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    <title>Ave Explores  - Episodes Tagged with “Alex Jones”</title>
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  <title>Week One: Reading in the Home</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Authors Haley Stewart and Claire Swinarski reflect on how a lifelong love of reading sparked their writing careers, helped cultivate a rich reading culture in their homes, and continues to open the door to deeper, more meaningful connections with others.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Authors Haley Stewart and Claire Swinarski reflect on how a lifelong love of reading sparked their writing careers, helped cultivate a rich reading culture in their homes, and continues to open the door to deeper, more meaningful connections with others.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We would love it if you could leave a written review on Apple and share with your friends!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Editing provided by Forte Catholic (&lt;a href="https://www.fortecatholic.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.fortecatholic.com/&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/p&gt;
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<p>We would love it if you could leave a written review on Apple and share with your friends!</p>

<p>Editing provided by Forte Catholic (<a href="https://www.fortecatholic.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.fortecatholic.com/</a>)</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Sign up to Follow Ave Explores: Catholicism in Literature" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.avemariapress.com/aveexplores-series/signup">Sign up to Follow Ave Explores: Catholicism in Literature
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    <![CDATA[<p>Authors Haley Stewart and Claire Swinarski reflect on how a lifelong love of reading sparked their writing careers, helped cultivate a rich reading culture in their homes, and continues to open the door to deeper, more meaningful connections with others.</p>

<p>We would love it if you could leave a written review on Apple and share with your friends!</p>

<p>Editing provided by Forte Catholic (<a href="https://www.fortecatholic.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.fortecatholic.com/</a>)</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Sign up to Follow Ave Explores: Catholicism in Literature" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.avemariapress.com/aveexplores-series/signup">Sign up to Follow Ave Explores: Catholicism in Literature
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  <title>Teaser: Read like a Friar with Fr. Jonah Teller, OP</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>To kick off the new series of Ave Explores on Catholicism in Literature, Fr. Jonah Teller, OP, shares how a lifelong love of reading shaped his faith, imagination, and vocation. In an age dominated by scrolling and screens, he reflects on why great books still matter and how the classics form us in wisdom, virtue, and attentiveness to God and the world around us. Fr. Jonah also offers practical ways to build reading into everyday life and cultivate habits that make space for deeper reflection, even amid busy schedules.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;To kick off the new series of &lt;em&gt;Ave Explores&lt;/em&gt; on Catholicism in Literature, Fr. Jonah Teller, OP, shares how a lifelong love of reading shaped his faith, imagination, and vocation. In an age dominated by scrolling and screens, he reflects on why great books still matter and how the classics form us in wisdom, virtue, and attentiveness to God and the world around us. Fr. Jonah also offers practical ways to build reading into everyday life and cultivate habits that make space for deeper reflection, even amid busy schedules.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We would love it if you could leave a written review on Apple and share with your friends!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Editing provided by Forte Catholic (&lt;a href="https://www.fortecatholic.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.fortecatholic.com/&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>To kick off the new series of <em>Ave Explores</em> on Catholicism in Literature, Fr. Jonah Teller, OP, shares how a lifelong love of reading shaped his faith, imagination, and vocation. In an age dominated by scrolling and screens, he reflects on why great books still matter and how the classics form us in wisdom, virtue, and attentiveness to God and the world around us. Fr. Jonah also offers practical ways to build reading into everyday life and cultivate habits that make space for deeper reflection, even amid busy schedules.</p>

<p>We would love it if you could leave a written review on Apple and share with your friends!</p>

<p>Editing provided by Forte Catholic (<a href="https://www.fortecatholic.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.fortecatholic.com/</a>)</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Sign up to Follow Ave Explores: Catholicism in Literature" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.avemariapress.com/aveexplores-series/signup">Sign up to Follow Ave Explores: Catholicism in Literature
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    <![CDATA[<p>To kick off the new series of <em>Ave Explores</em> on Catholicism in Literature, Fr. Jonah Teller, OP, shares how a lifelong love of reading shaped his faith, imagination, and vocation. In an age dominated by scrolling and screens, he reflects on why great books still matter and how the classics form us in wisdom, virtue, and attentiveness to God and the world around us. Fr. Jonah also offers practical ways to build reading into everyday life and cultivate habits that make space for deeper reflection, even amid busy schedules.</p>

<p>We would love it if you could leave a written review on Apple and share with your friends!</p>

<p>Editing provided by Forte Catholic (<a href="https://www.fortecatholic.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.fortecatholic.com/</a>)</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Sign up to Follow Ave Explores: Catholicism in Literature" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.avemariapress.com/aveexplores-series/signup">Sign up to Follow Ave Explores: Catholicism in Literature
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  <title>How to Help People Listen to the Bible with Alex Jones of Hallow</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2021 07:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Alex Jones discusses the founding of Hallow--a Catholic prayer and meditation app--which came from his desire to read and meditate more on scripture. Scripture is a key component of the app, including audio recordings of books of the Bible, Gospel challenges, and scripture-based sleep stories. Jones said thousands of users have developed a habit of reading the Bible because of Hallow.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Alex Jones discusses the founding of Hallow--a Catholic prayer and meditation app--which came from his desire to read and meditate more on scripture. Scripture is a key component of the app, including audio recordings of books of the Bible, Gospel challenges, and scripture-based sleep stories. Jones said thousands of users have developed a habit of reading the Bible because of Hallow. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>Alex Jones discusses the founding of Hallow--a Catholic prayer and meditation app--which came from his desire to read and meditate more on scripture. Scripture is a key component of the app, including audio recordings of books of the Bible, Gospel challenges, and scripture-based sleep stories. Jones said thousands of users have developed a habit of reading the Bible because of Hallow.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Follow Ave Maria Press on Instagram" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/avemariapress/">Follow Ave Maria Press on Instagram
</a></li><li><a title="Check Out Hallow, #1 Catholic Prayer and Meditation App" rel="nofollow" href="https://hallow.com/">Check Out Hallow, #1 Catholic Prayer and Meditation App
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    <![CDATA[<p>Alex Jones discusses the founding of Hallow--a Catholic prayer and meditation app--which came from his desire to read and meditate more on scripture. Scripture is a key component of the app, including audio recordings of books of the Bible, Gospel challenges, and scripture-based sleep stories. Jones said thousands of users have developed a habit of reading the Bible because of Hallow.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Follow Ave Maria Press on Instagram" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/avemariapress/">Follow Ave Maria Press on Instagram
</a></li><li><a title="Check Out Hallow, #1 Catholic Prayer and Meditation App" rel="nofollow" href="https://hallow.com/">Check Out Hallow, #1 Catholic Prayer and Meditation App
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