Good morning, it is Friday, July 26th, 2024.  Today is the memorial of Sts. Anne and Joachim.
On the program:
    • Hundreds expected to attend funeral of slain Melvindale police officer
    • The Hill/Emerson College poll has Harris within one point of Trump in battleground Michigan
    • Final days of Fatima statue touring Diocese of Saginaw
    • Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: Robert Muise discusses recent transgender pronoun lawsuits

THE IMITATION OF CHRIST SAYS: Turn to the Lord with your whole heart and leave behind this wretched world. Then your soul shall find rest.

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Good morning, it is Thursday, July 25th, 2024.  Today is the feast of St. James.
On the program:
    • Governor Gretchen Whitmer signs 2025 spending plan in Detroit
    • Jamestown Canyon virus found in mosquito in Saginaw County
    • Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) holds up sign saying “war criminal” at Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress
    • Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: Tom Nash and Teresa Tomeo discuss how the devil divides

St. John Chrysostom says: [Jesus] also calls his suffering a baptism, to show that it will effect a great cleansing of the entire world.

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Good morning, it is Wednesday, July 24th, 2024.  Today is the memorial of St.  Charbel Makhlouf.
On the program:
    • FEMA says local and state agenices have enough resources to help communities after May 7 tornadoes
    • Michigan Democratic delegation votes to endorse VP Kamala Harris
    • $23.4 billion education budget signed for FY 2025 by Governor Gretchen Whitmer in Flint
    • Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: Matthew Handley and Dr. Marcus Peter discuss Kamala Harris’ chances in Michigan

THE IMITATION OF CHRIST SAYS:   Once you have entered completely into the depths of Jesus, and have a taste of his powerful love, then you will not care about your own convenience or inconvenience.

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Good morning, it is Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024.  Today is the memorial of St. Bridget of Sweden.
On the program:
    • Governor Gretchen Whitmer endorses Vice President Kamala Harris for president, says she will not be running for VP herself
    • Arrest made in death of Melvindale police officer
    • Den of foxes stealing shoes at Tahquamenon Falls
    • Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: Dr. Paul Thigpen looks at the question of intelligent alien life

St. Ignatius of Antioch says: Let us not fail to be moved by his goodness, for if he were ever to imitate the way we behave ourselves, we would be truly lost.

Matthew Handley will be joining Dr. Marcus Peter on Ave Maria in the Afternoon to discuss the new Democratic presumptive nominee Kamala Harris and the election in Michigan.  Tune in at 4:15pm on Ave Maria Radio.

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Good morning, it is Friday, July 22nd, 2024. Today is the feast of St. Mary Magdalene.On the program:

• Michigan Democrats, excluding Governor Gretchen Whitmer, largely throw support behind Vice President Kamala Harris as new Democratic nominee after President Joe Biden drops out of race
• Melvindale police officer shot and killed on Sunday morning
• Girl missing for seven weeks found in Rockford
• Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

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Good morning, it is Friday, July 19th, 2024.  
On the program:
    • Michael Jackson-Bolanos found not guilty of premeditated murder, guilty of lying to police, and jury remains hung on two other charges
    • Former President Donald Trump calls on United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain to be fired in RNC speech
    • Archbishop Allen Vigneron tells Eucharistic pilgrims in Indianapolis that Eucharistic faith is “humble faith”
    • Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw


Plus: Chuck Gaidica discusses links between mental health and church attendence

St. Ignatius of Antioch says: All things have an end, and two things, life and death, are side by side set before us, and each man will go to his own place.

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Good morning, it is Thursday, July 18th, 2024.  Today is the memorial of St. Camillus of Lellis.
On the program:
    • Vice President Kamala Harris tells rally-goers in Portage that violence has no place in American politics
    • Numerous beaches across state closed due to e. coli levels
    • Groups from around Michigan travel to Indianapolis for National Eucharistic Congress
    • Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw


Plus: Scott Weeman shares the Catholic history of the 12 Step program


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Good morning, it is Wednesday, July 17th, 2024.  
On the program:
    • Judge in Samantha Woll murder trial says she will accept deadlocked jury if a verdict is not reached by tomorrow
    • Republican nominee Donald Trump and J.D. Vance will visit Grand Rapids on Saturday
    • African man accused of trying to bring large snails into US at Detroit Metro Airport
    • Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw


Plus: James Papandrea  shares his new book, Praying Like the Early Church


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Good morning, it is Tuesday, July 16th, 2024.  Today is the memorial of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
On the program:
    • Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) says his Homeland Security Committee will investigate assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump
    • Catholic therapists suit state saying “conversion therapy” ban prevents them from treating gender dysphoria
    • Kent County health department confirms Jamestown Canyon virus in a mosquito
    • Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw


Plus: Details on a local pilgrimage this weekend following the footsteps of Fr. Gabriel Richard


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Good morning, it is Monday, July 15th, 2024.  
On the program:
    • Bad Axe Police investigating man who shot at a home on Saturday
    • Jurors in Michael Jackson-Bolanos trial deadlocked, Judge tells them to keep trying
    • Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw


Plus: The latest on the assassination attempt of former president Donald Trump

ST. BONAVENTURE SAY: Christ is both the way and the door.

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