Ave Explores
Everyday Faith for Everyday Catholics
Displaying items 161-170 of 178 in total of Ave Explores with the tag "ave explores".
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Making Marriage Abundantly Joyful with Jackie Francois Angel & Bobby Angel
August 19th, 2020 | Season 6 | 59 mins 14 secs
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Jackie Francois Angel and Bobby Angel, authors, speakers, and parents of four, explain to host Katie Prejean McGrady that marriage must be rooted in friendship, attentiveness to the other’s needs, communication, and a dedication to prayer. The Angels say that marriage is meant to be abundantly joyful, established in a love of Christ that flows into family life.
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Finding Ways to be Generous with Beth and Dr. Edward Sri
August 12th, 2020 | Season 6 | 54 mins 27 secs
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Theologian Edward Sri and his wife Beth talk with host Katie Prejean McGrady about how marriage and parenting is meant to be centered in love of God and a couple’s call to mission— to generously love, serve, teach, and proclaim the Gospel. With stories of raising their eight kids (ranging in age from nineteen to four years old), the realities of balancing work, home, and travel, and how to find healing from past wounds, the Sris explain how generosity is the key to thriving within Catholic family life.
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Restoring Justice with F. DeKarlos Blackmon
July 3rd, 2020 | Season 5 | 44 mins 17 secs
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F. DeKarlos Blackmon, director of the Secretariat for Life, Justice, and Charity in the Diocese of Austin, Texas, explains why people of faith should be concerned with advocating for justice, especially in prison systems and in the ongoing fight against racial inequality.
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A Personal Mission Field with Fr. Michael Thomas, C.S.C.
July 1st, 2020 | Season 5 | 47 mins 19 secs
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Fr. Michael Thomas, C.S.C., a teacher and campus minister at St. George’s College in Santiago, Chile—a K-12 school apostolate of the U.S. Province of the Congregation of Holy Cross— explains what led him to mission work in Chile. Thomas says that much of our mission work will occur within our own families, workplaces, and parishes.
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Using Our Gifts to Help Those in Need with Steve Camilleri
June 26th, 2020 | Season 5 | 39 mins 49 secs
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Steve Camilleri, executive director of the Center for the Homeless in South Bend, Indiana, explains how each of us are called to use our gifts to help those who need food, shelter, clothing, and financial assistance, not only tangibly, but also by loving and engaging them.
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Defending Life with Sr. Mariae Agnus Dei, S.V.
June 24th, 2020 | Season 5 | 43 mins 20 secs
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Sr. Mariae Agnus Dei., S.V., joined the Sisters of Life thirteen years ago, choosing the order because of its charism to protect and defend life. She shares how advocating life is not so much being “against” something, but being “for” the goodness of life.
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Hope, the Resurrection, and the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy with Scott Hahn
June 1st, 2020 | Season 5 | 42 mins 59 secs
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Scott Hahn, a theologian and founder of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, explains how the virtue of hope can help us understand the glory of Christ’s Resurrection, and encourage us to love the poor, serve the marginalized, and preach the Gospel. In Hahn’s new book, Hope to Die, he explores how pain and suffering unite us with the Cross of Christ and help us to live out the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy.
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The Soul of the Artist with Christine Valters Paintner
April 24th, 2020 | Season 4 | 27 mins 42 secs
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Christine Valters Paintner is a Catholic author and online abbess at the Abbey for the Arts, a virtual monastery offering classes and resources on contemplative practice and creative expression. She explains how we are called to see ourselves as artists in the world, not because we have marketable talents, but because the Lord is inviting us to create. Paintner explores how God surprises us with art in every form.
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The Way of Beauty with Andrew Petiprin
April 8th, 2020 | Season 4 | 36 mins 8 secs
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Andrew Petiprin, fellow of popular culture at the Word on Fire Institute, explains how beauty and Catholic art and architecture can lead us to a deeper faith and understanding of the truth. A convert to Catholicism, Petiprin shares his conversion story, highlighting how the way of beauty ultimately led him to Catholicism and a life committed to evangelization through art, music, film, and pop culture.
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Suffering goes Hand in Hand with Joy with Mary Lenaburg
March 31st, 2020 | Season 3 | 39 mins 38 secs
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Mary Lenaburg, author of Be Brave in the Scared: How I Learned to Trust God during the Most Difficult Days of My Life, talks with Katie Prejean McGrady about how suffering and joy go hand-in-hand, especially during Lent. With a heart for hospitality, Lenaburg shares how her family joyfully lives life while always celebrating the memory of her daughter Courtney.