Ave Maria in the Afternoon – August 13, 2024 – Hour 2

Author: Bryant Schoenle Published on: August 13, 2024 Published in: Ave Maria in the Afternoon

Myles Werntz shares why he shifted to homeschooling and Philip Campbell discusses the meaning of Catholic wisdom.

Why does our current approach to evangelization fail our kids?

St John Paul said that the “family’s role in evangelization is primary and irreplaceable.” Why does the Church’s approach to evangelization seem to overlook this? Greg Popcak joins us.

Greg_Popcak — 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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Homeschooling for the Common Good

Myles Werntz never thought he’d be a homeschooling parent. But when the COVID pandemic gave him no choice, he and his wife decided to do it for one year. Gradually, his views on homeschooling changed. He joins us.

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Homeschooling for the Common Good

Myles Werntz is author of From Isolation to Community: A Renewed Vision of Christian Life Together. He writes at Christian Ethics in the Wild and teaches at Abilene Christian University.

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Catholicism in Pursuit of Wisdom

The relationship between the Catholic Church and science is one of the most misunderstood stories of Western civilization. Merely repeating the mantra that there is no ultimate contradiction between faith and reason has not solved the crisis for millions of Catholics, many of whom have abandoned the Faith over perceived discrepancies between the religious and scientific worlds.