Our weekly podcast from Holy Infant Catholic Church in Durham, North Carolina.
Send us a text Jeff and Michalene finally present part one of their oral history bonus episodes, in the works since the summer. They're joined by founding parishioners Irene Dunbar and Carol Egan. View documents and pictures of many of the events, people, and places mentioned in the podcast on our website: https://holyinfantchurch.org/oral-history...
Send us a text This week we feature an interview with Brother Dan Wisniewski , an Oblate of St Francis de Sales, about St Francis de Sales' life and spiritual legacy that continues through the ministry of the oblates. We'll celebrate the feast of St Francis de Sales at all Masses the weekend of January 27 & 28. Our wine this week is a Cabernet Franc from Shelton Vineyards in the Yadkin Valley of North Carolina. Michalene's unpaid ad is for Bombas Socks (they are apparently very comfortable)....
Send us a text Happy New Year! This week we share part of our episode from last year introducing the tradition of Santo Niño and how we celebrate here at Holy Infant. Bishop Zarama will be with us this Sunday for the 11:30 Mass to preside for Mass and our Santo Niño celebration! Next week will be part 1 of our two-part parish oral history project.
Send us a text Discuss the merits of milk and cookies, participate in an audio Christmas candy taste test, learn to play Angels We Have Heard on High on the organ, and hear our musicians preparing for Christmas on this week's special episode. Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and see you all in 2024!!
Send us a text This week we are pleased to share this interview with our own Bishop Luis Zarama of the Diocese of Raleigh on a wide range of topics, including his story of becoming a priest and bishop, his vision for how we can celebrate the centenary of our diocese by going back to our mission-oriented roots, and the role for each of us has in a Church that can better minister and serve in the 21st century. Today we were drinking a red blend by Hope Tree in California ....
Send us a text This week Jeff shares an interview with Fr. Michael Joncas on the music of Mary that we encounter during these days of Advent and Christmas. We enjoyed the Prophecy Pinot Grigio during this week's episode. Join us next week for our special sit-down interview with Bishop Zarama at the Catholic Center on a wide range of issues for our diocese and church!...
Send us a text This week Jeff shares a conversation with Fr. Phil Hurley, a Jesuit priest and chaplain at Loyola University in Maryland, about Ignatian Spirituality and how Pope Francis formation and life as a Jesuit has influenced him as a leader and the direction he is setting for the Church. In honor of our Argentinian-born pope, we are drinking "Natural Sweet White Wine by Piattelli" from the northern region of Argentina. Michalene recommends making a liturgical new years resolution as we're...
Send us a text This week Amber (plus a special tiny guest) is back with us as we celebrate 50 episodes and one year of podcasting! Thank you to our listeners, we do this for you. Looking forward to another year of bringing great stories and guests to our community! Happy Thanksgiving!
Send us a text You might be inclined to tune out to this episode about a meeting in Rome about more meetings, but don't! This week Michalene and Jeff dive into the 2021-24 Synod on Synodality , especially the results of the first general assembly of the synod held last month in Rome. This process is charting the path of the Church for this century, and it requires the participation of all the baptized! See below for links to some of the documents and articles referenced. Michalene recommends the...
Send us a text Michalene speaks with Fr. Leo Patalinghug about his life and how his two interests of faith and food came together in his Plating Grace ministry, as we anticipate his visit to Holy Infant in December. Today we were drinking the Italian Zaccagnini Montepulciano D'Abruzzo red wine. This week Jeff suggests being intentional looking at the pictures of our departed loved ones on the tables in the narthex, and maybe choosing a face to remember in prayer this month of all holy souls. Mic...
Send us a text After Jeff and Michalene the proper time to put up one's "Christmas" tree, we hear from Trish Moorman, coordinator of our fantastic "Share Your Christmas" gift giving to the needy annual outreach ministry. Be sure to tune in next week when we have a conversation with the one and only Fr. Leo Patalinghug about his impending visit to Holy Infant in December!...
Send us a text Bundle up & get cozy! On this week's episode, Michalene chats with Fran Kissell and Carol Vogel, two members of Holy Infant's Yarn Ministry , about knitting, community, and keeping those in need warm & cozy! This week we got to try some real Apple Cider Michalene brought back from the Carter Mountain Orchard in Charlottesville, VA Jeff's unpaid ad is for the new book "Sing, Memory: The Remarkable Story of the Man Who Saved the Music of the Nazi Camps" by Makana Eyre. Micha...
Send us a text This week Michalene and Jeff talk all things November, the month of all holy souls, including All Saints Day, All Souls Day, praying for the dead throughout the month, and thinking about our own funerals. We were drinking the Bushy Fork Red muscadine wine from Rock of Ages Winery in Road Hurdle Mills, NC. You can learn more about funeral pre-planing on our website by clicking here. Our unpaid ad this week is for our Plating Grace event with Fr. Leo Patalinghug Sunday, December 10t...
Send us a text This week begins with Michalene grilling Jeff on our new organ and some of the rearrangement that will take place for the music ministry in the church. Then Jeff speaks with Rudy Lucente, a renowned organist in the Philadelphia area, who designed the organ being built for us by Allen Organ in Pennsylvania. The music before and after the interview with Rudy are him playing his home instrument which he talks about. This week we were drinking Three Mills Pumpkin Spice Mulled Wine Mic...
Send us a text This week Jeff and Fr. Robert went on location to the Saving Grace Animal Adoption Organization in Wake Forest, where Fr. Robert's dogs Bolli and Tucker were adopted. We are led on a tour by Heather, then sit down to talk with Molly Goldston, the founder and director of Saving Grace. This week we were drinking Our Dog Blue riesling from Chateau Morrisette in the Virginia mountains....
Send us a text This week Fr. Robert joins Jeff and Michalene to talk about the various projects going on around the parish this fall, and upcoming plans. Our wine of choice was the Vinter's Reserve Chardonnay. Join us next week as Jeff and Fr. Robert take a tour of the Saving Grace animal adoption farm in Wake Forest, where Fr. Robert adopted his two dogs, Bolli and Tucker....
Send us a text This week we speak with parishioners Karen Carr and Justin Losey about the completion of the Prayer Labyrinth they helped construct right here at Holy Infant! Click here to learn more about our new labyrinth. This week Michalene picked out a Moscato for us to drink from The Path Wines in California. Michalene recommends the "Walk - Don't Fall" presentation Wednesday, October 11 at 9:45am in the DeSales Center . This will include information about fall prevention from an occupation...
Send us a text One of our newest ministries is refugee resettlement, when our parish assists and accompanies a refugee family as they establish a new life in our community. This week we speak with Kathy Bartlett and Amy Mackin, two active members of this ministry, about their experience and how the whole parish is involved in this work. Michalene also shares some insights on our faith development programs as those groups start meeting again this week. Today we were drinking a savignon blanc from...
Send us a text This week Michalene shares a beautiful conversation with her CGS mentor and instructor, Mary Pat Heelen of the Diocese of Worcester . Learn about how our preschoolers at Holy Infant discover God in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd atrium, where this model of faith development comes from, and how it can enrich not only our children, but our whole community. Our unpaid ads for this episode... Abiding Together podcast season 12 episode 21 on the JPII apostolic exhortation Christif...
Send us a text This week we share an interview Amber conducted with her former boss Patrick Kurz, the principal of Immaculata Catholic School in Durham . Our wine of choice for this episode is the Liquid Geography Mencía Rosé Jeff's recommendation is to join the choir! First rehearsal is September 6th, but we're always happy to welcome new musicians (like Michalene and David)....
Send us a text This week Michalene speaks with Bobbi Gallagher and Randy Kissell about our amazing Food Justice Garden, how it began, and how it continues to thrive and provide literally tons of fresh produce for those in need in our local community. We were enjoying Root 1 Carmenere wine from the Calchuaga Valley region of Chile . Michalene recommends the Matt Maher song "Garden" Jeff recommends the "You Bet Your Garden" podcast and show hosted by Mike McGrath....
Send us a text This week is just the three of us sharing about the upcoming parish celebration, the kickoff to the new ministry year, and some of the awesome events the parish has planned for this year of Eucharistic revival, "Nourishing our bodies, souls, and communities." This week we're drinking Fit Soda Root Beer Vanilla Float , which we can't in good conscience recommend, but maybe you will enjoy it. Here's the official vide of the Sarah Hart/Tom Booth song "The Feast Meant for Everyone" th...
Send us a text This week Michalene returns from her east coast adventures as we talk to Lloyd Smeidler and Jason Blanton about the Bread for the World organization, and how we can get involved in advocating for an end to hunger in our nation and world right here at Holy Infant. Click here to learn more about Bread for the World. Watch the film A Place at the Table on the hunger epidemic in the United States. This week we were eating Baltimore's famous "Berger Cookies" (yes, you can order them). ...
Send us a text This week Amber and Jeff got to hang out with Fr. Robert, Fr. Labosky, with special guest appearances by Zoe, Bolli, and Queso (and Annie, Cap, and Chewie in spirit). We talk about our dogs past and present, how they've become intertwined in our lives and the lessons they teach about dependence and unconditional love. Congratulations to our Mickey McGrath book drawing winner Diane Arsenault! Big thanks to Diane and the over 40 folks who have signed up to help out with our celebrat...
Send us a text This week we have a special interview with Brother Mickey McGrath, an Oblate of St Francis de Sales and a wonderful Catholic artist whose works are very familiar to us here at Holy Infant, as they are all around the campus. You can learn more about Brother Mickey and how to get any of his art or books through his website, https://www.bromickeymcgrath.com/ Amber and Jeff were drinking Fever-Tree Premium Ginger Beer Light "Crisp & Spicy" during their chit-chat. With our big chur...
Send us a text This week we have our new deacon, Tom Hill, in studio with Amber, Michalene, and Jeff, to talk about his vocation and the permanent deaconate, and why he and his wife Judy chose to join Holy Infant upon moving to North Carolina. We enjoyed a glass of the Pinto Noir from Sunny with a Chance for Flowers winemakers in California . Next week don't miss Jeff's conversation with artist and oblate of St Francis de Sales Brother Mickey McGrath, recorded in Reno, Nevada at the NPM Annual C...
Send us a text This is our last re-share of our favorite episodes from Season 1. Season 2 of Through the Grapevine begins next week! In this episode from March, Michalene spoke with Andrea Thomas, co-director of The Vigil Project , a community of artists making music for the Catholic journey and inviting the Church into prayer through song. The Vigil Project led a True Presence Night of music and adoration at Holy Infant on March 12th, 2023. All the music you hear in this episode was recorded by...
Send us a text As we re-share episodes from our first season this summer, this was an episode from back in January around the feast of St Francis DeSales featuring a conversation between Michalene and Fr. Jack Kolodziej, the Provincial of the Wilmington-Philadelphia Province of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales about the spirituality of St Francis de Sales and the Oblates. Our beverage this week was the Gentleman's Collection 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon No. 1 from Lindeman's Winery . Click here to...
Send us a text As we re-share episodes from our first season this summer, this was our second full episode when Amber spoke with parishioner Arianna Guitierez who started the Mom's Book Club this fall. Our wine this week is the Relax Riesling .
Send us a text This week we re-share our episode from June 1 with Fr. Jim Sabak, OFM, director of the office of divine worship for the Diocese of Raleigh, in studio to dive into some of the wonderful liturgical celebrations of June that sometimes get overshadowed in the transition from the end of the Easter season and academic year to the summer months. Since June 13 is the memorial of St Anthony, we are drinking the Cais Da Ribeira Douro Red Reserva Port Barrel Aged from the Douro Valley in Por...
