spiritual Direction as an avenue to pursue if you haven't already. A good way for families to foster vocations is to invite priests to supper with the family, so that the kids can see that they're real people who are doing great work and loving their job.
Don't forget to check out information on the Fareway Fathers Golf Outing, June 15 by going to: www.vocationsonline.com
Vs. 
Mark Shea, the author of the electronic book "Answering Angels and Demons," joined Bill and Rich as well. This resource is about both the book and the movie. Mark explained to us that Dan Brown's tendency in these books is to palm fictitional history off as the result of study and research. In fact he is known to tell readers that although he is telling a story, the facts about the Church and history are all true. He heralds it as gaining an education in Western History through his fictitional stories.
The anti-Catholic sentiments that run throughout his books pose a problem. Although "Angels and Demons" according to Mark Shea is "...not as toxic and stupid as the 'Da Vinci Code'..." Brown still tries to pass his fictitional history off as reality. In "Angels and Demons," Brown focuses on the Catholic Church's "centuries old battle with science." Within this story, not only does Brown misrepresent the Church, but also a group of Swiss scientists. In the story the bad guy is using anti-matter that he stole from these Swiss scientists to use as the future for a "clean renewable energy source." These Swiss scientists had to put up a website disclaiming Brown's information. In fact, the amount of anti-matter it would take to power a single lightbulb would take billions of years to accumulate.
As far as the Catholic Church is concerned and this claim that we are at war with the Sciences, Brown uses Capernicus as an example, saying that he was murdered by the Church when he began to theorize that the planets move around the sun. In reality, Capernicus was not murdered, he died of old age and in addition to that, was a Priest. The Catholic Church even used his research when they were refiguring the calendar.
Brown also uses the situation with Galileo as proof of this "centuries old war" between the Church and science. The question be why, when trying to prove this "centuries old war" exists, can he only come up with Galileo as an example? Mark explained the Galileo situation as having more to do with personalities, he compared Galileo to the TV show character, House. The incident with Galileo was isolated and remains unrepeated.
In reality, the Church has a long history of patronizing the sciences. The Christian culture of Europe actually fostered scientific study and discovery. Teh scientific revolution could not have began anywhere else because study of science was not fostered or cultivated anywhere else.
For more information on Mark Shea or to obtain "Answering Angels and Demons" go to:
www.markshea.blogspot.com
www.answeringangeslanddemons.com
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
May 27, 2009
Featured Saint of the Day: St. Augustine of Canterbury
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Theresa Dowd
Featured Local Guest: Jeanne Shupe, Recipe of the Month
Featured Local Guest: Pat Astor, State Membership Director for the Knights of Columbus
Jeanne Shupe, KWKY's Volunteer Coordinator, shared a great recipe with us today.
Corn Casserole A La Morning Show
Preheat your oven to 350 Degrees
In a 9x9 Pan Combine:
Get a pot of boiling water ready, boil the ears of corn for 2 minutes and then take a knife and run it down the rows of corn, the corn will come right off.
Today Bill and Rich also spoke with Pat Astor, the State Membership Director for the Knights of Columbus. Pat put out a plea for anyone who has been discerning becoming a knight to do so now. Iowa is coming to the end of its Fraternal Year and each year they are given a goal from the supreme council for membership. Right now Iowa is 100 people away from reaching its goal of 800 new members.
Why the Knights of Columbus? Besides being a fun group of men that you enter into a brotherhood with, they have a lot of amazing initiatives. Striving to foster unity, charity, fraternity and patriotism, the Knights of Columbus is open to anyone age 18 and older. They reach out into the community and into their parish to make a difference. Just one of many examples is this time last year we were hip deep in water and the Knights of Columbus in Iowa gave out 10s of thousands of dollars to help the people in need get by.
There are four degrees to being a Knight of Columbus. The First degree is where everyone starts and allows them to get the feel for the Knights. The Second and Third degree draw the men into a deeper understanding of the four pillars of being a Knight of Columbus: unity, charity, fraternity and patriotism. The Fourth degree is the Patriotic Degree where they are ceremoniously awarded their pluming hat and sword.
Check out the Knights of Columbus at your parish today and help Iowa reach its goal of 800 new members for the Fraternal year so that they may be included in the Circle of Honor.
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Theresa Dowd
Featured Local Guest: Jeanne Shupe, Recipe of the Month
Featured Local Guest: Pat Astor, State Membership Director for the Knights of Columbus
Recipes with Jeanne
Creator of the Junior Bill with Rich
Creator of the Junior Bill with Rich
Jeanne Shupe, KWKY's Volunteer Coordinator, shared a great recipe with us today.
Corn Casserole A La Morning Show
Preheat your oven to 350 Degrees
In a 9x9 Pan Combine:
- 1 Cup of Uncooked Angel Hair Pasta broken into small pieces
- 1 Stick of Melted Butter
- 16 oz of Corn (You can do canned corn, frozen or fresh from the stalk)
Get a pot of boiling water ready, boil the ears of corn for 2 minutes and then take a knife and run it down the rows of corn, the corn will come right off.
- 1 Can of Creamed Corn
- 2 Tsp of Onions
- 1 Cup of Grated Cheddar Cheese
- Put it in the oven while you're barbecuing meat and when the meat is done the casserole will be finished.
Today Bill and Rich also spoke with Pat Astor, the State Membership Director for the Knights of Columbus. Pat put out a plea for anyone who has been discerning becoming a knight to do so now. Iowa is coming to the end of its Fraternal Year and each year they are given a goal from the supreme council for membership. Right now Iowa is 100 people away from reaching its goal of 800 new members.
Why the Knights of Columbus? Besides being a fun group of men that you enter into a brotherhood with, they have a lot of amazing initiatives. Striving to foster unity, charity, fraternity and patriotism, the Knights of Columbus is open to anyone age 18 and older. They reach out into the community and into their parish to make a difference. Just one of many examples is this time last year we were hip deep in water and the Knights of Columbus in Iowa gave out 10s of thousands of dollars to help the people in need get by.
There are four degrees to being a Knight of Columbus. The First degree is where everyone starts and allows them to get the feel for the Knights. The Second and Third degree draw the men into a deeper understanding of the four pillars of being a Knight of Columbus: unity, charity, fraternity and patriotism. The Fourth degree is the Patriotic Degree where they are ceremoniously awarded their pluming hat and sword.
Check out the Knights of Columbus at your parish today and help Iowa reach its goal of 800 new members for the Fraternal year so that they may be included in the Circle of Honor.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
May 26, 2009
Featured Saint of the Day: St. Philip Neri
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Mara Edler
Featured Local Guest: Ray "Bubba" Sorensen II, Local Artist of The Freedom Rock
Featured Local News: Arch Diocese of Dubuque
Featured National Guest: Madeleine Philbin, Regional Director for the Midwest for Catholic Relief Service
Memorial Day, yesterday, is a great day to remember those soldiers who have gone before us. Iowa is blessed as the home of The Freedom Rock. The Freedom Rock is located in Greenfield, Iowa and each year artist, Ray "Bubba" Sorensen II, paints a tribute to Veterens on this boulder's rock face. This is the eleventh year that the Freedom Rock has been painted in honor of Memorial Day and this year's artwork will be featured on the Iowa Lottery Tickets.
Ray told us what had inspired his original painting of what until 1999 had been the "grafitti rock." Ray had watched the movie "Saving Private Ryan" and decided to use the grafitti rock to display his artwork thanking Veterens for their service. Since then the rock has been repainted each year. Ray told the story of his artword commemorating the anniversary of Pearl Harbor and how a vandal had defaced his artwork. A local Viatnam Veteran traced down who had painted the grafitti and straightened him out. This rock has become part of the community as well as part of Iowa.
To learn more about the freedom rock you can go to: www.thefreedomrock.com
Mary in the Prairie shared some diocesan news from the Arch Diocese of Dubuque. Congratulations to Fr. Steven Michael Garner of Dubuque and Fr. Gary Alan Mayer of Stacyville who were ordained to the priesthood on May 23, 2009. Congratulations also to Fr. Wayne Droessler, the pastor of Central City, Coggon and Pairieburg as well as Fr. John Tilp, pastor of St. Patrick's in Clear Lake who celebrate their 40th Anniversary in the Priesthood.
There will be a Mass marking the first anniversary of the Cedar Rapids area flooding on Thursday, June 11 at 7pm at Immaculate Conception Church in Cedar Rapids. Archbishop Jerome Hanus will be celebrating the Mass and giving the Homile.
Also on June 11 at 6:45, Fr. Paul Ouderkirk the Pastor of St. Bridget's in Postville will be speaking at an event sponosred by Nativity Parish's Faith Formation Committee in Dubuque. The talk will take place in Nativity Church in Dubuque and a free will offering is encouraged.
Madeleine Philbin the Regional Director of the Midwest for Catholic Relief Services joined Bill and Rich as well this morning. Madeleine told us that Catholic Relief Services was the Sister Organization to Catholic Charities. That Catholic Charities serves the people of America and Catholic Relief Services reaches out to those in other countries. One of their main goals is to help people out of poverty.
Madeleine spoke of the effect that policies passed in the U.S. have on other countries. A big part of CRS is educating the people of America as to what the policies are and how they affect those overseas. They also reach out to those overseas through Agriculture. Setting up a trade where farmers in America offer some of their profits to Catholic Relief Service and the work that they do.
To support CRS you can go to their website: crs.org
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Mara Edler
Featured Local Guest: Ray "Bubba" Sorensen II, Local Artist of The Freedom Rock
Featured Local News: Arch Diocese of Dubuque
Featured National Guest: Madeleine Philbin, Regional Director for the Midwest for Catholic Relief Service
Memorial Day, yesterday, is a great day to remember those soldiers who have gone before us. Iowa is blessed as the home of The Freedom Rock. The Freedom Rock is located in Greenfield, Iowa and each year artist, Ray "Bubba" Sorensen II, paints a tribute to Veterens on this boulder's rock face. This is the eleventh year that the Freedom Rock has been painted in honor of Memorial Day and this year's artwork will be featured on the Iowa Lottery Tickets.
Ray told us what had inspired his original painting of what until 1999 had been the "grafitti rock." Ray had watched the movie "Saving Private Ryan" and decided to use the grafitti rock to display his artwork thanking Veterens for their service. Since then the rock has been repainted each year. Ray told the story of his artword commemorating the anniversary of Pearl Harbor and how a vandal had defaced his artwork. A local Viatnam Veteran traced down who had painted the grafitti and straightened him out. This rock has become part of the community as well as part of Iowa.
To learn more about the freedom rock you can go to: www.thefreedomrock.com
Mary in the Prairie shared some diocesan news from the Arch Diocese of Dubuque. Congratulations to Fr. Steven Michael Garner of Dubuque and Fr. Gary Alan Mayer of Stacyville who were ordained to the priesthood on May 23, 2009. Congratulations also to Fr. Wayne Droessler, the pastor of Central City, Coggon and Pairieburg as well as Fr. John Tilp, pastor of St. Patrick's in Clear Lake who celebrate their 40th Anniversary in the Priesthood.
There will be a Mass marking the first anniversary of the Cedar Rapids area flooding on Thursday, June 11 at 7pm at Immaculate Conception Church in Cedar Rapids. Archbishop Jerome Hanus will be celebrating the Mass and giving the Homile.
Also on June 11 at 6:45, Fr. Paul Ouderkirk the Pastor of St. Bridget's in Postville will be speaking at an event sponosred by Nativity Parish's Faith Formation Committee in Dubuque. The talk will take place in Nativity Church in Dubuque and a free will offering is encouraged.
Madeleine Philbin the Regional Director of the Midwest for Catholic Relief Services joined Bill and Rich as well this morning. Madeleine told us that Catholic Relief Services was the Sister Organization to Catholic Charities. That Catholic Charities serves the people of America and Catholic Relief Services reaches out to those in other countries. One of their main goals is to help people out of poverty.
Madeleine spoke of the effect that policies passed in the U.S. have on other countries. A big part of CRS is educating the people of America as to what the policies are and how they affect those overseas. They also reach out to those overseas through Agriculture. Setting up a trade where farmers in America offer some of their profits to Catholic Relief Service and the work that they do.
To support CRS you can go to their website: crs.org
May 25, 2009
Featured Saint of the Day: St. Bede the Venerable
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Joan Thorpe
Featured National Guest: Jennifer Miller, Executive Director of Bioethics International
Bill and Rich spoke with Jen Miller, the Executive Director for Bioethics International. Bioethics International is focused on empowering professionals and organizations in healthcare, life science and biotechnology to make responsible decisions.
Jennifer spoke today about one of the many hot-button issues in our society. She often speaks to healthcare professionals about the stem cell research. She educates them as to what a stem cell is, what the difference is between an adult and an embryonic stem cell. Above and beyond that, she also dives into what the moral implications are involving stem cell research.
Up until now, embryonic stem cell research has been lauded because embryonic stem cells are basically a blank slate. With advancement in science, a scientist can take an adult stem cell and engineer it into being the same type of blank slate. This form of adult stem cell research has been more effective than that of embryonic stem cell research. Even Dr. Oz, from Oprah, heralded the end of embryonic stem cell research due to its lack of success and the ability for scientists to create the same stem cell from a persons own adult stem cells.
Jennifer's uplifting take on Stem Cell research is that scientists and funding will go where they see results. Adult Stem Cell research has been proven to give the results society is looking for.
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Joan Thorpe
Featured National Guest: Jennifer Miller, Executive Director of Bioethics International
Bill and Rich spoke with Jen Miller, the Executive Director for Bioethics International. Bioethics International is focused on empowering professionals and organizations in healthcare, life science and biotechnology to make responsible decisions.
Jennifer spoke today about one of the many hot-button issues in our society. She often speaks to healthcare professionals about the stem cell research. She educates them as to what a stem cell is, what the difference is between an adult and an embryonic stem cell. Above and beyond that, she also dives into what the moral implications are involving stem cell research.
Up until now, embryonic stem cell research has been lauded because embryonic stem cells are basically a blank slate. With advancement in science, a scientist can take an adult stem cell and engineer it into being the same type of blank slate. This form of adult stem cell research has been more effective than that of embryonic stem cell research. Even Dr. Oz, from Oprah, heralded the end of embryonic stem cell research due to its lack of success and the ability for scientists to create the same stem cell from a persons own adult stem cells.
Jennifer's uplifting take on Stem Cell research is that scientists and funding will go where they see results. Adult Stem Cell research has been proven to give the results society is looking for.
Friday, May 22, 2009
May 22, 2009
Featured Saint of the Day: St. Rita of Cascia
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Bev Whitlatch
Featured Local Guest: Jon Leonetti, Souly Walking Project
Featured National Guest: Tom Peterson, Founder and President of Virtue Media and Catholics Come Home
Jon Leonetti, co-founder and walker of the Souly Walking Project spoke with Bill and Rich this morning. He will be coming through Des Moines next week. He and Jesse will walk into Des Moines on Wednesday, May 27. They will appear on Bill and Rich in the Morning, live in studio on Friday, May 29. Jon will be broadcasting his show, Martyrs of the Third Millennium, live with KWKY on Saturday May 30 at 2:30pm. Jon and Jesse will be giving a talk at St. Pius X Catholic Church in Urbandale at 7:30pm. They will be showing a 3 minute preview to the Souly Walking Documentary.
Tom Peterson founder and presdient of Catholics Come Home and Virtue Media spoke with Bill and Rich as well. He shared with us how both of these outreaches are a response to John Paul II's call for the lay people to harness the power of media. Virtue Media is focused on awareness of the sanctity of human life as well as providing a hotline for pregnant women. Catholics Come Home is an invitation back into the Church as well as an invitation to check out the Catholic Faith.
Virtue Media's ads air on national as well as local television. Tom told us that they get 22,000 calls a month at their pregnancy hotline from women who have seen their ads. He challenges us all to think of how many more people we could reach if the funding was there. With Catholics Come Home, Tom told us that you can bring someone back to the Church for as little as $1.67.
To support or learn more about Catholics Come Home or Virtue Media, check them out online.
MEMORIAL DAY ACTIVITIES
Bill and Rich also talked about the Freedom Rock here and Iowa. It's located in Greenfield Iowa. Bubba, an artist, paints the Freedom Rock every year with a different scene honoring men of service and their efforts. You can check them out on-line at www.thefreedomrock.com
Bill and Rich will be flying on the Liberty Belle a World War II B7 Bomber on Monday. They'll be reporting back on Tuesday with their impressions.
You can find the Liberty Belle on-line at: www.libertyfoundation.org
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Bev Whitlatch
Featured Local Guest: Jon Leonetti, Souly Walking Project
Featured National Guest: Tom Peterson, Founder and President of Virtue Media and Catholics Come Home
Jon Leonetti, co-founder and walker of the Souly Walking Project spoke with Bill and Rich this morning. He will be coming through Des Moines next week. He and Jesse will walk into Des Moines on Wednesday, May 27. They will appear on Bill and Rich in the Morning, live in studio on Friday, May 29. Jon will be broadcasting his show, Martyrs of the Third Millennium, live with KWKY on Saturday May 30 at 2:30pm. Jon and Jesse will be giving a talk at St. Pius X Catholic Church in Urbandale at 7:30pm. They will be showing a 3 minute preview to the Souly Walking Documentary.
Tom Peterson founder and presdient of Catholics Come Home and Virtue Media spoke with Bill and Rich as well. He shared with us how both of these outreaches are a response to John Paul II's call for the lay people to harness the power of media. Virtue Media is focused on awareness of the sanctity of human life as well as providing a hotline for pregnant women. Catholics Come Home is an invitation back into the Church as well as an invitation to check out the Catholic Faith.
Virtue Media's ads air on national as well as local television. Tom told us that they get 22,000 calls a month at their pregnancy hotline from women who have seen their ads. He challenges us all to think of how many more people we could reach if the funding was there. With Catholics Come Home, Tom told us that you can bring someone back to the Church for as little as $1.67.
To support or learn more about Catholics Come Home or Virtue Media, check them out online.
MEMORIAL DAY ACTIVITIES
Bill and Rich also talked about the Freedom Rock here and Iowa. It's located in Greenfield Iowa. Bubba, an artist, paints the Freedom Rock every year with a different scene honoring men of service and their efforts. You can check them out on-line at www.thefreedomrock.com
Bill and Rich will be flying on the Liberty Belle a World War II B7 Bomber on Monday. They'll be reporting back on Tuesday with their impressions.
You can find the Liberty Belle on-line at: www.libertyfoundation.org
Thursday, May 21, 2009
May 21, 2009
Featured Saint of the Day: St. Cristobal Magallanes
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Tony Riewer
Featured Local Guest: Trish Radke, Catholic Charities
Featured National Guest: Mark Comfort, Holiday Cruise Lines and the Catholic Radio Cruise
Trish Radke, with Catholic Charities came on to share with us some more information about the Catholic Charities Night at the Iowa Cubs. For those of you who have already won tickets from KWKY, Congratulations, we'll be giving them away up to game day for those still trying. It is important to support Catholic Charities by calling them to buy your tickets as well, since the proceeds from this event go to benefit Catholic Charities if you buy tickets from them.
They also have ticket options available:
There will also be a silent auction taking place on June 11 for this 7pm game. Some of the items include signed ICubs Memorabilia as well as tickets to see the Chicago Cubs as well as tickets to the World Series.
Don't miss Catholic Charities Night at the Iowa Cubs on June 11.
Mark Comfort with Holiday Cruise Lines is working with KWKY to coordinate our first annual Catholic Radio Cruise. For those thinking about coming along with us, the suites are 3/4 booked. Now is the time to call the Catholic Radio Cruise Desk and talk about your booking options: 800-869-6806
Today Mark spoke about their exciting stops including the cruise line's Private Island, where vacationers will be pampered and allowed a beautiful day of luxury to do with as they wish. The ship itself is impressive sitting 15 stories above the water. The Norwegian Pearl also has great specialty restaurants and the staff to cruise vacationer ration is one staff member to every two people. The service cannot be beat.
Wisk yourselves away for a great family vacation and a spiritually uplifiting retreat on the Catholic Radio Cruise. Join Marcus Grodi, Fr. Frank Pavone, Dr. Ray Guarendi, and Janet Morana on this Eastern Carribean Cruise.
Go to: www.catholicradiocruise.com for more information.
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Tony Riewer
Featured Local Guest: Trish Radke, Catholic Charities
Featured National Guest: Mark Comfort, Holiday Cruise Lines and the Catholic Radio Cruise
Trish Radke, with Catholic Charities came on to share with us some more information about the Catholic Charities Night at the Iowa Cubs. For those of you who have already won tickets from KWKY, Congratulations, we'll be giving them away up to game day for those still trying. It is important to support Catholic Charities by calling them to buy your tickets as well, since the proceeds from this event go to benefit Catholic Charities if you buy tickets from them.
They also have ticket options available:
General Admission: $5 per person
Reserved Admission: $10 per person
Picnic Package: $25.00 per person - Includes a Reserved Grandstand Seat and Picnic on the Mezzanine beginning at 5:30 p.m. Buffet picnic includes: hot dogs, hamburgers, salads, dessert and beverage
Dinner with Bishop Pates: $75.00 per person - Includes a Reserved Grandstand Ticket and a buffet dinner with Bishop Pates on the Cub Club Veranda beginning at 5:30 p.m. The buffet includes steak or chicken, salads, beans, veggie tray, dessert and beverage. ($25 tax deductible)
Skybox: $2,000 - Skybox sponsorships include 20 tickets, two parking passes, dinner served in the box for you and your guests and announcement of your sponsorship via the P.A. system and message boards. Additionally, all sponsors will be recognized in The Catholic Mirror, Catholic Charities newsletter and website. This is great package for businesses or parish groups. Or, consider getting a group of friends together for just $100 per person!
There will also be a silent auction taking place on June 11 for this 7pm game. Some of the items include signed ICubs Memorabilia as well as tickets to see the Chicago Cubs as well as tickets to the World Series.
Don't miss Catholic Charities Night at the Iowa Cubs on June 11.
Mark Comfort with Holiday Cruise Lines is working with KWKY to coordinate our first annual Catholic Radio Cruise. For those thinking about coming along with us, the suites are 3/4 booked. Now is the time to call the Catholic Radio Cruise Desk and talk about your booking options: 800-869-6806
Today Mark spoke about their exciting stops including the cruise line's Private Island, where vacationers will be pampered and allowed a beautiful day of luxury to do with as they wish. The ship itself is impressive sitting 15 stories above the water. The Norwegian Pearl also has great specialty restaurants and the staff to cruise vacationer ration is one staff member to every two people. The service cannot be beat.
Wisk yourselves away for a great family vacation and a spiritually uplifiting retreat on the Catholic Radio Cruise. Join Marcus Grodi, Fr. Frank Pavone, Dr. Ray Guarendi, and Janet Morana on this Eastern Carribean Cruise.
Go to: www.catholicradiocruise.com for more information.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
May 20, 2009
Featured Saint of the Day: St. Bernadine of Sienna
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Joy Allen
Featured Local Guest: Fr. Joseph Pins pastor of Holy Spirit in Creston and St. Edwards in Afton
Catholic News with Ron Williams, Co-Founder of the Catholic Edition an on-line media hub for Catholic News
St. Edward Holy Spirit
Today's local guest was Fr. Joe Pins, the pastor of Holy Spirit in Creston and St. Edward in Afton, Iowa. Fr. Pins shared with us, his vocation story. For him Priesthood was a second vocation. He received a call from his father one day in his youth, where his father told him that he was going to become a deacon. At his father's ordination to deacon, the homilest told the men "You have been given a call..." Fr. Pins heard in his head, "You have a call too" and he immediately said, "No, I do not."
Later his dad invited him to attend a CEW retreat. It was on Halloween weekend and Fr. Pins had to make the decision whether he would hang out with friends or go to this retreat. Deciding to take one for the team and do it for his dad, he attended. After receiving the sacrament of Reconcilliation for the first time in ten years, Fr. Pins' heart was open and he rediscovered his faith. With this, he discovered his call to be a priest. So he sold his house, quit his job and entered the Seminary. Fr. Pins will have been a priest for three years this summer.
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Joy Allen
Featured Local Guest: Fr. Joseph Pins pastor of Holy Spirit in Creston and St. Edwards in Afton
Catholic News with Ron Williams, Co-Founder of the Catholic Edition an on-line media hub for Catholic News
George Weigel charges that Obama’s Notre Dame speech tried to redefine U.S. Catholicism
Father Lombardi: “Blessed” Be The Internet
Catholics and other Americans ‘overwhelmingly’ favorable towards Pope Benedict XVI
French First Lady criticises Pope Benedict XVI over condoms
St. Edward Holy Spirit
Today's local guest was Fr. Joe Pins, the pastor of Holy Spirit in Creston and St. Edward in Afton, Iowa. Fr. Pins shared with us, his vocation story. For him Priesthood was a second vocation. He received a call from his father one day in his youth, where his father told him that he was going to become a deacon. At his father's ordination to deacon, the homilest told the men "You have been given a call..." Fr. Pins heard in his head, "You have a call too" and he immediately said, "No, I do not."
Later his dad invited him to attend a CEW retreat. It was on Halloween weekend and Fr. Pins had to make the decision whether he would hang out with friends or go to this retreat. Deciding to take one for the team and do it for his dad, he attended. After receiving the sacrament of Reconcilliation for the first time in ten years, Fr. Pins' heart was open and he rediscovered his faith. With this, he discovered his call to be a priest. So he sold his house, quit his job and entered the Seminary. Fr. Pins will have been a priest for three years this summer.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
May 19, 2009
Featured Saint of the Day: St. Theophilus of Corte
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Judy Schliesman
Featured National Guest: Dr. Owen Phelps, author of "The Catholic Vision for Leading Like Jesus"
Featured National Guest: Joan Anderson author of many books including "Where Miracles Happen"
Catholic News with Ron Williams, Co-Founder of the Catholic Edition an on-line media hub for Catholic News
-Archbishop Chaput says Fr. Jenkins betrayed true goal of Catholic Education
-Fisking Jenkins and Obama
-Church Invasion Groups
-Vatican Newspaper Praises and Criticizes Obama in Two Separate News Stories
-Catholics in Congress: The Ongoing Scandal
Dr. Owen Phelps is the author of "The Catholic Vision for Leading Like Jesus." After many years writing and managing different publications, Dr. Phelps went to work for the Church. As in all businesses, he asked himself the question of how to maximize productivity. He understands that a good leader builds up their employees and teaches the useful skills. In this manner good leadership will always come back to you.
People look for an answer to the question of "how do I lead?" Leadership is when anyone wants to influence someone else. When looking for the greatest leader of all time, you need look no further than Jesus. Ken Blanchard the author of "Lead Like Jesus" challenged Owen to come up with the Catholic version of his work.
In his first edition of the book, Ken focuses on Jesus as a Servant. Dr. Phelps took it a step further to not only look at Christ as a Servant but also as a Steward. Christ's Father-centered ministry makes him a steward of the Father's love. He never did anything that was not the will of the Father. After reading this, Ken proposed a 3rd "S" in Shepherd. After looking into the teachings on the Good Shepherd, Owen discovered that the need for a shepherd is driven by the sheep each having their own will. The sheep need a leader to ensure that their paths always lead back to green pastures. The Shepherd and the sheep are all tied together through the love of the Father who guides both shepherd and sheep.
Hence the Three S's of Leading like Jesus:
Servant, Steward and Shepherd
Joan Anderson is the author of many books, collecting stories about Angels. Her movement toward becoming an author began with something that happened in her own family. In the late 80's her son, Tim, was driving home for Christmas. Up to this point she'd never specifically asked for the help of her guardian angel or the guardian angels of her children.
Unbeknown to her, her son and his friend broke down on the side of the road in the middle of an Iowa blizzard. Suddenly, there was a tow truck behind them. The bright lights of the truck flooded the area and a man stepped out of the cab asking "Need a tow?"
Later, the family laughed together saying that if the man had been an angel, he hadn't been particularly bright. With a car stuck on the side of the road, what else would they need? More often than not, angels wait for permission to work in our lives.
The tow truck delivered the boys to a place of safety and when they went to thank him, both the man and the tow truck were gone. There was no trucks and no tracks from the truck. Ever since then, Joan has felt the need to share this story again and again. Pretty soon she began to discover similar stories from other people and a 7 book series was born. The books have recently been picked up by Loyola Press and are being revised and re-released. The next book to come out is "Where Miracles Happen"
You can find Joan Anderson on line at: www.joanwanderson.com
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Judy Schliesman
Featured National Guest: Dr. Owen Phelps, author of "The Catholic Vision for Leading Like Jesus"
Featured National Guest: Joan Anderson author of many books including "Where Miracles Happen"
Catholic News with Ron Williams, Co-Founder of the Catholic Edition an on-line media hub for Catholic News
-Archbishop Chaput says Fr. Jenkins betrayed true goal of Catholic Education
-Fisking Jenkins and Obama
-Church Invasion Groups
-Vatican Newspaper Praises and Criticizes Obama in Two Separate News Stories
-Catholics in Congress: The Ongoing Scandal
Dr. Owen Phelps is the author of "The Catholic Vision for Leading Like Jesus." After many years writing and managing different publications, Dr. Phelps went to work for the Church. As in all businesses, he asked himself the question of how to maximize productivity. He understands that a good leader builds up their employees and teaches the useful skills. In this manner good leadership will always come back to you.
People look for an answer to the question of "how do I lead?" Leadership is when anyone wants to influence someone else. When looking for the greatest leader of all time, you need look no further than Jesus. Ken Blanchard the author of "Lead Like Jesus" challenged Owen to come up with the Catholic version of his work.
In his first edition of the book, Ken focuses on Jesus as a Servant. Dr. Phelps took it a step further to not only look at Christ as a Servant but also as a Steward. Christ's Father-centered ministry makes him a steward of the Father's love. He never did anything that was not the will of the Father. After reading this, Ken proposed a 3rd "S" in Shepherd. After looking into the teachings on the Good Shepherd, Owen discovered that the need for a shepherd is driven by the sheep each having their own will. The sheep need a leader to ensure that their paths always lead back to green pastures. The Shepherd and the sheep are all tied together through the love of the Father who guides both shepherd and sheep.
Hence the Three S's of Leading like Jesus:
Servant, Steward and Shepherd
Joan Anderson is the author of many books, collecting stories about Angels. Her movement toward becoming an author began with something that happened in her own family. In the late 80's her son, Tim, was driving home for Christmas. Up to this point she'd never specifically asked for the help of her guardian angel or the guardian angels of her children.
Unbeknown to her, her son and his friend broke down on the side of the road in the middle of an Iowa blizzard. Suddenly, there was a tow truck behind them. The bright lights of the truck flooded the area and a man stepped out of the cab asking "Need a tow?"
Later, the family laughed together saying that if the man had been an angel, he hadn't been particularly bright. With a car stuck on the side of the road, what else would they need? More often than not, angels wait for permission to work in our lives.
The tow truck delivered the boys to a place of safety and when they went to thank him, both the man and the tow truck were gone. There was no trucks and no tracks from the truck. Ever since then, Joan has felt the need to share this story again and again. Pretty soon she began to discover similar stories from other people and a 7 book series was born. The books have recently been picked up by Loyola Press and are being revised and re-released. The next book to come out is "Where Miracles Happen"
You can find Joan Anderson on line at: www.joanwanderson.com
Monday, May 18, 2009
May 18, 2009
Featured Saint of the Day: St. John I
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Maureen Little
Featured National Guest: Dave Durand, Author of "Win the World Without Losing Your Soul"
Featured National Guest: Dawn Eden, Author of "Thrill of the Chaste"
Dave Durand is the author of the book "Win the World Without Losing Your Soul." Becoming an entrepreneur straight out of college, Dave was able to observe the people who worked for him. He noticed that some of them had long term careers and some did not. He developed an interest in discovering the inner workings of becoming a leader in your profession, but did not have time to truly develop his curiosity until now.
The book focuses on the business community. In the business community there is a vacuum of morality. The question becomes, how can people become leaders without compromising their morality and ultimately, who they are. How is it that people can take their raw talents into the work place and flourish. To truly lead it takes consistence and often times a tough love.
Many leaders these days err to be too accomodating and fluctuating in their leading style. The important thing to discover are the particular talents that you possess and can bring into the work place. When we discover and bring those talents it will propel us into a position that isn't always comfrotable, but it's suited to our personality and talents.
To bring glory to the creater, we're called ta act as we were designed to. Through bringing glory to the creator, we are called to do all we can to be who we were created to be. There are three tracks that people tend to take to find themselves:
1. To Find a Job that they're not necessarily a fan of. They are in essence trading time for money and don't always find fulfillment
2. To Find a Career, which is a chosen profession, but we are not always well suited to this profession.
3. To Find a Vocation, which is a chosen profession for which we are well suited. The discover of vocations makes it easy for the Father to manifest himself and his plans in your life.
To discover more with Dave Durand you can go to his website: www.davedurand.com
Dawn Eden's book, "Thrill of the Chaste" came out in 2006 and has since been translated into four different languages. It is a different kind of book that focuses on takes theology of the body and makes it accessible to the reader. She wanted to write something based on Theology of the Body that could speak to a wider audience.
In her book she helps the reader to discover the point of being chaste. Being chaste is a virture, and virtues are always hinged on a positive effect in our life. To be chaste, you enable yourself to be more fully yourself. It is saying yes to the way that God made you.
In being chaste a person can find the dignity that is due to them in their person. They do not have to strive to be someone else, to hold to the frivolous to please the world. In being chaste, we in essence hold to the very core of who God made us to be and trust that God's plan for us is perfect.
You can find more about this book on Dawn's website: www.thrillofthechaste.com
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Maureen Little
Featured National Guest: Dave Durand, Author of "Win the World Without Losing Your Soul"
Featured National Guest: Dawn Eden, Author of "Thrill of the Chaste"
Dave Durand is the author of the book "Win the World Without Losing Your Soul." Becoming an entrepreneur straight out of college, Dave was able to observe the people who worked for him. He noticed that some of them had long term careers and some did not. He developed an interest in discovering the inner workings of becoming a leader in your profession, but did not have time to truly develop his curiosity until now.
The book focuses on the business community. In the business community there is a vacuum of morality. The question becomes, how can people become leaders without compromising their morality and ultimately, who they are. How is it that people can take their raw talents into the work place and flourish. To truly lead it takes consistence and often times a tough love.
Many leaders these days err to be too accomodating and fluctuating in their leading style. The important thing to discover are the particular talents that you possess and can bring into the work place. When we discover and bring those talents it will propel us into a position that isn't always comfrotable, but it's suited to our personality and talents.
To bring glory to the creater, we're called ta act as we were designed to. Through bringing glory to the creator, we are called to do all we can to be who we were created to be. There are three tracks that people tend to take to find themselves:
1. To Find a Job that they're not necessarily a fan of. They are in essence trading time for money and don't always find fulfillment
2. To Find a Career, which is a chosen profession, but we are not always well suited to this profession.
3. To Find a Vocation, which is a chosen profession for which we are well suited. The discover of vocations makes it easy for the Father to manifest himself and his plans in your life.
To discover more with Dave Durand you can go to his website: www.davedurand.com
Dawn Eden's book, "Thrill of the Chaste" came out in 2006 and has since been translated into four different languages. It is a different kind of book that focuses on takes theology of the body and makes it accessible to the reader. She wanted to write something based on Theology of the Body that could speak to a wider audience.
In her book she helps the reader to discover the point of being chaste. Being chaste is a virture, and virtues are always hinged on a positive effect in our life. To be chaste, you enable yourself to be more fully yourself. It is saying yes to the way that God made you.
In being chaste a person can find the dignity that is due to them in their person. They do not have to strive to be someone else, to hold to the frivolous to please the world. In being chaste, we in essence hold to the very core of who God made us to be and trust that God's plan for us is perfect.
You can find more about this book on Dawn's website: www.thrillofthechaste.com
Friday, May 15, 2009
May 15, 2009
Featured Saint of the Day: St. Isidore the Farmer
Featured Local Guest: Mike Vasquez, St. Gregory Retreat Center
Featured National Guest: Dr. Anthony Clark, Whitworth University, Spokane, Washington
Guest Host: Mike Vasquez, Board of Directors for St. Gabriel Communication
Mike Vasquez, a member of KWKY's Board of Directors as well as a founder of the St. Gregory Retreat Center near Des Moines, joined Bill this morning. The St. Gregory Retreat Center has a location in Baird and another in Adair, Iowa. They are an internationally known retreat center that offers people help recovering from substance abuse. With researchers providing the staff with new and different ways to help people to grow past this addiction, their program focuses on helping these people form ways to deal with situations.
Mike finds that substance abuse begins with an immature response to adult situations. And by immature response, he is pointing toward the desire for instant gratification. Through their two month intensive program, weekly updates and continued help for a year following, many people from around the country have found the strength to beat their addiction.
Dr. Anthony Clark, a professor of East Asian History at Whitworth University in Spokane Washington spoke about the intrisic differences between Catholicism and Buddhism. As a committed Catholic, Dr. Clark noticed that many people thought that they could be both Buddhist and Catholic. With his studies of East Asian History, he identified that this could be problematic so he decided to dedicate himself to communicating the differences that make it impossible to be both Buddhist and Catholic.
One of the main differences is Buddhism's idea of the after-life or salvation. Nirvana, is the term that is used to describe teh attainment of the goal of Buddhism. Nirvana itself means "Extinction," if that give you a clue as to the practices of Buddhism. What the core principle of Buddhism is is that life is suffering and that suffering is bad. The key to eliminating suffering is to detatchi yourself from desire and ultimately from yourself. This means that the ultimate goal of Buddhism is the extinction of self, which can be attained in any of the different lives a person lives. Our Catholic faith is rooted in the fact that as a human people, we live one life and our goal is eternal life with Christ.
This extinction of self lends itself to a nihilistic approach to reality. The philosophy that there is no such thing as truth is something that Buddhism hones in on. Buddhists say that all perceptions of the world come from your mind and are not reality, but they are your reality. There is no such thing as objective truth in Buddhims. Catholicism abound in the beauty of objective truth and the belief that Christ is indeed the way the truth and the life. There are moral codes in Catholicism that a decision can be right or wrong and that sin exists. Buddhism diminishes all things to personal perspective.
For more information you can find articles written by Dr. Clark like this one on line.
Featured Local Guest: Mike Vasquez, St. Gregory Retreat Center
Featured National Guest: Dr. Anthony Clark, Whitworth University, Spokane, Washington
Guest Host: Mike Vasquez, Board of Directors for St. Gabriel Communication
Mike Vasquez, a member of KWKY's Board of Directors as well as a founder of the St. Gregory Retreat Center near Des Moines, joined Bill this morning. The St. Gregory Retreat Center has a location in Baird and another in Adair, Iowa. They are an internationally known retreat center that offers people help recovering from substance abuse. With researchers providing the staff with new and different ways to help people to grow past this addiction, their program focuses on helping these people form ways to deal with situations.
Mike finds that substance abuse begins with an immature response to adult situations. And by immature response, he is pointing toward the desire for instant gratification. Through their two month intensive program, weekly updates and continued help for a year following, many people from around the country have found the strength to beat their addiction.
Dr. Anthony Clark, a professor of East Asian History at Whitworth University in Spokane Washington spoke about the intrisic differences between Catholicism and Buddhism. As a committed Catholic, Dr. Clark noticed that many people thought that they could be both Buddhist and Catholic. With his studies of East Asian History, he identified that this could be problematic so he decided to dedicate himself to communicating the differences that make it impossible to be both Buddhist and Catholic.
One of the main differences is Buddhism's idea of the after-life or salvation. Nirvana, is the term that is used to describe teh attainment of the goal of Buddhism. Nirvana itself means "Extinction," if that give you a clue as to the practices of Buddhism. What the core principle of Buddhism is is that life is suffering and that suffering is bad. The key to eliminating suffering is to detatchi yourself from desire and ultimately from yourself. This means that the ultimate goal of Buddhism is the extinction of self, which can be attained in any of the different lives a person lives. Our Catholic faith is rooted in the fact that as a human people, we live one life and our goal is eternal life with Christ.
This extinction of self lends itself to a nihilistic approach to reality. The philosophy that there is no such thing as truth is something that Buddhism hones in on. Buddhists say that all perceptions of the world come from your mind and are not reality, but they are your reality. There is no such thing as objective truth in Buddhims. Catholicism abound in the beauty of objective truth and the belief that Christ is indeed the way the truth and the life. There are moral codes in Catholicism that a decision can be right or wrong and that sin exists. Buddhism diminishes all things to personal perspective.
For more information you can find articles written by Dr. Clark like this one on line.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
May 14, 2009
Featured Saint of the Day: St. Matthias
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Julie Leonetti
Featured Local Guest: Adam Grubb, Novos on Grand
Featured Local Guest: Jon Leonetti, Souly Walking
Guest Host: John Putbrese, President of KWKY Catholic Radio
Adam Grubb promoted the next Novos on Grand event. Novos on Grand is a group started to unite the young people of our diocese. With so many wonderful youth ministry outreaches, the Novos core team hopes that Novos will become a place where all of these young people can gather together.
Novos on Grand
601 Grand Ave.
Saturday: May 16, 2009
Doors open at 7:00pm
Mass Starts at 7:30pm
Jon Leonetti is in Nebraska, and his walk is quickly taking him closer to his hometown of Des Moines. Jon will be in Des Moines to give a talk on May 31 at 7:30 at St. Pius X. Jon shared with us a few stories from the road which can be found on their websit: soulywalking.com
The most moving story is that Jon and Jesse encountered an older lady who needed help wall-papering and painting her house. She shared her situation with them and the two of them decided to take a day off from walking to help her. Through sharing that day with her and her family, Jon and Jesse take with them the witness that the family served to uplift the two walkers.
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Julie Leonetti
Featured Local Guest: Adam Grubb, Novos on Grand
Featured Local Guest: Jon Leonetti, Souly Walking
Guest Host: John Putbrese, President of KWKY Catholic Radio
Adam Grubb promoted the next Novos on Grand event. Novos on Grand is a group started to unite the young people of our diocese. With so many wonderful youth ministry outreaches, the Novos core team hopes that Novos will become a place where all of these young people can gather together.
Novos on Grand
601 Grand Ave.
Saturday: May 16, 2009
Doors open at 7:00pm
Mass Starts at 7:30pm
Jon Leonetti is in Nebraska, and his walk is quickly taking him closer to his hometown of Des Moines. Jon will be in Des Moines to give a talk on May 31 at 7:30 at St. Pius X. Jon shared with us a few stories from the road which can be found on their websit: soulywalking.com
The most moving story is that Jon and Jesse encountered an older lady who needed help wall-papering and painting her house. She shared her situation with them and the two of them decided to take a day off from walking to help her. Through sharing that day with her and her family, Jon and Jesse take with them the witness that the family served to uplift the two walkers.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
May 13, 2009
Featured Saint of the Day: Our Lady of Fatima
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Chris Smith
Featured Local Guest: Tyler Price, Martyrs of the Third Millennium Event
Featured Local Guest: Fr. Paul Ouderkirk, Pastor of St. Bridget's Parish in Postville, Iowa
Guest Host: Mark Amadeo, Voice of KWKY Sports
Tyler Price, the administrator for Martyrs of the Third Millennium a group that meets once a month in an adoration based event spoke of the upcoming evening of prayer. This Sunday, May 17, M3M will meet at St. Pius X from 7:30-9:00pm. This week's guest speaker will be Mother Kathleen, F.E.H.J. Her topic is: Holy Mary, Mother of God: Mary & the Eucharist.
M3M gathers young people ages 18-30 once a month through prayer and adoration, focusing on the beauty of silence and prayer. The event consists of a half hour talk on a specific topic followed by adoration and confession with music to aid in reflection. Affording young people the opportunity to meet with like-minded young people in the community M3M is a great event.
Fr. Paul Ouderkirk, pastor of St. Bridget's Catholic Church in Postville, Iowa joined Bill and Mark for the second half of the show. Fr. Paul came out of retirement to serve the people affected by last years Immigration Raid in Postville Iowa. He has been serving the people there for a year. A year has passed and Father Paul noted an economic change in not only the Postville Community but in the surrounding communities as well. The raid itself split families apart and many of the women supporting their children are not allowed to work, nor can they go home.
A prayer service was held yesterday at St. Bridget's in memory of the raid one year ago. Among the gathered were a Lutehran Bishop, Bishop Hannus of the Arch Diocese of Dubuque, as well as a Rabbi from Chicago. The Rabbi said that he hoped that the prayer service would bring blessings of healing, freedom and joy to the people. As a part of the service many stories were told of families affected by the Immigration Raid as well as a list read of all those who were arrested.
To help support St. Bridget's and their work with the immigrants you can visit the Arch Diocese of Dubuque's website. You can also send donations as well as childrens' supplies and paper products to them directly:
St. Bridget's Hispanic Ministries
P.O. Box 369
Postville, IA 52162
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Chris Smith
Featured Local Guest: Tyler Price, Martyrs of the Third Millennium Event
Featured Local Guest: Fr. Paul Ouderkirk, Pastor of St. Bridget's Parish in Postville, Iowa
Guest Host: Mark Amadeo, Voice of KWKY Sports
Tyler Price, the administrator for Martyrs of the Third Millennium a group that meets once a month in an adoration based event spoke of the upcoming evening of prayer. This Sunday, May 17, M3M will meet at St. Pius X from 7:30-9:00pm. This week's guest speaker will be Mother Kathleen, F.E.H.J. Her topic is: Holy Mary, Mother of God: Mary & the Eucharist.
M3M gathers young people ages 18-30 once a month through prayer and adoration, focusing on the beauty of silence and prayer. The event consists of a half hour talk on a specific topic followed by adoration and confession with music to aid in reflection. Affording young people the opportunity to meet with like-minded young people in the community M3M is a great event.
Fr. Paul Ouderkirk, pastor of St. Bridget's Catholic Church in Postville, Iowa joined Bill and Mark for the second half of the show. Fr. Paul came out of retirement to serve the people affected by last years Immigration Raid in Postville Iowa. He has been serving the people there for a year. A year has passed and Father Paul noted an economic change in not only the Postville Community but in the surrounding communities as well. The raid itself split families apart and many of the women supporting their children are not allowed to work, nor can they go home.
A prayer service was held yesterday at St. Bridget's in memory of the raid one year ago. Among the gathered were a Lutehran Bishop, Bishop Hannus of the Arch Diocese of Dubuque, as well as a Rabbi from Chicago. The Rabbi said that he hoped that the prayer service would bring blessings of healing, freedom and joy to the people. As a part of the service many stories were told of families affected by the Immigration Raid as well as a list read of all those who were arrested.
To help support St. Bridget's and their work with the immigrants you can visit the Arch Diocese of Dubuque's website. You can also send donations as well as childrens' supplies and paper products to them directly:
St. Bridget's Hispanic Ministries
P.O. Box 369
Postville, IA 52162
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
May 12, 2009
Featured Saint of the Day: Sts. Nereus and Achilleus
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Sandra Bijani
Featured Local Guest: Bishop Walker Nickless, Diocese of Sioux City
Featured National Guest: Mike Aquilinia, Author of 20 books, co-host to Scott Hahn's series and Vice President of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology
Featured National Guest: Brian Kissinger, Artist of "Cant Get Away" and Youth Minister in the DC area
Guest Co-Host: Mark Amadeo, Voice of KWKY Sports
Bishop Walker Nickless of the Diocese of Sioux City joined Bill and Mark Amadeo for the first monthly update on the Sioux City Diocese. As this was his inaugural visit with Bill, we learned about his election to Bishop of Sioux City and how things are going. He also shared with us about a great event coming October where Cardinal DiNardo will be returning to Sioux City.
Mike Aquilina is the Vice President of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology. When asked what his thoughts were on the division seen among Catholics today on fundamental issues, Mike sited back to the early Fathers of the Church. He pointed out that the Church did thrive in the midst of diversity and remains triumphant. Through dedicated faithful who were willing to die to themselves to uphold the teachings of the Church the faith is on the winning side of History.
We have hope through the cloud of witnesses, the saints and angels watching us and interceding for us.
Brian Kissinger, is the Youth Minister of St. Mary of Sorrows in the DC area and produced an album entitled, "Can't Get Away." In telling the story of his album, Brian admitted that growing up he was a terrible singer and not much of a musician. When he went to college at Franciscan University, he brought along his guitar. He was roped into music ministry and two years later he cut his CD, "Can't Get Away."
When speaking of Youth Ministry, Brian focused on the important task that the Church has been given right now. He urged listeners to reach out to the teenage culture and encounter these young people, drawing them into a more intimate relationship with Christ. The key is to engage the teenage culture, to go to them instead of waiting for them to come to Christ on their own.
There are great, thriving organizations out there focused on young people to help them navigate out of the sea of relativism that is this culture. There is hope as, for whatever reason, the young people are looking to their parents in the midst of their confusion. Parents, through the rolling eyes encountered from time to time, your kids are listening.
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Sandra Bijani
Featured Local Guest: Bishop Walker Nickless, Diocese of Sioux City
Featured National Guest: Mike Aquilinia, Author of 20 books, co-host to Scott Hahn's series and Vice President of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology
Featured National Guest: Brian Kissinger, Artist of "Cant Get Away" and Youth Minister in the DC area
Guest Co-Host: Mark Amadeo, Voice of KWKY Sports
Bishop Walker Nickless of the Diocese of Sioux City joined Bill and Mark Amadeo for the first monthly update on the Sioux City Diocese. As this was his inaugural visit with Bill, we learned about his election to Bishop of Sioux City and how things are going. He also shared with us about a great event coming October where Cardinal DiNardo will be returning to Sioux City.
Mike Aquilina is the Vice President of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology. When asked what his thoughts were on the division seen among Catholics today on fundamental issues, Mike sited back to the early Fathers of the Church. He pointed out that the Church did thrive in the midst of diversity and remains triumphant. Through dedicated faithful who were willing to die to themselves to uphold the teachings of the Church the faith is on the winning side of History.
We have hope through the cloud of witnesses, the saints and angels watching us and interceding for us.
Brian Kissinger, is the Youth Minister of St. Mary of Sorrows in the DC area and produced an album entitled, "Can't Get Away." In telling the story of his album, Brian admitted that growing up he was a terrible singer and not much of a musician. When he went to college at Franciscan University, he brought along his guitar. He was roped into music ministry and two years later he cut his CD, "Can't Get Away."
When speaking of Youth Ministry, Brian focused on the important task that the Church has been given right now. He urged listeners to reach out to the teenage culture and encounter these young people, drawing them into a more intimate relationship with Christ. The key is to engage the teenage culture, to go to them instead of waiting for them to come to Christ on their own.
There are great, thriving organizations out there focused on young people to help them navigate out of the sea of relativism that is this culture. There is hope as, for whatever reason, the young people are looking to their parents in the midst of their confusion. Parents, through the rolling eyes encountered from time to time, your kids are listening.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Ma y 11, 2009
Featured Saint of the Day: St. Ignatius of Laconi
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Michael Britsch
Featured Local Guest: Sandy Hatfield Clubb, Athletics Director of Drake University
Featured Local Guest: Dr. Gregory McKernan, Osteopathic Family Practice Physician
Sandy Hatfield Clubb is the Athletics Director for Drake University in Des Moines. Sandy shared with us her journey of faith. She grew up in a broken home and took that with her as she went into college. She found herself looking for family and a true home. In her mid-20's she began her journey with Christ and was baptised Episcopal.
When she moved to Arizona after finishing school she had two close friends who were Catholic and she began attending the liturgies with them each week. She was immediately taken by the sense of family and home that the Catholic Church held. After she and her husband baptized both their children into the Catholic Church, she decided to move forward into the Catholic Family. She enjoyed going through RCIA and growing spiritually as well as sharing the information and newfound faith with her husband.
Sandy also told a few inspiring stories about how the Holy Spirit has worked in the life of her family. One of many great Iowans living a Catholic Life.
Dr. Gregory McKernan an Osteopathic Family Practice Physician in Iowa joined us for the second interview. He shared with us some of the history of medicine from the days of blood letting to is knowledge of the skelatal muscular systems as a tool in healing. Osteopathic medicine focuses on the skelatal muscular system to bring healing to the body.
Dr. McKernan is pro-family and an NFP only doctor, holding true to the teachings of the Catholic Church. He spoke of his shock when he realized what birth control really does to a woman's body. He now promotes Natural Family Planning as the means for spacing births in a family. He has delivered 1600 babies in his career and works with all members of the family.
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Michael Britsch
Featured Local Guest: Sandy Hatfield Clubb, Athletics Director of Drake University
Featured Local Guest: Dr. Gregory McKernan, Osteopathic Family Practice Physician
Sandy Hatfield Clubb is the Athletics Director for Drake University in Des Moines. Sandy shared with us her journey of faith. She grew up in a broken home and took that with her as she went into college. She found herself looking for family and a true home. In her mid-20's she began her journey with Christ and was baptised Episcopal.
When she moved to Arizona after finishing school she had two close friends who were Catholic and she began attending the liturgies with them each week. She was immediately taken by the sense of family and home that the Catholic Church held. After she and her husband baptized both their children into the Catholic Church, she decided to move forward into the Catholic Family. She enjoyed going through RCIA and growing spiritually as well as sharing the information and newfound faith with her husband.
Sandy also told a few inspiring stories about how the Holy Spirit has worked in the life of her family. One of many great Iowans living a Catholic Life.
Dr. Gregory McKernan an Osteopathic Family Practice Physician in Iowa joined us for the second interview. He shared with us some of the history of medicine from the days of blood letting to is knowledge of the skelatal muscular systems as a tool in healing. Osteopathic medicine focuses on the skelatal muscular system to bring healing to the body.
Dr. McKernan is pro-family and an NFP only doctor, holding true to the teachings of the Catholic Church. He spoke of his shock when he realized what birth control really does to a woman's body. He now promotes Natural Family Planning as the means for spacing births in a family. He has delivered 1600 babies in his career and works with all members of the family.
Friday, May 8, 2009
May 8, 2009
Featured Saint of the Day: St. Peter of Tarentaise
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Rosa Lee Gedler
Featured Local Guest: Jon Leonetti, host of Martyrs of the Third Millennium on KWKY and Co-Founder of the Souly Walking Project
Featured National Guest: Jennifer Settle, Certification Course Manager for the Theology of the Body Institute
Jon Leonetti, originally from Des Moines and host of "Martyrs of the Third Millennium" on KWKY Catholic Radio is walking across America. This endeavor, the Souly Walking Project, is to raise awareness to the youth of the power of prayer. Jon shared some stories from the road as well as the need that he has seen for this message to reach the youth. Jon will be in Iowa at the end of the month and is currently in the middle of Colorado.
Jen Settle, the Certification Course Manager for the Theology of the Body Institute and the co-host of Theology of the Body found here on KWKY joined us to speak about he work at the TOB Institute.
The big news from the institute is that Christopher West was on Night Live on ABC. It's a great interview and if you click on Christopher's picture below it will take you to the website where you can watch it also. Christopher presented the truth of Theology of the Body in 7 minutes.
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Rosa Lee Gedler
Featured Local Guest: Jon Leonetti, host of Martyrs of the Third Millennium on KWKY and Co-Founder of the Souly Walking Project
Featured National Guest: Jennifer Settle, Certification Course Manager for the Theology of the Body Institute
Jon Leonetti, originally from Des Moines and host of "Martyrs of the Third Millennium" on KWKY Catholic Radio is walking across America. This endeavor, the Souly Walking Project, is to raise awareness to the youth of the power of prayer. Jon shared some stories from the road as well as the need that he has seen for this message to reach the youth. Jon will be in Iowa at the end of the month and is currently in the middle of Colorado.
Jen Settle, the Certification Course Manager for the Theology of the Body Institute and the co-host of Theology of the Body found here on KWKY joined us to speak about he work at the TOB Institute.
The big news from the institute is that Christopher West was on Night Live on ABC. It's a great interview and if you click on Christopher's picture below it will take you to the website where you can watch it also. Christopher presented the truth of Theology of the Body in 7 minutes.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
May 7, 2009
Featured Saint of the Day: Bl. Rose Venerini
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Betty McGehe
Featured Local Guest: Kim Lehman, Executive Director of Iowa Right to Life
Featured Local Guest: Tom Chapman, Executive Director of the Iowa Catholic Conference
Featured National Guest: Richard Lane, Catholic Evangelist and co-founder of Qorban Ministries
Kim Lehman promoted Iowa Right To Life's Baby Organizer Give Away.
Iowa Right to Life is giving away FREE Baby Organizers to celebrate mothers on May 7th and 8th -- three days before Mother's Day! The Baby Organizer is a wonderful gift for mothers and includes a "When I Was in My Mommy's Tummy" facts sheet.
Tom Chapman spoke about strides made with the tax credit for Catholic School Tuition Donations. It might be possible soon for corporations to get the tax credit as well. Tom encourages people to contact the governor about this possibility through the Iowa Catholic Conference's Action Center. You can also get involved in the marriage amendment, defining marriage as between a man and a woman through their action center as well.
Richard Lane, a Catholic Evangelist and co-founder of Qorban Ministries spoke with Bill and Rich on how he got started with his ministry. He was passing out Bibles on the street corner for his Church after Converting to Catholicism and encountered many of the poor in spirit. Soon enough he found himself preaching from the street, sometimes to many and sometimes to no one.
Soon after he began to be invited to Catholic Churches as well as churches of other denominations to speak. People began to call him a Catholic Evangelist, and so he spoke with Bishop Raymond Burke in St. Louis to get either his permission to proceed or caution to slow down. He spoke of how the Bishop put his hand on his head and blessed his ministry as a Catholic Evangelist.
Now based out of St. Louis with is wife, the DRE at their Church, he goes to Churches and conferences across the country. Last fall he was in Altoona, Iowa.
Check his ministry out on line at: qorban.net
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Betty McGehe
Featured Local Guest: Kim Lehman, Executive Director of Iowa Right to Life
Featured Local Guest: Tom Chapman, Executive Director of the Iowa Catholic Conference
Featured National Guest: Richard Lane, Catholic Evangelist and co-founder of Qorban Ministries
Kim Lehman promoted Iowa Right To Life's Baby Organizer Give Away.
Iowa Right to Life is giving away FREE Baby Organizers to celebrate mothers on May 7th and 8th -- three days before Mother's Day! The Baby Organizer is a wonderful gift for mothers and includes a "When I Was in My Mommy's Tummy" facts sheet.
May 7th and 8th
9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Tom Chapman spoke about strides made with the tax credit for Catholic School Tuition Donations. It might be possible soon for corporations to get the tax credit as well. Tom encourages people to contact the governor about this possibility through the Iowa Catholic Conference's Action Center. You can also get involved in the marriage amendment, defining marriage as between a man and a woman through their action center as well.
Richard Lane, a Catholic Evangelist and co-founder of Qorban Ministries spoke with Bill and Rich on how he got started with his ministry. He was passing out Bibles on the street corner for his Church after Converting to Catholicism and encountered many of the poor in spirit. Soon enough he found himself preaching from the street, sometimes to many and sometimes to no one.
Soon after he began to be invited to Catholic Churches as well as churches of other denominations to speak. People began to call him a Catholic Evangelist, and so he spoke with Bishop Raymond Burke in St. Louis to get either his permission to proceed or caution to slow down. He spoke of how the Bishop put his hand on his head and blessed his ministry as a Catholic Evangelist.
Now based out of St. Louis with is wife, the DRE at their Church, he goes to Churches and conferences across the country. Last fall he was in Altoona, Iowa.
Check his ministry out on line at: qorban.net
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
May 6, 2009
Featured Saint of the Day: Sts. Marian and James
Featured Local Guest: Dave Dixon, Theology on Tap Des Moines
Featured Local Guest: Bob Ravenscroft, President of the Mercy Foundation
Today Dave Dixon shared with us the information on the May 7th Theology on Tap. They will be hosting Dr. Tom Neal to speak about scripture and the presence of salvation history throughout the pages of scritpure. They will meet at the Okaboji Grill in Pleasant Hill, dinner and socializing begins at 6pm and then the speaker has the floor for about 45 minutes at 7pm. They take a break and come back for a question and answer session.
Theology on tap is your chance to meet other young catholics as well s gain access to knowledgable people. Theology on Tap began in Chicago in the 80's and has expanded to different cities throughout the U.S. Dave experienced it in Milwauke before coming back to Des Moines, where with the help of Fr. Howard he began the movement in Iowa.
Become their fan on facebook!
Bob Ravenscrot, President of the Mercy Foundation brought with him some information on several events going on for the Foundation:
Sunday, May 17, 2009: Monarchs and Memories
10am-3pm
Mercy Hospice
5820 Winwood Dr.
Johnston, IA
Join others in remembering loved ones who have been served by Mercy Hospice through purchasing a Monarch butterfly and releasing it in honor of that loved one.
With questiosn call: 515-247-3248
Monday, May 18, 2009: Mercy/Babe Golf Classic
Morning and Afternoon slots available
Echo Valley Country Club
Norwalk, IA
With questiosn call: 515-247-3248
Monday, June 8, 2009: 18th Annual Charity Golf Tournament
12:45 Shotgun Start
Briarwood Golf Club
Ankeny, IA
With quesitons call: 515-247-3248
Featured Local Guest: Dave Dixon, Theology on Tap Des Moines
Featured Local Guest: Bob Ravenscroft, President of the Mercy Foundation
Today Dave Dixon shared with us the information on the May 7th Theology on Tap. They will be hosting Dr. Tom Neal to speak about scripture and the presence of salvation history throughout the pages of scritpure. They will meet at the Okaboji Grill in Pleasant Hill, dinner and socializing begins at 6pm and then the speaker has the floor for about 45 minutes at 7pm. They take a break and come back for a question and answer session.
Theology on tap is your chance to meet other young catholics as well s gain access to knowledgable people. Theology on Tap began in Chicago in the 80's and has expanded to different cities throughout the U.S. Dave experienced it in Milwauke before coming back to Des Moines, where with the help of Fr. Howard he began the movement in Iowa.
Become their fan on facebook!
Bob Ravenscrot, President of the Mercy Foundation brought with him some information on several events going on for the Foundation:
Sunday, May 17, 2009: Monarchs and Memories
10am-3pm
Mercy Hospice
5820 Winwood Dr.
Johnston, IA
Join others in remembering loved ones who have been served by Mercy Hospice through purchasing a Monarch butterfly and releasing it in honor of that loved one.
With questiosn call: 515-247-3248
Monday, May 18, 2009: Mercy/Babe Golf Classic
Morning and Afternoon slots available
Echo Valley Country Club
Norwalk, IA
With questiosn call: 515-247-3248
Monday, June 8, 2009: 18th Annual Charity Golf Tournament
12:45 Shotgun Start
Briarwood Golf Club
Ankeny, IA
With quesitons call: 515-247-3248
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
May 5, 2009
Featured Saint of the Day: Saint Hilary of Arles
Featured Local Guest: Anne Marie Cox, Director of Communications for the Diocese of Des Moines
Featured National Guest: Fr. Jim Kubicki, National Director of the Apostleship of Prayer
Today Rich was out of town at a convention but joined Bill over the phone for the first hour of broadcasting. Bill hosted Anne Marie Cox the Director of Communications for the Diocese of Des Moines as our local interview. She gave us the inside track to different things going on in the Diocese. On the front page of their website there's a letter you can download and read on H1N1 and protocol in the Church. Special Congratulations to all the priests celebrating milestones in their vocation this year. Fr. Koch and Monsignor Stessman are both celebrating their 50th anniversary as Priests. Also the Night at the Iowa Cubs with Catholic Charities is announced and scheduled for June 11.
Fr. Jim Kubicki the National Director of the Apostleship of Prayer joined us for an update on the Holy Father's intentions for the month of May.
Featured Local Guest: Anne Marie Cox, Director of Communications for the Diocese of Des Moines
Featured National Guest: Fr. Jim Kubicki, National Director of the Apostleship of Prayer
Today Rich was out of town at a convention but joined Bill over the phone for the first hour of broadcasting. Bill hosted Anne Marie Cox the Director of Communications for the Diocese of Des Moines as our local interview. She gave us the inside track to different things going on in the Diocese. On the front page of their website there's a letter you can download and read on H1N1 and protocol in the Church. Special Congratulations to all the priests celebrating milestones in their vocation this year. Fr. Koch and Monsignor Stessman are both celebrating their 50th anniversary as Priests. Also the Night at the Iowa Cubs with Catholic Charities is announced and scheduled for June 11.
Fr. Jim Kubicki the National Director of the Apostleship of Prayer joined us for an update on the Holy Father's intentions for the month of May.
- Lay Vocation Promoters. That the laity and Christian communities may embrace their responsibility for promoting vocations to the priesthood and religious life.
- A Missionary Church. In response to the Lord for the gift of faith, may the younger Catholic communities generously participate in the universal mission of the Church to proclaim the Gospel to the ends of the earth.
Monday, May 4, 2009
May 4, 2009
Featured Saint of the Day: Bl. Michael Giedroyc
Congratulations to the Winners of the Drawing from KWKY's Open House: Lora Van Lent and Dave Dixon
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Josh Shupe
Featured Local Guest: Terri Prenger, Iowans for Life, Pro-Life 101
Featured National Guest: Fr. Tad Pacholczyk, Director Of Education for the National Catholic Bioethics Center as well as a Neuroscientist and Staff Ethicist.
Today KWKY was proud of the premiere performance of Bill and Rich in the Morning. This new morning show is off to a great start with wonderful guests such as Terri Prenger of Iowans for Life as well as Fr. Tad Pacholczyk with the National Catholic Bioethics Center.
Terri Prenger kicked off our monthly Pro-Life 101 segment. Today she spoke about the importance of the Pro-Life movement to the young people. Over a third of this year's high school graduating class is not walking across the stage due to abortion. Many young people live with what is known as survivor's guilt, where they struggle to understand why their parents chose them and not their aborted sibling. A great adventure for young people is to travel to D.C. for the March for Life. The March for Life takes place every January 22 to memorialize the date that Roe-v-Wade was passed with a pro-life rally and march to the capital. Terri's advice to young people interested in this endeavor is to begin their fundraising efforts this summer. Their website: iowansforlife.org, has many great ideas on how to begin fundraising.
Fr. Tad Pacholczyk is the Director Of Education for the National Catholic Bioethics Center as well as a Neuroscientist and Staff Ethicist. He recently authored an article entitled "The Obama Stem Cell Darkness" in response to the recent lift on the ban of federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. On today's show, Fr. Tad clarified for listeners the science behind embryonic stem cell research. This particular brand of stem cell research entails taking a human embryo and destroying it for its stem cells, which will then be used to generate other forms of tissue. This act is not only ethically flawed, but there has been very little success in this area of research.
Fr. Tad explained that the idea of embryonic stem cell research is intriguing to a scientist. They want to know how they work and how they can tame this form of stem cell to their bidding. Because of the ethical issues of not only the destruction of these embryos, but that embryos used for stem cell research are created in a test tube, the Catholic Church does not back this research. With the recent lift on the ban of federal funding of stem cell research, it is not simply about the lack of success in this avenue of research, as most scientific resarch struggles at the beginning, but the moral implications of using tax dollars to fund something that is ethically unsound.
There's a new trick, Fr. Tad highlighted for us in stem cell research. That a scientist can take a plain ordinary skin cell from a patient and form it into a stem cell that can be used to treat the same patient. There have also been successes with bone marrow transfusions because of the stem cells present in the marrow. Fr. Tad applauded the work of the John Paul II Stem Cell Institute in Coralville, Iowa, as they are striving to do research as the Catholic Church would have them proceed.
Congratulations to the Winners of the Drawing from KWKY's Open House: Lora Van Lent and Dave Dixon
Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Josh Shupe
Featured Local Guest: Terri Prenger, Iowans for Life, Pro-Life 101
Featured National Guest: Fr. Tad Pacholczyk, Director Of Education for the National Catholic Bioethics Center as well as a Neuroscientist and Staff Ethicist.
Today KWKY was proud of the premiere performance of Bill and Rich in the Morning. This new morning show is off to a great start with wonderful guests such as Terri Prenger of Iowans for Life as well as Fr. Tad Pacholczyk with the National Catholic Bioethics Center.
Terri Prenger kicked off our monthly Pro-Life 101 segment. Today she spoke about the importance of the Pro-Life movement to the young people. Over a third of this year's high school graduating class is not walking across the stage due to abortion. Many young people live with what is known as survivor's guilt, where they struggle to understand why their parents chose them and not their aborted sibling. A great adventure for young people is to travel to D.C. for the March for Life. The March for Life takes place every January 22 to memorialize the date that Roe-v-Wade was passed with a pro-life rally and march to the capital. Terri's advice to young people interested in this endeavor is to begin their fundraising efforts this summer. Their website: iowansforlife.org, has many great ideas on how to begin fundraising.
Fr. Tad Pacholczyk is the Director Of Education for the National Catholic Bioethics Center as well as a Neuroscientist and Staff Ethicist. He recently authored an article entitled "The Obama Stem Cell Darkness" in response to the recent lift on the ban of federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. On today's show, Fr. Tad clarified for listeners the science behind embryonic stem cell research. This particular brand of stem cell research entails taking a human embryo and destroying it for its stem cells, which will then be used to generate other forms of tissue. This act is not only ethically flawed, but there has been very little success in this area of research.
Fr. Tad explained that the idea of embryonic stem cell research is intriguing to a scientist. They want to know how they work and how they can tame this form of stem cell to their bidding. Because of the ethical issues of not only the destruction of these embryos, but that embryos used for stem cell research are created in a test tube, the Catholic Church does not back this research. With the recent lift on the ban of federal funding of stem cell research, it is not simply about the lack of success in this avenue of research, as most scientific resarch struggles at the beginning, but the moral implications of using tax dollars to fund something that is ethically unsound.
There's a new trick, Fr. Tad highlighted for us in stem cell research. That a scientist can take a plain ordinary skin cell from a patient and form it into a stem cell that can be used to treat the same patient. There have also been successes with bone marrow transfusions because of the stem cells present in the marrow. Fr. Tad applauded the work of the John Paul II Stem Cell Institute in Coralville, Iowa, as they are striving to do research as the Catholic Church would have them proceed.
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