Mass Media and the Mass: Interview with Fr. Rocky Hoffman of Relevant Radio

The Road to Emmaus with Scott Hahn

Scott Hahn

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality:christianity

4.9 • 997 Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Fr. Rocky Hoffman is Executive Director of Relevant Radio, the largest Catholic radio network. He shares the importance of using mass media in evangelization—to bring the masses back to Mass. Learn More What has contributed to our current crisis of faith? In The Decline and Fall of Sacred Scripture, Scott Hahn and Benjamin Wiker address the loss of trust in the Bible and how this has led to a loss of faith. Learn more about Relevant Radio. Explore all the programs and find a local station. The Catechism offers a powerful tool for the New Evangelization. Speaking the Truth in Love explores its untapped uses.

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0:00.0	This is Scott Hahn, and I want to welcome you to The Road to Amas, a podcast from the St. Paul
0:06.0	Center.
0:16.1	Are we really called to become Little Christ?
0:19.3	This radical call is at the heart of the Christian gospel.
0:23.2	Discover how to attain union with Christ in Christ Alive and Me by Father David McConey.
0:28.7	To learn more, visit our show notes at St. Paul Center.com forward slash road.
0:49.0	Today we not only have a special guest, we also have a special location.
0:54.0	Instead of being in our studio in Steubenville, we're down here at the Ogle Bay Resort.
1:00.1	And instead of just having some local yokel, we've got Father Rocky Hoffman of Relevant Radio.
1:01.4	So I want to welcome you.
1:13.6	You've been a friend for decades now, but you've been with Relevant Radio now for about, well, you mentioned going back all the way to 03 when you had a show and then taking over in 2009 as CEO or? I started full time in 2009. So it's great to be back with you. It's amazing how the
1:18.5	wheels of Providence bring people back together again. For the first time I was on relevant
1:22.3	radio was about a week after my mother passed away. So I always blame it on her.
1:28.3	And I met a fellow who had a show, and he said, do you know anything about her lady Guadalupe? I said, yeah, I spent like 10 summers down there. In fact, your son's... That's right. That's right. He said, well, can you come to our studio one day on December 12th and talk about it? said, no, because I got a full-time job.
1:44.5	I'm chaplain at a boys' school.
1:46.5	And he said, well, because I got a full-time job.
1:44.5	I'm chaplain at a boys' school. And he said, well, how about if I come to your office during lunch hour and record you? I said, you can do that. And that's how I got started, talking about Relative Wartlupé. How beautiful. I didn't realize you were there for 10 years, 10 consecutive summers. Oh, 15. Yeah, from 1994 to 2009. Great adventures. You watched out for Michael
2:06.6	and Gabriel our two sons, and you remember which one of them got lost, Gabriel. Oh, my goodness.
2:10.7	Oh, yeah, he came back with a story that I'm glad I heard after it happened. Yeah. So, Relevant
2:16.5	radio is to me, almost the embodiment of what Vatican
2:21.5	2 was calling for, you know, the decree on social communications, intermarifica, which in some ways
2:27.8	is outdated. You know, nobody reads that anymore. Of all of the 16 documents might be the least
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