God Matters

Mondays, 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Fridays, 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

WXAV 88.3 FM, Chicago

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Description

A weekly half hour radio program that airs first on the University's radio station (WXAV, 88.3 FM, Chicago) God Matters is a lively discussion of topics and events where religion or spirituality become the context for scholars and practitioners to explore current literary, scientific, economic, political and artistic issues.

God_Matters@sxu.edu

Sister Susan Sanders, R.S.M., Ph.D.
Executive Producer
(773) 298-3981

 Krystyna Komperda
Production Assistant

Programming Schedule 2005

Each segment is approximately 30 minutes.  Click on the icon to the left of the program title to listen.

listen 5/13/05, 5/16/05
Poetry and the Search for Meaning: Dr. Kevin Stein, Illinois Poet Laureate.
listen 5/6/05, 5/9/05
Hospitality of Hospice: Living Well, Dying Well: Dr. Kay Thurn, Associate Professor of Nursing, and Dr. Janna Roop, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Saint Xavier University.
listen 4/29/05, 5/2/05
Servant Leadership in the Style of Saint Vincent DePaul, Part 2: Rev. J. Patrick Murphy, CM, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of the Public Services Graduate Program, DePaul University.
listen 4/22/05, 4/25/05
Servant Leadership in the Style of Saint Vincent DePaul, Part 1: Rev. J. Patrick Murphy, CM, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of the Public Services Graduate Program, DePaul University.
listen 4/15/05, 4/18/05
Teaching as a Spiritual Art: Dr. Eileen Quinn Knight, Professor of Education, Saint Xavier University.
listen 4/8/05, 4/11/05
The Lost Catholic Virtue: In Search of the Common Good: Most Rev. Edwin Conway, Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of Chicago.
listen 4/1/05, 4/4/05 
School of the Americas and Actions of Faith: Sister Carlotta Oberzut, R.S.M., Sisters of Mercy, Chicago; Teresa LeCompte, Faculty Member, Mother McAuley High School, Chicago; and Tim Grivois, Student, Saint Xavier University.
listen 3/28/05 
Truth’s Tortured Life: Trying to Find and Tell the Truth in News: Carol Marin, Journalist.
listen 3/18/05, 3/21/05
The Three Principals: Why Catholic Inner City Education?:
Sister Marion Cypser, RSM, Principal, Saint Catherine-Saint Lucy School, Oak Park, IL; Sister Mary Finnegan, Principal, Saint Angela School, Chicago, IL; and Sister Jayne Daly, R.S.M., Principal, Saint James School, 29th Street, Chicago.
listen 3/11/05, 3/14/05
Dead Man Walking - The Journey Continues:
Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J., Prison Minister and Death Penalty Activist, and Jennifer Bishop-Jenkins, Board Member, Murder Victim Families for Reconciliation.
listen 3/4/05, 3/7/05
The Spirituality of Work: An Oxymoron?:
Gregory F. Augustine Pierce, President, ACTA Publications.
listen 2/25/05, 2/28/05
Can a Catholic Be a Journalist?:
Judy Valente, On-Air Journalist, PBS's Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly.
listen 2/18/05, 2/21/05
The Facts about American Catholicism: Rev. Andrew Greeley, Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona; the National Opinion Research Center, Chicago; and the University of Chicago.
listen 2/11/05, 2/14/05
Harmony, Hope and Healing: A Creative Music Program in Service to Homeless Women and Their Children: Marge Nykaza, Director, Harmony, Hope, and Healing, and Sister Cathleen Cahill, RSM.
listen 2/4/05, 2/7/05
Forgiving and Reconciliation: Dr. Avis Clendenen, Professor of Religious Studies, Saint Xavier University.
listen 1/28/05, 1/31/05
Christian Peacemaker Teams: Brother Denis Murphy, FSC.
listen 1/21/05, 1/24/05
Why a Catholic University?: Dr. Steven Murphy, Vice President for Enrollment and Student Services, and Dr. Kathleen Carlson, Director of Planning and Assessment, Saint Xavier University.
listen 1/14/05, 1/17/05
Poetry and the Search for Meaning: Dr. Kevin Stein, Illinois Poet Laureate.
listen 1/7/05, 1/10/05
School of the Americas: Prayer, Protest and Prison: Sister Moira Kenny, R.S.M., and Mary Dean.

Programming Schedule 2004

listen 12/27
Hospitality of Hospice: Living Well, Dying Well: Dr. Kay Thurn, Associate Professor of Nursing, and Dr. Janna Roop, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Saint Xavier University.
listen 12/17, 12/20
Servant Leadership in the Style of Saint Vincent DePaul, Part 2: Rev. J. Patrick Murphy, CM, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of the Public Services Graduate Program, DePaul University.
listen 12/10, 12/13
Servant Leadership in the Style of Saint Vincent DePaul, Part 1: Rev. J. Patrick Murphy, CM, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of the Public Services Graduate Program, DePaul University.
  12/3, 12/6
The Lost Catholic Virtue: In Search of the Common Good: Most Rev. Edwin Conway, Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of Chicago.
  11/19, 11/22, 11/29 
School of the Americas and Actions of Faith: Sister Carlotta Oberzut, R.S.M., Sisters of Mercy, Chicago; Teresa LeCompte, Faculty Member, Mother McAuley High School, Chicago; and Tim Grivois, Student, Saint Xavier University.
  11/1, 11/5
The Three Principals: Why Catholic Inner City Education?:
Sister Marion Cypser, R.S.M., Principal, Saint Catherine-Saint Lucy School, Oak Park, IL; Sister Mary Finnegan, Principal, Saint Angela School, Chicago, IL; and Sister Jayne Daly, R.S.M., Principal, Saint James School, 29th Street, Chicago.
  10/25, 10/29
Dead Man Walking - The Journey Continues:
Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, Prison Minister and Death Penalty Activist, and Jennifer Bishop-Jenkins, Board Member, Murder Victim Families for Reconciliation.
  10/18, 10/22
The Spirituality of Work: An Oxymoron?:
Gregory F. Augustine Pierce, President, ACTA Publications.
  10/11, 10/15
Can a Catholic Be a Journalist?:
Judy Valente, On-Air Journalist, PBS's Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly.
  10/4, 10/8
The Facts about American Catholicism: Rev. Andrew Greeley, Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona; the National Opinion Research Center, Chicago; and the University of Chicago.
  9/27, 10/1
Harmony, Hope and Healing: A Creative Music Program in Service to Homeless Women and Their Children: Marge Nykaza, Director, Harmony, Hope, and Healing, and Sister Cathleen Cahill, RSM.
  9/20, 9/24
Forgiving and Reconciliation: Dr. Avis Clendenen, Professor of Religious Studies, Saint Xavier University.
  9/13, 9/17
Hospitality of Hospice: Living Well, Dying Well: Dr. Kay Thurn, Associate Professor of Nursing, and Dr. Janna Roop, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Saint Xavier University.
  9/10
Why a Catholic University?: Dr. Steven Murphy, Vice President for Enrollment and Student Services, and Dr. Kathleen Carlson, Director of Planning and Assessment, Saint Xavier University.
  8/30, 9/3
Servant Leadership in the Style of Saint Vincent DePaul, Parts 1 and 2: Rev. J. Patrick Murphy, CM, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of the Public Services Graduate Program, DePaul University.
  8/23, 8/27
The Lost Catholic Virtue: In Search of the Common Good: Most Rev. Edwin Conway, Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of Chicago.
  8/16, 8/20
Truth’s Tortured Life: Trying to Find and Tell the Truth in News: Carol Marin, Journalist.
  8/9, 8/13
The Three Principals: Why Catholic Inner City Education?: Sister Marion Cypser, R.S.M., Principal, Saint Catherine-Saint Lucy School, Oak Park, IL; Sister Mary Finnegan, Principal, Saint Angela School, Chicago, IL; and Sister Jayne Daly, R.S.M., Principal, Saint James School, 29th Street, Chicago.
  8/2, 8/6
School of the Americas and Actions of Faith: Sister Carlotta Oberzut, R.S.M., Sisters of Mercy, Chicago; Teresa LeCompte, Faculty Member, Mother McAuley High School, Chicago; and Tim Grivois, Student, Saint Xavier University.
  7/26, 7/30
Dead Man Walking - The Journey Continues: Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J., Prison Minister and Death Penalty Activist, and Jennifer Bishop-Jenkins, Board Member, Murder Victim Families for Reconciliation.
  7/19, 7/23
The Spirituality of Work: An Oxymoron?: Gregory F. Augustine Pierce, President, ACTA Publications.
  7/12
Can a Catholic Be a Journalist?:
Judy Valente, On-Air Journalist, PBS's Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly.
  7/9
The Facts about American Catholicism: Rev. Andrew Greeley, Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona; the National Opinion Research Center, Chicago; and the University of Chicago.
  6/28, 7/2
Servant Leadership in the Style of Saint Vincent DePaul, Parts 1 and 2: Rev. J. Patrick Murphy, CM, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of the Public Services Graduate Program, DePaul University.
 

6/21, 6/25
Hospitality of Hospice: Living Well, Dying Well: Dr. Kay Thurn, Associate Professor of Nursing, and Dr. Janna Roop, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Saint Xavier University.

Teaching as a Spiritual Art: Dr. Eileen Quinn Knight, Professor of Education, Saint Xavier University.

 

6/18
Forgiving and Reconciliation: Dr. Avis Clendenen, Professor of Religious Studies, Saint Xavier University.

Why a Catholic University?: Dr. Steven Murphy, Vice President for Enrollment and Student Services, and Dr. Kathleen Carlson, Director of Planning and Assessment, Saint Xavier University.

 

6/14
The Lost Catholic Virtue: In Search of the Common Good:  Most Rev. Edwin Conway, Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of Chicago.

Harmony, Hope and Healing: A Creative Music Program in Service to Homeless Women and Their Children: Marge Nykaza, Director, Harmony, Hope, and Healing, and Sister Cathleen Cahill, R.S.M..

 

6/7, 6/11 
Iraq: What Is at Stake? Part 3:  A panel of Saint Xavier University faculty members.

 

5/31, 6/4
Iraq: What Is at Stake? Part 1:  A panel of Saint Xavier University faculty members.

Iraq: What Is at Stake? Part 2:  A panel of Saint Xavier University faculty members.

  5/24, 5/28
Not Your Typical Abba: Hollywood Images of God, Parts 1 and 2:
Dr. Kathleen Waller, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, and Dr. Michael O'Keeffe, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Saint Xavier University
  5/17, 5/21
Can a Catholic Be a Journalist?, Part 2:  Judy Valente, On-Air Journalist, PBS's Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly.
 

5/10, 5/14
School of the Americas and Actions of Faith:Sister Carlotta Oberzut, R.S.M., Sisters of Mercy, Chicago; Teresa LeCompte, Faculty Member, Mother McAuley High School, Chicago; and Tim Grivois, Student, Saint Xavier University.

Can a Catholic Be a Journalist?, Part 1:
Judy Valente, On-Air Journalist, PBS's Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly.

 

5/3, 5/7
Defending Yourself While Forgiving Your Enemy, Part 3: Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., Archbishop of Chicago.

The Three Principals: Why Catholic Inner City Education?: Sister Marion Cypser, R.S.M., Principal Saint Catherine-Saint Lucy School, Oak Park, IL; Sister Mary Finnegan, Principal, Saint Angela School, Chicago, IL; and Sister Jayne Daly, RSM, Principal, Saint James School, 29th Street, Chicago.

  4/26, 4/30 
Defending Yourself While Forgiving Your Enemy, Parts 1 and 2:  Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., Archbishop of Chicago.
  4/19, 4/23
War and Religion, Part 1: Dr. Michael Bathgate, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Dr. Kathleen Waller, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Saint Xavier University .

War and Religion, Part 2: Dr. Richard Yanikoski, President, and Sister Susan Sanders, R.S.M., Ph.D., Director, Center for Religion and Public Discourse, Saint Xavier University.

  4/12, 4/16
Ethics in America: The Recent Accounting Scandals, Parts 2 and 3: Steven Hallenbeck, J.D., Adjunct Professor, Graham School of Management, Saint Xavier University; Brian McKenna, J.D., Associate Professor, Graham School of Management, Saint Xavier University; and James Fuehrmeyer, partner, Deloitte and Touche.
 

4/5, 4/9 
Teen Dating Violence: The Invisible Peril: Sister Susan Sanders, R.S.M., Ph.D., Director, Center for Religion and Public Discourse, Saint Xavier University.

Ethics in America : The Recent Accounting Scandals, Part 1: Steven Hallenbeck, J.D., Adjunct Professor, Graham School of Management, Saint Xavier University; Brian McKenna, J.D., Associate Professor, Graham School of Management, Saint Xavier University; and James Fuehrmeyer, Partner, Deloitte and Touche.

  3/29, 4/2
The Facts about American Catholicism, Parts 1 and 2:  Rev. Andrew Greeley, Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona; the National Opinion Research Center, Chicago; and the University of Chicago.
  3/22, 3/26
Servant Leadership in the Style of Saint Vincent DePaul, Parts 1 and 2: Rev. J. Patrick Murphy, CM, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of the Public Services Graduate Program,DePaul University.
  3/15, 3/19
The Spirituality of Work: An Oxymoron? Parts 1 and 2: Gregory F. Augustine Pierce, President, ACTA Publications.
  3/8, 3/12
Wrestling with the Angels, Parts 1 and 2: Matt Lamb, Artist.
  3/1, 3/5
Journalism, Politics, and the Good Life: Reflections From a Television Political Analyst, Parts 1 and 2:  Mike Flannery, On-Air News Analyst, WBBM, Channel 2 News, Chicago.
 

2/23, 2/27
Teaching as a Spiritual Art:  Dr. Eileen Quinn Knight, Professor of Education, Saint Xavier University.

The Lost Catholic Virtue: In Search of the Common Good: Most Rev. Edwin Conway, Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of Chicago.

  2/16, 2/20
Harmony, Hope and Healing: A Creative Music Program in Service to Homeless Women and Their Children:  Marge Nykaza, Director, Harmony, Hope, and Healing, and Sister Cathleen Cahill, R.S.M.
  2/9, 2/13
Why a Catholic University?: Dr. Steven Murphy, Vice President for Enrollment and Student Services, and Dr. Kathleen Carlson, Director of Planning and Assessment, Saint Xavier University.
 

2/2, 2/6
Forgiving and Reconciliation:  Dr. Avis Clendenen, Professor of Religious Studies, Saint Xavier University.

Hospitality of Hospice: Living Well, Dying Well: Dr. Kay Thurn, Associate Professor of Nursing, and Dr. Janna Roop, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Saint Xavier University.

Programming Schedule 2003

 

6/27
Teen Dating Violence: The Invisible Peril: Sister Susan Sanders, R.S.M., Ph.D., Director, Center for Religion and Public Discourse, Saint Xavier University.

Wrestling with the Angels, Part 1: Matt Lamb, Artist.

  6/20
The Facts about American Catholicism, Parts 1 and 2: Rev. Andrew Greeley, Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona; the National Opinion Research Center, Chicago; and the University of Chicago.
  6/13
Can a Catholic Be a Journalist?, Parts 1 and 2: Judy Valente, On-Air Journalist, PBS's Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly.
  6/6
Defending Yourself While Forgiving Your Enemy, Parts 2 and 3: Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., Archbishop of Chicago.
 

5/30
Ethics in America: The Recent Accounting Scandals, Part 3: Steven Hallenbeck, J.D., Adjunct Professor, Graham School of Management, Saint Xavier University; Brian McKenna, J.D., Associate Professor, Graham School of Management, Saint Xavier University; and James Fuehrmeyer, partner, Deloitte and Touche.

Defending Yourself While Forgiving Your Enemy, Part 1: Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., Archbishop of Chicago.

  5/23
Ethics in America: The Recent Accounting Scandals, Parts 1 and 2: Steven Hallenbeck, J.D., Adjunct Professor, Graham School of Management, Saint Xavier University; Brian McKenna, J.D., Associate Professor, Graham School of Management, Saint Xavier University; and James Fuehrmeyer, partner, Deloitte and Touche.
 

5/16
School of the Americas and Actions of Faith: Sister Carlotta Oberzut, R.S.M., Sisters of Mercy, Chicago; Teresa LeCompte, Faculty Member, Mother McAuley High School, Chicago; and Tim Grivois, Student, Saint Xavier University.

The Lost Catholic Virtue: In Search of the Common Good:
Most Rev. Edwin Conway, Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of Chicago.

 

5/9
The Three Principals: Why Catholic Inner City Education?: Sister Marion Cypser, R.S.M., Principal Saint Catherine-Saint Lucy School, Oak Park, IL; Sister Mary Finnegan, Principal, Saint Angela School, Chicago, IL; and Sister Jayne Daly, RSM, Principal, Saint James School, 29th Street, Chicago.

Teaching as a Spiritual Art: Dr. Eileen Quinn Knight, Professor of Education, Saint Xavier University.

  5/2
Servant Leadership in the Style of Saint Vincent DePaul, Parts 1 and 2: Rev. J. Patrick Murphy, CM, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of the Public Services Graduate Program, DePaul University.
  4/25
Journalism, Politics, and the Good Life: Reflections From a Television Political Analyst, Parts 1 and 2: Mike Flannery, On-Air News Analyst, WBBM, Channel 2 News, Chicago.
  4/18
Not Your Typical Abba: Hollywood Images of God, Parts 1 and 2: Dr. Kathleen Waller, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, and Dr. Michael O'Keeffe, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Saint Xavier University.
  4/11
Wrestling with the Angels, Parts 1 and 2: Matt Lamb, Artist.
  4/4
The Spirituality of Work: An Oxymoron? Parts 1 and 2: Gregory F. Augustine Pierce, President, ACTA Publications.
  1/31
Challenging the American Empire: Toward an Ethic of Internationalism and Nonviolence, Part 1: Dr. Peter N. Kirstein, Professor of History and Political Science, Saint Xavier University.
  1/24
Iraq: What Is at Stake? Part 3: A panel of Xavier University faculty members.
  1/17
Iraq: What Is at Stake? Part 2:A panel of Saint Xavier University faculty members.
  1/10
Iraq: What Is at Stake? Part 1: A panel of Saint Xavier University faculty members.

Programming Schedule 2002

  12/20
Defending Yourself While Forgiving Your Enemy, Part 3:
Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., Archbishop of Chicago.
  12/13
Defending Yourself While Forgiving Your Enemy, Part 2:
Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., Archbishop of Chicago.
  12/6
Defending Yourself While Forgiving Your Enemy, Part 1: Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., Archbishop of Chicago.
  11/22
The Lost Catholic Virtue: In Search of the Common Good: Most Rev. Edwin Conway, Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of Chicago.
  11/1
Not Your Typical Abba: Hollywood Images of God, Part 2: Dr. Kathleen Waller, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, and Dr. Michael O'Keeffe, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Saint Xavier University.
  10/25
Not Your Typical Abba: Hollywood Images of God, Part 1: Dr. Kathleen Waller, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, and Dr. Michael O'Keeffe, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Saint Xavier University.
  10/18
Teen Dating Violence: The Invisible Peril: Sister Susan Sanders, R.S.M., Ph.D., Director, Center for Religion and Public Discourse, Saint Xavier University.
  10/11
Journalism, Politics, and the Good Life: Reflections From a Television Political Analyst, Part 2: Mike Flannery, Reporter, WBBM, Channel 2 News, Chicago.
  10/4
Journalism, Politics, and the Good Life: Reflections From a Television Political Analyst, Part 1: Mike Flannery, On-Air News Analyst, WBBM, Channel 2 News, Chicago.
  9/27
Servant Leadership in the Style of Saint Vincent DePaul, Part 2:J. Patrick Murphy, CM, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of the Public Services Graduate Program, DePaul University.
  9/20
Servant Leadership in the Style of Saint Vincent DePaul, Part 1:
J. Patrick Murphy, CM, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of the Public Services Graduate Program, DePaul University.
  9/13
War and Religion, Part 2: Dr. Richard Yanikoski, President, and Susan Sanders, R.S.M., Ph.D., Director, Center for Religion and Public Discourse, Saint Xavier University.
  9/6
War and Religion, Part 1: Dr. Michael Bathgate, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Dr. Kathleen Waller, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Saint Xavier University.
  8/30
Teaching as a Spiritual Art: Dr. Eileen Quinn Knight, Professor of Education, Saint Xavier University.