Kresta in the Afternoon

Here is the latest news from Ave Maria Radio for Tuesday, September 7th.  It's the feast of St. Cloud.

When we reminisce about the "good old days," one of the features we tend to remember is how we spent our Sundays. Almost all the stores were closed, and after church we'd have a family dinner and spend the day resting. While the culture has long since abandoned such traditions, it doesn’t mean we can't restore it within our families. Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle joins us to discuss how we can reclaim our Sundays.

Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle is an author, journalist, speaker, retreat leader and host of Everyday Blessings for Catholic Moms on EWTN Television. She's the author of many books, most recently Reclaiming Sundays: Pray, Play, Serve, Rest, Refresh and Celebrate. Visit her at donnacooperoboyle.com

New technologies are emerging at a rate we’ve never seen. With a few taps of a button, you can have virtually any product on earth delivered to your doorstep by the next morning – and maybe even sooner. Before long, those deliveries could be handled almost entirely by drones and driverless trucks. What does this mean for the job market? We talk with Brett Beasley.

Brett Beasley is an Associate Director of the Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership.

We often see in history how completely separate, yet closely-related, events fall within days of each other. One such example concerns Leo XII and the Communist Manifesto, the anniversaries of which both fall in late February. Leo XIII, our third-longest-serving pope, is well known for his encyclical Rerum Novarum, an explicit response to the proper care of workers and questions generated by the Industrial Revolution and Communist movement. Al shares some thoughts.

John Abbate, owner-operator of a large number of McDonald’s restaurants throughout Central California, has built a successful career investing in the iconic golden arches and in real estate. His most rewarding investment, however, has been in his Catholic faith, which has transformed his life into one of self-giving rather than self-serving.

John Abbate is the author of Invest Yourself: Daring to be Catholic in Today’s Business World. He is an independent franchisee/owner-operator of McDonald's restaurants throughout the Central Valley of California, as well as a strategic adviser to the Dynamic Catholic Institute. He is also co-founder and president of Possibility Productions, a nonprofit apostolate in support of the mission of the New Evangelization. This is his first book.

One of the things that matters most: the existence of God.  How does creation point to God's existence?  Pat Flynn discuss this with guest host Gary Michuta.

What would cause a Pentecostal pastor to leave and join the Catholic Church?  Kenny Burchard shares his testimony with guest host Gary Michuta.

Most of us know what we believe as Catholics, but often we're unclear on why we believe it. At a time when vast numbers of Catholics are slipping away from the Faith, God has tasked you and countless other Catholics with understanding it so you will be prepared to defend it.  John Martignoni joins guest host Gary Michuta to talk about his new book, Blue Collar Apologetics: How to Explain and Defend Catholic Teaching Using Common Sense, Simple Logic, and the Bible, and how to respond to common Protestant "gotcha yas."

Did you know that there are a lot of new age ideas that have tried to find their way into the Church?  Many times it is because of ignorance of their true meanings or origin.  Bryan Mercier, author of the new book Counterfeit Spirituality: Exposing the False Gods, joins guest host Gary Michuta and talks about some of these false gods.

As a young Marine, Andrew Young was part of the first wave of America’s military to enter Afghanistan, just months after the 9/11 attacks. After tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, he became a priest and spent much of 2020 in Afghanistan as one of the last Catholic U.S. military chaplains in the country. He joins us.

Fr Andy Young is vicar general for the Diocese of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.