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Nov 2023

43m 42s

Serving the Servant

Father Michael O'Loughlin and Mother Natalia

About this episode

This week we're joined by Alex from Voice of Reason! We recorded this episode live at the Metropolitan Assembly in New Jersey. Fr. Michael and Alex talk about living a life of service and holiness, imitating the holy people around us, and bringing others to the faith.

References:
God With Us
Voice of Reason (YouTube)
The Forgotten: Catholics of the Soviet Empire from Lenin through Stalin
Finding a Hidden Church

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