Today is the twentieth anniversary of the murder of six Jesuits, their housekeeper and her daughter in El Salvador.  Our guest John Giuliano knew the victims and was a near witness to their murders.

Today he reflects upon his memories of twenty years ago and upon his current ministry with the Tamarindo Foundation. Giuliano still lives in El Salvador.

Listeners may also enjoy our interviews with Kevin Burke, S.J., and Laura Burke.

For this week’s podcast, Rev. Kevin Burke, S.J. discusses the intellectual legacy of Ignacio Ellacuría, one of the six Jesuits killed.

Dr. Eileen Burke-Sullivan joins hosts John O’Keefe and Wendy M. Wright to discuss the Communion of the Saints.

Listeners may also enjoy our previous podcasts on all Saints: Robert Ellsberg from 2007, and Eileen-Burke Sullivan from 2008.

Listeners may also enjoy Dr. Bergman’s discussion of Catholic Social Teaching.

Since the document covers many topics, including a major section on the environment, we conducted this interview in two parts. The first part appeared on September 14th, 2009.

If you are interested in reading Caritas in Veritate, it is available online here.

Listeners may also enjoy our interview with George Weigel about the pontificate of Benedict XVI.

Program hosts John O’Keefe and Wendy M. Wright discuss the life and legacy of Saint Teresa of Avila.  

Teresa was a 16th century mystic and a reformer of the Carmelite order.  She was named a Doctor of the Church in 1970.

Photo: “Transverberation of St. Teresa” by “Nick in exsilio” from Flickr (Used under Creative Commons license)

Teresa Monaghan, a faculty member in Creighton’s summer program in Christian spirituality, discusses the origins and spirit of the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. The feast is celebrated on October 7th.

Listeners may also enjoy our discussion of Saint Francis of Assisi from the archives: http://cct.creighton.edu/?p=45

Photo: “Our Lady of the Rosary reredos” by “Lawrence OP” from Flickr (Used under Creative Commons license)

In this week’s program hosts Dr. John O’Keefe and Dr. Wendy M. Wright discuss St. Jerome.  Jerome, whose feast day is September 30, was a 4th century Christian scholar and monk.

A doctor of the Church, he is most famous for the Vulgate, the Latin translation of the Bible that still forms the basis of the official Latin Bible of the Roman Catholic Church.

Photo: “Saint Jerome” by “Paul Lowry” from Flickr (Used under Creative Commons license)

Fr. Dennis Hamm, S.J. comes back to the show to talk about both Matthew, one of the twelve, and the gospel that bears his name.

Since the document covers many topics, including a major section on the environment, we are going to offer two installments of this interview.  The second  will be posted in a few weeks.

If you are interested in reading Caritas in Veritate, it is available online here.

A graduate of Creighton University’s (Omaha) Christian Spirituality Program, Janice is on the summer faculty of Creighton’s Masterís Program in Christian Spirituality as well as faculty for the Wellstreams Ecumenical Spiritual Direction Training Program in Columbus.

For more information, visit these two web sites:

The Catholic Coalition on Climate Change

The Catholic Climate Covenant

The feast of St. Augustine is August 28th. In today’s program, hosts John O’Keefe and Wendy M. Wright reflect on the legacy of this great Christian.

Photo: “St Augustine” by “Lawrence OP” from Flickr (Used under Creative Commons license)

Tara Joyce Whipp and Patrick Hoarty join hosts John O’Keefe and Wendy M. Wright to discuss the vocation of the high school theology teacher. Tara teaches at Creighton Preparatory School in Omaha. Patrick teaches at Skutt Catholic high school, also in Omaha.

The image to the right from flick is of Catherine of Alexandria, one of the patron saints of teachers.

Photo: “St Catherine debating the philosophers” by “Lawrence OP” from Flickr (Used under Creative Commons license)