Al Kresta, a longtime Catholic radio host, author and founder and president of Ave Maria Radio, died Saturday, June 15, 2024, at his Michigan home after a battle with liver cancer. He was 73. A former Evangelical Protestant who rose to prominence as a radio host before his conversion to Catholicism in 1992, Kresta’s voice…
Terror in Nicaragua as Marxist dictator Ortega’s police target Catholic radio stations. What and Who will be next? CNA—Nicaraguan police broke into Divine Mercy parish the night of Aug. 1 in the town of Sébaco in the Diocese of Matagalpa to shut down one of the five Catholic radio stations closed on Monday by the…
January 9, 2010 Don’t miss Saturday’s live, call-in radio show, The Catholic Business Hour, when host Dick Lyles interviews three-time Emmy Award winning broadcast journalist Jim Newman. A lifelong Catholic, Mr. Newman’s journalism career spans three decades and includes his most recent work on KABC-TV in Los Angeles, where he provided insightful financial information on the morning, midday…
January 2, 2010 The Catholic Business Hour radio host Dick Lyles will deliver a special January 2 live, call-in program. No guest is scheduled for the show. Instead, Mr. Lyles will discuss the role of business in a spiritually driven society, including a discussion about the Catholic church’s teachings regarding capitalism and faith. “Some people assume that faith…
November 28, 2009 On Saturday morning, November 28, Thomas M. Loarie, Chairman and CEO of Mercador MedSystems, Inc., and a career life science executive with more than 30 years experience growing multi-national medical technology companies, will discuss his faith and the life science field on The Catholic Business Hour radio show with Host Dick Lyles. Loarie is not…
November 21, 2009 In partnership with Chris Lowney (picture above) and his nonprofit, Pilgrimage for Our Children’s Future, the Catholic Business Journal is launching its first-ever VIRTUAL PILGRIMAGE, beginning on Sunday, November 29 (the first day of Advent) and ending on January 1 (the Feast of the Solemnity of Mary). Our Virtual Pilgrimage will follow the directives the…
November 20, 2009 Chris Lowney, the Jesuit seminarian who became managing director of J.P. Morgan & Company while still in his 30s and then on to hold senior positions worldwide-in New York, Singapore, Tokyo and London-until leaving the firm in 2001, will talk about his nonprofit, “Pilgrimage for Our Children’s Future” with Dick Lyles on the live, call-in…
November 6, 2009 Randy Hain, managing partner of Atlanta-based Bell Oaks Executive Search firm, co-founder of the Atlanta Catholic Business Conference, leader of the Atlanta-based St. Peter Chanel Business Association and a prolific columnist for the Catholic Business Journal, will be the featured guest on the live, call-in radio show, The Catholic Business Hour, on Saturday, November 7,…
October 17, 2009 VIDEO: John Clark (guest on The Catholic Business Hour) and Jim Kelly, co-founders of The Paladin Financial Group, discuss ethical investing.
October 8, 2009 Tune in Saturday morning, October 10, from 11 a.m. to Noon EST (8 a.m. – 9 a.m. PST) to The Catholic Business Hour with host Dick Lyles, and catch a live, call-in interview with Mary Cunningham Agee, a former Wall Street banker and Marketing Strategist for two Fortune 100 companies who transformed a personal…
September 24, 2009 Tune in Saturday morning, September 26, from 11 a.m. to Noon EST (8 a.m. – 9 a.m. PST) to The Catholic Business Hour with host Dick Lyles, and catch a live, call-in interview with Dr. Vincent Fortanasce.A world-renown, pioneering, Yale- and USC-trained neurologist, bio-ethicist, author and radio show host, Dr. Fortanesce is one of the…
September 17, 2009 Tune in Saturday morning, 11 a.m. to Noon EST (8 a.m. – 9 a.m. PST) to The Catholic Business Hour, with host Dick Lyles, and catch a very interesting interview with Don Carney, founder and president of StoryTel Foundation in Omaha, Neb. A talented performer, script writer and documentary producer, and also father of 8…
September 11, 2009 On Saturday morning listeners to The Catholic Business Hour found out why a busy headmaster launched a textbook project — producing textbooks that are now in use in schools in all 50 states and overseas as well! In an informative interview Saturday morning on the EWTN Global Catholic radio network, which includes 130 AM/FM stations…
August 29, 2009 Tune in Saturday morning, 11 a.m. to Noon EST (8 a.m. – 9 a.m. PST) to The Catholic Business Hour, with host Dick Lyles, and catch a dynamic interview with an employment lawyer, Andrew Marquardt, who changed professions to launch, with his brother-in-law, a job placement and corporate staffing firm for IT professionals nationwide. His…
August 21, 2009 Tune in Saturday morning, 11 a.m. to Noon EST (8 a.m. – 9 a.m. PST) to The Catholic Business Hour with host Dick Lyles, and hear the rebroadcast of a fascinating interview with Tim Busch, Esq., CPA, founder of The Busch Firm, founder of two thriving Catholic schools in southern California, developer of Meritage Retreat and…
August 14, 2009 John LaBriola, author of two books, Christ Centered Selling and Onward Christian Soldiers, will discuss the principles of Christ Centered Selling and the characteristics of a salesperson whose principles are anchored in those of Christ on The Catholic Business Hour, with host Dick Lyles. This show will air live on Saturday, August 13, 2009, from…
August 6, 2009 Caracas, Venezuela (CNA)—The vice president of the Bishops’ Conference of Venezuela, Archbishop Baltazar Porras, warned this week that with the closing of 24 radio stations, President Hugo Chavez is “closing the democratic channels of the country,” but that even this could not cover up what is really happening in Venezuela. Speaking on Union Radio, the…
August 6, 2009 As Dick Lyles mentioned on The Catholic Business Hour last week, here is the Worker’s Prayer: St. Joseph, example for all those who work to support themselves and their families, obtain for me the grace to labor with thankfulness and joy. Grant that I may consider my daily endeavors as opportunities to use and develop…
July 30, 2009 This Saturday’s guest on The Catholic Business Hour, with host Dick Lyles, is Chris Lowney, a former Jesuit seminarian who was named a managing director of J.P. Morgan & Co. while still in his thirties and who held senior positions in New York, Tokyo, Singapore and London until leaving the firm in 2001. He served…
June 16, 2009 On Saturday, June 20, Randy Hain (pictured above), managing partner of Atlanta-based Bell Oaks Executive Search firm, co-founder of the Atlanta Catholic Business Conference, leader of the Atlanta-based St. Peter Chanel Business Association and a columnist for the Catholic Business Journal, will discuss integrating Faith and work on The Catholic Business Hour. The Catholic Business…