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Father Anthony with Cristina and Tony are joined by Alice Babij (Bobby) as they gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish. Father greets everyone and opens today’s show with prayer before discussing how the priests are fighting in the trenches in listening to the complex realities of people’s lives. After the break, Alice brings up a Blue Mass being held at St Nicholas Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church fallen officer Michael Ceriale. Before sharing her book today, “Love Thy Neighbor” on the importance of praying for others and the gifts of intercessory prayer. The book is available at priestlypress.com. St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish priestlypress.com

Father Anthony with Christina gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish. Father greets everyone and the group catches up to the leadup to All Souls Day. After prayer Father discusses the topic of the spiritual realm and angels from a Catholic professor, as well as his sacrifice as a Priest in setting aside the time waiting in holding the Sacrament of Confession for the salvation of other souls. After a break Father talks about the Final Judgement we face once we die and how God loves us even in that final event of our life. Father wraps up talking about how we can be saints with God through active participation, The Beatitudes, and self-sacrifice before God. St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish

Father Koys takes us on another “brain wrinkling” walk on this Feast of St Simon and Jude as he discusses how they were martyred together evangelizing in Mesopotamia. Today Father Koys further discusses the German Catholic philosopher Joseph Pieper’s book “Leisure: The Basis of Culture,” and how leisure should be time for renewal with God. Before wrapping up Father Koys points out post-war Germany needs true worship to rebuild itself. St James is sponsoring an All Saints Day Cemetery Walk this Sunday November 1st.  St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish https://historicstjames.org/

Father Anthony with gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish. Father greets everyone and the group catches up after a weekend of weddings and a funeral.  Father and Tony discuss the topic of cemeteries comparing Mount Carmel and Queen of Heaven cemeteries. After prayer, Father discusses the topic of death and how the seasons line up with our Church calendar. Father wraps up talking about the Apostle John and the difference between the Christian definition of Love in contrast to subjectivism. St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish

It’s Monday and Lauretta is here today to talk on the topic of prayer in light of a recent controversy regarding our Bishops meeting our President. Lauretta talks about why we should pray as Catholics, especially for our public officials, regardless of whether we like them or not. Later, Lauretta talks about one of the bishops who was there, Bishop Jeffery Grob of Milwaukee, why he visited the President, and why we should not conditionalize our bishops and priests for meeting with our leaders. She closes to talk about the importance of our vote as Catholics and why we should elect public officials who will safeguard our rights and perform God’s will in office. St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish

Father Anthony with Tony gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish.  Father Anthony is joined by his guest Alice Babij (Bobby) today.  Father greets everyone and they briefly chat about St. John Paul II, as Alice references his formal recognition that laid the ground work for their martyrdom.  Father leads us in prayer, then turns our attention to St John Capistrano who’s feast day is celebrated today.  Father discusses the readings from yesterday focusing on how when one experiences conversion their life not only changes but those around them also change as others who are not living according to God tend to walk away as they struggling facing the reality that they are not living as they should.  After a break, Father welcomes back Alice Babij (Bobby) who introduces the book “The Little Way of the Brown Scapular”, by Rev Scott Haynes.  The book reveals the Brown Scapular as a sign of Mary’s maternal care and a pledge of belonging to her son. It serves as guide for first time-wearers of the Brown Scapular or for those looking to restore their commitment to the Marian Devotion.  The book is available at priestlypress.com.   St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish http://priestlypress.com/

Father Anthony with Tony and Cristina gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish.  As today is the Feast Day of St. John Paul II, Father discusses the importance of his papacy to his own novitiate and to the entire world.  After prayer Father shares writings and quotes of St. Jon Paul II referencing how they were not only impactful; but prophetic as well. After a break Father reads from his writings, adding commentary and discussion applying them to the times then and now.  They discuss how well known and beloved he was around the entire world.  Father discusses how Christ centered St. Joh Paul II was while recognizing that this quality is missing in so many Christians today calling us once again to metanoia.  Father points out that the information he’s shared regarding his life, his writings and his contributions to the world are but a small reference to his legacy as he could go on talking about this for hours.  One of St John Paul II’s widely recognized and impactful quotes being, “We are now standing in the face of the greatest historical confrontation humanity has gone through. I do not think that wide circles of the American society or wide circles of the Christian community realize this fully. We are now facing the final confrontation between the Church and the anti-Church, of the Gospel versus the anti-Gospel.”  Father Anthony couldn’t agree more.   St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish

Father Koys takes us on another “brain wrinkling” walk as he discusses the German Catholic philosopher Joseph Pieper’s book “Leisure: The Basis of Culture.” Today Father Koys discusses the need for leisure in our society, connecting it to a desire to be with God and as a matter of enjoyment, not merely wasting our time. He further offers historical insight into this topic discussing the rise of modern philosophy under Kant, Descartes, and Hume during the challenge of the Church’s authority by modern science. Before wrapping up Father Koys highlights the philosophical conflict between Kant’s secularist insistence truth is all that is proven vs Pieper’s Catholic insistence we are revealed truths outside merely science. St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish https://historicstjames.org/

Father Anthony with Tony and Cristina gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish. Father greets everyone and the group catches up after the weekend.  Father discusses how the “winds have definitely changed” as he references the chaos throughout the world, mentioning current events that demonstrate that order is lost and how we need to return to God. He poses the question, “How do we get on without God?” After prayer, Father discusses the diabolical orientation, reminding us that good always outweighs evil and we must choose to live virtuous lives.  He discusses living a virtuous live. What is required to live a virtuous live and how does our time today differ from past times when this was more prevalent.  Father wraps up the show discussing how we should behave when we encounter someone absent of virtue. He points out that the very thing that is lacking is nourishment, instruction, witness and confirmation on how we are to live our lives in accordance with the will of God, for when we remove God we focus on self and it leads to idolatry.  This is what has led to the chaos. St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish

It’s Monday and Lauretta’s guest, Maria Vadia an immigrant who experienced and suffered under the Cuban Communist regime, is here today to talk about the dangers of Communism and Marxism and the threat these atheistic ideologies pose to the rights and faith of Catholics in America when it is normalized. Maria goes over how Cuba, a largely Catholic country was subverted and taken over by Communist subversives and how it serves as a warning to Catholics in the US as a situation to stay far away from in light of the upcoming elections in two weeks and the Communist riots in Paris, France. Maria further goes over how she returned to her home town in Cuba decades later to spread the Word of God, and saw how much Communism stifles human freedom and degrades society under an atheistic totalitarian regime when it takes hold of a nation. Lauretta urges the audience to exercise their right to vote, to keep atheistic and dangerous ideologies like Communism far away from our public offices, and that Christ is the answer to the deadly ideology. St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish

Father Anthony and Tony are joined by Alice Babij (Bobby) as they gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish. Father greets everyone on this Feast Day of St Margret Mary Alacoque, reminding us when God is taken out sickness takes over. After prayer they discuss the need to be very intent in raising your children in the faith, and that Christ is the healer. Later Alice goes over a eucharistic miracle from the book “My Highway to Heaven: Eucharistic Miracles from Around the World” inspired by Saint Carlos Acutis whose feast day we celebrated this week, on the Eucharistic Miracle of Seefeld as a lesson to be humble before God. The book is available at priestlypress.com. St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish priestlypress.com

Father Anthony with Tony and Cristina gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish, chatting briefly about the movie release last week, “Adore Him: He Is Here”. The film is a docudrama that aims to inspire deeper devotion to Jesus through Eucharistic Adoration.  St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish and its Monstrance are featured in the film.  Father emphasizes that the parish provides for sacred space and silence for Eucharistic Adoration 24/7 (except during the celebration of the Holy Mass).  After prayer, Father focuses today on St Theresa of Avila, who’s feast day is celebrated today.  Father Anthony reads from her letters and adds commentary and discussion highlighting the contributions she made in evangelizing and guiding people to live their lives more Christianly.  Father draws attention to the Sunday Gospel and reminds us of when Jesus told the servants to go out and “invite whomever you find, the good and bad alike”, telling us that today, we are those servants and must heed the call to invite others into our faith.  After a break, Father wraps up the show with discussion regarding St. Callistus who’s feast day was celebrated yesterday.  Father shares information regarding his life, his writings and his contributions to the world. St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish

Father Koys takes us on another “brain wrinkling” walk as he tackles Birth Tourism and Just War Theory. Father Koys discusses what Birth Tourism is and how it ends up affecting who votes and who we are as a nation pointing out that we are a nation searching for identity as we suffer through an identity crisis.  In discussing this he makes relational connection between how we become a citizen and how we become a catholic: vowing fidelity to the US and accepting Baptism being born into Catholicism. Later he discusses the 5 aspects of the Just War Theory.  He reviews each aspect of the theory and discusses his interpretation as to how they apply to the current war.   After the final break he delves into his analysis of the application of the Just War Theory in the war with Iran.    St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish

Father Anthony with Tony and Cristina gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish. Father greets everyone and the group catches up after the weekend.  Father leads us in prayer along with the litany.  After a break, Father turns to the readings from Sunday and discusses the sacrifice of Jesus, his death, resurrection and the gift of the Holy Spirit.  He chats about living a sacrificial life as God calls us to do and a move towards personal metanoia. Discussing a recent experience with the holy baptism, then switches gears and mentions the ongoing egoistic nature of society and the polarization being experienced in the church.   St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish

It’s Monday and Lauretta opens on this Feast Day of Carlos Acutis to talk about Saint Acutis, a saint in our era of computers, the internet, and video games and how he managed the technology of our time to dedicate his short ordinary life on this earth for an extraordinary life for God. After the first break, Lauretta talks about the new 2026 film “Adore Him” and the many miracles of being in the presence of the eucharist she has experienced and how you can take just a few minutes out of your day to be with God in Adoration. Later, Lauretta also celebrates the life of Christopher Columbus this Columbus Day and how his incredible journey across the Atlantic and his many understated good deeds were inspired by the faith we all share as Catholics. She further expands upon the reasons for why Columbus Day became a holiday for Catholics and Americans during a time of persecution and hatred, and why we need to defend our history as Catholics. She closes with a call to prayer for Pope Leo as he is undergoing surgery before his trip to Peru where he previously was a cardinal bishop, prayers for the upcoming elections that Americans will avoid the errors of communism, and a reminder the conference on Learning About Assisted Suicide will be this week Thursday at 7 PM at St. Luke and St. Bernardine parish in River Forest, IL. St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish