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Dr. Abigail Favale joins us for part 1 of her interview on the language of Gender Theory, which has a huge influence on current thought about what the human person is made for. Then, Kara talks excitedly about Pride and Prejudice (the 1995 BBC miniseries, not so much the movie). Episode Notes: https://www.marriageuniqueforareason.org/2021/05/21/made-for-love-ep-65-gender-theory-plus-pride-and-prejudice/

The second part of our interview with Mike and Alicia Hernon of the Messy Family Project continues our conversation about balancing priorities in a marriage. Totally by coincidence, our discussion of Men, Women, and the Mystery of Love later in the episode happens to intersect. Episode Notes: https://www.marriageuniqueforareason.org/2021/05/06/made-for-love-ep-64-priorities-in-love/?preview_id=8647&preview_nonce=a67d7e0007&_thumbnail_id=-1&preview=true

A conversation about gender ideology with Margaret Harper McCarthy and Michael Hanby.

Mike and Alicia Hernon join us for part 1 of their interview on how to balance loving your spouse and kids. Kara stops by to chat about the Oscar contender Minari. Episode Notes: https://www.marriageuniqueforareason.org/2021/04/26/made-for-love-ep-63-marriage-balance-and-minari/

Dr. Greg and Lisa Popcak are back for part 2 of our interview on overcoming resentment, this time in marriage. Later, Kara returns to talk about chapters 3-4 of Men, Women, and the Mystery of Love. Episode Notes: https://www.marriageuniqueforareason.org/2021/04/09/made-for-love-ep-62-overcoming-resentment-in-marriage/

The Equality Act is a well-intentioned but ultimately destructive bill. The USCCB's Lauren McCormack and Robert Vega join Mary and Aaron to discuss what the Act does and why it's a problem.

Dr. Greg and Lisa Popcak are here to offer ways to help with resentment in dating and breakups. Kara joins us to cover Pixar's most recent film Soul, starring Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey, because how could we not? Jazz and metaphysics never went so well together. Episode Notes: https://www.marriageuniqueforareason.org/2021/03/23/made-for-love-ep-61-dating-breakups-and-pixars-soul/

Fr. Philip Bochanski, Executive Director of Courage International, about accompaniment and same-sex attraction. Then Kara joins us to start our journey through Dr. Edward Sri’s Men, Women, and the Mystery of Love, with detours through Sex and the City and the Supreme Court. You know, like you’d expect. Episode Notes: https://www.marriageuniqueforareason.org/2021/03/05/made-for-love-ep-60-accompaniment-and-same-sex-attraction/

Fr. Vincent De Rosa, pastor of St. Mary Mother of God parish in Washington, DC, talks with Mary and Aaron about beauty, evangelization, and the Catholic tradition of patronizing the arts.

Made for Love returns to talk about the impact of the sacraments on life as an embodied person, plus Andrew and Kara chat about the Studio Ghibli classic movie My Neighbor Totoro. Thanks to Sara Perla for everything she did to get this show off the ground and pilot it for the first two years. Without her efforts, we would not be able to continue on. She has moved on to work at the Catholic Project on their podcast “Crisis”: https://open.spotify.com/show/58E5C5SftGLxEWU08MBNgp G.E.M. Anscombe bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._E._M._Anscombe Fr. Conrad Murphy on Catholic Bytes: https://open.spotify.com/show/5lYSzlxuEBX3BNjMGZPNYI My Neighbor Totoro: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096283/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 National Marriage Week at ForYourMarriage: https://www.foryourmarriage.org/

Joseph Capizzi of The Catholic University of America joins Mary and Aaron to discuss the meaning of civility and our call as Christians to work for the common good of all people in political life.

Chris Anzidei from the Archdiocese of Washington discusses the latest news on COVID restrictions and houses of worship.

Nick Reaves from the Becket Fund discusses an important case about the rights of faith-based foster care services to operate in accordance with their religious convictions.

Bishop Robert Barron joins Mary and Aaron to talk about how Catholics can defend our church property from attacks while also bearing witness to the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Has Catholic engagement with American politics been good for the Church's witness? Bill McCormick, SJ, joins Mary and Aaron to talk about politics, evangelization, parish life, and more.

Stations of the Cross by USCCBClips

Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami was recently appointed to serve as acting chairman of the Committee for Religious Liberty. On this episode, he joins Mary and Aaron to discuss his ministry and his perspective on religious liberty issues facing the Church today.

Montse Alvarado, Vice President and Executive Director of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, discusses Church re-openings and some Becket cases before the Supreme Court.

2020 - 05 - 02 USCCB Daily Readings by USCCBClips

What did the process of religious disestablishment look like in the United States? Carl Esbeck, professor of law emeritus at the University of Missouri, has some surprising answers in this discussion of his recently edited book, Disestablishment and Religious Dissent: Church-State Relations in the New American States, 1776–1833.