Hi, I'm Edward Sree, and welcome to All Things Catholic, where real faith meets real life.

Sometimes the biggest steps we can take in the spiritual life are actually found in the

small things we can do for the Lord every day, and that's what we're going to consider

in today's special edition of the All Things Catholic Podcast.

I'm your host, Edward Sree, and I'm so delighted to share with you a wonderful conversation

I was able to have with Father Mark Mary Ames. You may know him from Ascension Presents. He is

a regular presenter on the Ascension Presents video series, the CFRs. He's the Director of

Communication for Franciscan Friars of Renewal, and he's the author of a book called Habits for

Holiness. Small steps for making big spiritual progress. And we're going to walk through

those habits of holiness that Father Mark Mary writes about in this two-part series.

This is the first part of that series, and it was recorded at the Focus Seek 23 conference

in St. Louis this past January. Welcome to a special episode of this podcast, recorded live

at the Spoke Street media booth during Seek 2023 in St. Louis. To find more shows recorded at Seek,

search for the Seek podcast and your favorite podcast app. Enjoy!

Hello and welcome to this special edition of All Things Catholic. I'm your host, Edward Sree,

and we are here live in St. Louis at the Seek 23 conference. We got 17,000 people here. It has

been so awesome being able to go to Mass with dozens and dozens of bishops, hundreds and hundreds of

priests, and 17,000 young people here in the Big Dome, the NFL Stadium here in St. Louis. This

has been amazing. But today we have a very special guest. Many of you know him from Ascension Presents.

You know him as a co-host of the Polkopoco podcast. It is Father Mark Mary Ames. He is the Director

of Communication and the General Almanair for the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal. His two great

loves are the Eucharist and the Confessional. And he has dedicated his life to bringing both

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