Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. explores the development of Church teaching on the laity, highlighting Vatican II's Lumen Gentium and Apostolicam Actuositatem, the universal call to holiness, and St. Vincent Pallotti's foundational influence. Listen to Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. share more in this segment of the Son Rise Morning Show on Sacred Heart Radio, about the development of Church teaching on the lay apostolate and their share in the priestly, prophetic, and kingly office of Christ.  

Drawing from his four decades of religious life, Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. unpacks Pallottine spirituality, vocational discernment, and how surrendering personal plans opens the door to unexpected paths of service. Listen to Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. share more in this segment of the Son Rise Morning Show on Sacred Heart Radio, about living a daily life of mission and discipleship.

Authentic evangelization calls for a robust societal witness, urging Catholics to shift from a privatized faith mentality to active defense of human dignity and public transformation. Listen to Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C share more in this segment of the Son Rise Morning Show on Sacred Heart Radio, about our role as apostles in our daily lives. 

Evangelii Gaudium demands a universal awakening to missionary discipleship, urging all baptized laypeople to shift from clerical dependence to active, relationship-driven evangelization and patient spiritual accompaniment. Listen to Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C share more in this segment of the Son Rise Morning Show on Sacred Heart Radio, about our role as apostles in our daily lives. 

Evangelii Gaudium calls for a radical missionary transformation, urging Catholics to shift from a parish maintenance mentality to active, baptism-driven evangelical freedom and co-responsibility. Listen to Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C share more in this segment of the Son Rise Morning Show on Sacred Heart Radio, about our role as apostles in our daily lives. 

We currently live in the age of the Church after Pentecost where we are called to be missionary disciples and spread the Good News to the end of the earth. Listen to Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C share more in this segment of the Son Rise Morning Show on Sacred Heart Radio, about our role as apostles in our daily lives. 

In this segment from the Son Rise Morning Show on Sacred Heart Radio, Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. continues the series on the life and spirituality of St. Vincent Pallotti, the founder of the Pallottines and speaks about Pallotti’s mystical experiences in a unique way because he was so active in his apostleship.

In this segment from the Son Rise Morning Show on Sacred Heart Radio, Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. begins a series on the life and spirituality of St. Vincent Pallotti, the founder of the Pallottines.

In this segment from the Son Rise Morning Show, Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. remembers Pope Benedict XVI’s emphasis on a personal encounter with Christ and his love, particularly in his first encyclical, Deus Caritas Est “God is Love”, as the Church mourns his passing at the age of 95.

In this segment from the Son Rise Morning Show, Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. continues the series on Saint John Paul II’s apostolic exhortation, Ecclesia in America, and discusses the second chapter about encountering Jesus Christ in America today and how Christianity was received in the Americas.

In this segment from the Son Rise Morning Show, Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. continues the series on Saint John Paul II’s apostolic exhortation, Ecclesia in America, and discusses the first chapter about encountering Christ and the call to bring others to encounter Christ.

In this segment from the Son Rise Morning Show, Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. introduces a new series on Saint John Paul II’s apostolic exhortation, Ecclesia in America, written following the Special Assembly for America of the Synod of Bishops, which met in 1997.