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Episode 16 - How to Stay Catholic in College

5/28/2018

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​In a culture that chases power and pleasure, a culture that embraces relativism, just how are students supposed to stay Catholic during college?  
Show Notes ​​​​
Topics we discussed:
  • The challenges facing college students today,
  • Relativism
  • How students can connect to their campus centers and form intentional friendships,
  • How college students are called to both evangelize and be aware that their environment effects them
  • What steps students can take to actively discern their vocation,
  • What parents, grandparents, and friends can do to help support the faith of their college students

Resources we mentioned:
  • ​​Prayer and Action in the Salina Diocese
  • ​​Fellowship Of Catholic University Students ​
  • Statistics about the reality of when people leave the Catholic Church​
  • Catholic Answers​​
  • Catholic Answers Live App​​
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Episode 15 - The Physical Case for the Holy Spirit

5/21/2018

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​Let's talk about a permanent, indestructible sign left by Mary showing the proof of the Gospel. 
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​Topics we discussed:
  • The history of the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe,
  • The details of the image that appears on the tilma,
  • The conversion of Mexico after the apparition of Our Lady
  • How the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe makes the incarnation physically present
  • The connection of Our Lady of Guadalupe to the Holy Spirit 

Resources we mentioned:
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe
  • The special role of the Virgin Mary in the history of the Americas
  • Celebrating Lepanto in the Age of ISIS
  • Viva Cristo Rey!
  • What To Do After You Consecrate Yourself to Mary
  • 'Rosarium Virginis Mariae' written by Saint Pope John Paul II
  • The Marian Prayer of Saint Ildephonsus of Spain

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Episode 14 - The Physical Case for the Saints

5/7/2018

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If you go to Siena, you can see the head of Saint Catherine. In Rome, you can visit the foot of Mary Magdalene in a church. What is going on here? 
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Topics we discussed:
  • Just what is a relic,
  • Relics in Scripture and the early Church,
  • Relics and Theology of the Body,
  • Relics to make a pilgrimage to go see
  • Accusations against the credibility of relics of the true cross

Resources we mentioned:
  • The etymology of the word 'relic' 
  • Catechism of the Catholic Church paragraphs 1674-1676
  • What Scriptures Says About Using Relics 
  • Holy Land pilgrims share heart-stopping moment
  • Letters from Saint Ambrose
  • Augustine's Confessions and the reality of relics in the early Catholic Church
  • Saint Cyril of Jerusalem on the relics of the true cross
  • Myth: A ship could be built from the relics of the True Cross
  • The Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in Clyde, Missouri 
  • Rome and Relics​
  • The Stories of These Relics of the Crucifixion Will Blow You Away

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