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Highlights from this episode of American Catholic Radio include:

Continuing our series on saints who have given us classic spiritual writings, we feature St. Peter Canisius, a 16th-century Jesuit teacher and a doctor of the Church. Born in the Netherlands, Peter was known for his scholarly and popular writings—including three famous catechisms. He was an effective missionary as well, laboring in Germany.

Jennifer Zinn, a speech and debate teacher at a high school in Hereford, Texas, found the Catholic Church through a gradual process of inquiring and searching for a place to call her spiritual home.

Franciscan Father Dan Kroger responds to questions:

What does the title Our Lady of Seven Dolors mean?

Why did people formerly strike their breasts during Mass? Why don’t we do it anymore?

Did Jesus really descend into hell?

This program’s Minute Meditation is from Things Hidden: Scripture as Spirituality by Franciscan Father Richard Rohr.

It’s the season of resurrection! Our “Bible Break” feature during this time will help us appreciate how the New Testament captures the faith of the first followers in the Risen Lord. St. Paul gives us the earliest biblical testimony to the Resurrection. And throughout his letters, he bases his teaching on that central truth of our faith. Pauline scholar Father Ronald Witherup, S.S., tells us what Paul has to say about resurrection.

As we listen to the gospel stories of the Resurrection, some of the key characters are the women who come to the tomb, seeking to honor the body of Jesus, only to find it empty. Among them, Mary Magdalene stands out as a witness to the Resurrection, as the Risen Lord meets her, and sends her to tell the rest of the disciples the amazing Good News. Producer John Feister talks with author Joanne Turpin in the second part of her discussion about women in the gospel accounts of the passion, death and Resurrection of Jesus.