Catholic Vitamins Podcast

08/27/2022

From a Letter to WALMART from CPAC Members -- Walmart Decides to Pay for Employee abortions. Sam Walton would never have approved such anti-life, anti-family decisions.

“In the past, Walmart has relied on conservative organizations and office holders to further policies that benefited Walmart, its shareholders, and its customers,” the letter continued. “And when anti-capitalist politicians and activists attacked the company for its success and profitability, we stepped up to defend Walmart.”
“We stood by the company because it was generally pro-family and because we embrace free enterprise and believe in the benefits of capitalism,” the conservative leaders said. “We can no longer tolerate your leftist policy agenda – particularly when it facilitates the harming of innocent human life.”
Conservatives will neither condone nor forgive Walmart’s choice, the letter said.
“Conservatives who seek a government that reflects their values should take their business elsewhere,” it added. “And no self-proclaimed conservative official or conservative organization should accept funding from Walmart while it supports the policies of the woke left.”

03/16/2022

Did you think we would leave you without some fresh Catholic Vitamins from time to time? Deacon Tom and Dee are back with a wonderful new interview with MAGGIE CRAIG. Who is Maggie? A highly sought after motivational speaker, especial for teens and young adults. But she speaks to everyone's hearts and minds as she shares stories, humor, experiences of faith and fidelity. We know you'll just love hearing Maggie's interview.

But because there is value in the wisdom of elders... sorry Tony Agnesi -- but you have the wisdom of the elders and we wanted to re-share your great interview with Catholic Vitamins a while back.

Two great guests. One show: Catholic Vitamin A 'ARISE'

Blessings.

Deacon Tom and Dee

http://files.catholicvitamins.com/Catholic%20Vitamin%20A%20Arise%2059min56sec.mp3

11/04/2021

"See. Everything I'm wearing is not mine. None of it. I'm poor. I don't even own the habit I'm wearing because everything belongs to the community. And that's how it is for each Sister. We don't have anything.

And you know what? I'm free. I have more joy than what I would have if I possessed a ton of things in the world." -Sr Clare💙

06/18/2021

As I sat at a breakfast table with priests and brother deacons at Franciscan University, I told them of Sister Clare and her impact on so, so many lives. God can change your life… if you’ll just invite Him in. Blessings. Deacon Tom.

"...Father invited me to go on a pilgrimage to World Youth Day. I had a very bad attitude on this pilgrimage. I was a nuisance, more or less, I even remember.
I'm going to give you an example of what I was like. Everyone on the trip bought Rosaries, statues of the Sacred Heart of Jesus for their grandma, and things like that. And what did I buy? A lighter that looked like a toilet seat and when you lifted up the lid the flame came out. Everyone on the trip was like: What's this girl doing?
I bought one more thing on this trip. I bought two things. I bought the toilet seat lighter, and an orange and black bracelet with Chinese letters that were supposed to give you creative energies. I remember one of the girls on the pilgrimage went to Father and asked him to bless her Rosaries and statues. I thought, Can I take this? But I couldn't take that to be blessed...
So, this was how my attitude was on the pilgrimage.

A pilgrimage is a time when you can receive a lot of graces, but it's possible to go home from here as Father said today, as exactly the same person. This is an opportunity that God is giving you all to change your lives. This doesn't mean that you all have to become nuns and priests, but you do have to give yourselves to Him all He wants.
So in this pilgrimage I felt another "blow" in my soul when I experienced the Lord saying to me, "I want you to live like them." He didn't tell me that with words, but I understood I had to live the life of the Sisters, that He was calling me to that. I already knew that I had to give Him my life, but now, He was showing me how I had to give it to Him like the Sisters, in poverty, chastity, and obedience." -Sr. Clare💙

06/04/2021

Praise to You Lord. You make me smile with tears in my eyes too. Sister Clare, pray for us.

TEARS OF JOY
"Anyone can make you smile
Many people can make you cry,
But it takes someone really special
To make you smile with tears in your eyes."

SISTER CLARE'S PERPETUAL VOWS
"And today, the only thing during the whole ceremony... Well, first, before entering, I said that I wasn't going to cry, that I was fine, but since the beginning, I was there crying, and my family as well. But the only thing I could think during the ceremony, or that I could say to the Lord was Have mercy on me because He is calling me to something very great and I know that on my own I wouldn't be able to do it. And I knew where I have been in all my life, and out of where the Lord has taken me and He has had a lot of mercy on me...
I am very happy. I didn't even know what to say to Him. Really, I owe everything to Him and I can only give Him my life and to try to be faithful and to be a Servant Sister and to love Him with all that I have. I am very happy."

06/02/2021

After something like 475 Catholic Vitamins Podcasts... countless interviews with bishops, priests, deacons, religious and a wonderful group of evangelists, converts, reverts, musicians and singers... we're going to take some time away.... There's an ordination of a deacon classmate of Deacon Tom who became a widower back in 2004, and he's going to be ordained to the priesthood... and many other things on our plate... Our theme for this 'last' Catholic Vitamins is JOY... Join us... And BLESSINGS!!!

Let’s see: attending the ordination of a deacon classmate to the priesthood… in Wyoming. Tom’s 15th attendance at the priest/deacon/seminarian retreat at Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio. Grandchildren in Missouri and Indiana we haven’t seen in almost two years. Oh, and Dee’s si...