A Reason for Hope

In this episode, we hear from Catholic convert, priest, author and blogger Fr. Dwight Longenecker. We hear about his journey from an Evangelical Protestant to Anglican priest to the Catholic Church and Catholic priesthood. We learn about Fr. Longenecker's love for literature and for writing, and in particular his books commenting on our current secular age riddled with atheism and materialism. We also hear about how St. John Paul II understood the false ideas that underlie our current cultural crisis and how he sought to correct them.--About Fr. Dwight Longenecker"I was brought up in an Evangelical home in Pennsylvania. After graduating from the fundamentalist Bob Jones University with a degree in Speech and English, I went to study theology at Oxford University. Eventually I was  ordained as an Anglican priest and served as a curate, a school chaplain in Cambridge and a country parson on the Isle of Wight.""Realizing that the Anglican Church and I were on divergent paths, in 1995 I and my family were received into the Catholic Church. For ten years we continued to live in England where I worked as a freelance writer and charity worker. Then in 2006 the door opened to return to the USA and be ordained as a Catholic priest.""I now serve as Pastor of Our Lady of the Rosary Church in Greenville, South Carolina."--Visit Fr. Longenecker's website:https://dwightlongenecker.com/Fr. Longenecker's new book, Beheading Hydra: A Radical Plan for Christians in an Atheistic Age, is available for purchase at his online bookstore.--Host: Mario CostabileCohost: Dr. David Hajduk, Ph.D.Visit our website:https://arrayofhope.org/Sign up for FREE on the Array of Hope Channel app:https://watch.arrayofhope.net/Available on Apple TV, Roku, iOS, and Android mobile devices.Follow Array of Hope Ministries on:Facebook: @arrayofhopeministriesInstagram: @arrayofhopeministriesTwitter: @aohministriesTikTok: @arrayofhopeministriesLinkedIn: @arrayofhopeministriesYouTube: @ArrayofHopeMinistriesListen to Array of Hope's music on your streaming platform of choice:https://lnk.to/arrayofhope#faith #hope #love #Christianity #Catholicism #inspire #inspiration #holiness #life #grace #Good News #theology

In this AR4H CANDID episode, Dr. David Hajduk talks about the first of the three Lenten disciplines – fasting – and how it is the remedy for the lust of the flesh – that disordered desire for sensual pleasure and sinful self-indulgence that so regularly besets us.Visit our website:https://arrayofhope.org/Sign up for Easter of Hope HERE!Sign up for FREE on the Array of Hope Channel app:https://watch.arrayofhope.net/Available on Apple TV, Roku, iOS, and Android mobile devices.Follow Array of Hope Ministries on:Facebook: @arrayofhopeministriesInstagram: @arrayofhopeministriesTwitter: @aohministriesTikTok: @arrayofhopeministriesLinkedIn: @arrayofhopeministriesYouTube: @ArrayofHopeMinistriesListen to Array of Hope's music on your streaming platform of choice:https://lnk.to/arrayofhope#faith #hope #love #Christianity #Catholicism #inspire #inspiration #holiness #life #grace #Good News #theology

In this episode, we hear from the prolific Catholic writer, speaker, and television host, Donna Marie Cooper O'Boyle, and how Jesus, Mary, the Sacraments, and the Saints helped her through many trials and periods of suffering in her life. Donna has written more than 35 books, many of which are on the lives and teachings of the Saints, and she offers messages that are universal, but are especially in tune with a woman's heart. We also give clarity to the truth we profess in the Apostles' Creed: "I believe in... the Communion of Saints."Visit Donna-Marie's website and sign up for her newsletter at:https://www.donnacooperoboyle.com/blog/Host: Mario CostabileCohost: Dr. David Hajduk, Ph.D.Visit our website:https://arrayofhope.org/Sign up for FREE on the Array of Hope Channel app:https://watch.arrayofhope.net/Available on Apple TV, Roku, iOS, and Android mobile devices.Follow Array of Hope Ministries on:Facebook: @arrayofhopeministriesInstagram: @arrayofhopeministriesTwitter: @aohministriesTikTok: @arrayofhopeministriesLinkedIn: @arrayofhopeministriesYouTube: @ArrayofHopeMinistriesListen to Array of Hope's music on your streaming platform of choice:https://lnk.to/arrayofhope#faith #hope #love #Christianity #Catholicism #inspire #inspiration #holiness #life #grace #Good News #theology

Mariama, Jack, AB, and Ryan continue their discussion about the engagement process, relationships, and what to expect when you are preparing for marriage.Visit our website:https://arrayofhope.org/Sign up for FREE on the Array of Hope Channel app:https://watch.arrayofhope.net/Available on Apple TV, Roku, iOS, and Android mobile devices.Follow Array of Hope Ministries on:Facebook: @arrayofhopeministriesInstagram: @arrayofhopeministriesTwitter: @aohministriesTikTok: @arrayofhopeministriesLinkedIn: @arrayofhopeministriesYouTube: @ArrayofHopeMinistriesListen to Array of Hope's music on your streaming platform of choice:https://lnk.to/arrayofhope#faith #hope #love #Christianity #Catholicism #inspire #inspiration #holiness #life #grace #Good News #theology

True Values, True Joy: In this episode, we hear from the popular and inspiring evangelist Christopher Stefanick, and how a powerful experience of the joy in the Lord led him to dedicate his life to spreading the Gospel and building Christ's kingdom. Founder of Real Life Catholic, popular speaker, author, and influencer with a far reaching social media ministry, Chris shares messages on how to live the joyful life that God wants for us. We discuss how it is only in the Truth of Jesus Christ that we will discover this True Joy; a joy that eludes our relativistic age.Host: Mario CostabileCohost: Dr. David Hajduk, Ph.D.Visit our website:https://arrayofhope.org/Sign up for FREE on the Array of Hope Channel app:https://watch.arrayofhope.net/Available on Apple TV, Roku, iOS, and Android mobile devices.Follow Array of Hope Ministries on:Facebook: @arrayofhopeministriesInstagram: @arrayofhopeministriesTwitter: @aohministriesTikTok: @arrayofhopeministriesLinkedIn: @arrayofhopeministriesYouTube: @ArrayofHopeMinistriesListen to Array of Hope's music on your streaming platform of choice:https://lnk.to/arrayofhope#faith #hope #love #Christianity #Catholicism #inspire #inspiration #holiness #life #grace #Good News #theology

In the first episode of A Reason for Hope Candid, Mariama sits down with Jack, AB, and Ryan, the engaged men of the office, to ask them about the engagement process, relationships, and what to expect when you are preparing for marriage. Get excited for part two coming up in a few weeks!Visit our website:https://arrayofhope.org/Sign up for FREE on the Array of Hope Channel app:https://watch.arrayofhope.net/Available on Apple TV, Roku, iOS, and Android mobile devices.Follow Array of Hope Ministries on:Facebook: @arrayofhopeministriesInstagram: @arrayofhopeministriesTwitter: @aohministriesTikTok: @arrayofhopeministriesLinkedIn: @arrayofhopeministriesYouTube: @ArrayofHopeMinistriesListen to Array of Hope's music on your streaming platform of choice:https://lnk.to/arrayofhope#faith #hope #love #Christianity #Catholicism #inspire #inspiration #holiness #life #grace #Good News #theology

In this episode, we hear about how Kelly Wahlquist came to an intense and inspiring encounter with Jesus Christ through studying the Sacred Scriptures, and how this eventually led her to work full-time promoting Jeff Cavins' Great Adventure Bible Study across the country. Also, as the founder of Women In the New Evangelization (WINE), Kelly shares how she assists women to network and mutually enrich and support one another so they can discover together their feminine genius and be all that the Lord is calling them to be. We discuss the importance of being nourished and fortified as a whole person - mind, body, and spirit - in a fast-paced world that seeks to distract us from our true purpose and sets us up for burnout.Kelly Wahlquist is the founder of the national women’s ministry WINE: Women In the New Evangelization, the Director for the Archbishop Flynn Catechetical Institute in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, and a contributing writer for Catholicmom.com.  Kelly is the author of Created to Relate: God’s Design for Peace & Joy, which encourages and inspires women to live fully their beautiful God-given gifts for building relationships, and editor of Walk in Her Sandals: Experiencing the Passion of Christ through the Eyes of Women and Gaze Upon Jesus: Experiencing Christ’s Childhood through the Eyes of Women, which are innovative collaborative works that allow women to enter into their relationship with Jesus in the way in which they were created to—as women.Kelly travels the country speaking at Catholic conferences and retreats and leads women’s pilgrimages (WINE & Shrine) through Italy. She resides with her husband Andy and their three children in Minnesota. (KellyWahlquist.com) (CatholicVineyard.com)Host: Mario CostabileCohost: Dr. David Hajduk, Ph.D.Follow Array of Hope Ministries on:Facebook: @arrayofhopeministriesInstagram: @arrayofhopeministriesTwitter: @aohministriesTikTok: @arrayofhopeministriesLinkedIn: @arrayofhopeministriesYouTube: @ArrayofHopeMinistries

In this episode, we hear the story of internationally renowned evangelist, teacher, and author, Dr. Ralph Martin. We discuss the current crisis in the culture and in the Church, and how hope and salvation are found only in Jesus Christ. We also learn about the inspiring work of Renewal Ministries, an apostolate that shares the Gospel throughout the world.Ralph Martin is the president of Renewal Ministries, an organization devoted to Catholic renewal and evangelization. Renewal Ministries is the sponsor of The Choices We Face, a widely viewed weekly Catholic television and radio program distributed throughout the world, and engages in a wide variety of mission work in more than thirty countries.Ralph is also the director of Graduate Theology Programs in Evangelization and a professor of theology at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in the Archdiocese of Detroit (www.shms.edu). He holds a doctorate in theology from the Angelicum University in Rome.Pope Benedict XVI appointed Ralph as a consultor to the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization, and he continues to serve in this capacity. Ralph also was appointed as a theological expert for the Synod on the New Evangelization.He is the author of the widely read The Fulfillment of All Desire: A Guidebook for the Journey to God Based on the Wisdom of the Saints, and many books on spirituality and evangelization, such as Will Many Be Saved? What Vatican II Actually Teaches and Its Implications for the New Evangelization, and The Urgency of the New Evangelization, as well as many articles in scholarly and popular publications. His most recent book, A Church in Crisis: Pathways Forward, examines the forces working to undermine the Body of Christ while also using both Scripture and Tradition to fortify the faithful.Ralph and his wife, Anne, reside in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and have six children and nineteen grandchildren.Host: Mario CostabileCohost: Dr. David Hajduk, Ph.D.Follow Array of Hope Ministries on:Facebook: @arrayofhopeministriesInstagram: @arrayofhopeministriesTwitter: @aohministriesTikTok: @arrayofhopeministriesLinkedIn: @arrayofhopeministriesYouTube: @ArrayofHopeMinistries

In this episode, we hear the vocation story of Fr. Angelus Montgomery, CFR, how he and his brother (Fr. Innocent) were led to the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, and the work they do to help brothers discern God's voice leading them. We learn about the founding of this community by Fr. Benedict Groeschel and Fr. Andrew Apostoli, about the life and spirituality of St. Francis of Assisi, and about the call to perfect charity, which is holiness.Fr. Angelus Montgomery, CFR, a Loras College alumnus (’07) and dynamic preacher, speaker and EWTN show co-host. Fr. Angelus began to sense the call to priesthood in his junior year of college and eventually felt attracted to the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, a religious order founded by the late Fr. Benedict Groeschel, CFR. After entering the community and given his new name in religious life, now Fr. Angelus was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York in May 2018.Fr. Angelus and his brother have reached out to millennials through their “Icons Spotlight” television program on EWTN and the internet, and a radio show, “Icons Impact” which airs in New Jersey and other states. Together with a Franciscan confrere, they began co-hosting EWTN’s “Sunday Night Prime” this past year, succeeding Fr. Groeschel.Host: Mario CostabileCohost: Dr. David Hajduk, Ph.d.Follow Array of Hope Ministries on:Facebook: @arrayofhopeministriesInstagram: @arrayofhopeministriesTwitter: @aohministriesTikTok: @arrayofhopeministriesLinkedIn: @arrayofhopeministriesYouTube: @ArrayofHopeMinistries

In this episode, we hear about the faith journey and critically important work of Mary Rice Hasson, the Kate O’Beirne Fellow in Catholic Studies at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.. Mary seeks to amplify the voice of Catholic women in support of human dignity, authentic freedom, and Catholic social teaching, and writes and speaks frequently on the dangers of gender ideology. We will discuss how God created human beings male and female in His image and likeness, the complementarity of men and women, and how we can be a compassionate and loving voice that leads people to embrace the truth of who they are in a culture that lies to them on issues of identity.Mary Rice Hasson is the Kate O’Beirne Fellow in Catholic Studies at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C. She also directs the Catholic Women’s Forum, a network of Catholic professional women and scholars seeking to amplify the voice of Catholic women in support of human dignity, authentic freedom, and Catholic social teaching.Host: Mario CostabileCohost: Dr. David Hajduk Ph.D.Follow Array of Hope Ministries on:Facebook: @arrayofhopeministriesInstagram: @arrayofhopeministriesTwitter: @aohministriesTikTok: @arrayofhopeministriesLinkedIn: @arrayofhopeministriesYouTube: @ArrayofHopeMinistries