124. Mary in the Mystery of Christ: Mother of the Redeemer (Redemptoris Mater) Advent Series Week 2

Welcome to The Endow Podcast! This podcast is a forum for women to foster conversations about the intellectual life and intentional community for the cultivation of the feminine genius. On this episode, Simone Rizkallah, Director of Program Growth, is joined by Father Paul Check, to discuss Par. 7-24 of Pope St. John Paul II's encyclical Mother of the Redeemer. Par. 7-24 are covered in Chapters 2-5 of the Endow Study Guide.You can read the document here: https://www.vatican.va/content..../john-paul-ii/en/enc the Daily Reading Guide here: https://[a]www.endowgroups.org%2Fthe-endow-podcast%2Fadvent-2022-podcast-study-series%2FFor[/a] those who are interested in hosting this study, please email info@endowgroups.org for more information on how to host an Endow Study!Fr. Paul N. Check was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Bridgeport, CT in 1997.  He holds an STB from the Gregorian University and an STL from the University of the Holy Cross.  Fr.Check has taught courses in fundamental moral theology, sexual and medical ethics, Christian anthropology, the Beatitudes, and the Parables.  For twelve years, he taught a two-week moral theology course annually to St. Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, and more recently, he has taught regularly for the Augustine Institute, and for FOCUS.  He has given several retreats and days of recollection to diocesan clergy, religious, and seminarians.   Fr. Check earned a BA in history and political science from Rice University in 1981, after which he served as an officer in the US Marine Corps for nine years, and prior to entering seminary.  He has been a parish priest and a high school chaplain.  From 2008-2016, Fr Check was the Executive Director of Courage International, presenting to clergy in many dioceses the Church’s teaching on homosexuality and her pastoral response.  Fr. Check was then assigned as the Rector of the St John Fisher Seminary in the Diocese of Bridgeport for four years, during which time he also served as director of ongoing priestly formation.  On August 15, 2020 and with the permission of his Bishop, he was appointed the Executive Director of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, WI, by His Eminence, Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, and Shrine’s Board of Directors. <br/><br/>Support the Endow Podcast<br/><br/>What’s on your mind and heart? Let our host, Simone Rizkallah, know by connecting with her and The Endow Team on social media!<br/>Facebook at www.facebook.com/endowgroups<br/>Instagram at www.instagram.com/endowgroups<br/><br/>Want to start your own Endow Group? Learn more by visiting our website at www.endowgroups.org or reach out to us at info@endowgroups.org. We look forward to serving you!<br/>