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Living Faith Living Faith
Producer Judy Zarick interviews Franciscan friar and priest, Robert Hutmacher, O.F.M. Fr. Bob is the founder and director of Chiesa Nuova, a Franciscan ministry for the performing arts in Chicago. Franciscan spirituality has always been a part of his composing and performing music.

Fr. Bob's ministry, "Chiesa Nuova"

Ask a Franciscan Ask a Franciscan
Franciscan Father Greg Friedman answers these pastoral questions: How is the Sacrament of Marriage received when one of the spouses is not Catholic? May a Catholic marry an unbaptized person in the Church?

On Faith and Media On Faith and Media
Direct from Hollywood, ACR presents Sister Rose Pacatte from the Daughters of St. Paul. Her mission is to help people of faith understand what we’re seeing and hearing all around us. She’s an educator, author, movie reviewer for the Catholic press, and she’s won numerous awards for her passion to illuminate what’s good in today’s popular culture. Sr. Rose talks this week about the book, The Alligator and the Toothache and having empathy for others.

Sr. Rose Pacatte, FSP

Minute Meditation Minute Meditation
Jesuit Father James Martin reads from his book My Life With the Saints, published in audiobook form by St. Anthony Messenger Press.

"My Life With the Saints," a SAMP audiobook written and read by James Martin, SJ

Exploring Our Faith Exploring Our Faith
John Feister's guest is George Dardess. He is a permanent deacon at Blessed Sacrament Parish in Rochester, New York, where he gives retreats, lectures and courses on Islam throughout the U.S. He is also a member of both the Muslim-Catholic Alliance and the Commission on Muslim-Christian Relations in Rochester. With Marvin Mich he co-authored In the Spirit of St. Francis and the Sultan: Muslims and Catholics Working Together for the Common Good, (published by Orbis in 2011).  For St. Anthony Messenger Press he wrote Do We Worship the Same God? Comparing the Bible and the Qur’an, in 2006, and has an article in the September 2011 issue of St. Anthony Messenger. He spoke with John about the current prospects for interfaith peace.

Rev. Mr. George Dardess, a permanent deacon in the Diocese of Rochester, N.Y.

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