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1st Week of Advent with Heather Khym
Season 26
Advent is a chance to encounter Jesus in a new way, and Heather Khym offers advice on how to settle into the new liturgical season and embrace it as …
1 year, 3 months ago
Teaser: Starting Advent with Fr. Dave Pivonka
Season 26
In the first episode of Ave Explores Advent with Heather Khym, Fr. Dave Pivonka, president of Franciscan University, reflects on his favorite traditi…
1 year, 3 months ago
Week Six: Monks, Nuns, and Their Habits with Fr. Patrick Mary Briscoe, OP
Season 25
Religious orders wear a wide variety of habits, from brown robes reminiscent of Jedi attire to white robes with black capes similar to Gandalf’s. Wit…
1 year, 4 months ago
Week Five: A Baptist Becomes Catholic Because of the Bible with Sonja Corbitt
Season 25
Catholic author and speaker Sonja Corbitt embraced Catholicism after a lifetime of being a Southern Baptist, and she did so because of the Bible. Her…
1 year, 4 months ago
Week Four: Big Honkin' Candles and Fun Feast Days with Steffani Aquila
Season 25
Why do we bake cakes for Shrove Tuesday or use chalk to mark our doors on the Epiphany? Why do we crown statues of Mary with flowers or sing hymns to…
1 year, 4 months ago
Week Three: The Oddities of the Early Church with Mike Aquilina
Season 25
When we declare that Catholicism is two thousand years old, we must do so knowing that this means the earliest days of the Church were, at times, pec…
1 year, 5 months ago
Week Two: Unveiling the Mystery of Relics with Sean Pilcher and Sharing Holy Stories with Jonathan Roumie
Season 25
Sean Pilcher, from Sacra, an apostolate focused on the restoration and recovery of relics, shares the meaning and importance of relics for all Cathol…
1 year, 5 months ago
Week One: How Saints are Studied and Made with Meg Hunter-Kilmer and Deacon David Keene
Season 25
Join Meg Hunter-Kilmer, author and storyteller of saints, and Deacon David Keene, an archeologist and canon lawyer, as they delve into the fascinatin…
1 year, 5 months ago
Teaser: Embracing the Oddities of Catholicism with Matt Maher
Season 25
Matt Maher wouldn’t describe himself as a “peculiar” or “weird” Catholic, but he wouldn’t mind if you described him like that, because he knows that’…
1 year, 5 months ago
Katie McGrady Welcomes Oscar Rivera to the Ave Podcast Family
In this bonus episode of Ave Explores, Katie Prejean McGrady sits down with Oscar Rivera, new host of Ave Spotlight. Together, they discuss the origi…
1 year, 6 months ago