Mary's Touch

This weekend we have an amazing story on this week's Mary's Touch Radio Program. Rosemarie Holliger Costello, catholic wife, mother and relative of Ven. Fulton J. Sheen - the Emmy Award Winning New York Bishop on track for Sainthood. She earned her BA in Piano Performance of the College of Saint Elizabeth in Morristown New Jersey, where her late mom and sisters attended. She went to graduate study at Teachers College, Colombia University. She and her husband were married at St. Patrick's Cathedral in 1983, where her sisters and her parents were also married there. Her husband Brian was a pilot in the Navy, they moved all over with their 6 children and she taught piano everywhere. She's currently the music director at Lutheran Pre-School at Edmond, Oklahoma. Rosemarie shares how her parents met and personal stories about her cousin Ven. Sheen.

This weekend we are replaying the Mark Matthews story on this week's Mary's Touch Radio Program. Born and raised on the Canadian prairies, Mark Matthews resides in Los Angeles and works in the visual effects industry. As a research and development veteran of DreamWorks Animation his work has given more fire to explosions, fluff to hair and jiggle to bellies in everything from "Kung Fu Panda" to "Shrek Forever After". He has over 22 feature film credits, a patent and two DreamWorks Technical Achievement Awards. He is founder of Bibles & Brew; Catholic men's spiritual group. He's the Hollywood undercover missionary a monthly segment on Salt & Light Radio. Mark leverages a background in engineering physics specializing in volume rendering and liquid simulation. He developed Amorphous, an award winning volume rendering system giving look equivalence between interactive GPU previews and final CPU renders. He is currently the lead developer of Rap...

This weekend we have an amazing story on this week's Mary's Touch Radio Program. What happens when a six-year-old boy in Kenya is abandoned by his family and left to raise himself on the streets? MULLY is no ordinary rags-to-riches tale. This week we will listen to Dr. Charles Mully, whose unlikely stratospheric rise to wealth and power leaves him questioning his own existence, searching for meaning in life. Against the better judgment of family and community, MULLY sets out to enrich the fate of orphaned children across Kenya. Jeopardizing his own life and the security of his family, Charles Mully risks everything and sets in motion a series of events that is nothing short of astonishing. MULLY - www.mullymovie.com

This weekend we are re-airing a wonderful story on Mary's Touch Radio Program. Rebecca Frech is a devout Catholic wife, mom of nine children...two saints...seven in training. She is an avid political junkie, able debater, aspiring home-maker, amazing friend, homeschooling guru, a writing addict, public-speaker, a CrossFit coach, managing editor for The Catholic Conspiracy, regular contributor for the National Catholic Register, and an advocate for staying true to the person God created you to be. She shares her Catholic journey growing up, feeling left out, angry with God, and the miracles of novenas - Our Lady Undoer of Knots. Rebecca is the author of "Teaching In Your Tiara - A Homeschooling Book for the Rest of Us". Teaching in Your Tiara is a soup-to-nuts homeschooling book that walks you through the first years - deciding that home education is right for your family, choosing the right curriculum, understanding learning styles, not raising socially awkward kids...

This weekend we have a special guest on this week's Mary's Touch Radio Program. * Bonnie Engstrom is a cradle Catholic and stay-at-home mom. She married her dashing husband in 2006 and they now have seven children: one in Heaven and six more wandering around their house, probably eating pretzels found under the couch. Bonnie lives in central Illinois, loves the Blessed Trinity and gets excited about baking, music, film adaptations of Jane Austen books, and the Chicago Bears. She blogs at A Knotted Life. * Bonnie shares her devotion to the church and Our Blessed Mother Mary. * She is a devotion writer for Blessed Is She; co-host of the now retired Visitation Project radio show; and host of the Sheenazing Blogger Awards.

his weekend we will replay Dr. Mary Amore story on this week's Mary's Touch Radio Program. * Dr. Mary Amore holds a Doctor of Ministry Degree and a Master of Arts in Pastoral Studies from Catholic Theological Union. * She is the author of Primary Symbols of Worship and the Call to Participation and the newly released DVD entitled Eucharist: A Journey to Transformation, Healing and Discipleship. A Cardinal Bernardin Scholar and distinguished member of the North American Academy of Liturgy, Mary is a highly sought after presenter of parish missions in the area of the Eucharist and Pope Francis Year of Mercy, plus workshops, seminars and retreats. * A monthly columnist at Ministry and Liturgy Magazine, Dr. Amore also serves as the full time Executive Director of Mayslake Ministries in Downers Grove, Il. Mary is a wife, mother and grandmother! * She sahres with us about her passion and devotion to our Blessed Mary.

This week we will rerun a special military story on the Mary's Touch Radio Program that listeners have requested: Colleen Saffron shares her story about her walk of faith, how she stays positive, how she chooses joy over depression, and how her husband Terry was given a second chance and what it means to them. Colleen has been married to Terry for over 27 years and a military wife/caregiver for 15 years. Terry was wounded in 2004 in Iraq within 6 weeks of deployment, he was injured and developed PTSD.