On Wednesday, January 29, Mark Brumley, editor-in-chief of Ignatius Press, was on the show to talk about The Day is Now Far Spent, the last installment in a trilogy of books by Robert Cardinal Sarah. (The preceding books were God or Nothing and The Power of Silence). Mark talked about how the title of this third book comes from the scripture where the disciples were on the road to Emmaus and Jesus was walking with them, but they did not realize it was Jesus who was with them all along until they...
Feb 14, 2020•57 min•Season 4Ep. 142
On Wednesday, January 22, host Judy Comeaux talked with Beth Cowles, Coordinator of Religious Education at St. Anthony’s in Bryan, Texas, about the Holy Spirit and the Sacraments. She started with what we proclaim about the Holy Spirit in the Nicene Creed. We say the second Person of the Trinity became incarnate through the power of the Holy Spirit each time we pray the Nicene Creed at Mass. God the Father brought the Son to us in this extraordinary way - through the Holy Spirit. Beth also talke...
Feb 05, 2020•57 min•Season 4Ep. 141
On Wednesday January 15, Pam Marvin spoke with Sister Celestina with the Apostles of the Interior Life about the Incarnation of Christ. They discussed how Jesus lived a life that shows us what it means to be children of God, adopted sons and daughters. Jesus - God in the flesh, trusted in God the Father and the Holy Spirit to guide Him throughout His life, and His life is the perfect model for how we are to live our lives. God becoming man, made Him relatable to us, as He experienced every part ...
Jan 21, 2020•57 min•Season 4Ep. 140
On Wednesday January 8, Gene Wilhelm opened the first part of the show talking about the Saint of the Day, Andre Bessette who is credited with thousands of reported miraculous oil healings associated with his devotion to Saint Joseph. In the second part of the show Gene talked with Dennis Daniel, Executive Director for the Central Texas Fellowship of Catholic Men, about the organization and the upcoming Catholic Men’s Conference themed No Man Left Behind on February 8th at the Travis County Expo...
Jan 21, 2020•57 min•Season 4Ep. 139
On Wednesday January 1, all four hosts of RED-C Roundup gathered together to do a look-back on 2019 as they reminisced about some favorite moments. Judy Comeaux, Gene Wilhelm, Pam Marvin, and Deacon Mike Beauvais told us why they love hosting the show, what keeps them coming back, and some favorite parts of their interviews from 2019. This episode reveals what these four great people behind the mic are all about - spreading the love of Christ! Listen now to hear the re-cap, and for more details,...
Jan 06, 2020•55 min•Season 4Ep. 138
On Wednesday December 18, host Pam Marvin spoke with Deacon Frank Ashley of St. Thomas Aquinas in College Station about a fresh perspective of Advent. In the first part of the show, they talked about one of their favorite saints, John of the Cross who is also the national poet of Spain. In the second part of the show, Deacon Frank and Pam talked about a fresh look on the season of Advent. They discussed the beauty and power of penance, the importance of preparing for our Savior, and how we live ...
Jan 03, 2020•58 min•Season 4Ep. 137
On Wednesday, December 11, host Gene Wilhelm talked with Anthony DeStefano about children’s literature. In the first part of the show, the saint of the day was St. Damasus who lived from AD 304–384. He was a deacon in the Church and at age 60 he was selected Bishop of Rome. Learn more about him here . In the second part of the show Anthony DeStefano talked with Gene about children’s literature and his new book, The Seed Who Was Afraid to Be Planted. Anthony is the author of twenty bestselling ad...
Dec 17, 2019•57 min•Season 3Ep. 136
Wednesday December 4 in the first half of the show, Zach Harris who is in formation with the Apostles of the Interior Life was on to talk about his order, his time at St. Mary’s, and what brought him back to Aggieland. The Saint of the Day for this segment was St. John of Damascus, a Doctor of the Church, who was part of the Monastery of Saint Sabas near Jerusalem. In the second part of the show, Professor and convert to the Catholic Faith Stephen Bullivant joined to talk about his book, Mass Ex...
Dec 11, 2019•57 min•Season 3Ep. 135
On Wednesday, November 27, we had a special episode of RED-C Roundup: Advent 101 with Judy Comeaux and her guest, Barbara Svatek. They talked all about the meaning of Advent, what traditions they have in their families, and what special things they do during Advent to prepare their homes and hearts for the coming of our Savior! Listen now to hear this special episode. You might learn something about Advent that you didn’t know! When choosing between values of heaven and the values of earth, alwa...
Dec 05, 2019•58 min•Season 3Ep. 134
On Wednesday November 20, Pam Marvin talked with Jim Olson about his new book, To Catch a Spy: The Art of Counterintelligence. Mr. Olson served for over thirty years in the Directorate of Operations of the Central Intelligence Agency and is now a Professor of the Practice at the Bush School, where he teaches courses on intelligence and counterintelligence. He has a passion for counterintelligence, which is stopping foreign countries from stealing technology from the United States. One of the rea...
Nov 26, 2019•57 min•Season 3Ep. 133
On Wednesday November 13, in the first part of the show, host Gene Wilhelm talked about his “saint of the week”, Mother Frances Cabrini, who became the first American citizen to be canonized. You can learn more about this amazing woman here ! In the second part of the show, guest Dr. Michael Foley, Associate Professor of Patristics (the study of the Church Fathers), at Baylor University, and author of many Catholic books, including the popular bar book, Drinking with the Saints, that is also a g...
Nov 25, 2019•56 min•Season 3Ep. 132
On Wednesday November 6, host Deacon Mike Beauvais spoke with Rhonda Gruenewald about how to increase vocations. In the first part of the show, Deacon Mike taught about St. Charles Borromeo and you can learn more about him here . In the second part of the show, Deacon Mike talked with Rhonda Gruenewald, founder of Vocation Ministry, a non-profit established for the purpose of training both priests and laity on how to create a culture of vocations at their parishes. Rhonda is also the author of H...
Nov 22, 2019•57 min•Season 3Ep. 131
On Wednesday, October 30, host Pam Marvin spoke with Meredith Olson about 12 signs for growth in the spiritual life. The first part of the show, Pam covered her "saint of the week," Peter Chrysologus, a Doctor of the Church who was well-known for being very precise and condense, and kept the attention of the laity very well, and known by some as having a “golden tongue”. Learn more about him here . In the second part of the show, Meredith Olson told us the 12 signs for growth in the Spiritual li...
Nov 22, 2019•57 min•Season 3Ep. 130
On Wednesday, October 23, host Judy Comeaux spoke with Deacon Mike Beauvais about the Holy Souls and indulgences. Listen to this episode to learn about the Church Suffering in Purgatory, indulgences, and how everything we do (especially those tasks we may not particularly like) can effect conversion within us when it is united to the sufferings of Christ on the Cross!
Oct 30, 2019•57 min•Season 3Ep. 129
On Wednesday, October 16, host Pam Marvin spoke with her husband, Paul, about spiritual warfare. Learning more about the history of the Church as he has undertaken his own renewal of prayer over many years, Paul has grown more convinced of the necessity for spiritual warfare against “the world, the flesh, and the devil.” As Christians we are called to fight! Also, do you know the number one weapon for fighting evil? Listen to this episode to hear about his journey through the faith, how Paul fig...
Oct 22, 2019•58 min•Season 3Ep. 128
On Wednesday October 9, host Gene Wilhelm spoke with Steve Weidenkopf, Lecturer in Church History at the Christendom College Graduate School of Theology in Alexandria, Virginia, about the battle of Lepanto and his book, The Glory of the Crusades. The battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement that took place on October 7, 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League arranged by Pope Pius V, defeated the fleet of the Ottoman Empire in the Gulf of Patras. The battle of Lepanto is responsible for giving us t...
Oct 22, 2019•57 min•Season 3Ep. 127
On Wednesday October 2, host Deacon Mike Beauvais spoke with Rebekah Landry, middle school minister for Ablaze Ministries at St. Anthony’s in Bryan. In the first part of the show, Dcn. Mike talked about the Feast Day of St. Jerome, who was commissioned by Pope Damasus to translate the scriptures into the vernacular of the time, Latin. He spent 30 years in a cave translating all the scriptures! In the second half of the show Dcn. Mike spoke with Rebekah Landry about her experience with Ablaze Min...
Oct 15, 2019•57 min•Season 3Ep. 126
On Wednesday, September 25, host Judy Comeaux and guest co-host Terrie Lipscomb spoke with Susan Tassone, award-winning and best-selling Catholic author about her new book, Day by Day with St. Faustina. In the first part of the show, Terrie talked about St. Padre Pio, patron saint of adolescents. In the second part of the show, Susan Tassone spoke about her book, Day by Day with St. Faustina. The book walks through St. Faustina’s diary, allowing the reader to grow closer to Jesus in the Eucharis...
Sep 30, 2019•57 min•Season 3Ep. 125
On Wednesday, September 18, host Pam Marvin spoke with His Excellency Bishop David Konderla, former pastor of St. Mary’s in College Station, and now Bishop of the Diocese of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Their topic was the theological virtues of faith, hope and love. Bishop David asks us to question how much we allow other voices to come into our lives each day vs. how much we allow God’s word into our lives each day. He parallels superheroes and their powers in Marvel movies with humans and the theological...
Sep 25, 2019•57 min•Season 3Ep. 124
On Wednesday, September 11, host Gene Wilhelm spoke with George Phillips about Fr. Vincent Capodanno who was killed in action as a US Navy Chaplain in Vietnam while ministering to U.S. Marines. Phillips is the director of the Fr. Vincent Capodanno Guild (to learn more about the guild, click here) and served alongside Fr. Capodanno as a Marine rifleman. In the first half of the show, Gene observed the 18th anniversary of 9/11. He also mentioned our 2019 KEDC Benefit Dinner coming up on November 7...
Sep 13, 2019•57 min•Season 3Ep. 123
On Wednesday, September 4, Dcn. Mike Beauvais spoke with best-selling author, Dr. Taylor Marshall about his book, Infiltration: The Plot to Destroy the Church from Within. In the first part of the show, Dcn. Mike spoke about Saint Gregory the Great, saint of the day for September 3rd, and patron saint of England, epilepsy, musicians, and teachers. Whether he was largely responsible for the revision of “Gregorian” chant is disputed, but many believe that he was. In the second part of the show, Dc...
Sep 05, 2019•57 min•Season 3Ep. 122
On Wednesday August 28, host Judy Comeaux brought in Bryan/College Station local, Matt Rice. Matt is a co-founder of Ablaze Ministries, and a new monthly gathering called The Well – it offers practical insights through biblical instruction, dynamic worship, and genuine community. In the first part of the show, Judy talked about St. Augustine and his mother, St. Monica. The two go hand in hand as St. Monica was Augustine’s mother and prayed for his (and her husband’s) conversion to Christianity f...
Aug 30, 2019•58 min•Season 3Ep. 121
On Wednesday August 21, host Pam Marvin spoke with Angel Rodriguez, the new men’s ministry coordinator at St. Mary’s in College Station, about his new position and then they discussed the virtue of magnanimity. In the first part of the show, Pam talked about Pope St. Pius X, as August 21 is his feast day. Elected pope in 1903, Pius X committed himself to restoring all things in Christ (cf. Ephesians). One of the many ways he tried to do this was writing a simple, concise catechism for the averag...
Aug 23, 2019•57 min•Season 3Ep. 120
On Wednesday, August 14, host Gene Wilhelm spoke with Fr. Andrew Dinh, new associate pastor at St. Joseph’s Church in Bryan, about his escape from Vietnam in the mid-1980s followed by a 20-plus-year journey to the priesthood. In the first part of the show, Gene talked about St. Maximilian Kolbe, patron of our Immaculata Recurring Gift Society (did you know Kolbe ran a short-wave radio under the Nazi occupation?), because August 14th is his feast day. St. Maximilian is also the patron saint of an...
Aug 16, 2019•57 min•Season 3Ep. 119
On Wednesday, August 7, Deacon Mike Beauvais spoke with Leila Miller, co-author with Trent Horn of the book, Made This Way: How to Prepare Kids to Face Today’s Tough Moral Issues. The Feast Day of the Transfiguration was yesterday, August 6th, so in the first part of the show, Dcn. Mike spoke about the transfiguration – one of the most fascinating events in Jesus’ life, which happened on Mount Tabor. Dcn. Mike says the story of the transfiguration is a beautiful reminder that no matter what we s...
Aug 14, 2019•57 min•Season 3Ep. 118
On Wednesday, July 31, host Pam Marvin and station president Dennis Macha, spoke on the recent tragedy of the Church of the Visitation fire in Westphalia, Texas. The church burned entirely to the ground in a matter of half an hour early Monday morning of this week. In this episode of Roundup, we replay Bishop Joe Vasquez' outstanding press conference from the site of the fire and hold exclusive interviews with Michael Raia - expert on sacred architecture, and Fr. Edwin Kagoo - Pastor of Church o...
Jul 31, 2019•57 min•Season 3Ep. 117
On Wednesday, July 24, host Judy Comeaux spoke with Tom Cahill, Director of RCIA at St. Joseph Church in Bryan, and Sam Giese, senior Corps of Cadets member at Texas A&M about RCIA - the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. In the first half of the show, local Ablaze Ministry founder Matt Rice called in to talk about The Well, a new local endeavor co-sponsored with St. Joseph’s parish. It is a welcoming environment to invite individuals and families to grow in relationship with Jesus Chri...
Jul 29, 2019•59 min•Season 3Ep. 116
On Wednesday July 17, host Pam Marvin spoke with James Adams, theology teacher at St. Joseph Catholic High School in Bryan,Texas, about spiritual discipline. An article from Art of Manliness says that, “Spiritual disciplines are habits, practices and experiences that are designed to develop, grow and strengthen certain qualities of spirit to build the muscles of one’s character.” As human beings we are inclined to evil because of concupiscence, our inheritance of original sin. How can we expect ...
Jul 22, 2019•55 min•Season 3Ep. 115
On Wednesday July 10, host Gene Wilhelm spoke with Mary Ann Holleran and Ellen Hogarty from Our Lady's Youth Center in El Paso, Texas about Fr. Rick Thomas and his ministry. In the first part of the show, local events were discussed as well as Bishop Robert Barron's new book, Letter to a Suffering Church, where Bishop Barron confronts the sexual abuse crisis from scriptural, historical, and moral dimensions. He argues now is the time to stay and fight for the Church, not to abandon it! In the se...
Jul 22, 2019•55 min•Season 3Ep. 114
On Wednesday, July 3rd, Deacon Mike Beauvais spoke with Timothy Gordon about his book, Catholic Republic: Why America Will Perish Without Rome. Gordon says the book was inspired by his time in studying philosophy in Rome and then returning to law school in the States. Catholic Republic is anchored in a three-pronged definition of what the author names the “Catholic Natural Law”: 1) Nature as moral and free, 2) Nature as intelligible, and 3) Nature as purpose-oriented. It is on this natural law t...
Jul 10, 2019•55 min•Season 3Ep. 113
