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Each Saturday, Catholic Forum brings you a news update from The Dialog, the official news source for the Diocese of Wilmington, and an interview segment of about 21 minutes in length. Catholic Forum is the longest-running Catholic talk show on radio, having begun in 1939 on a radio station in Wilmington, Delaware. It is now heard every Saturday afternoon at 1:30 on Relevant Radio 640 and is heard in the Philadelphia and South Jersey area as well as throughout the State of Delaware and Maryland's Eastern Shore. As soon as it finishes airing on the radio, a new program podcast debuts at 2:00 p.m. ET each Saturday afternoon. Catholic Forum is a production of the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington
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Now displaying: July, 2021
Jul 31, 2021

On this episode of Catholic Forum, after news from The Dialog, and a cut from the Catholic Treasures CD, we will talk with Father John Grasing, pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Chestertown, Maryland and director of the Office for Deacons for the Diocese of Wilmington. We will also talk with two of the 15 men who will be ordained to the permanent diaconate on August 7, 2021, Richard Kosior from Holy Cross Parish in Dover, Delaware and Matt Boyer, from St. Ann's Parish in Wilmington. 

Jul 28, 2021

"One of Us" is a brief snapshot of people who support the church in the Diocese of Wilmington. We will regularly feature people who are recognizable within their parish communities.

Jul 24, 2021

On this episode of Catholic Forum, after a news brief from TheDialog.org, we will talk with Mr. Fritz Jones, Executive Director of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Wilmington. Fritz discusses the work of the Catholic social service organization that has been serving the people of Delaware and Maryland's Eastern Shore for 190 years, and looks back at his 40+ years with the organization. Also, Father Rich Jasper tells us about another Modern Day Witness. 

Jul 17, 2021

On this very special episode of Catholic Forum, after news from The Dialog, we will hear highlights from the Ordination/Installation Mass of Bishop William E. Koenig, 10th Bishop of Wilmington, recorded at St. Elizabeth Church in Wilmington, Delaware. We will hear excerpts from Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Christophe Pierre's remarks and reading of the Apostolic Letter of Appointment, Archbishop William Lori's homily, and the first public comments from His Excellency, The Most Reverend William E. Koenig, as the new shepherd of the Catholic community of Delaware and Maryland's Eastern Shore. You can watch the entire-hour Mass at www.YouTube.com/DioceseofWilm

Jul 14, 2021

"One of Us" is a brief snapshot of people who support the church in the Diocese of Wilmington. We will regularly feature people who are recognizable within their parish communities.

Jul 10, 2021

On this episode of Catholic Forum, after news headlines from The Dialog, and a musical selection from the Catholic Treasures CD, we will talk with the man who, on July 13, 2021, will be ordained to the Order of Bishop and installed as Wilmington's 10th Bishop, Monsignor William E. Koenig of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York. Join us as we get to know our new shepherd. 

Jul 3, 2021

On this episode of Catholic Forum, after news from The Dialog, we are joined by Father Joseph McQuaide, Chancellor for the Diocese of Wilmington and Rector of the Cathedral of Saint Peter, and Pastor of St. Patrick and St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Parishes in Wilmington, Delaware. Father McQuaide will talk about the men who have served as Bishops of Wilmington since 1868, and give us a preview of the July 13, 2021 ordination and installation Mass of Bishop-elect William Koenig as Wilmington's Tenth Bishop. 

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