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More Than Just A Mystic: Blessed Edvige Carboni (Joanne Wright) - 11/27/24

11/27/24 - Edvige Carboni was an extraordinary mystic who spent her life between the natural and the supernatural. Her interaction with the supernatural world was an almost-daily occurrence, as Jesus, Mary and the saints appeared to her constantly. She also received the stigmata and had many other spiritual gifts such as ecstasies, bilocation, levitation, reading of hearts, discernment of spirits and frequent visits from souls in purgatory. She lived a life of charity helping the needy, visiting the sick, and praying and suffering for the conversion of sinners and the souls in Purgatory. Pope Francis approved her beatification in November of 2018.

What Will It Take? (Bishop Joseph Strickland) - 11/26/24

11/26/24 - Bishop Joseph Strickland returns to the show to unpack a recent letter that he read outside of the annual USCCB meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, in which he warned his brother bishops about God's judgment on bishops who do not guard the church, and accused them of "silently watching as the Synod on Synodality took place, an abomination constructed not to guard the Deposit of Faith, but to dismantle it." What's going on in the life of the church that worries His Excellency enough to feel compelled to make this strongly worded statement? Let's ask him!

The Good Death of Kate Montclair (Dr. Daniel McInerny) - 11/25/24

11/25/24 - How does the Catholic church view suicide? Using a slew of Catholic characters, The Good Death of Kate Montclair provides an intimate look inside the life of an individual struggling with the weight of their suffering and contemplating whether life is worth living moving forward. When the terminally ill Kate Montclair reunites with her old friend, Adele Schraeder, at a death discussion group at her local coffee shop, she has no idea that, with Adele's help, she will soon be secretly planning her "Deathday," at which she will break Virginia law with an assisted suicide. Get the book at https://chrismpress.com/product/the-good-death-of-kate-montclair/

Bringing Order to Chaos: A Country Desperately in Need of Christ (Fr. Stephen Imbarrato) - 11/22/24

11/22/24 - Fr. Stephen Imbarrato returns to the show to share his experience in Boston at the Men's March over the weekend. What can Saturday's happenings teach us about maintaining composure in a state of chaos in the spirit of Our Lord? We'll also unpack the latest in breaking news and current events in this jam-packed episode that you don't want to miss! WATCH HERE for a look at the scene on Saturday: https://youtu.be/tteI57j78IA

What Happened in Boston at The Men’s March? (Pam Stenzel and Walter Hoye) - 11/21/24

11/21/24 - Pam Stenzel is the founder of Enlighten Communications Inc., which tackles today's tough issues of sex with candor, insight, humor, and the challenge for young people to make the healthiest choice and save sex for marriage. She has spoken to over 500,000 young people on the importance of abstinence. She is currently the Senior Regional Clinic Director for Community Pregnancy Clinics in Central and Southwest Florida and serves on the board of directors for Safe Haven Baby Boxes and directs their crisis hotline. Walter Hoye is a licensed and ordained Baptist preacher who serves as both President and Founder of the Issues4life Foundation, the California Civil Rights Foundation, Founder of the Frederick Douglass Foundation of California, Core Member of the National Black Pro-Life Coalition, and sits on the board of The Morning Center, which was founded to provide free full-service maternity care for women in urban and under-served areas. The Boston Men's March took place this past weekend, and the resistance was out in full force. It is now being reported that seventeen arrests were made during the event, including the "transgender daughter" of the second highest ranking Democrat in the US House of Representatives, Katherine Clark. Unsurprisingly, all of the reported arrests came from the pro-abortion side, who did their best to impede the peaceful proceedings of the march. We'll bring you a frontline recap of what was a wild day in the streets of America's most historically Catholic city. WATCH HERE for a look at the scene on Saturday: https://youtu.be/tteI57j78IA

A Soldier for Saint Francis: St. Elizabeth of Hungary (Joanne Wright) - 11/20/24

11/20/24 - Elizabeth of Hungary traveled what many would consider to be an unusual path to sainthood. The daughter of King Andrew II, one might assume that Elizabeth would place wealth and societal status at the forefront of her life. However, she instead chose to devote the majority of her short life to helping the sick and the poor, eventually joining the Third Order of St. Francis. A number of miracles occurred during Elizabeth's earthly life, the most well-known of which depicts her carrying loaves of bread which were suddenly transformed into roses. We'll unpack all of the details to pull back the curtain on the life of this patron saint of Christian charity whose feast day we celebrated on November 17th.

Preserving Chesterton’s Legacy (Dale Ahlquist) - 11/19/24

11/19/24 - Dale Ahlquist is President of the Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton, creator and host of the EWTN series "G.K. Chesterton: The Apostle of Common Sense," and Publisher of Gilbert Magazine. He is the author of six books, and has edited fourteen. He is a Senior Fellow of the Chesterton Library at London, and has been called "probably the greatest living authority on the life and work of G.K. Chesterton." Dale has given more than 900 lectures at universities, conferences, and other institutions, including Yale, Columbia, Cornell, Notre Dame, Oxford, the Vatican Forum in Rome, and the House of Lords in London. Learn more about The Society of G.K. Chesterton at https://www.chesterton.org/

Beauty and Imitation: A Philosophical Reflection on the Arts (Dr. Daniel McInerny) - 11/18/24

11/18/24 - Dr. Daniel McInerny is associate professor and chair of the philosophy department at Christendom College in Front Royal, Virginia. He is also a novelist and dramatist. As a scholar, he is foremost interested in reactivating an Aristotelian understanding of art as imitation, long out of favor among philosophers. The human person is a truth seeker, and one of the most compelling ways human beings pursue truth is through the arts. In Beauty and Imitation: A Philosophical Reflection on the Arts, Dr. McInerny argues for an understanding of art as a form of inquiry into truth that proceeds by way of sensible beauty. Drawing upon the thought of Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas, McInerny argues for the unfashionable yet philosophically compelling view that art is essentially "mimetic," imitative of human action. But what does it mean for art to imitate human action? It means that art imitates the way human beings by nature quest for fulfillment, or happiness. In questing for fulfillment, human life takes the form of a story, and so the arts—all the arts, from painting to music, from fiction to film—are storytelling arts whose beauty reveals the truth about human happiness. Get the book at https://bookstore.wordonfire.org/products/beauty-and-imitation

2024 Fall Mini Appeal Day Two - Trump’s Pro-Life Promises (Fr. Stephen Imbarrato) - 11/15/24

11/15/24 - With Trump having now secured the Presidency, what changes can we expect in how the White House views preborn personhood? Will Trump and his administration fulfill the promises they have made to pro-lifers, and if so, what might that look like? We're still working to meet the remainder of our 2024 Fall Appeal goal and we need your help! As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, The Station of the Cross is 98% listener funded. To make your generous donation today, call 1-877-711-8500, visit thestationofthecross.com, or use the Donation button in your iCatholic Radio mobile app!

2024 Fall Mini Appeal Day One - The Catholic Media Mission (Jim Wright) - 11/14/24

11/14/24 - Jim Wright is the President and Founder of The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network. Previously a successful businessman, Jim, alongside his wife Joanne, has since devoted the last 25 years of his life to building this Catholic media apostolate, which now reaches millions of Catholic listeners and viewers around the world. Jim will share some of that story with us today! We're still working to meet the remainder of our 2024 Fall Appeal goal and we need your help! As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, The Station of the Cross is 98% listener funded. To make your generous donation today, call 1-877-711-8500, visit thestationofthecross.com, or use the Donation button in your iCatholic Radio mobile app!