Building A Civilization of Love: Marian Conference Weekend May 22nd & 23rd, 2010

Building A Civilization of Love: Marian Conference Weekend May 22nd & 23rd, 2010

Producer: Laura Cirami

Host: Frank Ruffolo

On Friday, May 21st, 2010 on AM530 or www.teopoli.org from 1PM-2PM we had a special interview on Building A Civilization of Love with Frank Ruffolo and Doctor Andrew Simone who is the founder of Canadian Food for Children, a charity that ships millions of tons of food and supplies annually to help feed the world's hungry. During the interview you will hear what happened to Doctor Simone thirty years ago and how the Lord stepped into his life in a very dramatic way. Doctor Simone will be speaking at the 2010 Marian Conference this upcoming weekend from May 22nd-May 23rd.

Following the interview with Doctor Simone, we can't forget about World Communications Day the Church celebrated on Sunday on May 16th, a day where Catholic print and broadcast communicators show how their gifts and talents are used to spread the good news of the Gospel message through the New Evangelization spoken so eloquently by Pope John Paul II during his Papacy. We thought it would be best to give the listeners a chance to hear the encore presentation of a Radio Teopoli's exclusive interview recorded last year with Father Thomas Rosica, President and CEO of Salt and Light Media Foundation www.saltandlighttv.org

Last but not least, Lou Iacobelli, organizer of the 2010 Marian Conference was in the Radio Teopoli studio LIVE to let us know all the information about this wonderful weekend held at the Basilian Marian Shrine of Gratitude located on the grounds of the Basilian Monastery in Weston (west Toronto).

All of this and much more on Building A Civilization of Love on Radio Teopoli, AM530 on Friday, May 21st, 2010 on AM530 from 1PM-2PM.

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Building A Civilization of Love: Featuring Interview with Sister Ann Shields

On Thursday, March 25th on Radio Teopoli, AM530 we featured a special interview on Building A Civilization of Love with Frank Ruffolo and Sister Ann Shields, a noted speaker, author and currently the host of the very popular radio program Food For The Journey. Based in Ann Arbour, Sister Ann is a member of the Servants of God's Love, a charismatic religious community canonically established in the Diocese of Lansing Michigan, USA. Sister Ann Shields along with the Renewal Ministries team will be coming to Toronto Saturday April 24, 2010, to speak at the annual Lift Jesus Higher Rally taking place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. For more information on Sister Ann Shields and her program Food For The Journey visit http://renewalministries.net.

Following the interview with Sister Ann Shields, an encore presentation Radio Teopoli exclusive interview recorded last year with Grammy award winning Saxophonist, Arranger and Composer Ray Hermann discussing the production and release of "Praying The Way of the Cross" with St. Alphonsus Maria Liguori, featuring actor Liam Neeson.



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The Shroud of Turin

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Special Edition of Building A Civilization of Love on the Shroud of Turin only on Radio Teopoli,AM 530 also available on the Internet at www.teopoli.org.

Airing on Saturday, March 6th at 10AM, Tuesday, March 9th and Thursday, March 11th at 1PM.

Producer: Laura Cirami

Host: Frank Ruffolo

The Shroud of Turin believed to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ will be exhibited to the the public for the first time in ten years in Turin, Italy from the 10th of April 2010, through the 23rd, of May 2010. Our special guest on this edition of Building A Civilization of Love, John C. Iannone has studied the Shroud of Turin since 1978 and is the Author of The Mystery of the Shroud of Turin: New Scientific Evidence in New York. John has also served two terms as President of the Holy Shroud Task Force, an organization of scientists, scholars, writers and interested individuals working to preserve the Shroud from modern environmental damage and to promote continued studies and testing of this amazing and precious relic. At the invitation of Cardinal Giovanni Saldarini, then Papal Custodian of the Holy Shroud, John attended a 3 day Shroud Scientific and Historical Congress in Turin, Italy where he observed the Shroud first hand.

If you would like more information on John and his work you could visit his official website www.shroudinfo.com.

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Immaculee Ilibagiza on Building A Civilzation of Love, Radio Teopoli, AM530

Friday Feb. 12, 2010, Building A Civilization of Love from 1:PM-2:PM on Radio Teopoli AM 530

This edition of Building A Civilization of Love is dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes whose feast day is February 11, and to Our Lady of Kibeho whose feast day is on November 28. Since the Month of February is Black History Month we're also going to dedicate this program to St. Martin de Porres who is the first Black Saint of the Americas.

Producer: Laura Cirami
Host: Frank Ruffolo

This episode of Building A Civilization of Love features a world wide exclusive Radio Teopoli AM 530 interview with Immaculee Ilibagiza who miraculously survived the Rwandan genocide in 1994 with seven other women spending 91 days hidden silently in a cramped bathroom in the local Hutu pastor's home while the Hutu majority massacred close to one million Tutsis. Immaculee a Tutsi member, wrote about her horrific ordeal in a book entitled Left to Tell Discovering God Amidst The Rwandan Holocaust, (A New York Times Best Seller ) and how her faith helped her to survive and even forgive the killers of her own family. Join us on Building A Civilization of Love as Frank finds out all about Immaculee's horrific ordeal and discussion on Our Lady of Kibeho. Immaculee's story has also been featured on CBS 60 minutes. If you would like more information on Immaculee and her story please visit her website at http://www.immaculee.com/.

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Building A Civilization is Back! Christmas 2009 Special

Building A Civilization of Love for Tuesday December 22, 2009

This week's Building A Civilization of Love was dedicated to Blessed Mother Teresa, and St. Stephen, first martyr, whose Feast Day is Saturday December 26, 2009.

Producer: Laura Cirami

Host: Frank Ruffolo

On Tuesday, December 22nd's special Christmas edition of Building A Civilization of Love from 1PM- 2PM on AM530 or www.teopoli.org we featured a world wide exclusive Radio Teopoli AM 530 interview with Father Brian Kolodiejchuk, M.C. who is Postulator for the Cause of Canonization of Blessed Mother Teresa and the Director of the Mother Teresa Centre. Father Brian is also the Author of Mother Teresa Come Be My Light The Private Writings of the "Saint of Calcutta" which made world wide headlines in the secular press when it came out a few years ago.

Radio Teopoli AM 530 also featured Christmas songs from "The Christmas Collection CD" by the St. Benedict's Church Choir in Toronto and short interview with Choir Director Tammie Cancelli.

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On behalf of the Radio Teopoli staff, and Frank Ruffolo we wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

August 14th Download- Building A Civilization of Love

Building A Civilization of Love August 14th, 2009

Our latest edition Building A Civilization of Love is dedicated to St. Maximilian Kolbe whose Feast Day was today Friday, August 14th, 2009, to St. Clare of Assisi whose Feast Day took place Monday, August, 11th, 2009, and to the Assumption of Mary whose Feast Day was Saturday, August 15th, 2009.

Producer: Laura Cirami

Host: Frank Ruffolo

In our first segment for our latest edition Building A Civilization of Love Anna Lopinski, Chairman of St. Maximilian Parish Council discussed this wonderful Polish Saint and how St. Maximilian Parish in Mississauga, Ontario celebrated the Feast Day of this remarkable Saint.

Following our interview about St. Maximilian Kolbe, Laura Cirami interviewed Vanessa Nicholas-Schmidt, Assistant Director of Faith Connections from the Sisters of St. Joseph in Toronto in which they discussed the past Faith Connections' Theology on Tap that featured Father James Mallon, Pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Canadian Martyrs Parish in the Archdiocese of Halifax who is also Founder and Director of the John Paul Media Institute and creator of Alpha's "Catholicism 201" that took place at the Duke of York Pub on August 20, 2009, downtown Toronto.

After Laura's interview with Vanessa, Radio Teopoli, AM530 featured an interview Frank Ruffolo pre-recorded via telephone with Father James Mallon.

Our good friend, Maria Masucci with the Dufferin Peel Catholic District School Board was in studio with special guests to give an update on Third World Missions to the Dominican Republic.

Last but never least, we had our monthly special guest Lawyer Michael Pasquale, Author of St. Clair Pro Bono Oath in studio with us to do his Legal Briefs segment.

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July 31st- Building A Civilization of Love Download

This past week's program we explored Building A Civilization of Love by changing the culture through music. This program was dedicated to Saint Ignatius of Loyola whose feast day was July 31st, and Saint Martha whose feast day was Wednesday July 29, 2009.

Producer: Laura Cirami

Host: Frank Ruffolo

In our first segment on Building A Civilization of Love we had Father Norbert Glasmacher, Director of Vocations, Evangelization and Youth Ofiice in Peterborough via telephone to find out all about Sonfest '09 Catholic Youth Festival of the Diocese of Peterborough geared towards youth from 15-30 years of age taking place from August 14-16, 2009, at Holy Trinity Secondary School hosted by St. Therese Parish in Courtice, Ontario.

Following the segment on Sonfest '09 in the Diocese of Peterborough, we had Susan M. Dela Rosa via telephone to let us know all about the 29th Filipino Annual Midland Martyrs’ Shrine Pilgrimage taking place on Saturday, August 8th, 2009.

Then John Dawson the Program Coordinator and Music Director for the Office of Catholic Youth Archdiocese of Toronto, who is a very talented and gifted musician himself, explained his role as Music Director for the Archdiocese of Toronto, and the important role music can play in Building A Civilization of Love by the changing the culture through music.

After the interview with John Dawson, week number three and the final episode of Stefanie and Catie's Excellent Adventure in Italy studying Italian during their summer vacation as a credit course towards their high school studies from St. Elisabeth Catholic High School in York Region just outside of the City of Toronto with Centro Scola. Download the program with Laura Cirami and Frank Ruffolo as 17-year-old Stephanie Carnevale, and her next door neighbour 16-year-old Catie Sutherland, describe what it's like to study in Italy while on summer vacation and their exciting trip to Assisi, Italy, in their final week of Stefanie and Catie's Excellent Adventure in Italy.

Finally, Romeo Meleca joined us in our Radio Teopoli AM530 studios and discussed last minute details about his Pilgrimage of Love fund raising walk to Teopoli taking place from Aug 1st- Aug 9th. Find out how 78-year-old Romeo Meleca was inspired to make this 243 kilometre walk to Teopoli located in Gravenhurst, Ontario.

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July 24th Building A Civilization of Love Download

This past week's Building A Civilization of Love was dedicated to the Feast Day of St. Mary Magdelene, which took place Wednesday July 22nd, 2009, St. James, Apostle whose Feast Day is Saturday July 25, 2009, and to St. John Bosco founder of the Salesians which this year marks the 150th Anniversary since Don Bosco founded the society dedicated to youth. Friday's edition of Building a Civilization of Love will focus on Catholic youth activities around the Archdiocese of Toronto and beyond.

Producer: Laura Cirami

Host: Frank Ruffolo

The Fifth International Youth Conference will take place at the Basilica of St. Francis, in Assisi, Italy from Sunday August 2nd, to Sunday August 9th, 2009. This international gathering of youth will be a pilgrimage to various Franciscan sites with participants traveling to Rome to see the Holy Father on August 5th, 2009. Friar Ed Debono gave us all the details of the Fifth International Youth Conference in Assisi, Italy on a live telephone interview.

During our second segment we had week two of Stephanie and Catie's Excellent Adventure in Porto S. Girogio, Italy to take a summer credit course to study Italian with Centro Scola from St. Elisabeth Catholic High School in York Region just outside of the City of Toronto. They told us all about their visit to St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy, and much more.

Talking about Stephanie and Catie's Excellent Adventure in Italy, Father Paolo Fedrigoni, IMC Consolata Missionaries Toronto, had very exciting and excellent news to share with our Radio Teopoli AM530 audience about a former seminary student he taught in Africa, who was installed a Bishop this past Monday July, 20, 2009, in this the Year of Priests.

While still on the topic of Africa, Access Charity will hold their Fourth Annual School Supply Drive from August 22-30, to benefit needy children in developing countries such as Honduras and Tanzania, Africa. Access Charity was founded more than four years ago by 16-year old Daniel Francavilla, a former student at St. Marguerite d'Youville Catholic High School in Brampton, Ontario. 19-year old Maxine Bower, the Promotions Director for Access Charity discussed the Fourth Annual Supply Drive and let us know how we can help in a pre-recorded telephone interview.

Dr. Christian Elia, Director of Office of Catholic Youth for the Archdiocese of Toronto let us know about the past weekend's Archdiocesan Youth Rally that took place at Martyrs' Shrine in Midland, Ontario and keeping up with Catholic Youth Conferences in the Archdiocese of Toronto and beyond we had Carolyn Girard, Reporter/Editor of Youth Speak News, for The Catholic Register and she discussed a Catholic Youth Conference she attended called "Journey to the Father" in the diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall and some news stories from the Catholic Register.

Last but not least, Romeo Meleca dropped by the Radio Teopoli, AM530 studio to tell us about his Pilgrimage of Love fund raising walk to Teopoli taking place later this Summer. Teopoli is located in Gravenhurst, Ontario, which would be about a two hundred kilometer walk. In this interview Romeo
told us what inspired him to undertake this long distance fund raising trek to Teopoli in the month of August this year.

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July 17th - Building A Civilization of Love Download

This past Friday's Building A Civilization of Love was dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel whose Feast Day was Thursday July 16, 2009, and to St. Anne whose Feast Day will be celebrated on Sunday July 26, 2009.

Producer: Laura Cirami

Host: Frank Ruffolo

With the Feast Day of St. Anne fast approaching for Sunday July 26, 2009, preparations for this annual feast day to the Mother of the Virgin Mary and Grandmother of Jesus are well underway by organizers expecting close to one and a half a million pilgrims annually making their way to the magnificent Shrine of St. Anne de Beaupre located just 15 minutes outside of Quebec City, Quebec, right next to the shores of the St. Lawrence River. With us via pre-recorded telephone interview is Father Pilote, who's the Director of the Shrine of St. Anne de Beaupre who gave us all the details.

Following our interview with Father Pilote, we featured an interview via telephone from just outside Quebec City, Quebec, with Father Guy Desrochers who is the Director of a wonderful magazine titled, The Annals of St. Anne de Beaupre. Father Guy a former newspaper journalist before entering the priesthood has just finished his first year as the Director of The Annals of St. Anne de Beaupre.

Right after that we featured a special segment called Stephanie and Catie's Excellent Adventure in studying Italian in Italy as a credit course for their final year into Grade 12. Join both Laura Cirami and I as we discover what 17-year-old Stephanie Carnevale and her next door neighbour Catie Sutherland, from St. Elisabeth Catholic High School in York Region with Centro Scola give us a weekly update on their Excellent Adventure studying Italian in Italy. I don't think it could get much better than that learning Italian while spending part of your summer vacation in Italy. Now that's Amore!

Following Stephanie and Catie's Excellent adventure in Italy update, Building A Civilization of Love took you right across Canada to the province of British Columbia where our next guest Natalie Hudson, is the Director of Education and Outreach for Signal Hill. Natalie was formerly the Executive Director of Toronto Right To Life Association for a number of years before moving to British Columbia to play a leading role in the pro-life movement in B.C. And Natalie is got some news about another big move in her life that we all found out about today on Building A Civilization Love on Radio Teopoli AM530 also available on the Internet at www.teopoli.org.

Our monthly special guest Lawyer Michael Pasquale, Author of St. Clair Pro Bono Oath was also in studio with us to do his Legal Briefs segment.

Finally we found out about a very special woman who has been sharing her gifts and talents as a singer at All Saints Parish in Toronto for the past twenty years. Suzanne Kompass is an amazing talent who has the voice of Angel. In just a few short days Suzanne will be leaving All Saint Parish in Toronto on July 20, 2009, to pursue other opportunities and record a Christmas CD in Australia. We found out all about Suzanne and her exciting move to Australia to continue Building A Civlization of Love as a multi-talented singer for love of God and Love of neighbour.

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Building A Civilization of Love Download- July 10th

This past Friday's Building A Civlization of Love was dedicated to the Feast Day of St. Benedict, and St. Maria Goretti, Virgin & Martyr, whose Feast Day was this past Monday July 6, 2009.

Producer: Laura Cirami

Host: Frank Ruffolo

Friday's Building A Civilization of Love's first segment featured a world wide Radio Teopoli AM530 exclusive interview via telephone from the UK, featuring Josephine Siedliecka, founder and Editor of the Independent Catholic News which is the first daily on-line Catholic news-wire service in the UK that first broke the story to its on-line audience regarding the miracle necessary for the beatification of the Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman that was approved by the Cardinals of the Vatican Congregation for the Causes of Saints on Sunday July 21, 2009, to ICN's over 250,000 on-line readers in a story by ICN Corresspondent Peter Jennings entitled "Miracle approved for Newman beaftification."

Following this exclusive segment with ICN founder and Editor Josephine Siedlecka from the UK, we interviewed Father Joseph Occhio, Associate Pastor of St. Benedict Church in Toronto, who told us about St. Benedict whose Feast Day is this Saturday July 11, 2009. Father Occhio is discussed his vocation as a Salesian of Don Bosco during both the year long celebrations throughout the world to mark the 150 years since Don Bosco founded the Society on December 18, 1859, and the Year For Priests that got under way on June 19, 2009, on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Finally we interviewed a future priest in this the Year For Priests. Ricardo Canlas, has been the Program Co-ordinator at St. Jude's Academy of the Arts run by St. Bernadette's Family Resource Centre for the past few years. Ricardo shared some of his experience working with the physically and challenged young adults at St. Jude's Academy of Arts and how he feels about leaving St. Jude's Academy of the Arts in just two days to attend seminary studies after receiving a vocation to become a priest.

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Building A Civilization of Love July 3rd- Download

This past Friday's program on Building A Civilization of Love was dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima, and Blessed Francisco Marto, one of the three shepherd children Our Lady of Fatima appeared to in 1917

Producer: Laura Cirami

Host: Frank Ruffolo

In our first segment for this week's Building A Civilization of Love a Radio Teopoli AM530 we had a world wide exclusive interview featuring Father Virgilio Antunes, Rector of the Basilica of Our Lady of Fatima, in Fatima, Portugal, that told us all about the 100th anniversary celebrations of the Birth of Francisco Marto, who along with his sister Jacinta, and cousin Lucia or Sister Lucy as the world came to know her were such powerful witnesses to the Apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima in 1917.

Edson Bosetti who has a beautiful Apostolate called Mary Undoer of Knots was able to help us undo the knot of interviewing Father Virgilio Antunes, who only speaks Portuguese direct via telephone from the Basilica of Our Lady of Fatima, in Fatima, Portugual. In the final edited version of this world wide exclusive Radio Teopoli AM530 interview Frank Ruffolo asked the questions in English and Edson Bosetti translated in English the answers given by Father Virgilio.

This world wide exclusive Radio Teopoli AM530 interview about the 100th anniversary celebrations that took place over an entire year of the Birth of Blessed Francisco Marto, who died before the age of 11, as told to him by Our Lady of Fatima during the famous Apparitions that took place every month over a six month period in 1917. Find out by downloading this past Friday's Building A Civilization of Love why Blessed Francisco Marto is a role model for all children, youth and adults the world over because we are all called to be Saints no matter what our age.

Finally, there will be a Candlelight Rosary Procession at the Basilian Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Gratitude on Saturday July 4, 2009, from 8:PM-9:PM, at 3100 Weston Road, (at Sheppard Avenue), in Toronto on each First Saturday of the month. Frank interviewed Angie Carboni, Executive Director and Founder of St. Bernadette's Family Resource Centre, dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Bernadette of Lourdes, that also runs St. Jude's Academy of the Arts who is organizing the Candlelight Rosary Procession and gave us all details about the Candlelight Rosary Procession taking place this Saturday night at the Basilian Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Gratitude in Toronto.

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Download of Friday, June 26th's Building A Civilization of Love

This past Friday's program was dedicated to the Month of The Sacred Heart of Jesus, and to St. Paul in the Year of St. Paul which will officially concludes this Monday June 29, 2009.

Producer: Laura Cirami

Host: Frank Ruffolo

Over 500 youth from the Archdiocese of Toronto gathered at the Office of Catholic Youth annual banquet at the Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel recently that featured the cultural theme of the Philippines. This year's OCY Keynote Speaker was His Excellency Bishop Mylo Vergara, from the Diocese of San Jose Nueva Ecija, Philippines. You can hear this EXCLUSIVE Radio Teopoli interview with Bishop Mylo Vergara recorded via telephone the morning after the OCY banquet if you click the download link below.

Following our Radio Teopoli AM530 exclusive interview with Bishop Mylo Vergara, Dr. Christian Elia, the Director of Office of Catholic Youth gave us his monthly OCY Archdiocese of Toronto update.

It's only fitting that we concluded this week's Building A Civilization of Love talking about St. Paul with the Year of St. Paul quickly coming to an end in a couple of days on Monday June 29, 2009. In this weeks show you will find another Radio Teopoli AM530 exclusive encore presentation interview featuring Father Jeffrey Mickler, a member of the Society of St. Paul who was visiting Toronto from the Boston area of the U.S.A., recorded on location at Pauline Books and Media last October.

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DOWNLOAD for Thursday's Special of Building A Civilization of Love- June 25th

This past Thursday we had a special edition of Building A Civilization of Love on Radio Teopoli AM530 also available on the Internet at www.teopoli.org, dedicated to the Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and to the Nativity of John the Baptist whose feast day is on Wednesday June 24, 2009, and to Saints John Fisher, Bishop, and St. Thomas More, Martyrs, whose feast days were this past Monday June 22, 2009.

Producer: Laura Cirami

Host: Frank Ruffolo

Thursday's special edition of Building A Civlization of Love on Radio Teopoli AM530, continued to take a look at how Catholic communicators are trying to change the culture through films, on-line magazines, and traditional monthly magazines to both evangelize and educate the culture through the New Evangelization of the Twenty-First Centuary.

Catholic Youth Studio KSM's, www.catholicradio.ca mission is to change the culture through films. Building A Civilization of Love Host Frank Ruffolo, had a chance to speak with Father Mietek, the Director of Catholic Youth Studio, located at 183 Roncesvalles Ave. in Toronto, on a telephone interview recently to find out how this wonderful Apostolate to change the culture through films all got started.

Following the interview with Father Mietek, Father Paolo Fedrigoni, Consolata Missionaries IMC, and Administrator for the Consolata Missionaries Magazine http://www.consolata.ca/, filled us in on what the Consolata Missionaries are up to these days, and all about the Consolata Missionaries Magazine that informs its readers on a bi-monthly basis about the Consolata Missionaries and their wonderful mission and vocation to show Love of God and Love of Neighbour to those most in need in the Third World.

Finally, Frank and Laura will take a look at a very informative and well detailed On-line Magazine, Christus Vertias, www.somcmedia.com. Frank interviewed via telephone a few weeks ago, Christus Veritas Magazine, General Manager, Daniel Blodgett, whose On-line Magazine Christus Vertias, has a mission dedicated to "Building Relationships With The Media through Christ."

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June 19th Show- Download- Sacred Heart of Jesus SPECIAL.

This past Friday's program was dedicated to the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and The Year For Priests which officially began on Friday, June 19th.

Producer: Laura Cirami

Host: Frank Ruffolo

Building A Civilization of Love featured an interview with Father Frederick Power, who is the Editor of Canadian Messenger of the Sacred Heart telling us all about the Feast and devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus on the Feast Day of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Following our interview with Father Power, Deacon Carlos Nogueria, The Archbishop's Liason to Catholic Charismatic Renewal in the Archdiocese of Toronto, gave us all the details of the Canadian National Catholic Charismatic Conference taking place at the Direct Energy Centre at Exhibition Place from June 26-28, 2009.

Then Lawyer Michael Pasquale, Author of The Lawyers of St. Clair Pro Bono Oath was in our Radio Teopoli AM530 studios and gave us his special monthly segment Legal Briefs.

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BUILDING A CIVILIZATION OF LOVE & OTHER DAILY PROGRAMING TIME CHANGE

ATTENTION ALL RADIO TEOPOLI LISTENERS!!!

Radio Teopoli, AM530 is going through a schedule change starting MONDAY, JUNE 22nd, 2009.

The ITALIAN will be from 12-1pm DAILY and the ENGLISH will be from 1-2pm DAILY.

WEEKEND SCHEDULE WILL STAY THE SAME.

SATURDAY: 10am-1pm- ENGLISH, SUNDAY 1pm-3pm ENGLISH, 3pm-5pm ITALIAN

SPECIAL NOTICE TO ALL LISTENERS of BUILDING A CIVILIZATION OF LOVE WILL HAVE A NEW TIME STARTING NEXT THURSDAY, JUNE 25th and ON, FROM 1-2 PM instead of 2-3PM on your AM530 dial or ONLINE @ www.teopoli.org

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Have a wonderful day & God Bless! =)

Special Thursday Edition- June 18th - Dedicated to Year of the Priests - DOWNLOAD!

This past Thursday we had a special edition of Building A Civilization of Love dedicated to the Month of The Sacred Heart of Jesus and to the Year For Priests on Radio Teopoli AM530 also available on the Internet at www.teopoli.org.

Thursday's special of Building A Civilization of Love dedicated to the Year For Priests which begins on Friday June 19th, 2009, on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus featured an interview with Neil MacCarthy, Director of Public Relations and Communications, Office of Communications, Archdiocese of Toronto, to fill us in on all the details on how the Archdiocese of Toronto will celebrate the Year For Priests.

Following our first interview segment with Neil MacCarthy, we took a closer look at the Year For Priests through the eyes of a young priest in the Archdiocese of Toronto. Father Robert Mignella, Associate Pastor, St. Clare of Assisi Parish in Woodbridge, Ontario, who is also Chairman of the Archdiocesan Committee for the Year of St. Paul and told us all about his experiences organizing the Year of St. Paul celebrations in the Archdiocese of Toronto which will conclude at the end of June.

Finally, Mary Rose Bacani, Producer and Host, Salt and Light Television, wasour special guest via live telephone interview to discuss her special Catholic Focus program which will air on Salt and Light Television this past Thursday evening taking a look at the life of St. Jean Marie Vianney, the Cure of Ars. Mary Rose talks with priests and lay Catholics throughout North America about what this special Year For Priests proclamation means to the Church.

Our Building A Civilization of Love special tribute to the Year For Priests featured music from the Debut CD The Priests www.thepriests.com/ca/, those sensational Northern Irish singing trio of Priests from the Diocese of Down and Connor, Ireland. You’ll also hear the music of the multi-talented young seminarian, Robert Galea, www.thatsworship.com/ who was a big hit singing before a massive gathering of 500,000 at World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia.

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All this and much more on Building A Civilization of Love on Radio Teopoli AM530 also available on the Internet at www.teopoli.org

June 12th Downloadable Show- Dedicated to the Feast of St. Anthony Padua

This past Friday's program on Building A Civilization of Love on Radio Teopoli AM530 also available on the Internet at www.teopoli.org every Friday afternoon from 2:PM-3:PM, was dedicated to the Month of The Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Feast Day of St. Anthony of Padua which was Saturday June 13, 2009.

Producer: Laura Cirami

Host: Frank Ruffolo

The first segment on Building A Civilization of Love featured a telephone interview with Father Mario Conte, Executive Editor, Messenger of St. Anthony Magazine International English Edition discussing what makes St. Anthony of Padua so popular throughout the world, and to talk about the Messenger of St. Anthony monthly magazine devoted to St. Anthony of Padua.

Following our interview with Father Conte, we found out how St. Clare's Parish located in Toronto celebrated the Feast Day of St. Anthony of Padua. At the end of the program we concluded with how St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Brampton, Ontario, also celebrated the Feast Day of the Patron Saint of their parish.

At a time of the year when beautiful feast days are abundant, Building A Civilization of Love focused on the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus taking place on Friday June 19, 2009, at John XXIII Parish Church in Toronto. To tell us all about this special Mass and Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus celebration was Joseph Frias, the Co-organizer of the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus taking place at John XXIII Parish Church.

The Sisters of Life just celebrated the 18th, anniversary of their founding on Monday June 1st, of this month. Sister Kathrine Marie who is one of five Sisters of Life serving young pregnant women in need in the Archdiocese of Toronto discussed via telephone interview the founding of the Sisters of Life and the wonderful work this beautiful religious order and Co-workers For Life do for Love of God and Love of Neighbor.

Last but not least we found out all about a special Mass Celebration with Archbishop Thomas Collins and Music Festival being billed as Christian Woodstock by organizers to raise funds for Holy Spirit Parish Building Fund for a brand new Church in Barrie, Ontario, taking place on Saturday June 20, 2009, at St. Joan of Arc High School, in Barrie, Ontario which is part of the Archdiocese of Toronto.

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June 5th- Building A Civilization of Love Special with Michael Brown & Theology On Tap EXCLUSIVES!

This past Friday's program was dedicated to the Month of The Sacred Heart of Jesus and Saints Charles Lwanga & Companions.

Producer: Laura Cirami

Host: Frank Ruffolo

Building A Civilization of Love on Radio Teopoli AM530 featured an exclusive interview with Author and Founder of www.spiritdaily.com, Michael Brown, who will hold his first Retreat ever in Canada, Special Times, Special Protection, on Saturday June 13, 2009, in the Doubletree Hotel at 655 Dixon Road in Toronto near the airport. Only on Radio Teopoli AM530, Building A Civilization of Love will you hear this exclusive 25 minute interview with Michael Brown, whose spiritdaily.com is arguably the world's most popular and visited on-line spiritual website discussing his first ever Retreat in Canada.

Following the exclusive interview with Michael Brown, we also featured another Radio Teopoli AM530 exclusive segment called Theology On Taps. That's right you heard me right. Not Theology On Tap, but Theology On Taps from throughout North Amercia. Our first guest was Father John Cusick, who is from the Archdiocese of Chicago to chat via telephone interview from Chicago about Young Adult Ministry and how Theology On Tap was first started in the Archdiocese of Chicago. Then Vanessa Nicholas-Schmidt, the Assistant Director of Faith Connections, that organizes Theology On Tap in the Archdiocese of Toronto, joined us in our Radio Teopoli AM530 Toronto studios to discuss Faith Connections and Theology On Tap right here in T.O. After those special guests, Katie McGrath, from Theology On Tap from the Diocese of Peterborough, and Robin Parkes, from St. Mary's Parish in Barrie, who organizes Theology On Tap in Barrie, also talked about this exciting youth initiative that all got started in the Archdiocese of Chicago.

Finally, we concluded this week's Building A Civilization of Love with Catholic Civil Rights League, Executive Director, Joanne McGarry to give us a rap-up report on Wednesday night's annual Catholic Civil Rights League Dinner held at the University of St. Michael's with Keynote Speaker, Author, Journalist and Broadcaster, Michael Coren.

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WORLD COMMUNICATIONS DAY SHOW on Building A Civilization of Love - Download!

This week on Building A Civlization of Love we had a *special two hour edition from* 1:PM-3:PM dedicated to the Month of Mary and World Communications Day on Radio Teopoli AM530 also available on the Internet at www.AM530.ca.

During this two hour edition of Building A Civilization of Love we took a look at some leading Catholic print and broadcast communicators and see how their gifts and talents are used to spread the good news of the Gospel message through the New Evangelization spoken so eloquently by Pope John Paul II during his Papacy.

The program began with a replay of an exclusive interview with Father Federico Lombardi, Head of the Holy See Press Office, Head of Vatican Radio and Television http://www.radiovaticana.org, and Spokesman for Pope Benedict XVI, recorded on location in May of 2008, at a Catholic Media Conference with over 400 Catholic communicators from North America in attendance held at the Sheraton Centre Hotel in Toronto.

Following the interview with Father Federico Lombardi, we had another Radio Teopoli AM530 exclusive interview featuring Father Thomas Rosica, President and CEO of Salt and Light Media Foundation www.saltandlighttv.org/.

The On-line Internet and world wide web has become an immensely popular and important source of news and information that people of faith won't get anywhere else. In our Radio Teopoli AM530 studios we had Steve Jalsevac, the Co-founder and Managing Director of lifesitenews.com, Canada's leading On-line source of pro-life news and information that has become a major source of quoted news information for many other news outlets around the entire globe.

Talking about the world wide web one of the world's most popular spiritual websites is http://www.spiritdaily.com/. We featured part of another Radio Teopoli AM530 exclusive interview recorded Wednesday morning via telephone from Florida with Michael Brown, Author and Founder of Spiritdaily.com who will hold his first retreat in Canada, Special Times, Special Protection, on Saturday June 13, 2009, in the Doubletree Hotel at 655 Dixon Road in Toronto near the airport.

Jim O'leary the new Publisher and Editor of The Catholic Register http://www.catholicregister.org/, Canada's oldest weekly Catholic newspaper shared his insightful views after more than thirty years of journalism experience in all major facets of the mainstream press. Following the interview with Jim O'leary we also featured an interview with Carolyn Girard, Reporter/Editor of Youth Speak News, for The Catholic Register in which she discussed the importance of World Communications Day and the Internship program offered by The Catholic Register to young aspiring Catholic Journalists and some tips on how to get your event published in The Catholic Register.

Our program dedicated to World Communications Day featured an interview with Neil MacCarthy, Director of Communications and Public Relations, for the Archdiocese of Toronto, http://www.archtoronto.org/ discussing his role as head of a very busy Office of Communications in Canada's media capital with close to two million Catholics calling the City of Toronto home.

Finally, to end off the "Month of Mary", Edson Bosetti was in the Radio Teopoli studios LIVE and told us all about his devotion to Mary Undoer of Knots www.maryundoerofknots.com/, with testimonials, history, and other information on how to get more familiar with this devotion.

You can listen to the whole show in case you missed it this past Friday!

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Take Care & God Bless!

Special THURSDAY Edition of Building A Civlization of Love- DOWNLOAD!

This past Thursday we had a VERY special EDITION of Building A Civilization of Love on Radio Teopoli, AM530 dedicated to Mother Mary and the Month of Mary with Host, Frank Ruffolo and Producer, Laura Cirami.

This special edition of Building A Civilization featured a Radio Teopoli, AM530 exclusive interview with John Michael Talbot who is Catholic music's number one recording artist with sales of close to 5 million records worldwide and 51 albums. John Michael Talbot, the Founder, and Spiritual Father of the Brothers and Sisters of Charity at Little Portion Hermitage in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, was in Toronto recently as part of his Spring 2009 Northeast Tour to perform his amazing music and give his inspirational talks filled with much wisdom and spiritual food for thought at St. Paul's Basilica in downtown Toronto to raise funds for rebuilding Little Portion Monastery after a terrible fire on April 28th, 2008. This remarkable evening was hosted by Pedro Guverra Mann, Producer of Salt and Light Television who sponsored this special performance by also recording the entire concert and talk for Hungry For the Spirit airing on Salt and Light Television.

Following our Radio Teopoli, AM 530 exclusive interview with John Michael Talbot we featured an interview with Rosary Walk For Life Organizer Mike Klaming. The Rosary Walk For Life takes place this Saturday, May 30th, 2009, In Honour of Our Lady of Guadalupe, following Mass Celebration at 10am at the Good Shepherd Convent in Toronto. Mike Klaming gave us everything we needed to know about the Rosary Walk for Life on Building A Civilization of Love.

Lastly, we took a look at the Sisters of the Good Shepherd who were founded in 1829 by Saint Mary Euphrasia Pelletier in Angers, France whose good works today have spread to 70 countries around the world. Talk about Building A Civilization of Love! Sister Margaret of the Sisters of Good Shepherd gave us all the details about her religious order and its Founder Saint Mary Euphrasia who said, "ONE CHILD IS WORTH THE WHOLE WORLD."

Here is the downloadable show below in case you missed it or if you wish to archive it =)

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Remember to tune in every Friday between 2-3pm to Build A Civilization of Love with Frank Ruffolo and Laura Cirami on www.am530.ca or on your AM530 dial. Make sure you stay connected and check back the blog for special feature shows such as this!

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