Always on Mission: Evangelizing in Challenging Times

In the final episode of Always on Mission, we profile Saints Peter and Paul, taking a look at a few key moments in their fervent quest to evangelize, as well as how they died and where you can venerate their relics today. We close out the series with a conversation with His Eminence, Cardinal Seán O'Malley, Archbishop of Boston, on the call to holiness and mission, even in challenging times. Happy birthday, Cardinal Seán!

In this episode we profile St. John Paul II, highlighting three of his writings on the sanctity of life and the significance of the human person. We were thrilled to chat with Sr. Amata Filia who shared with us her beautiful heart for the Lord and how the Sisters of Life promote the Gospel of Life.

In this episode we profile St. Francis of Assisi, called by God in the early 13th century to repair the church—first physically, but then spiritually in radical conformity to Christ. In his own effort to rebuild the Church, Kevin Cotter equips and forms pastors and other parish leaders and teams in his work as Executive Director of Amazing Parish.

In this episode, we talk to Alessandro DiSanto, who cofounded the innovative Catholic meditation app, HALLOW, as he shares about the importance of prayer in challenging times and how this app can help us go deeper in our spiritual journeys! We also take a look at the life of Venerable Fr. Augustus Tolton, the first African-American priest in the United States who served communities of color with great zeal and holiness amidst many setbacks. For more information on Venerable Augustus Tolton visithttps://tolton.archchicago.org/documents/1604561/1604725/Tolton+Biography+-+PDF/d8d2f8ac-b0c6-4180-b474-0ea68b4849ba [https://tolton.archchicago.org/documents/1604561/1604725/Tolton+Biography+-+PDF/d8d2f8ac-b0c6-4180-b474-0ea68b4849ba]

Today's podcast was recorded before the series of events that followed the killing of George Floyd captured the attention of our nation.  For more from the Archdiocese of Boston on this topic, we refer you to Cardinal Sean's statement: https://www.bostoncatholic.org/news/may-30-2020-cardinal-sean-p-omalley-statement-killing-george-floyd [https://www.bostoncatholic.org/news/may-30-2020-cardinal-sean-p-omalley-statement-killing-george-floyd]. In this episode, we look at the life and ministry of St. Phillip Neri, the sixteenth century ‘Apostle of Rome’ who was, at important junctions in his life, surprised by the new directions the Holy Spirit drew him. Our guest, friend and colleague Lorna DesRoses, is guided by that same Holy Spirit in her ministry as an Evangelization Consultant in the Archdiocese of Boston.