The Essentials of the Catholic Faith Are Found in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Mary Wax is our guide on an exploration to grow in knowledge, wisdom, and faith as Morning Light presents "Why Catholics Do That." Today’s topic discusses Holy Days of Obligation.  What is the difference between Holy Days of Obligation and holy days?  Which ones do we celebrate in the Diocese of Boise?  How can we make them more exciting rather than drudgery?  Why do we have to attend?

Monday mornings during the month of December, Sister Beverly from Marymount Hermitage will join Morning Light, providing us a teaching series on prayer.  Today is part one - besides serving as an introduction, we are encouraged to ask the questions - who is God? And, who am I?  To learn more about the ministry work of Sister Beverly, please visit the website: www.Marymount-Hermitage.org 

Morning Light welcomes back our Passionately Pro-Life advocate, Emily Naugle. Are YOU a Pro-Life Pro?  Find out by taking Emily's quiz this morning!  Brian & Hope barely managed getting half the answers right - can you do better?

During this "Best of" Morning Light for Thanksgiving, Cathryn Gardner - Music Minister from Our Lady of the Rosary parish in S.E. Boise - talks about music for the Advent season.

O Come O Come Emmanuel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i81NxBOjPt0

Jesus Christ the Apple Tree - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCRgNYyVuj4

Wauchet Auf - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuXeTa1jlss 

Lo How a Rose - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB1eagIUxx4

Man Cave is a weekly segment of Morning Light hosted by Pat King, discussing the topics that affect Catholic men in today's culture. With a new liturgical year approaching, Pat challenges Catholic men to act differently and grow spiritually in 2025.

Teresa Zepeda joins Morning Light to talk about the Saints & Feast Days for the upcoming week. Also, during the month of November, we’ve talked about preparing for the season of Advent…with Advent about to begin, what do we do during the Advent season?! (and it’s not celebrating the Christmas season!)

"Catholic Counseling" is a weekly segment of Morning Light where we've assembled a panel of experts to help Catholics maintain good mental health. With the Thanksgiving holiday quickly approaching, Amy Ives from Communal Change, LLC offers some tips on how to avoid holiday stress.

Eddie Trask - Executive Director of Catholic Charities of Idaho - joins Morning Light once again to continue his series on Catholic Social Teaching. Today, part 4 focuses on the topic - "Do We Put the Needs of the Weakest First?"

Mike Turner & April Ross represent the Idaho Lay Dominicans today on Morning Light. As they continue their series on "The 7 Principles Essential to Protestantism," today focuses on "the rule of Faith is Scripture alone."

The Essentials of the Catholic Faith Are Found in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Mary Wax is our guide on an exploration to grow in knowledge, wisdom, and faith during a weekly segment called 'Why Catholics Do That." Today on Morning Light, we discuss “Advent.” What is the season of Advent about? How do you explain the Advent Wreath? What should Catholics do during Advent? Can Santa and Christianity meet during this season? The more you listen...the more you learn!

Monday mornings all of this month, Morning Light has presented a series entitled “The Three Passovers.” Today, Fr. Caleb Vogel concludes the series based on the Gospel of John.

Kris Foster, Director of Liturgical Music at St. Mark’s parish, joins Morning Light today to talk about the Presentation of Mary (today) and St. Cecilia (tomorrow). Kris then shares a beautiful piece of music from the St. Mark's Schola singing “Salve Regina.” 

Cari Moodie, Faith Community Nursing Coordinator with St. Alphonsus Health System, joins Morning Light today to continue our conversation as we observe Diabetes Awareness Month. November is also National Caregiver Month along with Alzheimer’s & Dementia Awareness Month. What resources are available for those affected by these diseases? Cari ends with a prayer courtesy of Saint John the Evangelist, patron saint of caregivers.

Morning Light presents "The Catholic Attic" - our monthly meeting with Fr. Justin Brady, pastor of St. Paul's parish in Nampa. This month, Fr. Brady shares his thoughts on how we can pray better through the upcoming Advent season.

Pat King's Man Cave is a weekly segment of Morning Light discussing the issues that face Catholic men in today's society.  As the seasons change and the Church is about to start a new liturgical year, Pat shares his years of landscaping experience in making an analogy of nature and the seasons in our faith life.

"Faith & Feasts" is a weekly segment of Morning Light, hosted by Teresa Zepeda, talking about the Saints & Feast Days for the upcoming week…then, she continues sharing some gift ideas for the holidays.

Letters From the Saints:  www.lettersfromthesaints.com 

Find the Saint:  www.findthesaint.com   

Catholic Family Crate:  www.catholicfamilycrate.com 

Living the Seasons:  www.avemariapress.com/products/living-the-seasons 

Studio Senn:  www.studiosenn.com 

"Catholic Counseling" is a weekly segment of Morning Light where we've assembled a panel of experts to help Catholics maintain good mental health. Jarrod Crump from Spero Mental Health & Healing joins us today to discuss the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders).

Eddie Trask - Executive Director of Catholic Charities of Idaho - joins Morning Light to continue this 7-part series on Catholic Social Teaching. Today, "Rights & Responsibilities."

Josh Andrus & John Keenan from the Idaho Lay Dominicans join Morning Light to continue their series on The Seven Principles Essential to Protestantism…today, Universal Priesthood of Believers.

The Essentials of the Catholic Faith Are Found in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Mary Wax is our guide on an exploration to grow in knowledge, wisdom, and faith as Morning Light presents "Why Catholics Do That." Today’s topic - “How to Bring Children to Mass”  At what age can we expect children to attend mass? Mary shares some do's and don’ts of bringing children to Mass. What do we do if our children can’t settle down during mass? How can other parishioners help? If you struggle with this topic, tune in and get some tools to help your family.

Monday mornings this month, Morning Light presents our series with Fr. Caleb Vogel on “The Three Passovers.” Today, we tackle the Bread of Life discourse from the Gospel of John.

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

John Vitz from Angelus Music could not be with us today so Morning Light takes this BEST OF from Sept. 12th of this year…enjoy some music from the “The Cure’ of Ars” CD and John's special  9/11 tribute.

Jay Wonacott, Director of Marriage, Family & Life for the Diocese of Boise, visits Morning Light with an update on upcoming events and shares a new resource for your family.

Pat King's Man Cave is part of Morning Light covering the issues that affect Catholic men in today's culture.

Teresa Zepeda returns to Morning Light for another informative episode of "Faith & Feasts."

From Cornerstone Psychological Associates in Boise, Morning Light welcomes back Dr. Kathy Edwards,  discussing how important it is to "feel your feels." Yes, we absolutely should give it to God, but it's important that we think about it first so that we are engaging in healthy processing. Let's talk about what that looks like in the real world.

1 Peter 5:7. “Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.”   

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” – John 14:27

“The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” – Psalm 34:18

Philippians 4:6-7 “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.”

Eddie Trask - Executive Director of Catholic Charities of Idaho - joins Morning Light once again to continue this series on Catholic Social Teaching.

Morning Light welcomes back Pam Jaszkowiak & Mike Turner from the Idaho Lay Dominicans  to continue their series on The Seven Principles Essential to Protestantism…today, regarding the Church solely being an invisible society.

Today on "Why Catholics Do That," Mary Wax joins Morning Light to talk about the church linens.  What are the specific linens called and why are they used? How are church linens cleaned? And, what is done with them when they are worn out? Tune in and learn more!

Fr. Caleb Vogel, Vicar General for the Diocese of Boise, continues his series entitled "The Three Passovers" during the month of November on Morning Light.

Kathy Cannon joins Morning Light today to discuss the difficult topic of the death penalty. What does the Catechism say about this? Check out paragraph #2267. For more information, visit the website: https://idahoansagainstthedeathpenalty.org   

Blessed & Beautiful is a newer segment of Morning Light designed for Catholic women. Today, Diann Scheetz rounds out our topic of "forming opinions." How do outside forces (work, friends, social media) shape our opinions on important topics, rather than our relationship with Christ?

Ken Jercha provides our "Sacred Music" segment today on Morning Light. With the recent elections, and with Veterans Day approaching, Ken sings his version of the classic "God Bless the USA" and talks about a recent event at Holy Apostles parish dedicated to those who've served.

Morning Light welcomes back Gina Schmidt for our Faith Community Nursing segment, talking today about stress. How does stress affect the body? Are there ways we can manage stress?  Is there actually a Patron Saint of stress?! Tune in to learn more...

Man Cave is a weekly segment of Morning Light hosted by Pat King tackling the issues that affect Catholic men in today's culture.  Today, Pat talks about how men can give there kids more long-lasting experiences rather than toys or other temporary things.

Faith & Feasts is a weekly segment of Morning Light hosted by Teresa Zepeda. After going over the saints and feasts days coming up in the next seven days, Teresa shares tips on how to begin preparing for the season of Advent.

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, Dr. Joe Lipetzky from Cornerstone Psychological Associates in Boise talks about "audacity" as we continue through the book "Building Character" by Dr. David Isaacs.

Filling in for Chef Lou over the next 7 weeks, Eddie Trask - Executive Director of Catholic Charities of Idaho - will join Morning Light to talk about Catholic Social Teaching.

Morning Light welcomes back the Idaho Lay Dominicans. Today, Josh Andrus and Alanna Burg continue their series on The Seven Principles Essential to Protestantism…today, regarding the nature of "Sola Fide" - man saved by faith alone.

"Why Catholics Do That" is a weekly segment of Morning Light where Mary Wax walks us through the essentials of the Catholic Faith found in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Grow in knowledge, wisdom, and faith with today’s topic - “Dressing for Jesus.” How should we dress for Mass to show Jesus proper respect? Tune in and find out... 

Monday mornings this month, Morning Light presents a new series from Fr. Caleb Vogel - “The Three Passovers,” examining Christ's ministry as found in the Gospel of John. Today, to set up the series, we study the story of the wedding in Cana.

On the eve of Election Day, Emily Naugle joins Morning Light for our weekly Passionately Pro-Life segment. Emily shares her thoughts on how Catholics can be properly formed before heading to the polls.

Morning Light presents an encore of the very FIRST episode of "The Catholic Attic" from October 2021 as Fr. Justin Brady talks more about All Saints Day!

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

Mareesa Rule, Development Director from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of SW Idaho, joins Morning Light with updates:

Thanksgiving Food Box

   - Cover the cost of a Thanksgiving Food Box for just $80

   - Donate a Food Box (look for empty boxes soon)

- Christmas Toy Store (NEED VOLUNTEERS!)

   - Registration to Shop Opens Nov. 4th 

- Cookies for Corrections

   - Cookie Donations can be dropped off at all St. Vincent de Paul Southwest Idaho Thrift Stores

Fr. Greg Vance, Chaplain of Bishop Kelly High School and one of the exorcists for the Diocese of Boise, offered his thoughts on Halloween - this is an encore presentation of his interview last year during Morning Light.

Morning Light welcomes back Jay Wonacott, Director of Marriage & Family Life for the Diocese of Boise.

Morning Light presents Pat King's Man Cave, discussing the issues that affect Catholic men in today's culture. Pat continues his series on the Book of Job...

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, David Lach from Catholic Charities of Idaho to discuss how to live out our values and how that relates to mental health.

Chef Lou could not be with us today so Morning Light presents the Best of "Cooking With Scripture." This episode is from October 20, 2020 talking about "ranginak" or date cake.

Morning Light welcomes back Alanna Burg & Pam Jaszkowiak from the Idaho Lay Dominicans - here today to continue a series called "The Seven Principles Essential to Protestantism." This morning they discuss #2 regarding the nature of grace.

Morning Light presents another learning opportunity with this episode of Why Catholics Do That. Today, Mary Wax talks about the Crucifix - how does it differ from a plain cross, where can we hang them and why is there a large one in our parish?

Today, Morning Light concludes our Monday morning series for the month of October. With Election Day coming up, Fr. Tim Segert - Parochial Vicar of St. John's Cathedral - wraps up his talk on religious freedom.

This week, on our Passionately Pro-Life segment, Morning Light welcomes Gaby Boyland to share details on an upcoming fertility event for mothers & daughters. This will take place at St. Mark's in Boise on November 10 and again December 1 - both at 12 noon.

Blessed & Beautiful is a weekly segment of Morning Light aimed at Catholic women of all ages. Today, Rita Franklin joins Hope to discuss this month's topic - "Forming Opinions."

For this week's Sacred Music segment, Morning Light welcomes back Cathryn Gardner, Music Director for Our Lady of the Rosary parish in S.E. Boise.  After a surprising number of funerals at OLR this fall, and the fact that All Souls Day is next week, we share four selections of music often used in these difficult times.

Morning Light welcomes back Cari Moodie from St. Alphonsus Health System to our Faith Community Nursing segment. November is Diabetes Awareness Month so Cari joins us today to share information about the different types diabetes, symptoms to watch out for, how to prevent it and ways to manage it if you get it.

Morning Light presents Pat King's Man Cave, discussing the issues that affect Catholic men in today's culture. Pat continues his series on the Book of Job...

Faith & Feasts is a weekly segment of Morning Light hosted by Teresa Zepeda, sharing tips on how to turn ordinary situations into supernatural opportunities!

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, we welcome back Amy Ives from Communal Change LLC talking about a change of season and the upcoming election - how can we cool off mentally?

"Cooking With Scripture" is heard weekly during Morning Light hosted by Chef Lou Aaron, owner of Westside Drive-In and a Deacon at Our Lady of the Rosary in S.E. Boise. Chef could not be with us this morning so we present this Best of segment from Oct. 10, 2023 talking about Grapes. 

Morning Light welcomes back the Idaho Lay Dominicans - today, John Keenan & Josh Andrus kick-off a new series: The Seven Principles Essential to Protestantism. To begin, the first principle is regarding the nature of man and the idea that man is totally corrupt.

The Essentials of the Catholic Faith Are Found in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Mary Wax is our guide on an exploration to grow in knowledge, wisdom, and faith as Morning Light presents Why Catholics Do That. Today’s topic - “Why No Gum in Church?”

Monday mornings this month, Morning Light presents a new series on Religious Freedom, taught by Fr. Tim Segert - Parochial Vicar of St. John’s Cathedral in Boise.

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

Mareesa Rule, Development Director from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of SW Idaho, stops by Morning Light with a long list of updates of all the great work being done: the NEW Thrift Store location on State Street and Donation Hours across the SVdP Thrift Store System, Thanksgiving Food Box program, the Christmas Toy Store and finally, Cookies for Correction.

Morning Light welcomes back Kris Foster from St. Mark’s Catholic Community, talking about All Saints and All Souls.  She also shares music from a litany on All Souls that remembers all those who have died in the parish from Nov. 2nd of last year up to Nov. 2nd of the current year.

Morning Light welcomes back Jay Wonacott, Director of Marriage & Family Life for the Diocese of Boise, with updates on upcoming events sponsored by his office.

The Catholic Attic is heard montly during Morning Light as we talk with Fr. Justin Brady, pastor of St. John's parish in Nampa, about a variety of different topics. Today, how should Catholics prepare for Election Day and why should people support Catholic Radio? (It is Day 2 of the Fall Pledge Drive after all.)

Morning Light presents Pat King's Man Cave - today, Pat talks about the importance of using Catholic Radio to spread encouragement to Catholic men in today's culture.

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 from Spero Mental Health talks about dealing with addictive habits.

Chef Lou Aaron could not be with us today during Morning Light so we present this Best of segment from Oct. 18, 2022 talking about Raisin Cakes.

Morning Light welcomes Alanna Burg & Josh Andrus from the Idaho Lay Dominicans to continue their series on 1 Thessalonians - today, Chapter 5.

The Essentials of the Catholic Faith Are Found in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Mary Wax is our guide on an exploration to grow in knowledge, wisdom, and faith in a segment called "Why Catholics Do That" heard Mondays on Morning Light. Today’s topic - “The Liturgical Cycle” where Mary recaps the liturgical colors, teaches us how the Church counts the days on the liturgical calendar, and discusses the 3-year cycle of readings.

Monday mornings this month, Morning Light presents a new series on Religious Freedom, taught by Fr. Tim Segert - Parochial Vicar of St. John’s Cathedral in Boise.

Senior Knight at Nick Ysursa Field

Bishop Kelly Knights - 21

Vallivue Falcons - 14

"Blessed & Beautiful" is a new weekly segment of Morning Light aimed at Catholc women. Today, Rachel Gehring joins us to discuss this month’s topic “Forming Opinions.”

Today, during our Sacred Music segment, John Vitz returns to Morning Light to share another scene from his musical "The Cure' of Ars" about St. John Vianney. Also, as we prepare to celebrate Our Lady of Fatima, we play The Memorare available at his website:  www.AngelusMusic.com

Gina Schmidt returns to Morning Light during our Faith Community Nursing segment. October is National Physical Therapist Month so we talk about the education that goes into becoming a PT doctor, types of therapy and even a Patron Saint to share (you may have never heard of her!)

Morning Light presents Pat King's Man Cave, discussing the issues that affect Catholic men in today's culture.

"Faith & Feasts" is a weekly segment of Morning Light hosted by Teresa Zepeda. Today, not only does she look ahead at the saints and feast days we'll be celebrating over the next week - she also opens up the National Eucharistic Revival Playbook to reveal another pillar we should be working on over this next year.

Catholic Counseling is a weekly segment of Morning Light. Today, from Cornerstone Psychological Associates in Boise, we welcome back Dr. Kathy Edwards talking about how to properly disagree with others.

Morning Light presents "Cooking With Scripture."  Chef Lou Aaron could not be with us today so we off this "Best of" segment is from October 12, 2021 talking about Rhubarb.

Morning Light welcomes back the Idaho Lay Dominicans - today, John Keenan & Mike Turner continue their series on 1 Thessalonians.

Mary Wax is our guide on an exploration to grow in knowledge, wisdom, and faith as Morning Light presents another edition of "Why Catholics Do That." Today’s topic is Bishops, Priests, and Deacons and talks about what these different people do within the Church.

Morning Light presents our Monday morning series for the month of October - Fr. Tim Segert, Parochial Vicar from St. John's Cathedral, will join us to discuss the concept of Religious Freedom.

Morning Light welcomes back Passionately Pro-Life advocate Emily Naugle to talk about October being Respect Life Month. What are some ways to observe this month? Pray - Advocate - Serve - Educate. Go to www.RespectLife.org for a Novena Oct 22 - Oct 30th. Also, St. Mark's Respect Life will be doing a soup supper and patriotic rosary on St. Jude's feast day Monday, Oct 28th. Finally, Dr. Christina Francis will be the keynote for the 2025 Boise March for Life on January 25th. Here is an article about her pro-life efforts:  https://catholicvote.org/pro-life-ob-gyn-kamala-harris-dangerous-lies-are-killing-women 

Diann Scheetz joins Morning Light to discuss “Screen Time” as we continue our weekly segment "Blessed & Beautiful" for Catholic women. Blessed Carlo Acutis taught us how to properly use the internet as a tool to strengthen our faith life. How do we protect the young people in our lives from the dangers of being online too much?

Morning Light welcomes back Dcn. Scott Pearhill, Editor of the Idaho Catholic Register, here to walk us through the latest issue hot off the press! The Diocese of Boise breaks ground on the new Chancery building...Bishop Kelly High School celebrates it's 60th Anniversary...where in the world is Fr. Joe McDonald...and much, much more in this latest edition of the ICR!

Morning Light welcomes back Ken Jercha for our weekly Sacred Music segment. Ken is now leading the music ministry at Our Lady of the Valley in Caldwell. Today, he shares some of his experiences on the music and leadership tools available in a changing technology age.

Through the Fire is a production of Spirit of Truth Radio Arts featuring David Fortin and Dcn. Don Prendergast. The show gives men the tools to build the domestic church and spiritual weapons to defend it. Check out long-form episodes at: www.castingthe.net   

Faith & Feasts is a weekly segment of Morning Light hosted by Teresa Zepeda.

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, Dr. Joe Lipetzky from Cornerstone Psychological Associates discusses the topic of prudence.

"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 S.E. Boise. Today is the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) - while Chef Lou describes that, our co-hosts enjoy a feast of apples & honey, chicken, potatoes and leeks. YUM!

Morning Light welcomes April Ross from Spokane and Pam Jaszkowiak from the Idaho Lay Dominicans as they talk about the importance of prayer and silent retreats. Learn more about an upcoming Ignatian Retreat Oct. 31 through Nov. 3 in Spokane by visiting www.ihrc.net 

The Essentials of the Catholic Faith Are Found in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Mary Wax is our guide on an exploration to grow in knowledge, wisdom, and faith on Morning Light's new segment "Why Catholics Do That." Today’s topic - “Stations of the Cross.” 

Salt & Light Catholic Radio now presents “He Gave Us So Much - A Tribute to Benedict the 16th” as Sister Beverly from Marymount Hermitage reads Chapter 2 of this book written by Robert Cardinal Sarah…reflecting on what Benedict’s pontificate gave to the Catholic Church!  To learn more about the ministry work of Sister Beverly, please visit the website: www.Marymount-Hermitage.org 

"Blessed & Beautiful" is a new segment of Morning Light aimed at Catholic women. Today, Taryn Kammeraad joins us to discuss “School & Screen Time.” Now that school has been back in session, what are some challenges parents face?

Cathryn Gardner from Our Lady of the Rosary joins Morning Light for our "Sacred Music" segment. Today's topic is Marian hymns & compositions in honor of the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary approaching on October 7th. 

Ave Maria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyGlFisv7Ng 

Sabat Mater: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIpbgr9aUEo

O Sanctissima: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4wCWFv3Ql0 

Sing of Mary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJCfO2-mchA