Ave Maria in the Afternoon – September 11, 2024 – Hour 2

Author: Bryant Schoenle Published on: September 11, 2024 Published in: Ave Maria in the Afternoon

James Patterson weighs in on last night’s presidential debate and Deacon Paul Carris shares how surviving the 9/11 attacks helped him rediscover his faith.

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Court Cases in Tennessee and Texas Generate Supreme Concern for Children

The U.S. Supreme Court will begin its new term in October. Two cases up for review are especially worth noting, because they involve challenges to state laws dealing with the well-being of children. Andrea Picciotti-Bayer joins us with the details.

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Court Cases in Tennessee and Texas Generate Supreme Concern for Children

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Andrea Piccioti Bayer — Andrea Picciotti-Bayer is a legal analyst for EWTN News. She also directs the Conscience Project. Follow her on Twitter @bayerpicciotti and visit conscience-project.org.

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The Meaning of the Feminine Genius

“The feminine genius,” a term coined by Pope St. John Paul II, has become something of a buzzword in the Catholic world. But has the fullness of femininity been exhausted? Not if you ask Rachel Bulman. She joins us today – and you can join her on the Good News Cruise!

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Rachel-Bulman — Rachel Bulman is a Catholic writer and speaker. She's the author of With All Her Mind: A Call to the Intellectual Life and Becoming Wife, which is due out this summer. She was rasied in the evangelical Assemblies of God and became Catholic in 2008 after falling in love with the beauty of the Mass. Visit her at rachelbulman.com and follow her on Facebook and Twitter @rachelbulman.

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A Catholic View on the Presidential Debate

Will last night’s debate sway any voters? Was there anything to take away from a night where the candidates spent more time mudslinging than discussing policy? James Patterson shares some thoughts.

James Patterson is Associate Professor of Politics at Ave Maria University, where he also Chairs the Politics Department. He's the author of Religion in the Public Square: Sheen, King Falwell

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A Hero of 9/11 Finds His Vocation

In September 2001, Paul Harris was only a few months into his new job on the 71st floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center. He had just finished a phone call when American Airlines Flight 11 slammed into the building. He escaped the building, and the ordeal helped him realize that despite his Catholic upbringing, he didn’t really have a relationship with God. Today, he’s a deacon. He tells us the story.

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‘God Was With Us on the Stairwell’: A Hero of 9/11 Finds His Vocation