Kresta in the Afternoon – February 26, 2024 – Hour 1
Peter Andrastek discusses the need for “Deprofessionalizing Evangelization.” Also, Nicole Patten explains an effort to save St. Germaine school and Al discusses what a Politico reporter said about rights coming from God.
Effort underway to save St. Germaine Catholic School
Last month, the parents of St. Germaine Catholic School in St. Clair Shores received some distressing news: due to financial difficulties, they would be closing their doors at the end of the school year. Parents and others in the school community have banded together with an effort to save the school. Nicole Patten has the details.
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Kresta Comments: From Whence Do Our Rights Come?
Politico correspondent Heidi Przybyla recently stated that Christian Nationalists are united in the belief that our rights do not come from the government, but from God. Al has a quick response.
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Mistakes we make with Evangelization
In March 2020, we were broadcasting from the Called and Co-Responsible conference at Notre Dame. Peter Andrastek was there was well and a statement by Fr. Michael Sweeny, O.P. resonated with him: “As a Church, we have no imagination for lay agency.” The Church has always placed an importance on the co-responsibility of the Laity, and it received special emphasis from recent popes. But do most Catholics have an imagination for lay agency in the modern world? Peter joins us.
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The Catholic Church Lacks an Imagination for Lay Agency
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