The Catholic Attic is a monthly segment of Morning Light with Fr. Justin Brady, pastor of St. Paul's parish in Nampa. In this episode, Father continues his series on the Cardinal Virtues.

Man Cave is a weekly segment of Morning Light hosted by Pat King. Today, Pat makes the analogy of baseball's Spring Training a lot like the spiritual training we should be going through during Lent to prepare ourselve for the Easter celebration.

Morning Light catches up with Keith Pettyjohn, Board President of Salt & Light Radio, to officially kick off the 2025 Spring Pledge Drive with the theme - "The Work of Our Hands."

From Cornerstone Psychological Associates in Boise, Morning Light welcomes back Dr. Kathy Edwards to talk about "Empathy" during this edition of Catholic Counseling.

Cooking With Scripture is a weekly segment heard on Morning Light hosted by Chef Lou Aaron, owner of the Westside Drive-In and a Deacon at Our Lady of the Rosary parish in S.E. Boise. Today, while Brian & Hope enjoy a delicious Reuben sandwich, Chef gives us a lesson from the Old Testament.

Alanna Burg & John Keenan from the Idaho Lay Dominicans join Morning Light today to discuss “Fortitude”

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 our weekly "Why Catholics Do That" segment on Morning Light.  Today’s topic - “Can We Earn Heaven?”

Morning Light welcomes back Fr. Caleb Vogel, Vicar General for the Diocese of Boise, to continue his series for the month of March on the Jubilee Year of Hope 2025.

Blessed & Beautiful is a weekly segment of Morning Light aimed at Catholic women. Today, we're joined by Rita Franklin to share her thoughts on “Marriage.” 

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

Beth Bishop, Development Director from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of SW Idaho, joins Morning Light today with exciting news about the upcoming Subaru raffle - this year, FIVE cars will be raffled off to raise money for all the great work being done in our communities.

Providing our weekly "Sacred Music" segment today, Morning Light welcomes Ken Jercha who brought his guitar and performs several beautiful songs for Lent.

Today on Pat King's Man Cave - more about the COR program through the Knights of Columbus.

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, from Cornerstone Psychological Associates in Boise, we welcome back Dr. Joe Lipetzky to talk about Friendship.

"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. Chef could not be with us this morning so we bring you this Best of segment from Feb. 25, 2020 talking about Mardi Gras!

Morning Light welcomes back April Ross & Pam Jaszkowiak from the Idaho Lay Dominicans to discuss the topic of "Justice."

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. With Ash Wednesday approaching, Mary joins Morning Light today to discuss the topic of Lent 

During the month of March, our Monday morning series will focus on the Jubilee Year of Hope. To help us understand this opportunity better, Morning Light has invited Fr. Caleb Vogel, Vicar General for the Diocese of Boise.

Cathryn Gardner from Our Lady of the Rosary parish joins Morning Light to provide our weekly "Sacred Music" segment. In honor of the start of Lent on Wednesday, she shares some "classical" pieces composed for Lent:

Lamentations (Robert White) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcrdVlF7MMY

7 Last Words of Christ (Haydn) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNa7AUPXZtw 

Symphony of Psalms (Stravinsky) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxY0Q4yVwAs 

Gabe Ryan talks once again with Fr. Caleb Vogel as Morning Light continues our "Catholic Kids Questions" segment…’cuz Catholic Kids want to know! Submit your kids’ questions on our website under the Contact Us tab at https://saltandlightradio.com/catholic-kids-questions 

Man Cave is a weekly segment of Morning Light hosted by Pat King, talking about the issues that Catholic men face in today's society.  

Faith & Feasts is a weekly segment of Morning Light hosted by Teresa Zepeda. Today, she takes a look at the saints and feast days we get to celebrate over the next seven days. Lent is only a week away, so Teresa gives us some resources to use to improve this important season of our faith journey.

Morning Light presents a "best of" Catholic Counseling as we pluck this audio nugget from Feb. 20 of last year when Matt Peck talked about "false gods."

"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 S.E. Boise. Today, Chef shares a story or two about heritage and knowing where we came from.

Josh Andrus & Mike Turner from the Idaho Lay Dominicans join Morning Light today to discuss “Prudence”

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 continues our weekly segment - Why Catholics Do That with today’s topic - “Purgatory” 

Philip A. Janquart, Assistant Editor of the Idaho Catholic Register, joins Morning Light today to walk us through the latest issue hot off the press.  This edition is dedicated to the 2025 Idaho Catholic Appeal.

This week, during our "Sacred Music" segment of Morning Light, Kris Foster from St. Mark's in Boise reminds us that it's almost time for our Lenten journey. What will be happening in our parishes and during Mass during Lent that sets it apart from Ordinary Time? She also shares a beautiful song off of her Humbled CD entitled "I Heard the Voice of Jesus."

Jay Wonacott, Director of Marriage & Family Life for the Diocese of Boise, joins Morning Light once again with some updates on upcoming events and then he continues his series on the Jubilee Year of Hope.

Fr. Justin Brady, pastor of St. Paul’s parish in Nampa, joins Morning Light for this month's edition of The Catholic Attic as he launches a new series on the 4 Cardinal Virtues as we talk more about “Prudence.”

Pat King's Man Cave is a weekly segment of Morning Light. Today, Pat takes us back to the Garden of Eden and shares ideas on how a community garden could help you get to know your neighbors a little better.

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. Do you have a moody teen or a young adult that seems to be down? Jarrod Crump with Meridian Advanced Psychiatry and SPERO Mental Health & Healing shares ways to tell what is natural and what needs to be addressed with a trained professional.

"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, Chef discusses fish in the Bible while our co-hosts enjoy some delicious steelhead on their plates!

Morning Light welcomes back Pam Jaszkowiak & John Keenan from the Idaho Lay Dominicans to discuss Charity.

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 continues our series - Why Catholics Do That.  Today’s topic - “The GIRM.”  What is it and who can use it? 

Scott Naugle, Idaho Knights of Columbus prolife chair, joins Morning Light this Presidents Day to discuss the things President Trump has already done to uphold prolife values.

"Blessed & Beautiful" is a weekly segment of Morning Light aimed at Catholic women. Today is St. Valentine's Day so Diann Scheetz joins us with her thoughts on this month’s topic - “Marriage.” 

Morning Light welcomes John Vitz from Angelus Music back to the show to provide this week's "Sacred Music" segment. With Valentine's Day tomorrow, John shares a love story from his musical "The Cure' of Ars." Check out his music (with videos) at www.AngelusMusic.com 

Gina Schmidt returns to Morning Light with our Faith Community Nursing segment. February is American Heart Month so the focus for this segment will be on Womens Heart Health, including statistics, risk factors, key differences in Heart Disease for women, diagnosis/treatment and even a Patron Saint to share!

Man Cave is a weekly segment of Morning Light hosted by Pat King. Today's theme - "Keep Your Eye on the Ball."

"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. Kathy Edwards from Cornerstone Psychological Associates in Boise talks about how Spring is a time for renewal. What is a healthy approach to our Lenten journey? How should we focus on sacrifice and self-improvement? Tune in and learn more!

"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. Boisse. Chef could not be with us this morning so we pulled this "Best of" segment from Feb. 7, 2023 talking about SALT!

Morning Light welcomes back John Keenan & Alanna Burg from the Idaho Lay Dominicans, discussing the theological virtue of hope. Learn more at www.DominicanIdaho.org 

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 the next edition of Why Catholics Do That...with today’s topic on “Cremation.” 

Morning Light welcomes back our Passionately Pro-Life advocate, Emily Naugle, with a recap of the Boise March for Life and a preview of the Oregon Right to Life’s prolife conference coming up on Saturday, March 1st in Tualatin, OR. Learn more at https://www.ortl.org/conference 

Morning Light welcomes back Dcn. Scott Pearhill, Editor of the Idaho Catholic Register, to walk us through the latest issue hot off the press! This issue looks back at Catholic Schools Week and the activities surrounding the Boise March for Life. Also, news about a new podcast series! Get more details at their brand-new website - www.idahocatholicregister.org 

During this week's Sacred Music segment, Morning Light welcomes back Ken Jercha to discuss the sin of despair versus turning to Jesus in our times of need. We also share a powerful song from Ray Boltz called "The Anchor Holds."

Pat King's Man Cave is a weekly segment of Morning Light - today, talking about the Little Black Book in time for Lent...the recent Idaho Catholic Men's Conference...and being invited to a podcast with the Idaho Catholic Register.

Faith & Feasts is a weekly segment of Morning Light hosted by Teresa Zepeda. Today, she highlights some local news regarding this Jubilee Year of Hope. Then, highlighting the saints and feast days over the next seven days.

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 Dr. Joe Lipetzky from Cornerstone Psychological Associates in Boise, talking about teaching kids to be more social.

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 S.E. Boise. Today, we learn more about the mustard seed parable and how the Book of Malachi has many of the same references found in the Book of Revelation.

Mike Turner and April Ross from the Idaho Lay Dominicans join Morning Light today to share more about formation as a Dominican.

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 our weekly segment called Why Catholics Do That. Today on Morning Light, her topic is  “Relics.” What is a relic? Do they possess "magical" properties? What can be considered a relic? The more you listen, the more you learn! 

During our weekly "Passionately Pro-Life" segment, Jacqueline Wakefield joins Morning Light on the topic: What the media, and those attacking Idaho's abortion law, fail to tell you. After sharing Idaho's abortion challenges and statistics, she does some myth busting because pro-abortion advocates claim that changes are needed because: Idaho's abortion law is causing a physician desert, doctors are confused and fear prosecution, Idaho's abortion law is hurting women and causing hospitals to close.

Gina Schmidt returns to Morning Light with our Faith Community Nursing segment, continuing her teaching on the thyroid.

During this National Catholic Schools Week, all of the Catholic Schools across the Treasure Valley filed into St. Mark's in Boise for a special celebration with Bishop Peter Christensen.

Pat King's Man Cave is a weekly segment of Morning Light. Today, Pat talks about the phrase "long-suffering" and what that means to him.

Morning Light presents another episode of Faith & Feasts with Teresa Zepeda. Today, she reminds listeners that the upcoming month of February is dedicated to the Holy Family and the Pope's intentions will be focused on vocations. Then, learn what makes up the "triduum of fire" as we are halfway between winter and spring.

Speaking about the upcoming Salt & Light Radio pilgrimage to Italy in late-April, Deacon/Chef Lou Aaron and Keith Pettyjohn join Morning Light to talk more about some of the places our 65 pilgrims will get to visit on this Jubilee journey.

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 S.E. Boise. Today, Chef talks about the Old Testament and shares the seven foods of the promised land.

Morning Light welcomes back the Idaho Lay Dominicans. Today, on his feast day, Alanna Burg & Pam Jaszkowiak talk about the importance of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church.

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 another episode of "Why Catholics Do That." Today’s topic - “Back Rooms of a Church.”

Audio from the 2025 Mass for Life with Bishop Peter Christensen as Celebrant from the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Boise.

Rachel Gehring joins Morning Light for today's "Blessed & Beautiful" segment aimed at Catholic women. The theme for the month of January has been “Resolutions for 2025 & a Relationship with Jesus” and Rachel shares her story of personal relationship with Jesus as a cradle Catholic. Plus, she shares advice on how to  get to that personal relationship and what might block it from happening.

Morning Light welcomes BOTH the Editor of the Idaho Catholic Register (Dcn. Scott Pearhill) and the Assistant Editor (Philip A. Janquart) to help walk us through the latest issue hot off the press. This issue contains some great stories and lots of colorful photos from the recent SEEK Conference in Salt Lake City.

Morning Light offers a variety of things during our Sacred Music segment today. First, the official theme of the 2025 Jubliee Year called "Pilgrims of Hope."

https://www.iubilaeum2025.va/en/giubileo-2025/inno-giubileo-2025.html 

Next, a song from their new Christmas album called "We Saw His Star Rising" by The Vigil Project (who we will interview next week)  Finally, Hope's son has a gift of creating unique music - listen to one his most recent creations entitled "When All Ends" - it is EPIC!

Jay Wonacott, Director of Marriage & Family Life for the Diocese of Boise, joins Morning Light today to talk more about the Jubilee Year.

Man Cave is a weekly segment of Morning Light hosted by Pat King, covering the issues that affect Catholic men in today's culture. Today, Pat talks more about putting faith into action - whether that's filling those six clay jars at the wedding in Cana...or jumping on a bus in Caldwell in order to participate in this Saturday's Boise March for Life.

Faith & Feasts is a weekly segment of Morning Light hosted by Teresa Zepeda, highlighting the saints and feast days coming up this week as well as talking more about this Jubilee Year of Hope in the Catholic Church.

"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 visit with Jarrod Crump from SPERO Mental Health & Healing about discerning between spiritual struggles and mental health struggles.

"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, we dive deep into the wedding feast in Cana that we heard at Mass over the weekend. We also dive into a delicious feast of goodies from Chef (well, from his wife too!)

Morning Light welcomes back Josh Andrus & John Keenan from the Idaho Lay Dominicans to talk more about Dominican spirituality...today, talking about "to praise, to bless and to preach."

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 another edition of "Why Catholics Do That." Today’s topic - “How a Catholic Church is Built.” Who decides where a church is built and how is it paid for? Are there options for the building itself and which furnishings are essential?  Tune in and learn more! 

Morning Light presents our weekly "Sacred Music" segment. Today, Kris Foster from St. Mark’s Catholic Community, talking about the impact music has on our brains . She also shares an instrumental piece from her Blest CD called "In the Stillness" 

Gina Schmidt joins Morning Light for our Faith Community Nursing segment. Today, part 1 of our discussion on the thyroid - such an important gland but it can go wacky in a variety of ways. What is the thyroid? Where is it located? What does it do? How do we care for our thyroid? And, is there a patron saint for thyroid issues? 

"The Catholic Attic" is a monthly discussion with Fr. Justin Brady on Morning Light. Today's topic is "New Year, New You" and talks about ways we can improve our spiritual life in 2025.

Morning Light presents Pat King's Man Cave - today, giving Catholic men Ten Tips for Increasing Your Spirituality.

Morning Light presents Faith & Feasts with Teresa Zepeda. Today, she discusses what is actually "ordinary" about Ordinary Time on the liturgical calendar. Also, how can we obtain an indulgence during this Jubilee Year of Hope?

From Cornerstone Psychological Associates in Boise, Morning Light welcomes back Dr. Kathy Edwards for our "Catholic Counseling" segment. Kathy discusses the challenges of keeping our New Year's resolutions. For example, folks may have resolved to try to respond to others with compassion instead of irritability...how's that goin' for ya? Tune in and learn how to make S.M.A.R.T. goals.

Morning Light is so excited to welcome back Chef Lou Aaron! For the first time in a few months, Cooking With Scripture is live in-studio as we talk about the symbolism of the dove in scripture (while we enjoy some delicious Dove-brand dark chocolate)

John Keenan and Alanna Burg from the Idaho Lay Dominicans return to Morning Light, discussing the Dominican motto Veritas which is Truth.

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 another edition of Why Catholics Do That with today’s topic - “Church Structure.”

Morning Light welcomes back our Passionately Pro-Life advocate, Emily Naugle, who shares all the details of the upcoming Boise March for Life. On Saturday, January 25th there will be a Pro-Life Mass at St. John's Cathedral beginning at 11:00am. Then, the march leaves from the Julia Davis bandshell at 1:00pm to the State Capital steps. This year's keynote speaker is Dr. Christina Francis.

Morning Light presents "Blessed & Beautiful" - a segment designed for Catholic women. Today, Rita Franklin shares her thoughts on the theme for January - “Resolutions for 2025 & a Relationship with Jesus” 

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

Morning Light presents our weekly "Sacred Music" segment, hosted today by John Vitz from Angelus Music. John shares two pieces of music - "Angel of God" and, from the Cure' of Ars musical - the store of Saint Philomena. His website has been updated for the Jubilee Year of Hope so check out all of the additions at www.AngelusMusic.com

Jay Wonacott, Director of Marriage & Family Life for the Diocese of Boise, joins Morning Light today to talk about the Jubilee Year of Hope which began in our Diocese on Dec 29. Also, details on the Pro-Life Mass and March scheduled for Saturday, January 25th.

Morning Light presents an encore of one of our favorite segments with Fr. Nathan Dail, Director of Vocations for the Diocese of Boise. This is his famous Pinocchio analogy from way back in October of 2020!

Pat King's Man Cave is a weekly segment of Morning Light, helping Catholic men in today's culture. Today, Pat asks if you are stuck in rut? Use this Jubilee Year of Hope to break out of your comfort zone and get involved in your parish.

Faith & Feasts is a weekly segment of Morning Light hosted by Teresa Zepeda. Today, she shares two Ukrainian customs regarding the upcoming Baptism of the Lord.

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, from Cornerstone Psychological Associates in Boise, we welcome back Dr. Joe Lipetzky talking about simplicity.

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 Boise. Chef Lou Aaron could not be with us this morning so here is a "Best of" segment from January 4, 2022 talking about Epiphany.

Morning Light welcomes back the Idaho Lay Dominicans - today, Pamila Jaszkowiak and April Ross talk more about Dominican spirituality.

Mary Wax returns to Morning Light for another installment of "Why Catholics Do That" talking today about celebrating Christmas.

Stanlynn Mixayphone from Shared Hope International joins Morning Light to kick-off our Monday morning series for the month of January, which is Human Trafficking Awareness & Prevention Month.  Learn how you can help by visiting www.SharedHope.org 

Ken Jercha couldn’t be with us today so Morning Light found this segment from last year around this time…Jan. 4, 2024 - talking about how to ready the way for the Lord.

In this encore presentation of our Faith Community Nursing segment on Morning Light, Gina Schmidt shares tips on how to prevent falling during the winter months. 

Vocations Focus is heard the first and third Thursday of each month during Morning Light.  Today, Jim & Mary Ellen Nourse provide a Lightning Round Quiz, then teach us about the Order of St. Camillus, sometimes called the Camillians (not the lizard - that's a chameleon!)

Kris Foster, Director of Music Ministry for St. Mark’s Catholic Community, stops by Morning Light for our "Sacred Music" segment today. Kris gives a little historical background of a couple of well-known Christmas carols then shares a song from the recent Advent Concert.