Ave Explores
Everyday Faith for Everyday Catholics
We found 10 episodes of Ave Explores with the tag “faith”.
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At the Foot of the Cross with Leticia Ochoa Adams
July 28th, 2021 | Season 11 | 34 mins 52 secs
ave explores, ave maria press, faith, grief after suicide, hope, katie prejean mcgrady, leticia ochoa adams, mary
Katie Prejean McGrady visits with Leticia Ochoa Adams, a wife, mom, and speaker from Texas, who shares about grief, hope, and faith following the suicide of her son and how we can look to Mary as mother and comforter during the darkest days.
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Mary and the Pears with Jeannie Gaffigan
June 16th, 2021 | Season 11 | 35 mins 45 secs
ave explores, ave maria press, catholic, catholicism, comedy, faith, jeannie gaffigan, jim gaffigan, katie prejean mcgrady, mary, pears, tumors, when life gives you pears
Katie talks with Jeannie Gaffigan, director, producer, comedy writer, mom of five, and wife of Jim Gaffigan.
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Encouraging Kids to Think About Holiness with Lisa M. Hendey
November 13th, 2020 | Season 7 | 32 mins 13 secs
catholicism, faith, holiness, kids, saints
Author Lisa M. Hendey discusses writing children’s books about the lives of the saints and shares advice on how to talk with kids about becoming holy in their everyday lives.
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Broken Saints for Broken People with Meg Hunter-Kilmer
October 28th, 2020 | Season 7 | 46 mins 13 secs
ave explores, ave maria press, brokenness, faith, family, saints
Meg Hunter-Kilmer, author of the forthcoming Saints Around the World, loves to tell stories of the saints, especially those who are not as well known. She shares how growing close to holy men and women has helped her to love Christ more. Hunter-Kilmer says each saint she’s grown close to has been a unique match during particular challenges in her life.
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Eyes Fixed to Heaven with Sr. Bethany Davis, F.S.P.
October 14th, 2020 | Season 7 | 49 mins 45 secs
ave explores, ave maria press, catholicism, faith, holiness, saints
Sister Bethany Davis of the Daughters of St. Paul sits down with Katie Prejean McGrady to explore what it means to be holy and keep our eyes fixed to heaven, not just because that makes us “a good Catholic,” but because it’s what Jesus wants for our lives. Sister Bethany tells her vocation story, explores the charism and mission of her congregation, and also shares about the new book of saints from the Daughters of St. Paul, In Caelo et in Terra: 365 Saints, and how this project ten years in the making is finally coming to fruition.
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Welcoming Jesus Into Your Family Life with Emily Jaminet
September 9th, 2020 | Season 6 | 45 mins 16 secs
ave explores, ave maria press, catholicism, enthronement, faith, family, family life, sacred heart of jesus
Emily Jaminet is a Catholic author, speaker, mother of seven, and the executive director of the Sacred Heart Enthronement Network. She talks with host Katie Prejean McGrady about how family prayer and welcoming Jesus into your home can transform your family dynamic. Jaminet also explains how the ability to pivot in the midst of life’s changes is a mother’s greatest strength. When a mother is centered in prayer, she’s able to change course with grace and patience, Jaminet says.
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Fruitfulness & Infertility with Timothy P. O'Malley
September 4th, 2020 | Season 6 | 39 mins 21 secs
adoption, ave explores, ave maria press, catholic family, catholicism, faith, family life, infertility
Timothy P. O’Malley, director of McGrath Theology Online at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame, talks with host Katie Prejean McGrady about he and his wife Kara’s struggle with infertility. A professor who also teaches a course on marriage, O’Malley offers insights into discernment and dating for young adults, and ways that we can encourage prayer as a family.
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Lighting a Fire within your kids with Damon and Melanie Owens
August 26th, 2020 | Season 6 | 52 mins 40 secs
ave explores, ave maria press, catholic family life, catholicism, children, faith, kids, marriage
Damon and Melanie Owens, founders of Joyful Ever After Ministries, talk with host Katie Prejean McGrady about finding healing within a marriage, especially when working through resentment and frustration. The couple also shares about raising their eight children in the faith, ultimately entrusting their hearts to the Lord and his will for their lives. The Owenses also offer insights into the ups and downs of married life, homeschooling, and finding balance at home.
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A Twitter Romance & a Covid-19 Wedding with Nick & Riley Sciarappa
August 21st, 2020 | Season 6 | 54 mins 7 secs
ave explores, ave maria press, catholic, catholicism, covid-19, engagement, faith, family, family life, marriage, pandemic, wedding
Newlyweds Nick and Riley Sciarappa talk with host Katie Prejean McGrady about meeting online and about their lives while dating and discerning marriage and what they’ve learned and how they’ve grown in trust throughout their engagement. The Sciarappas also share what it was like to plan a wedding in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Bringing Hope to At-Risk Youth with Kris Frank
June 17th, 2020 | Season 5 | 45 mins 53 secs
at-risk youth, ave maria press, catholicism, faith, faith in action, hope, inner-city ministry, vagabond missions
Kris Frank, vice president of Vagabond Missions, shares how the Steubenville, Ohio, ministry expanded across the country by focusing on sharing the Gospel with at-risk, inner-city youth, helping them break the cycle of abandonment and hopelessness.