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Connecting the Diocese

"Connecting the Diocese," an initiative produced in conjunction with Relevant Radio, is part of Bishop Callahan's effort to bring the diocese closer together.

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Sep 26, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 26, 2026

    Voyage Comics, Evangelization Through Comic Books & Catholic Media (opens the original)

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    On Connecting the Diocese, Father Sam Martin interviews Voyage Comics founders Phil Kosloski and Mike LaVoy about using comic books to evangelize through truth, beauty, and goodness. Phil shares his path from seminary discernment to marriage, parish work, and discovering a writing charism that led to Catholic publishing and comics; Mike recounts his childhood art dream, […]

  2. Episode · Sep 19, 2026

    World Mission Sunday & God’s Mercy in the Readings (opens the original)

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    Father Sam Martin hosts Connecting the Diocese with guest Father Woody Pace, Director of the Diocese of La Crosse Office of Missions and pastor in Wausau, to discuss missionary discipleship, how mission trips shape faith, and diocesan mission connections around the world. Father Pace recounts formative experiences in Botswana, Zambia, and a pastoral year in […]

  3. Episode · Sep 12, 2026

    Bishop Battersby on Rural Life Day, Gratitude, and Forgiveness (opens the original)

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    Father Sam Martin hosts Bishop Gerard Battersby on Connecting the Diocese to highlight the Diocese of La Crosse’s Rural Life Day on September 23 in Bangor, with Mass at 10:00 AM and an invitation to all. They reflect on rural stewardship, animals, creation, gratitude, and the farmer’s “dying and rising” rhythm as a Eucharistic pattern, […]

  4. Episode · Sep 5, 2026

    Viterbo President Dr. Rick Trietley on Franciscan Spirit, Casa Hogar, and Honoring Msgr. Joe Hirsch (opens the original)

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    Father Sam Martin hosts Dr. Rick Trietley, president of Viterbo University, who shares his path from a first-generation student at St. Bonaventure and 22 years as an Army infantry officer to leadership in Catholic higher education, influenced by Sister Margaret Carney and a veterans’ pilgrimage to Assisi with Father Conrad Targonski. Trietley reflects on St. […]

  5. Episode · Aug 29, 2026

    The Domestic Church Movement & 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings (opens the original)

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    This week on Connecting the Diocese, Father Sam Martin of the Diocese of La Crosse welcomes Jeff and Alice Heinzen and Brian and Karen Kostka to discuss the Domestic Church Movement as a couple-centered movement to deepen sacramental marriage through prayer and family spirituality. They share their own marriages, how the movement began locally, and […]

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