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.

Gina Schmidt joins Morning Light with our Faith Community Nursing segment, talking about the best ways to prevent falling during this winter season.

Morning Light presents "The Catholic Attic" - our monthly catechesis lesson from Fr. Justin Brady, pastor of St. Paul’s parish in Nampa. This month, “Catholic Families” 

Are you wheat or a weed?  Morning Light presents the final Man Cave of 2024 with Pat King.

Pat encourages you to watch this homily first before checking out this podcast...

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17zYFooZwL/?mibextid=wwXIfr 

Teresa Zepeda joins Morning Light for another episode of Faith & Feasts. During these last days of Advent, she encourages us to focus on the Catholic Christmas countdown then gives us ideas for properly 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. Today, from SPERO Mental Health & Healing, Jarrod Crump talks about seasonal affective disorder.

Morning Light brings back Eddie Trask - Executive Director of Catholic Charities of Idaho - to conclude his series on Catholic Social Teaching…today, Part 7 - “Caring for God's Creation."

Is December 25th the true date of the birth of Jesus Christ? Morning Light welcomes John Keenan from the Idaho Lay Dominicans who shares a lot of evidence, much of it from Scripture, that points to this fact.

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 discusses the topic of celibacy.  How come a priest can’t get married?  Are there married Catholic priests?  What is the history of the celibate priesthood?  Could this ever change?

Monday mornings this month, Morning Light presents a new series with Sister Beverly from Marymount Hermitage on “Prayer.”  Today, part 3 of 3, talking about meditation and contemplation.

Recorded Friday, December 13 - directed by Cathryn Gardner

Blessed & Beautiful is the new Catholic women's segment of Morning Light. Today, Rita Franklin shares her thoughts on balancing life during the holidays.

John Vitz from Angelus Music provides the sacred music on today's episode of Morning Light.

Morning Light welcomes back Jay Wonacott, Director of Marriage & Family Life for the Diocese of Boise, with our annual Christmas Movie Quiz!

Pat King's Man Cave is a weekly segment of Morning Light, discussing the things that affect Catholic men in today's society.  Just like some guys have a Leatherman tool strapped to their belt, do we also carry a Rosary in our pocket or a crucifix around our neck?  Spiritual tools are just as helpful in our day-to-day than a Swiss Army Knife.

"Catholic Counseling" is a weekly segment of Morning Light, where we've assembled a panel of experts to help Catholics maintain good mental help. Today, from Cornerstone Psychological Associates in Boise, we welcome back Dr. Kathy Edwards. Is it ever too early to start making New Year Resolutions? Kathy has some simple things we can do in 2025 to improve our lives and the lives of those around us.

Eddie Trask - Executive Director of Catholic Charities of Idaho - returns to Morning Light to continue his series on Catholic Social Teaching. Today, Part 6 - “Solidarity."

Morning Light welcomes back the Idaho Lay Dominicans. Today, Mike Turner & Pamila Jaszkowiak discuss the upcoming feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

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 "Why Catholics Do That" - a weekly segment of Morning Light. Today’s topic - “Types of Priests” - where we ask the difference between a diocesan and a religious priest?  Do they take different vows?  Where are the seminaries that train priests for the Diocese of Boise and just how long do they go to seminary?

During our Monday morning series for the month of December, Sister Beverly provides our Morning Light listeners with a study on the topic of prayer.  Today, part 2 focuses on the types of prayer.  To learn more about the ministry work of Sister Beverly, please visit the website: www.Marymount-Hermitage.org 

Morning Light introduces you to Kelly Breaux, founder of Red Bird Ministries.  Started in 2018 by Kelly and her husband Ryan, Red Bird Ministries is a pro-life, pro-family, Catholic approach to grief for those who've experienced child, pregnancy and infant loss. Learn more at their website: www.RedBird.love 

The 2024 Advent Concert was recorded at Saint Mark's Catholic Community in Boise on Saturday, December 7 and featured choirs from both St. Mark's parish and school along with special guests from the Vietnamese community and the choir from Our Lady of the Rosary parish in S.E. Boise.

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!

Morning Light welcomes back Ken Jercha, talking about the Immaculate Conception & Our Lady of Guadalupe (MUSIC - “Ave Maria”) then we discuss Advent  (MUSIC - “Emmanuel”)

Gina Schmidt joins Morning Light today to talk about Medication Safety during our Faith Community Nursing segment.  How can we keep better track of medications and why this is important? Is there a way to clear out old meds with safe disposal? Keep this Poison Control phone number close by - 800-222-1222. And, we learn more about the Patron Saint of pharmacists.

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

Faith & Feasts is a weekly segment of Morning Light hosted by Teresa Zepeda. Today, she looks at upcoming feasts days and saints to celebrate over the next couple of weeks.

"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, Dr. Joe Lipetzky returns to continue going through the book "Character Building" by David Isaacs - tackling the chapter on "Humility."

Eddie Trask - Executive Director of Catholic Charities of Idaho - returns to Morning Light to continue his series on Catholic Social Teaching…today, Part 5 - "The Dignity of Work & the Rights of Workers."

John Keenan and Pamila Jaszkowiak from the Idaho Lay Dominicans join Morning Light today to conclude their series on The Seven Principles Essential to Protestantism…today, the concept of Sola Scriptura (Bible Alone) where Scripture is subject only to the private interpretation of each individual.

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!