Owensboro Catholic Radio has began an outdoor advertizing campaign, including billboards, park benches, and bumper stickers. Check them out and let us know what you think. Have you seen the billboards? There are two billboards up now. One located on Southtown Blvd. and the other located at the 1000 block of 4th street. Have you seen the park benches? There are also 5 park benches in … Continue reading
YOUTH 2000 Retreat Scheduled for Owensboro, Kentucky on March 9, 10 & 11 at Brescia University Pope John Paul II continually called upon the youth of the Church to be instruments and leaders of a new effort to bring the Gospel to the world. In Rome at the XV World Youth Day, he challenged the young people to “set the Eucharist at the center … Continue reading
Questions: What is the difference between an angel and a saint? Answer: Good question! I think it depends on what you mean by the word “saint.” Usually when people use this word they are referring to those holy men and women who came before us and who are now in heaven praying for us. When you use the word “saint” in that way, then the … Continue reading
Question: Does “ask and you shall receive” mean that we should expect to get anything from God as long as we pray for it? Answer: The passage you are referring to is Mt 7:7 – “Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” A passage from John’s gospel is similar to it: “if … Continue reading
Looking for a better way to experience the Lenten season? Take the Owensboro Catholic Radio 40 day challenge. Make WIMM your radio destination as you prepare for Easter. Turn off the pop music and the political commentary … and tune in to content of eternal consequence. For the 40 days of Lent, keep your radio on 107.9 FM, Owensboro’s destination for Catholic radio.
Question: I was reading a commentary on the Bible that said it used the “early Church fathers” as a guide in interpreting the various passages of the Bible. Who are the “early Church fathers” and how much weight should their writings have in our understanding of the Bible? Answer: The early Church fathers are those men from the first few centuries of the Church who, … Continue reading
Question: I know that it is good to pray FOR the souls in Purgatory, but can we also pray TO them? Short answer: From what I can tell, the Church has not definitively settled this question. There is certainly nothing that explicitly forbids it. As such, it remains a topic that is up for debate, and it is for each individual Catholic to decide whether … Continue reading