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This week Friar Roderic Mary interviews Jim Wright, from the Station of the Cross, at the Doers of the Word Conference in Hamburg, New York, who tells of the exploding Catholic radio station story, sighting that anything is possible with determination and … the Holy Spirit.

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The AirMaria Crew (minus our Roving Reporter, friar Roderic) recently went to Cleveland, Ohio, for the Catholic Marketing Network’s Trade Show.

Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J. was the principal celebrant for the Holy Mass on Thursday morning, and afterwards we caught up with him, to do a series of several parts, on the recent documents released by Pope Benedict XVI. Fr. Fessio is a close friend of the Holy Father and in this short series he explains these documents with insights from this unique perspective.

This first episode is an explanation of the very recent Apostolic Letter “Motu Proprio”? Summorum Pontificum which our Holy Father, Pope Benedict released on 07/07/07 concerning the use of the Roman Missal promulgated by John XXIII in 1962.

We are very blessed to have Fr. Fessio agree to do this series for AirMaria and we hope you will not only enjoy it, but will gain a higher appreciation for how our Holy Father is guiding his flock with wisdom and prudence.

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Friar Roderic catches Fra Augustine, FI and Susan Mackewich of Gizmo Production & Post, NY City as they wrap-up their video school for the friars at Griswold, CT in preparation for the Live Video Transmission of the Behold Your Mother Conference in Indiana on Oct 13th. In the video school they did a complete training in the set-up and operation of our portable live video system that we will be using to live stream from Greenwood, IN. Come watch this video and see how much is going into the preparation for this event.

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Roving Reporter #30 – Chelsea Rankin – an extraordinary young lady. ( 08min) >>> Play

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Dare, Defy, Do! – The Family Institute of CT’s motto for the new youth wing.

Dare to make a stand; Defy low cultural expectations; Do the hard stuff!

Chelsea Rankin throws out this challenge to youth during her speech at the Pro-Family Rally at the CT State House, held on Thursday April 3rd, 2008, with the unveiling of the new youth wing of the Family Institute of CT – iFIC

Chelsea is an extraordinary young lady and you’ll definitely be hearing more of her in the future – and remember, you saw her first on AirMaria.com

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Roving Reporter #31 – Evangelization in the Bronx ( 9min) >>> Play

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The Roving Reporter caught up with Michael Grogan after a concert he and Fr. Maximilian had at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish. Michael speaks of the different activities he has been and is currently involved in now. In spite of his visual disability, he continues in his effort to evangelize young men in the Bronx who have been involved in gangs, in the streets, or have criminal records.

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Roving Reporter #32 – Interview with Norma McCorvey: Roe No More? ( 11min) >>> Play

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The Roving Reporter interviews Norma McCorvey, who is best know for her pseudonym “Jane Roe” in the landmark Roe vs. Wade lawsuit in 1973. In this interview, she speaks of her personal experience in the abortion movement, what occured during the case, and the different activities she is involved in now. She became a part of the pro-life movement in 1995, and now supports making abortion illegal.

OPERATION OUTCRY reaches out to hurting women and makes available a national 24-hour, toll-free Help Line to help women deal with their grief and to offer hope and healing. For more information: http://www.operationoutcry.org/?

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Roving Reporter #33 – Answering the call for a New Evangelization ( 6min) >>> Play

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The Roving Reporter interviews Stephen Gajdosik of Catholic Radio Association (CRA) at Lake Forest, IL. Stephen speaks of how the Catholic Radio is one of the most effective tools for evangelization and catechesis, and also of how it continues to expand to help reach and influence the masses in our country. Catholic Radio Association is a response to the decree of the Church that, “On all Christians rests the noble obligation of working to bring all men throughout the world to hear and accept the divine message of salvation.”

For more information on the (CRA): http://www.catholicradioassociation.org/

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Roving Reporter #35 – Interview with Dan Valenti ( 8min) >>> Play

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In Stockbridge, MA at the Shrine of The Divine Mercy, Friar Roderic gets an interview with Dan Valenti. Dan speaks of his work as editor and senior writer for thedivinemercy.org and how its associated with the promulgation of the Divine Mercy message and devotion, emphasizing its universal message and importance especially for the world today.

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Roving Reporter #36 – Dr Paul Byrne and ‘Presumed Intent’, involuntary organ donation ( 10min) >>> Play

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In this Roving Reporter, Dr Paul Byrne alerts us on the laws being passed by states nation wide called ‘Presumed Intent‘, which states that all persons are perspective organ donors (… or involuntary organ donors) unless the individual declares otherwise, under the guise of ‘brain death’.

For status of the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

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Roving Reporter #38 – Fra Gabriel Mary on skateboarding, religious life, and evangelization ( 16min) >>> Play

Ave Maria from the Land Down Under! In this Roving Reporter, Fra Gabriel discusses his unique apostolate – skateboarding, and how this unique apostolate fits into the daily life of a Franciscan of the Immaculate. Ave Maria! +++

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