Catholic Connection – July 25, 2014 – Hour 2

Catholic Connection – July 25, 2014 – Hour 2

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+  Intro, News, and Matt Swaim

  • Description: Before today's news, Teresa checks in with Matt Swaim to find out what we can look forward to on the "Son Rise Morning Show" next week.
  • Segment Guests:
    • Matt Swaim
      Host , Son Rise Morning Show

+  Prayer Works! Getting a Grip on Catholic Spirituality

  • Description: "Don't worry. You don't need money or a monastery. You have this book. You have a sense of humor. And you have God's grace. You're ready to pray. Prayer is how we talk with God. The Bible says we should do it constantly. Jesus said it's the one thing we need to do. Your soul was made to be in conversation with God. Nobody knows you better. Nobody cares more about you. The good news is that prayer isn't something exotic or esoteric - not when Matthew Leonard talks about it. He makes the methods manageable."
  • Segment Guests:
    • Matthew Leonard
      Executive Director , St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology

      A convert to Catholicism and former missionary to Latin America, Matthew holds a Masters in Theology from Franciscan University and is a frequent guest on radio stations across the country including CBS, SiriusXM, and Immaculate Heart Radio. He television appearances include EWTN and Shalom Media. Matthew's articles have been published in newspapers and magazines such as Our Sunday Visitor, Shalom Tidings, and the Magnificat.

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+  Prayer Works! Getting a Grip on Catholic Spirituality

  • Description: Matthew Leonard continued

+  Index of Culture and Opportunity

  • Description: "Numerous social and economic trends are at work, shaping and re-shaping America. And now they’re being tracked—in the 2014 Index of Culture and Opportunity, released today by The Heritage Foundation’s Institute for Family, Community and Opportunity. The Index tracks 31 cultural and economic indicators—from the marriage rate and religious attendance to welfare dependence, workforce participation, and educational opportunities—and categorizes them in three sections: culture, poverty and dependence, and general opportunity. It offers an at-a-glance view of change, as registered by each indicator over the last 10 years, and discusses the ramifications of those changes—whether they are moving in the right or wrong direction."
  • Segment Guests:
    • Jennifer Marshall
      Director of Domestic Policy Studies , Heritage Foundation

      As director of domestic policy studies at The Heritage Foundation, Jennifer A. Marshall oversees research in areas that determine the character of our culture: education, marriage, family, religion and civil society. Marshall heads the think tank’s Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society, where researchers examine the role that religion, family and community play in society and public policy. She also oversees FamilyFacts.org, an online source of easy-to-share charts, briefs, videos and reports on the latest social science research on family and religious practice.

    • Resources:

+  Index of Culture and Opportunity

  • Description: Jennifer Marshall continued

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