Minnesota Catholic Podcasts

40 Days for Life Campaign

Guest: Judy Haag, leader of 40 Days for Life in the St. Cloud area Haag discusses the origin and mission of the 40 Days for Life campaign, the impact it is having and how people can get involved.

The threat of physician-assisted suicide

Guest: Father Tom Knoblach, consultant for health care ethics for the Diocese of St. Cloud Father Knoblach talks about Catholic teaching regarding end-of-life care and how Catholics can best respond if efforts to legalize physician-assisted suicide surface during this year’s state legislative session.

Heart of Mercy Minute - Looking ahead

Bishop Donald Kettler talks about reaching retirement age and his upcoming ad limina visit to the Vatican.

Voices of Hope - The Francis Impact

Bailey Ziegler, human resources director for the Diocese of St. Cloud, and Kristi Bivens, associate director of lay leadership for the diocese talk with Sebastian Gomes. Gomes previously worked with Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation to create the movie, the Francis Impact. Gomes is an alum of St. John's University and the School of Theology and Seminary and is currently executive editor of audio and video at America Media.

Voices of Hope - Laura Kelly Fanucci keynote from Diocesan Ministry Day

Laura Kelly Fanucci addresses Diocesan Ministry Day participants at St. John's Abbey Church Sept. 30. Serve, Speak, Lead: Our Baptismal Call to Be Priest, Prophet, and King At our baptism, we were anointed to follow Christ as “priest, prophet, and king.” But what does this call mean for us in our ordinary lives and work? While some of us are priests, few would claim to be prophets or kings! Yet in this challenging time in our Church’s history, how does our baptismal call unite us, support us, en...

Voices of Hope- A Conversation with astronaut Mark Vande Hei

In this episode of Voices of Hope, diocesan director of communications, Joe Towalski, talks with astronaut Mark Vande Hei. Vande Hei, a graduate of St. John's University in Collegeville, spent five-and-a-half months on the International Space Station.

Heart of Mercy Minute — Back to school message for students from Bishop Donald Kettler

Voices of Hope: A conversation with Laura Kelly Fanucci

In this episode, Laura Kelly Fanucci speaks with Kristi Bivens, the Diocese of St. Cloud's associate director of lay leadership formation, about our baptismal call to ministry, service and leadership in the Church. Fanucci will be the keynote speaker at Diocesan Ministry Day Sept. 30 at St. John's University in Collegeville. She is an author and director of the Communities of Calling Initiative at the Collegeville Institute at St. John's.

Voices of Hope: A Journey to New Frontiers

Writer Nikki Rajala talks with Franciscan Sister Elise Saggau, author of “A Journey to New Frontiers, 1950-2018,” a new history of the Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls.

Heart of Mercy Minute: Pentecost message from Bishop Donald Kettler

Heart of Mercy Minute: Holy Week message from Bishop Donald Kettler

Voices of Hope: Doing and Being Mission

Father Bill Vos, local director of Catholic Relief Services and former director of the St. Cloud Mission Office, talks with Dr. Donald McCrabb, executive director of the United States Catholic Mission Association.

Voices of Hope: Journey to World Youth Day

Molly Powers, a local wife and mom who also has experience in education and campus ministry, talks about her experiences guiding a group of pilgrims to World Youth Day in Panama.

Voices of Hope: Food, family and faith — a conversation with Father Leo Patalinghug

Father Leo Patalinghug, also known as the cooking priest, sat down between presentations for a conversation with Dianne Towalski from The Central Minnesota Catholic. Father Patalinghug was in Sauk Centre for three talks about how to become a saint.

Heart of Mercy Minute: Enhance your Lenten experience

Bishop Donald Kettler talks about ways to deepen the Lenten experience.

Hands of Justice: Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl

Kelly and Shannon Haws from the St. Cloud Area Farmers’ Market talk with Elizabeth Neville and Katy Lentz from The St. Cloud Mission Office about the Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl program and how local Rice Bowl grants help the market.

Voices of Hope: Deacon Ralph Poyo talks about Safe Haven Sunday

Deacon Ralph Poyo, founder of the Ohio-based New Evangelization Ministries, talks about Safe Haven Sunday, an event to raise awareness of the negative impacts of pornography on individuals, marriages, families and society.

Heart of Mercy Minute: Safe Haven Sunday

Bishop Donald Kettler talks about Safe Haven Sunday, which will be observed in the St. Cloud Diocese March 2 and 3.

Hands of Justice: A conversation on racism

Diocesan communications director Joe Towalski hosts the conversation with St. Cloud Bishop Donald Kettler and Natalie Ringsmuth, founder and director of Unitecloud, a local non-profit that works to build community and foster respect for every person's human dignity.

Voices of Hope: Situation in Venezuela

Elizabeth Neville and Katy Lentz from the The mission Office of the Diocese of St. Cloud talk with local resident and Venezuela native Jonathan Walz, about the current political and humanitarian crisis in his home country.

Voices of Hope: Archbishop Chaput at Catholics at the Capitol

Joe Towalski talks with Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia about faith in the public square.

Voices of Hope: A conversation about the diocesan pastoral planning process

Diocesan human resources director Bailey Ziegler hosts a conversation about the diocesan pastoral planning process with planning director Brenda Kresky and planning council member Father Matthew Luft.

Pathways 4 Youth: Helping homeless youth in the St. Cloud area

A two-part interview with Pathways 4 Youth's community engagement manager and a group of youth who are helping with their mission.

Heart of Mercy Minute: Parable of the Good Samaritan

Voices of Hope: Vocation Awareness Week

Diocesan vocation director Father Scott Pogatchnik talks with assistant director Father Doug Liebsch, seminarian Brady Keller and local student and Marmion House resident Jonas Duncan about vocations.

Bishop Donald Kettler reacts to Pittsburgh shooting

Bishop Donald Kettler reacts to the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh Oct. 27.

Voices of Hope: Musician Jesse Manibusan

Catholic musician and speaker Jesse Manibusan is visiting the Diocese of St. Cloud from Oct. 26 to 29 to speak to youth, faith formation directors and youth ministers.

Voices of Hope: The 'pitching nun'

This episode of Voices of Hope features Cathedral High School alum Sister Mary Jo Sobieck talking with classmate Molly Weyrens. Sister Mary Jo became famous after throwing out the first pitch at a Chicago White Sox game this summer. Molly is currently the pastoral associate at Christ our Light Parish in Princeton / Zimmerman.

Voices of Hope: Encuentro Experience (SPANISH)

Diocesan delegates talk about their experience at the V National Encuentro gathering in Grapevine, Texas.

Voices of Hope: V National Encuentro

Bishop Donald Kettler of the Diocese of St. Cloud, Minnesota and Mayuli Bales, coordinator of multicultural ministries for the diocese, talk about their experiences at the V National Encuentro in Texas.