Mary's Touch

This weekend we will replay Sister Nancy Usselman on this week's Mary's Touch Radio Program.    Sister Nancy Usselman, FSP, grew up in St Louis, the third of four siblings. She was a passionate soccer player, playing year round. She met the Sisters through her older cousin who always wanted to be a nun since the third grade. Her cousin visited a Pauline Books & Media Center and, while she was gawking at them from behind a bookshelf, one of the sisters invited her to a day of recollection. She answered, "Can I bring all my cousins?" So, young Nancy went along with her four cousins to keep them company, since she was not interested in being a Sister. But after she met the Daughters and saw that they preached Jesus through movies, music, and books, she realized, "That's the kind of nun I would want to be." After finishing high school, Sr. Nancy and her cousin entered together. Nancy was 17 years old, and her family didn't expect her to stay. Sur

This weekend we have a special Veteran's story on this week's Mary's Touch Radio Program.    Manny Montanez is the President and CEO of EG Montanez Construction, Inc., an Irvine, CA based General Contractor.  He was raised Catholic. He has an amazing story to tell about his career and faith journey and is looking forward to sharing with all of you. Manny was honored as Legatus' Officer of the Year in 2011 for his service to the Orange Coast Chapter and his passion for the Legatus mission. Manny's leadership skills were evident in his service in the U.S. Army in the Vietnam War for which he was awarded the Bronze Star for Valor and the Purple Heart for wounds received in combat as a member of the 25th Infantry Division's 3rd Squadron, 4th Armored Cavalry Regiment in South Vietnam. He now serves as Regional Director of the West Region for Legatus.

At this weekends  Mary's Touch Radio Show  with our host Alexis Walkenstein and guest Fr. Thomas Gibbons.  Fr. Tom serves at  Paulist Productions  in Los Angeles. He is the creator of a  new film documentary  on the life of Servant of God Isaac Hecker, founder of the Paulist Fathers. He discusses the re release of their classic l989 film “Romero“, about the final years of Archbishop Oscar Romero who was murdered while saying Mass in San Salvador in l980. And The Dating Project movie which is another amazing documentary about dating in today's culture. Pope Francis has cleared the way for the canonizations of Blesseds Paul VI and Oscar Romero on October 14th. www.paulist.org/who-we-are/bio/fr-tom-gibbons/