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    <title>Ave Spotlight - Episodes Tagged with “Black History Month”</title>
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    <description>Want to hear more about life from a Catholic perspective? Listen to host Oscar Rivera as he talks with special guests about culture, current events, and all things Catholic. You’ll walk away with a better understanding of your faith and how to live it in the world today. 
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    <itunes:summary>Want to hear more about life from a Catholic perspective? Listen to host Oscar Rivera as he talks with special guests about culture, current events, and all things Catholic. You’ll walk away with a better understanding of your faith and how to live it in the world today. 
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  <title>Episode 82: Celebrating Black Saints with Meg Hunter-Kilmer </title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Chenele and Meg Hunter-Kilmer talk about the blessing and importance of befriending saints whose life experience is much different from our own. Meg also introduces lesser-known Black saints and shares her personal story of becoming friends with saints who are different from her.

Do you ever think of the saints as your friends? What if you befriended a saint who is different from you?</itunes:subtitle>
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Do you ever think of the saints as your friends? What if you befriended a saint who is different from you? 
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<p>Do you ever think of the saints as your friends? What if you befriended a saint who is different from you?</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Follow Ave Maria Press on Instagram" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/avemariapress/">Follow Ave Maria Press on Instagram</a></li><li><a title="Follow Chenele Shaw on Instagram" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/chenele_k/?hl=en">Follow Chenele Shaw on Instagram</a></li><li><a title="Learn More About Meg Hunter-Kilmer" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.avemariapress.com/authors/meg-hunter-kilmer">Learn More About Meg Hunter-Kilmer</a></li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Chenele and Meg Hunter-Kilmer talk about the blessing and importance of befriending saints whose life experience is much different from our own. Meg also introduces lesser-known Black saints and shares her personal story of becoming friends with saints who are different from her.</p>

<p>Do you ever think of the saints as your friends? What if you befriended a saint who is different from you?</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Follow Ave Maria Press on Instagram" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/avemariapress/">Follow Ave Maria Press on Instagram</a></li><li><a title="Follow Chenele Shaw on Instagram" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/chenele_k/?hl=en">Follow Chenele Shaw on Instagram</a></li><li><a title="Learn More About Meg Hunter-Kilmer" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.avemariapress.com/authors/meg-hunter-kilmer">Learn More About Meg Hunter-Kilmer</a></li></ul>]]>
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  <title>Episode 81: Catholics United for Black Lives with Shannon Wimp Schmidt</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2022 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Chenele talks with Shannon Wimp Schmidt, founding member and media director of Catholics United for Black Lives about responding to racism, educating the Church, and faithfully supporting the Black Lives Matter movement while staying true to Church teaching.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>17:28</itunes:duration>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Chenele talks with Shannon Wimp Schmidt, founding member and media director of Catholics United for Black Lives about responding to racism, educating the Church, and faithfully supporting the Black Lives Matter movement while staying true to Church teaching.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Follow Ave Maria Press on Instagram" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/avemariapress/">Follow Ave Maria Press on Instagram</a></li><li><a title="Follow Chenele Shaw on Instagram" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/chenele_k/?hl=en">Follow Chenele Shaw on Instagram</a></li><li><a title="Learn More About Catholics United for Black Lives" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.cubl.org">Learn More About Catholics United for Black Lives</a></li></ul>]]>
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  <title>Episode 80: Celebrating Black Catholics with Marcia Lane-McGee</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2022 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:title>Celebrating Black Catholics with Marcia Lane-McGee</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Happy Black History Month! Join Chenele and Marcia Lane-McGee in this special episode to talk about the uniqueness of Black Catholic culture, Marcia's new book "Fat Luther, Slim Pickin’s", and her work as cohost of the Plaid Skirts and Basic Black podcast. </itunes:subtitle>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Happy Black History Month! Join Chenele and Marcia Lane-McGee in this special episode to talk about the uniqueness of Black Catholic culture, Marcia&#39;s new book <em>Fat Luther, Slim Pickin’s</em>, and her work as cohost of the <em>Plaid Skirts and Basic Black</em> podcast. </p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Follow Ave Maria Press on Instagram" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/avemariapress/">Follow Ave Maria Press on Instagram</a></li><li><a title="Follow Chenele Shaw on Instagram" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/chenele_k/?hl=en">Follow Chenele Shaw on Instagram</a></li><li><a title="Learn More About Marcia Lane-McGee&#39;s New Book and Her Podcast Plaid Skirts and Basic Black" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.avemariapress.com/authors/marcia-lane-mcgee">Learn More About Marcia Lane-McGee's New Book and Her Podcast Plaid Skirts and Basic Black</a></li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Happy Black History Month! Join Chenele and Marcia Lane-McGee in this special episode to talk about the uniqueness of Black Catholic culture, Marcia&#39;s new book <em>Fat Luther, Slim Pickin’s</em>, and her work as cohost of the <em>Plaid Skirts and Basic Black</em> podcast. </p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Follow Ave Maria Press on Instagram" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/avemariapress/">Follow Ave Maria Press on Instagram</a></li><li><a title="Follow Chenele Shaw on Instagram" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/chenele_k/?hl=en">Follow Chenele Shaw on Instagram</a></li><li><a title="Learn More About Marcia Lane-McGee&#39;s New Book and Her Podcast Plaid Skirts and Basic Black" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.avemariapress.com/authors/marcia-lane-mcgee">Learn More About Marcia Lane-McGee's New Book and Her Podcast Plaid Skirts and Basic Black</a></li></ul>]]>
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