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Ave Maria in the Afternoon – April 15, 2025 – Hour 2

Worried about how your kids will handle the long Triduum services? Dr Greg Popcak has tips for helping them understand these most sacred liturgies. Also, Steve Ray takes us on a virtual tour of Holy Week. 

 

Triduum Tips for Families

The Triduum services are the most important, sacred, Biblically-rich liturgies of the year – but if you’re a kid, you just know that they’re loonnnng! How can you help your kids understand the importance of these celebrations? How can you tell if they are ready for the Easter Vigil, which often starts after their bedtime? Dr. Greg Popcak joins us.

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Catholic Households on Mission 

Dr Greg Popcak is the founder and director of CatholicCounselors.com, a group pastoral telecounseling practice providing faithful help to Catholics dealing with personal, emotoinal and relationship problems. Together with his wife, Lisa, he is the author of over 20 books integrating insights from counseling psychology and the timeless wisdom of our Catholic faith. They are also the developers of the CatholicHOM app, a resource helping Catholic families thrive. Dr. Greg and Lisa are the hosts of More2Life, a call in advice program airing weekdays at 10am E and produced by Ave Maria Radio and carried across the EWTN Global Catholic Radio Network.

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Steve Ray’s Virtual Tour of Holy Week

We all know the story of Christ’s Passion. But have we ever really stopped to think about the people and places that appear in the story? What did they look like? What is the significance of details we hear about the Agony in the Garden or the trial before Pilate? We take a virtual tour of Christ’s Passion with Steve Ray.

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Footprints of God website 

Steve’s website 

Steve Ray leads pilgrimages to the Holy Land, Rome and other sites. He converted to Catholicism in 1994 and is the author of “Crossing the Tiber,” “Upon this Rock” and other books, including a brand-new study on the Book of Genesis. He’s the host and producer of the Footprints of God DVD series and has been to the Holy Land more than 200 times. He also writes bible studies for Catholic Scripture Study International Visit catholic-convert.com and footprintsofgodpilgrimages.com

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