Episode 200 debuts on October 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 Rejoice, Mary, Destroyer of Heresies! My guest is Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M.

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• St. Maximilian Kolbe on “Rejoice, O Virgin Mary, thou alone hast destroyed all heresies in the whole world!” — at exlaodicea.wordpress.com
• Why Heretics Hate Mary and We Should Love Her More — by Timothy Flanders at onepeterfive.com
• Mary, Destroyer of All Heresies — by Fr. Paul D. Scalia at thecatholicthing.org 
• Mary the Head-Crusher — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• The Woman of Genesis — book by Brother Mary Sennott, M.I.C.M.
• Gaude Maria Virgo — musical setting by Leonin at YouTube.com
• Gaude Maria Virgo — musical setting by Tomás Luis de Victoria at YouTube.com 
• Gaude Maria Virgo — musical setting by Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki at YouTube.com

Mary, Exterminatrix of Heresy

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Episode 199 debuts on October 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 Yes, in Fact, the Church IS Missionary. My guest is Mr. Jonathan Arrington.

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• The Church Is Missionary by Her Very Nature — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• Pope Francis says he felt ‘bitterness’ when introduced to Catholic converts in Africa — by Dorothy Cummings McLean at lifesitenews.com
• 81-year-old liberation theologian is an architect of the Amazon Synod — by Dr. Maike Hickson at lifesitenews.com

Pere Marquette and the Indians [at the Mississippi River], oil painting (1869) by Wilhelm Lamprecht (1838–1906), at Marquette University (Père Jacques Marquette S.J. was a GREAT American missionary, not merely an explorer.)

Episode 198 debuts on October 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 Church is Apostolic.

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• Apostolicity — Catholic Encyclopedia article at newadvent.org
• Apostolic Succession — The Church Fathers believed that the teachers of the Catholic Church, the Pope and the Bishops, are connected to the Apostles by succession of office. From Joe Gallegos’ informative “Cor Unum Apologetic Web Site.”

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Episode 197 debuts on September 25, 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 Catholicity of the Church.

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• Catholic — Catholic Encyclopedia article at newadvent.org
• Catholic — Documents illustrating the meaning of ‘Catholic’ Church in the ancient Church. The Fathers from the get go affirm that the Catholic Church as a visible authoritative institution distinct from other heretical groups. It is through this Church alone by which one is saved. From Joe Gallegos’ informative “Cor Unum Apologetic Web Site.”
• “The Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints” — from the Catechism of the Council of Trent, the Creed, Article 9, at catholicapologetics.info
• The Church is Catholic — a talk given by Scott Hahn, with helpful Old Testament prophesies.
• Optatus of Milevis, Against the Donatists — major work of a North African Father who uses the word “Catholic” very instructively

“Going therefore, teach ye all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” — Matthew 28:19

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Episode 196 debuts on September 18, 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’s Wrong with the New Lectioinary? Our guest is Dr. Peter Kwasniewski.

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• A Systematic Critique of the New Lectionary, On the Occasion of Its Fiftieth Anniversary — by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski at rorate-caeli.blogspot.com
• Problems with the Reformed Lectionary: A Summary — by Matthew Hazell at newliturgicalmovement.org (summary of foregoing)
• Not Just More Scripture, But Different Scripture: Comparing the Old and New Lectionaries — by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski at rorate-caeli.blogspot.com
• The Omission of “Difficult” Psalms and the Spreading-Thin of the Psalter — by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski at rorate-caeli.blogspot.com
• A Tale of Two Lectionaries: Qualitative versus Quantitative Measures — by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski at newliturgicalmovement.org
• A Great Example of an Expurgated Reading in the New Lectionary — by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski at newliturgicalmovement.org
• The Omission that Haunts the Church: 1 Corinthians 11:27-29 — by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski at newliturgicalmovement.org
• Is Reading More Scripture at Mass Always Better? — by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski at newliturgicalmovement.org
• How Typical Lector Praxis Transmits a Pelagian and Protestant Message — by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski at newliturgicalmovement.org
• The New Lectionary and the Catholic Wedding — by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski at onepeterfive.com
• A Case Study of Rupture in the Lex Orandi: The Epistles of Lenten Sundays — by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski at rorate-caeli.blogspot.com
• Basking in the glow of Epiphany: The wedding feast at Cana — by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski at rorate-caeli.blogspot.com

The way it should be. The Gospel in a Solemn Mass, traditional Roman Rite.

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Episode 195 debuts on September 11, 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 Holiness?.

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• Holiness — Catholic Encyclopedia article at newadvent.org
• Holiness, Essential Holiness, Moral Holiness, Objective Holiness, Subjective Holiness — definitions from Father Hardon’s Catholic Dictionary at catholicculture.org
• Whether religion is the same as sanctity? — informative article in the Summa Theologiae of Saint Thomas, at newadvent.org
• Why is the Holy Ghost called “Holy”? — by Blessed Columba Marmion at catholicism.org
• What a Saint Is — by Father Leonard Feeney, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• Mysticism and Controversy — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• How to Become Divine — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org

Detail from “Saint Clare Rescuing a Child Mauled by a Wolf,” by Giovanni di Paolo, c. 1455-1460

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Episode 194 debuts on September 4, 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 Teaching Teens To Fail. Our guests are Alan Migliorato and Darryl Dziedzic.

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• Teaching Teens to Fail (scroll down)— book by Alan Migliorato and Darryl Dziedzic at adventurecatholic.com

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