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Franciscan Radio is an electronic ministry of St. Anthony Messenger Press, to fulfill its mission to spread the Word that is Jesus Christ. Catholic radio networks and individual stations, as well as Catholic Web sites, feature the audio resources you will find on this page.

American Catholic Radio
American Catholic Radio (ACR) is a weekly half-hour program of Catholic information and inspiration to help you know your faith, so you can grow in your faith. Father Greg Friedman, O.F.M., hosts the program.

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Over the "long haul" of Lent, American Catholic Radio helps you find a way of your "Lenten rut"!

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Lenten Radio Retreat
Franciscan Radio and the U.S. Catholic bishops encourage you to put aside today’s cares and worries, and take a “Radio Retreat”—online. Using either the Windows Media Player, Real Player or any MP3 player, including Apple’s iPod, take this opportunity to focus clearly on what God is saying to you this Lent. Each week a bishops leads you, in English or in Spanish, through the Lenten gospels. See a complete listing of the episodes.

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Sharing The Word
Sharing the Word is a daily 90 second radio homily based on the daily readings by Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk. Sharing the Word is a companion to the “Sunday Soundbite” feature at www.AmericanCatholic.org and is heard on Catholic radio stations around the country.

Most Current Program:
Thursday, Third Week of Lent: Jesus’ enemies can’t bring themselves to acknowledge that Jesus is from God, and conclude that He is in league with the devil.
Jesus points out that that doesn’t make much sense. If Jesus overcomes the power of the devil by the ...

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Sunday Soundbites by Greg Friedman, O.F.M.
Sunday Soundbites is a weekly, 90-second radio homily based on the Sunday readings by Fr. Greg Friedman, O.F.M. Sunday Soundbites is a regular weekly feature at www.AmericanCatholic.org and is heard on Catholic radio stations around the country.

Most Current Program:
Lent: It's not like it was in the "Good Old Days." Hello, I’m Franciscan Father Greg Friedman, and this is the "Sunday Soundbite" for the Third Sunday of Lent. It's true, the Lenten fasting rules are not what they were in the memory ...

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Saint of the Day
Saint of the Day is a daily 90-second audio feature from St. Anthony Messenger Press heard on Catholic stations around the country, and on the Catholic Channel on Sirius Satellite Radio. Each day you can listen to or download the life story of the Saint of the Day.

John Ogilvie (c. 1579-1615)
John Ogilvie's noble Scottish family was partly Catholic and partly Presbyterian. His father raised him as a Calvinist, sending him to the continent to be educated. There John became interested in the popular debates going on between Catholic and Calvinist scholars. ...

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Audio and Video Features From AmericanCatholic.org
Find audio and video features for seasons such as Advent and Lent; news stories on events affecting the Church and Catholics throughout the world; and resources on other Catholic topics from Mother Teresa to Franciscan spirituality.

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Broadcast-quality versions of Saint of the Day, Sunday Soundbites and American Catholic Radio are available free of charge for interested broadcast radio outlets.

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Franciscan Radio offers Catholic audio features for Real Player or Windows Media Player.

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