Listen to program #09-44 (October 26, 2009) (Help)

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Highlights from this episode of American Catholic Radio include:

Leonardo DeFilipis is staging a one-man stage production, VIANNEY, about the life of St. John Vianney. Leonardo's production company, St. Luke Productions, is taking their play around the country, just in time for the year for the priest.

Father Greg Friedman responds to questions: Can we get sick from sharing the Eucharistic cup? What's the meaning of the phrase "Lord, I am not worthy to receive you"?

This program’s Minute Meditation is from "Your Spiritual Garden: Tending to the Presence of God," by Pegge Bernecker [#805]. SAMP

Catholic psychotherapist and author Greg Popcak along with his wife Lisa Popcak, a professional educator and Life Coach, answer the question, "What should be our priority—the marriage or the children? How does our faith help us balance being parents, friends and lovers?"

Father Gary Thomas is a priest in the diocese of San Jose, California, and serves as exorcist for the Diocese of San Jose. His training for that post was profiled in The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist, by Matt Baglio. Ordained in 1983, Father Gary was a seasoned pastor at the time he received his appointment as exorcist. He attended a course at a Vatican-affiliated university which prepared priests to conduct investigations of possible demonic possession, and if necessary, the rites of exorcism.