Episode 376 debuts on May 31, 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 Musical Pilgrimage to Montserrat.

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• The Music from the Llibre Vermell of Montserrat (texts and translations) — by Dick Wursten at dick.wursten.be
• Pilgrimage in Medieval Ireland at Montserrat in Spain — by Louise Nugent at pilgrimagemedievalireland.com
• Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey — at wikipedia.org
• Catalonia —at wikipedia.org
• Christopher Columbus with Bernardo Buil (This is the monk from Montserrat Abbey who was with Columbus in 1493 when he explored the Leeward Islands and named one of them “Santa María de Montserrate”) — at prints-online.com
• Stella Splendens, performed by Prima Luce (simpler version) — at YouTube.com
• Stella Splendens, performed by Ensemble Micrologus & Capella De Música De Santa Maria Del Mar — at YouTube.com
• Stella Splendens, performed by Hespèrion XXI under the direction of Jordi Savall — at YouTube.com

The Virgin of Montserrat, public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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Episode 375 debuts on May 31, 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 Saint Thomas on Happiness and Joy.

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• Aristotle and Saint Thomas on Happiness — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• The Joyful Heart of Mary — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• This is the End of the Law — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• Sentimentality and the Pursuit of Happiness — by Gary Potter, at catholicism.org
• Aquinas on True Happiness — at faithandculture.com

Detail from The Sistine Madonna by Raphael, public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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Episode 374 debuts on May 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 Coptic ‘Martyrs’ and a Coptic ‘Pope’?

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• The Twenty-One Slain Copts: Martyrs? — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• Pope Francis adds Coptic Orthodox martyrs to liturgical book of saints — by Hannah Brockhaus, at catholicnewsagency.com
• Pope includes Coptic Orthodox martyrs in Catholic compendium of saints — by Elise Ann Allen, at cruxnow.com
• The Pope — by George Joyce, at newadvent.org (scroll down to the section with the subhead, “Titles” then “Pope”)
• Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church — at wikipedia.org 
• Coptic Catholic Church — at wikipedia.org
• Saint Frumentius (380) — by the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, at catholicism.org

Icon depicting the 2015 Coptic Christians who were killed by ISIL

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Episode 373 debuts on May 3, 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 Great Stereopticon.

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• The Great Stereopticon — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• Are Public Schools Broken, Or Are The Defects Part Of The Design? — (briefly mentioned in episode) by Connor Boyack and Corey Deangelis at thefederalist.com
• Stereopticon — at wikipedia.org
• An Alternative American Culture III (with a brief discussion of Richard M. Weaver) — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• Amid Barbarism’s Din: Less Music (with another reference to Richard M. Weaver) — by Mr. Gary Potter, at catholicism.org
• Ideas Have Consequences — book by Richard M. Weaver, at uchicago.edu

Illustration of Phoenix Model Stereopticon, 1895, public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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Episode 372 debuts on April 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 Yes, Limbo is Church Teaching!

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• Yes, Limbo is Church Teaching — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• Wrestling with the Fate of the Unbaptized — by Father Thomas Crean, O.P., at catholicism.org
• Limbo and the Mystical Body: on the Borderlands of Dogma — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• The Limbo of the Infants — by Brother Thomas Mary Sinnott, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• Weighing in on Limbo — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• The Fate of Unbaptized Infants In Light of the Universal Necessity of Baptism — by Mike Malone, at catholicism.org
• He Descended into Hell — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• There Is a Hell, and It Makes Perfect Sense — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• Reconquest Episode 121: The Harrowing Of Hell — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at crusadechannel.com

Gustave Doré, Dante Alighieri – Inferno – Canto IV – Limbo, the Virtuous Pagans, public domain

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Episode 371 debuts on April 19, 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 Were Our Lady and Saint Joseph Really Married?

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• The Virginal Espousals of Saint Joseph and Our Lady, Part I — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• The Virginal Espousals of Saint Joseph and Our Lady, Part II — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org

Bartolomé Esteban Perez Murillo, The Holy Family, public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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Episode 370 debuts on April 5, 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 Dramatis Personae Hebdomodae Sanctae.

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• The Drama of Holy Week — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• Christ’s Theandric Role in our Sanctification — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• The Seven Words — by Brian Kelly, at catholicism.org
• How many times did Jesus predict His death? — at gotquestions.org
• Mater Dolorosa: Meditation on Mary’s Com-Passio Beneath the Cross — by Brian Kelly, at catholicism.org
• For She Hath Loved Much — by Brian Kelly, at catholicism.org
• St. Mary Magdalene is the Same Mary, the Sister of Lazarus and Martha of Bethany — by Brian Kelly, at catholicism.org
• Pontius Pilate — at newadvent.org
• Joseph Caiphas — at newadvent.org
• Ossuary of the High Priest Caiaphas, 18-36 CE

Duccio di Buoninsegna, Christ before Caiphas, public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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