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Ave Maria in the Afternoon – September 9, 2024 – Hour 2

Charlie Russo tells about a case of parental rights and vaccines in Vermont and Patrick Neve asks if the word “woke” still means anything.

 

Saul Alinsky and Archbishop Sheen Square Off

Saul Alinksy and Fulton Sheen: One wrote a manifesto called Rules for Radicals. The other wrote titles such as Seven Pillars of Peace. Both were natives of Illinois. Both shaped generations with their diverging philosophies. Beginning last night, they are facing off on EWTN’s Saints vs. Scoundrels. Doug Keck joins us.

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Saul Alinsky and Archbishop Sheen Square Off on EWTN

 

Doug Keck is the President and COO of EWTN

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Vermont COVID vaccination case raises serious question about parental rights

A recent decision of the Supreme Court of Vermont reflects the ongoing erosion of parental rights at the hands of the judiciary and school officials. The court found that a clinic worker who mistakenly vaccinated a child against his parent’s wishes was immune from liability thanks to a federal emergency order. Charles Russo has the details.  

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Vermont COVID vaccination case raises serious question about parental rights

Professor Charles Russo, M.Div., J.D., Ed.D holds the Joseph Panzer Chair of Education in the School of Education and Health Sciences at the University of Dayton, where he also Directs the Ph.D. Program in Educational Leadership and is Research Professor of Law. He specializes in issues involving education and the law with a special focus on religious freedom. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Notre Dame University of Australia School of Law.

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Is anyone “Woke” anymore?

A few years ago, to be “woke” was to be a paragon of virtue, standing up for the oppressed against their oppressors. Does the term still mean anything? If so, what? Patrick Neve joins us.

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Woke Is An Aesthetic, Not An Ideology

 

Pat Neve is a Catholic writer and speaker based in Pittsburgh. He hosts the Crunch Podcast and writes on culture from a Catholic perspective. Visit patneve.blog

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