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    <title>Ave Spotlight - Episodes Tagged with “Meg Hunter Kilmer”</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.</description>
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  <title>Episode 198: Going to College, Growing in Holiness with Meg Hunter-Kilmer</title>
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  <itunes:title>Going to College, Growing in Holiness with Meg Hunter-Kilmer</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>On this episode of _Ave Spotlight_, Meg Hunter-Kilmer talks about staying rooted in Christ during one of life’s biggest transitions: college. Meg challenges the idea that holiness requires having everything figured out—sharing stories of imperfect saints whose lives reveal a God who meets us exactly where we are and calls us forward.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>42:54</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;On this episode of &lt;em&gt;Ave Spotlight&lt;/em&gt;, Meg Hunter-Kilmer talks about staying rooted in Christ during one of life’s biggest transitions: college. Meg challenges the idea that holiness requires having everything figured out—sharing stories of imperfect saints whose lives reveal a God who meets us exactly where we are and calls us forward.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For college students navigating new freedom, relationships, busy schedules, and questions of identity, Meg offers a refreshingly practical path to holiness. Holiness isn’t about becoming someone else; it’s about allowing God to transform the person he already created you to become.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Three Takeaways:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Get into scripture. Make time to read, pray with, and reflect on God’s word.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Make space for silence. Silence creates room to hear God’s voice and recognize his presence.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Embrace the sacramental life. The sacraments give us the grace and strength we need to grow in holiness. &lt;/li&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>On this episode of <em>Ave Spotlight</em>, Meg Hunter-Kilmer talks about staying rooted in Christ during one of life’s biggest transitions: college. Meg challenges the idea that holiness requires having everything figured out—sharing stories of imperfect saints whose lives reveal a God who meets us exactly where we are and calls us forward.</p>

<p>For college students navigating new freedom, relationships, busy schedules, and questions of identity, Meg offers a refreshingly practical path to holiness. Holiness isn’t about becoming someone else; it’s about allowing God to transform the person he already created you to become.</p>

<p><strong>Three Takeaways:</strong></p>

<ul>
<li>Get into scripture. Make time to read, pray with, and reflect on God’s word.</li>
<li>Make space for silence. Silence creates room to hear God’s voice and recognize his presence.</li>
<li>Embrace the sacramental life. The sacraments give us the grace and strength we need to grow in holiness.</li>
</ul><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="Learn More About Meg Hunter-Kilmer" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/mhunterkilmer/">Learn More About Meg Hunter-Kilmer
</a></li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>On this episode of <em>Ave Spotlight</em>, Meg Hunter-Kilmer talks about staying rooted in Christ during one of life’s biggest transitions: college. Meg challenges the idea that holiness requires having everything figured out—sharing stories of imperfect saints whose lives reveal a God who meets us exactly where we are and calls us forward.</p>

<p>For college students navigating new freedom, relationships, busy schedules, and questions of identity, Meg offers a refreshingly practical path to holiness. Holiness isn’t about becoming someone else; it’s about allowing God to transform the person he already created you to become.</p>

<p><strong>Three Takeaways:</strong></p>

<ul>
<li>Get into scripture. Make time to read, pray with, and reflect on God’s word.</li>
<li>Make space for silence. Silence creates room to hear God’s voice and recognize his presence.</li>
<li>Embrace the sacramental life. The sacraments give us the grace and strength we need to grow in holiness.</li>
</ul><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="Learn More About Meg Hunter-Kilmer" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/mhunterkilmer/">Learn More About Meg Hunter-Kilmer
</a></li></ul>]]>
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  <title>Episode 82: Celebrating Black Saints with Meg Hunter-Kilmer </title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2022 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:episode>82</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Celebrating Black Saints with Meg Hunter-Kilmer </itunes: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>
  <itunes:duration>28:18</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Do you ever think of the saints as your friends? What if you befriended a saint who is different from you? &lt;/p&gt;
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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
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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
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  <title>Episode 48: Meg Hunter-Kilmer Spotlight on a Saint</title>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
  <author>Ave Maria Press</author>
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  <itunes:episode>48</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Meg Hunter-Kilmer Spotlight on a Saint</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Let's talk saints! Author and speaker Meg Hunter-Kilmer discusses St. Mark Ji Tianxiang who, although he struggled with addiction throughout his life, lived with great faith.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>19:59</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Let's talk saints! Author and speaker Meg Hunter-Kilmer discusses St. Mark Ji Tianxiang who, although he struggled with addiction throughout his life, lived with great faith. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>Let's talk saints! Author and speaker Meg Hunter-Kilmer discusses St. Mark Ji Tianxiang who, although he struggled with addiction throughout his life, lived with great faith.</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="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>Let's talk saints! Author and speaker Meg Hunter-Kilmer discusses St. Mark Ji Tianxiang who, although he struggled with addiction throughout his life, lived with great faith.</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="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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