Tú Compañero Católico

Tú Compañero Católico is a Spanish-language Catholic radio program. The half-hour show airs weekly on 72 stations across the country. Now in its seventh year of production, the program is produced in a magazine-style format. The rotating segments provide spiritual and religious advice; practical “how-to” tips regarding jobs, housing, and health concerns; legal commentary; and the challenge of living in a multi-cultural society. Each episode also includes entertainment in the form of religious, folkloric and popular Latino music.

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#9-50 (May 11, 2008)
Featured This Week –

  • Interview with Hosffman Ospino, professor of religious education at Boston College
  • Q&A with Padre Luis Valbuena: “What do we know about Barabbas?”
  • Music: Orlando Hernández, “Sublime Amor”
  • The Christophers: Perception
  • Health: Advances in the reduction of cases of death from cancer
  • Joke Time
#9-49 (May 4, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview with Dr. Alicia Marill of Barry University, Miami FL.
  • Q&A with Padre Luis Valbuena: “The mandas
  • Music: Francisco Gómez Argüello, “Resucitó”
  • Know the Law: Obtaining a pardon (Part II)
  • Health: Relationship between smoking and fatigue
  • Musical Meditation
#9-48 (April 27, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Finances: Avoiding problems while obtaining a mortgage
  • Q&A with Padre Luis Valbuena: “The Grieving Mother”
  • Music: Maricela Gándara & Abel Zavala, “A Ti Sea la Gloria”
  • Know the Law: Obtaining a pardon (Part 1)
  • Health: Substandard care for newborns of low-income families
#9-47 (April 20, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview: Violeta Abitia - Global Awareness Through Experience
  • Q&A with padre Luis Valbuena: The candelaria
  • Music: Orlando Hernández, “Alégrense los Cielos”
  • Finances: The ITIN
  • Health: The transparent zebrafish & medical research
#9-46 (April 13, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview: Fray Gilberto Cavazos-González – Catholic Theological Union
  • Q&A with padre Luis Valbuena: Holy Saturday
  • Music: Martín Valverde, “Resucitó”
  • Dr. Gelasia Marquez: Psychological characteristics of young people
  • Health: Pregnancy and acculturation
#9-45 (April 7, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview: Mario Paredes – Catholic Association of Latino Leaders
  • Q&A with Father Luis Valbuena: The horoscope
  • Music: Jaime Cortez, “Nadie en el Sepulcro/No One in the Tomb”
  • Music: Jaime Cortez, “Nadie en el Sepulcro/No One in the Tomb”
  • Health: Chronic pain
#9-44 (March 31, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview with Father Tony Taylor of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City
  • Q&A with Father Luis Valbuena on the Archangels
  • Music from Fernando Ortega, "Canto de la Creación"
  • Dr. Gelasia Marquez on "Agents of Change"
  • Health News: Benefits of the siesta for the memory
  • Joke Break
#9-43 (March 24, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Easter Message from the Most Reverend Agustín Román, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Miami
  • Music from Diego y Damaris, "Psalm 118"
  • Q&A with Father Luis Valbuena on the real meaning of Easter
  • Music from Pedro Rubalcava, "Alaben Todos"
  • Musical Meditation
#9-42 (March 17, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Music: Pedro Rubalcava,"Santo"
  • Music: Gregorio Sosa,"No Hay Amor mas Grande"
  • Overview: Holy Week
  • Q&A with Padre Luis Valbuena: Significance of the washing of the feet.
  • Music: Marisa,"Via Dolorosa"
  • Q&A with Padre Luis Valbuena: the Cross.
  • Meditation
#9-41 (March 10, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview: Hector Galan, documentary producer from Austin, Texas.
  • Q&A with Fr. Luis Valbuena: The Chrism Mass.
  • Music: Crystal Lewis, "De tal Manera me Amó"
  • Dr. Gelasia Marquez: The cultural transition of the immigrant family.
  • Health: Children with asthma living in urban areas.
#9-40 (March 3, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview: Sonia Mucarsel, Associate Director, Centro Campesino, Florida City, FL
  • Q&A with Padre Luis Valbuena: How can Jesus be the "Good Shepherd" and "come not to bring peace, but a sword"?
  • Music: Jésed, "Miserere"
  • Dr. Gelasia Marquez: The immigrant experience
  • Health: Effects of exposure to diesel exhaust
#9-39 (February 24, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Dr. Gelasia Marquez: The family as society's most basic structure
  • Q&A with Padre Luis Valbuena: The True Cross
  • Music: Miguel Ángel Guerra, "Perder para Ganar"
  • Know the Law: More about preventing fraud in immigration proceedings
  • Health: Relationship between bone mineral density and depression in post-menopausal women
#9-38 (February 17, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview: Rogelio Zelada on the story of Blessed Fray Jose Lopez Piteira
  • Q&A with Padre Luis Valbuena: Mother Teresa and faith
  • Music: Maribel Arriaga, Perdoname
  • Know the Law: Preventing fraud in migration proceedings
  • Health: Congestive heart disease
#9-37 (February 10, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Feature: The Life of Sister Magdalena Contreras Hernandez
  • Q&A with Padre Luis Valbuena: The major and minor prophets
  • Music: Pedro Rubalcava, Con la Cruz
  • Dr. Gelasia Marquez: The importance of family in our lives
  • Health: The effects of constant marital conflict on children
#9-36 (February 3, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview with television reporter Vicente Arenas about covering the elevation to Cardinal of Archbishop Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston
  • Q&A with Padre Luis Valbuena: Is Catholic burial permitted for someone who commits suicide?
  • Music: Lilly Goodman, En la Tormenta
  • Interview with Dr. Gelasia Marquez on her thirty years of assisting Hispanic immigrants
  • Health: Renal disease
#9-35 (January 27, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview with Catechetical instructor Maria de los Angeles Garcia.
  • Q&A with Padre Luis Valbuena: The use of movies for evangelization.
  • Music: Jaci Velasquez, Junto a Mi
  • Know the Law: More about maintaining an organized file of important documents.
  • Health: A gene that predisposes people to obesity.
#9-34 (January 20, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview— Maricela Quintana – College of St. Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ.
  • Q&A with Padre Luis Valbuena: Loving God by loving your neighbor.
  • Music— Pedro Rubalcava,Alcamena al Senor
  • Know the Law#8212; More about maintaining an organized file of important documents.
  • Health: Use of medical services by the undocumented.
#9-33 (January 13, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview— Coadjutor Bishop Jaime Soto of Sacramento.
  • Q&A with Fr. Luis Valbuena: Significance of the Latin American bishops’ meeting in Brazil.
  • Music— Jesús Adrian Romero, Ayer te Vi
  • Know the Law#8212; Maintaining an organized file of important documents.
  • Health: New statistics about smoking in the United States.
#9-32 (January 5-6, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Padre Luis Valbuena — The significance of the Epiphany
  • A narration of the Three Kings, based on St. Matthew's Gospel
  • "For these stories and more, visit us at www.usccb.org/ccc and click on the CCC Radio Programming button."
#9-31 (December 29-30, 2007)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview — Fr. Allan Figueroa Deck, director of the USCCB Office for Cultural Diversity in the Church
  • Music — Fuego Liquido, Yo Viviré Por Ti
  • Dr. Gelasia marquez — Faith
  • Health — A little exercise goes a long way
  • Musical Meditation
  • "Tune-in next week to hear a narration of the Three Kings, based on St. Matthew's Gospel
#9-30 (December 22-23, 2007)
Featured This Week –
  • Padre Luis Valbuena—"In the Silence of the Night"
  • Music—Ministerio de Cantores Católicos, Vamos a Belén
  • Padre Luis Valbuena—"Joy Without Nostalgia"
  • Music—Ministerio de Cantores Católicos, El Niño de Belén
  • Meditation—"The Boy and the Newborn Jesus"
  • Music—Ana María, Adestes Fideles
  • "Tune-in next week when we will interview Fr. Allan Figueroa Deck, director of the USCCB Office for Cultural Diversity."
#9-29 (December 15-16, 2007)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview— Fr. David Garcia, Rector of the Cathedral of San Fernando in San Antonio, TX
  • Q&A with Padre Luis Valbuena—The many traditions of the Three Kings
  • Music— Campana Sobre Campana
  • The history of the Posadas
  • Music— Noche de Paz
  • Tune-in next week to hear Fr. Padre Valbuena discuss "In the Silence of the Night"
#9-28 (December 8-9, 2007)
Featured This Week –
  • The drama of "Our Lady of Guadalupe"
  • "Tune-in next week, to learn the history of the Posadas"
#9-27 (December 1-2, 2007)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview— Fr. Fernando Torres (Diocese of Raleigh)
  • Q&A with Padre Luis Valbuena— The many traditions of the Three Kings
  • Music— Ileana Garcés, Valdría la Pena
  • Know the Law—Soliciting refugee status and/or political asylum
  • Health— Effect on children of mother's poor eating habits during pregnancy
  • "Tune-in next week, to hear the drama of "Our Lady of Guadalupe."

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