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Kresta in the Afternoon – January 25, 2022 – Hour 1

Al shares lessons he learned from his late mother, Teresa Tomeo dives into Pope Francis’ message for World Communications Day, and John Henry Crosby honors the life of Alice von Hildebrand.


Kresta Comments: Lessons from my Mother

Al was out of town last week caring for his mother, who died at the age of 90. By all accounts, she was a joyous and caring woman. Al shares some memories of his mother and lessons he learned from her.

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Pope’s Communications Day message: ‘Listening is essential for dialogue’

In his Pontifical Message for World Communications Day, Pope Francis encourages us to pay close attention while listening: “It is not enough simply to listen, but that it is necessary to listen well…It is only by paying attention to whom we listen, to what we listen, and to how we listen that we can grow in the art of communicating.” What does it mean to Listen Well? Teresa Tomeo joins us.

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Pope’s Communications Day message: ‘Listening is essential for dialogue’

Pope Francis’ full message

Teresa’s website

Teresa Tomeo is the author of many books and her newest is Listening for God: Discovering the Incredible Ways God Speaks to Us. She has more than 30 years of experience in TV, radio and newspaper and spent 19 of those years working in front of a camera as a reporter/anchor in the Detroit market. In the year 2000, Teresa left the secular media to start her own speaking and communications company, Teresa Tomeo Communications, LLC. Her daily morning radio program, Catholic Connection, is produced by Ave Maria Radio in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Remembering Alice von Hildebrand

Alice von Hildebrand’s life accomplishments could fill a book. She escaped Nazi Europe in her youth, became one of the leading women in Catholic philosophy, and devoted decades of her life to writing and teaching. She also had a loving relationship with her husband, the late and great Dietrich von Hildebrand. She passed away last week, and we honor her legacy with John Henry Crosby. 

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Remembering Lily von Hildebrand

Farewell to Alice von Hildebrand

Former CNA editor recalls the ‘privilege’ of working with Alice von Hildebrand

Alice von Hildebrand on the Lost Sense of the Supernatural and Feminism

John Henry Crosby is the President and Founder of the Hildebrand Project, the world’s leading organization dedicated to the presentation and exploration of the thought and witness of Dietrich von Hildebrand. He began work on the project with Dietrich’s widow Alice von Hildebrand, in 2004. Visit hildebrandproject.org and follow him on Twitter @vitaetamori

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