Abbey<\/a>.<\/p>\nWe’re not sure when the interview will be broadcast, but surely within the next month or two.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So yesterday amid the Papal hoopla and huzzahs, my old friend Rev. Bryan Dolejsi invited me to be a guest on his radio show. Father Dolejsi is the Director of Vocations for the Archdiocese of Seattle, and his show, called “Vocation Radio” is broadcast on Sacred Heart Radio several times a week. 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<\/a>So we munched on the pizza ordered by the Chancery to celebrate the election of the new Pope, and we chatted.<\/p>\n