Salt & Light Catholic Radio presents “Keeping the Lord’s Day Holy.” Based on the 1998 Encyclical from Pope Saint John Paul II, Sister Beverly from Marymount Hermitage shares more about WHY the 7th day is holy and HOW we can keep it that way! Today’s episode focuses on the Exodus and the First Covenant. To learn more about the ministry work of Sister Beverly, please visit the website: www.Marymount-Hermitage.org 

Morning Light catches up with George Mesina, current Idaho State Deputy with the Knights of Columbus. George has been following the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage across southern Idaho. He shares with us what being a Knight has meant to him, and to others, over the years.

Ralph May, Executive Director from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of SW Idaho, joins Morning Light today to talk about their Summerfest Gala coming up on Friday, June 21st. There will be silent auction items donated by incarcerated artists.  Ralph brings in a beautiful painting by a citizen who learned to paint in prison. Get your tickets at https://svdpid.org/summerfest 

During our weekly "Sacred Music" segment, Morning Light introduces you to Miriam Marston, host of “Blazing the Trail” heard on Mater Dei Radio Wednesday evenings at 8:30pm Boise time. Miriam Marston is a singer-songwriter, author, and speaker based out of Portland and also serves as director of faith formation at St. Anthony Parish in Tigard. Miriam shares how music has always been a part of her life and journey of faith. Listen to her show by clicking: https://materdeiradio.com/category/blazing-the-trail 

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, we focus on CCC 1646 - 1647.

The month of May has five Thursdays so Morning Light presents a BONUS edition of Vocations Focus! Today, Jim & Mary Ellen Nourse talk with Diana Decker, President of the Serra Club of North Idaho, a group dedicated to raising awareness of religious vocations for young men and women.

Morning Light presents our third and final interview with Sister Mary Joachim from the Gode Catholic Mission in Ethiopia. This chat discusses her current mission and the conditions she has to work in.  Church Builders has organized a website for donations to help the work of Sister Mary Joachim at the Gode Catholic Mission in Ethiopia. Visit the website to learn more at:

https://www.churchbuilders.us/code-catholic-mission.html 

Or, you can also mail a check or money order to:

Church Builders

P.O. Box 9035

Boise, ID  83707

Please write in the memo line that it’s for “Mission of Hope”

Watch this short video about the Mission:  https://youtu.be/pynedAFyYeE  

Man Cave is a weekly segment of Morning Light hosted by Pat King and David Fortin. Today, the guys catch up with EWTN star, author, speaker and World Champion Tandem Surfer - Bear Woznick. As Bear continues to promote his latest book, this is part 1 of a conversation about fatherhood (Father's Day is coming up June 16th!)

"Faith & Feasts" is a weekly segment of Morning Light hosted by Teresa Zepeda. Today, she highlights the events of today through Friday as the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage moves to the Magic Valley later this morning. Register for those events at the website for the Diocese of Boise: https://www.catholicidaho.org/national-eucharistic-pilgrimage 

Elijah Klaas from Bishop Kelly High School in Boise is the latest recipient of the Blessed Carlo Acutis Distinguished Graduate Award.  Nominated by Ted Klaas who says “Elijah is an excellent student who has shown his devotion to our Lord, Jesus Christ  by service  in his community.  He is not swayed by a culture of alcohol and drugs.  Elijah uses his  gifts of athleticism to share the blessings of God to those around him. He and his family prepare and distribute food boxes. And he helps those less able to maintain their homes and yards. Elijah is a blood donor.” Elijah will studying law while attending the University of Idaho.

"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 in SE Boise. Today, the theme is "flame" - whether it's cooking over an open flame or the flame of the Holy Spirit - Chef delves into the theme while the co-hosts enjoy beef skewers with fire-roasted onions and tortillas.

Josh Andrus & Alanna Burg from the Idaho Lay Dominicans join Morning Light to continue their new series on Galatians…today, focusing on Chapter 3, verses 15-29.

Mother Mary Paul & Sister Mary Agnes from the Sisters of Divine Grace join Morning Light to wrap up our series on Our Lady during this month of May (devoted to the Blessed Mother.) This final installment discusses how modern women can look to Mary as a model of femininity. 

As the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage prepares to make its way across southern Idaho this week, Morning Light catches up with Dan Lopez from Blessed Sacrament parish in Ontario, OR about the schedule of events today leading up to the hand-off between the Diocese of Baker and the Diocese of Boise.

Salt & Light Catholic Radio presents “Keeping the Lord’s Day Holy.” Based on the 1998 Encyclical from Pope Saint John Paul II, Sister Beverly from Marymount Hermitage shares more about WHY the 7th day is holy and HOW we can keep it that way! In today’s episode, Sister shares more about the Genesis account of Creation.  To learn more about the ministry work of Sister Beverly, please visit the website: www.Marymount-Hermitage.org 

Morning Light welcomes back Dcn. Scott Pearhill, Editor of the Idaho Catholic Register, to walk us through the latest issue hot off the press!

Today on "Catholic Book Club," Morning Light welcomes Mike Aquilina, co-author of “Feast of Our Fathers: Praying the Church Year with the Early Christians” along with Adam Lucas.  To get your copy of this great new book, visit www.catholicbooksdirect.com

Cathryn Gardner from Our Lady of the Rosary parish in SE Boise joins Morning Light to cover our weekly "Sacred Music" segment and shares snippets of the following songs:

Just Like You- Matt Maher  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPg4JWwthSc

Just a Closer Walk With Thee  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5BqXzyPkA4

You Are Holy (Prince of Peace)   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0xUnb35-6E

Leonardo Sanchez from Bishop Kelly High School is the latest recipient of the Blessed Carlo Acutis Distinguished Graduate Award. He was nominated by Laura Reeping at St. Paul's who says: “Leo is a young man who practices his Faith.  He attended St. Paul's School from 6th to 8th grade, was an altar server and in the choir at school and parish masses. He is a lector, youth minister, camp counselor at Jr. High Camp, and is always willing to be a light of Christ to others, especially his peers. 

Gina Schmidt returns to Morning Light to cover some general summer health and safety topics. Summer is actually a time of year when many accidents and injuries occur. So, Gina joins us to help you and your families get prepared for fun in the sun and water. 

In our weekly vocations segment, Morning Light introduces you to Fr. Larry Barile from the Diocese of Norwich, CT.  Fr. Larry is a late vocation to the priesthood, having been a husband, father and respiratory therapist for almost 30 years before joining the seminary! Tune in and listen to his unique story that proves how the Lord can write straight with crooked lines.

Morning Light shares part 2 of our conversation with Sister Mary Joachim from the Gode Catholic Mission in Ethiopia. This chat is entitled “Global Faith.”

Man Cave is a weekly segment of Morning Light hosted by Pat King and David Fortin. Today, they discuss the subject - "Are Men Expendable?"  Tune in for the discussion!

"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, Jarrod Crump, Family Nurse Practitioner that has been working in healthcare since 2015 and exclusively in mental health since 2020. He is part of the team at Meridian Advanced Psychiatry (https://map-clinic.com) Today, Jarrod talks about emotions - what are they and why do we have them?  Can we say that some emotions are bad, while others are good?  Why does it matter to know our emotions and how to deal with them?  What are some resources for people? If you're looking for a Catholic Counselor for your own needs, a great resource is 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 SE Boise. Today, our co-hosts are presented with a choice: a healthy salad...or a slice of cheese pizza. How many times in our daily lives do we choose that which is NOT healthy, either for our bodies or our spirits?

John Keenan & Josh Andrus from the Idaho Lay Dominicans join Morning Light to continue their new series on Galatians...today, the opening of Chapter 3.

Eric Meyer returns to Morning Light today to discuss where all 12 Apostles ended up in their travels after the Great Commission.

During this month of May, which is devoted to the Blessed Mother, Morning Light talks with Mother Mary Paul & Sister Mary Agnes from the Sisters of Divine Grace about Our Lady. Today's episode discusses Mary as a model for healing. 

During our weekly pro-life segment, Morning Light talks with Terri Marcroft - Executive Director of Unplanned Good Inc., whose purpose is “Promoting the Concept of Adoption for Women facing Unplanned Pregnancy.”  Terri talks more about the 3 pieces of legislation passed during the most recent session regarding the streamlining of the adoption processes in Idaho.  Learn more at www.UnplannedGood.org  

Salt & Light Catholic Radio presents “Keeping the Lord’s Day Holy.” Based on the 1998 Encyclical from Pope Saint John Paul II, Sister Beverly from Marymount Hermitage shares more about WHY the 7th day is holy and HOW we can keep it that way! Today’s episode is an Introduction to this beautiful writing which was meant to be in preparation for the Jubilee Year of 2000. 

To learn more about the ministry work of Sister Beverly, please visit the website: www.Marymount-Hermitage.org 

Roy Bartholomay joins Morning Light today to talk about his journey of faith and how the Knights played a part in it. Plus, the long list of local and State offices he's held over the years!

Ralph May, Executive Director from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of SW Idaho, joins Morning Light with some updates on Summerfest, the TNT Fireworks booth (which benefits the Christmas Toy Store) and a reminder - when you're doing that spring/summer cleaning, please donate your clothing, household goods, and furniture to SVdP Thrift Stores!

Kris Foster from St. Mark’s Catholic Community in Boise, provides today's "Sacred Music" segment of Morning Light. Kris shares the background behind the Pentecost Sequence and you'll hear her version of “Come Holy Spirit Come.”

Jay Wonacott, Director of Marriage & Family Life for the Diocese of Boise, joins Morning Light today to continue his series on the paragraphs in the Catechism pertaining to marriage, focusing on paragraphs #1643-45 in this episode.

"Vocations Focus" is heard the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month as part of the Morning Light program. Today, Mary Ellen Nourse & our own Hope Ryan catch up with the Sisters of Life during their whirlwind tour of the Diocese of Boise. Sister Catherine Joy Marie, Sister Lumen Gloriae and Sister Magdalene Teresa Mercy share their respective vocation stories and what led them to join the Sisters of Life.

Morning Light introduces you to Sister Mary Joachim from the Gode Catholic Mission in Ethiopia. In this first interview, Sister shares her beautiful vocations story.  

Church Builders has organized a website for donations to help Sister's work - visit the website to learn more at:   https://www.churchbuilders.us/code-catholic-mission.html 

Or, you can also mail a check or money order to:

Church Builders

P.O. Box 9035

Boise, ID  83707

Please write in the memo line that it’s for “Mission of Hope”

Watch this video about the Mission - https://youtu.be/pynedAFyYeE  

Man Cave is a weekly segment of Morning Light, looking at the issues that affect Catholic men in today's culture. Pat King talks with David Fortin, who is recovering from a recent surgery in today's installment.

Faith & Feasts is a weekly segment of Morning Light hosted by Teresa Zepeda. This week, Teresa continues her month-long series focusing on the upcoming National Eucharistic Pilgrimage traveling across southern Idaho May 27-31.

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, Kathy Edwards from Cornerstone Psychological Associates in Boise talks about suicide prevention & awareness.

"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 SE Boise. Today, the story of Abraham hosting the three strangers. To reflect that feast - Brian & Hope enjoy some steak, bread, cheese and olives.

Alanna Burg & John Keenan from the Idaho Lay Dominicans join Morning Light today to continue their new series on Galatians.

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. 

During this month of May, devoted to Our Lady, Morning Light presents as series with the Sisters of Divine Grace. Today is part 2 of our series with Mother Mary Paul & Sister Mary Agnes. On the heels of Mother's Day, we discuss the Blessed Virgin Mary's motherhood.

During today's "Passionately Pro-Life" segment, Monica Karling joins Morning Light to share her special story. At 22, she found herself in a crisis pregnancy situation, leading her to place her son into a wonderful family through an open adoption. Fast-forward and today she is happily married with a daughter who recently turned one!

Christian Welp from the Diocese of Boise joins Morning Light today to share more details about Camp John Paul II - located 10 miles south of beautiful Cascade, ID. Learn more at their website: https://www.campjohnpaul2.com 

Dcn. Scott Pearhill, Editor of the Idaho Catholic Register, joins Morning Light today to walk us through the latest issue hot off the press!

Morning Light welcomes Dale Ahlquist to moderate "Catholic Book Club" talking about Localism: Coming Home to Catholic Social Teaching available through Sophia Institute Press. Dale is known for his EWTN show on G.K. Chesterton, and several books written about Chesterton, and he publishes the Gilbert magazine, which is devoted to Chesterton. Does this book have anything to do with Chesterton? What exactly is Catholic Social Teaching and why are so few Catholics familiar with it? How does Localism put Catholic Social Teaching into practice? Purchase the book at https://sophiainstitute.com/product/localism

During this week's "Sacred Music" segment, John Vitz from Angelus Music joins Morning Light to talk about Mother's Day.

Gina Schmidt returns to Morning Light with our Faith Community Nursing segment. The month of May is dedicated to skin cancer awareness. What is skin cancer and what are the most common or most dangerous types? What are the risk factors? How can we detect then how is it treated?  Is there actually a patron saint for skin cancer or skin diseases? Tune in and find out!

"The Catholic Attic" is a monthly segment where Morning Light blows the dust off of the trinkets and treasures of our Faith, along with the help of Fr. Justin Brady - Pastor of St. Paul's parish in Nampa. Today, we talk about the word "encounter" and all that can mean to the Christian experience.

Morning Light congratulates Liana Green - the latest winner of Salt & Light Radio's Blessed Carlo Acutis Distinguished Graduate award for contributions to the community. Liana talks about some of the service projects she's participated in over the past four years and shares her future plans after graduation.

"Man Cave" is a weekly segment of Morning Light hosted by Pat King and David Fortin. Today, the topic is "unintended consequences."

Faith & Feasts is a weekly segment of Morning Light hosted by Teresa Zepeda. She kicks off a month-long series about the upcoming National Eucharistic Pilgrimage coming through southern Idaho at the end of this month. Today, focusing on the events taking place May 27th & 28th in Ontario, Fruitland, Emmett and Boise.

"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 to share thoughts on the topic of "Loyalty"  as found in the book "Building Character" by David Isaacs.

Morning Light congratulates Ben Brown - winner of Salt & Light Radio's Blessed Carlo Acutis Distinguished Graduate award for contributions to the community. Ben talks about some of the service projects he's led and participated in over the past four years and shares his plans for the future after graduation.

"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 SE Boise. Today, while Brian & Hope enjoy some delicious barley with apples, figs and cinnamon...Chef Lou reads from the Book of Deuteronomy 8:8, highlighting the seven species: wheat, barley, grape, fig, pomegranates, olive (oil), and date (date honey). Only the first fruits were acceptable offerings in the Temple.

Josh Andrus & John Keenan from the Idaho Lay Dominicans join Morning Light to launch a new series on the Letter to the Galatians.

Eric Meyer returns to Morning Light talking today about incense. Sometimes a controversial topic in parishes across the country, Eric shares his research on the subject which changed his view on its use.

During this month of May, which is devoted to the Blessed Mother. Morning Light presents Mother Mary Paul & Sister Mary Agnes from the Sisters of Divine Grace talking more about Our Lady.

Morning Light welcomes back our Passionately Pro-Life advocate, Emily Naugle, who discusses the new pro-life legislation in the state of Florida and does some myth-busting on what people are saying against it.

Christian Welp from the Diocese of Boise joins Morning Light to raise awareness of a future ballot initiative in the works that could try and undo Idaho's Trigger Law.

From the Idaho Knights of Columbus, Morning Light talks with David Ellingsen, Council #1416 (St. Edward's) sharing his journey of faith and how the Knights played a part in that. The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage is coming up May 27 and Dave shares details about some of the events surrounding this unique opportunity.

Ralph May, Executive Director from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of SW Idaho, joins Morning Light with an extensive report because April was an exciting month! Ralph talks about Re-Entry Services, the fence project at the Overland Food Bank, and the record amount of people who were helped at the Food Bank last month. Finally, an update on the Subaru Raffle and Summerfest - get tickets for this great event at www.svdpid.org/summerfest 

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. [CCC #1643]

Ken Jercha from Holy Apostles was unavailable for Morning Light today, so we offer this BEST OF segment taken from May 4, 2023.

"Vocations Focus" is a segment of Morning Light heard the first and third Thursday of each month. Today, Jim & Mary Ellen Nourse interview John Flanagan, Executive Director of Laboure' Society. What does this group have to do with vocations? Tune in and find out! Learn more at their website: https://rescuevocations.org 

Morning Light talks with Melea Ulery from the Diocese of Boise to talk about the upcoming National Eucharistic Pilgrimage. Elisa Larson is coordinating events for St. John’s and talks about what is being planned for the Cathedral.

Man Cave is a weekly segment of Morning Light hosted by Pat King & David Fortin. Today, part 3 of their look at the famous speech - "The Man in the Arena."

Faith & Feasts is a weekly segment of Morning Light hosted by Teresa Zepeda. First off today, we take a look at the first week of May. Then, Plenary Indulgence Alert!  This is in regards to the upcoming National Eucharistic Pilgrimage. Teresa also continues her look at Saints and their love for the Eucharist - this morning, St. Francis Xavier Cabrini.