Listen to program #08-12 (March 17, 2008) (Help)

iTunes | Windows Media |  RSS

Listen to archived programs

Highlights from this episode of American Catholic Radio include:

For many Catholics, Holy Week isn’t the only part of Catholic life being celebrated in these days. St. Patrick, whose feast comes in the midst of Lent and usually means a break in the Lenten discipline, is honored this week.

Hellena Taylor, a native of England who now lives in Santa Monica, Calif., tells us about her conversion to the Catholic Church.

ACR host Father Greg Friedman answers questions based on listener feedback about our Web page and the difference between “tradition” and the Bible as essentials of faith.

This program’s Minute Meditation is from Catholic Update “Day by Day: Stillness in Lent” by Phyllis Zagano.

One of the most dramatic rituals of the Sacred Triduum is the washing of the feet, performed on Holy Thursday. Sister Barbara Leonhard, O.S.F., gives biblical background, which in turn will help listeners better understand the meaning of this ritual.

Joanne Turpin, author of Twelve Apostolic Women and Catholic Traditions: Treasures New and Old, highlights the women in the greatest of all stories—Jesus’s passion, death and resurrection—as we hear during Holy Week.