Episode 276 debuts on April 28, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is What is Honor and Why Is It Important?

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• To Honour and be Honoured — by Brother André Marie at catholicism.org

Don Pelayo

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Episode 275 debuts on April 21, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is Joining a Catholic Culture to Permaculture. Our guest is Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M.

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DISCLAIMER: As was mentioned in the show, some of the permaculture sites out there are run by people who are political and social “progressives.” We assume our audience is mature enough to distinguish between the agricultural principles being promoted on these sites and other agendas that contradict Catholic morals.

• Towards a Deeper Understanding of the Powers of Life as they Transcend the Material: The Acquisition of Wisdom and The Transmission of Culture — an excellent talk by Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M., at store.catholicism.org
• Four-page PDF of Supplemental Quotes on Sister’s talk (above) — collected by Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• Adaptive Stewardship – What Does it Really Mean? — by Allen Williams, Ph.D., at soilhealthacademy.org
• Permaculture Design Principles — at permacultureprinciples.com
• THE ORIGINAL PRINCIPLES OF REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE — by the Rodale Institute at rodaleinstitute.org
• Regenerative Agriculture Part 2: The Principles — by Arohi Sharma, Lara Bryant, Ellen Lee, and Claire O’Connor at nrdc.org
• 12 Principles of Permaculture — by David Holmgren at justlists.wordpress.com
• A QUICK INTRODUCTION TO PERMACULTURE — at change-making.com
• About Permaculture — by David Holmgren at holmgren.com.au
• Want to grow your own eggs? — at abundantpermaculture.com

Sister Maria Philomena with one of the Center’s roosters at the 2020 Saint Benedict Center Conference.

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Episode 274 debuts on April 14, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is Yes, the Church Does Evangelize Jews.

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• Damned Lies: On the Destiny of Judas Iscariot — by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski, at Rorate Caeli
• Catechism of the Council of Trent, Holy Orders (scroll down to “Right Intention”) — at catholicapologetics.info
• Ad Catholici Sacerdotii (On the Catholic Priesthood) Pope Pius XI – 1935 (search for “Judas”) — at papalencyclicals.net
• Other material came from Cornelius a Lapide’s Great Commentary

Judas betraying Christ with a kiss. (Image source)

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Episode 273 debuts on April 7, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is Yes, the Church Does Evangelize Jews.

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• Forgotten Converts — by Gary Potter at catholicism.org
• A Slow Reading of Romans XI — by Brother André Marie at catholicism.org
• Wikipedia article on the various changes in the Good Friday Prayer for the Conversion of the Jews — at Wikepedia.org
• The Jewish Nation will Enter the Church — by Brother André Marie at catholicism.org
• Charity for Gentiles and Jews — by Brother André Marie at catholicism.org
• The Good Friday Prayer for the Jews — by Brother André Marie at catholicism.org
• Lebanese Jews Converted by Miracle — at catholicism.org

The so-called “passport” photo taken in the doorway of the Cologne Carmel. A passport picture that Saint Edith Stein (1891–1942) had to have taken for her passport (ca. December 1938-1939) before moving to Echt, Netherlands. Edith Stein, a German Jewish philosopher, converted to Catholicism, became a Discalced Carmelite nun and took the religious name of Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. On 7 August 1942, she was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp and killed in a mass gas chamber. (Image source: Wikipedia)

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Episode 271 debuts on March 24, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is The Season of Passiontide.

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• Imitating Christ’s Humility: Philippians 2 — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org 
• Epistle of St Paul to the Philippians Chapter 2 — at drbo.org
• Vespers of Passion Sunday “The Mystery of Passiontide and Holy Week” from Dom Guéranger’s The Liturgical Year — at fisheaters.com
• Passiontide Meditation — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org 
• Mass Propers for Passion Sunday — at latinpropers.com

Christ Crucified, by Diego Velázquez

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Episode 270 debuts on March 17, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is Admiring Saint Joseph.

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• ‘Same Sex Attraction,’ a Different Perspective — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org 
• Nails — poem by Father Leonard Feeney, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• Apostrophe to Saint Joseph — poem by Brother Francis, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• Saint Joseph: An Image of the Blessed Trinity — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• The Passion of Saint Joseph — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• St. Joseph and ‘the Holidays’ — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org 
• Reconquest Episode 248: Was Our Lady an ‘Unwed Mother’? — my guest was Mr. Jonathan Arrington
• Saint Joseph: The Hero of Christmas — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• Saint Joseph to the Rescue — by Brian Kelly at catholicism.org
• The Miraculous Stairway of Saint Joseph — by the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary at catholicism.org
• Saint Joseph Altars — by Eleonore Villarrubia, at catholicism.org 
• Hidden Virtue of Saint Joseph — by Brian Kelly at catholicism.org
• The ‘Dilemma’ of Saint Joseph — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• The Litany of Saint Joseph — at catholicism.org
• Go to Joseph — by Saint Teresa of Avila at catholicism.org

“Childhood of Christ,” by Gerrit van Honthorst, 1590-1656 (screenshot)

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