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    <title>Ave Spotlight - Episodes Tagged with “Saints”</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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  <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>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? 
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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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    <![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 64: All Saints Day with Meg Hunter-Kilmer</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:title>All Saints Day with Meg Hunter-Kilmer</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>It’s the best day of the year! The amazing Meg-Hunter Kilmer talks about All Saints Day and many of her heavenly friends. Check out this episode and meet a new saint friend. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>22:19</itunes:duration>
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  <description>It’s the best day of the year! The amazing Meg-Hunter Kilmer talks about All Saints Day and many of her heavenly friends. Check out this episode and meet a new saint friend.  
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    <![CDATA[<p>It’s the best day of the year! The amazing Meg-Hunter Kilmer talks about All Saints Day and many of her heavenly friends. Check out this episode and meet a new saint friend. </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="Follow Meg Hunter-Kilmer on Instagram" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/mhunterkilmer/?hl=en">Follow Meg Hunter-Kilmer on Instagram</a></li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>It’s the best day of the year! The amazing Meg-Hunter Kilmer talks about All Saints Day and many of her heavenly friends. Check out this episode and meet a new saint friend. </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="Follow Meg Hunter-Kilmer on Instagram" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/mhunterkilmer/?hl=en">Follow Meg Hunter-Kilmer on Instagram</a></li></ul>]]>
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  <title>Episode 49: Tommy Tighe on Saints Who Struggled with Mental Health Issues</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:episode>49</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Tommy Tighe on Saints Who Struggled with Mental Health Issues</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Can we be saints and struggle with mental illness? Join Chenele Shaw and mental health counselor Tommy Tighe on this special episode where they talk about saints who strived for holiness and struggled with mental illness. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>26:36</itunes:duration>
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  <description>Can we be saints and struggle with mental illness? Join Chenele Shaw and mental health counselor Tommy Tighe on this special episode where they talk about saints who strived for holiness and struggled with mental illness.  
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    <![CDATA[<p>Can we be saints and struggle with mental illness? Join Chenele Shaw and mental health counselor Tommy Tighe on this special episode where they talk about saints who strived for holiness and struggled with mental illness. </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 Tommy Tighe" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.avemariapress.com/authors/tommy-tighe">Learn More About Tommy Tighe</a></li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Can we be saints and struggle with mental illness? Join Chenele Shaw and mental health counselor Tommy Tighe on this special episode where they talk about saints who strived for holiness and struggled with mental illness. </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 Tommy Tighe" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.avemariapress.com/authors/tommy-tighe">Learn More About Tommy Tighe</a></li></ul>]]>
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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>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. 
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    <![CDATA[<p>Let&#39;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&#39;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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  <title>Learning New Saints</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2020 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
  <author>Ave Maria Press</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Meg Hunter-Kilmer, a Catholic blogger and speaker who is known as the "Hobo for Christ," discusses how learning the stories of the saints, especially those who are lesser-known, is an opportunity to grow in personal holiness.
</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>16:23</itunes:duration>
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  <description>Meg Hunter-Kilmer, a Catholic blogger and speaker who is known as the "Hobo for Christ," discusses how learning the stories of the saints, especially those who are lesser-known, is an opportunity to grow in personal holiness.
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    <![CDATA[<p>Meg Hunter-Kilmer, a Catholic blogger and speaker who is known as the &quot;Hobo for Christ,&quot; discusses how learning the stories of the saints, especially those who are lesser-known, is an opportunity to grow in personal holiness.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Saints Around the World" rel="nofollow" href="https://saintsaroundtheworld.com">Saints Around the World</a></li><li><a title="Ave Explores: The Saints" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.avemariapress.com/aveexplores-the-saints">Ave Explores: The Saints</a></li><li><a title="Listen to Meg on Ave Explores" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.avemariapress.com/aveexplores-the-saints/podcast-hunter-kilmer">Listen to Meg on Ave Explores</a></li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Meg Hunter-Kilmer, a Catholic blogger and speaker who is known as the &quot;Hobo for Christ,&quot; discusses how learning the stories of the saints, especially those who are lesser-known, is an opportunity to grow in personal holiness.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Saints Around the World" rel="nofollow" href="https://saintsaroundtheworld.com">Saints Around the World</a></li><li><a title="Ave Explores: The Saints" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.avemariapress.com/aveexplores-the-saints">Ave Explores: The Saints</a></li><li><a title="Listen to Meg on Ave Explores" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.avemariapress.com/aveexplores-the-saints/podcast-hunter-kilmer">Listen to Meg on Ave Explores</a></li></ul>]]>
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