{"podcast":{"title":"Ever Ancient, Ever New","slug":"ever-ancient-ever-new-6737169","podcast_index_feed_id":6737169,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/instituteonreligiouslife/feed.xml","website_url":"https://instituteonreligiouslife.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/17244723/Final_Podcast_Logo_10-11-23_yzq282.png","author":"Institute on Religious Life","episode_count":104,"summary":"The Institute on Religious Life’s Podcast, Ever Ancient, Ever New, marks our golden anniversary, 50 years of serving religious and consecrated life in the Catholic Church! This podcast features talks and interviews with consecrated religious men and women from many different religious communities throughout the United States and the world. Thus, giving people access to the rich and varied archives of IRL seminars, classes, talks, and interviews, while also giving those in religious life the opportunity to tell their vocation stories and share insights into their apostolates. Today, religious life is not only surviving, but thriving. It is ever ancient, ever new, ever beautiful, and ever necessary for our church today.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T14:19:35.780597+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ever-ancient-ever-new-6737169"},"episode":{"title":"83. Rev. James McCurry, OFM Conv. - Blessed Is She: Mary, Model of Faith","slug":"83-rev-james-mccurry-ofm-conv-blessed-is-she-mary-model-of-faith","published_at":"2025-12-22T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ever-ancient-ever-new-6737169/83-rev-james-mccurry-ofm-conv-blessed-is-she-mary-model-of-faith","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ever-ancient-ever-new-6737169","url":"https://instituteonreligiouslife.podbean.com/e/83-fr-james-mccurry-ofm-conv-blessed-is-she-mary-model-of-faith/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tus39muxuqyimp8q/Untitled_Session_29_mixdown9hszz.mp3","summary":"On today’s episode, we will be featuring a talk from our 2013 National Meeting by Fr. James McCurry, OFM Conv. of the the Conventual Franciscan Friars. 2013 national meeting with you, from Fr. James McCurry, OFM. Reverend James McCurry, OFM Conv., was born in Ireland and has lectured, conducted retreats and spiritual days, and preached in all 50 of the United States, as well as in over 60 countries on all seven continents. He authored Maximilian Kolbe: Martyr of Charity, has published several articles, and appeared on numerous radio, television and video programs. His Mariology series on EWTN was syndicated for several years, and he has frequently been a guest on the network. He is the Minister Provincial Emeritus of the Franciscan Friars Conventual, Our Lady of Angels Province, and Vice President of the Mariological Society of America. Fr. James McCurry’s topic is “Blessed Is She: Mary, Model of Faith”. Thank you for listening! May God bless you and enjoy!","meta_description":"On today’s episode, we will be featuring a talk from our 2013 National Meeting by Fr. James McCurry, OFM Conv. of the the Conventual Franciscan Friars. 20…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3859,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ever-ancient-ever-new-6737169/episodes/83-rev-james-mccurry-ofm-conv-blessed-is-she-mary-model-of-faith/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ever-ancient-ever-new-6737169/83-rev-james-mccurry-ofm-conv-blessed-is-she-mary-model-of-faith.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}