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A Catholic Perspective on The Current Issues of Our Times: The Coronavirus and Repentance

3/20/2020

Dr. Bacon and Jennifer stand side-by-side smiling in the radio studio and forget the six feet social distance from Coronavirus!

Guest author Jennifer Hartline joins Dr. Bacon in the WKQA studios for another of their very passionate and thought-provoking conversations. **For more information on Jennifer or to read her many articles, click on image.

What on Earth is going on in our world today? Better yet, what's going on in Heaven? Many are fearful, confused and wondering what to do. Is the Coronavirus a worldwide chastisement sent forth from God for sin? In this timely discussion, Jennifer Hartline and Dr. Bacon discuss deprivation, repentance and Truth in this time of quarantine and isolation. Listen in to this unique and passionate conversation that gets to the root of this problem facing the world today. You'll be moved like never before.

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Living Lent: Understanding the Season of Repentance that Draws Us Nearer to Christ.

3/6/2020

Dr. Bacon and Dave Reaves sit behind the microphone at the WKQA studios.

Guest host Deacon David Reaves with Dr. Christine Bacon. Not pictured is Mike Siedlecki. **For more information on the Catholic Church, Lent or what you could do to have a more profitable season of Lent, click on image.

What is Lent? Why do we fast? Is there any good thing that can come from either? Didn't Christ already redeem and forgive us? Does Jesus really want us to deprive ourselves of these things? If you've ever wondered about these things or have needed strengthening in your own understanding of why we do the things we do, then this broadcast is for you. Listen in to guest hosts Mike Siedlecki and Deacon Dave Reaves as they parse these topics and help listeners grow in understanding. You'll be grateful to have done so.

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True Love: The Reconciliation Story of Amanda and Daniel Farnum.

2/14/2020

Guests Amanda and Daniel Farnum smiling together after sharing their love story with Breakfast with Bacon listeners. **For help with or information on how to reconcile your own marriage click on image.

What is true love? What does it take to be truly happy in marriage? What about conditions? Should there be any? Or should love be unconditional? What about infidelity? Amanda and Daniel Farnum are well-able to answer these questions as they have already had to address them in their own--now thriving--marriage. Listen in as they and Dr. Christine Bacon discuss their marriage beginnings, the devastation that almost doomed it and the powerful events that fostered its reconciliation. It's a show you won't want to miss.

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Identity is Not Found in an Acronym: Living His Mission to Teach the Beauty of Authentic Chastity through Loving Encounters with Truth.

2/7/2020

Hudson Byblow gives a great head and shoulders look in to the camera lens with the look of peace eminating from his blue eyes.

Guest Hudson Byblow shares his powerful testimony of discovering his true identity outside the LGBTQ inside the Catholic faith of his youth. **For more information on or to contact Mr. Byblow, click on image.**

Are people born gay? Can a person who once called himself gay and transgendered ever be attracted to someone of the opposite sex? These are just two of the questions answered by Mr. Hudson Byblow in this powerful interview where he candidly shares his life story of "coming out", the resultant hopelessness that followed and his ultimate finding of his true identity in Christ. Listen in to this highly engaging conversation that tackles the hot-buttoned topics of sexual attraction, gender identity and the Catholic faith while simultaneously bringing hope and joy to a culture so desperately in need of it.

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Catholic Education from the Top: Principals Share How Catholic Schools Set the Standard for Excellence Academically, Spiritually and Beyond.

1/31/2020

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Principals from four local Catholic schools (Peggy Boone, Kim Callahan and Scott Bolton) share truths and blessings of Catholic education with Dr. Christine Bacon. **Click on image for more information on Catholic schools near you, to attend an Open House or schedule a visit.

We've heard the kids speak, but now four principals share truths about the excellence of Catholic education. Listen in as they share with listeners not only the exceptional academics offered, but also the equally as competitive extra and co-curricular opportunities benefiting students from the arts, sports, military and even Hispanic initiatives. You'll likely be surprised (and blessed) to learn that Catholic schools have much more to offer than meets the eye. You'll be glad you did.

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Out of the Mouths of Babes: Catholic School Students Share their Love of Christ and The Schools that Helped Them Know Him.

1/24/2020

Catholic students Brayden G., Jeremy M. and "Suds" L. (and a few grownups) energetically join Dr. Christine Bacon in the WKQA radio studios to help kick off Catholic Schools week. **For more information on Catholic schools, touring one or for the open house schedule, click on image.**

Catholic schools are the best in the nation and these amazing Catholic students are excited to tell all about them. Join Dr. Christine Bacon as she hosts three exceptional young men from local Catholic schools who discuss the many reasons they love Catholic education and think every child should have a chance to attend one too. Learn how not only their minds have been formed by solid academics but their hearts and souls as well through the daily exposure to the Holy Spirit. Your spirit will be uplifted as you do.

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The Seven Sacraments Part Eight: Holy Orders

1/17/2020

Dr. Christine Bacon and guest Deacon David Reaves behind the microphones in the WKQA studios in Norfolk, Virginia. **Click on image for more information the priesthood, the Catholic church or to contact Deacon Reaves.**

Should priests take a vow of celibacy? Why are some priests married and others not? What is a Deacon? Why can't women be priests? Do Sisters and Nuns receive Holy Orders? With so much conversation on and confusion about the priesthood today, this is a perfect broadcast to help answer some of those questions. Listen in and you, too, will likely have your own "aha" moments as Deacon Dave Reaves and Dr. Christine Bacon seek to answer these questions and clarify for listeners one of the most misunderstood of the Sacraments. Be ready for a lively conversation!

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The Seven Sacraments Part Seven: Confirmation

1/10/2020

Deacon Dave Reaves and host Christine Bacon, Ph.D. in the WKQA studios after another great broadcast. **For more information on the Sacraments, the Catholic church or on becoming a Catholic Christian, click on image.**

Have you ever felt like you were on a spiritual battlefield fighting to get others to know the truth about Christ, the Church or Catholicism? Well, this broadcast will help to explain just that as the Sacrament of Confirmation is one in which Christians officially become a Soldier for Christ. Listen in to this seventh in our eight-part series on the Sacraments as guest and Catholic Deacon Dave Reaves and host Dr. Christine Bacon discuss this very powerful and instrumental gift from the Lord to His faithful. You'll leave outfitted with the strongest of spiritual armor.

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The Seven Sacraments Part Five: The Anointing of the Sick

12/20/2019

Deacon Reaves and Dr. Bacon smile broadly as they standtogether in front of the WKQA wall.

Deacon Dave Reaves with Host, Dr. Christine Bacon in the WKQA studios in Hampton Roads, Virginia after this recent broadcast. **To contact Deacon Reaves or to learn more about the Catholic faith, click on image.

It used to be called "Last Rites" but today the "Anointing of the Sick" is one of the most beautiful of the Sacraments of all--and one that can be received more than once. This beautiful sacrament is actually two in one and does so much more than just usher people into their eternal reward. Listen in to this broadcast to grow stronger in your faith and understanding of Christ, the Church and His Sacraments and, most importantly, to draw closer to the Lord. You'll be grateful you did.

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The Seven Sacraments Part Four: Reconciliation

12/13/2019

Dr. Bacona nd Deacon Reaves make silly faces behind the microphones in the recording studios.

Guest Deacon Dave Reaves and host Dr. Christine Bacon have fun in the WKQA studios after another great broadcast of Breakfast with Bacon. **To contact Deacon Reaves or for more information on Catholicism or the Sacraments, just click on the image.

The Sacrament of Reconciliation is probably the least understood and appreciated of all the Sacraments--including by Catholics. Why do we need to go to a priest to confess our sins when we could go straight to God? Where in the bible does it talk about confessing? What's the difference between a venial and a mortal sin? How does this sacrament draw us closer to God? To get the answers to these questions and more, this is the show you'll not want to miss. Listen in to this very informative and engaging conversation. You'll be glad you did.

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