Epiphany

Courtney Nixon with St. Fabian Catholic School talks about their community-wide food donation drive this Saturday. We discuss money & evil with Dr. Matthew Dugandic of St. Mary's Seminary & University.

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Dr. Bunson was scheduled to join Vanessa this afternoon to discuss 5 Heroes of American Catholicism, but he got delayed in travel. So Vanessa read the piece and more.

2026 Parish Festival July 17, 18 & 19, 2026

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Fr. Brendan Walsh is the Pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Dexter, MI.

Ave Maria University in Florida is setting out to make its students a fixture in the historically Catholic community surrounding Mount Melleray Abbey in County Waterford, Ireland.

“We are not here to give our students a cultural exchange; we’re here to have a campus that is steeped both in our culture and the tradition of Ireland,” Daniel Schreck, chief strategy officer for Ave Maria University, told EWTN News.

“That means understanding the people of Ireland, County Waterford, the town of Cappoquin, and the Cistercian order,” he said. “I think that’s how you really make this a permanent home and not just a building we’re coming to once a semester with our given cohort of students.”

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Daniel Schreck is the Chief Strategy Officer & Director of The Institute at Ave Maria University.

The Supreme Court has closed its books on a consequential term that delivered significant wins for parental rights and free speech, disappointed prisoners seeking to remedy offenses against their religious liberty, redrew the boundaries of executive power and closed with developments that serve as reminders of how much work remains.

And in one of its final rulings, the Court addressed one of the most contested questions of the moment: whether states may protect female athletics for biological females.Read Andrea’s commentary here.

Andrea Picciotti-Bayer is a legal analyst for EWTN News, and director of the Conscience Project.

Pieces by Bill Donohue: Religious Roots of American FreedomsWhy America Is Still FreeThe survey they talked about on the most and least patriotic.

Michael McDonald is the Director of Communications for the Catholic League.

Michael Murray is Regional Director of Gift & Estate Planning in the Office of Gift & Estate Planning at Hillsdale College.

Spotlight on Michael Murray

Lt. Col. Michael Murray’s interest in the military was rooted in his family heritage. No, military service was not a Murray family tradition. In fact, Michael’s father was an Irish immigrant. But preserving the freedoms that gave his father the opportunity to immigrate drove Michael to service in the armed forces.

Michael was accepted into the one-year Military Academy prep school but accepted admission to Albion College in Michigan instead, deferring his service. On the day of graduation, he accepted and signed a law contract with the Marine Corps and shipped out to Officers Candidate School (OCS) that summer. The week after graduating from OSC and accepting his commission as an officer, he left for law school, graduating three years later.

After another year of training, Michael moved to his first duty station in 29 Palms where he served as a judge advocate. Later he was relocated to University of Michigan to be a Marine Officer Instructor.

In 2001, then a Major, Michael switched to a reserves contract and activated several times in the following years. After deployment to Iraq in 2005, he returned to the reserves for three years as a judge advocate, then activated yet again in 2010 to work on the prosecution of four terrorists at Guantanamo Bay. Finishing the case, he returned to the reserves as an assistant to the counsel for the Commandant of the Marine Corps.

Several years ago while Michael was working in the private sector, one of his business associates suggested that he apply for a position that had opened at nearby Hillsdale College. When he looked up the College, Michael noted, “I was inspired by the mission statement, the focus on something bigger than the individual.”

He remembered asking during his interview whether the College would be supportive of his reserve duty. They responded with a definitive yes, and shortly after, he found out that he was a finalist for the position. After another interview, the College offered him the job, and he readily accepted it.