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On the last episode of Root of the Rot, we looked at the flourishing and growth of Christendom from its legalization, then endorsement, from the soon-to-die Roman Empire. In this episode, we will examine what happened when kings were more interested in the comings and goings of this life instead of the life to come, the change in art, architecture, and music. We will then look at the dark shadow that Martin Luther cast across all of Christendom. It is extremely important for Catholics today to understand that the problems in both the world and the Church did not simply begin with Vatican II, rather they go very far back in time and marched forward to where we are today. In order to understand the rot, you must get to the root of it. Join us as His Excellency, Bishop Daniel Dolan, pastor of St. Gertrude the Great Catholic Church in West Chester, Ohio and host Stephen Heiner recount this important part of history that all Catholics should know. Original Air Date: March 28, 2014 Show Run Time: 1 hour 29 minute

Introducing another new show for Season 3 of Restoration Radio, The Root of the Rot. The height of Christendom featured the coronation of an emperor by a Pope, a society governed by the law of the gospels, music, art, and architecture that emphasized mankind's final end while glorifying God in the present. Learn about this amazing period in Christian history and how radically it differs from the time in which we find ourselves today. Join us as host Stephen Heiner and show guest, His Excellency, Bishop Daniel Dolan, pastor of St. Gertrude the Great Catholic Church in Westchester, Ohio gets us to the root of the rot...and helps to clean it out! Original Air Date: January 31, 2014 Show Run Time: 1 hour 33 minutes Show Guest(s): Bishop Daniel Dolan Show Host(s): Stephen Heiner Season 3 Sponsor: Novus Ordo Watch http://novusordowatch.org/ Episode: https://www.truerestoration.org/season-iii-the-root-of-the-rot-i-the-christian-order-800-1274-a-d/ Root of the Rot: https://www.truerestoration.org/category/radio

On the month's episode of Trad Reviews, we will be reviewing the very popular Catholic movie Becket, the subject of poetry and particularly that of Father Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J. (1844-1889) and closing out with a review of the board game Puerto Rico. We begin with a review of Becket, a film that has been nominated for 12 Academy Awards and the brilliant acting by the two leading actors Richard Burton (St. Thomas Becket) and Peter O'Toole (King Henry VIII) who capture their roles brilliantly in this screenplay. We discuss our reactions to the screenplay and take a close look at the individual reflections we had after watching this movie: what does it tell us about that period of time in world history? What does it say about today? What lessons in the faith does this movie illustrate to us? What is the historical accuracy of this film? And lastly, can we recommend this movie? Normally we review a book, but in this segment, we engage the subject of poetry. We introduce our show guest for this segment, Bis

On the month's episode of Trad Reviews, we will be discussing the recent hit movie Divergent, the classic 1970s book Small is Beautiful by E.F. Schumacher, and the board game Settlers of Catan. In what seems to be a flurry of dystopian movies coming out of Hollywood these days, we examine this movie which has gripped teens internationally in a similar way as the Hunger Games did. We will take a deep look into the problems with the movie, the subliminal and not-so-subliminal messages contained in the movie, and why this movie cannot be recommended for teens - but can be used as a tool for mature adults and parents alike to see in crystal clear focus the utter banality of the teen culture today and what message the modern world is selling to today's teenager. We see the usual players at work in these films pushing U.N. agendas on everything from equality of the sexes, to women in combat, to government controlling every aspect of one's life. We hope you find this review objective and critical at the same time.

On the month's episode of Trad Reviews, we will be talking about the perennial classic works of J.R.R. Tolkien Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. We will take a deep look at these novels, how they present the central themes, some of the extremely few criticisms of the work, as well as dispelling some myths and misunderstandings associated with them. A close look will be given to the central characters in the novels and the lessons learned from each of them. From a Catholic perspective, it is obvious that Tolkien's deep Catholic faith played a central role in these works, and we will explain how. Additionally, we will compare and contrast the novels with the Hollywood series adaptations by Peter Jackson and discuss whether or not the silver screen versions of these does justice to the novels. Lastly, we will close with a look at the Lord of the Rings board game and why the one we chose to discuss is worth looking into for wholesome entertainment. Join us as host and honorary Hobbit Nicholas Wansbutter lights

On this month's episode of Trad Reviews, it's all about some old and new "classics" today at TradReviews. We will discuss Msgr. Robert Hugh Benson's famous novel Lord of the World, Alfred Hitchcock's film I Confess, and the classic game of chess. If you have not read Msgr. Benson's works, this show will be a worthy primer into his most famous novel, one that if read through the eyes of the faith, provides a sobering parallel to the world in which we live today and a very plausible scenario for the rise of the antichrist. We will take a look into Hitchcock the director, his style, his vision for bringing to the screen a story in a distinctly unique manner and what he provided to the viewer. Host Stephen Heiner will talk about the importance of these topics and what should be kept in mind when reading, viewing, or playing. Join us on this episode of Trad Reviews. Original Air Date: March 23, 2014 Show Run Time: 58 minutes Show Guest(s): Justin Soeder (cameo) Show Host(s): Stephen Heiner Season 3 Sponsor: N

On this month's episode of Trad Reviews, we will be discussing St. Francis de Sales' 1609 masterpiece Introduction to the Devout Life. We will follow up with William Wyler's 1959 blockbuster Ben-Hur, and how we view this movie. No doubt that this is a classic, and we will reflect on some of the finer points that makes this movie what it is. To finish up the show, we will discuss the board game giant Monopoly, and what lessons we as Catholics can take home from this game. Most people would not give a second thought to the game itself, but is there more to this American board game icon than meets the eye? What could possibly draw scrutiny about this game? Does it shape and influence thinking about economics and commerce? Join host Stephen Heiner as he discusses and reflect upon these topics on this month's episode of Trad Reviews. Original Air Date: February 23, 2014 Show Run Time: 1 hour 13 minutes Show Guest(s): None Show Host(s): Stephen Heiner Season 3 Sponsor: Novus Ordo Watch http://novusordowatch.org

Welcome to our new home! On this episode of the Flagship Show, we will present all of our changes during our month-and-a-half off the air. We talk about the endless hours, the necessary changes, and what this means for our listeners for the 2nd half of Season 3 and beyond. We hope, after listening, that you will understand that these changes were absolutely necessary and will provide us the ability to grow this network into something far beyond what we have achieved thus far. The plans for the future of the network are exciting and with your help, we will see to it that we continue to build the best Catholic radio programming available in the world. Original Air Date: August 9, 2014 Show Run Time: 52 minutes Show Guest(s): Nicholas Wansbutter, Justin Soeder Show Host(s): Stephen Heiner Season 3 Sponsor: Novus Ordo Watch http://novusordowatch.org/ Episode: https://www.truerestoration.org/season-3-flagship-show-episode-37-restoration-radio-moving-forward/ The Flagship Show: https://www.truerestoration.org

**PARENTAL WARNING: Mature Audiences Only** On this episode of the the Flagship Show, join us for one of the most lengthy and in-depth programs we have ever done on the Restoration Radio Network. This show will introduce a gentleman who tried a vocation in multiple modernist seminaries of the Novus Ordo sect in the Archdiocese of Toronto, Canada in the 1980s, only to find out the evil and unspeakable reality behind them. Mr. John Thomson will explain in great detail the places, events, heresies, evil, unbelief, unnatural vices, modernism, Marxism, atheism, and scandal beyond imagine revealed by both seminary faculty and seminarians alike, while he stood in disbelief as he watched what he thought was the Roman Catholic Church demonstrate a complete abandonment of the Catholic religion before his very eyes. Mr. Thomson will guide the listener through the entire process, from discerning a vocational calling, to visiting the seminary, to being admitted and the process which that required, the hatred for anythin

In this month's episode of the True Restoration Flagship show, we dive into the topics of health and fitness. In what seems to be an all-too-often avoided subject, should Catholics care about taking care of their health and trying to attain a respectable level of fitness, or is this flirting with worldliness? Do we really care or know anything about what we are putting into our bodies or from where it comes? How many of us think about such things as the quality of our drinking water? We will talk about tips for reducing the costs of eating healthy and various methods to procure high quality meats such as grass-fed beef, fresh eggs, and pastured poultry pork. We will discuss briefly the paradigm shift in mindset of people and their food supply, why food & children matter and the subject of keeping a small home garden for our families to eat off of throughout the growing year. Join us on this episode of the Flagship Show as host Nicholas Wansbutter is joined by guests Monika Wansbutter and Justin Soeder as we

While technically not the 100th Episode, our recently passed milestone gave us a moment to pause and reflect on what 100 episodes of the Restoration Radio Network means, and what our thoughts are on it. In this episode, we will talk a little about where we have been, where we are, and where we intend, by the grace of God, to go. While not all the hosts of the Restoration Radio Network were able to be present on air, we are confident that our conversation reflects their feelings as well. And in this episode, we are giving our listeners a little celebratory gift to help commemorate this humbling achievement in the history of our network. Join hosts Justin Soeder and Stephen Heiner as they reflect and forecast on the Restoration Radio network's past, and future. Original Air Date: February 11, 2014 Show Run Time: 1 hour 13 minutes Show Guest(s): None Show Host(s): Stephen Heiner, Justin Soeder Season 3 Sponsor: Novus Ordo Watch http://novusordowatch.org/ Episode: https://www.truerestoration.org/season-iii-tr

In the current situation brought on by the modernist heresy, you may not find yourself near a Mass that you can attend on every Sunday. This begs the question: should Catholics relocate in order to find the Mass and Sacraments? What kind of planning is involved and what sort of pitfalls should you avoid? How do you go about transferring or finding employment in a new region where you have access to the Mass and Sacraments? What fundamental principles are involved in such a move? In a day and age when Catholics are spread out across the globe, and in many cases live in isolation, this topic is one that should, at the very least, cross the minds of those who have no access to the Sacraments. Join host Stephen Heiner (who has relocated for the Mass twice) and a panel of guests who have all relocated precisely for the Mass or a traditional Catholic school as we discuss this important topic. Original Air Date: January 12, 2014 Show Run Time: 1 hour 47 minutes Show Guest(s): Nicholas Wansbutter, Joshua Gunsher

Before the great crescendo of Lent in the Holy Triduum — Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday — the Church acts out the Gospel for Passion Sunday on that same day: "They took up stones, therefore, to cast at him. But Jesus hid Himself, and went out of the Temple." (John 8:59). This season within a season, Passiontide, commemorates the events of our Lord's sacred Passion, but does so with our Lord hidden. The crucifixes, veiled in violet, along with images of our Lady and the Saints, hide as He did. Join us in this month's episode of "The Liturgical Year" to learn how, during this two-week period of Passiontide, the sights and sounds in the churches make clear that day by day we are drawing ever closer to Calvary. We also explore the life of the patron saint of Nigeria, St. Patrick, who also happens to be the apostle of Ireland, an island nation off the west coast of Europe. St. Patrick's rapid evangelization of Ireland and his successors' warding off a return to paganism, led the "Isle of Saints and

Holy Mother Church, in Her maternal care for Her children, not only gives us time to prepare for Her feasts by periods of penance, but applies gentle spurs to us to prepare even for our preparations. Never is there liturgical whiplash: the liturgical year slows down before it turns. On Easter Sunday, the peal of organs and the resounding cry of the Gloria will return after a long absence. To ready ourselves for the joy of the Man-God's conquest of death in His Resurrection, we who are bound to do so have the long penance of Lent imposed on us. And while Lent prepares us for Easter, the Church provides us even with a preparation for this extended period of fasting, prayer, and almsgiving. The preparation for Lent? This is Septuagesimatide, which runs from First Vespers of Septuagesima Sunday(nine weeks before Easter) through Compline of Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent. We explore this preparation-for-the-preparation in this month's episode of "The Liturgical Year." Also

On this month’s episode of The Liturgical Year, we reacquaint ourselves with St. Thérèse of Lisieux, the "Little Flower," whose feast day we celebrate this month. We are warned, however, that St. Thérèse is no sugary, sentimental saint: devotion to her is not mere flowers and an enigmatic smile. Devotion to her is a powerful — and even manly — way to sanctify even the most everyday tasks. October is favored with the feast day of that most quintessential of Marian devotions, the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Preached by St. Dominic against the Albigensian heresy, the Rosary plays as much a role as a tool of sanctification as a weapon against error. Consider the decisive, if not utterly unlikely Christian victory over the Mohammedans at Lepanto, in 1571. Not putting their trust in men, but in the Mother of God, the Christian fleet was buoyed up by all Christendom, which itself was directed by the Sovereign Pontiff, St. Pius V, to pray the Rosary for a victory. That victory is still commemorated

On this month's episode of The Liturgical Year, we will be discussing the importance of Trinity Sunday. We will then move into the topics of the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul and finish up with understanding an often confusing topic of Liturgical rankings of days on the Liturgical calendar. Join Father Charles McGuire and guest host Nicholas Wansbutter for another episode of The Liturgical Year, as we explore our rich Liturgical Heritage. Original Air Date: June 13, 2014 Show Run Time: 1 hour 6 minutes Show Guest(s): Father Charles McGuire Show Host(s): Nicholas Wansbutter (guest host) Season 3 Sponsor: Novus Ordo Watch http://novusordowatch.org/ Episode: https://www.truerestoration.org/the-liturgical-year-v-trinity-sunday-feast-of-sts-peter-paul/ The Liturgical Year: https://www.truerestoration.org/category/radio/the-liturgical-year/ Subscribe: https://www.truerestoration.org/member-signup/ The Liturgical Year℗ is a production of the Restoration Radio Network. Copyright 2014. All Rights are Reserved.

On this month's episode of The Liturgical Year, we will examine the Feast of Ascension Thursday, which is so important that it is still to this day a public holiday in formerly Catholic France. We will also be discussing the chalice, burse, corporal, and other important elements of the Altar of Sacrifice. While it may seem of outlying importance for laymen to know such elements, by knowing them and understanding the meaning behind each one will further enrich your Catholic faith as you assist at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Finally, we will be discussing Votive Masses - what they are, their role, and their importance within the Liturgical Year. Join us as Father Charles McGuire and host Stephen Heiner discuss these topics on this month's episode of The Liturgical Year. Original Air Date: April 11, 2014 Show Run Time: 1 hour 8 minutes Show Guest(s): Father Charles McGuire Show Host(s): Stephen Heiner Season 3 Sponsor: Novus Ordo Watch http://novusordowatch.org/ Episode: https://www.truerestoration.org/

On this month's episode of the Liturgical Year we will dive into two very important days in the Church's calendar. First we will discuss Palm Sunday: its history, traditions, and the unfortunate changes which can be observed in the 1962 Rite and beyond. We will then move on to Maundy Thursday, also known as Holy Thursday, and we will examine the ceremony itself, the blessing of holy oils, and the importance of this feast. Join us as host Stephen Heiner is joined by show guest Father Charles McGuire for another in depth look into the Liturgical Year. Original Air Date: March 30, 2014 Show Run Time: 56 minutes Show Guest(s): Father Charles McGuire Show Host(s): Stephen Heiner Season 3 Sponsor: Novus Ordo Watch http://novusordowatch.org/ Episode: https://www.truerestoration.org/season-iii-the-liturgical-year-iii-palm-sunday-maundy-thursday/ The Liturgical Year: https://www.truerestoration.org/category/radio/the-liturgical-year/ Subscribe: https://www.truerestoration.org/member-signup/ The Liturgical Year℗

On this episode of The Liturgical Year, we get ready for Lent next month, and Father will tackle two penitential feasts: the Ember Days and the start of Quadragesima itself: Ash Wednesday. Learn about this history of these feasts and what we should be meditating on in order to get the most out of these upcoming celebrations. We will also be discussing the vesting process of the priest - the prayers he says and the clothing he dons as he says those prayers. Join us as our guest Fr. Charles McGuire, and host Stephen Heiner, will discuss these issues and more. Show Notes: Is Rejecting the Pope Pius XII Liturgical Reforms Illegal? http://www.traditionalmass.org/articles/article.php?id=78&catname=6 Original Air Date: February 14, 2014 Show Run Time: 1 hour 38 minutes Show Guest(s): Father Charles McGuire Show Host(s): Stephen Heiner Season 3 Sponsor: Novus Ordo Watch http://novusordowatch.org/ Episode: https://www.truerestoration.org/season-iii-the-liturgical-year-ii-ember-days-and-ash-wednesday/ The Liturg

Yet another new show for Season 3 of Restoration Radio, we introduce The Liturgical Year. We think the Liturgy - the public prayer of the Church - is experienced best when we, as laypeople, bring more understanding and appreciation of specific feasts to each Mass. This month's episode will focus on two important February feasts: Candlemas and St. Blase. Join host Stephen Heiner and show guest Fr. Charles McGuire as Father walks us through both of these feasts, why they are important, and what you can do to prepare. Original Air Date: January 10, 2014 Show Run Time: 1 hour 52 minutes Show Guest(s): Father Charles McGuire Show Host(s): Stephen Heiner Season 3 Sponsor: Novus Ordo Watch http://novusordowatch.org/ Episode: https://www.truerestoration.org/season-iii-the-liturgical-year-i-candlemas-st-blaise/ The Liturgical Year: https://www.truerestoration.org/category/radio/the-liturgical-year/ Subscribe: https://www.truerestoration.org/member-signup/ The Liturgical Year℗ is a production of the Restoration