RED-C Roundup

236 Remaining Faithfully Catholic: Kevin Wells

Host Gene Wilhelm interviews Kevin Wells, speaker, author, and evangelist in this episode of RED-C Roundup. Gene spoke with Kevin about his early upbringing and his background in the Catholic Faith as well as sports broadcasting and journalism. They also visited about how we use the talents and gifts that God has given us, no matter our lot in life. Kevin draws upon examples in his own life of marriage struggles, dire medical challenges, various work and ministry callings, and challenging the priests and bishops of today to be who is so needed to save our Church.

235 Veteran Services and CCCTX: John Paci and Mary Saladino

Host Deacon Mike Beauvais visited with John Paci, Director of Catholic Charities of Central Texas and Mary Saladino, Case Manager for the St. Michael's Veteran Services Program at CCCTX.  John Spoke about the past year of accomplishments for their organization and what is in store for the year ahead.  Mary spoke specifically about National Veterans and Military Families month, the importance of serving veterans in our community, common issues that veterans and their families face, and how Catholic Charities meets their needs in our community.

234 Fr. Bruce Nieli, CSP: Spirit-filled Catholics Pursuing a Spirit-filled America

Host Judy Comeaux interviews Paulist Father Bruce Nieli, CSP from the Diocese of Austin about his article in the Catholic Spirit, “May we be Spirit-filled Catholics pursuing a Spirit-filled America.”  They spoke about a potential religious awakening in our country as the most recent pandemic comes to an end. As it states in his article, “May we take the lead and accept the challenge and opportunity offered by Servant of God Father Isaac Thomas Hecker a century and a half ago, to pray and work for “a new awakening of the spirit of Christianity in America” - a truly Spirit-filled America: One Body, one Spirit, one nation, one creation!”

233 Gary Michuta: Revolt Against Reality

Host Thaddeus Romansky interviews Gary Michuta, author of the book, Revolt Against Reality.  We seem to be living in an age of insanity. Crimes against children, born and unborn; marriage defiled and redefined; the madness of transgenderism; the looming terror of trans-human-ism . . . the list goes on and on. And it’s getting uglier out there every day. Everywhere you look, the culture is twisting truth into lies and lies into truth.  In this interview, Gary Michuta explains how an army of liars, manipulators, and bad actors has conspired literally from the beginning to thwart God’s plan for man—a plan of order and peace, centered on the Incarnation of Jesus Christ.

232 Ben Walther: Promptings of the Holy Spirit

Host Gene Wilhelm visits with Ben Walther, his longtime friend, singer and songwriter, and campus minister at Walsh University in Ohio.  Ben shares his life path through his growing up in the Dallas, Texas area to his studies at Franciscan University, to his career as worship leader and singer/songwriter for Oregon Catholic Press, to his position as a Catholic campus minister at Walsh University.  Throughout Ben's stories, clear examples of he and his wife answering promptings of the Holy Spirit in family, career, and ministry decisions in their lives.  This is a great story of perseverance and courage to follow God's will in all things!

231 Steve Weidenkopf: Light From Darkness

Deacon Mike interviewed Steve Weidenkopf about his book, Light From Darkness: Nine Times the Catholic Church was in Turmoil - and Came Out Stronger Than Before in this latest episode of RED-C Roundup. They address the question that Steve often gets from others, “Have things ever been as bad in the Church as they are today?”  As a historian he answers this with an emphatic, “No, things have actually been much worse!”  He reflects on how to learn from the lessons of history and apply this learning so as to bring about another great time of renewal in our day. 

230 Andrew Robison: Holy Donors Podcast

On Wednesday, September 29, Thaddeus Romansky introduced listeners to Andrew Robison of Petrus Development, the creator of a new Catholic podcast, Holy Donors, about historical individuals who lived lives of radical generosity as witnesses of their Catholic Faith. RED-C Catholic Radio is collaborating with Petrus in producing this podcast and Dr. Romansky is one of the members of the Holy Donors team. Please check out this podcast anywhere that fine podcasts are hosted, subscribe, and offer a glowing review so that others will find out about it and give it a listen. You can learn more at www.holydonors.com and follow Holy Donors on social media for updates and behind the scenes views. Remember that when choosing between the values of heaven and the values of earth, always round up!

229 Dr. Thaddeus Romansky: The American Catholic Odyssey, Pt. 2

Part Two looks at how Catholics were a minority population viewed largely with suspicion and prejudice by their Protestant neighbors because of their ethnic, creedal, and worship differences. The challenging years of the World War I, the Great Depression, and World War II began to break that mould and put American Catholics on a path to greater participation in the nation’s cultural and civic mainstream.  Part two then looks at how American Catholicism has weathered the chaotic years following the Second Vatican Council and the contemporaneous cultural crisis in the wider society.