Lisa Hendey and Friends

On this week's show, author and radio host Teresa Tomeo joins us to share her timely new book  Conquering Coronavirus: How Faith Can Put Your Fears to Rest .   About Teresa Tomeo:   Teresa Tomeo is an author, syndicated Catholic talk show host, and motivational speaker with more than 30 years of experience in TV, radio, and newspaper and spent 19 of those years working in front of a camera as a reporter/anchor in the Detroit market. In the year 2000, Teresa left the secular media to start her own speaking and communications company, Teresa Tomeo Communications, LLC. Her daily morning radio program, Catholic Connection, is produced by Ave Maria Radio in Ann Arbor, Michigan and now heard on over 200 Catholic stations nationwide through the EWTN Global Catholic Radio Network and is also carried on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio.   About Conquering Coronavirus:   Whether the coronavirus still threatens you, your friends, and your family or has harmed someone you love, th...

On this week's show, Father Edwin Leahy, O.S.B. schools us about the compelling new Quibi short-form series  Benedict Men .   About Father Edwin Leahy, O.S.B.:   FATHER EDWIN D. LEAHY, O.S.B., became the 23rd Headmaster of  Saint Benedict's Preparatory School  in 1972. St. Benedict's has now grown to 747 young men, most from African American and Hispanic backgrounds, and 51 faculty members. 98% of the school’s graduates go on to college, with the most academically talented attending such colleges as Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, Georgetown, Holy Cross, Harvard, Notre Dame, NYU, Penn and Rutgers. Today, St. Benedict’s Prep includes a counseling center--a comprehensive mental health services department. The department is at the forefront of applied school psychology and is a resource virtually nonexistent in other urban school settings, an achievement which was featured in the documentary "The Rule" by Marylou and Jerome Bongiorno.  During Father Edwi...

 On this week's show, Mary-Rose and Ryan Verret join us to discuss their “Be Light” Virtual Date Night Series  and the marriage mystagogia they share through their ministry  Witness to Love .   About Ryan and Mary-Rose Verret:   Mary-­Rose and Ryan Verret are the founders of Witness to Love and authors of Witness to Love: How to Help the Next Generation Build Marriages that Survive and Thrive. Ryan and Mary-Rose speak on issues regarding evangelization, marriage, NFP, miscarriage and medical ethics. They reside in the heart of Cajun Country with their five children. Their passion is teaching couples to share their marriage with others!   About Witness to Love:   Witness to Love  is a virtues-based, Catechumenate model of marriage renewal and preparation that integrates modern principles of psychology and the virtues to help couples facilitate an authentic dialogue about their relationship.   For more information visit  www...

On this week's show, producer Natasha Howes offers behind the scenes insights into the soon-to-be-released film "Fatima", opening August 14 nationwide.   About Natasha Howes:   Natasha Howes has produced several adaptations of the Fátima story:  The 13th Day  (2009), an award-winning digital feature that is available in eight languages and 11 territories worldwide;  “The Fátima Story”  (2010), a large-scale, multi-language photo-story experience staged in Fátima, Portugal; and an instructional DVD on the meaning and message of the story. Howes’ other credits include  Late Harvest  (2016), a musical drama that won the Golden Sheaf Award, and 3D documentary  Cosmic Origins .    About Fatima:   In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and suffering will bring an end to World War I. As secu...

On this week's show, Allison Gingras helps us find our way through worry and anxiety and into lasting trust and peace as we discuss her new book,  Seeking Peace: A Spiritual Journey from Worry to Trust .   About Allison Gingras:   Allison Gingras shares the beauty of the Catholic faith with honesty and laughter as experienced in the ordinary of life. Allison created the  Stay Connected Journals for Catholic Women  (OSV), which includes — Seeking Peace and The Gift of Invitation. Allison speaks on Grace, Seeking Peace and Forgiveness, and is a Catholic Social Media Consultant.    About Seeking Peace:   In  Seeking Peace  the reader will discover many ways to build on their trust in God. Allison uses the devotions and traditions of the Catholic faith along with Scripture passages to reflect on our personal experiences and to guide readers to find the peace Jesus promises each of us. The Stay Connected Journals for Catholic Wom...

On this week's show, bestselling children's author Anthony DeStefano shows us an innovative way to introduce Marian apparitions with his new Sophia Institute Press book  Our Lady's Wardrobe .    About Anthony DeStefano:   Anthony DeStefano is the bestselling author of 20 Christian books for adults and children, including   A Travel Guide to Heaven, Ten Prayers God Always Says Yes To, The Donkey No One Could Ride , and  Little Star . He has hosted two TV series on EWTN. Anthony is a member of the Knights of the Malta, the Militia Immaculata, and Legatus, as well as being is a long time pro-life activist.   About Our Lady's Wardrobe:   This delightful rhyming book introduces Catholic children to the Blessed Virgin Mary in a fun and simple way—through her clothes! When Our Lady lived in Nazareth two thousand years ago, she was very poor and probably didn’t have many nice things to wear. But now that she’s in...

On this week's show, we meet Mark Bosco, S.J. and Elizabeth Coffman, the filmmakers behind the new documentary  "Flannery"  coming soon to virtual cinemas nationwide. About the Filmmakers: Elizabeth Coffman has produced and directed films about communities in crisis from Louisiana to Bosnia. Many of her films include or are about writers, such as Flannery, One More Mile with writer Aleksandar Hemon, Veins in the Gulf with Martha Serpas and Souls and Sonnets with Rita Dove. She works with Ted Hardin at Long Distance Productions. Mark Bosco, S.J. is a Jesuit priest and a professor. He is an authority on the works of Flannery O'Connor and Graham Greene. Mark’s most recent book is  Graham Greene’s Catholic Imagination , published by Oxford University Press. He is the Vice President for Mission and Ministry at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Flannery is his first film.   About Flannery:   Winner of the first-ever Library of Congress Lavine/Ken B...