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Wake Up! 6/18/2025: Achieving Chastity | Bitcoin | The Pope's Role

We're live with Fr. Thomas Morrow, Catholic author of the book "Achieving Chastity in An Unchaste World", Eric Sammons, Catholic author of the book "Moral Money: A Case for Bitcoin" and Dr. Jordan Haddad, Professor of Dogmatic Theology at Notre Dame Seminary and the President of the St. Louis IX Art Society with Catholic 101 segment talks about the role of the Pope in our Church.

Wake Up! 6/17/2025: Finding Purpose | Fight Spirit | Women's Healthcare

We're live with Joelle Maryn, Catholic author of the book "Become the Fire: Push Past Fear and Find Your Purpose", Ray Kapaun, nephew of Venerable Fr. Emil Kapaun, talks about the movie "Fight Spirit: A Combat Chaplain's Journey" and Shannon McCormick, Nurse Practitioner with Woman’s New Life Clinic monthly update.

Wake Up! 6/16/2025: Pope Leo XIV | Teens and Their Future | Hypuro

We're live with Dr. Matthew Bunson, Vice President and Editorial Director of EWTN News and author of the book Leo XIV: Portrait of the First American Pope, Alan Migliorato, co-author of Failing Forward: Leadership Lessons for Catholic Teens Today talks about helping teens think about their future and Chase Crouse, Founder and CEO of Hypuro, a Catholic fitness and personal training apostolate rooted in Theology of the Body.

Wake Up! 6/9/2025: Teens and Volunteering | Catholic Aging | Fatherhood

We're live with Alan Migliorato, co-author of the book "Failing Forward: Leadership Lessons for Catholic Teens Today", talks about teens and volunteering and Matt Estrade with Catholic Aging talks about the 4m’s in healthcare.

Wake Up! 6/6/2025: New SVDP CEO | The Ritual | Houma-Thibodaux Diocese Bishop

We're live with Sunnie Johnson-Lain, new CEO of St. Vincent de Paul in Baton Rouge introduces herself and new role, Fr. Aaron Williams, theological consultant for "The Ritual", the true story of the most well-documented exorcism in American history talks about the film and Bevi Fontenot, Communications Director of the Houma-Thibodaux Diocese with Bishop Update.

Wake Up! 6/5/2025: Catholics and Loneliness | Youth and Young Adults | Catholic Burials

We're live with Terry Poplava, General Manager of ACST Catholic, talks about loneliness and how parishes can help, Kathleen Higgins, Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry in the Diocese of Baton Rouge provides summer update and Jeanne Keene, Community Outreach Director at Dignity Memorial, talks about Catholic burial traditions and arrangements.

Wake Up! 6/4/2025: The Recovery Rosary | Sacred Heart of Jesus | Pentecost

We're live with Scott Weeman, founder of Catholic in Recovery and editor of the book "The Recovery Rosary: Meditations for Those Impacted by Addiction, Compulsions, and Unhealthy Attachments", Dina Dow, Director of Evangelization and Catechesis in the Diocese of Baton Rouge talks about Pope Leo XIV and June being the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Dr. Luke Arredondo, Executive Director of the St. Brendan Center for Evangelization and Spirituality in the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee with Catholic 101 segment talks about Pentecost.

Wake Up! 6/3/2025: Jubilee Year | St. Vincent de Paul Society | Turning Points

We're live with Steve Ray, Catholic convert and pilgrimage leader talks about his experiences in Italy for the 2025 Jubilee year, especially his general audience with new Pope Leo the XIV and Tony Ryan, Marketing Director of Ignatius Press, talks about the book Turning Points: How Thirteen Remarkable Men and Women Heard God’s Call and Responded to It.

Wake Up! 6/2/2025: Diocesan Updates | Teen Summer Jobs | Catholic Psych

We're live with Bevi Fontenot, Communications Director in the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, we talk about teens and summer jobs and Dr. Greg Bottaro is the Director and Founder of CatholicPsych Institute, talks about Catholic approach to mental health.

Wake Up! 5/30/2025: Our Lady Oaks Retreat House | Face of Jesus | Chesterton Conference

We're live with Fr. Patrick Hough, Retreat Director, Jesuit Spirituality Center at Our Lady Oaks Retreat House, Grand Coteau, LA talks about upcoming retreats, Jarosław Rędziak, Polish filmmaker, director and producer of the documentary Face of Jesus and Dale Ahlquist, President of the Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton, creator and host of the EWTN series “G.K. Chesterton: The Apostle of Common Sense,” and Publisher of Gilbert Magazine, talks about upcoming Chesterton Conference.