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Ave Maria in the Afternoon – August 6, 2024 – Hour 2

Greg Popcak continues our discussion on raising Catholic kids and Andrew Swafford looks at the Covenant prayers in the Psalms. 

 

Raising Catholic Kids (continued from last week)

Last week we spoke with Greg Popcak about what new studies have revealed about the most effective way to raise Catholic kids to be Catholic adults. Unfortunately, much of what we have been doing is wrong. Greg joins us to continue the conversation.

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Catholic Households on Mission 

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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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Marcus’ Monologue: “Men Have Forgotten God”

Alexander Solzhenitsyn has been praised for his work on religion in atheistic nations. He lamented for the lost Christian heritage of his homeland of Russia. In his heartbreak, he penned some beautiful works highlighting the Atheistic reality he was forced to undergo. Marcus discusses.

 

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Psalms: The Way of Wisdom and the Kingdom of God

The Scriptures teach us a lot about prayer, especially the great Covenental prayers of the Psalms. Dr Andrew Swafford joins us with more.

 

Dr. Andrew Swafford is professor of theology at Benedictine College. He is co-author of A Catholic Guide to the Old Testament, Gift and Grit: How Heroic Virtue Can Change Your Life and Relationships (with his wife, Sarah), and What We Believe: The Beauty of the Catholic Faith (with Marcellino D’Ambrosio) and co-host of Ascension’s video series filmed in Rome under the same title. He is general editor and contributor to Ascension’s Great Adventure Catholic Bible and co-host and author of Ascension’s Bible studies on Romans and Hebrews. He is also an avid student of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and lives with his wife and their six children in Atchison, Kansas.

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