Author: Colleen Schena

Colleen Schena

Colleen Schena served as a Writer for Relevant Radio and occasionally co-hosted the weekend broadcast of the Family Rosary Across America from 2021 to 2024. She holds a degree in Theology and a degree in Digital Communication.

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February 27, 2024February 28, 2024 Articles, Faith and Spirituality, News and Culture, posts

Today, Relevant Radio invites you to experience a Catholic pilgrimage that goes all the way back to 1895, right here in the United States! The National Eucharistic Congress began internationally, in 1880s France with tens of thousands of pilgrims. It hopped the pond to the United States in 1895 and has been hosted all over […]

Coming Up: Bernadette of Lourdes

February 23, 2024February 22, 2024 Articles, Entertainment, Family and Kids, News and Culture, posts

We hope you enjoyed the story of Damien of Molokai as much as we did! “The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage” turns our attention to France in 1858, where, in a mountainous town called Lourdes, the oldest of the nine Soubirous children sees something that can only be explained by faith. Tune in for […]

Stay tuned for Damien of Molokai!

February 16, 2024February 27, 2024 Articles, Entertainment

Thanks for joining us for the story of Saint Valentine! This coming Monday, venture into the tropics of Molokai with Jozef de Veuster – known more commonly as Damien of Molokai. If you’re listening to our weekly Eucharistic Encounters series, you’ll be familiar with the story of Damien: he served the lepers in Hawai’i and […]

Coming Up: Saint Valentine

February 9, 2024February 8, 2024 Articles, Entertainment, Family and Kids, News and Culture

Did you enjoy the story of Josephine Bakhita? We hope you’ll join us for another week of “The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage” to hear the story of a third-century saint whose day is now a winter holiday: Saint Valentine. Valentine was a priest who ministered to Christians facing persecution in the Umbrian region […]

“The Saints” Returns with the story of Josephine Bakhita

February 2, 2024February 1, 2024 Articles, Entertainment, Family and Kids, posts

Coming Monday, “The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage” returns with new immersive stories of incredible saints! This season begins with the story of Josephine Bakhita, also known as Sister Josephine Margaret Bakhita, FDCC (the Canossian sisters). Born sometime around 1869, Josephine came from a well-connected and respected family in what is now known as […]

Is Relevant Radio still relevant? Ask SEEK 2024.

January 5, 2024January 5, 2024 Articles, News and Culture, posts

Before a sea of twenty-four thousand young SEEK attendees stood a place to pray, the pilgrimage of a lifetime, and a prayer-themed tote bag to carry every book and pamphlet they’d received – all at the Relevant Radio booth in Mission Way. While many think radio doesn’t reach the young Church, our Associates heard time […]

Relevant Radio 2023 Year in Review

December 21, 2023December 21, 2023 Articles, News and Culture

We thank God for our many blessings of 2023 – and we thank YOU for your prayers and support. You help us bring Christ to the world through new stations, new programs, and countless opportunities in your parishes and communities. Check out our inspiring Relevant Radio milestones from this year through this short video from […]

Princeton’s Young Deacon Calls for Attention on Armenia

October 26, 2023October 26, 2023 Articles, News and Culture

Nestled into the same region as Israel, Palestine, Syria, Iraq and Iran lies the small Christian country of Armenia. Deacon Bedros Maldjian (pictured below in red with 2026 classmates), a current student at Princeton University, loves his Armenian heritage, especially how ancient their Christian roots are: “For us, our culture is centered around Christ […]

“Angels” by Patrick Madrid

August 11, 2023August 11, 2023 Articles, Catechesis

Can angels hear your thoughts? Can you send them to do things? How many angels are there? Show host and expert Catholic apologist Patrick Madrid tackles these questions and more in “Angels”, a brand-new 15-minute audio download that’s only available this summer. Patrick serves as our guide to angels through the saints, Tradition, and Scripture […]

Our Lady of Champion, Matchmaker?

May 1, 2023April 23, 2026 Articles, Family and Kids, Mary

As many Relevant Radio associates prepare for the 2026 Walk to Mary and its sold-out dinner, Family Rosary Across America co-host Maggie Groeschl reflects on the answered prayers that she was blessed with after bringing her own intentions to the Walk to Mary four years ago. In 2022, the temporary Park Ridge office in which […]

The Walk to Mary and Making the Most of Your Pilgrimage

April 18, 2023April 17, 2023 Articles

The spring and summer are exciting times to adventure and explore, especially sites important to our Catholic faith. There’s no better time to take the 21-mile trek from Old St. Joseph Church at St. Norbert College to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in Champion, Wisconsin! Whether you’re joining Relevant Radio for […]

Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of Relevant Radio

December 12, 2022December 9, 2022 Articles, Mary

The last feast on our Miracles, Mysteries, and Mary calendar is incredibly close to our hearts as associates of Relevant Radio. Today is 491 years since the appearance of Mary’s image on the tilma of Saint Juan Diego, and on the smaller scale of history, today also marks twenty-two years since Relevant Radio received its […]

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