Friday, August 15, 2025
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Gus does an interactive edition of Friday w/the Fathers with listeners. Gus will be away on pilgrimage during the Feast of St. Augustine on August 28th. He is considered a...
Thursday, August 14, 2025
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Gus is joined by Dr. Italy, Marcellino D’Ambrosio, the executive producer of “Triump of the Heart,” the new biopic about St. Maximilian Kolbe and his death in the Nazi concentration...
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
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Gus is joined by Adam Minihan, head of marketing for Exodus 90, who calls in to discuss “St. Michael’s Lent,” which is a 40-day fall version of their Lenten fasting/mortification/penance...
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
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Catholic author Jamie McAleer calls in to talk about her new book “I Will Come to You: A Story of Adoption and the Relentless Love of God,” which highlights the...
Monday, August 11, 2025
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Gus talks about his grandson Becket who, this school year, is going through the major transition from grade school to middle school. We've all been there. Gus talks about some...
Friday, August 1, 2025
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Gus celebrates his and Michelle's 45th wedding anniversary. He talks a little bit about their history together as well as some of the highlights and bumps he's experienced along the...
Thursday, July 31, 2025
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Today is the Feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus, aka “the Jesuits.” Gus is joined by Fr. Richard Hermes, S.J., a Jesuit priest...
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
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Gus is live for the first time this week. He had an extended weekend because he was in Ohio for a memorial service for his mother-in-law who died two years...
Friday, July 25, 2025
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Gus is joined by Fr. Mike Schmitz, the host of the “Bible in a Year” podcast to talk about a number of things, including how he balances his time as...
Thursday, July 24, 2025
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Gus shares a recent Pope Leo XIV story where he offered some advice to a young, married couple, telling them to make time to pray together, especially the Rosary. He...
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
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Gus is joined by a couple of guests today. First up is Josh Rudegeair, the managing director of App and Communications for Ascension Press. He calls in to talk about...
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
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Gus is joined by Elisabeth Nguyen, the co-author of a new book about her brother entitled “Cardinal Nguyen Van Thuan: Man of Joy and Hope.” Cardinal Van Thuan is a...
Monday, July 21, 2025
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Gus talks about today’s Gospel reading where several scribes and Pharisees ask Jesus for a sign and he replies, “No sign will be given except the sign of Jonah.” Gus...
Thursday, July 17, 2025
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Today is Gus’ birthday and he talks about some of the people he shares a birthday with, including Catholic Channel host Katie McGrady and former German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Gus...
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
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Today is the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, which celebrates the Blessed Virgin Mary’s appearance to St. Simon Stock in Aylesford, England in 1251. It’s believed that she...
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
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Today, Gus talks exclusively about death. He and Michelle are making their end-of-life arrangements, including funeral and burial costs and he invites listeners to call in and talk about whether...
Friday, July 11, 2025
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Today is the Feast of St. Benedict, the founder of the Bendectine Order, which continues to thrive today, and the father of Western monasticism. Gus talks a little bit about...
Thursday, July 10, 2025
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Gus talks about his experiences over the last 25 years of speaking at Catholic men’s conferences and one of his favorite topics is men being the spiritual leaders of their...
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
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We are just coming off ordination season, which is the time of the year seminaries ordain new priests. Gus is joined by Fr. Max Gallegos, the newest priest in the...
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
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Dr. Matthew Bunson of EWTN News calls in to talk with Gus about a number of Catholic news items, including the Catholic Church’s response to the Texas floods mostly through...
Monday, July 7, 2025
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Gus opens by talking about the devastating floods in south central Texas where the waters of the Guadalupe River rose over 20 feet in less than a half-hour, killing over...
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
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Attorney Jeffrey Trissell calls in to talk about his new book, “Unlocking the Churches: The Legal Victory Against California’s Pandemic-Era Religious Discrimination,” available from Sophia Institute Press. Jeffrey revisits to...
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
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Benjamin O’Brien, author of the new memoir, “The Proving Grounds: A Catholic on Ladder 17,” calls in to talk about it. It’s a riveting story about Benjamin’s struggle to navigate...
Monday, June 30, 2025
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Catholic author Anthony DeStefano calls in to talk about his new book, “The Miracle Book: A Simple Guide to Asking for the Impossible” available from Sophia Institute Press. Anthony is...
Friday, June 27, 2025
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Today is the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, so Gus shares the fascinating story and legacy of St. Margaret Mary Alocoque who helped foster modern devotion to...
Thursday, June 26, 2025
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Gus is joined by canon lawyer Donna Miller for our semiannual “Ask a Canon Lawyer” segment. Not only has she practiced canon law for many years, but she’s also the...
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
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Gus talks a recent story in Crisis Magazine that seems to signal the current financial struggle at the National Catholic Reporter, a national newspaper that’s reported on issues related to...
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
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Gus talks about new Catholic information and myth busting. He learned something new about St. John the Baptist recently about the locusts he ate and it blew his mind. The...
Monday, June 23, 2025
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Gus is joined by Catholic children’s book author Claudia Cangilla McAdam who calls in to talk about her newest book, “Through Living Waters: An Origin Story About Baptism,” available from...
Friday, June 20, 2025
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Gus brings back Friday w/the Fathers for the first time since before his knee surgery and he goes back and reads a selection from the Didache. Also, Gus plays the...
Thursday, June 19, 2025
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Gus reads and reflects on a Catholic News Agency article that breaks down a new study released by Pew Research which shows that 50% of U.S. adults have a connection...
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
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Gus is joined in the Conversion Corner by Steve Sjogren. He grew up in a Lutheran family and had a profound conversion experience after a trip to his ancestral home...
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
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Catholic author and life coach Rose Sweet calls in to talk about her new book, “My Type of Holiness: Striving for Sainthood with the Temperament God Gave Me.” Rose talks...
Friday, June 13, 2025
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Today is the Feast of St. Anthony of Padua who Gus calls one of the Top 5 busiest intercessors in heaven. He’s the patron saint of lost and stolen items...
Thursday, June 12, 2025
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Gus talks about how his 60 Second Reflection title “The Grudge Pact” was inspired over an agreement he had with his late sister Nancy. He reminisces about her, and how...
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
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Gus talks about the daily struggle in dealing with the pain and stiffness that comes with total knee replacement surgery and how it’s shaping his prayer life. He gets calls...
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
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Dr. Matthew Bunson of EWTN calls in for the first time since before the papal conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV. He and Gus recap that time, which Dr. Bunson...
Monday, June 9, 2025
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Gus is back live from total knee replacement surgery and he talks about his continued recovery as well as the ups and downs he’s experienced from it. He also pays tribute...
Friday, May 16, 2025
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We are entering graduation season, so Gus invites listeners to call in and honor the people in their lives who are graduating from school, a military program or moving on...
Thursday, May 15, 2025
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Gus tells his audience that next week he’ll be going in for his second total knee replacement surgery and will be receiving the Anointing of the Sick before he goes...
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
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Today is the Feast of St. Matthias, the successor of Judas. Gus talks about Apostolic Succession and the Catholic Church and how every priest who’s been ordained can trace his...
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
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Fr. Rob Hagan, O.S.A. calls in to talk about the Augustinian Order of which he is the prior provincial of the Providence of St. Thomas of Villanova. He talks about...
Monday, May 12, 2025
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Gus is joined by Dr. Marcellino D’Ambrosio, aka Dr. Italy, of Ascension Press who calls in to talk about 16 Fun Facts of Pope Leo XIV. The former Cardinal Robert...
Friday, May 9, 2025
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Gus reacts to the news that Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, an American, was elected pope yesterday and took the name Leo XIV. He was born and raised in Chicago, attended...
Thursday, May 8, 2025
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It's Day 2 of the Papal Conclave and the second vote was taken shortly before the show. Two ballots were taken this morning by the cardinal-electors inside in the Sistene...
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
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Today is the start of the Papal Conclave, which will ultimately decide who the Catholic Church’s 267th pope will be, and nobody knows how long that’s going to take. Gus...
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
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Gus debuts the original SiriusXM Catholic Channel special, “Conclave 101,” which is a behind-the-scenes look at the papal conclave and the Biblical history of the office of the pope. He’s...
Friday, May 2, 2025
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Gus is joined from Rome by retired Cardinal Edwin O’Brien, the former cardinal archbishop for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland and the Archdiocese of the Military Services. Cardinal O’Brien talks...
Thursday, May 1, 2025
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Today is the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker, so Gus kicks the show off by talking about the example of the foster-father of Jesus Christ and the reason why...
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
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The Pontifical Missions Society USA has launched a prayer campaign so that people can pray for a specific cardinal-elector in the upcoming papal conclave by name. Gus decides to participate...