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Local Catholic radio with practical heart.
The 4Fathers Podcast is a local Catholic audio stream built from Spirit FM segments, sponsor dedications, devotions, and interview features. It suits listeners who want faith tied to ordinary community life, from ministry work and Catholic publishing to prayerful reflections on the Stations of the Cross.
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The 4Fathers Podcast gathers Spirit FM material into a local Catholic listening stream with a distinctly community-minded shape. It is not only interviews. Recent episodes include day-sponsor dedications, anniversary messages, devotional prayer, and the How We See It conversations about faith and public life. The tone is warm and unhurried. A listener might hear Susan Laughlin remembered alongside Betty Ralston, John Nager honoring Maria on their 25th anniversary, and then a long meditation through Stations of the Cross from Mary's point of view. The show is comfortable with tenderness. It is also comfortable with logistics. Guests talk about where ministries are based, what programs cost, how volunteers help, where books can be found, and how people can register or learn more. Catholic identity is not background decoration here. It shapes the questions, the moral language, and the sense that service work, publishing, travel, retreats, and spiritual practice belong in the same conversation. The interview episodes often start simply. Someone asks what brought a priest to Tampa Bay, what a ministry does, or why a Catholic writer mattered, then lets the answer take its time. Fr. Mark Barron and Nermeen Rubin bring Water for Mercy into view through travel, Marian Helpers, and Tanzania. Father Dennis Billy talks through St. Alphonsus, moral theology, spirituality, and books written for a popular audience. Father Primus Woria's conversation begins with travel, nervousness, and adapting to life far from Tanzania. Mark Brumley remembers Russell Shaw and Catholic journalism through Ignatius Press. Kathy Stone and Steve Beatty describe Cornerstone Family Ministries through child care, poverty, volunteers, prayer, and board service. The result is local Catholic radio with real names and practical stakes. It suits people who want faith programming that sounds lived-in rather than staged, with room for both prayer and public-service detail.
Made for: For listeners who want Catholic faith, Tampa Bay community life, ministry interviews, and devotional programming in a plainspoken radio format. It especially fits people who value service details, local connections, and patient guest-led conversations.
What sets it apart: The show stands apart by treating sponsor dedications, prayer, ministry work, Catholic publishing, and priestly testimony as one community record. Its strength is the concrete local texture, not a polished inspirational package.
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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Catholic teaching meets Tampa Bay civic life through patient interviews focused on prayer, service, moral questions, and community institutions.
Deacon Mike Sweeney uses straightforward interviews to connect Catholic belief with public life, personal discipline, and service around Tampa Bay.
A death-row resentencing and a saint's Spider-Man costume meet you in the same faith-shaped neighborhood.
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A patient Catholic interview that turns spiritual biography into a practical map.
A parish conversation about St. Alphonsus Liguori gives the episode its center. Deacon Mike Sweeney and Father Dennis Billy start from their long acquaintance, then move into Billy's years of teaching and a clear account of Alphonsian spirituality, with practice, heart, and…
Faith-based service is framed through child care, volunteers, and an affordable retreat space.
Cornerstone Family Ministries comes across as a practical, faith-rooted response to the day-to-day strain of poverty. Child care costs, volunteer labor, board service, and the lab school program are all folded into one clear picture of how the group tries to support children and…
A steady Heart Month conversation with practical steps and clear community entry points.
This Heart Month episode pairs Brittany Bromley of the American Heart Association with Deacon Mike Sweeney for a clear, serviceable conversation.
A restrained jailhouse conversation about Troy Merck's case, hope, and outreach to younger people.
Troy Merck sits at the center of a hard, restrained conversation with Maria Deliberato, and the stakes are plain: Pinellas County Jail, sentencing in April, and a case that could still turn into a death penalty fight.
A calm parish-level look at prayer, life issues, and community witness.
The piece stays close to parish life and civic witness, with Bishop Gregory Parks speaking plainly about Christmas at the cathedral, the fuller crowd at the 10 p.m. Mass, and how January's pro-life calendar carries into prayer and public events.
A calm, clear explanation of relics that makes Carlo Acutis feel close, not remote.
Father Steve turns relics into something plain and understandable. He explains why Catholics venerate saints, then traces the custom back to the early church in the catacombs before landing on St.
Prayer, grief, and daily fidelity are handled with uncommon plainness.
A steady faith conversation, it follows Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers through prayer, travel, grief, and the routines that keep belief anchored in ordinary life.
Two Bible translators unpack Scripture's hardest passages, from Revelation's 666 to the Witch of Endor.
MJ Dorian's solo deep dives trace genius through Blake, McQueen, da Vinci, and Jung's Red Book.
Two Methodist pastors and guests work through forgiveness, control, and grief in scripture.
The 4Fathers Podcast presents a dramatic reading of the Stations of the Cross told entirely from Mary's perspective, narrating her experience of walking alongside Jesus from his condemnation by Pilate through his death, burial, and resurrection.
This episode features a sponsor message from John Nager celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary with his wife Maria, expressing gratitude and love.
This episode acknowledges a sponsorship in memory of Betty Ralston and expresses gratitude to the sponsor and family.
Deacon Mike welcomes an old friend, Father Dennis Billy, a Redemptorist priest with years of teaching behind him in Rome, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, plus retreat work in Canandaigua, New York.
This episode features an interview with Fr.
Cornerstone Family Ministries dates back to 1892 and says it serves children from families trying to earn and learn their way out of poverty.
This episode features an interview with Mark Brumley, CEO of Ignatius Press, discussing the legacy of Russell Shaw, a prominent Catholic layman and journalist who played a key role in U.S.
Deacon Mike Sweeney interviews Father Primus Woria about his journey from Tanzania to serve at a Catholic parish in Florida.
A Christian music radio show featuring contemporary Christian artists and a sponsor message for a recycling business.
A Christian radio show thanks sponsors and honors a listener's sister who passed away, blending music with faith-based content.
A Christian radio show interviews a Habitat for Humanity representative about the organization's mission and homeownership program.
Deacon Mike Sweeney interviews Clara Reynolds from Crisis Center Tampa Bay about human trafficking statistics and realities in the local community.
Bishop Gregory Parks discusses the significance of Holy Week, from Palm Sunday to Easter, exploring the emotional journey and theological meaning of the Passion.
Deacon Mike Sweeney interviews William Dunn about Take a Kid Fishing, a charity that mentors foster children and fatherless kids through fishing, showing them the love of Christ.
Bishop Parks discusses recent large confirmations in the Diocese of St.
Bishop Gregory Parks discusses his recent travels, seminary updates, and the ordination of a new bishop in Palm Beach.
A Catholic deacon interviews a theologian about the Jewish roots of the Catholic Church and the significance of Jewish-Christian dialogue.
Bishop Donald Hying speaks on the integration of evangelization, discipleship, and stewardship in the Catholic faith.
Deacon Mike Sweeney interviews children's book author Gracie Jagla about her new books that blend fun with Catholic theology.
An interview with the Director of Marketing for Catholic Charities discussing their hurricane relief efforts and homeless shelter expansions in Florida.
Deacon Mike Sweeney interviews Peter Carter about his book co-authored with Cardinal Robert Serra, exploring the intersection of music and silence in faith.
Deacon Mike Sweeney interviews Dr.
Bishop James Golka discusses the Mass and its application to Christian stewardship, drawing from scripture and personal reflection.
February is American Heart Month.
Interview with Lou Riccardo of Catholic Charities discussing their 2025 accomplishments, hurricane relief, and expansion of homeless shelters in Florida.
An interview with Fr.
Deacon Mike Sweeney interviews Maria Deliberato from Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty about the record number of executions in Florida and the need for criminal justice reform.
Troy Merck is waiting for sentencing in a case that could bring the death penalty.
A Christian music radio show featuring listener testimonies and contemporary Christian hits.
Jeff Joaquin shares his personal story of being a teenage father who arranged an abortion for his girlfriend, discussing his journey to becoming pro-life and his documentary 'How to Save a Life'.
"We Catholics are a little weird," the host says, and Father Steve takes that seriously.
This episode features an interview with Curtis Martin, founder of FOCUS, discussing the resurgence of Catholic faith among young people and college campuses.
This episode features Claire from Christ in the City discussing their unique street ministry approach that focuses on building friendships and addressing loneliness among homeless individuals in Tampa Bay.
Bishop Gregory Parks tells John Morris that the Diocese of St.
Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers has been to 34 countries, and Deacon Mike Sweeney gives him space to talk about what that life has asked of him: faith, prayer on the road, and work he says he never planned to want.
Bishop Gregory Parkes discusses the life and impact of Monsignor John Sippel, a revered priest in the Diocese of St.