Fr. Richard Simon		Fr. Richard Simon is also known as The Reverend Know-It-All

Since July 2009, Fr. Simon began serving (along with Fr. Frank Hoffman and Fr. Thomas Acklin, O.S.B.) as one of the hosts (usually Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays) of Relevant Radio's program, Go Ask Your Father, which is broadcast live at 12:00 Noon (Central Time) Monday thru Friday.

The primary purpose of this site is to list and present all of Fr. Richard Simon's radio appearances as a guest expert on various programs that are broadcast on the The Relevant Radio Network.

The secondary purpose is to eventually edit said programs down to individual Q&As (questions & answers) similar to Fr. Simon's weekly advice column "The Reverend Know-It-All" in which he answers readers' questions about God, religion and the Roman Catholic Church.

The tertiary purpose is to provide the listener/reader with a bit of tongue in cheek humor that Fr. Simon is somewhat renowned for.

In brief, Fr. Simon has virtually nothing to do with this web site.  It's just a compilation of what he has said on the Relevant Radio Network.  All told, he is responsible to God, the pope and his bishop (who is Cardinal George of the Archdiocese of Chicago) for what he said.  But, he is not directly responsible for anything on this web site.

The only involvement that Fr. Simon has had with this site is when he answered our inquiry as to what some of his favorite songs were - both contemporary tunes and religious hymns: the Blues Brothers' version of "Soul Man" and the Gregorian chant "Ave Mundi Spes Maria" by the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos.

We would like to thank both Fr. Simon and all the great people at the Relevant Radio Network, a listener supported Roman Catholic radio network.  As Mother Angelica of EWTN might say, "Please remember Relevant Radio between the gas and electric bills to keep them on the air waves."

In particular, we deeply appreciate that Mr. Mike Kendall, the Chief Programming Officer of the Relevant Radio Network, has granted us permission to use in whole and/or in part any/all audio tapes from Relevant Radio that feature Fr. Simon, including those shows from the "Morning Air" and "Searching The Word" and "The Drew Mariani Show" programs for our non-commercial use only.

We also sincerely thank Mr. Dan Aykroyd who has granted us permission to use about the last 40 seconds of the Blues Brothers recording of "Soul Man" for the video's beginning credits as well as The Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos have granted us permission to use about the first 2 minutes of the 4+ minute long recording of "Ave Mundi Spes Maria" (from their 1995 album Chant II) for the closing credits.  Unfortunately, we have been unable to secure permission from the record companies, so we are in the process of seeking new music for the opening and closing credits.

Lastly, we highly suspect (and are therefore thankful to) the Holy Spirit and the Blessed Virgin Mary for their "behind the scene" involvement in getting Fr. Simon on air a couple of times a month as well as for keeping him on a straight and narrow path.

We are in the process of editing the audio tapes and converting them into videos.  We will post them as we complete them.  A list of the original unedited programs from Relevant Radio is presented above.