Resources
Listen to audio from recent Center webinars and audio from presentations at recent conferences.
Resurrection and Hope with Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C.: Son Rise Morning Show 04/16/2025
The Resurrection is a reality that we experience today in the here and now. It is not just something that happened in the past. We can have hope in Jesus Christ. Listen to Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C share more in this segment from the Son Rise Morning Show on Sacred Heart Radio, in his reflection on Pope Francis’ homily from the Easter Vigil, 2024. The Resurrection gives us great hope, this is what we celebrate at Easter.
Son Rise Morning Show 04/09/2025: Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. on The Crucifix, Well-Spring of Hope
In this segment from the Son Rise Morning Show on Sacred Heart Radio, Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. reflects on the “The Crucifix, well-spring of hope” from the catechesis of Pope Francis at a General Audience.
Son Rise Morning Show 03/27/2024: Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. on Surrender
In this segment from the Son Rise Morning Show on Sacred Heart Radio, Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. discusses surrendering our will and desires so that we can unite ourselves more closely to Christ.
Son Rise Morning Show 02/28/2024: Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. on Sacrifice in Lent
In this segment from the Son Rise Morning Show on Sacred Heart Radio, Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. discusses St. Vincent Pallotti’s view of sacrifice and how our lives are to be lived for Christ and for others.
Son Rise Morning Show 02/21/2024: Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. on Selflessness in Lent
In this segment from the Son Rise Morning Show on Sacred Heart Radio, Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. discusses St. Vincent Pallotti’s view of selflessness and cooperating with God’s grace to reform our lives.
Son Rise Morning Show 02/14/2024: Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. on Self-Denial in Lent
In this segment from the Son Rise Morning Show on Sacred Heart Radio, Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. discusses St. Vincent Pallotti’s view of self-denial as a means of growing closer to God and the Saints.
Son Rise Morning Show 02/07/2024: Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. on Solitude in Lent
In this segment from the Son Rise Morning Show on Sacred Heart Radio, Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. discusses St. Vincent Pallotti’s prioritization of solitude as a means of communicating with God and meditating on the mysteries of salvation.
Son Rise Morning Show 04/05/2023: Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. on the Sacred Paschal Triduum
In this segment from the Son Rise Morning Show, Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. discusses the Sacred Paschal Triduum, the three most solemn, holiest days of the Church year, beginning on Holy Thursday, continuing with Good Friday, and Holy Saturday, and concluding with Evening Prayer II on Easter Sunday. Fr. Frank discusses the liturgies of the triduum, including: the Mass of the Lord’s Supper, the Commemoration of the Passion of the Lord, the Easter Vigil, and Easter Sunday.
Son Rise Morning Show 03/01/2023: Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. on a Deeper Conversion to Our Lord through Lent through Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving
In this segment from the Son Rise Morning Show, Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. discusses the traditional Lenten practices that the Catholic Church encourages its members to do: prayer, how we communicate with God; fasting, ridding of the things that are not aligned with Christ; and almsgiving, how we show love of neighbor. These disciplines, taken up from the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday until its conclusion at Easter, are a means by which an individual deepens their conversion to Christ by focusing their attention on God and on neighbor.