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Ave Maria in the Afternoon – July 19, 2024 – Hour 2

Rob Corzine previews this Sunday’s Gospel and Peggy Stanton reports from the National Eucharistic Congress. Then Paul Thigpen asks if we are alone in the Universe. 

 

Sunday Gospel Preview

Today we begin a new weekly segment with Rob Corzine, looking ahead to the Sunday Gospel. In this week’s reading from the Gospel of Mark, Jesus observes that the crowds following him are like sheep without a shepherd. We discuss it with Rob.

 

Robert Corzine is Vice President of Academic Programs for the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology. He was received into the Catholic Church in 1994 and has held teaching and advocacy positions for several Catholic apostolates, including work as an apologist and catechetical writer for Catholics United for the Faith and as producer and host of a weekly Catholic radio program on apologetics and evangelization. Host of EWTN’s Genesis to Jesus with Dr. Scott Hahn, Rob holds a degree in Humanities and Catholic Culture from Franciscan University.

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Live report from the National Eucharistic Congress

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Peggy Stanton is the author of From the White House to the White Cross. She's a Dame of the Order of Malta. She was ABC News’ first female Washington correspondent. She has hosted many programs on Ave Maria Radio including the Malta Minute with the Catechism. Her first book was The Daniel Dilemma: The Moral Man in the Public Arena.

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Studio Spotlight: Are We Alone in the Universe?

For more than half a century, the question of extraterrestrial intelligence has been widely dismissed in our culture. That wasn’t always the case. Some of the best minds of the last twenty-five centuries in Western civilization have grappled with this mystery. Paul Thigpen joins us with a fascinating historical survey of the public conversation about extraterrestrial intelligence and takes your calls at 877-573-7825. 

Paul Thigpen, Ph.D., is the editor of TAN Books and the best-selling author, co-author or compiler of forty-one titles. Among his most popular books are The Burden: A Warning of Things to Come and The Rapture Trap: A Catholic Response to End Times Fever. A convert to the Catholic faith, Paul has served the Church as an award-winning journalist, historian, apologist, catechist, and member of the National Advisory Council of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. His work has been circulated worldwide and translated into twelve languages.

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