Guest host Sam Halligan leads a Sacred Heart–focused morning, beginning with author and editor Betty Bosarge on Fr. Robert I. Bradley's new Angelico Press book, The Pathway to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and a practical, three-stage rule of life for everyday Catholics. The show closes with Catholic Charities of Des Moines social justice director John Huynh on the 2026 FIFA World Cup, hospitality, and the Catholic social teaching behind real human belonging. Tune in for Eucharistic devotion, the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and the call to love your neighbor in ordinary, local community.
On The Catholic Morning Show today Sam Halligan hosts this week while Bo Bonner is away (back next Monday). Two conversations anchor the morning — one on the interior life and the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the other on community, culture, and what really brings people together.
Living in the Sacred Heart of Jesus — Betty Bosarge Betty Bosarge, OSF — retired criminologist, Secular Franciscan, and Fr. Robert I. Bradley's longtime editor — introduces Bradley's new book, The Pathway to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, from Angelico Press. She unpacks how the Holy Eucharist and devotion to the Blessed Mother open a genuine pathway to living within the Sacred Heart, and how Fr. Bradley's three-stage rule of life makes holiness practical for laypeople. The conversation lands in a fitting season: on June 11, 2026, the U.S. bishops marked the nation's 250th anniversary with the consecration of the United States to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
The World Cup, Belonging, and the Common Good — John Huynh John Huynh, director of social justice for Catholic Charities of Des Moines, reflects on the 2026 FIFA World Cup as a rare moment of global community. Drawing on Catholic social teaching and G.K. Chesterton, he explains why healthy societies grow from the bottom up — through families, parishes, neighborhoods, and even youth sports — and how to turn a "warm fuzzy" feeling into the everyday work of loving your neighbor.
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