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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: August, 2017
Aug 27, 2017

On this episode of Catholic Forum, after a brief introduction, the Holy Gospel for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, and a musical selection from the CD, "Catholic Treasures," Ms. Mary Gispert will discuss the efforts of the people of Saint Catherine of Siena Parish in Wilmington, Delaware to help the people of Gulu, a city in Northern Uganda.  The Delaware Catholic community has built a preschool, a "piggery," and have plans to build a primary school for this African community that has been plagued by civil war, genocide, and poverty. Mary also tells us about the upcoming "Give It Up For Gulu" 5K fundraiser.

Aug 20, 2017

On this episode of Catholic Forum, after the Gospel for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, and a musical selection from Paul Tate's "Let All Creation Sing" CD, hear an interview with Ms. Marilyn Henry, US Chapter Coordinator for the Catholic Grandparents Association. Learn about the importance of grandparents in the spiritual lives of their grandchildren, the work of the Association, and their upcoming conference in Philadelphia. 

Aug 13, 2017

On this episode of Catholic Forum, after a brief introduction, the Gospel for the 19 Sunday in Ordinary Time, and a musical selection from the CD, "50 Most Popular Hymns," Father John Solomon, Associate Pastor of Church of the Holy Cross in Dover, Delaware, will discuss the upcoming Diocese of Wilmington 150th Anniversary Pilgrimage to Rome, Annecy, and Assisi. The pilgrimage will take place in April 2018. 

Aug 6, 2017

On this episode of Catholic Forum, after a brief introduction, the Holy Gospel for the Feast of the Transfiguration, and a song from David Haas' "Echo of Faith" CD, Father John Bartunek, LC, will discuss the latest in his series of seasonal meditation books. 

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