Conversations with Consequences

The Catholic Association (TCA)
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Jan 20, 2022 • 58min

Ep. 144 Speaking for the Unborn this March for Life & How to Protect Our Kids from Pornography

With the March for Life this week, Dr. Grazie Christie is joined by TCA colleagues Maureen Ferguson and Ashley McGuire discussing how to prepare for a post-Roe world and the importance of offering women REAL choice and ways to flourish. With headlines this week of the detrimental impact pornography is having on children as young as 11, the team also discusses practical ways to shield your children from the scourge of smartphones and social media. Dr. Steven Christie also joins discussing his new book, Speaking for the Unborn, offering real 30 second rebuttals every pro-lifer should know to help win more hearts and minds over to protect vulnerable life in the womb. Father Roger Landry also offers an inspiring homily to prepare us for this Sunday's Gospel. Catch the show every Saturday at 7amET/5pm ET on EWTN radio!
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Jan 13, 2022 • 54min

Ep. 143 Congresswoman Virginia Foxx & Students for Life's Kristan Hawkins!

Dr. Grazie Christie and Maureen Ferguson chat with Dr. Virginia Foxx about the work she is doing on Capitol Hill to keep our schools open and students safe amid the ongoing pandemic. The Catholic congresswoman also opens up about the administration's own war they are waging against parents as so many have raised concerns about their own child's well-being. With the March for Life just one week away, we also talk to Kristan Hawkins of Students for Life about how thousands are mobilizing to take part this year as so many pray for an end to Roe. Father Roger Landry also offers an inspiring homily on the wedding at Cana for this Sunday's Gospel. Catch the show every Saturday at 7amET/5pm ET on EWTN radio!
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Jan 6, 2022 • 59min

Ep. 142 COVID's Impact on Kids & Dr. Donna Harrison Exposes the FDA on Chemical Abortions

Dr. Grazie Christie and Ashley McGuire discuss the dire situation many children and teens are facing amid the ongoing pandemic with a mental health crisis looming and upticks in violence on school campuses. Dr. Donna Harrison also joins to discuss the latest guidelines regarding abortion pills--and the real dangers they pose to mothers and babies--and why the FDA is seemingly turning a blind eye to the research. Father Roger Landry also offers an inspiring homily to prepare us for this Sunday's Gospel. Catch the show every Saturday at 7amET/5pm on EWTN radio!
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Dec 30, 2021 • 54min

Ep. 141 Best of 2021 with Father Mike Schmitz and Archbishop Cordileone!

As Father Mike Schmitz gears up to headline the March for Life 2022 in January, we revisit with him during this special end of year show discussing the continued success of his Bible in a Year podcast now with his own billboard in Times Square! We also share some of the most pivotal moments of the year discussing the Dobbs case with Archbishop Cordileone, Jeanne Mancini, legal scholar Helen Alvare, and the dire situation in Afghanistan with RFI's Eric Patterson. Father Roger Landry also offers an inspiring homily for the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God this weekend! Catch the show every Saturday at 7am ET/5pm on EWTN radio!
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Dec 22, 2021 • 54min

Ep. 140 Sisters of Life on Helping Women & Father Landry on the Light of Christ's Birth!

As we celebrate Christmas this weekend, we revisit with Sister Mary Grace of Sisters of Life exploring the invaluable work of these beautiful women doing so much to help mothers and babies in need--and how we can help support their work. TCA colleague and co-host Maureen Ferguson also joins as we look at ways to protect our children from the vicious ills of social media in the new year. Father Roger Landry also offers an inspiring homily for the Nativity of our Lord. Listen every Saturday at 7amET/5pm ET on EWTN radio!
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Dec 16, 2021 • 54min

Ep. 139 Montse Alvarado on a Post-Roe World & Father Roger Landry on Advent in the Holy Land

Dr. Grazie Christie and co-host and TCA colleague Ashley McGuire catch up with Montse Alvarado, host of EWTN News In Depth about the most important religious freedom cases that marked this year including the impending Dobbs decision and what a post-Roe world might look like. The executive director of the Becket Fund also touches on why women are at the helm of the pro-life movement. Before offering an inspiring homily, Father Roger Landry joins taking us on a virtual pilgrimage to the Holy Land as we prepare our hearts and minds this Advent to meet Christ in mystery and majesty. Catch the show every Saturday at 7amET/5pm ET on EWTN radio!
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Dec 9, 2021 • 54min

Ep. 138 Science Lesson for Justice Sotomayer & Tom Carroll on Saving Catholic Preschools!

After oral argument was heard at the Supreme Court on Dobbs v. Jackson last week, Dr. Grazie and TCA colleagues Ashley McGuire and Leigh Snead discuss some of the most pivotal moments including Justice Sotomayer's faulty thinking on fetal pain and the skewed media narratives picking on Justice Amy Coney Barrett's words about the option of adoption. TCA colleague Maureen Ferguson also joins as we hear about a sneaky provision that the Biden administration is attempting to put into the Build Back Better bill that would adversely affect Catholic early education programs with Tom Carroll, superintendent of Boston Archdiocese Catholic schools. As we prepare for Gaudete Sunday, Father Roger Landry also offers an inspiring homily as we enter into the 3rd week of Advent. Catch the show every Saturday at 7amET/5pmET on EWTN radio!
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Nov 30, 2021 • 54min

Ep. 137 Supreme Court and a Post-Roe World: Erika Bachiochi and Dr. Deborah Savage

As oral arguments are heard this week at the Supreme Court on one of the most consequential abortion cases of this generation, Dr. Grazie Christie and Maureen Ferguson devote the entire hour to the Mississippi abortion ban delving into delicate details behind the case with legal scholar and author Erika Bachiochi of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Professor Deborah Savage of Franciscan University also joins with a philosophical look on ways in which our minds and culture must change in order for us to heal the wounds that have ravaged our land as we look to a Post-Roe world. Father Roger Landry also calls us to pray at this pivotal moment for a conversion of heart. Catch the show Saturdays at 7amET/5pm ET on EWTN radio!
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Nov 24, 2021 • 54min

Ep. 136 Life-Saving Work of Pro-LIfe Pregnancy Centers & Archbishop Naumann on Praying for Dobbs!

During this Thanksgiving week, Dr. Grazie Christie and co-host Leigh Snead look ahead to the most critical abortion case being heard by the Supreme Court next week revisiting with Dr. John Bruchalski discussing his powerful conversion and the role pro-life pregnancy centers play in offering women REAL choice. We also talk with Archbishop Naumann, chair of the USCCB's Committee on Pro-Life Activities about the call for Catholics to pray for Dobbs! As Advent begins this weekend, Father Roger Landry also offers an inspiring homily to help us prepare our hearts and minds for this season. Listen every Saturday at 7amET/5pm ET on EWTN radio!
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Nov 18, 2021 • 54min

Ep. 135 Carter Snead on Human Dignity & Dobbs + Kelsey Wicks on Pro-Life Confraternity

As the Supreme Court takes up a critical abortion case this December, legal scholar Carter Snead of the University of Notre Dame joins Dr. Grazie Christie and Leigh Snead to discuss this important case and why abortion is “completely untethered from the Constitution’s text, history, and tradition." As Catholics are called to pray for Dobbs ahead of oral arguments, we also talk with Kelsey Wicks, operations manager of Catholic News Agency about a pro-life confraternity she is starting. Father Roger Landry also offers an inspiring homily to mark Christ the King this weekend. Catch the show every Saturday at 7amET/5pm ET on EWTN radio!

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