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Roving Reporter #105 – Thomas S. Monaghan SFI Inductee ( 08min) >>> Play

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Friar Roderic interviews Tom Monaghan, founder of Domino’s Pizza, while he was in the Chicago area to be inducted into the Sports Faith International Hall of Fame as former owner of the Major League Baseball team Detroit Tigers. He talks about how he started Domino’s Pizza and how important faith is to his motivation and how he wants to use his wealth to revive Catholic higher education. He gives insight into the importance of sports in our lives for building character. Mr. Monaghan is also Chancellor of Ave Maria University, and Chairman of Ave Maria School of Law and Chairman of Legatus.

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Roving Reporter #104 – Fra David with Meagan Gitchell at Halas Hall ( 03min) >>> Play

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In this year’s (Sports Faith International – Hometown Heroes Award – Athlete of the Year Award)  Meagan Gitchell was one of three awarded, and this for her skills in soccer and her faith.

Sports Faith International is a Chicago-based initiative dedicated to inspiring and transforming our culture through the world of sports.   It will utilize the best of new and traditional media to feature and encourage the powerful personal testimonies of outstanding athletes at all levels, who are living out their faith on and off the field.

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Roving Reporter #103 – Fra David and April Ortenzo at Halas Hall ( 04min) >>> Play

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In this year’s “Sports Faith International”, April Ortenzo was chosen as “Athlete of The Year – Female”.

Sports Faith International is a Chicago-based initiative dedicated to inspiring and transforming our culture through the world of sports.   It will utilize the best of new and traditional media to feature and encourage the personal testimonies of outstanding athletes at all levels, who are living out their faith on and off the field.

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Roving Reporter #102 – Fra David with Joy Piccolo O’Connell ( 04min) >>> Play

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Sports Faith International is a Chicago-based initiative dedicated to inspiring and transforming our culture through the world of sports.   It will utilize the best of new and traditional media to feature and encourage the powerful personal testimonies of outstanding athletes at all levels, who are living out their faith on and off the field.

Among those inducted in the 2010 Sports Faith International, was Brian Piccolo a Catholic and a professional football player for the Chicago Bears. He died from embryonal cell carcinoma, an aggressive form of cancer. He was the subject of the 1971 TV movie Brian’s Song. Piccolo played in the NFL from 1966 to 1969 and scored five touchdowns. Joy Piccolo O’Connell, his wife, received the award and gave us this interview.

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Roving Reporter #101 – Randy Albright-Child Of Mary ( 03min) >>> Play

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“Child Of Mary” is beautiful song by Randy Albright. Please visit http://ikahnrecords.com/ to learn more.

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Roving Reporter #100 – Randy Albright ( 05min) >>> Play

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While AirMaria was in Chicago for the 3rd Annual “Sports Faith International” we were blessed to meet a child of Mary; Randy Albright.

We apologize for the poor audio sound, we had a lot of problems that day with audio.

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The AirMaria crew are off to Chicago for the weekend to conduct interviews and also live-stream the Sports Faith International 2010 Holy Mass and Induction Ceremonies at the Chicago Bears Halas Hall. The broadcast will start at 2:00pm Central Time on Sunday 21st February 2010.

2010 Inductees are: Bill Bidwill, owner of the National Football League’s Super Bowl XLIII Arizona Cardinals,  founder of Cardinals’ Charities, and trustee to the Pro Football Hall of Fame;

Tom Monaghan, former owner of the Detroit Tigers, whose entrepreneurial accomplishments include founding Domino’s Pizza, The Thomas More Law Center, Legatus, and Ave Maria University;

and Chicago Bear’s fullback, Brian Piccolo of Brian’s Song fame (posthumously).

The “winningest coach” in college football, with 471 career victories, Coach John Gagliardi, of St. John’s College in Minnesota, will be inducted as the College Coach of the Year. Mr. Bidwill, Mr. Monaghan, and Coach Gagliardi will be present to accept the awards. Joy Piccolo O’Connell will receive the award on behalf of her husband, Brian.

We’ll post the ustream player on the Airmaria front page on Sunday morning.

Roving Reporter #99 – Friar Roderic and Georgette Forney( 07min) >>> Play

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Georgette Forney is the President of Anglicans for Life, the only Anglican/Episcopal organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia, protecting embryos from research abuse, and promoting abstinence and adoption. She is also the co-founder of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign, an effort to raise awareness about the physical, spiritual and emotional harm abortion does to women and to let those who are hurting from abortion know help is available. Since officially launching the Campaign in 2003, 2859 women and men have shared their testimonies at 466 Gatherings that have occurred in 44 states and 8 countries with more than 63,000 spectators having heard the truth about abortion’s negative after-affects. More than 6,200 people have registered online to be silent no more.   -www.anglicansforlife.org

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Roving Reporter #98 – Shaun Kenny ( 10min) >>> Play

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Shaun Kenney is the executive director of American Life League, and is widely respected for his work in communications and social media.

Shaun got started in pro-life activism as a volunteer worker in political campaigns. Eventually, he was running campaigns for pro-life candidates at virtually every level of government. (more…)

Roving Reporter #97 – Mildred Fay Jefferson ( 11min) >>> Play

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Mildred Fay Jefferson (born 1927) is an American doctor and activist, born in Texas. Her father was a Methodist minister. Growing up in the Jim Crow era, she nevertheless became the first African American woman to graduate from Harvard Medical School in 1951. In addition, she was the first woman in the Boston Surgical Society, the first woman to be a surgical intern at the Boston City Hospital and the first woman to receive the Lantern Award for Patriotism. She has also received 28 honorary degrees. (more…)

Roving Reporter #96 – Real Catholic Tv – Michael Voris in DC ( 08min) >>> Play

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The Friars bumped into Michael Voris from “RealCatholicTV.com” the day before the “March for Life” in Washington DC.

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Roving Reporter #95 – Dawn Eden interviewed by Fra Roderic  ( 28min) >>> Play

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Dawn Eden, who last year gave us the great story of her conversion through St. Maximilian Kolbe and G.K. Chesterton, recently returned to Griswold, CT, and we accosted her for another interview which she graciously granted. This time she talks about her studies for her Masters in Moral Theology at Dominican House of Studies in DC  and how they relate to current issues in our society. In particular she refers to the recent debate on Christopher West’s interpretation of Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body. She relates what she has found about how morality was taught before and after the Second Vatican Council and how this compares with West’s assertion that Catholic morality was very prudish before the Council. It was this assertion that was the basis for his very controversial Nightline interview where he favorably compared John Paul II to Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy, since both, in their own way, saved us from this supposed prudery. Listen to Dawn’s fair, informative analysis of this controversy.

References: “The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality” from the the Pontifical Council for the Family

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Roving Reporter #94 – Type the Caption here ( 07min) >>> Play

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Friar David caught up with Dan Lynch, the Director of the Missionary Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe Apostolate and Jesus, King of All Nations Devotions, at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Conference in Medford, MA, on the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Please pray to Our Lady of Guadalupe that She will put an end to abortion in our country.

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Roving Reporter #93 – Friar Augustine speaks during the Radio  CorMariae Fund Raising dinner.   ( 11min) >>> Play

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Friar Augustine Marie gives an overview of the six Non-Commercial FM stations that the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate have applied for in the United States. This presentation was given during the WPMW Radio CorMariae Fund Raising Dinner in October.

Friar Augustine is on temporary assignment to the Mt St Francis Hermitage in Maine, NY where he is currently working on getting their radio station, WHVM Holy Virgin Mary Radio, up and running.

Let us pray that God will abundantly bless this radio apostolate that will change the communities in which they are broadcasting.

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Roving Reporter #92 – Steven Gajdosik, at the Radio Cormariae Fund raising Dinner   ( 17min) >>> Play

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Steven Gajdosik, president of Catholic Radio Association:

The Catholic Radio Association was founded in 1999 to serve as the trade association for Catholic radio. As such, the CRA works to advance the cause of Catholic radio by providing member services, facilitating the sharing of knowledge and resources, and speaking with one voice for its members. The Association’s membership includes virtually all Catholic radio apostolates in the country, Catholic radio program providers, the USCCB, and several (arch)dioceses.

By uniting all involved in Catholic radio, the CRA provides a forum for those already working in Catholic radio to share with and mentor those that Our Lord has just recently called to the mission of Catholic radio. The CRA also provides a means of networking with, and marketing to, those involved in Catholic radio.

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