Ave Explores Podcast
1) Teaser: The Next Ave Explores Series on the Jubilee Year
The Jubilee Year of Hope 2025 began December 24, 2024, with the opening of the Holy Door in St. Peter's Basilica. For the next five weeks, _Ave Explores _will look at how an Ordinary Jubilee is a chan...Show More
2) 4th Week of Advent: Seeing and Showing Jesus with Msgr. Roger Landry
In the summer of 2024, Msgr. Roger Landry embarked on an extraordinary mission as the full-time chaplain for the Seton Route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage. For sixty consecutive days, he and ...Show More
3) 3rd Week of Advent: Scripture Shows us Jesus with Jackie Angel
Amid the hustle and bustle of this time of year, it’s easy to lose sight of the heart of Advent—and the true meaning of Christmas: Jesus. In this episode, Jackie Angel, author of the upcoming Memorize...Show More
4) 2nd Week of Advent: Pursuing Holiness Together with Sr. Miriam James Heidland, SOLT, and Fr John Burns
Advent is more than just a season—it’s an invitation to journey together as a Church, pursuing divine life with the Lord. In this episode, Fr. John Burns and Sr. Miriam James Heidland, SOLT, share the...Show More
5) 1st Week of Advent with Heather Khym
Advent is a chance to encounter Jesus in a new way, and Heather Khym offers advice on how to settle into the new liturgical season and embrace it as a time of reflection and resolution. We would love...Show More
6) Teaser: Starting Advent with Fr. Dave Pivonka
In the first episode of Ave Explores Advent with Heather Khym, Fr. Dave Pivonka, president of Franciscan University, reflects on his favorite traditions of the Advent season and offers practical ways ...Show More
7) Week Six: Monks, Nuns, and Their Habits with Fr. Patrick Mary Briscoe, OP
Religious orders wear a wide variety of habits, from brown robes reminiscent of Jedi attire to white robes with black capes similar to Gandalf’s. With so many distinct styles, it’s hard for anyone to ...Show More
8) Week Five: A Baptist Becomes Catholic Because of the Bible with Sonja Corbitt
Catholic author and speaker Sonja Corbitt embraced Catholicism after a lifetime of being a Southern Baptist, and she did so because of the Bible. Her entrance into the Church, which included a deep st...Show More
Week Five: A Baptist Becomes Catholic Because of the Bible with Sonja Corbitt
46:42 | Oct 23rd, 2024
9) Week Four: Big Honkin' Candles and Fun Feast Days with Steffani Aquila
Why do we bake cakes for Shrove Tuesday or use chalk to mark our doors on the Epiphany? Why do we crown statues of Mary with flowers or sing hymns to the biggest candle of them all, the Paschal Candle...Show More
10) Week Three: The Oddities of the Early Church with Mike Aquilina
When we declare that Catholicism is two thousand years old, we must do so knowing that this means the earliest days of the Church were, at times, peculiar and challenging. The liturgy had to be develo...Show More