Rebroadcast of the long-running radio program, "The Ave Maria Hour," a presentation of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. www.AtonementFriars.orgDramatization of the beatitude in Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, "Blessed are those who hunger

Blessed are They Who Mourn

Sep 27th, 2019 30m

Blessed are the Meek

Aug 30th, 2019 31m

Blessed are the Poor in Spirit

Aug 2nd, 2019 31m

The First Beatitude - Blessed are the Poor in Spirit

Aug 2nd, 2019 31m

Rebroadcast of the long-running radio program, "The Ave Maria Hour," a presentation of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. www.AtonementFriars.orgDramatization of the first beatitude in Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, "Blessed are the poor in

St. Bernardino Realino – Jesuit Priest

Jul 26th, 2019 31m

Rebroadcast of the long-running radio program, "The Ave Maria Hour," a presentation of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. www.AtonementFriars.orgSt. Bernardino was born in 1530 in Capri, Italy. At the age of 34, he became acquainted wit

St. Stephen – The First Christian Martyr

May 17th, 2019 29m

Rebroadcast of the long-running radio program, The Ave Maria Hour," a presentation of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. www.AtonementFriars.orgIn the Acts of the Apostles, the Bible says that the apostles of Jesus needed helpers to care

St. Julia of Corsica

May 3rd, 2019 31m

Rebroadcast of the long-running radio program, "The Ave Maria Hour," a presentation of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. www.AtonementFriars.orgSt. Julia was a pious Carthaginian girl who, after being captured from her city, was sold as

Blessed Amadeus of Savoy – A Model of Charity

Mar 29th, 2019 30m

Rebroadcast of the long-running radio program, "The Ave Maria Hour," a presentation of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. www.AtonementFriars.orgThis week’s broadcast is the story of Blessed Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy, a pious and charita

St. Dominic Savio – The Teenage Saint

Mar 22nd, 2019 28m

Rebroadcast of the long-running radio program, "The Ave Maria Hour,” a presentation of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. www.AtonementFriars.orgBorn into a peasant family at Riva, Italy, young Dominic joined St. John Bosco, founder of t

The Woman of Compassion - Mother Mary Alphonsa, OP

Mar 1st, 2019 30m

Rebroadcast of the long-running radio program, The Ave Maria Hour," a presentation of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. www.AtonementFriars.orgRose Hawthorne was born on May 20, 1851, in Lenox, Massachusetts, to American novelist Nathan

Blessed Sebastian of Aparicio – Patron of Travelers

Feb 22nd, 2019 29m

Rebroadcast of the long-running radio program, "The Ave Maria Hour," a presentation of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. www.AtonementFriars.orgSebastian de Aparicio y del Pardo, OFM (1502 – 1600) was born in Spain and moved to Mexico i

St. Valentine of Rome

Feb 15th, 2019 26m

Rebroadcast of the long-running radio program, "The Ave Maria Hour," a presentation of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. www.AtonementFriars.orgSt. Valentine is a third-century Roman saint. Few facts about his life are known, but one of

St. Conrad of Piacenza

Feb 8th, 2019 28m

Rebroadcast of the long-running radio program, "The Ave Maria Hour," a presentation of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. www.AtonementFriars.orgBorn to a noble and wealthy family in the town of Piacenza, Italy, Conrad’s early life was m

The Virtue of Charity

Jan 25th, 2019 28m

Rebroadcast of the long-running radio program, "The Ave Maria Hour," a presentation of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. www.AtonementFriars.orgA powerful episode demonstrating the virtue of charity by which we love God above all things

St. Vincent Pallotti

Jan 11th, 2019 29m

Rebroadcast of the long-running radio program, "The Ave Maria Hour," a presentation of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. www.AtonementFriars.orgSt. Vincent Pallotti was born in Rome in 1795 and began studies for the priesthood very earl

New Year's Eve

Dec 28th, 2018 29m

Rebroadcast of the long-running radio program, "The Ave Maria Hour," a presentation of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. www.AtonementFriars.orgThe story of a young girl who is in conflict with her mother over whether she should return

Sr. Blandina Segale – The Fastest Nun in the West

Dec 7th, 2018 29m

Rebroadcast of the long-running radio program, "The Ave Maria Hour,” a presentation of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. www.AtonementFriars.orgBlandina Segale, S.C., more commonly known as Sister Blandina, was an Italian-born American

St. Andrew the Apostle

Nov 30th, 2018 24m

Rebroadcast of the long-running radio program, "The Ave Maria Hour," a presentation of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. www.AtonementFriars.org"As Jesus was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is now called Pe

The Patience of Job

Nov 2nd, 2018 31m

Rebroadcast of the long-running radio program, "The Ave Maria Hour," a presentation of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. www.AtonementFriars.orgThis episode illustrates the biblical Book of Job. In the scriptures, Job is described as a

St. Daniel and Companions

Oct 26th, 2018 29m

Rebroadcast of the long-running radio program, "The Ave Maria Hour," a presentation of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. www.AtonementFriars.orgDaniel, Franciscan provincial of Calabria, Italy, led a contingent of Franciscan friars who

St. Paola Elisabetta Cerioli

Oct 19th, 2018 29m

Rebroadcast of the long-running radio program, "The Ave Maria Hour," a presentation of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. www.AtonementFriars.orgSt. Paola Elisabetta was born Costanza Cerioli in 1816 in Soncino, Italy, the last of 16 chi

St. Teresa of Avila

Oct 12th, 2018 29m

Rebroadcast of the long-running radio program, "The Ave Maria Hour,” a presentation of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. www.AtonementFriars.orgTeresa de Cepeda y Ahumada was born in Avila, Spain in 1515. Her parents were pious Catholic

Our Lady of Walsingham

Sep 21st, 2018 28m

Rebroadcast of the long-running radio program, "The Ave Maria Hour," a presentation of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. www.AtonementFriars.orgOur Lady of Walsingham is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated by Roman Catholics an

St. Simeon the Stylite

Sep 14th, 2018 30m

Rebroadcast of the long-running radio program, "The Ave Maria Hour," a presentation of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. www.AtonementFriars.orgAs a thirteen-year-old shepherd of Sisan, Turkey, Simeon heard a Gospel reading of the Beati