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Respect Life Sunday
In light of tomorrow being Respect Life Sunday, Fr. John Maria Devaney, O.P., invites Mr. Edward Short, Director of Development for the National Gianna Center, to Word to Life. The mission of the National Gianna Center is to provide pro-life, authentically Catholic health and fertility care to women and families.
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Stand
This week on Word to Life, Fr. John Maria Devaney, O.P. welcomes back guests Jim Reyland, playwright and founder of the Writer’s Stage, as well as actors Barry Scott and Henry “Chip” Arnold. Writer’s Stage is celebrating an upcoming national tour of the play “Stand,” which is based on Jim’s real life encounter that began on the way to daily mass and the subsequent friendship with Mr. Johnny Allen, a homeless man in Nashville. In “Stand,” Barry plays the role of Johnny (named JJ) and Henry plays the role of Jim (named Mark.)
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Hospital Chaplaincy
On this episode of Word to Life, Fr. John Maria Devaney, O.P., invites Mr. John Schultz, coordinator of priest chaplains for ArchCare & Fr. Thomas Chellen, chaplain at White Plains Hospital to the show. Our hosts discuss their work as hospital chaplains and the importance of this unique ministry.
Catholic Social Teaching
The Mayor, the Pope, and the Angelic Doctor
On July 5th, the remarkable mayor of Florence, Giorgio La Pira, was declared Venerable by Pope Francis. La Pira (1904-1977) was a Dominican tertiary who lived at the Priory of San Marco for some of his time as mayor. An apostle of peace and integral human development, his life is a testimony to the vigor of the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas.
