LifeTalk NW Sacred Heart Radio

Dan Kennedy is joined by his new co-host Rebecca Anderson. Rebecca has been working with Sacred Heart Radio as Community Outreach Coordinator for several years, and then as Sponsorship Coordinator.  She has been active in the Pro-Life movement and was the recipient of a volunteer award from Healing the Culture in 2022. 

This week's guest is Katie McMahon, one of the founders of Shiloh IVF Ministries. Born out of her family's experience using Invitro Fertilization and the difficult decisions it created, Katie shares how Shiloh walks with couples as they reflect post-IVF, working through feelings of guilt and confusion. Shiloh IVF Ministries focuses on honoring the life created, education about the process, and lovingly offering options for healing.

Dan Kennedy talks with sisters Michele Smith and Rose Fenchel the last two of seven children, born 11 months apart to financially destitute parents who recently learned they both survived abortions. 

As their mother reached her 90s she finally shared with them the long held secret, that her doctor prescribed a chemical abortion protocol in each pregnancy. Michele and Rose now share their story with various pro life groups, sharing the knowledge that God has a rich plan for each and every life. 



Rosemarie “Rose” Fenchel, MPA, RDN Michele Smith, 2023-24 Ambassador - The Abortion Survivors Network Louisiana Awareness Advocate - The Abortion Survivors Network Co-Leader - Sabine Parish Citizens for Life Co-Leader - More Than Sisters

Father Robert Spitzer shares his take on Levels of Happiness, through which we seek fulfillment in life. Learn how our culture thwarts our achievement of happiness. Consider how social media, greed and pride interfere with true happiness.

Fr. Spitzer joyfully and humorously explains how these levels tie into our faith and how we encounter the culture around us. Levels of Happiness: Level 1 - Pleasure and Gratification; Level 2 - Ego and Achievement; Level 3 - Contribution and Love; Level 4 - Ultimate Meaning and Transcendance. 

Learn more: Four Levels of Happiness - Spitzer CenterLook for Fr. Spitzer's new book at Sophia Institute Press: Sophia Institute Press - Discover your next Catholic book

Jason spoke with Dan about his new book, Pentecost with the Church Fathers: A Seven Week Retreat on the Person and Presence of the Holy Spirit.

This book helps cultivate the relationship between the Third Person of the Trinity and the reader. There is a focus to each of the 7 weeks of this devotion? How the Holy Spirit helps us recognize our sins and the courage to address them. Also, how we should understand our relationship to the Holy Spirit. Finally, what Catholics should know about the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.

Author Patrick O'Hearn discusses his newest book Courtship of the Saints from Tan Publishing. He speaks of how the saints met their spouses, why courtship is so important and why the married saints in his book are the greatest lovers.

He also spoke of how married couples can grow in love based on these saints’ stories.

Katy Faust, the President and Founder of Them Before Us, a global movement defending a child’s right to their mother and father shares about her organization with Dan and Katie. She speaks about the “woke” world that we live in and how we can raise strong, Christian children even in Washington state.