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Highlights from this episode of American Catholic Radio include:

Producer Judy Zarick interviews Holy Cross Father Willy Raymond is President of Family Theater Productions in Hollywood, California. This ministry continues the legacy of Father Patrick Peyton, whose Rosary Crusades, radio and TV programs were popular 20th-century evangelization efforts. Fr. Willy heads up Family Theater's "Hollywood Prays" Outreach Ministry to Catholic entertainment professionals in the Hollywood community, which offers spiritual enrichment and fellowship to the industry.

Father Dan Kroger answers questions: Why aren't funerals held on Sundays? Should a validly married couple be married again following the husband's Baptism? What is a homily? Why do we call the Eucharistic bread the host? How can humans be made in the image and likeness of God, who is spirit?

This program’s Minute Meditation is from our reflection, read by Barbara Beckwith, is excerpted from Things Hidden: Scripture As Spirituality, by Franciscan Father Richard Rohr, published by St. Anthony Messenger Press.

The U.S. Bishops continue to promote and support marriage as a sacrament and as a social reality in their "Pastoral Initiative on Marriage." We do our part with this feature; longtime veterans of marriage preparation, Jim and Susan Vogt, answer the question, How do you negotiate conflicts in your marriage?

Producer John Feister interviews Dr. Alan Schreck.  He's a professor of theology at Franciscan University, specializing in Catholic doctrine, Church history and the teachings of Vatican II. He is the author of several books including his latest, Rebuild My Church: God's Plan for Authentic Catholic Renewal, a Servant Book, published by St. Anthony Messenger Press.