Ave Maria in the Afternoon – September 10, 2024 – Hour 2

Author: Bryant Schoenle Published on: September 10, 2024 Published in: Ave Maria in the Afternoon

Monica Miller has details on the National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children, Steven Greydanus looks at the Catholic faith of James Earl Jones, and Tom McDonald looks for John the Baptist’s missing head.

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The Rite of Christian Relationship

Family life is a liturgy. “Liturgy” means “public act of worship.” Although we’re used to thinking of liturgy as something we do at church, your family life is a liturgy, too. We talk more with Greg Popcak.

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How to get family relationships ‘rite’

Catholic HOM

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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National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children

September 14 is the National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children. Monica Miller joins us with how to get involved.

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National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children

Monica-Miller — Dr Monica Miller is the Director of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society and the author of many books including "The Authority of Women in the Catholic Church," “Abandoned: The Untold Story of the Abortion Wars” and “Theology of the Passion of the Christ" Check out prolifesociety.com

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Remembering James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones’ booming voice is arguably the most recognizable in Hollywood. He provided a menacing air to one of film’s great villains, and a sense of grace and authority to Mufasa, father of the lion king. And he was also a Catholic. Steven Greydanus has more.

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Decent Films

steven greydanus — Steven D. Greydanus is a member of the New York Film Critics Circle, a permanent deacon in the Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, and the founder of DecentFilms.com. He has degrees in media arts and religious studies. He and his wife Suzanne have seven children. Visit decentfilms.com

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The many heads of John the Baptist

John the Baptist has two feast days on the calendar: the Nativity of John the Baptist on September 8, and the Beheading of John the Baptist on August 29. A number of sites claim to have the genuine head of John, but do they? Tom McDonald is our guest.

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The many heads of John the Baptist