Tú Compañero Católico November 2008 Archives

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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#10-31 (December 29, 2008)
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"
#10-30 (December 21, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview:  Sr. Berta Flores - El Puente, Jefferson City, Missouri
  • Q&A with Padre Luis Valbuena:  The origin of Santa Claus
  • Music:  Jaci Velásquez, "Con tu Amor"
  • Dr. Gelasia Marquez:  Learned despair
  • Health:  A healthy lunch is essential for good performance in school
#10-29 (December 14, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview:  Fr. David Garcia, Rector of the Cathedral of San Fernando, San Antonio, TX
  • Music:  "Campana Sobre Campana"
  • The history of the Posadas
  • Music:  "Noche de Paz"
#10-28 (December 7, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • The drama of "Our Lady of Guadalupe"
#10-27 (November 30, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview:  Sara Bollinger – Humane Borders, Tucson AZ
  • Q&A with padre Luis Valbuena:  Protestants and the Virgin Mary
  • Music:  Jorge Ramírez, "Algún Día Volveré"
  • Health:  Costs of the uninsured
  • Joke
#10-26 (November 23, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview:  Francisco Flores – Parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Nashville, Tennessee
  • Music:  Music:  Anna Betancourt & Estela García, "El Amor Nunca Pasará"
  • Finance:  Using credit cards to improve your credit rating
  • Health:  Cancer task force
  • Musical Meditation
#10-25 (November 16, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview:  Santiago Fernández – Composer/Singer
  • Music:  Santiago Fernández, "Ven y Sígueme"
  • Q&A with Padre Luis Valbuena:  List of forbidden books
  • Dr. Gelasia Marquez:  Teaching children about money
#10-24 (November 9, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview:  Juan Carlos Frey – Gatekeeper Productions, Los Angeles
  • Q&A with Padre Luis Valbuena:  Blessings for pets
  • Music:  Crystal Lewis, "Haz lo que Quieras"
  • Finance:  Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
  • Health: Family Leave Act
  • Musical Meditation
#10-23 (November 2, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview:  Santiago Robles – Office of Multicultural Ministry, Diocese of Boise
  • Q&A with Padre Luis Valbuena:  Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of  a Priest
  • Music:  Daniel Poli, "Yo Creo en las Promesas"
  • Dr. Gelasia Marquez:  Inferiority Comple
#10-22 (October 26, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview:  Gloria Canales – World Youth Day
  • Q&A with Padre Luis Valbuena:  Code of Canon Law
  • Music:  Sara Torres, "Ahora que eres Joven"
  • Know the Law:  Student visas (Part 2)
  • Health – Arthritis of the Knee
  • Joke Time
#10-21 (October 19, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview:  Monseñor - Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of Newark
  • Q&A with Padre Luis Valbuena:  The difference between a pastor and a parish administrator
  • Music: Federico Colloca, "Brillas"
  • Know the Law:  Student visas (Part 1)
  • Health – Tobacco and cancer
  • Joke Time
#10-20 (October 12, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview:  Rosa Maria Henry – KNXT Channel 49 of Fresno, CA
  • Q&A with Padre Luis Valbuena:  The lottery
  • Music:  Hans Wust, "Te Necesito"
  • Dr. Gelasia Marquez:  Identity
  • Health:  Climate Change & Disease
#10-19 (October 5, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview:  Fr. Victor Caviedes– Misión Jesús Obrero, Ft. Myers, FL
  • Q&A with Padre Luis Valbuena:  Marriage vows and domestic violence
  • Music:  Jesús Adrián Romero, "Mi Corazón te Canta"
  • Dr. Gelasia Marquez:  Values
  • Health: Domestic  Violence
  • Joke Time
#10-18 (September 28, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview:  Diane Petersen – Social Worker, Alexian Brothers
  • Q&A with Padre Luis Valbuena:  True apparitions of the Virgin Mary
  • Music:  Ge’La, "No Hace Falta Nada Mas"
  • Dr. Gelasia Marquez:  Values
  • Health: Sleep
  • Joke Time
#10-17 (September 21, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview:  Luis Aju – Director of Hispanic Ministry, Diocese of Owensboro, KY
  • Q&A with Padre Luis Valbuena:  Our Lady of Cafe
  • Music:  Ministerio de Musica Aguas Buenas y el Noviciado Redentorista, "La Verdad nos Hara Libres"
  • Sibila Bacon: Small business and the U.S. economy
  • Health: Risks for suffering a second heart attack
  • Musical Meditation
#10-16 (September 14, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview:  Music Director Carlos Vazquez-Ramos of  Brandon, Florida
  • Q&A with Padre Luis Valbuena:  Vocations
  • Music:  Daniel Santoy, "Partiras."
  • Dr. Gelasia Marquez:  Hope
  • The Christophers:  Taking an interest
  • Musical Meditation
#10-15 (September 7, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview:  Father Hector Moreno, St. Matthew’s of  Wausau, Wisconsin
  • Q&A with Padre Luis Valbuena:  Prayer plus action
  • Music:  Nikki Brito, "Alabado Su Nombre"
  • Dr. Gelasia Marquez:  The path to happiness for children
  • Health:  Hormones and their effects on aging
  • Musical Meditation
#10-14 (August 31, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview:  Sister Alicia Mariel: Medical Mission Sisters
  • Q&A with Padre Luis Valbuena:  Witchcraft Stories
  • Music:  Ricardo Rodriguez, "Vengo Alabarte"
  • Sibila Bacon:  Opening a checking account
  • Health:  Effect of climate change on South America
  • Joke Time
#10-13 (August 24, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview: Father David Garcia — Catholic Relief Services
  • Q&A with Padre Luis Valbuena: Cremation
  • Music:Fernando Ortega, 'Senor de la Eternidad'
  • Know the Law: Petitioning to bring family members to the United States, Part II
  • Dr. Gelasia Marquez: Mental Illness
#10-12 (August 17, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview:  John David Long Garcia of the "Catholic Sun" newspaper, Diocese of Phoenix
  • Q&A with padre Luis Valbuena: The Year of St. Paul
  • Music:  Roger Hernandez, "Con tu Aliento"
  • Know the Law: Petitioning to bring family members to the United States, Part II
  • Health:  New vaccines for children
  • Joke Time
#10-11 (August 10, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview: Monsignor Javier Garcia de Cardenas of Opus Dei
  • Q&A with padre Luis Valbuena: The Synod of Bishops
  • Music: Jaime Cortez, "Canto de Alegria"
  • Know the Law: Petitioning to bring family members to the United States
  • Joke Time
#10-10 (August 3, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview: David Aquije, Associate Director of Maryknoll magazine in Spanish
  • Q&A with padre Luis Valbuena: The relationship between justice and forgiveness
  • Music: Santiago Fernández, "No hay Dichos ni Palabras"
  • Dr. Gelasia Marquez: Parents have a right to hold schools accountable
  • Health: Proper use of antibiotics
  • Musical Meditation
#10-9 (July 27, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview:  Miguel Arias - Loyola Press, Chicago.
  • Q&A with padre Luis Valbuena: Excommunication
  • Music:  Edgar Lira, "Hay una Esperanza para el Mundo Hoy"
  • Dr. Gelasia Marquez:  Discipline
  • Health:  Food-borne diseases
  • Musical Meditation
#10-8 (July 20, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview: Janet Díaz, Director of Hispanic Ministry for St. Alfred Parish, Taylor, Michigan
  • Q&A with padre Luis Valbuena: Grandparents Day
  • Music:  Diego y Damaris, "Gracias, Señor"
  • Sibila Bacon:  Budgeting
  • Health:  Tips for buying food
  • Joke Time
#10-7 (July 13, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview: Amparo Leyman - Misión Bíblica para Jóvenes
  • Q&A with padre Luis Valbuena: Why are there two versions of the Creation Story in the Bible?
  • Music:  Hombres de Valor, "Ven Amigo Mio"
  • Sibila Bacon:  The credit report
  • Health:  Plastics and chemicals
  • Musical Meditation
#10-6 (July 5, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview with  Miguel Escalona - Proyecto Leo, Houston, Texas
  • Q&A with padre Luis Valbuena: Grace
  • Music:  Heritage Singers, "Un Día Más"
  • Health:  Relationship between good nutrition and good grades
  • Joke Time
#10-5 (June 29, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview with Dr. Luis Zayas, psychologist & social worker, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
  • Q&A with padre Luis Valbuena: Interpreting "Upon this rock I will build my Church"
  • Music:  Miguel Ángel Guerra, "Supe que Estabas Ahí"
  • The Christophers:  The environment
  • Musical Meditation
#10-4 (June 22, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview with Fr. Pablo Straub, author of "Praying the Seven Sorrows of Mary with St. Alphonsus Maria Liguori" (Part 1)
  • Music: "To Jesus in His Passion"
  • Interview: Fr. Pablo Straub (Part 2)
  • Music: "Chaplet of the Blessed Sacrament"
#10-3 (June 15, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview with Luis Lugo of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
  • Q&A with padre Luis Valbuena: The Vatican Swiss Guard.
  • Music: Ana Betancourt, "Te Doy Gracias".
  • Dr. Gelasia Marquez: Making education a priority.
  • Health: Relationship between poverty and poor grades in school.
#10-2 (June 8, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview with Miguel Arias, coauthor of "Santos Americanos, Conversando con los santos de América."
  • Q&A with Padre Luis Valbuena: Communion for the sick.
  • Music: Claudio Otaiza, "Lavaré Mis Ojos".
  • Health: Age and happiness.
  • Musical Meditation.
#10-1 (June 1, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview with Mar Muñoz-Visoso of the USCCB Office of Media Relations on the importance of Pope Benedict’s recent pastoral visit to the United States.
  • More commentary on the pope’s U.S. visit from Alejandro Aguilera-Titus of the USCCB Secretariat of Cultural Diversity.
  • Music: Santiago Fernández, "Anunciemos a Cristo"
  • Q&A with padre Luis Valbuena: The Pope’s message
#9-52 (May 25, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview with Deacon Ron Rojas, Tampa, Florida
  • Music: Gamaliel Ruíz, "No Tiene Final"
  • Dr. Gelasia Marquez: Gangs
  • Health: Parental influence on drinking
  • Musical Meditation
#9-51 (May 18, 2008)
Featured This Week –
  • Interview with Ángel Aloma – Executive Director, Food for The Poor
  • Q&A with Padre Luis Valbuena: The "Our Father"
  • Music: Raúl Haro, "Eres"
  • Know the Law: Obtaining a pardon (Part 3)
  • Health: Reducing the pain of injections for babies
#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
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