The Catholic Morning Show

From Mountaintop to Parish: Living Out Christ Our Life – Mollie Muntefering & Dcn. Phil Paladino – 08/17/2026

Episode Summary

Mollie Muntefering and Deacon Phil Paladino of St. Mary Parish in Waverly join The Catholic Morning Show to discuss how parishes can carry the spiritual momentum of the Christ Our Life Conference into everyday faith life. They share how their own parish turned conference experiences into a standing monthly adoration hour and an ongoing food bank ministry. The conversation offers practical, prayer-rooted steps for turning a mountaintop encounter with Christ into lasting habits well beyond the weekend.

Episode Notes

Mollie Muntefering, Coordinator of Liturgy and Music, and Deacon Phil Paladino of St. Mary Parish in Waverly talk with Bo Bonner about turning big spiritual moments — like the Christ Our Life Conference — into lasting habits of parish life.

They discuss:

• Why conference experiences fade without concrete follow-through at the parish level
• St. Mary's first-Saturday-of-the-month adoration hour, started by parishioners returning from Christ Our Life and Exodus 90
• A monthly parish trip to the Northeast Iowa Food Bank that has grown from quarterly to monthly, now drawing 20–30 volunteers each time
• How St. Mary's adopted Mary's Meals as its parish Lenten charity after first encountering the ministry at Christ Our Life in 2018
• Encouragement to bring resources home from a conference — join a Bible study, start a small group, or share a podcast that sparked spiritual growth

Learn more about the conference at ChristOurLifeIowa.com

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