Seemingly Ordinary

136. Maria Benes's Life, and How a Threatening Trip to the Andes in Peru Convinced Her There Is a God


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Dr. Maria Benes currently serves as co-director of the Before Gethsemane Initiative (BGI), a Catholic nonprofit for racial reconciliation. She also is a project lead for the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage for Modern Catholic Pilgrim. 

We discuss Maria's childhood, teen years, college--and the scary trip in the Peruvian Andes that made Maria, who was considering agnosticism, confirm her faith in God.

(This episode was recorded March 14, 2023.) 

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Seemingly OrdinaryBy Tim Wuebker

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