Episode 249 debuts on October 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 A Quick Romp through the ‘Summa’ on Hope.

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• Hope, considered in itself — by Saint Thomas from the Summa, at newadvent.org
• The subject of hope — by Saint Thomas from the Summa, at newadvent.org
• The gift of fear — by Saint Thomas from the Summa, at newadvent.org
• “Hope” — from Spiritual Theology by Rev. Jordan Aumann, O.P.

“Hope,” Italian (Umbrian) painter, Hope, ca. 1500. Tempera and gold on wood, 29 1/8 × 17 7/8 in. (74 × 45.4 cm). Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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Episode 248 debuts on September 23, 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 Was Our Lady an ‘Unwed Mother’? My guest is Mr. Jonathan Arrington.

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• Sister Deirdre Byrne’s full speech at the Republican National Convention — video at YouTube.com
• Full text: Sister Dede Byrne’s speech at the 2020 Republican National Convention —  at catholicnewsagency.com
• When Were Joseph and Mary Married? — by Tim Staples at catholic.com
• Mary Ever Virgin — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org 
• Joseph, Betrothed “Just Man,” Husband of Mary — by the Oblates of Saint Joseph at osjusa.org

‘The Annunciation,’ by Simone Martini (c. 1284–1344) source

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Episode 247 debuts on September 16, 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 Catholic Reformation, Part V. My Guest is Mr. Ryan Grant, Founder and President of Mediatrix Press.

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• See Links for Earlier Episodes — at reconquest.net
• The Council of Trent: Overview of its Importance and Difficulties — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• Scandals in the Vatican! — on the institution of the “cardinal nephew” and Saint Charles Borromeo, by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• Saint Charles Borromeo (1584) — at catholicism.org

Saint Charles Borromeo, by Orazio Borgianni (source)

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Episode 246 debuts on September 9, 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 Your Inalienable Spiritual Goods.

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• What Nobody Can Take from You — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• Saint Louis de Montfort’s Treatise on True Devotion to Mary, Father Faber translation — at catholicwaypublishing.com
• Devotion to Mary in Proficients — by Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, OP, at catholictradition.org
• Merit — Catholic Encyclopedia article at newadvent.org

Robert Campin and workshop, Mérode Altarpiece (details).

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Episode 245 debuts on September 2, 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 Heresy of Americanism. My Guest is Mr. Steve Cunningham of Sensus Fidelium and the Resistance Podcast.

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• Longinqua Oceani Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII on Catholicism in the United States — at thejosias.com
• Testem Benevolentiae Nostrae — encyclical of Pope Leo XIII condemning Americanism, at papalencyclicals.net
• Americanism — A Phantom Heresy? — by William Jay at catholicism.org
• The Heresy of Americanism and the Spanish-American War — by Gary Potter at catholicism.org
• The Relationship of Americanism to Modernism — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• Americanism, Quietism, and Catholicism — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org 
• The Troubles in the Church Began with _____. — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org 
• On Making the United States Catholic — Reasons for Our Failure — from The Point, March 1958, at catholicism.org
• The First Yankee Priest, Father John Thayer — (link goes directly to a footnote about Bishop Carroll) by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org  
• When America Was Catholic — by Gary Potter at catholicism.org

Orestes Brownson (mentioned in the show as a great anti-Americanist), George Peter Alexander Healy / Public domain.

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Episode 244 debuts on August 26, 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 Because of Our Fathers. My Guest is Mr. Tyler Rowley.

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• Because of Our Fathers: Twenty-Three Catholics Tell How Their Fathers Led Them to Christ — the book for sale at tylerrowley.com
• The Hearts of the Fathers — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org  
• Turning the Hearts of the Fathers — poem by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org  
• The Feckless Fathers — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org 
• Heaven is for Ladies, Hell for Men? — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org  
• Montfortian Masculinity — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org  

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