Ave Spotlight
with Chenele Shaw
We found 10 episodes of Ave Spotlight with the tag “chenele shaw”.
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Episode 102: The Power of Invitation: A Conversion Story with Santonio Hill
September 19th, 2022 | 30 mins 58 secs
ave maria press, ave spotlight, chenele shaw, conversion story, santonio hill, vagabond ministries
Join Chenele as she talks with Santonio Hill of Vagabond Missions about his conversion story and how a simple invitation brought the Lord into his life. We are excited for you to hear it.
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Episode 101: Giving Thanks and Letting Go with Danielle Bean
September 6th, 2022 | 25 mins 23 secs
ave maria press, ave spotlight, catholic podcast, chenele shaw, danielle bean, giving thanks and letting go
Danielle Bean joins Chenele to talk about sending your child to college, supporting their independence, and parental paranoia. Danielle shares her personal testimony of trusting God, and what she would tell her younger self.
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Episode 100: Celebrating the 100th Episode of Ave Spotlight
August 22nd, 2022 | 22 mins 25 secs
ave maria press, ave spotlight, catholic podcast, chenele shaw, katie prejean mcgrady
This week we're celebrating the 100th episode of Ave Spotlight! Join host Chenele Shaw and former host Katie Prejean McGrady as they chat about how it feels to host their own show, their favorite episodes, and what gives them hope.
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Episode 99: Host Chenele Shares Her Story of Reversion to the Faith
August 8th, 2022 | 12 mins 57 secs
ave maria press, ave spotlight, catholic faith, chenele shaw, conversion stories
In the final episode of the Ave Spotlights ummer conversion story series, host Chenele Shaw shares her own inspiring story of hope--from getting kicked out of high school to managing a Philly cheesesteak restaurant to becoming director of youth ministry for the Diocese of Orlando.
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Episode 98: Leah Darrow on the Power of Personal Development
July 25th, 2022 | 34 mins 50 secs
ave maria press, ave spotlight, chenele shaw, christocentric personal development program, conversion story, leah darrow, power made perfect
This week Chenele Shaw chats with Leah Darrow of Power Made Perfect, her new Christocentric personal development program. Darrow talks about being your best self and shares about her powerful conversion from despair and shame to hope, mercy, and the love of Jesus.
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Episode 97: Eve Tushnet on How the Truth and Beauty of Catholicism Led to Her Conversion
July 11th, 2022 | 22 mins 55 secs
ave maria press, ave spotlight, catholic faith, chenele shaw, conversion from judaism to catholicism, eve tushnet, gay and catholic, tenderness, truth and beauty
Chenele chats with Eve Tushnet about her conversion to Catholicism. After being deeply inspired by the reliquaries of the Church, Tushnet explored the faith more intentionally and was moved by the beauty and truth of Catholicism. She also shares some insight on how to discuss the topic of conversion with others.
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Episode 96: Leah Libresco Sargeant on Her Conversion from Atheism to Catholicism
June 27th, 2022 | 20 mins 32 secs
ave maria press, ave spotlight, catholic podcast, chenele shaw, conversion stories, from atheism to catholicism, leah libresco sargeant
Chenele talks with Leah Libresco Sargeant about her conversion from atheism to Catholicism. After many debates during college, Sargeant was inspired to investigate Catholicism more fully by the faithful witness of her peers. She also offers suggestions about how to engage in healthy debates with those who have different beliefs.
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Episode 95: Gloria Purvis on Her Conversion to the Catholic Faith
June 13th, 2022 | 30 mins 6 secs
ave maria press, ave spotlight, catholic faith, catholic podcast, chenele shaw, conversion story, gloria purvis, pro-life, sacredness and dignity of black lives
In this episode, Chenele Shaw chats with Gloria Purvis about her conversion to Catholicism when she was twelve years old after encountering the Lord in Eucharistic Adoration. Although her parents were not Catholic, they supported her passion to witness to the faith as an advocate for the sacredness and dignity of the unborn, and Black lives.
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Episode 94: Best of Ave Spotlight: Saints who Struggled with Mental Issues with Tommy Tighe
May 30th, 2022 | 28 mins 36 secs
ave maria press, ave spotlight, chenele shaw, mental health and the saints, st. dymphna's playbook, tommy tighe
You loved this episode from Tommy Tighe so much that we have brought it back! We hope you enjoy this new feature of Ave Spotlight in which we replay these "best of" episodes from time to time.
Oscar Romero. Dorothy Day. Thérèse of Lisieux. Edith Stein. All these great saints struggled with their mental health.
Join Chenele Shaw and mental health counselor Tommy Tighe on this special episode where they talk about saints who strove for holiness and brought their mental struggles to the Lord.
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Episode 93: Female Doctors of the Church and Spiritual Direction with Vinita Hampton Wright
May 16th, 2022 | 27 mins 55 secs
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Are you interested in spiritual direction but not sure how to get started?
Join us this week as Chenele talks with Vinita Hampton Wright about the difference between spiritual direction and therapy, why it is valuable to one's faith journey, and how to find a spiritual director. Wright also introduces us to her new book, Set the World on Fire: A 4-Week Personal Retreat with the Female Doctors of the Church.