Winds of Change Show

Father Anthony with Tony, and Cristina gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish. Today they catch up after a week off then talk about the Season of Advent that we have begun, reminding us that it is a penitential season.  After Prayer Father Anthony shares his plan to ask us to begin a devotion to the Sacred Heart the first Friday of the month for nine months. He talks about this devotion to the Sacred Heart and the importance of doing it as reparations to restore ourselves to God.  St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish  

Lauretta hosts the program today. She welcomes everyone with a recap of her Thanksgiving blessings and hope that we were all truly blessed with a wonderful Thanksgiving with the Lord.  Lauretta provides updates on her many ongoing topics: the assisted suicide bill, the ambush of two National Guard in DC, the persecution of Nigerian Christians, reminding our prayer warriors to keep on praying. Then she moves into Advent and shares details about this season of waiting. St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish  

Dave Carollo joins us live in the studio here in Chicago, on this wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. A time to be grateful and thankful for all in our life, we really need to be a more grateful people. He is joined by Barb Ernster, the National Coordinator for the World Apostolate of Fatima.  Dave leads us in praying and after, together with Barb they talk about the significance of the message of Our Lady of Fatima. They discuss the need and importance of the First Saturdays and the praying of the Rosary.   They inform us regarding their goal of guiding people back to God and how to accomplish that along with the many works and efforts by the World Apostolate of Fatima-the Blue Army. Visit the website at www.bluearmy.com St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish

Lauretta hosts the program today. She welcomes the smells of turkey roasting looking forward to discussing all things grateful and all things Thanksgiving.  Before that she does provides an update regarding the ongoing persecution of Christians in Nigeria reiterating how grateful she is to be able to practice her faith freely.  She focuses the remainder of the show on remaining thankful, being grateful as she talks the Thanksgiving Holiday and its historical significance in the roots of Thanksgiving to God. St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish

Welcome to a Brain Wrinkling Wednesday with Fr. Tom Koys.  Today Father Koys focuses on being thankful as we celebrate Thanksgiving tomorrow.  He refers to a G.K Chesterton quote on Thankfulness and Wonder. He also refers to the story of Squanto and encourages us to look into the story during this Thanksgiving.  Father closes with a discussion regarding the Nicene Creed and the key phrase of “and the son” as he references the split between the East and Western Church.  Wishing you a most blessed Thanksgiving. Thank you for listening! St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish

Father Anthony with Tony, and Cristina gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish. Today Father and the group discuss the beauty of the Blue Mass that took place this past Sunday, shedding light on the humility that they witnessed in the first responders present.  There is the need to remember the work these people do and to recall that outside of their jobs they are you and me, just people with families and the challenges of life.  After prayer father shares the Liturgy of the word opening up with the battle waged against Israel, leading to a discussion on current day battles we face and the reminder for the need for fidelity to God.  St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish

Lauretta hosts the program today. She welcomes the smells of turkey roasting looking forward to discussing all things grateful and all things Thanksgiving.  Before that she does provides an update regarding the ongoing persecution of Christians in Nigeria reiterating how grateful she is to be able to practice her faith freely.  She focuses the remainder of the show on remaining thankful, being grateful as she talks the Thanksgiving Holiday and its historical significance in the roots of Thanksgiving to God. St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish  

TGIF! Father Anthony with Tony, and Cristina gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish.  Father opens with prayer and then leads a “foodie” chat quizzing the group on food favorites by state.  Father Anthony reminds us that we are at the end of the Liturgical year and points out how the readings are foreboding.  He closes the show addressing the readings that are upcoming for the Feast of Christ the King. St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish  

Father Anthony with Tony, and Cristina gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish. Father Anthony leads us in prayer to open the show.  Today he welcomes back Alice Babij (pronounced Bobby) of the St Nicholas Ukrainian Cathedral.  She joins Father to enlighten us about St Pier Giorgio Frassati, recently canonized in September 2025. She reads from the book “365 Meditations on the Life of St. Pier Giorgio Frassati”, encouraging us to get the book as it shows how one can live a saintly life in daily living.  The book is available at www.priestlypress.com St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish

Welcome to a Brain Wrinkling Wednesday with Fr. Tom Koys.  Today Father Koys welcomes his guest Martin Doorhy, Attorney, Professor and Colonel in the United States Airforce (Reserves).  Martin is well versed in Constitutional Law, History and World Wars. Together, they delve into the history and role of the Catholic church around several key wars, especially World War I and World War II.  They chat about the relationships between the church and the state across various wars. They also touch on the Catholic church and the role and actions of Pope Pius XII during World War II. St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish  

Father Anthony with Tony and Cristina gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish. Father makes the shift to the podcast after just celebrating a funeral this morning.  Talking about funerals, as they were in the past, leads them to step back in time and chat about how things were in the past while acknowledging that even then God was demanding.  Father Anthony points out that the greatest threat to us, the church, and the future of our humanity is our unwillingness to embrace the discipline of our faith.  He calls us to be humble and accept our cross and carry it as we honor the Commandments. St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish

Lauretta hosts the program today.  Lauretta shares detail of the Caritas in Veritate Papal Award Ceremony in DC this past weekend.  She then discusses the ongoing persecution of Christian Nigerians.  Lauretta reminds the prayer warriors to pray and fast for them.  During the second half of the show, Lauretta welcomes her guest, Bob Gilligan the Executive Director of the Catholic conference of Illinois. They discuss the organizations mission to uphold the Catholic Social Teaching by advocating for favorable state legislation and regulatory policies. Together they discuss the Assisted Physician Assisted Suicide Bill that passed in Illinois. To stay informed regarding issues affecting the Church and her mission at both the state and federal level. Go online to www.ilcatholic.org They encourage the listeners to call the Governor’s office at 312-814-2121 or go to that website and use their link to ask the Governor to veto the Illinois Physician Assisted Suicide Bill. St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish

TGIF! Father Anthony with Tony, and Cristina gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish.  Father opens with prayer and then touches on a discussion with the students in regards to the saints. This leads to a discussion on the attitudinal changes in the church. After the break Father focuses on the Readings of the day. He addresses how they are foreboding stressing the need to stay centered in God as it was intended that we be.  St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish  

Father Anthony with Tony, and Cristina gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish. Today they chat about the need for Catholics to recognize and accept their role in the church beyond attending mass as we are responsible for our church. While Father states that he does not like speaking of money, but we definitely need proper donations to maintain the church, stressing how thankful he is for the generous donors that contribute to the beauty of our church. After the first break Father prays for the deceased as we are in the month of November. Then the group contemplates the question: Can we pray for the Devil? Father ends the show with details and impact of the works of St Frances Xavier Cabrini as today is her feast day.   St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish  

Welcome to a Brain Wrinkling Wednesday with Fr. Tom Koys.  Today Father open with reflection on what has happened over the last week with so much going on in the world. He focuses on speaking about optimism and pessimism in Catholicism. He uses Narnia to help offer insight on how to be optimistic as a Christian in a world in a time when a lot of negative, pessimistic stuff is going on.  To be optimistic is not really the virtue of Christian Hope, because Christian Hope includes hope in a power above and beyond us.  That’s why we can never deny the cross, never make fun of it as many people are carrying the cross. The spirit of always being upbeat and happy at Catholic mass doesn’t seem to fit because part of the mass is to give us the supernatural hope of God’s ability to conquer the problem and walking with us in our sorrows. St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish

Lauretta hosts the program today with her cohost Joyce Duriga. Lauretta thanks all the Prayer Warriors and adds additional requests for prayer to their list, encouraging everyone to keep on praying! Lauretta and Joyce focus today on physician assisted suicide laws, what it is, how it impacts a state and the culture.  They touch on alternatives for caring for the sick. They recognize that life is precious and that the end of life is also an important stage of life stressing that we are not to interfere with God’s plan.  She encourages the listeners to call the Governor’s office at 312-814-2121 and tell him to veto the Illinois Physician Assisted Suicide Bill. They close the show talking about what’s reporting in the Chicago Catholic paper and what is going on around the Archdiocese and the Vatican. St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish

Lauretta hosts the program today with her cohost Joyce Duriga. Lauretta thanks all the Prayer Warriors and adds additional requests for prayer to their list, encouraging everyone to keep on praying! Lauretta and Joyce focus today on physician assisted suicide laws, what it is, how it impacts a state and the culture.  They touch on alternatives for caring for the sick. They recognize that life is precious and that the end of life is also an important stage of life stressing that we are not to interfere with God’s plan.  She encourages the listeners to call the Governor’s office at 312-814-2121 and tell him to veto the Illinois Physician Assisted Suicide Bill. They close the show talking about what’s reporting in the Chicago Catholic paper and what is going on around the Archdiocese and the Vatican. St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish

TGIF! Father Anthony with Tony, and Cristina gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish.  Today Father opens the show with a brief intro on the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith to be discussed later as he is currently reviewing it.  Father leads us in prayer of the Litany then welcomes Alice Babij (pronounced Bobby) of the St Nicholas Ukrainian Cathedral.  She joins Father today to discuss the book “Live & Learn the Liturgical Year Planner 2026.   Alice introduces and shares the details of this wonderful resource to help you live the catholic life and maintain your domestic church. Domestic church is basically your home church; this concept, which dates back to the early Church, views the home as the primary place where faith is lived, learned, and passed on through prayer, love, and practice. The book is available at Priestly Press visit their website at https://www.priestlypress.com/  St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish

Father Anthony with Tony, and Cristina gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish. Today they chat about the beauty of the season of Fall as they talk the impacts of the “fall back” time change.  Father Anthony mentions that he is reviewing the document, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith that addresses some Marian Titles and will be discussing it in future shows.  Today he focuses on Jesus’ statement “I am coming soon”.  He makes notes of the references in the bible and then unpacks it and chats regarding this with Cristina and Tony.  St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish  

Welcome to a Brain Wrinkling Wednesday with Fr. Tom Koys.  Today Father Koys continues his discussion from last week regarding the story of Pinocchio, the edition Pinocchio with reflections by Franco Nembrini.  Father discusses the story and shares clips from the movie Pinocchio as he refers to the story as a Christian parable. He continues to unpack it for his listeners with reference to history and religion and the moral story imbedded.  He encourages us to go back and read the original story of Pinocchio.  Father Koys also invites listeners to St. James Parish events on November 21 and 22nd where they will host Zachary King, a High Priest in the Church of Satan in California. Visit their website at https://historicstjames.org for more information. St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish