Kris Foster, Music Director of St. Mark’s Catholic Community, provides our Sacred Music segment today on Morning Light. Kris talks about "The Peace of Christ" then we play the song "Peace" from her CD, Harmony.

Jay Wonacott, Director of Marriage & Family Life for the Diocese of Boise, joins Morning Light to continue his series on the paragraphs in the Catechism pertaining to marriage. Today - CCC #1642,

     "Vocations Focus" is heard the first and third Thursday of each month during Morning Light. Today, Jim & Mary Ellen Nourse talk with Amanda Tennyson, Aspirant with the Discalced Carmelites. Hear Amanda's story of how, after years of searching, the Lord led her to a community where she feels totally at home.

Man Cave - Pat King & David Fortin (Man in the Arena)

Cornerstone Psychological Associates in Boise, we welcome back Matt to Morning Light!

 Cooking With Scripture - Chef Lou Aaron

Anita Moore & Pam Jaszkowiak from the Idaho Lay Dominicans join Morning Light to continue their series on the Letter to the Ephesians.

Dr. Scott French, one of the Directors at The Magis Center, couldn't be with Morning Light today so we found this BEST OF episode from Jan. 23, 2023 discussing modern Faith & Science, Eucharistic Miracles, and Truth.

Morning Light continues our series for the month of April on Exodus 90. Today, Fr. Nelson Cintra talks about part 3 - "Fraternity."

Morning Light welcomes Georgia Adams, Religious Liason for Right ot Life of Idaho, talking about the big pro-life event coming up next Monday at 7pm.

"Jesus the Bridegroom" (Part 9) - Sister Beverly

Idaho Catholic Register - Dcn. Scott Pearhill, Editor  

 Catholic Book Club - "Joseph's Workshop" by Julia Wade

John Vitz, Angelus Music

Gina Schmidt

Dr. Ryan Hanning

Fr. Justin Brady

Man Cave Pat King, David Fortin & Trace Chamberlain (part 2)

Teresa Zepeda

Kathy Edwards of Cornerstone Psychological Associates   

John Keenan and Anita Moore from the Idaho Lay Dominicans join Morning Light to continue their series on the Letter to the Ephesians.

Eric Meyer returns to Morning Light talking about Catholicism in Our Culture. Today, he talks with Hope Ryan about...HOPE!

     Morning Light continues our series for the month of April on Exodus 90. Today, Fr. Nelson Cintra talks about part 2 - "Prayer."

     April Agenbroad from Rachel's Vineyard stops by Morning Light to share details on the upcoming retreat in May.

     Salt & Light Catholic Radio presents “Jesus the Bridegroom” as Sister Beverly from Marymount Hermitage shares more about this divine love story between Christ and His bride - the Church.  Based on the second book by Dr. Brant Pitre, Sister Beverly helps us see the entire history of salvation - from Mount Sinai to Mount Calvary. Today’s episode asks the question: “Are the Samaritan People Betrothed to the Bridegroom Messiah?” To learn more about the ministry work of Sister Beverly, please visit the website: www.Marymount-Hermitage.org 

     Morning Light talks with Fred Ahlin, member of the St. Nicholas Knights of Columbus Council in Rupert. Fred has been a Knight since 2001 and held several different positions over the years.

     Ken Jercha from Holy Apostles music ministry joins Morning Light to share two songs. One is called Mary, Mary and talks about Mary Magdalene's discovery of the empty tomb on Easter Sunday.  The second is in preparation for this coming Divine Mercy Sunday.

     Morning Light introduces you to Kim Cameron-Smith, the Facilitator of the Catholic Parenting Retreat, coming Friday, April 26th & Saturday the 27th at St. Mark’s in Boise. Go to Eventbrite.com and search Catholic Parenting to learn more and to register. $40 per couple or $25 per person.

     "Vocations Focus" is heard on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month as part of Morning Light.  Today, Jim & Mary Ellen Nourse talk with Fr. Nelson Cintra.  One of the newest priests to the Diocese of Boise, Fr. Cintra is now the Parochial Vicar at St. John Paul II Catholic Community in Idaho Falls.

     Morning Light welcomes Mike & Jill Schauble to talk about the upcoming Idaho Family Camp - Faith, Family and Fun in the Catholic Tradition. This year's camp will run July 11th through the 14th at Camp John Paul II in beautiful Cascade, ID.  Registration opens up Divine Mercy Sunday (April 7) at 1:00pm Mountain time (Noon Pacific) at their website: www.IdahoFamilyCamp.org 

     Kick off your work boots and pull up a boulder!  Morning Light presents "Man Cave" - a weekly segment discussing the issues that affect Catholic men in today’s culture.  Your favorite cavemen - Pat King and David Fortin - talk with special guest Trace Chamberlain about his journey of faith.

     "Faith & Feasts" is a weekly segment of Morning Light hosted by Teresa Zepeda. With a new month, Teresa talks about what this month is dedicated to and what the Pope's intentions are for April. Plus, she shares some fun ideas on how to continue our Easter celebration

     "Catholic Counseling" is a weekly segment of Morning Light, where we've assembled a panel of experts to help Catholics maintain good mental health.  From Cornerstone Psychological Associates in Boise, we welcome back Dr. Joe Lipetzky, talking today about flexibility based on the book Character Building by David Isaacs.

     "Cooking With Scripture" is a weekly segment of Morning Light, hosted by Chef Lou Aaron - owner of Westside Drive-In and a Deacon at Our Lady of the Rosary parish in east Boise. Chef could not be with us this morning and so this "Best of" segment is from March 29, 2022 talking about little triangular pockets.

     John Keenan & Josh Andrus from the Idaho Lay Dominicans join Morning Light to continue their series on the Letter to the Ephesians…today, Chapter 4, verses 17-32.

     Dr. Scott French, one of the Directors at The Magis Center, joins Morning Light today to continue our discussion on modern Faith & Science, Eucharistic Miracles, and Truth. With today being Easter Monday, Dr. French discusses the Shroud of Turin - the burial cloth described in the Gospel reading from yesterday's Mass.

     Fr. Nelson Cintra provides our Morning Light series for the month of April, discussing the Exodus 90 program. What is it, what is it not and is it more than cold showers? Fr. Nelson gives us a overall view in this first part of this series.

     Morning Light kicks off Easter Monday with our "Passionately Pro-Life" advocate, Emily Naugle, to share her heartfelt story of a miscarriage from Easter of 2016. How is honoring miscarried babies a pro-life thing to do? What can people do to honor their lost children?  Tune in and find out!

     Cathryn Gardner, Music Director for Our Lady of the Rosary in east Boise, joins Morning Light today to provide our Sacred Music segment. In honor of Holy Week, she shares music for the Triduum - there are so many parts to the liturgy that are only celebrated this weekend:

We Glory in Your Cross - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm5KdlhSbEg

O Sacred Head Surrounded - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9LCoNTTL-s

Most Holy Night (Dan Schutte) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m89Y98txsjE 

Victimae Paschali Laudes - https://youtu.be/Vfcp19WpXxU?si=QABVNfi5ST0sjGiD

Gloria (Rutter) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtIDXvqjyjo 

     Morning Light presents our Faith Community Nursing segment, hosted this week by Cari Moodie.  Did you know that almost 300 people a year in Idaho die from a fall?! Cari shares more staggering stats on falls, the risk factors that lead to falling plus some prevention tips to make your home safer.  Reach out to the Idaho Dept. of Health & Welfare to learn how to become Fit and Fall Proof, or contact your parish to see if they offer classes on the subject.

     During her recent visit to Boise, Sister Helen Mulage from the Sisters of Mary Immaculate of Nyeri stopped by Morning Light to share her beautiful vocation story, including how her family reacted to the news. Visit www.msomi.org to learn more about her Order.

     "Man Cave" is a weekly segment of Morning Light hosted by Pat King & David Fortin. This week is part 2 of the converasation dealing with the Confiteor Prayer.

     Morning Light goes back into the audio archives - this “Blast From the Past" segment is from March 22, 2016 as Fr. Justin Brady and Fr. Caleb Vogel walk us through Holy Week in this encore presentation of Collar Talk.  

To hear the show in its entirety, click on this link:  http://traffic.libsyn.com/saltandlightradio/CollarTalk_032216-PODCAST.mp3   

     "Faith & Feasts" is a weekly segment of Morning Light hosted by Teresa Zepeda. Today, she looks ahead to the Triduum and then takes a closer look at Spy Wednesday. 

     Cathleen Booth is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in private practice. She is also the founder of a non-profit organization called the Association of Idaho Catholic Mental Health Professionals.  Morning Light talks with her about this Association and also a new free resource designed to help Catholics find mental health help in Idaho: https://catholictherapistsidaho.org 

     "Cooking With Scripture" is a weekly segment of Morning Light hosted by Chef Lou Aaron, owner of the Westside Drive-In and a Deacon at Our Lady of the Rosary parish in east Boise. With today being Holy Tuesday, Brian & Hope enjoy some delicious "Charoset" - a mixture of apple, nuts, spices & wine - while Chef discusses a seder meal and the meanings behind the different sections of the traditional plate.

     Pamila Jaszkowiak & Josh Andrus from the Idaho Lay Dominicans join Morning Light today to continue their series on the Letter to the Ephesians…today, Chapter 4, verses 1-17.

     Eric Meyer returns to Morning Light with a unique new series that looks at how our Catholic faith permeates our culture in ways you may be unaware of! How many Catholic prayers are there? Today, Eric shares a hilarious story of how he stumbled across a shrine, disguised as a tool shed, filled with people praying every kind of Catholic prayer you could think of!

     Morning Light concludes our "Lessons on Lent" series as Fr. Tim Segert, Parochial Vicar at St. John’s Cathedral, give us Part #4 on the topic of “ALMSGIVING.” 

     From Treasure Valley Teens 4 Life, Morning Light welcomes back Athena Galaz - raising awareness on all of the forms of euthanasia, what the Church has to say about it and how Natural Law plays into the discussion.

     Salt & Light Catholic Radio presents “Jesus the Bridegroom” as Sister Beverly from Marymount Hermitage shares more about this divine love story between Christ and His bride - the Church.  Based on the second book by Dr. Brant Pitre, Sister Beverly helps us see the entire history of salvation - from Mount Sinai to Mount Calvary. Today’s episode introduces us to Chapter 3 - “The Woman at the Well.”  To learn more about the ministry work of Sister Beverly, please visit the website: www.Marymount-Hermitage.org 

     Emily Woodham fills in for Dcn. Scott Pearhill to walk our Morning Light audience through the latest issue of the Idaho Catholic Register hot off the press.  If you do not currently subscribe, visit the website of the Diocese of Boise:  https://www.catholicidaho.org/communications  

     Mareesa Rule, Development Director from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of SW Idaho, stops by Morning Light to proudly announce that it’s Subaru Season! Yesterday, the 2024 Subaru Car Raffle launched at www.svdpid.org  This year, there will be THREE cars up for grabs - tickets are $100 each but only 2,100 will be sold so get yours now.  You have a 1 in 700 chance of winning a new car!

     Kris Foster, Music Director for St. Mark’s Catholic Community, stops by Morning Light to talk today about the days of Holy Week.

Jay Wonacott, Director of Marriage & Family Life for the Diocese of Boise, joins Morning Light to continue his series on the paragraphs in the Catechism pertaining to marriage.

     Dan Bunch joins Morning Light to share a real need in the village of Kibanga in the African nation of Uganda. He has started a non-profit organization - Friends of Kibanga Medical Center - which is committed to raise awareness and support to create the Saint Gianna Molla Medical Center. The website is: www.fokmc.org and the non-profit email address is info@fokmc.org 

This 5-minute video is raw but perfect and shows life as it is in Kibanga.  https://youtu.be/bYatEBo6LR0

     Man Cave is a weekly segment of Morning Light hosted by Pat King & David Fortin. Today is part 1 of their look at the Confiteor prayer. Most of the time, our confessions focus on the things that we have done (wrong) but have we thought about the things we've failed to do for others?

     Teresa Zepeda returns to Morning Light with "Faith & Feasts," focusing today on Palm Sunday. Besides hearing about The Passion at Mass on Sunday, what are some other ways you can observe the beginning of Holy Week?  Teresa shares ideas on food, movies, games and more!

     "Catholic Counseling" is a weekly segment of Morning Light where we've assembled a panel of experts to help Catholics maintain good mental health.  Today, Matt from Cornerstone Psychological Associates discusses the topic of anxiety.

     "Cooking With Scripture" is a weekly segment of Morning Light hosted by Chef Lou Aaron, owner of the Westside Drive-In and a Deacon at Our Lady of the Rosary. As Brian & Hope chomp on a huge wedge of Romaine lettuce drizzled in dressing and sprinkled with almond slivers, Chef conducts another delicious Bible study as we prepare for Palm Sunday.

     Morning Light welcomes back Alanna Burg & Pamila Jaszkowiak from the Idaho Lay Dominicans to continue their series on the Letter to the Ephesians.

     Morning Light welcomes back Dr. Scott French, one of the Directors at The Magis Center, joins us to continue our discussion on Faith & Science, Eucharistic Miracles, and Truth

     Our "Lessons on Lent" series continues as Morning Light welcomes back Fr. Tim Segert, Parochial Vicar at St. John’s Cathedral. Today is Part #3 of our series and discusses “FASTING.” 

     Morning Light welcomes Fr. Dennis Day for his first-ever on-air interview on Salt & Light Radio! Father is the keynote speaker for the upcoming We Care Idaho "Pro-Life Heroes" fundraising dinner in April.  He discusses the reasons he became a pro-life warrior early in his priesthood and some of the heroes he has met over the years from Presidents to Popes.

     Salt & Light Catholic Radio now presents “Jesus the Bridegroom” as Sister Beverly from Marymount Hermitage shares more about this divine love story between Christ and His bride - the Church.  Based on the second book by Dr. Brant Pitre, Sister Beverly helps us see the entire history of salvation - from Mount Sinai to Mount Calvary. Today’s episode continues through Chapter 2 and focuses on the events at The Last Supper. To learn more about the ministry work of Sister Beverly, please visit the website: www.Marymount-Hermitage.org 

     Morning Light introduces you to Forest Dipjinski, Grand Knight from Risen Christ Council #12854 during today's segment with the Idaho Knights of Columbus.

     Morning Light presents "Catholic Book Club" with today's moderator - Dr. Paul Chaloux, talking about his new book “Heaven’s Currency” available through Sophia Institute Press.  https://sophiainstitute.com/product/heavens-currency