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Ave Maria in the Afternoon – July 26, 2024 – Hour 2

Rob Corzine previews this weekend’s Gospel, Patrick O’Hearn celebrates the Feast of St Anne, and George Weigel responds to a claim that “post-conciliar Catholicism” in America is going to end.

 

Gospel Preview: Jesus Feeds 5000

This Sunday, we’ll hear one of the most famous Gospel readings: the feeding of the 5000. Rob Corzine joins us to unpack it.

 

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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The End of “Post-Conciliar Catholicism”

An Italian theologian has lamented that “Conciliar Catholicism” will end in America now that Joe Biden has withdrawn from the presidential race. George Weigel disagrees, to say the least. He explains why.

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Joe Biden, Pre-Conciliar Catholic? 

Theologian says Biden exit marks end of ‘conciliar Catholicism’ in US

 

George Weigel is the author most recently of To Sanctify the World: The Vital Legacy of Vatican II. He's also Distinguished Senior Fellow and William E Simon Chair in Catholic Studies at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. His many other books include Witness to Hope, the Next Pope and Evangelical Catholicism.

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The Courtship and Marriage of Sts. Anne and Joachim

Today we celebrate the Feast of Saints Joachim and Anne. We look at their story and the example of marriage they have set with Patrick O’Hearn.

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The Courtship and Marriage of Sts. Anne and Joachim

 

Patrick O'Hearn is an author and a freelance editor, previously serving as TAN Books' acquisitions editor for two years. He grew up in the Midwest and spent close to three years in a Benedictine Monastery before discerning the call to marriage. His first book "Nursery of Heaven: Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss in the Lives of the Saints and Today's Parents," which he co-authored with Cassie Everts, was released in 2019. His second book, "Parents of the Saints: The Hidden Heroes Behind Our Favorite Saints" was released in 2021. The latter book took him over three years to write. His first children's book, "The Shepherd at the Crib and the Cross" was released in 2022. He graduated with a master's in education from Franciscan University of Steubenville and a bachelor's in marketing from St. Ambrose University.

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