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  <title>Episode 109: Best of Ave Spotlight: The Christmas SEASON with Fr. Joe Laramie, SJ</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Join Chenele on this special "best of" Christmas episode with our good friend Fr. Joe Laramie, SJ, of the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network. Fr. Joe leads us through an Ignatian meditation and talks about why Elf is the best holiday movie.</itunes:subtitle>
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5 years later, Sock Religious is a rapidly growing company that makes not only socks but t-shirts, stickers, onesies, and coffee mugs. Their flagship product--socks--comes in a variety of sizes and styles. From one size fits most, to kids sizes, XL for those with extra large feet, and no-show styles, there's a sock that can fit in anyone's sock drawer. If you appreciate good Catholic humor and puns, check out their t-shirts, featuring saints and fun, punny phrases like, “Never go without your wingman” with an image of St. Michael on it. 
Sock Religious products make the perfect gifts for birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, First Communion, Confirmation, Christmas, the list goes on... Step on over to SockReligious.com and check it out! Use Code AveSpotlight15 for 15% off your order!
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5 years later, Sock Religious is a rapidly growing company that makes not only socks but t-shirts, stickers, onesies, and coffee mugs. Their flagship product--socks--comes in a variety of sizes and styles. From one size fits most, to kids sizes, XL for those with extra large feet, and no-show styles, there's a sock that can fit in anyone's sock drawer. If you appreciate good Catholic humor and puns, check out their t-shirts, featuring saints and fun, punny phrases like, “Never go without your wingman” with an image of St. Michael on it. 
Sock Religious products make the perfect gifts for birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, First Communion, Confirmation, Christmas, the list goes on... Step on over to SockReligious.com and check it out! Use Code AveSpotlight15 for 15% off your order!
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  <title>Episode 18: Catholic Christmas Traditions</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Elissa Tiprigan, founder of Catholic Family Crate, discusses how she creates activities to make feast days and liturgical seasons fun, family-centered, and life-giving. She also shares ways to celebrate Advent and the twelve days of Christmas.</itunes:subtitle>
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